Dropped your iPhone in water? Put it in a bag of rice.
Attempting to squeeze out a couple of more minutes of battery life before you make it back to a charger? Close your background apps.
Right? Unsuitable.
Apple has issued latest advice on what to do if you by chance soak your iPhone – and it doesn’t involve a visit to the pantry.
Recent models just like the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone NX or later will warn you if it detects liquid if you connect a lightning or USB-C cable or an adjunct to your mobile.
To guard your phone, charging and accessory connection are made unavailable until every part is dry.
What to do in case your iPhone is wet
As an alternative of a bag of rice, Apple suggests unplugging the phone and taking the next steps:
- Tap your iPhone gently against your hand with the connector facing all the way down to remove excess liquid.
- After not less than half-hour, try charging with a Lightning or USB-C cable or connecting an adjunct.
- 3. In case you see the alert again, there is still liquid within the connector or under the pins of your cable. Leave your iPhone in a dry area with some airflow for as much as a day. You possibly can try again to charge or connect an adjunct throughout this era. It would take as much as 24 hours to completely dry.
- 4. In case your phone has dried out but still isn’t charging, unplug the cable from the adaptor and unplug the adaptor from the wall (if possible) after which connect them again.
- Leave your iPhone in a dry area with some airflow.
What to not do
Don’t dry your iPhone using an external heat source or compressed air.
Don’t insert a foreign object, similar to a cotton swab or a paper towel, into the connector.
And as we’ve mentioned already don’t put your iPhone in a bag of rice. Doing so could allow small particles of rice to break your iPhone.
Stop closing your iPhone’s background apps
Apple users have also been reminded to not waste time closing their iPhone’s background apps in an attempt to avoid wasting battery.
The cold hard truth for anyone who has been diligently doing it for years is you’ve actually been having the alternative effect.
“Closing your background apps actually uses more battery than simply leaving them open,” tech website Gizmodo reports. “That’s because shutting down and initialising an app requires more energy than restoring it from its suspended state in your ‘background’.”
The one time it’s best to force close an app is when it’s frozen.