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Raduque

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WTF....

A pic of a mobile phone embedded in a plastic jar of rice, complaints about $7 rice being ruined by wife... and yet, no pics of said wife???!

And, it took 14 posts to ask! ATOT, you're slipping.

Edit: Cell phone in rice? That's for AFTER you rinse the minerals in the water out of the phone, first. Just drying out the water is gonna leave all that shit in there to short the phone out. Rinse with 90% isopropyl rubbing alcohol, or RO/DI filtered water, then dry either air or rice.
 
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sdifox

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WTF....

A pic of a mobile phone embedded in a plastic jar of rice, complaints about $7 rice being ruined by wife... and yet, no pics of said wife???!

It's there... in the memory of the cellphone :sneaky:
 

Moonbeam

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*facepalm*

Just what do you think the rice does for your potentially water-damaged electronics then, genius? Any "contact" absorption is useless because the water had already left the device. Leaving the lid off because, as you say, the rice does not dry out the air around it, would mean that *oops* you don't need rice at all in the first place!

The advice to use rice also goes along with putting it in a warm place too. Obviously, a dehumidifier, warmth, DRY air flow, silica gel and removal of the housing are the best practices, but not many are equipped for that. Either, as you say, dry rice + warmth is completely ineffective (sealed or not) or it is at least better than letting it dry on its own for the reasons stated in my scenario.

What the rice does is cause the placebo effect. It sucks out the nervousness of the fool who dropped the phone in the water in the first place by giving them something to do. Rice is not a desiccant, as I said. It absorbs water if in contact with water, and because it absorbs water folk like yourself think they know something and are easily sucked into the advise to put it in rice as if that really will do something. Then these idiots get to go facepalm when they hear the real facts because they have collected themselves into a sheep herd of like thinking fools who self congratulate themselves on their shared stupidity. Look around on the web. You will see phones in open containers of rice. My suggestion is to wrap the phone in a paper towel first to keep the rice dust out of the phone.

Got to really look out for that rice dust. It's a phone killer.

Oh, and never use a cell phone in the South in the summer. The humidity will go right in the phone and short it out, just like if you left your phone on a plate of uncooked rice and it was raining outside. You could only call flipper.

Try to actually think for yourself instead of having ideas put in your head by every Tom Dick and Bozo on the internet.
 

kage69

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While I take exception to her notion of cooking toilet rice, it's pretty awesome that you have a lady that actually went and wiki'd the problem herself and set about to resolve it. Something like that happens in my house with anything that involves electrons and holy shit, all stop, send up a flare and don't touch it until hubby can look at it!

The rice method works, but it takes awhile and can yield varying results depending on the severity of the dunkage, and what kind of phone it is (some are sealed better than others).

I prefer the alcohol method. Take the battery out, give the phone a shake, then put it in a container of isopropyl alchohol, maybe give it a couple swirls while submerged. The alcohol will displace what water is in there, then you just leave it out someplace and wait for evaporation to the do the rest. It will be dry in a few hours. I've revived half a dozen phones this way.
 

Perknose

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see, this is why chili people suck. they think it actually matters if it has beans in it or not.

see, all rational people know that Chili is a dish originating from the Southwest US, cooked out of a dutch (camp) oven over an open pit with what-the-fuck-ever proteins were around, because it was a hard fucking day at work--hustling cows and hog-tying wet piglets--you need to load up and sleep, and work another hard fucking day. Thus, you threw in some meat, some fucking beans that you brought with you (because they're easy as shit to pack lite, they don't spoil, and boil up fine, etc) and some hot ass spices to make it all work together.

that's fucking Chili.

See, the very same dumb bitches that argue that beans don't exist in chili are the same asshats that think KFC or Popeyes are legitimate sources of fried chicken. It is obvious that these people do not understand food, or culinary history, because these people fail in all senses of taste and cultural decorum.

these people are not to be trusted. they are illiterate, obtuse bastards.



....Also, it is reasonable to assume that these people are < 5'6" in stature.

Nothing quite like a well crafted rant! :biggrin:

Not to mention, those that think "Chili with beans" somehow proves Chili doesn't normally have beans probably don't know what the carne in "Chili con carne" means. :awe:
 

Perknose

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Lol at all the hysterical, over-protected Nancy boys here who wouldn't eat that rice. Boiling the rice would remove anything that the toilet immersed phone could possibly have transferred to the rice. NOT ONE of you could ever tell the difference if you didn't know.

You delicate little flowers are completely out of touch with the REALITY of what is already allowed in all the common foods you eat:
How Many Rodent Hairs and Insect Parts Are In ...
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The FDA's action level for peanut butter is 30 or more insect fragments or one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams.
Here is a very brief sampling of the FDA's Food Defect Action Level list. They begin investigation when foods reach the action level they've set. According to the FDA, typical foods contain about 10 percent of the action level, but others say they contain more like 40 percent.
CHOCOLATE AND CHOCOLATE LIQUOR

  • Insect filth: Average is 60 or more insect fragments per 100 grams when 6 100-gram subsamples are examined OR any 1 subsample contains 90 or more insect fragments
  • Rodent filth: Average is 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams in 6 100-gram subsamples examined OR any 1 subsample contains 3 or more rodent hairs
CITRUS FRUIT JUICES, CANNED

  • Insects and insect eggs: 5 or more Drosophila and other fly eggs per 250 ml or 1 or more maggots per 250 ml
RED FISH AND OCEAN PERCH

  • Parasites: 3% of the fillets examined contain 1 or more parasites accompanied by pus pockets
MACARONI AND NOODLE PRODUCTS

  • Insect filth: Average of 225 insect fragments or more per 225 grams in 6 or more subsamples
  • Rodent filth: Average of 4.5 rodent hairs or more per 225 grams in 6 or more subsamples
PEANUT BUTTER

  • Insect filth: Average of 30 or more insect fragments per 100 grams
  • Rodent filth: Average of 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams
POPCORN

  • Rodent filth: 1 or more rodent excreta pellets are found in 1 or more subsamples, and 1 or more rodent hairs are found in 2 or more other subsamples OR 2 or more rodent hairs per pound and rodent hair is found in 50% or more of the subsamples OR 20 or more gnawed grains per pound and rodent hair is found in 50% or more of the subsamples
WHEAT FLOUR

  • Insect filth: Average of 75 or more insect fragments per 50 grams
  • Rodent filth: Average of 1 or more rodent hairs per 50 grams
Mmmmmmmm, eat hearty, my lovelies! :p
 
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WTF....

A pic of a mobile phone embedded in a plastic jar of rice, complaints about $7 rice being ruined by wife... and yet, no pics of said wife???!
If you like looking at women in their mid 40s, here yah go:

This is her wearing out the college boys on the dance floor at Dirty Harry's in Key West.

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We rent a cabin in the woods of North Georgia once a year to get away from everything. Here's a picture of her chillin' with the laziest pit bull/lapdog in the world.

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Can somebody explain to me how putting the phone into a jar of rice help?
Rice readily absorbs moisture so the idea is that it acts as a type of desiccant. Whether that is true or not has been debated in this thread already. I'm not sure if it actually works but her phone is functioning again and I have a new jar of Arborio rice so it's all good.
 

RocksteadyDotNet

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Jesus! Lucky she's smart.


We're unlucky you're not. Your comment is not funny, and not acceptable to say about a poster's wife.

Perknose

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Ninjahedge

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Silica gel is more of a granulated product than a gel. The wife was using it for some arts and craft project with the kids, I think drying flowers.

Ah, the "gel packs".

Sorry, my ignorance.


And as for the argument about rice in a closed container. It is like Vapor pressure and other scientific properties. These guys have an affinity for water. it will pull it out of the air until one of two things happens.

1. The air gets to a certain relative humidity where the rate of absorption matches the rate of release.

2. The medium becomes saturated and reaches the same state, but this time not because there is little humidity, but because it is "full".

You put water into a vaccume tube, some will boil/evaporate off until a certain pressure is established (at a certain temperature).

You put water in a huge vaccume room, ALL of it will go to vapor.

It is all a matter of equilibrium.


And, BTW, different rices taste different.

Basmati is MUCH better than anything Uncle Ben ever made.
 

Ninjahedge

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PS, I can see where the towel wrap would help.....

I also guess the best thing would be to keep all your Gel packs and put them in a jar for JUST such an emergency.....


BTW, the Isopropyl... You able to find any 100&#37;? Most I have seen on the shelf has been 70%/80%...