One generally proven way to salvage a phone that fell inside water is to switch off the phone and remove the battery where possible, and then to keep the phone inside a sack of rice. The heat generated by the rice grains inside the sack dries up the wet phone and in most cases, the phone starts working again. Li Weixing GM of Xiaomi Internet recently discovered a new way to dry a wet Mi 9 that may have dropped inside water accidentally.
Sharing the tip on Weibo, Weixing hinted that he accidentally dropped his Mi 9 unit inside the water and was in a hurry to leave the house that the rice option wasn’t feasible. He even continued using the phone while at work but the touchscreen sensor wasn’t responsive. He placed the phone under the sun and played music at the same time. Apparently, the vibration of the speaker generated the exchange of air between the inside and outside of the phone and before sunset, the phone was working fine.
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Xiaomi phones are not officially launched with an IP rating indicating they are waterproof but the tech giant usually crafts its flagship and premium mid-range phones with features that help protect the internals. The Mi 9 is no exception, as it comes wrapped with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 at the back and Glass 6 at the back. Even though the Gorilla Glass is for waterproofing, it adds some level of water resistance to the phone. So, it is difficult to encourage anyone to try this with a phone that doesn’t have any sort of water resistance. You might end up frying the internals by keeping it on.
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