Many smartphones can survive a quick dip in some water, but water can still seep in through small, unseen cracks.

Cellphones getting water damage is nothing new. Before the iPhone, I had a flip phone that fell into a swimming pool. The first thing everyone told me to do was to dry the phone out with rice. The ...

LONDON (AP) — You were walking next to a swimming pool when you slipped and dropped your phone into the water. Or it slipped out of your hand when you were next to a filled bathtub or toilet. However ...

Drop your phone in the pool? Here's how you can bring it back to life July 3, 2012 — -- intro: We humans can't get enough water during the summer, but for our gadgets, on the other hand, there ...

Uh, oh, your phone fell into the pool *** total or worse the toilet, it looks fine from the outside. But what's happening inside? I know what you're thinking. I'm fine because I have one of these ...

LONDON — You were walking next to a swimming pool when you slipped and dropped your phone into the water. Or it slipped out of your hand when you were next to a filled bathtub or toilet. However your ...

So your phone took a dip in a pool, ocean, or worse, the toilet? Well, don’t fret! Water plus smartphones used to equal instant death for many devices. Fortunately, that’s no longer always the case.