- Every iPhone since the iPhone XS
can detect liquid inside the lightning port of the iPhone,
and it sends you this scary message,
"Liquid detected in lightning port,"
and they don't want you to charge your iPhone,
and there's water in there,
it can cause corrosion, and all sorts of problems.
- Brand new iPhone SE 3.
Pyrex.
Used.
(water splashes)
Boom.
Look at us-
- Let's see what happens.
- All right.
So we're gonna take it outta here,
just like you probably did,
and now you're watching this video.
People accidentally put their phone in Pyrex,
and then they're like, "You know what?"
And this is plugged into my computer.
Let's charge it.
Let's see what the heck happens here.
I just wanna make sure we have the shot
in case it blows up.
Boom.
Oh it works- - Wow. Look at that.
- [David P.] Liquid detected.
- Liquid detected.
Charging is not available because liquid has been detected
in the lightning connector.
Disconnect to allow the connector to dry.
What do you do when you see a message like this?
Well, first of all-
- Ah, watch a video.
On YouTube.
- Watch a video.
Unplug your phone, leave it out.
Because if there is liquid in the lightning connector-
- Which can happen.
It can get into your phone,
cause corrosion when it's charging.
- Yeah. And obviously shorting out.
So there's these little pins on the lightning cable,
and Apple actually says water can get in underneath
the little pins on the lightning cable,
so be careful of that.
- Yes.
So this can happen
when there's liquid on the lightning cable,
or in the lightning ports.
If you see this message for the first time,
try another cable to see if the message persists.
If it happens with both cables,
there's liquid in the lightning port itself.
If it's just one cable,
it's that cable that has the liquid.
- This is what happens to me,
and has happened to me in the car before,
is I have like a drink in the cup holder,
but then I also have my cable near the cup holder,
and I've gotten this warning in the car,
and it's actually the cable.
- So here's what Apple recommends to do.
First they recommend holding your phone vertically,
and tapping on the back of it.
I'm not too thrilled about that-
- Like a baby.
- I'm not super thrilled about that,
because if you just happen to drop your phone in the toilet,
or the lake, or the pool,
or a Pyrex cup of water,
the water could have gotten deeper into your iPhone,
so holding it vertically like that
could cause the water that's deeper inside of your iPhone
to move around and reach more parts of your iPhone.
So, I kind of disagree with Apple on that,
unless it's just the tip-
- Yeah. Unless it's just the tip-
- Unless it's just the port.
Next, leave it out for about 30 minutes.
Just let it dry out a little bit.
A lot of the time that is enough time,
if there's just water inside the port itself.
Again, if it's all over your phone,
30 minutes is not gonna be long enough
to dry out your entire phone,
but just leave it flat surface.
If you have desiccants lying around,
just put them near the port of your iPhone,
maybe accelerate that drying process a little bit.
- Studies have shown that leaving an iPhone out,
or actually, they did it with hearing aids,
leaving electronic devices out to dry
is more effective than putting it in its closed bag
with rice.
- Yep. Don't use rice.
- Yeah. Don't use rice.
- Because then it- - It doesn't work.
- Instead of water in the port,
you'll also have rice in the port with water.
- Yeah. It's grain-sized, rice-grain-sized.
And then that is like next to impossible to get out,
you'd be amazed.
- Yeah. So let's talk about how to dry out this iPhone.
- All right. Let's talk about it.
- So first we use the microfiber cloth,
wipe down the exterior of it.
- Wiping down the outside of the phone. Wow.
It's okay to use a tissue, like sort of wadded up,
as long as it's not gonna leave lint.
So I have tissues over there, will you hand me one of those.
These are fine, because they're two-ply Kleenex,
and there's no aloe,
but if there's aloe on it, forget it,
'cause it's gonna get wet,
and I think that in this case,
you just have to be careful,
but I could stick a little tissue in there,
do that and it'd be fine.
- If you dropped your entire phone,
and it got totally submerged,
we also recommend removing your SIM card.
First of all, the water could damage your SIM card,
and then you'd have no service.
Also, opening up that SIM card tray gives more ways
for the water to escape your phone.
- I think we're going a little deep here, David,
which is a good thing, I think, for some people,
but other people may just have a simple problem
with like a specific cable,
or they just need to set their phone aside.
I wouldn't do this until you were sure
that there was more wrong with your phone
than just having to set it out for 30 minutes.
- Yeah.
So you do have the option to do an emergency override
when you see this notification on your phone.
If it is just the one cable,
just take that cable out,
swap in a new one, done.
If it is every cable, because the liquid is in the port,
you really shouldn't do the emergency override,
because just the liquid that's trapped in there
can cause corrosion, short your iPhone,
it could leave it totally broken.
- Right.
It's interesting they built in this feature though,
because you really should use it if it's an emergency.
Give it a whirl.
No guarantees though-
- Let us know how that goes for you
if you did the emergency override.
Another question we see a lot when this problem comes up is,
"Can I wirelessly charge my iPhone,
because I can't charge it with a wire.
Can I just stick it on a wireless charger?"
Apple says that's okay,
and if it's just water it contains in your port,
again, it's probably fine.
If it's water all throughout your phone,
be careful.
- You've got other problems.
At that point.
- And that's really what it comes down to
with this specific issue.
Did it happen after you dropped your phone in the lake?
Or did it happen after you stuck a cup of Pepsi
on your iPhone cable that's in your car,
and you plugged it in, and that popup showed up?
Yeah. It's still there. - Right.
So I just cleaned this all off,
and I'm still getting the message
whenever I plug in this cable.
This is what happens.
It's very sensitive once it gets the idea
that liquid's in there.
You just have to wait.
And now I'm gonna have to wait to not use this phone,
or this cable.
- That's too bad.
Yeah, so start with 30 minutes when you see this message.
If 30 minutes goes by, it's still not working,
another 30 minutes,
and I guess you could check every 30 minutes.
Apple says start with 30 minutes, then go to 24 hours.
But I think you could
try it out- - You could check in between.
- You could check in between.
Nothing bad's gonna happen to you there.
A few things you definitely shouldn't do.
Obviously, you said iPhone and rice, terrible idea.
Blowing air into the port.
(David P. exhales)
Intuitively, you think that might dry it,
but what it's gonna do is just push the water further up
into the port,
and maybe deeper into your phone.
- Yeah. And, I mean, moisture.
- Moisture, yeah.
- Bodies are made of water-ish, kind of.
- Also, with the hair dryers too.
Those can heat up your phone quite a bit,
so just be careful of those.
- Yeah.
And they can mess with the waterproof coating
if it gets too hot.
- So- - Don't use that.
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- Yeah. And how it happened to you.
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