When my iPhone slid out of my pocket and into the toilet last Thursday, at first I did panic! But I scooped it out of the water as soon as I saw it. I took it out of the leather case I had it in.

I turned the phone off and dried off outside water.

I called iPhone support (on a friend’s phone) and couldn’t figure out how to get the SIM card out. I couldn’t find the small hole in the top to stick a paper clip into.

I was trying to poke a paper clip into the earphone jack hole!

A friend was able to get the SIM card out.

I kept the phone turned off.

Another friend suggested putting it into a Ziplok bag of dry rice overnight.

I thought, “What the heck. Can’t hurt!” so that is what I did.

Next morning (probably about 12 hours later), with baited breath, I put the SIM card back in, tapped the phone to remove all the rice, and turned it on.

IT WORKED!

I don’t know if it was the quick action of removing it from the water, or the dry rice or what – but I don’t care – I didn’t have to buy a new phone!