Water intrusion inside a smartphone is never a good thing Sure, most modern cell phones are highly water-resistant, but that doesn't mean they are immune from the dangers of water

Some viral YouTube videos claiming to be able to use vibration to remove water from a cell phone seem ridiculous However, The Verge decided to test to see if the videos live up to their promise

The most popular video, titled “Sound To Remove Water From Phone Speaker ( GUARANTEED )” seems to be exactly what it promises Users from all over the world commented on how they arrived at this video, and most of them seem to be satisfied with the results 'Just dropped a glass of water on my phone I am so glad to be back in this wonderful community, August 2024, anyone?”

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As of this writing, it has 45 million views Since this video first appeared on YouTube four years ago, it is still relatively young in the grand scheme of video sharing services

The Verge decided to contact the makers of the best phones to see if they had any comment on the video, but was only referred to a general support page on how to deal with wet phones So we asked iFixit to test the video to see if the water drained from the phone

Shahram Mokhtari, iFixit's lead teardown engineer, and Chayton Ritter, an engineering student on the company's editorial staff, took four phones and soaked them in water They tested a mix of old and new phones: iPhone 13, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 3, and Nokia 71

The results were interesting, as they seemed to vary from phone to phone: the Pixel 7 Pro, after being submerged in water for one minute and left overnight with a video playing, became completely dry The Nokia 71, on the other hand, was basically useless iPhone 13 and Pixel 3 were in between

The iFixit team noted that the test was slightly flawed The phone's seals can break as it ages, resulting in it absorbing more water than when new

Overall, the test determined that water drained from the YouTube video; as soon as the YouTube video was played, a close-up video was taken of water droplets sizzling out of the phone, demonstrating that the water was definitely moving The area outside the speaker port, however, was not suitable for drying because the speaker was pushing air out of the handset to move the water

In the end, iFixIt's Ritter said the video “is kind of a job It's painless, but it's not a universal repair method or a way to drain all the liquid"