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Can a YouTube video really fix your wet phone?

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Waterproof Myths and Speaker Science

This chapter shares a personal story about a phone that falls into a river, leading to a discussion on the effectiveness of YouTube videos meant to expel water from phone speakers. It explores the science behind speaker functionality, the waterproofing capabilities of modern smartphones, and the implications of water damage. The conversation reveals interesting experiments with UV light to examine water ingress, highlighting the varying degrees of water resistance among different phone models.

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