TIL that everyone swears by the 'freezer trick' for a stuck iPhone battery, but mine swelled up and cracked the screen after I left it in my garage freezer in Phoenix for 15 minutes.

Has anyone else had a common repair tip backfire because of a specific condition like extreme heat or humidity?

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Reminds me of how universal advice always fails somewhere. People say to put wet electronics in rice, but that's useless in a humid coastal town where the air is already soaked. Or the classic "just restart it" fix that does nothing when your laptop's fan is literally clogged with sawdust from a workshop. The internet gives one-size-fits-all solutions, but real life has basements, attics, and Phoenix garages that break all the rules.

benc5310d ago

Exactly, it's like getting diet advice from someone who's never had to cook in a shared kitchen with one working burner. The internet's favorite fixes assume you live in a perfectly average, climate-controlled box. Try telling someone in a swamp to use rice, or a baker that a restart will fix a laptop full of flour.

olivia_bailey4d ago

Yeah, my buddy tried the rice trick in his humid basement and it just made things worse.