We debunked the wet-phone-in-rice myth

How to troubleshoot everything, from a faulty PC to your cat's scratching post. Also, we've got an update on Huawei. No Images? Click here   Rice is for dinner, not for repair Contrary to popular belief, putting your water-damaged phone in rice can actually make the problem worse. Here's why, plus what you should do instead. Rice dinner good, rice repair bad     This is what your car's dashboard lights actually mean We compiled the corresponding fixes for each of the most common instrument cluster alerts. Decode your dashboard     How to fix a PC that's beeping at a black screen Those beeps are probably trying to tell you one of four things. We deciphered them for you, so you can skip the guesswork and get straight to fixing. Here's what the beeps are saying     How to refurbish your cat's scratching post When your cat's scratching post inevitably wears down, give it some fresh sisal rope with this easy guide. Fix that cat scratch fever     Can Huawei make a phone out of all non-US parts? In light of the recent ban on US sales to China, our teardown team built a hypothetical phone out of non-US parts to see if it could be done. See our thought experiment   Fix your faulty PC with quality parts. We've got replacmement parts for a number of PC laptops, including Acer, ASUS, Surface, and Lenovo—all backed by our industry-leading warranty. Shop our PC laptop parts   iFixit 1330 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, CA  Thanks for subscribing to the iFixit Newsletter.   Like    Tweet    Forward  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe