Xiaomi 13T Pro stayed under water for 1.5 hours

Feb 14, 2025
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Hello everyone. My 13t pro which has an ip68 rating had fallen to the floor of my car and I hadn't noticed for about 1.5 hours. Right now it works fine and nothing is wrong but I read it can take up to a week for problems to come up.
I have silica gel but I'm not sure if I should use it. The depth of the water was about half the thickness of the phone so it wasn't completely submerged but speaker and charger were probably halfway under water.

As ip68 is for 30 mins submerged, should I worry about this 1.5 hour halfway submersion?

Should I use silica gel at this point?

Thanks in advance to everyone.
 
While you are probably okay, placing your phone in a bag of dry rice overnight wouldn't hurt.

I am assuming you never disassembled the phone during any of this, correct?
I've read rice gets stuck inside speakers ports and mics so i only wanna use silicon gel if i use anything. No I haven't disassembled it. I'm using it normally but as I can't be sure if i need to do something, I'm stuck as hell.