While using rice to get rid of the water from your phone’s speaker is a very common practice, it can also be unsafe if you don’t use clean rice which is completely free of any starch powder. That said, if you are someone that does not want the risk, you can get the water out of your phone without using rice by using other drying techniques. This includes keeping your phone inside a ventilated dry room and letting it dry for as long as 24 hours. To enhance this process, without using rice, you can use other rice alternatives, such as silica gel packets which also contain absorbent qualities. Being packed, silica gel packets do not pose any danger to your phone and are a great alternative to drying your phone through the rice.