Having managed to drop my old mobile several times into toilets and washing up bowls, cleaned and dried them out, it worked each time. Eventually though it must have had a cumulative effect as it gradually stopped working.
My work mobile has a shattered screen having dropped it on the road but that still works. I have told my boss it is intermittent which allows me to switch it off and escape the frequent requests to do more work.

My current personal mobile is a large smart phone and it is silent, just a gentle buzz as I hate noisy phones. It has a glass screen protector which I cracked on the first day! and a protective soft case which is very much needed. Fingers crossed yours works.

I don't think the rice thing is real but mine went into the washing machine and survived. Just make sure its as dry as possible eg put it on top of a radiator with as much of the gubbins exposed as possible.

It is 30 years this year since I bought my first mobile phone. This is the first time I have had any mishap with any of them.

The rice didn't work at all: by the end of the day it just had condensation inside one side of the screen, which wouldn't seem to be a good thing. It's now on a towel on top of the Aga. Perhaps I should have used my extensive supply of silica gel packets from inside covid test packs?

Yes that would have been wise assuming they are dried out.

I once dropped my (new, gift) iPhone 5 in the sea, in France. I watched the crystal clear waters closing over its pristine screen and assumed all was lost - it fell three feet under water, from my pocket, as I absent-mindedly helped a child stand up - but no! Despite all the proclamations that the merest hint of water would kill such a device outright, it lived on for another four years. I did the rice-in-a-bag thing and crossed my fingers for a day or two. Maybe the same will work for you?