Speaker fix guides
Everything you need when your iPhone speaker sounds muffled, quiet or crackly — the honest manual fix first, then the one-tap way with Clear Wave.
How to Get Water Out of Your iPhone Speaker
Water in your iPhone speaker? Get it out in minutes: Apple-safe drying steps plus a sound-wave water eject that pushes trapped water out. Free on iPhone.
Read guide 02Water Eject App for iPhone: What It Does and How to Use One
What a water eject app does, how it pushes water out of your iPhone speaker, and what to look for in one. Try Clear Wave free on iPhone and iPad.
Read guide 03Fix My Speaker: Clear Water and Dust From Your iPhone Speaker
Fix my speaker, fast: eject water and dust from your iPhone speaker with sound waves, then test left/right channels. Step-by-step guide + free app.
Read guide 04How to Fix an iPhone Speaker (Quiet, Muffled or Not Working)
iPhone speaker quiet, muffled or not working? 8 fixes in order — settings, Bluetooth, restart, water eject, dust cleaning, and how to test the result.
Read guide 05iPhone Speaker Muffled? Here's the 2-Minute Fix
iPhone speaker muffled after water, a shower or rain? Here is why it sounds underwater and the 2-minute fix that pushes water out. Free iPhone app.
Read guide 06iPhone Speaker Crackling or Distorted? Find the Cause and Fix It
iPhone speaker crackling, buzzing or distorted? Find out if it is water, dust or a blown speaker — and fix it with a sound-wave cleaner and tone test.
Read guide 07Water Eject Shortcut for iPhone: How It Works and What to Use Instead
How the iPhone water eject Siri Shortcut works, why it stops working after iOS updates, and an easier one-tap alternative that also tests your speaker.
Read guide 08165 Hz Sound: Why This Frequency Ejects Water From Speakers
Why 165 Hz is the go-to water eject frequency, how low tones push water out of a phone speaker, and how to play it safely on iPhone.
Read guide 09How to Fix a Blown Speaker — and Check If It's Really Blown
Is your phone speaker blown or just clogged? Test it in 2 minutes, try the fixes that work, and know when a blown speaker needs repair.
Read guide 10How to Clean Your iPhone Speaker (Dust, Lint and Grime)
Clean dust and lint from your iPhone speaker without damage: soft brush, tape trick, and a sound-wave speaker cleaner. What to never use.
Read guide 11iPhone Dropped in Water? Do This in the First 30 Minutes
Dropped your iPhone in water, the pool or the toilet? Do this right now: Apple-safe drying, liquid-detected alert, speaker water eject and when to charge.
Read guide 12Left and Right Speaker Test: Check Both Channels in Seconds
Run a left and right speaker test on iPhone, AirPods or headphones in seconds. Find a quiet, muffled or dead channel and what to do about it.
Read guide 13Decibel Meter App for iPhone: Measure Noise and Speaker Loudness
Use your iPhone as a decibel meter: measure noise in dB, check how loud your speaker is, and know safe listening levels. Free dB meter in Clear Wave.
Read guide 14Tone Generator App for iPhone: Test Speakers With Any Frequency
Play any test tone on iPhone: pick a frequency in Hz, sweep low to high to test speakers, find rattles, or play a 165 Hz water eject tone.
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Muffled speaker? Get your sound back in the next minute.
Download Clear Wave, point the speaker down and run a water eject session. It's free to download on iPhone and iPad.
