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Fix My Speaker: Eject Water From Your Phone

A free speaker cleaner that plays a 165 Hz tone to push water out of a muffled phone speaker, with a dust removal sweep and a speaker test. Works in your browser — no app.

Cleaning mode

A 165 Hz low tone moves the speaker as far as it goes, pushing trapped water out through the grille.

Turn your volume up, point the speaker down, and press Start.

Frequency
165 Hz
Time left
1:00
Rounds done
0
Duration
100%

Keep this at 100% and turn your device volume all the way up too.

Before you start

  • Unplug headphones and disconnect Bluetooth audio, so the tone plays through the speaker you want to clear. Never play it into earbuds you are wearing.
  • Take off the case and hold the phone with the speaker facing down, away from your ear.
  • On iPhone, if you hear nothing, turn off Silent mode and try again.
Three steps

How to eject water from your speaker

It takes about a minute a round. The same steps work on iPhone, Android, tablets and laptops.

  1. Step 1: Turn it up and unplug

    Set your device volume to maximum and disconnect headphones or Bluetooth speakers, so the tone plays through the speaker you want to clear.

  2. Step 2: Point the speaker down

    Take off the case and hold the phone with the speaker grille facing the floor, so gravity helps the water out. Keep it away from your ear.

  3. Step 3: Press Start and repeat

    Run the 165 Hz tone for a minute. Droplets often appear on the grille. Wipe them off, repeat two or three times, then let the phone air-dry.

Features

Everything a muffled speaker needs

Three cleaning tones and a speaker test, all generated on your device. Pick a mode, press Start, and listen for the difference.

  • Water eject at 165 Hz

    The low tone most water-eject tools use, with a smooth fade in and out. Low notes make the speaker's diaphragm travel furthest, and that movement pushes trapped droplets out through the grille — the same idea Apple Watch uses to clear its own speaker.

  • Dust removal sweep

    Glides from 120 to 600 Hz and back, so the grille vibrates at changing speeds and shakes loose lint a single tone can miss.

  • Custom tone generator

    Any frequency from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, in sine, square, triangle or sawtooth. Try a different low tone if 165 Hz has not done it.

  • Speaker test

    Check left and right channels, then sweep the whole audible range to find where your speaker starts, stops, or rattles.

  • Runs on your device

    The sound is generated in your browser. No app, no sign-up, no microphone access, and nothing uploaded anywhere.

Fix My Speaker: A Free Water Eject Tool for Your Phone

A phone that has been rained on, splashed at the pool or dropped in the sink often comes out working but sounding wrong: quiet, muffled, or buzzing. Most of the time that is not damage. It is water sitting in the speaker grille and against the speaker itself. Fix My Speaker plays a low tone through the speaker to push that water out, so the sound comes back without an app, a repair shop, or a bag of rice.

It runs in any modern browser on iPhone, Android, iPad, laptops and desktops. The sound is generated on your device by the browser itself, so there is nothing to download, no account, and nothing recorded or uploaded.

How a Sound Ejects Water From a Speaker

A speaker makes sound by moving a thin diaphragm back and forth. Low notes move it the furthest, and at full volume a 165 Hz tone makes it pump air through the grille hard enough to shake droplets loose and push them out. You can often see them appear on the outside of the phone while the tone plays.

The idea is not new. Apple Watch does the same thing: when Water Lock is turned off, it plays a series of tones to clear water from its own speaker. Fix My Speaker brings that approach to any device with a browser.

How to Get Water Out of Your Phone Speaker

  1. Turn the volume all the way up and disconnect headphones and Bluetooth audio, so the tone plays through the phone's own speaker.
  2. Take the case off and point the speaker down. Gravity helps the water out, and a case can trap it against the grille.
  3. Press Start. The water eject tone plays for 1 minute with a soft fade in and out.
  4. Wipe and repeat. Dry off any droplets on the grille and run it again. Two or three rounds clears most splashes.
  5. Let it air-dry. Leave the phone somewhere dry with some airflow, speaker down, for a while afterwards.

The full walkthrough, including what not to do with a wet phone and how to tell water from real damage, is in the guide on how to get water out of a phone speaker.

Water Eject for iPhone and Android

The tool works the same way on both. On iPhone, the tone is set to play like video sound, which on current versions of iOS plays even when Silent mode is on; if you hear nothing, turn Silent mode off and press Start again. On Android, press the volume-up button while the tone is playing so you raise the media volume rather than the ringer. Many Android browsers can also run the phone's vibration motor during a cleaning run, which you can switch on below the controls.

Dust Removal for a Muffled Speaker

Pocket lint and dust build up in a speaker grille over months and slowly muffle the sound. The dust removal mode sweeps from 120 to 600 Hz and back, so the grille vibrates at changing speeds and shakes loose particles that a single tone can miss. For packed-in grime, combine it with a gentle brushing using a clean, dry, soft-bristled brush — the method Apple recommends for iPhone speakers. The guide on how to clean a phone speaker covers what is safe to use.

Custom Tone Generator and Speaker Test

If the standard tone has not done the job, the custom tone mode plays any frequency from 20 Hz to 20 kHz as a sine, square, triangle or sawtooth wave. Anything between about 150 and 300 Hz is worth trying for water. It doubles as a general-purpose online tone generator.

Once the speaker is clear, the speaker test checks that the left and right channels play from the right places and sweeps the full audible range, which makes any leftover rattle easy to hear.

What a Speaker Cleaner Cannot Do

To be straightforward about the limits:

  • It clears water and loose dust from the speaker grille. It does not dry the inside of a phone or the charging port.
  • It cannot repair a speaker that has been damaged by a drop or by corrosion.
  • Salt water and sugary drinks can leave residue behind that a tone will not shift.
  • If the sound is still wrong after the phone has had a day to dry, contact the manufacturer or a repair service.

Is It Safe?

Phone speakers are built to play at full volume, and the tone stays within what the phone allows, with a gentle fade so it never starts with a pop. Runs stop on their own. Keep the phone away from your ear while it plays, and never play the cleaning tones through earbuds or headphones you are wearing. The FAQ covers safety, privacy and every common problem in more detail.

FAQ

Speaker cleaning questions, answered

Our 8 most-asked questions. The FAQ page goes further, into drying mistakes, sound that stays muffled, and safe listening levels.

Does a sound really push water out of a speaker?

It can, for water sitting in the speaker grille and against the speaker itself. A speaker makes sound by moving a thin diaphragm back and forth, and low notes make it move furthest. At full volume, a 165 Hz tone shakes droplets loose and pushes them out through the grille. Apple Watch uses the same idea: turning off Water Lock plays a series of tones to clear water from its speaker.

What it cannot do is dry the inside of a phone, fix a speaker that has been damaged, or get liquid out of the charging port. For those, drying time and, if needed, a repair are the answer.

How do I use the speaker cleaner?
  • Turn your device volume all the way up, and disconnect headphones or Bluetooth audio.
  • Take the phone out of its case and hold it with the speaker grille pointing at the floor.
  • Choose Water eject and press Start. It plays for 1 minute by default.
  • Wipe away any droplets that appear on the grille, then run it again. Two or three rounds is usually enough.
  • Leave the phone to air-dry, speaker down, for a while afterwards.

Runs can be 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes. Your duration, volume and tone settings are remembered in this browser for next time.

How do I eject water from an iPhone speaker without an app?

Open this page in Safari, turn the volume all the way up, take off the case and press Start with the speaker grille facing down. The 165 Hz tone plays straight from the browser, so there is no app or Shortcut to install, and it works on every iPhone that runs a current version of Safari.

On recent iOS versions the tone is set to play like video sound, so it is heard even with Silent mode on. If you hear nothing, switch Silent mode off and press Start again. On iPhone 7 and later, media sound also plays from the earpiece above the screen, so if that one sounds muffled too, run a second round holding the phone screen-down.

Does the water eject tone work on Android, Samsung and Pixel phones?

Yes. It runs in Chrome, Samsung Internet, Firefox or any other current Android browser, on Galaxy, Pixel, OnePlus, Xiaomi and other phones. Nothing needs to be downloaded from the Play Store.

Press the volume-up button while the tone is playing, so you raise the media volume rather than the ringer. On phones that support it, a "Vibrate the phone too" option appears under the controls and runs the vibration motor alongside the tone for extra shake.

How long should I play the tone, and how many times?

Start with one 1 minute run. Check the sound, wipe the grille, and run it again if it is still muffled or crackly. Two or three rounds clears most splashes.

If it still sounds wrong after three rounds, more tone is unlikely to help. Water deeper inside needs time to evaporate: leave the phone somewhere dry with some airflow, speaker down, and try again in a few hours.

Should I put my phone in rice?

No. Apple specifically advises against it: small particles of rice can get into the phone and damage it, and rice does not dry a phone faster than open air.

Instead, tap the phone gently against your palm with the charging port facing down to shake out excess liquid, then leave it in a dry place with some airflow. Apple's guidance for liquid in the charging port is to wait at least 30 minutes before charging, and it can take up to 24 hours to dry completely.

Will the dust mode clean a dirty speaker?

It helps with loose dust and lint. The sweep from 120 to 600 Hz vibrates the grille at changing speeds, which can shake free what is sitting in it. Hold the speaker facing down while it plays.

Packed-in grime and pocket lint usually need a gentle brushing as well. The how-to-clean guide walks through doing that without damaging the mesh.

Can the tone damage my speaker?

Not when used as intended. Phone speakers are built to play at full volume, and phones limit their own output to protect the speaker. The tone is a single note at that same level, with a soft fade in and out, and it stops on its own after the time you chose.

Use short runs rather than leaving a tone playing for a long time, and stop if a dry speaker sounds badly distorted. A speaker that has already been damaged will not be fixed by the tone.

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Speaker still sounding muffled?

Turn the volume up, point the speaker at the floor, and run the water eject tone for a minute. Two or three rounds clears most splashes.

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