Category: ClearWave

Phone speaker crackling after rain is a reason to dry the phone before you chase the sound with a long tone. Power the phone off if it was soaked, wipe the ports and the grille, and let it sit. When you turn it on, run one Water Eject pass from the cleaner with the grille…

You can test a phone speaker in the browser with the Sound Test button. It plays about four seconds of the selected tone so you can hear whether the grille is blocked before you commit to a full minute. Open the My Sound Fix tool, set the volume lower for a check than you would…

An Android speaker that sounds dusty often has lint in the mesh, not a software bug. Brush the grille with a dry, soft brush. Then open the cleaner and switch to Dust Pulse. The bursts are a 280 Hz tone with the volume you set. Hold the speaker down so loosened grit can fall out.…

A safe frequency to remove water from a speaker, in this tool, is an ordinary audible tone around 165 Hz. It is not ultrasound and it is not a medical claim. The speaker cone moves, which can shake a drop off the grille. The risk is loudness, so the warning sits above Start and the…

You can clean a phone speaker without an app by using the browser page. My Sound Fix does not ask for an install or an account. Open the tool page, read the loud-sound warning, set the slider, and press Start. Water Eject holds a steady tone. Dust Pulse chops the tone into short bursts for…

To eject water from an iPhone speaker, use Safari or Chrome and tap Start yourself. iOS will not play the tone until that tap. Turn the side volume up, keep the phone off your ear, and tilt the bottom grille toward the floor. On the My Sound Fix page, leave Water Eject selected. The readout…

How to get water out of a phone speaker starts with gravity, then a tone. Dry the outside with a cloth. Turn the volume up on the phone, but do not put the speaker against your ear. Open the My Sound Fix cleaner, choose Water Eject, and point the grille at the floor. Let the…

A phone speaker muffled after water often means a drop is still sitting on the mesh. Wipe the grille. On the cleaner, run Water Eject once with the speaker facing down. Listen to a song you know. A dull high end after one pass can clear after the phone sits in a dry room. If…