Phone Speaker Guides & How-Tos
These guides walk you through real speaker problems step by step. Each one pairs short instructions with the right DrySpeaker tool mode, so you read a little and fix a lot. New guides are added regularly.
Available guides
- Add DrySpeaker to your home screen
- How to get water out of phone speaker — four methods that actually work, from the 165 Hz eject tone to proper drying. — install the web app on iPhone or Android in under a minute. One tap opens the cleaner the next time your phone gets wet.
- Speaker muffled after water? — the 3-minute diagnosis and fix for the most common speaker problem.
- Speaker crackling or distorted? — work out whether the distortion is debris you can remove or damage you cannot.
- Earpiece quiet during calls? — a separate fix for the small top speaker, which needs a gentler tone.
Coming soon
- How to eject water from an iPhone speaker, including the Shortcuts method
- How to eject water from an Android speaker, with Samsung, Pixel, and Xiaomi specifics
- What to do the minute your phone drops in water, including the truth about rice
- Whether 165 Hz is actually safe for phone speakers, with the science explained plainly
Start with the tools
If you already know your problem, skip the reading. The tools page has every cleaning mode on one screen: water eject, dust cleaner, earpiece and microphone modes, a speaker test, and a manual frequency slider.