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Cellphone speaker guides: water, dust and sound.
Practical answers to the questions people ask after a cellphone gets wet — written by the team behind Wring, with the free browser tools linked where they help.
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Start here · Water damage
How to get water out of a cellphone speaker
What to do in the first minute, how to run a water eject cycle, what to skip, and when to get a repair. iPhone and Android.
ExplainerHow water eject works — and does it damage your speaker?
Mesh, surface tension, low-frequency pulses and why there is no ultrasound involved.
MythDoes rice dry a cellphone? The rice myth, tested
Why air-drying beats rice, what desiccants do, and the safe drying protocol.
TroubleshootingCellphone speaker crackling after water? It’s usually dust
How to tell water from lint from a torn membrane, and what fixes each.
SiriWater Eject Shortcut vs an app
What the 165 Hz Siri Shortcut does well, where it stops, and how the app differs.
ComparisonBest water eject apps for iPhone and Android (2026)
Wring, Clear Wave, Speaker Cleaner, Sonic, the Shortcut, Apple Watch and browser tools — compared.
Skip the reading — run water eject nowFree, in your browser. Volume up, cellphone face down, about a minute.