It would be a nightmare if water got inside your iPhone. Despite having an IP rating of some kind (iPhone 7 and beyond, including the iPhone 12 series), modern iPhones are not waterproof. Additionally, getting any water on or inside an older iPhone can be quite damaging. So, here’s how to remove water from your iPhone if you inadvertently dunked it in water or if it has water within the speaker, camera, or lightning port.
Get Water Out of Your iPhone (Updated May 2021)
Regardless of whether your iPhone has an official IP classification, submerging the device in water is not advised. This is so even for iPhones with an IP rating, Apple won’t cover water damage under warranty. Therefore, if something goes wrong, Apple will abandon you (pun intended).
The speaker or lightning port of the iPhone frequently become clogged with water, which muffles the sound. It is more challenging to dry out a camera lens that has water or moisture inside of it, though, under particular circumstances. So, in this article, we’ll demonstrate how to remove water from your iPhone’s camera lens, lightning port, and other components. We will also demonstrate how to dry your iPhone both with and without rice. To access any section of this article, use the table of contents below.
How to Get Water Out of iPhone Speakers and Charging Port
We will start by talking about this as it is the most frequent problem that users of iPhones encounter. There are many ways, including applications, Siri shortcuts, and more, to remove water from your iPhone without using rice. They may be used to remove water from your iPhone’s charging port and speakers. Let’s examine each of them individually.
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First, Try Using Gravity
You should start by trying to save your water-damaged iPhone by using gravity. Simply tap lightly on the top of your iPhone while aiming the speaker of your iPhone at the ground. To get water out of your iPhone, you can also try touching the phone’s frame.
This easy approach may also be able to free any water droplets that have become lodged inside your iPhone speaker, allowing them to fall out the speaker grill and onto the ground.
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Get Water out of Speaker Using Siri Shortcut
As many of you may know, the Apple Watch includes a useful method for clearing water from the speaker grilles. It works well and lets you play noises to force water out of the speaker. Unexpectedly, the iPhone lacks any such built-in techniques. However, it doesn’t preclude you from creating your own or using Siri shortcuts developed by other iPhone users to eject water from the speaker. The steps are as follows:
1. To begin with, you must allow the iPhone to instal shortcuts from untrusted sources. Turn on the Allow Untrusted Shortcuts option under Settings -> Shortcuts. To confirm the operation, you must enter your passcode.
2. After that, add the Water Eject shortcut to your iPhone by downloading it from this website. The Add Untrusted Shortcut button must be tapped after you scroll to the bottom of the Add Shortcut page. This is a useful shortcut made by user Josh0678, and if you’re interested, you can browse more of them using this link.
4. Go to the My Shortcuts menu in the Shortcut app now. Tap the Water Eject shortcut here. When you select Begin from the menu that appears, the shortcut will begin to operate. While the shortcut is operating, you will hear a succession of noises, and the water should start spraying from your speaker.
Note:To get the best results, tilt your iPhone’s speaker downward so that gravity can also assist. Additionally, avoid utilising the shortcut while using headphones or AirPods.
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Use an App to Eject Water out of Speaker
You can test out apps that provide comparable functionality if Siri Shortcuts aren’t your thing or if you don’t trust a Shortcut made by an online user who goes by an alias. Sonic is the app that most people suggest using to remove water from an iPhone speaker.
1. Get Sonic from the Apple App Store (Free).
2. After the software has been installed, run it. Sonic helps you remove water from your iPhone speaker using sound waves. You can experiment with both high-pitched and low-pitched sounds to find the one that produces the greatest results because it enables you select the frequency of the sound that will be played via your speaker.
3. Press “Play” after choosing the frequency you want to use. When the water has finished escaping, hit Stop to end the sound.
This app should remove water from your iPhone speakers for you, plus it s free to use, which is amazing.
Note:While playing the sound, swipe your finger up and down on the screen to adjust frequencies in real-time. This can help expel water more effectively.
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Use a Website
If neither an app nor a Shortcut sounds like a good idea to you, there are also websites that let you play sounds to remove water from iPhone speakers. Here is how it works:
1. Head over to thiswebsiteon your iPhone.
2. Here, tap on the frequency value (it will show 440Hz by default) and enter 165Hz.
3. Click on the Play button to start playing the sound. This should help eject any water that s stuck in your iPhone speaker with ease.
Use Rice to Fix a Water Damaged iPhone
Using rice to fix water damage in electronics is something many people swear by. I have never used this method and can t vouch for its effectiveness. However, rice is a pretty good absorbent, which means it can help your water-damaged iPhone to some extent.
The process is simple. Power off your iPhone and submerge it inside uncooked rice. Make sure to submerge it completely within rice for a couple of days. The rice should be able to absorb at least some of the moisture from your iPhone. This trick can be helpful to solve problems such as moisture inside the iPhone camera lens, the charging port, etc.
Use Silica Gel to Fix a Water Damaged iPhone
While rice has been known to work, there s one thing that absorbs a lot of moisture, and it s called silica gel. You must have seen packets of these inside shoe boxes or bags that you buy. These little packets filled with silica gel absorb all the moisture and ensure that your clothes, bags, shoes, etc., don t get damaged due to humidity.
So if you have silica gel at hand, you should try using them to help you fix your iPhone with water damage.
Cover your iPhone with silica gel packets and leave it be for a day or two. That should help absorb all the moisture from your iPhone.
How to Get Water Out of iPhone Camera
Note:This method is most effective if you tear open the silica gel packets and bury your iPhone in the little beads of silica gel that are inside the packets. However, it can also be slightly risky because you might end up bursting these beads of silica gel.
If you have moisture stuck inside your iPhone s camera glass, it can make your pictures come out blurry and spotty. Plus, that s not good news for your iPhone s life either.
The easiest method that you can use to try and get water out of your iPhone s camera is burying the device in rice or between packets of silica gel. They will absorb the moisture out of your iPhone camera, screen, charging port, etc.
Take Your iPhone to Apple for Service
You can read the sections above to get more details about how to use rice and silica gel to remove water from the iPhone camera lens. On the other hand, if youriPhone camera is freezing or you re seeing a black screen, we suggest you check out our linked troubleshoot guide.
If nothing works or if you simply want an expert to take a look at your iPhone, you can take it to your nearest Apple Store or certified service center.
DIY Solutions for Fixing a Wet iPhone
The Apple Genius or the repair experts should be able to help you get rid of moisture or water from your iPhone. They may even be able to fix your iPhone if something is out of order. However, do note thatiPhones come with water damage indicators, so your repair executive will know of the water damage. There s no use trying to hide that fact from them.
Note:We do not recommend opening an iPhone on your own. So try this at your own risk.
For people who fancy themselves as a DIY enthusiast, you can try opening up your iPhone and drying it out yourself as well.
Opening an iPhone on your own will let you easily dry out any water that may have seeped inside your iPhone s body, and not just the charging port or speaker. Plus, you can clean it out properly, which is better than using rice or silica gel. Do note that silica gel will work even better if you open up your iPhone and then bury it under silica gel packets.
Save Your iPhone from an Untimely Death Due to Water Damage
Also, we would like to remind you that opening your iPhone will void your warranty. So make sure you only do this if you re out of warranty coverage or confident in your ability to open and fix your iPhone.
Losing an iPhone to water damage can feel irritating because you might feel almost helpless. Plus, even with newer IP-rated iPhones, there s no guarantee that your iPhone can survive being exposed to water in any way, shape, or form. If you’ve used your iPhone in the rain or accidentally dropped it in the pool, you should check that there s no water stuck in the Lightning port or the speakers. If there is, use the methods discussed in this article to get water out of your iPhone and save it from short-circuiting.
