Is there anything more frustrating than trying to listen to music or a podcast on your iPhone and the sound just isn’t coming out right? Maybe it’s muffled, or maybe it’s so low you can hardly hear it.
The good news is that this problem is pretty easy to fix. In this article, we’ll walk you through how to clean the speaker on your iPhone and get those sounds booming again.
Trust us, this is one fix you’ll be glad you learned!
How To Clean iPhone Speakers Without Damaging Them
First, let’s prepare the tools.
You can use either a soft painting brush, toothbrush or a pointy toothpick to clean your iPhone speaker. Make sure you use a soft bristle brush or toothbrush so that you don’t damage your speaker.
You will also use alcohol and a q-tip to wipe off the excess dust and dirt. As an extra step, you can also use compressed air to remove dirt and dust.
Now let’s see how to clean the iPhone speaker grill.
Step 1: Clean the outside rim of your iPhone speaker
You can use an alcohol-soaked q-tip or a damp cloth to wipe off any dirt around the speaker. Make sure you don’t drop any water into your iPhone speaker. You can also blow some air onto the phone’s exterior, this will easily remove dust.
Step 2: Cleaning with a toothpick or brush
Take a toothpick and dip it in the alcohol, make sure you only touch the surface of the tip because if you wet too much of it then it might damage your iPhone’s components which we don’t want. Gently clean out each part of your iPhone speaker with a toothpick until no more dirt comes out, wipe it with a clean damp cloth or q-tip.
You can also use a brush or toothbrush to remove the dirt. Simply dip it in the alcohol, make sure you only touch the tip of the bristle or brush and again clean all the small holes on your iPhone speaker until it is clean.
Step 3: Cleaning your iPhone’s speaker grill with compressed air
Take a can of compressed air which you can buy from any office store and spray the air into the mesh of your phone’s speaker until all dirt is blown out. You will have to do this several times in order to get rid of excess dirt stuck in the mesh. This also applies for when you blow any dust off your screen.
Step 4: Check if there are still problems with sound
After doing all these, plug in your headphones and press play on the music player or youtube and check if there’s still distortion sounds. If yes, then it means something is still stuck in your iPhone’s speaker and you will have to repeat the whole process again or get in touch with a professional who knows how to clean iPhone speakers.
FAQ
Why does my iPhone speaker sound muffled?
Your speaker might be dirty or blocked with dust, thus distorting the sound which gives off a muffled effect. Clean it out and see if that fixes it.
Can I damage the speaker by cleaning them?
You can cause damage when cleaning iPhone speakers, especially the mesh, however, it should be fine if you clean it with a brush or toothpick gently without wetting too much of them.
How do I clean my iPhone’s charging port?
You can use a cotton bud to wipe it off, make sure there is no dust in your port, otherwise, it might get damaged.
How do I clean my iPhone’s earpiece?
The earpiece is situated right next to your iPhone’s mesh speaker so cleaning it is the same thing as the latter. Just make sure you don’t use too much alcohol or water when cleaning the port.
How often should I clean my iPhone?
You should ideally clean your phone at least once a month using different tools and steps in order to remove dirt and dust.
How do I clean my iPhone’s microphone?
The microphone is located right under the mesh speaker, so it’s quite similar to cleaning that one. The only difference is you will have to use compressed air instead of water or alcohol to get rid of excess dirt and dust.
In Conclusion
Cleaning your iPhone speaker is not a hard task although it might seem so. Most of the steps are just to prevent damage to your phone. As long as you follow these steps carefully, you will be able to clean out your iPhone’s speaker.
Thank you for reading – now go check out our other speaker-cleaning tips!