Hey guys,
I thought I’d share with everyone a simple fix to an iPhone speaker problem.
Problem: The iPhone speaker works fine when headphones are plugged into it. However, as soon as the headphones are removed, there is no sound emitted from the iPhone. In other words, the iPhone speaker doesn’t work. My phone wouldn’t ring and I couldn’t hear any sound from the iPhone. This happened to my phone after it was water damaged.
Solution: Find a q-tip. Insert the q-tip into the headphone jack of the iPhone. Swivel the q-tip around for a bit and clean the inside of the headphone jack. Once I did this, the problem was magically fixed!
Leave some feedback if it works!
Cheers!
Video instructions:
*Also note that if you accidentally do drop your phone in water, you can attempt to fix it by putting the phone in a container of uncooked rice. The rice soaks up most of the moisture from the phone. You should detach the battery pack (if possible) and leave it in the uncooked rice for at least 6 hours. This should be done as soon as possible for maximum effect.
you are awesome thanks
Glad to help!
Thanks soooo much. it worked great
GREAT!!!! IT REALLY WORKS!!!!!!! THANXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!!!!!
It realy works by soaking overnight in dry uncooked rice ,thanks
you are a god!!!!!!!!
you are amazing even fixed my volume down button
thank you!
YOU MY FRIEND DESERVE A MEDAL! Thanks sooo much for this video because my Iphone 4 just got water damaged!
Tnx man
Works perfect. 
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Worked great! thanks for the solution!
Thanks for the feedback! Really appreciate it
I have no idea how you figured that out. And when I read it, I could hardly believe it would work. But it was easy enough, so I figured I’d give it a shot. Took me 90 seconds to try and worked like a charm. You are a genius! And thanks for sharing!
Haha, thanks for the feedback! I’m glad it worked and I really appreciate the comment
Worked great, thank you!!
Thanks for the feedback!
thankyou so much when i read this i thought it was a joke but it worked brilliantly youre a life saver
Haha thanks! At first, it does seem too simple to work!
thank u sO much its work great
Thanks for the feedback!
THANKYOU!!!!!!!!
You’re welcome!!!
Awesomeness!! Thanks buddy
Noooo problem!
I have to say, I thought this would never in a million years work. My phone got a little damp today and i wasn’t hearing anything from the regular speaker- i could use speakerphone, my ringtone and other sounds were working, but the in-call speaker didn’t work. There are a few other minor issues that I can live with, but this is kind of a key function of what a cell phone is supposed to do.
Upon first reading the solution, it does appear to be simple. But the simple solutions are the best
YOu are a hero. Saved me from sending my iPhone away!!
Thanks bud!
omg you are a friggin genius! You saved me from my girlfriend killing me for accidently dropping her phone in my dogs water bowl!
Hahaha good stuff!
I have an iphone 4, which was dropped in water by my daughter, that time we opened the back and removed the battery and let it dry for 2 days. After 2 days the iphone luckily booted up and all things were working fine only the sound is gone no ringtone, no ipod, no volume bar in ipod. the volume button works but the ringer level is blank, tried ur q-tip method not working, what to do????
To be honest, I am not sure. This quick fix is a trial and error, first step. If it works, that’s great, but if it doesn’t, I think bringing it into an iPhone repair shop is your best bet.
If you opened your phone to get to the battery, make sure everything is hooked back together when you put it together again to use. When I washed my phone (oops), I had take it apart so that it could dry quicker than leaving it together. I did not try to disconnect anything inside the phone, but the 1 and 2 connections fell out and the 3 connection followed (I have a 3gs, I don’t know if 4 is the same). The 1 and 2 connections were easy to see and I made sure they were put back together before putting the screen back on. The 3 connection was much more difficult to see and while I thought it was in, it must not have been in securely and fell out when I put the phone back together. Everything seemed to work fine except that I wasn’t receiving any sound through the ear speaker (all other sound – headphones, other speaker, was ok) I spent an hour trying to fix the problem with the headphone and q-tip method but they did not work. Thats when I took the phone apart and saw the connection 3 was out. When it was put back in, I had ear speaker functionality again. I would suggest opening up the phone again and checking if you have the same problem.
Thanks for sharing! I hope this method will help others as well.
Wow! It really works!!! Thanks a lot
Seriously I owe you, just had a bird take a massive crap on my phone and this did the trick. You just saved me a lot of money!
Oh man, that is funny lol. Glad it worked though.
omg that’s too funny.
Read your post, read the comments but still thought its a joke. But I cannot believe my eyes and ears. It WORKS!!! Ohhhh man, this is amazing. Hats off!
Haha thanks!
Hi Sawtun
My phone was exposed to some droplets of water in the top speaker…probably in the night when some water might have spilled over the speaker.
I noticed it in the morning….tried the q-tip method but was unfortunately unsuccessful.
Do you suggest something else apart from this?
There is sound but it is very very minimal.
Thanks
Saurabh
Hi Saurabh,
I would try the second method that I posted; the method using rice to extract the water. It may be too late, but I would give it a shot. Make sure you leave it in for at least 6 hours. I really hope it works.
Saw
Q-tip doesn’t fun /-: what do I do?
Fit*
I made an appointment with Apple this morning after my niece spilt water on my phone and my speaker stopped working as a result. I was happy to may £126 for a replacement and then came across this blog n tried it and it worked a treat..Thankyou..life saver!
That’s awesome that it worked! Thanks for the comment
DAMN!!! This worked! Thanks dude!
Yeahhhhh!!!
I was washing dishes while watching TV on my iPhone… and baaaam… it dropped right into the sink with water… :-/ Your tip worked as a magic! Thank you!
Nice! That’s awesome that it worked
Waitress dropped a bottle of water over my phone. Thought the cover saved it at first but realised the speaker wasn’t working once I got home. Tried this a couple of times and it worked. Thanks a heap!
Nice! Glad it worked!
Goooood stuff!
DUDE YOUR GREAT! WORKS PERFECTLY!!!
Wicked!
i stupidly thought my phone would like a taste of tea, result being the speaker did exactly this, worried out of my mind i would have to pay for a replacement i came across this site and i am so pleased i did, i have alot to thank you for. brilliant advice
Thanks for the lovely comment!
Wow it worked! Took a few go’s I didn’t think it wAs gonna work but it did! Thank you!!!!!!!!
Awesome!!!
Im taking a few goes and it is not working at all.
. How many seconds to you swivel it each time?
haha every week or so for a hella long time uve saved peoples phones. saved another today. awesome trick
Haha thanks dude! Glad it’s working for so many people
Thank you so much it’s worked I’m hoping it stays this way because I tried other solutions for the speaker and they worked but then it went out I thought oh no what if it soaked water up off my bathroom counter! I then checked my water indicators they were white thank god but speakers still weren’t working! Mu resort was apple & explaining and praying I don’t have 2paybut your solution worked amazing!!! Thank You
That’s awesome! Keep rockin`!
it didnt work : (
It may have been too late
Thank you!! my speaker audio works and now my headphones now work! My phone is in a bag of rice right now.. I’m hoping the other audio will start working but headphones and speaker are good enough
Awesome Awesomeeee!!!
Hi Sawtun, thank you so much the technique worked for me. was so worried of loosing my phone when the warranty had run out, very helpful.
Thank you!!, didn’t think it was going to work at first and had to do it quite a few times but eventually it worked. Thanks again
Glad it worked!
AH this saved my life!! thank you so much. i would have never thought something so simple would fix this!! THANK YOU
Awesome!
great man you r my hero
Oh my gosh this saved my life! Honestly! Thank you so much!!! My boyfriend got an iPhone 4 for Christmas and I accidently knocked my coke over at dinner and it only got on the left hand top corner yet it didn’t work.. The speakers were screwed and I was soooo upset.. A five day old phone and I wrecked it!! But I decided to trust good old google and found this page! I tried it and it dodn’t work at first. I tipped his iPhone upside down and did it again and it instantly worked!!
That’s awesome! Glad it worked! Thanks for sharing
Hell yeah! definitely worked!! and when i did it i took off the back and used my mothers blow dryer to get the inside! and it worked great! thanks for the tip !
Thanks for the extra tip!
I did this the first time and it worked. Then the 2nd time it stopped working! Please help
If you go to the direct link to the video on the YouTube site. There are other comments with other suggestions. One using a credit card in particular. I hope it helps.
O.M.G it worked like magic. I acidentally dropped my phone in water and was thinking about going to Apple Store and I came across your post. I saved me soooo much trouble. Thank you. Online community is soooo great
I know riiight! People helping people
Seriously, you are my hero right now!
Fantastic!! i just spilt half a can of lager on the phone and was panicking when i couldnt hear anything from the speakers. Tried this method and it is now working again. Thanks Mate, you’re a diamond!
Diamond
You made my night a while lot better! Thanks so much for sharing. My speaker works!!!!!!!
Woot!
thanks ~~~u save me
Thanks for the comment!
Thank you soooooo much! IT HAS WORKED!!!!! Beyond happy!
Niiiice! Glad it worked!
This did not work for me. I dropped my iPhone in the toilet a few weeks ago. Did the rice thing or over 2 days and it works fine but the sound had issues. The sound seems to work and not. As I have been writing this post from my phone the clicking sound when typing has came and went twice. My ringers for calls and text work off and on. It’s very weird. I have used my headphones and it works and ten doesn’t also. Does anyone know what I can do? I have reset the phone back to factory settings also. I hope I don’t need to get a new one. I really love this phone. Would a restore work? Wiping the whole phone. Thanks for any answers.
Life saver…!
woot
A drop of coffe spilled on my iphone 4 and the speaker stopped working. I tried the Q-tip but didn’t work then i tried the rice bag technique. Stored in a bag of rice for about 6 hours and bingo!!! my phone is as good as it was. Thank You mate. You saved me many a bucks.
Thanks for sharing your story
Thanks dude it worked
Good stuff!
YOU THE MAN!!!!!!!!
Haha thanks
Omg this worked!! Thank you so much
np
It worked!!!! Praise the Lord for q-tips!!!!!!
Lol!
Yesss, you’re awesome!
Why thank you
hi
I have iphone 4s I tried doing it with the q-tip but it didnt work for me now I trying with the rice.
the speaker works maybe sometimes for 3 second and it goes off again i am sure its a water damage
U’re an angel !!! Thx dude !!!
U’re an angel !!! Thx alot !!!
Thanks a lot it worked:)
Oh my gosh thank you so much it totally worked I was freaking out and I’m so glad I clicked on your post!
That really worked wow! Thank you so much
You’re a miracle worker! Your trick worked like a charm! Thanks a million!
You are my hero!!!!!! Oh my god, I was so afraid I’d have to open my phone or take it to a repair shop. You just saved my holiday!
Thanks.. Was worried it was terminal when it didnt work first time.. but after about 5 mins of wiggling my phone is all back to usual before the dunking!!
Saved an expensive repair bill!!
Thanks! you saved my mum from killing my baby sister. (joke).
Anyway it worked.
Yes, iPhones and toilets do not like to mix. Thanks to your brilliant tip I have just saved LOADS of money and frustration. Phew! Thank you so much.
NO WAY! Thanks for saving me a few hundred bucks! Fantastic!
THANK YOU!!! I had tried the hair dryer, but the q tip/cotton bud did the trick
Very happy camper here 
OH MY…thank you so much…it worked!!! I seriously was going into panic mode about my phone!
Thank you SO much! You saved me a lot of money and frustration!
Hey! Just happened and I didn’t think about this… Worked instantly! Thanks a lot for the tip!
omg so gonna cry it work :”””) thank u…… :”)
I have tried your solution twice but it appears not to have worked. I have received two phone calls both which have sounded quite low. Any further suggestions? It wasn’t a major spill on the phone Just a minor spill in Starbucks.
OMG words cannot possibly describe how thankful I am right now.
DUDE it worked like a magic. I really didn’t have high hopes even when I was getting my cotton swabs to try this out. Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Honestly I was hoping I’d be the first to say ” this is bullshxt how could a q tip work ” but this is legit and thank you you saved me some serious dollars
I can not believe this worked! You saved my Ipads life!!
awesome dude !! seriously , still cant believe it worked , thanks a lot mate
Thank you so much! My 4 year old sister decided to cover myself and my phone in tea and the speaker stopped working. After an hour in the airing cupboard and 6 hrs in rice, there was no sound. So I tried your suggestion and it worked! Very happy
x
It finally worked! Ive been reading peoples comments about birds crapping on the phone, in the dog bowl, bath, toilet and your TIP worked for them. I had the smallest amount of water hit my phone (spilt drink) and it did not work first time round. But I did not give up and it worked.
thanks
Oh my god, it worked. I have no idea how but it did…THANK YOU!!
Thank you SO MUCH. My iPhone just fell into the toilet and I had a major breakdown. This did the trick!!
You are a GOD, thank you so so so much!!
You sir are a genius.
Omg it worked u just made my entire day I just hope it doesn’t go out over a period of time. Such a relief!!!!!!!! THANKS!!!!!!
Qtip is too large for the headphone jack. Any other suggestions?
Try a smaller one.
Haha!
I have tried both of your suggestions, but neither has worked for me. I do not ever remember any sort of liquid getting in contact with my iphone, but it is behaving very much like many of us here are experiencing. My case was soon after the upgrade to 5.1 it started doing that. It is an IP 4 so not sure if it is covered by any sort of warranty. I was just wondering if any one else experieced the same after the upgrade to 5.1.
Thanks!
Thank u u are the best
OMG! U have no idea how relieved I am right now! I thought I had already broken my new iPhone. Omggg, thanks so much!
Does the work for android phones idroped it in water everything else work except the sound if I make a call it only work on speaker
did not work..
Please tell me this works for other phones! I have the Galaxy Nexus which i dropped in the washing machine for about a few seconds and i took it out right away cleaned it and checked only to find out the front speaker is not working and than few seconds after it crashed so i turned it off took out everything and it’s been sitting in a bag of rice for some hours now, you think that q-tip will work?
Try it out and see what happens.
this seriously worked!!!
mine didn’t work
I thought this sounded completely ridiculous at first (how does the headphone jack connect to the lower speakers???), but I gave it a try on my iPhone 4 and it fixed it INSTANTLY. So weird.
I think where the water goes into the headphone jack area it may have rusted/ insulated or something effectively telling Iphone that headphones are plugged in. This telling the loud speaker to turn off- the same way it would if headphones were jacked in? I don’t know i and i still find it hard to believe BUT I haven’t yet tried as I can’t find a qtip but will try ASAP!
I tried it, didnt work
gave up and went to the toilet
came back
the sound magically worked.
Dude, you are a legend. My parents would of killed me if one slight thing happened to my phone.
Oh God!!!!!
Your my HERO!
I seriously almost start crying when I found out there was no volume
Thank you so muchh!!!!
sawtun you are great – thanks so much. my toddler dunked the top of my phone into his milk, thought i was screwed. a million thank yous!
Wife’s iphone 4, which is in a otter-box defender case was on the counter over night plugged in being charged and water got into it from a spilled glass of water. That morning when we noticed, some of the audio on the phone including ear piece was not working. Tried rice overnight…did not fix it….. Came across on google and tried the cue tip trick in the video and on the third try it fixed it. AMAZING, I can barely believe it fixed the problem so easily. Thanks, thank you, and thank you very much !!
It works!!!!!! You saved my phone. Thanks sooooooo much. I was putting my dog into his kennel and dropped my iPhone in the doggy drain. (that’s right, pee water). I was devastated. Thanks again and again!
worked great for me!
You’re a savior!!
awesome!..thanks a lot!..you’re a genius man!
I used the Q Tip & it worked like the charm….Thank God!!!
I dropped it in the toilet as well. The sounds works only with headphones. I tried the q-tip and it worked for like 5 seconds I got excited,then it stopped working. I repeated the process but no luck. Does the rice really work? I am thinking of trying that.
I am so glad I saw this! Works a treat. You just saved my life… Legend!!!!
Wait for it…DARY!
You fakin legend it work
Yaay!! This worked for me! Thank you!
Totally works!! Like the other skeptics out there I thought this was too good to be true, but as I type this I hear those darling little clickity-clack keyboard noises again!
Omg thank you so much!!! I thought this was sketch but it so worked!!!
ohh man, i thought all this is just fake…It has worked for me…Grateful to you mate…Have fun
Tried the qtip into the iPhone headphone jack and it is fixed! Horray and thanks!
Your The best it worked!!!! 8D
I dropped it on the bathroom and it got wet.
Wow! It did work… after a couple of tries with cutton bud/ q-tip it’s now working again… thank you so much
You just saved me from the enormous headache of sending my iPhone to get fixed!!! Thank you!!!!
I never ever comment on these things but I just had to say thank you!! Never thought something this simply would work! Thanks again x
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment!
Hey! I tried this, and I think it helped a little. My phone doesnt show sign of damage by turning red in the headphone jack or in the area of the charger. I tried headphones and it all worked. So here is my question… Why cant I hear anything on the earpiece? How can I fix it?
I was completely skeptical, but my daughter had put her phone in a cupholder that had some water in it. Her phone worked okay otherwise, but she could not hear her music. She was so upset! I put her phone in rice as soon as we got home (had heard of this before) and then googled iPhone 4 water volume and found your solution. I really didn’t think it would work…but it did! Thank you SO much!!
Hi There,
I am keen to try this out! I have a question though, if it does work, does that mean that the problem of no audio output be fixed – in other words, would there still be a possibility that the sound will play up again??
Sometimes it’s best to experiment!
I was reading this the night of the incident (while my phone is sitting in a container of uncooked rice) and thought “YOU ARE A LENGEND!” – will be trying it in a few days *REALLY HOPE IT WORKS!!*
OMG dude… so, I was reading this and I was thinking… this must be a joke but I decided to try and holly molly… it worked!! THANKS A LOT! CHEERS! =}
At first this didn’t work for me. I tried a few times and I was getting depressed but I finally gave it one more shot, and really pressed the cotton bud in hard so that I could feel the friction as I twisted it and to my shock, phone is working perfectly again! Woohoo!
You are amazing! It worked! I’m so excited apple told me it can’t be fixed!!! In their face!!! Lol! Money scammers! I’m like beyond ecstatic !! Thanks so much!!
2 thumbs up … Worked! like a charm
AWESOME!!!!! Thank you sooooo much. I have been f’ing with my phone for all morning and had given up. Perfect.
If you wait to long will this still work? Cause I’m at a hotel and they don’t have q tips so it will be a while? Is that ok?
It’s worth a shot.
thankssss a ton!!! You are life saver!!!
Same thing happened to me and used the Qtip and now it works!! Thanks!
I was terrified because i’d literally JUST dropped it in the bath & hadn’t told my mum! But, like you said, however i didn’t have any q-tips and i just stuck a fork in there and then turned it off and it totally worked! You’re a life saver!
stuck a fork in there?!? haha nice!
I droped my iphone 3gs in the toilet & quickly took it out. It started working normally after about 20-25 minutes but speaker wont work,tried the volume button,played some songs but still it wont work,i even tried your advice of the q-tip but unfortunately that too did not work.Well then i went to settings & checked the ringtone & it sounded normal even gave miss call from another phone and that too worked pls can u suggest an alternate method????
Hi! You practically saved me from using the SPEAKER function during every single call in the next year (2-year contracts for iphones in my country).
There was no way to hear the people I was talking to otherwise. 
Two nights of riceball confinement did not help my phone either. But as soon as I watched your video I ran to the bathroom, grabbed a q-tip and almost fell into the loo as IT WORKED! I watched my favourite YouTube song immediately. 
Never again will I use my iphone for directions in the rain. I will prefer getting lost with my scooter instead.
YUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!!!!! It definitely worked
Thank you so much!
Thank you thank you thank you! I had to try this several times but eventually it worked
so relieved!
This does work! Thank you!
Bless you mate
Omg total life saver thank you!
Worked! Thank you so much! Almost had to buy my girlfriend a brand new 4s! You saved my life!
thank you so so so much. i dropped my phone in the bath tub when the water was going down. i had it in rice but it didnt work. i did about 10-15 q tips and all of the audio is working. thanks again
This happened to me
Today and I tried this and it worked perfectly!!! Thank you!!
You rock dude, that fixed my problem. Instead of using a q-tip I used a can of air on the headphone jack. I didn’t use the q-tip because I didn’t have one but also had reservations about getting some fibers from the q-tip left in the jack. Thank you, you made my day
Wow–that totally worked! I actually used a piece of cardboard, but to the same effect.
oh, god, it works, thanks very much.
omg thank you so much, i was freaking out!
it works 100% !!!
Q tip worked great- three days of agony after getting soaked at sea world! Thanks!
Works a treat!!! Thanks!
I had to remove some cotton wool from my Q-tip (Wattestaebchen in german) to get it inside the jack. But it worked! Thanks!
Omg it worked!! Thanks for your help !!!! 👍👍
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! i thought i was a goner- at first it didn’t work but i tried it a couple of times more and i finally restored its sound!
))
Life saver!! Worked perfect !! Thanks!
If q-tip doesn’t work. Try blowing compressed air into the jack. (The kind you buy to clean your keyboard.) Hold phone with jack angled down so tiny debris, etc can fall out
FUCK IT REALLY WORKS! I dropped my brain! Thank you!!
This is a wonderful way to fix an iPhone repair 3gs, thank you!
thanks buddy! this really helped:D and my iphone is back to working:D!! Your such a legend:D
This is insane! I thought this fix wouldn’t do anything. Me and my friend got pushed into the water today, somehow she managed to only get the bottom of the phone wet, and I just realized the speaker quit working. Now with your tip, it is almost 100% working. This saved me money and from getting chewed out by my parents! Haha thanks!
Omg thank you I thought I would have to take it to get fixed.
You’re a life saver!!!!!!!!!
it didnt work i dont
know whatd hoing on im probably gonna die ive tried everything not to be a downer, so im really worried any ideas to help ?
Wow, thanks so much!!! I’ve been dealing with this for 2 weeks, apple told me yesterday I had water damage and I don’t remember it EVER even getting wet but it was gonna cost me $199! Soooo glad I decided to hold off and do some more googling
Genuis!! Can’t believe this worked!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Absolutely amazing, apple I love you!
thank you so much you saved me a expensive trip to verizon!!!!’
i just dropped my iphone 4 in a lake. scooped it out within 15 seconds of it falling in. dried it off right away on my clothing… seemed to work fine except no sound. I dried it some more by putting it in a bag of rice for 2 hours… then i blasted the speakers with a blow dryer (which i guess i now know wasnt a good idea) to no effect. I then placed it on the batter charger in a vertical position and left it for 30 minutes when i tried it out it worked again… maybe im just lucky…. not many can tell the tale of their phone being ont he lake floor and living to tell you about it
it worked for me..great ! i never expected it would fix
Worked for me after a drop into a snowdrift. Impressed!!
Ah! Didn’t work for me. Then again, I dropped it in ketchup.
Why won’t it work for me?
I was on the phone getting ready this morning – on speakerphone – and then all of a sudden I couldn’t hear anymore. The speaker phone just stopped working, along with my music. I have a 4S. I don’t think it’s water damage… I have tried your tip four times to no avail. Please help!!
I dropped it with my LifeProof case on and water flooded in… I tried this and it didn’t work. Even my heaphones won’t work… That sucks.
me too!!! but my headphones work… what did you do??
worked like a charm.
awesome!
Omg thank you so much this works really well!!
It worked for me, too! It started raining while I was at an outdoor concert, and even though I was able to talk to my mom shortly afterward, when I got home I couldn’t hear anything (unless I turned on speaker). I had my iPhone in rice, but I’m glad I thought to look up damaged speakers!
Haha, such a simple solution! I have to admit, i was very sceptical about this, didn’t think it would work, but it sure did! Thank you! Im forever in tour debt!
Although the trick worked the speakers go in and out inconsistently . Any suggestions?
You are actually AMAZING!
going to an apple store is a hassle, and this worked straight away, thankyou SO much!
I had just got my phone today and dropped it in water, and immediately starting freaking out when the speakers stopped working.. i tried this and it worked!! thanks so much!!!!!!
Worked for me too, after my iphone got wet in my pocket when walking in the rain. Thanks!!!
OMG This is the best advice i got this year! I was seriously about to go crazy!
They were going to tell me it was $200 to replace the phone! I LOVE YOU. 4s survives!
I am so glad I found this post – it worked! I didn’t have to go to an apple store and wait in line for hours…..THANKS a bunch!
This is genius! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Yuuuup
you are a life savior!!! THANK YOU!!!
Hi,
I dropped my iPhone in a bucket of water and I was googling for help, and i gained inspiration from your method and my speakers are now working fine
I could not find a Q-tip that fit into the jack socket, so I moulded a piece of tissue into the same length and width as my earphone plug and twisted it around a little, and it fixed!
Thank you SO much for sharing
you probably saved me a lot of money!
I don’t understand how this stuff never works for me. Never got close to water with my iPhone but still the dot in the head phone jack went red and the speakers are gone. Qtip doesn’t work for me
Thank u so so so much worked like a charm
Dude ur fuckin awesome
Thanks a lot man, it worked for me!!
oh my heavens THANK YOU. had to tear a bit of cotton off the qtip to really get it down in there but works like a charm. the only thing going right today!!
Thank you SO much. I honestly don’t know what I would’ve done if I didn’t come across this and fixed the problem. Life saver, not even exaggerating.
Literally amazing thankyou so much! Saved my butt! However I’ve just done a video on my phone and the mic is obviously not working because the sounds not working! Even though i just spoke to someone on the phone& it worked?! Any suggestions? X
Brilliant!! Worked for me after I dropped my phone in toilet!! I put the whole phone in a bowl of rice first for 6 hours which sorted everything else out except the volume problem..solved by your q tip idea..thank you!!!
It worked! In 5 seconds it was fixed. This happened to me once before and I had to replace my phone. I wish I had seen this post back then. Thank you!!
THIS JUST SAVED MY LIFE! THANK YOU!
Could it work on an iPod and can you get your speakers repaired
You saved me a lot of headaches! Such an easy fix, thank you!!
You just saved my life! Works like a charm.
Mine still isn’t working my daughter droped it in toilet but that was almost a month ago but Monday she had the bottom of my phone n her mouth n now it’s not working I have no volume even when I type nothing no sounds
Thanks! It worked!
The same exact thing happened to my phone when I brought it outside in the rain. Did this and it worked thanks so much you saved my life!!
Wow thanks mad this trick worked seamlessly.!
will this work for my ipod?
Lifesaver!! From the knee high to the tree high!!
I can’t believe this worked!! GENIUS!!
Absolutely brilliant- yet ridiculously simple. My phone is fixed!! X
Does it work for the iPhone 4 too cause my friend spilt my pop and it got on/in my phone and now the speaker won’t work unless my headphones are in
worked like a charm!! thank you so much!!
Oh my gosh!!! You saved my life!! I thought I was going to have to pay lots of money to get it fixed!! You are my hero!! I love you! Thank you soooooooooooooo much!!!
For some reason, if didn’t work for me, can you think of anything else for me to try? Mine stopped working because of water damage as well.
Live saver!
You are a legend… our cat knocked a vase full of water over and soaked the phone and the speaker died….. did your q-tip trick and within 5 seconds it is fixed. Thankyou so much
O M G !! yu are the fu*%king man .. saved my life
great solution
Got my phone wet and I tried fixing the sound. It says I have headphones plugged in. tried putting in headphones and takin them out. No avail. Ideas?
ahhhh worked out I was SO worried thank you so much
My phone has been saved!
You sir are a genius!Cup of tea all over it,still worked ok just no sound at all from the speakers.10 seconds with a cotton bud and its fine,its currently face down in a bag of rice to make sure.
Forever in your debt!
You are a life saver, dropped my iPhone 4s in the toilet. Left it in a container of uncooked rice over night and clean the earphone jack with cotton bud and it’s working like new!!!!!! THANX
It never worked for mine. I dropped it in the toilet, and I put it in rice for a day. Everything is working fine except for the speakers, like I can hear my music through my headphones and I can hear people when they call me but other than that it won’t make any sound. I tried the q-tip thing but it still isn’t working. I am very gutted.
Dude!!!! Thank you sooooo much for the q-tip ermm… tip!!
I was desperate and had already bagged my phone in rice when i read your answer to the problem.
It didn’t work at first but i kept going at it and eventually…. voilá!!!
Thank you so much man!!!
You are awesome….you saved me so many $$$$$…thanks:)))))
yes it worked like magic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thkkkkk u Jesus bc this actually worked …i was abt ta die😁😜😍😃😄👍❕❕
OMG you’re amazing mine fell in the washer it was magically wrapped up inside my sheet and now i did your q tip trick and its FIXED holy crap i could hug you
dropped mine in the sink and then it started thinking there were headphones plugged in. i plug in headphones and i can hear the sound and the volume meter shows up when i adjust its loudness. when i tried your trick the volume bar disappeared and when i plug in headphones it doesnt work as well. ;( i think i screwed it up even more than it already was. help
Thanks for the fix bloody magic so grateful
My daughter dropped her phone in the bathtub and the only problem was the speaker didn’t work. THANK YOU – This worked Fabulous!!!! You saved the teenagers life
You Are So Amazing!
it WORK !!!! THX A LOT !!!
Omg, I was so worried! But this totally worked!
I was about to take into a phone shop which would have costed me £80 but I did exactly what you done in the video and now everything’s back to normal!
Thank you so much!!!
Thanks!! It worked! I thought my iPhone was seriously damaged after falling in water. The q-tip solution worked to bring back the mic and speaker!!!!! Thanks a million!!!!
Omg life saver! Haha thank you!
Can not believe this worked but it did,dropped my 4s in the bath and after the music player wouldn’t play sound and the ringer volume wouldn’t work! Tried this and it fixed it straight away! your a legend
Awesome tip. Had no sound from the earpiece during a call and couldn’t play i pod through speaker, could only use phone on speaker phone and the phone (4) was locking. Didn’t have a q-tip, used a twisted piece of toilet paper, single ply, new. pulled out a little piece of lint or something. Phone works great now.
Very nice…I was running a video on the phone while doing it and the volume went from nothing to normal in about a minute. Pretty amazing.
i just went into panic mode (following a mild, but unfortunate coffee incident). i’ve heard about the rice technique and immediately buried my phone in basmati! then i saw the youtube video and tried the qtip technique. it didn’t work. tried a blow dryer…didn’t work (and was too nervous to keep the air/heat on the phone). after reading someone’s comment (i think on youtube) about rice getting stuck in the headphone jack, i put the phone back in the basmati with the qtip inside the headphone jack. i just took it out and IT WORKS!!!! i’ve put it back in the rice (qtip and all) and will leave it there for a few more hours…just for good measure. Holy crap, thank you!
So with you just happened to me today… a bunch of rice got stuck in the head phone jack area… pulled it carefully tried the qtip method and it worked!!! well at least the sound (speaker, calls, tones etc., text messages, internet) working. have it in rice with a qtip in hoping everything will turn out fine…THANK YOU soo much for the advice i was about to flip for being so stupid!
Dude!!!!! Lifesaver. Worked perfectly in under a few hours with just turning off phone and rice. Thanks.
thanks Mister.
Totally worked peepz!
Love you
Worked like a charm. Thank you very much.
U r amazing!
I’m still perplexed as to how this worked, but yeah, I tore off some of the q-tip filling so it was thin enough, gave it one friggin twirl, and ALAKAZAAAAAAM!
Didn’t work at first but then I turned my phone upside down! AMAZING!!!!!!!!! thank you!!!!!!!!
Omge, this saved my life I thought I was going to have to walk around with my earphones in my head all day THANK YOU !
WoW~~~ You are amazing and that very helpful to me
Thank you Very Much~~~
I just dropped my phone in water today while i was shaving….I knew about the rice trick but not the q-tip trick. If I saw you right now I would give you a hug (no homo lol) You just saved my from a 250 dollar estimate I got from an apple retailer to fix my phone.
Thankyou so much! This worked perfectly and saved my life !
-17yr old
I dont have an iphone(I have an android) so i didnt know if i would work ut it did i almost went and spent 200$ on a new phone.! thanx sooo much(:!
Thank you so much. Was out running in sunny Scotland this morning and got my phone wet in a downpour. This worked a treat!
You are wonderful! Love you!!!!
Cue tip + rice = FUNCTIONALITY! FANTASTIC! You’re the best, thank you SO MUCH for posting this.
Oh my gosh, thank you so much! This totally worked! You saved my butt big time!
Your awesome ! Thank you so much . When I read it I was like no way ran to get a q tip & hoped for the best , thanks for the Help
It didn’t work for me
holy s***, how did you figure this out!? oh my goodness, i am freaking out–in a good way of course, cause this saved me!!!! i was mid panic attack when i found this, and after trying it, it worked! thank you so so much
It worked! Thank you. I was going to send my phone for repair but now it’s free! I’ve whatsapp all my friends to share your tips!
Worked, thank you!
Worked like a charm! I first tried drying with hot air for about 2 minutes using hair dryer but that didnt solve the problem. Then did exactly whats showed in youtube video, and Voilà!
I couLdnt believe this worked!! you just saved me alot of stress and possibly having to pay apple to fix it! thank you!!!
I tryed it and it worked for a Second now it’s not working agin.
I use my hair dryer lol
Thank you so much!!! I was freaking out!!! I actually had to take the cotton off the q-tip and then clean my headphones spot and both of my speakers. Either way it worked!
OMG ! you are uhh-mazing . my mouth literally dropped when this worked . thank you , Thank You , THANK YOU (:
This did the trick. That you man.
Amazing!!! You are king!!!
Thanks a lot it my iPhone 4 I got it 3 weeks ago and u saved my ass I didn’t get a warranty on it now my speaker works cause i drop it in toliet soo thanks seriously,David Garcia
This is amazing it worked!!!
my iPhone has dust in it. will it still work?
Worked beautifully! I dropped my phone in the toilet, then left it in rice all day. When I realized at night the speakers weren’t working, I panicked and put it back in rice overnight. Tried the Q tip trick this morning and thankfully it did its thing. Thanks so much!!
Oh my! It DOES work!!!! You rock, my friend!!!!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! I dropped my phone in the toilet, it didnt stop working BUT the speaker did. Im so thankful for this post!!! You saved me!!!! Thank you so so so much!!!
wow, this actually worked, thank you so much!
Thankyou so much worked a treat!!
Ok I’ll try it hope it works
thanks
I dropped mine in Milk lol
Great!! I will definitely try it. I think uncooked rice can soaks up the moisture of water dropped phone.
Omg !!!!!!!! You are a life saver !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is creepy but I love you now f
Omg !!!!!!!! You are a life saver !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is creepy but I love you now for fixing my phone !
Oh my gosh! You are a life saver! THANK YOU!
This did not work me 😔😔😔😔😔
omg it actually work, thank you so much! i’ve been dying to get it fixed
For some reason this didn’t work for me. My phone would no longer play outloud. Any ideas?
Omgg it actually works! I have not had sound in 7 months! I’m glad I stumbled across your website! You’re super awesome with a capital A =]
i sille water on my speaker notearphone port; i tried what ypu said and it didnt work!!! my ipone speakers work but the sound is dimmed, can you please email me he answers to my problem?? my email is chrismccarthy0608@yahoo.com
Wow! Nice, it worked
Well I didn’t have a Q-tip handy but I used the string off of a tampon and twisted around & around til it dried I suppose because it WORKS!!!! AWESOME!!! Thanks for the tip!
Thanks worked great life saver!!
OMG it works!! My dad would’ve killed me if he found out i damaged the iphone with water… Thanks a bunch!
Its people like you who truely deserve other people’s appreciation rather than those who make useless videos just to achieve fame on youtube! thankyou so much for sharing this solution with us… without you, getting this fixed at my carrier would’ve cost me a lot of money for sure! Thank you heaps
Thank you so much!!!! This worked so well and saved me $150!!!!!!!! Greatest idea ever. Also used compressed air to fix it!
I had had this thought before looking things up online, but couldn’t fit the qtip in the phone. After reading this and that it worked for so many people, I was determined and had to pull some of the cotton off. Now it works again. Yay! Thanks.
I dropped my I phone 4S in a deep puddle! Didn’t think it would work but tried it a couple of times and it fixed my sound completley! Thanks a lot for you advice, really appreciated!
Omg thank you so much! I thought it wouldn’t work and that I’d have to go to the Verizon or apple store and end up walking out with the same problem! Genius!
Worked brilliantly for me too – thank you! As others have noted – be prepared to use the cotton for some time (it took 2 – 3 minutes and the use of three q-tips before it w
Worked brilliantly for me too – thank you! As others have noted – be prepared to use the cotton for some time (it took 2 – 3 minutes and the use of three q-tips before it worked for me). Very grateful!
It worked!!! Thank you!!!
Oooooommmmgggg!!!! This works!!!!!!! Thanks soooooooooo much!!!😘😘😘😁😁😁👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏
life.saver. thank you so much!!!
You are a god, I dropped my moms iPhone in a lake by accident and them I thought my life was over but I decided to see if there was an easy way to fix then I came upon this tried it with a Kleenex but didn’t work then put it in again turned the iPhone over for about two minutes then it worked
Found my phone laying in a puddle of water this morning, due to my cat knocking a glass of water over last night. Everything worked except the sound. I was absolutely panicked . Sat with a hair dryer as I googled for a solution. HERE IT IS!!! Thank you SOOOOO much!
You are a genius!! You absolutely saved my life!!! Thanks a million! I hope one day the universe can help you the way you have helped so many!
This works! Your awsome
Your a life saver ^_^
you are perfect! a billion thank yous!
Tried this after my son dumped my coffee on my phone and it worked great! Thanks for the tip!
That worked perfect and was sooo easy!! Thanks soo much
You literally savedmy life. thank you soooo much!
You are brilliant!!!! Thanks sooo much =)
Thanks for the rice tip. It was bad enough that I dropped it in the toilet, to loose control over the sound reminded me of how I should invest in a waterproof case. I left it in rice last night and it brought my phone back to normal. Thank you!!
Thank you so much! This was a wonderful quick fix. I had dropped my phone in the sink while water was running, and couldn’t get the speakers to work, nor could I be heard when I made a call. Tried this when I got home and it worked like a charm! Took a few minutes of cleaning the jack before the sound kicked back in, but now everything is in working order again. Cheers!
it workssssss!!! thanksss mannn!
Don’t see how the top affects the bottom. Haha I spelt some soda on the lower half.
Read this after I got back from lunch, just got done doing it now it’s working like nothing happen!
I appreciate the tip, would have really sucked if I didn’t find this info!
Unbelievable…THANK YOU!
I did that and is still not working
Unfortunately this method did NOT work for me, although I did try it a few times after I dropped my phone in a tub full of water for literally 3 seconds. I decided to do the rice trick and turn off the phone. Left the phone in the rice for about 30 minutes, turned it back on and I heard music playing from the speaker but it was very faint with the volume turned up. The volume was working fine for the speaker but when I used the same q-tip (after I removed some of the cotton) on the speaker the audio comes from and wiped it back and fourth it magically got louder! I asked my sister to call me so that I can verify for sure it works and low and behold the ring tone came on. So happy, was getting worried!
Thank you very much, it’s awesome!!! I was really tense. Once again thank you so much again…
Worked for me too. Thank you very much!
You should recieve a medal for this !
Amazing! I cant actually beleive this worked. I think it must be something to do with the jackplug connector sticking in the ‘out’ posistion and thinking headphones are still plugged in. Thanks for taking the time to share! Such a simple solution to a possible very expensive repair!
FUCK! THIS Actually WORKS. Found some dirt at the bottom of the cotton.
Remember to turn it off before you put it in
Genius! Absolutely Genius!
Thank You So Much!
Awesome! Worked like a charm thank you soooo much! Saved me!!
Thank you so much! My phone was in my pocket and I was walking outside and it started to rain, and all of the water went Onto my speakers, since it was upside down in my pocket. The sound came out really weird, deep, and unclear and only out of one side( it was like only 1/4 the volume) . After using this tip for two minutes the sound magically came back!! Thank you so much!!!!
Thank you i dont know how this worked but it did
omg, it worked ! 😄
Using the hair dryer on the cool setting has always worked for me
wonderful! worked even without a qtip (didnt have one). substituted for some fine twisted paper towel. took some 5 tries, but worked! thank you very much!
You Legend!!!
You. Are. A. Life (and phone) saver. You must hear this every day of your life! Thank you, thank you!
i had gone through about half a dozen cotton buds/q-tips and still nothing…. but dont give up because the seventh try did it!!! push it right in and twist it… ohhhhhh man so relieved! thanks so much for the tip
E
Thanks! It work!!
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!! It worked
Now that was Legen….wait 4 it… dary .. totally fixed da problem after gettin my iphone 4 wet accidently at da beach
THANK YOU SO MUCH, IT TOOK A WHILE BUT IT WORKS!!! SO RELIEVED
didnt work
Thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for the unbelievable idea. It really really worked……
OMG you are a life saver, saved me a new phone thanks!!
Thank you soo much! I didn’t have a qtip but a piece of tissue rolled up did the trick. I was talking outside in Oregon and the tiniest but of moisture got in there. You saved me $200.
I actually love you for this!!! Just fixed my phone. Thanks so much:) x
DUDE …YOU..NAILED IT…….
wow! you’re a big pimp dude!! fixed my phone
thank you so much!!
OMG you’re a genius! Dropped my phone in water and all worked ok except the speaker. Found your tip, rushed out and got a pack of cotton buds. Sceptical that it would work but my god it did. iPhone fixed for a £1. Thank you, thank you , thank you!!!
Fantastic tip thanks my boyfriend thinks I’m amazing for fixing his iPhone after he’d dropped it in a deep puddle 😋
Thanks a lot I can’t believe this but it’s now working
Today morning i dropped my iphone4s in sink for fraction of seconds. When i wiping it i tried to dry it out with hair dryer(which was a mistake now i know). Thought the cover saved it at first but realized the speaker wasn’t working once I tried to make a call. Its working with loud speaker and headphone but normal speaker is not working. Am at work now. Do you think if i put my phone in rice in evening would help? Would it be too late then? Also in headphone jack i noticed i pink circle inside white circle.
Try the ear bud, it worked for me after my phone fell into the sink!! Good Luck!
Worked like a charm! Thanks for saving my phone!
You can also blow on the headphone jack and it works like before
Wow, I was a skeptic like many others but thought after reading people’s replies might as well give it a try… Q tip wouldn’t fit so I ripped off a bunch of the cotton to make it smaller, got it in and voila, my phone is working perfectly again! Thanks so much!!
Thanks alot for the tip! My Phone works fine now!
Worked like a charm ! thank you.
Hey, was terrified my phone was wrecked, thanks so much that worked perfect, you’re a star.
You are my savior!!!
I already turned on the iphone…. Will that affect the result???? Or it doesn’t matter? I already ruined one iphone this month and Can’t afford to buy another one right now !!! It’s still new too. Or as long as I use the q-tip it will be fine even the phone is turned in…
Dropped my phone in the toilet. Put it in rice really quick after drying it and it still worked but I didnt notice until I saw this that my speakers werent working. Luckily enough i clean it with some q-tips that i had to stretch out cause they didnt fit and it fixed it! You definitely saved me a lot of trouble buddy thanks a BUNCH! still going to let it sit in rice over night just in case there are some after effects
I LOVE YOU!!!! Thank you so much!!!xxx
I LOVE YOU!!! Thank you do much!!!
Freaking love you right now you deserve a god damn ribbon, medal, psh a damn crown!
Hi, Million thanks my speaker finally works..
one more thing, before that i dropped my iphone into the water and i dried it up with blower and its fine BUT do i still need to put my iphone into uncooked rice?
excellent you made me happy thanx
Really does work soooo happy my daughter took her phone for a shower water every did the clue tip thing didn’t work the first couple of times keep wiggling and hey presto it works fine playing ring tones and music again thanks a lot my daughter was crying her eyes out thing she had to buy a new phone your a god send
))))))
Just happened to my phone today. Really didn’t think this would work, but it did. Thanks you.
I tired it and it only worked for a few seconds and then it went mute again
Thanks man.
I dont now why it diesnt work with me😔
That didnt work. I dropped it in water about two hours before i realized something was wrong and tryed the method but the speaker still doesn’t work. Am I too late
Thank you so much for sharing this with us it works very well and it helped me save my phone!
This happened to me today and it WORKED thank you soooooooooooooooo much (:
Thatnk you SO much! It worked :3 Now I can stop worrying about not being able to hear the other person on the phone
Absolutely amazing.
Last night I knocked over a glass of water on my iPhone 5. Didn’t notice that I had until the morning. Phone was covered in water. In the morning I couldn’t hear calls when held up to my ear however when I chose to hear it threw the speakers everything was fine. I knew instantly I was screwed… or so I thought. I quickly placed it into a small ziplock bag with rice. Then started searching on the net. Found this post, which really didn’t explain my exact issue since I could hear from the phones bottom speakers but what did I have to lose? I pulled the phone out. Cleaned the headphone jack and everything started working.
I use this phone for work and was prepared to shell out $800 to get a new one today. THANK YOU
- Aaron
Thank you SO SO MUCH! it worked perfectly! I thought i was going to have to buy a new one ! You are a genius!
You are amazing it worked this had saved me from getting told off hahha xxx
Thank you sooooo much, I really thought I was gonna have to buy a new phone!!!! It worked instantly!!
Oh my god…really works thank you so much would never have thought to do it!
It worked! Thank you so much!!! You basically saved my life:)
it didn’t worked for me , i tried the q-tip method but unfortunately didn’t worked for me
I guess I’m not doing it right?:( it’s not working for me..
Wow. I dropped my iphone in a cup of coffee almost a year ago, and have had no sound since then. I just found this site. Don’t know why it works, but it works. Sound is back, just like that. You. Are. Awesome.
Actually, never mind I only had sound for a few minutes and now no sound again. Bummer.
Oh man! I never leave feedback but this worked like a charm. Ii dropped my phone in water and everything was fine except the main speaker. I was skeptical because I didn’t think the Q-tip would fit. I pulled a bit of the cotton off and it fit like a charm. I twisted it done as far as it would go a Bam! Sound. Beautiful sound! I am very happy.
Hi I lost my iphone to a sink full of water, I didn’t chance it, I immediately turned it off and wiped it down and put it in a ziplock with rice for about 2 days. When I came back to it, everything worked except the speakers. I found your site and immediately tried the q-tip trick, unfortunately it didn’t work. However, I kept getting an icon showing that the sound was being transferred to a “docking station”. I checked the dock area, and wiped it with the q-tip, then inserted my charger and voila!! It worked. Thanks for helping me get started, so glad there’s people like you putting hope for the rest of us. I’d had to pay someone to fix it!
Worked well ! Amazing thanks! But do you have any idea how to fix the volume? It keeps going up and down uncontrollably lol
Oh my gosh! My hormonal teenage daughter was going crazy after dropping her phone in the tub. The rice had it working – except the speakers. Then we did the q-tip trick and YES!!! Happy teenager again! You’re awesome and such a lifesaver. Thank you!
THANKS YOU SAVED ME I CANT LIVE WITHOUT MY MUSIC!
thanx man that was the simpliest solution for the biggest problem
Omg it totally worked!!! Thank you
this didnt work for me with my iphone 4s but hold your phone over some low heat and this will do the trick just as well!
Thanks for your tutorial. Initially my phone was looking good, but then I noticed the sound wasnt working properly I checked for the tell-tale water marks – and none. Phew. Put into rice and kept taking it out cuz I have no patience and I found your site. I tried the q-tip but it didn’t fit, so i used a toothpick with papertowel. The sound came back but only on high. So it is back into the bag of rice and trying to remain patient and positive.
I could not find a sim card slot on my phone, which was another reason why i took it out of the bag. Guess i should have learned more about the phone. I am scared.
THANK YOU !! Worked like a charm!
I went to the apple store today to get this problem fixed… well, the store was too busy and said I have to make an appointment…my appointment is for tomorrow at 7:00pm….I’M CANCELLING MY APPOINTMENT!! ……..THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAVING ME $200.00!!
I cannot thank you enough!
Thank you so much! Worked for my Samsung epic! Dropped it in the bath tub while bathing the dog.
My phone was not working even with the headphones in, after following this tip my headphones now work but can not hear iPod, and the speaker bar on the side of phone does not work. The alarm does work tho, any ideas?
So, the Q-Tip did not work for me. I laid the phone down next to a blow dryer on COOL (do not use warm/hot!!!) and leave it for a few minutes. This worked.
The water in/around the headphone jack tricks the phone into thinking that something is plugged into the jack, and it therefore disables the speakers. So if the Q-Tip alone does not work, use the blow dryer method followed by the bag of rice method mentioned earlier.
I just nearly had a melt down!!! I spilt coke all over my phone. It wasnt submersed but thoroughly drenched. It worked and the screen was fine, but my speaker had stopped working. I did the whole rice thing, and then found this blog. YOU SAVED MY LIFE. I cudnt believe it, a trusty cotton bud and low and behold its working again. I cant thank you enough lol. Cheers x
WHY DOES THIS WORK?
worked for me too! thanks you!
The q-tip actaully wouldn’t fit in the headphone jack! So I took off the fluffy part an swirled it around , sound came back! The spun was blurry though, so I took the end that I didn’t take the fluffy part off of and I cleaned the speakers at the bottom of the iPhone, an now my sound is better then ever! Thanks alot
dude you are a fucking life saver. i dropped my phone in the toilet literally 5 minutes ago, tried your trick and now my speaker works fine
Thank you!!! Fixed my iPhone 4.
it worked! I am going to spread the word
Thank you!
This Worked Amazing I Did Bothe Th q-Tip Thing & It Didnt Work I Was A Bit Dissappointed But Then I Left My Phone In A Bag Of Uncooked Rice For 13 Hours In A Sunny Spot & It Worked Thank You So Much!
oh my lord. you are a life saver. it actually worked! c:
Can’t actually believe it works but it totally did!!! Thanks so much!!!
Thank you! It worked! I snatched the phone out of the toilet before it had a chance to finish bouncing around in the landing but it still got water damaged. The qtip worked! I cleaned the phone and the Otter box off thoroughly and it’s good as new thanks to you!
Man, you really are a genius ! I just spilled some water into my iphone 4.
Your method just literally and simply fixed my speaker problem. Thanks in millions!!!!!!!!!
Couldn’t hear the video but can now.!! iPhone 5 64gb. Was scared for a sec. Thank you
Someone give this genius a medal. Worked first time on iPhone 5!
I’m confused! I tried it! Didn’t work!
How does the headphone jack effect the speaker on the bottom?
I took it in and apple said it can’t be fixed! $199 for a trade in:( but maybe a certified apple tech could fix. Any suggestions please
Nicole
Man ur help was timely and magical!!! My phone just popped out sound…gave me such a freaking thrill I cannot describe!!!
IT REALLY WORKS THANKS
Mine didn’t work. What happened is that i dropped my phone in the snow, so ever since that happened my phone speaker is not working anymore without the headphones……, please help me!!!!!!
It took me like 10 tries but it finally worked.. thanks sooo much!!
Amazing — it worked !!! THANK YOU so much.
OMG I LOVE YOU !
thankyou
This didnt work:(
But my phone works on speaker & with my head phones on, just not without it.. I took a shower & steam must have gotten in. How can I fix it
IT WORKED! Thanks so much! =D
You saved my iPod Touch! Big thankies!
omg thank you sooooo much it worked…
peace n love
thanks buddy really worked… nothing but qtip… no tissue or anything else .. thanks again
Thank you SO much, I can’t believe that worked! I was having a panic attack!
I’ve Recently Dropped My Phone In Water . First Thing I Was Take It Out & Put It A Bag Of Rice That Night . The Speakers Stopped Working . If I Turn Up The Volume , Its Not Going To Work . So I Was Wondering , Is This The Solution To Fix My iPhone 4S Speakers ? Please Notify Me As Soon As Possible .
Hi,I’m using an iPhone 3GS and neither with or without the headphone works.there are some moments that start working but when it wants to stop the sound working,it makes a noise like when a channel is not working.my microphone works when the speaker decides to work.im from Africa and I think there isn’t any Q-tip around here.rebooting doesn’t work.any solutions?
yeah man u my hero haha
Um…I love you. Nothing else worked, and I was panicking. You, sir, are magnificent.
Thank you so much! You’re my life saver! 💖🙏😘👌
Thank you very much. Water poured on my Iphone earlier and i had the speaker problem. I used a cotton bod to clean the headphone jack and Bam, its working again. Thanks.
AMAZING
Brilliant, ear bud worked a treat you are a star!
It really works, thanks so much!
Well don’t no wot a q-tip is but improvised an used an ear bud!! Thanks buddy!! Worked a treat ;p xxx
THANK YOU SO MUCH ! I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO GO GET MY IPHONE FIXED !!
Thank you so much took a couple of goes but is now working very grateful as not able to get a new phone for two months x
It didnt even work
You wrote this post back in April 2011 and this is May 2013 and people like me are still benefiting from this wonder post. I took my phone to Apple store and they asked me to pay £119 to fix it and it took me only 10 minutes to google, find your blog and follow the instructions. Walah! bro you are an angel. I can’t believe apple people doesn’t know this trick. If they add it to their customer services list it would improve their reputation a million mile.
Thanks!
It worked for me but the speakers are still raspy (btw i have an iphone 5) does it work the same or do i have to do something different?
It worked!!! Thank you so much!!!
thank you!!!!
Hi,
I tried this but don;t work for my iphone 5
When someone is calling me i can’t hear when someone is talking and the sound click don’t work but when i speak in speaker i can hear. Can someone help me ?
Omg it worked!!!! U are a lifesaver:)
Pleasantly surprised this work. It didn’t at first, but then when I gave up and put the phone on a charger, it fixed it. That was a welcome surprise.
Thank you soooo much!!! You’re a great help to many!
Thanks for sharing, really appreciate the post
I tried this method it started to work for a little bit then it went back to having no sound. the iphone is tricked into thinking it has head phones in. Ive turned the phone on and off how do you sugest i fix that?