One of the problems if you drop your phone in the water, even if it's waterproof, is that the speakers sound bad: very low volume, distorted sound, and other unpleasant problems. Don't give up on yourself, there are ways to recover the sound at least to some extent and at least in some cases.

Apps that claim to help remove water and dirt from portable speakers using sounds or vibrations at certain frequencies have proliferated for a long time, and here are the best ways to remove water or dirt that can affect the sound of your Android mobile phone.

On Xiaomi phones with MIUI 12

If you have a Xiaomi mobile phone with MIUI 12, the good news is that you don't need to install anything. One of the features of the system is the speaker cleaner, accessible from the mobile settings. You can find it in Settings> Additional settings> Clean speaker.

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Check the box and the phone will play a sound for 30 seconds, which can help remove dust, dirt or water from the cell phone that was on the speaker. Xiaomi recommends using this setting two to five times when shaking the device with the speaker pointing downwards.

With the network

Another way to clean your mobile speakers without installing anything and regardless of the brand of your mobile phone is to use the website fixmyspeakers.com. It is a very simple website that has one button: when pressed, a "specific tone" is played, the waves of which are designed to facilitate draining water from the speakers.

It's a good first option as you don't need to do anything and the process is extremely simple. However, it has fewer options than the specialized apps we'll see next. If this page doesn't work for you, keep trying.

With applications

If none of the above works, you can always go to Google Play to download apps that specialize in removing water, dust, and dirt from your mobile speakers. Here are the six main options you'll find.

Speaker cleaner

Speaker Cleaner is a specialized application to clean the speakers from dust or trapped water. It is quite simple, it only has a button that performs automatic cleaning. The application plays a sound that gets sharper every second.

The app recommends that you place your phone face down and turn up the volume as much as possible, and you can test the sound by playing royalty-free songs after you've finished cleaning.

Speaker cleaner - Drain the water | Dust sound and fix it

Let the water run

Pouring the water is virtually identical to the previous app. It is the same approach and the design is similar. It is also recommended to put the mobile phone with the screen on the table while cleaning.

The only difference between Eject Water and Speaker Cleaner is that the sound played is different, so it's worth trying both apps to see which one works best. When done, you can test the result from the app itself.

Pour out the water - Repair the speaker

Speaker cleaner

Speaker Cleaner is another application that specializes in cleaning portable speakers from water and dirt. It has a bit more advertising, though it offers some additional options in return. For starters, you can do a manual cleaning by selecting the exact frequency you want to use.

Speaker Cleaner also has an automatic cleaning mode where you don't have to do anything. This time you have two modes to choose from from the same app, giving you twice the chance of success.

Speaker cleaner - removes water, dust and amplifies sound

Fix the speaker

Repairing the speaker is the same, albeit with a slightly more chaotic interface. The app has both manual and automatic modes. The manual mode allows you to select the audio frequency used.

Automatic cleaning requires no user intervention and is available in two modes: in speaker and headphone modes, automatic cleaning and manual cleaning are available in case a pair of headphones fall into the water and no longer sound good.

Speaker repair - water throwing out

Tester and cleaner

Another cleaning app is Tester and Cleaner. The advantage of this app over others we have included in this list is that it also helps you check if your speakers are working well. The test plays sounds with different frequencies and the idea is to use it to find out if they are working properly or not.

It also has a cleaning function, available from the Wipe tab. This app recommends that you place your phone with the speaker facing the ground so that gravity does the rest.

Speaker tester and cleaning - fix the sound

Speaker cleaner

Finally, we have the speaker cleaning tool which is the best cleaning app. It has more or less the same as the rest of the apps on the list but with more than that. It has auto, manual and vibrate modes.

Manual mode lets you choose the frequency, while automatic cleaning has four different modes. Perhaps the most interesting thing is the presence of a vibration mode which uses no sound, but vibration to try and remove dirt from the speakers.

Speaker cleaner: remove water, repair

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