iPhone 17 Pro Max: Hardware noises and whistling in Safari

So i bought a new iPhone 17 Pro Max and when I put it onto my ear (even on idle, screen off) I can hear the hardware noises - clicks, brrr sounds, the type of noise you’d hear when turning the old laptop on. 


Worst it happens to me always when i open safari. I can hear this whistling tea kettle like sound for a few seconds but if i press my ear onto the back of the phone i can hear all kind of noises. If i turn on the flash i hear noises. If i turn off the phone and then turn it back on i hear all kind of noises(again only if i keep my ear close at the back of the phone). But the kettle whistling noise(i know sounds funny but it's not) i can hear on a quiet room or sofa when i'm opening/scrolling safari at hand lenght so i can hear it clearly without even putting my ear onto the phone that is how i figured these noises i was like do i have a tinnitus now. 

I thought i fixed it by resetting the phone and restoring it from backup again but nope it came back again. But weird thing is i seem to only replicate it with safari.

Also i'm on newest ios 26 version.

iPhone 17 Pro Max, iOS 26

Posted on Jan 31, 2026 7:25 AM

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Posted on Feb 11, 2026 7:54 AM

So i found the problem that annoyed me the most which was the whistling in safari. It was caused by adblock plus for safari (ABP) and i don't know why but that was it. I tried removing safari extensions one by one and when i removed adblock the noise went away and when i installed it again the noise came back. Also adblock from different dev don't reproduce the noise so it is just that specific adblock, weird. I have noted the devs of the app and i don't know if it affects only me(certainly doesn't affect my old ip13pm). Maybe 17pmax is somehow more acoustic because the unibody block idk i found out that iPhone 7 models were suffering from coil whine. Service said that it wasn't a warranty issue, updated the phone(there was nothing to update i was already on latest ios) and billed me inspection fee, not happy about that but anyways now the issue seems to be "fixed" (by me).

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Feb 11, 2026 7:54 AM in response to Orange888

So i found the problem that annoyed me the most which was the whistling in safari. It was caused by adblock plus for safari (ABP) and i don't know why but that was it. I tried removing safari extensions one by one and when i removed adblock the noise went away and when i installed it again the noise came back. Also adblock from different dev don't reproduce the noise so it is just that specific adblock, weird. I have noted the devs of the app and i don't know if it affects only me(certainly doesn't affect my old ip13pm). Maybe 17pmax is somehow more acoustic because the unibody block idk i found out that iPhone 7 models were suffering from coil whine. Service said that it wasn't a warranty issue, updated the phone(there was nothing to update i was already on latest ios) and billed me inspection fee, not happy about that but anyways now the issue seems to be "fixed" (by me).

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