iPhone Water Damage (speaker works occasionally)

Hey! I just had the same problem like 10 minutes ago. Dropped phone in water and everything works but the speaker. The alarm will sound but nothing else will like you said. How did you get the speaker to eventually work?

Hi I had the same issue and read one of the answers saying rice which i didn't have and I didn't have pasta so the easiest way was to use a small cocktail stray and put it in the headphone jack and suck on it it takes around 5 minutes and works really well!

cornellian2016 wrote:

What could be the problem? How can I resolve it?

The problem is it got wet. I dropped an iPhone in water and everything worked perfectly except text tones.

For the future, if you ever get a phone wet again, do not dry it with a hair dryer. This can force liquid deeper into the phone. Dry it off and put it in a container of uncooked rice for 3-4 days. Do not attempt to turn it on or charge it util the 3-4 days have passed. Then, charge it up and turn it on. That will give you your best chance at a working phone. If the phone has fallen into seawater, don't bother, though. It's dead.

Best of luck.

I believe the water caused the headphone socket to short, causing the phone to think headphones were plugged in. Your speakers weren't "working" because the phone was trying to send all audio to the phantom headphones. The error stopped because the water in the headphone socket dried and was no longer shorting.

i also submerged my i5 into water accidently for about 3-4 seconds today, my phone is working fine but the network says searching, i have put it into the rice box for drying, i wanted to know do i need to worry?

varunthakral wrote:

i wanted to know do i need to worry?

What's there to worry about? The phone is water damaged. It's not "working fine" if it can't find a network. Time for a new one.

Best of luck.

I got soda into the little speaker on the bottom. What would you recommend i do for that. It's been about a week and a half since the incident and my speakers still don't work. I was thinking of having the part replaced maybe?

That's why I went to Samsung Galaxy S7 after one time owning Apple...they are water resistant for 30 minutes. My wife's stupid Iphone 6s mega blah blah is not shot from a quick splash in the tub.

Great planned obsolescence Apple. May the glass weak so they break easy and refuse to do waterproofing so people have to buy more phones.

SS Gorilla glass for more durability, waterproofing so these little life incidences do not eff your your world.

Never again Apple.

This is my issue right now. What do you recommend? Do I need to wait like you or what? My iPhone felt down in water partially, just the lower part, however, everything works fine except the speaker and the finger-touch.

You cannot

When you dropped it in the water the power short circuited across all the electronics

Apple Genius bar will exchange for an out of warranty exchange unit for $269 in US

Apple doesn't replace parts. They replace the entire phone.

HI just spilt some water onto My phone and was wondering if you just kept using it and after a day or two it went back to normal??

Wait so after 2 or 3 days your phone's speaker started working again? And within those 2 or 3 days did the volume work when you plugged in headphones?

My IPhone 4s fell in water and Currently its under warranty , Will it be replaced?

Currently Main button no working and sometime it switch off ..