2016 is the year in which Apple introduced waterproofing features to two of its products: the iPhone 7 & 7 Plus and the Apple Watch Series 2. With the Apple Watch, Apple even announced that the smartwatch could be used for swimming, and there was even a unique feature in which the Apple Watch would use its speakers to eject any water that might have seeped in.
Turns out that the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are capable of doing the same thing as well, or at least that’s according to a post on Reddit by PointlessPankcake. According to the post, he accidentally got his iPhone wet and water got into the speaker grill, creating a muffled sound. He tried rubbing alcohol in hopes that it would evaporate the water, and when that didn’t work, he decided to try and emulate the Apple Watch’s feature with an app called “Sonic”.
“I generated a tone that literally pushed the water out of the speaker. You may have to change the tone a little to get the water out of your phone, just know that it’s close to 165. Anyways, while the tone is playing, you will see little drops or bubbles bouncing out of the speaker, take a piece of absorbent material and dab them up as they come out of the speaker grill.”
Now we can’t speak to how effective this is or whether or not it actually works, but if you do encounter such a problem and you’re trying to figure out a way to eject the water from your iPhone 7’s speakers, perhaps this could be something worth trying. The Sonic app is a free download from the iTunes App Store, and in the meantime you can check out the video above to get an idea of how it should look like if it works like the poster claims.