If you take your iPhone into the shower or into a place with a lot of water, such as a swimming pool, water may get inside the phone. While most iPhones are waterproof and can be submerged in water, things are different with the speaker. Water may get inside the speaker grille and cause your device to malfunction. Luckily, the iPhone has a shortcut that helps eject water droplets right out of the speaker grille, producing low-frequency sound. In this article, we will discuss how you can use the Water Extraction shortcut on your iPhone via Siri or the home screen to remove water from your phone.
How to remove water with a Siri shortcut?
The Water Eject shortcut can be controlled directly from Siri with a voice command. Follow the instructions to use the Siri Shortcut to Throw Water.
- Go to the label gallery website from this link and click “Get Label”.
- You will be taken to the Shortcuts app, click Add Shortcut. It will be added to your iPhone shortcut library.
- Now say “Hey Siri, water ejection.”Siri will open the shortcut.
- Say “Water Ejection”again and Siri will turn the device volume up to maximum and make a low-pitched sound for a few seconds. At the end, a notification sound will be heard.
How to remove water using the icon on the home screen?
If you don’t want to open the Shortcut app over and over again, you can follow the steps below to add the Water Ejection shortcut to your home screen.
- If you have already saved the “Extract”shortcut above, go to the Shortcut app.
- Press and hold the water ejection shortcut and a drop-down list will appear.
- Click “More Info”and then “Add to Home Screen”.
- It will show you a preview of the icon. Click Add.
- Now, to pour water using the icon on the main screen, click on it.
- Click “Start water ejection”and the process will start again. At the end, a notification sound will be heard.
How do I drain water using a third party app or website?
You may not want to give the Water Eject shortcut access to your device as it is a third party shortcut. Therefore, you can follow the method below to remove water from your phone without installing any shortcuts or apps.
- Go to the FixMySpeakers website.
- Click on the big white button with the water smiley inside.
- The low frequency sound will play until you stop it.
- Press the button again to stop the sound.
FAQ:
Does the water ejection shortcut work on iPhone?
Yes, the Water Eject shortcut works on all iPhones to remove water splashes from the speaker.
What does the Water Eject label do?
The Water Eject label removes water droplets from the phone’s speaker by emitting a low frequency sound.
Where is the water release label located?
As mentioned in the steps above, the Water Eject shortcut can be downloaded from the shortcut gallery website, after which the user needs to add it to the shortcuts app on iPhone. It can be accessed from the iPhone shortcut app.
How to drain water from my Android device?
Android users can try similar methods by downloading tools like FixMySpeakers or the Super Speaker Cleaner app. These apps also make a low frequency sound that tries to push the water droplets out of the speakers.