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Highlights A YouTube video claims it can remove water from mobile speakers. The video has over 45 million views and 140,000 comments in four years. Tech writer David Pierce and iFixit tested the video’s claims, both found it helpful. The video’s effectiveness is limited to the speakers and won’t work on the USB port, SIM slot, or beneath the buttons. The Internet is full of treasures. Today if you face any problem in your life, gems of the internet have solutions hidden for you. All you have to do is ask. However, it is often difficult to know the authenticity of the information available on the internet. More often than not, what we are reading on the internet is completely untrue. The green sluge inside phone shows places where liquid entered. (Image Credit - Ritter, iFixit) So, when a YouTube video was dropped about four years ago claiming that it can remove water from your Mobile phone speakers, who would have believed it? Well, it turns out some people believed it enough to try it. And many who tried it now claim that the YouTube video works. The two-minute YouTube video on Channel N Beats is entitled Sound To Remove Water From Phone Speaker (GUARANTEED). The video, over four years, has more than 45 million views and 140,000 comments. The Video description says, “Sound wave to remove water from the mobile speaker, This sound will eject water from your phone speaker and completely remove water from your mobile speakers. This is the best way to get water out of your phone speaker.” The Verge’s tech writer David Pierce recently tried to test YouTube for the claims it has made. According to Pierce, the sound waves of the video seem to have worked. Although, he did wonder whether it was simply a coincidence. iFixit tested four different phones by dropping them into green sludge. (Image Credit - Chayton Ritter iFixit) In the report, Pierce writes, “I encountered it for the first time earlier this year after my nephew’s phone slipped out of his pocket and into a river near our Airbnb in a tiny town in Virginia. We semi-miraculously found his phone, then brought it inside and started trying to dry it off. A moment later, one of his friends just casually suggested playing “one of those videos that gets the water out.” We put on “Sound To Remove Water From Phone Speaker (GUARANTEED),” and ultimately, the phone was fine.” “Ever since, I’ve been trying to figure out whether these videos work. Are all these lucky shower scrollers just the beneficiaries of phones that have become far more waterproof and rugged in recent years? Or should we stop recommending rice and start recommending this video?” he further stated. Pierce understandably reached out to Apple, Google, or Samsung, although none had a proper response to this. But as it goes, folks at Bose give a brief about the theory that is at work here. While speaking to Pierce, a senior director of research at Bose, Eric Freeman said, “The lowest tone that that speaker can reproduce, at the loudest level that it can play that will create the most air motion, which will push on the water that’s trapped inside the phone.” “So those YouTube videos,” Freeman says, “it’s not, like, really deep bass. But it’s in the low range of where a phone is able to make sound.” This is how water explodes out as the buzzing starts. (Image Credit - Ritter, iFixit) iFixit also put the video claim to the test and according to them the video somehow did its job. They used four randomly chosen smartphones - an iPhone 13, a Pixel 7 Pro, a Pixel 3, and a Nokia 7.1. For the test, each phone was put into a UV bath for about a minute. The phones were then taken out and tapped to get some water out immediately. Next, they played the YouTube video and left the phones out overnight. The next day, the phones were somewhat fine. YouTube video claims it can remove water from mobile speakers. While the Pixel 7 Pro was completely dry, the Nokia 7.1, iPhone 13 and Pixel 3 were closer to dry than not. They mentioned, “It works! A little. As he played the video on each phone, Ritter also took close-up video of the speaker on each phone, and in every case, the phone immediately blasted out a flurry of droplets. The effect didn’t last long, but it was ejecting water that wasn’t coming out otherwise.” It is important however to note that video claims are limited to the speakers. If there's water in the USB port, SIM slot, or under the buttons, the video won't be effective. Apple offers a feature to expel water using sound which is only limited to the Apple Watch. FAQs Q1. Does the YouTube video To Remove Water From Phone Speaker work? Answer. Yes, according to tests by tech writer David Pierce and iFixit, the video’s sound waves can help eject some water from phone speakers. However, the effectiveness may vary, and it might not work in all cases. Q2. Can the YouTube video remove water from the USB port or SIM slot? Answer. No, the video’s effectiveness is limited to removing water from the speakers. It won’t help if water is trapped in other areas like the USB port, SIM slot, or beneath the buttons. Also Read: YouTube is making it difficult for you to skip ads with its New Design Also Read: YouTube will not Show Videos on the users Homepage if the Watch History is Off

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Can A YouTube Video Remove Water from Your Mobile Speakers?