Okay, full disclosure: it wasn't actually the toilet. It was a puddle. But you get the idea. Here's what happened when my iPhone took an unexpected swim, and why the sound frequency trick actually worked when nothing else did.
After testing hundreds of devices, I've learned that speaker grime accumulates way faster than most people realize. The good news? It's usually fixable in under a minute. Here's what's really happening inside those tiny grilles.
Cotton swabs, compressed air, toothpicks—I've tried them all. Turns out, the best method for cleaning wireless earbuds is also the most counterintuitive. This is what actually worked after six months of trial and error.