How to Increase Your iPhone Speaker Volume by 100%

By Gary Ng on January 23rd, 2008 226

One of the problems with the iPhone I find (along with many others) is the less than stellar speaker volume. I know 1.1.1 was supposed to address this issue, and some have tried the 3rd party software route of AudioAmp, but none of those methods have made a significant change. I am going to tell you a trick today on how to increase your iPhone speaker volume–by at least 50-100%!

This mod requires some intense training and will require you to invest in some expensive materials. For this iPhone speaker mod, you will require:

  • a needle or clothespin img_2379-medium.JPG
  • some patience/courage/determination
  • …and a sense of humor ;-)

How to Increase your iPhone Speaker Volume

  1. Before we being…test our your external speaker by calling yourself, or listening to an mp3. Try to remember the volume level.
  2. Take your needle or clothespin and gently poke it into the speaker holes on your iPhone (Where is the speaker? the speaker is below the Home button, on the bottom left; the right is the mic).
    • Don’t poke too deep, poke about 2 millimeters or so, or until you feel the needle/clothespin penetrating material. You will see some white residue that looks like dried glue of some sort.
    • This is what you will be poking your needle through: iphonespeaker2-small.jpg
    • This is what it looks like behind the protective material:
    • iphonespeaker1-small.jpg (images thanks to Mr. Geddy from flickr)
  3. That’s it! Now, go back to your speaker test…and voila! Your volume should be increased substantially! On my iPhone, the speaker volume is nice and LOUD, compared to before. Love it!

Get ready to do something like this…

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Things to think about…

  • Some people posted about the possibility of DUST entering through these newly penetrated holes. Yes, that is possible, but it’s not like you’re using a drill and making massive holes here. We’ve just puncturing the material that is impeding the speaker’s performance.
  • If you’re worried about dust, maybe you should avoid this mod altogether. Dust will enter any electronic device, regardless. Personally, I think it’s worth it since there’s no point in having your iPhone if you can’t hear it ringing in your pocket!

Thanks to skorpiond (modmyifone.com forums) for the heads up on this!

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  • jay

    WOWW!!!. I was planning to buy a speaker dock as the speakers were too low to watch movies. Worked really well for my 2G I phone. Sound up by atleat 100%

    Thanks

  • jay

    WOWW!!!. I was planning to buy a speaker dock as the speakers were too low to watch movies. Worked really well for my 2G I phone. Sound up by atleat 100%

    Thanks

  • jay

    WOWW!!!. I was planning to buy a speaker dock as the speakers were too low to watch movies. Worked really well for my 2G I phone. Sound up by atleat 100%

    Thanks

  • jay

    WOWW!!!. I was planning to buy a speaker dock as the speakers were too low to watch movies. Worked really well for my 2G I phone. Sound up by atleat 100%

    Thanks

  • Nina

    id read so many forums before this telling me that people just sent theirs back to the shop as it was a problem with the phone – and after buying it off a friend this was great to read! volume increased by 100% now! thanks alot!

  • Nina

    id read so many forums before this telling me that people just sent theirs back to the shop as it was a problem with the phone – and after buying it off a friend this was great to read! volume increased by 100% now! thanks alot!

  • Nina

    id read so many forums before this telling me that people just sent theirs back to the shop as it was a problem with the phone – and after buying it off a friend this was great to read! volume increased by 100% now! thanks alot!

  • Nina

    id read so many forums before this telling me that people just sent theirs back to the shop as it was a problem with the phone – and after buying it off a friend this was great to read! volume increased by 100% now! thanks alot!

  • Nina

    id read so many forums before this telling me that people just sent theirs back to the shop as it was a problem with the phone – and after buying it off a friend this was great to read! volume increased by 100% now! thanks alot!

  • Nina

    id read so many forums before this telling me that people just sent theirs back to the shop as it was a problem with the phone – and after buying it off a friend this was great to read! volume increased by 100% now! thanks alot!

  • Phil

    It worked great for me! :D

  • Phil

    It worked great for me! :D

  • Phil

    It worked great for me! :D

  • Phil

    It worked great for me! :D

  • Phil

    It worked great for me! :D

  • dj toddski

    Hi Guys and Gals,
    Can someone please tell me if this rather neat trick will work for the earpiece volume as well ??
    Ta.
    Toddski

  • dj toddski

    Hi Guys and Gals,
    Can someone please tell me if this rather neat trick will work for the earpiece volume as well ??
    Ta.
    Toddski

  • dj toddski

    Hi Guys and Gals,
    Can someone please tell me if this rather neat trick will work for the earpiece volume as well ??
    Ta.
    Toddski

  • dj toddski

    Hi Guys and Gals,
    Can someone please tell me if this rather neat trick will work for the earpiece volume as well ??
    Ta.
    Toddski

  • Prasad

    Hi Guys, This trick has worked for me too..
    The volume is quite loud now..
    Thanks for your help guys.

  • Prasad

    Hi Guys, This trick has worked for me too..
    The volume is quite loud now..
    Thanks for your help guys.

  • Prasad

    Hi Guys, This trick has worked for me too..
    The volume is quite loud now..
    Thanks for your help guys.

  • Prasad

    Hi Guys, This trick has worked for me too..
    The volume is quite loud now..
    Thanks for your help guys.

  • Prasad

    Hi Guys, This trick has worked for me too..
    The volume is quite loud now..
    Thanks for your help guys.

  • Anant

    hey thank yaar it really worked

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  • ricardo

    its working great i can feel the difference 100% thanks

  • http://www.tracking-system.com/ Tracking System

    I use my phone for my business (gps tracking industry) and initially the speaker phone worked great…now its very low…lame

  • http://oththo.tumblr.com oththo

    I poked too hard and the grey protecter bit is pushed inside.. but the sound improved very well.. awesome thanks

  • bongo442

    I know this is old, but…

    Will this work for an iPod touch?
    The external speaker volume sucks. Fine with headphones.

  • Avataar

    Wow worked great. Have Iphone Original (2G), was never satisfied with the speaker volume. Now I can hear the Iphone ring in noisy surroundings. Thanks.

  • Imad Faisal

    yeah ,,,,,,,,,, it working to my iphone 2g ……
    and the sound is differ from before ………………….

    thanks gary……………

    it great to have iphone 2g with the nice sound……

  • angela

    Wow, what a difference, you saved me $400.00 and my iphone from cell phone heaven! Thanks, now my coworkers can enjoy my '80's punk music!

  • angela

    Wow, what a difference, you saved me $400.00 and my iphone from cell phone heaven! Thanks, now my coworkers can enjoy my '80's punk music!

  • Maxpressure

    THANK-YOU TO WHOMEVER POSTED THIS GREAT INFO. IT WORKED

  • Active18yos

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!
    HAVE ORIGINAL IPHONE 2.5 YRS, THOUGHT NOTHING
    COULD BE DONE AND DIDN'T WANT TO MESS WITH
    DOWNLOADS.
    WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT? SO SIMPLE! EVERYTHING IS 200% LOUDER!
    (I ALSO POKED THE NEEDLE IN THE ACTUAL EARPIECE.)
    YJK in L.A.

  • Sanjay

    this is truely amazingg….thanks a lot …..i 've been trying everything to increase volume..this works like a charm..thanks a lotttttt …………..my freind

  • Jejebuster

    One of the cool apps I saw written for iOS4 is the CrazyAlarmFree. It is an alarm that works even not running!

  • ron

    when i go to settings i go to volume click on the different tones i hear nothing only when i have ear phones on i hear the volume button is foreward not on vibrate why is this even when i slide open iphone no click sound my email address codeofsilence50@yahoo.com

  • http://toolsjapan.blogspot.com/ Romatak

    Now I can hear calls, music and the alarm clock! Many thanks!

  • Jashlock001

    It wired really great! Just make sure u don’t poke too deep. Just the tip of the needle should be in the whole. There should be a white powder on the tip when u pull the needle out. Thanks for the mod!

  • guest

    It worked!!! Amazing!! Thank u so much!!

  • Rebel

    suck my dick

  • Ggfd

    If it worked great, why would you try this? noob

  • Ouellette338

    Didn’t work for me

  • Partime2020

    thanks you.. 3 years i`m waiting this

  • Cgarlen

    great fix! thx!

  • Shinkeijavier

    nice,..it works,,,,thanks

  • Shinkeijavier

    it really works..i have a low tone of volume on my iphone and it happened like,..i dont hear any 1 whos calling whenever im unaware…and now i try this tip and it really works,,now i have a high volume of ringtone thanks soo much

  • Shawndotting

    That really work. I think will now keep my iPhone a little longer. :-)

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