Earpiece Speaker Grill Condition

[desmortum]

Hello, everyone.

Unfortunately, ear speaker grill gets dirty quite often for me. Certainly, there are many ways to clean it. So I used a small soft brush to get the job done few times.
But recently I discovered that grill becomes kinda deformed a bit in different places. I can see it under bright light under different angles. It looks quite imperfect comparing to out-of-the-box condition when it was white and shiny. It's strange that metal is that soft.
So I wanted to ask iPhone 4/4S users, who use their phones for like half of year, is your grill still looks perfect and does it get messed up with time or cleaning?

 

[ERIC8585]

Hello, everyone.

Unfortunately, ear speaker grill gets dirty quite often for me. Certainly, there are many ways to clean it. So I used a small soft brush to get the job done few times.
But recently I discovered that grill becomes kinda deformed a bit in different places. I can see it under bright light under different angles. It looks quite imperfect comparing to out-of-the-box condition when it was white and shiny. It's strange that metal is that soft.
So I wanted to ask iPhone 4/4S users, who use their phones for like half of year, is your grill still looks perfect and does it get messed up with time or cleaning?

I just cleaned an old phone's ear speaker grill with a tooth brush and rubbing alcohol and it seems to scratch the finish or whatever off the grill - it gets shiny in some spots. Doesn't seem to deform it. Not sure why it's getting scratched by a tooth brush?

I tried folding a piece of scotch tape and then dabbing it in my iphone 5 ear speaker to get the dust out. This seems to take the grill finish off as well ? Weird

 

[blaake]

Hello, everyone.

Unfortunately, ear speaker grill gets dirty quite often for me. Certainly, there are many ways to clean it. So I used a small soft brush to get the job done few times.
But recently I discovered that grill becomes kinda deformed a bit in different places. I can see it under bright light under different angles. It looks quite imperfect comparing to out-of-the-box condition when it was white and shiny. It's strange that metal is that soft.
So I wanted to ask iPhone 4/4S users, who use their phones for like half of year, is your grill still looks perfect and does it get messed up with time or cleaning?

If youre a techy person, go on eBay and buy a pack of 10 of them for under $4 shipped. Take it apart and just replace it. I do so in all my screen replacement clients and it really makes the screen POP when that is in mint condition.

 

[ERIC8585]

The speaker grill makes the screen pop? It's in mint condition until it gets dusty shortly after.