Microphone does not work on the iPad 2 32gb with 3g. About a week has worked well! Then after the upgrade to new firmware for the video recording is heard only the noise! If much shouting into a microphone a voice slightly audible on the recording. Resett

I thought I had the same issue. I turned off Bluetooth and problem solved. Turns out that my Bluetooth was sending he audio out instead of to the internal amp/speaker.

I just had the same problem. Never really used the microphone for anything, but after trying to make a Facetime call, I realized that there was not much else than noise coming through. I tried the vacuum trick, and it did do something, so I think there must have been some dust in there as well, but it didn't fix the problem altogether, it was still very noisy.

What made the mic work flawlessly again was when I made some very loud noises into the mic, some handclaps very close to the mic input, to try overloading the input. After that, the noise floor dropped completely to a normal level, i.e. very low.

Being an audio engineer, it occurred to me that the software calibration of the input must have been screwed up as well, with an extra 100 dB of gain or something - and that is the sort of thing that can happen after a software update, so to me that's a pretty obvious explanation.

In other words, if the Dyson is no dice in itself, try overloading the input with some loud noises, while having the mic on of course, to force the automatic gain calibration down to a normal level. Come to think of it, this might be what the vacuuming actually accomplishes, if you keep the app running while working the [vacuum] pipe...:-D

Great thread everybody. All I had to do was ask the server and I got the answer. Yes, my tiny little mic hole just above the front camera lens was fouled by foreign object debris. FOD. It could be belly button lint. Or guacamole. Vacuum worked very well.

Vacuuming works! My iPad 2 (3G, white, 64GB) had the same issue. I had to do this several times and use maximum suction with as much seal to the mic as possible. Now it works fine. Thank you. :)

I followed advice to use a vacuum hose sealed around the mic area and it worked. Thank you.

I have the same problem with my ipad2 32 gab. Did anybody solved this issue? Pls help. Thank you

To all the people having trouble with there microphone try this, there is a very small rectangle hole on the same side as the earphone hole, get a pin and clean it out, then get a straw and suck it clean, my ipad is back to brand new, i love this helping tip, my tiny little microphone hole had chocolate in it. Good luck every one.

To all the people having trouble with there microphone try this, there is a very small rectangle hole on the same side as the earphone hole, get a pin and clean it out, then get a straw and suck it clean, my ipad is back to brand new, i love this helping tip, my tiny little microphone hole had chocolate in it. Good luck every one.

To all the people having trouble with there microphone try this, there is a very small rectangle hole on the same side as the earphone hole, get a pin and clean it out, then get a straw and suck it clean, my ipad is back to brand new, i love this helping tip, my tiny little microphone hole had chocolate in it. Good luck every one.

Just tried the vacuum on my son's iPad 2 32gb (after checking all the settings and resetting), and it did the trick. I took off the cover and held my hands around the nozzle over the microphone for good suction, for about 30 seconds. Son and I were gobsmacked when it worked. We had been working on it for a hour before trying this! Thank you!