iPhone 7 Mic Problem iOS 14

After 14.0.1 update my camera is working again

i tried the hard reset but my phone is still silent and mic off when making calls.

the phone works on Bluetooth but won’t recognise when I plug in headphones

Apple hurry up with the fix.

Apple never admit they have an issue but suddenly a “security update” comes out and it fixes the issue

I have same issues with the IPhone 7 Plus.

Upgraded to IOS 14 and the mic and the camera stopped working. Then, updated to IOS 14.0.1 it helped with the camera but not the microphone.

Ok, work can wait but what if I will have a life-threatening emergency and need to call 911?

Apple, what is going on?!

I'm really disappointed.

My phone is having the same issue and I have an IPhone 7 Plus . Apple Please Fix This I Have To Make Phonecalls On A Regular And It’s Not Safe For Anyone To Have A Phone That We Can’t Make Phone Calls On .

Does anyone have a vpn configuration running? I run one thru Bark for Kids. Had apple support restore to factory settings. phone-call worked. hung up with apple, reinstalled bark, and microphone no longer works.

A reminder to please contact Apple support and post this problem on social media even though they likely can’t help. The developers will only prioritize a fix if we yell the loudest.

I have tried EVERYTHING and there is nothing that can be done for the mic issues until an IOS update fixes whatever problem the new firmware is causing.

We have the same problem with iPhone 7. Called Apple support, they asked several questions, asked to reset network settings but nothing has happened. He suggested me to bring the phone to the official Apple service. I will try tomorrow but the problem is that the screen got broken and I am afraid they will refuse even to consider its repair. I asked if there are several users with the same problem but the answer was that he’s not allowed to share such information :-)

after trying everything, i have completely deleted the iPhone 7 and recovered from a backup. the microphones still don't work, but at least i've got all my settings back, which i deleted previously...

Told it’s an out of warranty replacement (at my cost) or an independent repair

if I get an independent repair and it doesn’t work because why would it apple can just blame them

Never been an apple fan for this reason. The mess up and expect you to pay to fix it

accidently many iPhone 7 users have problem with the audio IC exactly since they updated to iOS 14. interesting coincidence.

furthermore we as users also might claim: "it seems like an audio IC issue. but if you google it, you will find further explanation for this issue".

I have this same problem: I cannot do the following thing:

• hear/talk on calls; the speaker icon is just grayed out.
• connect to facetime unless on my Bluetooth headphones
• No audio collected on video on forward/face viewing camera
• Use siri
• Take voice memo
• Dictate using powermic mobile for work
• Listen to amazon music?
• Headphones that plug into the charging spot will not play any audio or make calls/use microphone.

What does work:

• You-tube/Netflix with sound from phone
• Old videos with sound from phone

Attempts to fix without success

• Restarted phone x 5
• Took sim out and put back in
• Hard reboot
• Factory reset

Only success to make a call was: have device forget my Bluetooth headphones, repair the device and made a call. Was able to transition to facetime while still using the Bluetooth for audio, but no audio when disconnected the Bluetooth speaker.

Therefore, my iPhone is currently a slightly functional computer that can send texts. I hope they fix this VERY soon. I just spent 60 min on the phone with apple help, and all the diagnostics returned without obvious error. Good luck everyone.

It’s just astonishing how Apple is not even bothered to take this seriously. Keeping quiet and all, not even a single response to our queries.

Seems like the iOS is launched with a purpose to force users to purchase new devices so they can squeeze more cash from us.....

Loop disease, old hardware issue of 7/7+. Symptoms -- issues with microphone, can't record a voice memo. Apple usually ignores it so the best solution is a trusted repair shop that does microsoldering. Also make an encrypted backup asap.

Not related to iOS update at all, it was just a trigger.

Everyone on here has a phone that worked before the update now doesn’t

so the only way your logic holds up is if iOS 14 uses different pins on the audio IC than iOS 13 does

would this also prevent it working with wired headphones

I still think it’s more likely software and because apple won’t do the repair if an independent does it and it doesn’t work then what

All my hardware works fine. No one can hear me if I am both connected to Wifi and Cellular. If I disconnect either, then everything is fine when making a call. Cell calls work and voice over wifi works but no one can hear me if they are both enabled like normal.

Just google for loop disease before blaming, it's not that hard... Same thing happened when iOS 12 and iOS 13 came out. It's a design flaw in 7/7+ models and Audio IC connectors soldering gets damaged in time (gets bent?) depending on the usage and each particular unit, same as with "No service" Baseband IC issue for 7. iOS updates are a trigger as there's a hardware check during the update (google for details, don't know more than this).

This is just a reply to the original question. If you have some other device model reasons can be different. Best way to check for a software issue is to make a backup, factory reset and set up as new. If the issue is still there -- hardware, if not -- software.