Orange dot won't turn off on iPhone

couvf150 wrote:

I don’t like Big Brother or Big Tech spying on me & u shouldn’t either😡

You’re right. It was much better when Big Tech was spying on you and you had no idea that they were.

Although, if Apple wanted to spy on you, why would they let you know they were? If they tell you it isn’t spying.

Perhaps you should read Apple’s privacy policy ➡️ Privacy - Apple. If you believe Apple is lying in their privacy policy you should immediately get rid of any Apple products you have, and probably consult an attorney.

Chard36 wrote:

All of a sudden now we need this dot? Why????

Because Apple designed it to be there. As to why, you can see this support document regarding the display of the orange and green dots. About the orange and green indicators in your iPhone status bar - Apple Support For now, that is as much as Apple has provided.

Some app is using the microphone if the orange dot is on. Phone, WhatsApp, Telegram, Google Duo, Google Voice, Facebook Messenger, Signal, FaceTime, Siri, Voice Recorder, Speech to Text, Shazam are all candidates.

I did the same thing and it’s still showing up. Not like a I say anything bad it’s just aggravates me that they invading my privacy like that even after I shut down my microphone on everything and on “hey Siri” it’s still orange when it was green the other day.

NO ONE IS INVADING YOUR PRIVACY! If the orange dot is on a mic is on, and when you see it on just open the Control Center and it will show which app is using the microphone. Green means the camera is on.

If it is not telling you what app is using it in Control Center then you have other problems with your device. You might want to consider restoring your iPhone from your backup and if that doesn't work click on the Contact Support link at the top right of this page.

It is worthless and it causes issues with Bluetooth in vehicles. Every time I’m

on a call the person I’m talking to hears themself echo...on their end. But it’s caused by Apple microphone that I can’t turn off? This is BS that I didn’t ask for. Android is looking much better!

By all means get an Android. They are absolutely perfect! No orange light to warn you your mic is on, no warnings that many of the apps in the play store are spyware or worse. And don’t forget to install a good antivirus.

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No one here cares what you spend your money on.

Not true! Turned off microphone & camera on all apps & orange dot is still appearing on all my phone calls on my

iPhone 11.

When I check to see which app is spying it lists phone. Invasion of Privacy Apple!!!

couvf150 wrote:

Not true! Turned off microphone & camera on all apps & orange dot is still appearing on all my phone calls on my

iPhone 11.

When I check to see which app is spying it lists phone. Invasion of Privacy Apple!!!

What in the world would you expect to see? When you make or receive a phone call, you are using the microphone. Your claim of invasion of privacy is unfounded and absurd.

couvf150 wrote:

When I check to see which app is spying it lists phone. Invasion of Privacy Apple!!!

The purpose of the icon is not to determine if someone is spying, it activates when the microphone is in use. The fact the phone is using it supports the fact that you are in a phone call. Now, if it was on and you were not actively using the microphone, i.e. not in a call, or not using any other app using the microphone and Control Center identified an app using it, then you have something to be concerned about. Apple does not record phone calls. As a matter of fact, Apple does not even provide the ability to record phone calls on the iPhone because it is illegal in multiple jurisdictions.

So my iPhone has the orange dot in the right corner, I’ve switched everything off it’s still there, it’s a new phone so I’m assuming it’s a bug but it makes me very uncomfortable thinking someone’s possibly listening or recording my conversation. Even when on whatsap call it’s still showing an orange dot. Can anyone help?

fai32 wrote:

So my iPhone has the orange dot in the right corner, I’ve switched everything off it’s still there, it’s a new phone so I’m assuming it’s a bug but it makes me very uncomfortable thinking someone’s possibly listening or recording my conversation. Even when on whatsap call it’s still showing an orange dot. Can anyone help?

When you use the microphone, you will see the orange dot. Plain and simple. If you are that worried about having your conversations recorded, start sending text messages and don’t use the phone as a phone.

Obviously the orange dot shows microphone when on a call. But why before the last upgrade did it not need to be there? Since the orange dot there have been more issues with echoing than without. Does it matter to have this orange dot? Don’t think so considering we didn’t have it before...that’s the issue. All of a sudden now we need this dot? Why????

Chard36 wrote:

. All of a sudden now we need this dot? Why????

Why? Because Apple thought it was a wise security measure to notify their billion or so product users when one of the million or so available apps might have access to their microphone or camera. Yes, it might be overkill when it shows for using the microphone when making a phone call, but I bet those billion or so Apple product users would be quite happy to be notified if App “X2Y3Z4” was using their microphone without permission.