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I am unable to save the recorded voice memo. I open the app, start recording, speak something, I can see the audio waveform in the window. When I press the stop button, the waveform stops but I don’t see any menu option to save it.
If I close the app and reopen, the recording is lost.
Note the screenshot attached. The done button appears disabled.
iPhone 11
The done button is inactive — essentially pressing it does nothing. Not sure why it’s inactive.
The done button is inactive — essentially pressing it does nothing. Not sure why it’s inactive.
As I had mentioned that button is unresponsive. In fact on stopping all buttons become unresponsive - so I am essentially stuck. I cannot resume, stop or make a new recording. I cannot replay the recording as well.
I reported the issue on ios 15.1 but post upgrade to ios 15.2 the issue remains.
I have tried the links provided but do not solve my issue.
Post the recording all buttons on the screen are frozen, I cannot replay or save. Hence all the recommendations in the links do not work.
I have downloaded apps from the App Store for voice notes and they seem to work just fine. So the issue is not with the microphone. I have checked permissions for voice memo using microphone and that seems to be fine as well.
Hi nitesh1975,
Welcome to the Apple Community.
Wondering which iOS version is installed on your iPhone.
Try Apple's article "Make a recording in Voice Memos on iPhone:"
NB: (This is for iOS15, or open the article and change to your iOS version at the top for accurate info.)
Eg: says
"Your recording is saved with the name New Recording or the name of your location,
if Location Services is turned on in Settings 
> Privacy.
To change the name, tap the recording, then tap the name and type a new one".
Complete article: https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/iphone/iph4d2a39a3b/15.0/ios/15.0
AND
:Share a recording in Voice Memos on iPhone"
says:
In the Voice Memos app 
, you can share one or more recordings with others
(or send it to your Mac or another device) using AirDrop, Mail, Messages, and more.
Complete article: https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/iphone/iph3d6dc359/ios
Other articles that may be helpful in becoming familiar with Voice memos.:
Duplicate a recording in Voice Memos on iPhone (useful when editing / making changes)
https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/iphone/iphbda915db2/ios
Edit or delete a recording in Voice Memos on iPhone
https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/iphone/iphc9bdaee83/ios
Organize recordings in Voice Memos on iPhone
https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/iphone/iph73bfaba07/ios
All the best :-)
Mmmm.
So I guess the other option is to Close and re-open the Voce Memos app, as you sat ...
... thus losing the unsaved recording, which you want to keep.
Thank you for your patience, as we tried everything we could.
Sorry we haven't found a way to save your recording.
All the best :-)
Wondering if some small step is being overlooked ....
Eg: are you pressing the "Done" button when finished recording ?
I may be wrong ... if so, apologies.
Your iPhone image shows you still are in "pause" mode:
ie: is not "stopped" (finished), and you can only continue recording in that mode. ("Done" seems greyed out.)
All the best :-)
Or
to stop recording; (tap Resume to continue.)May need to Tap 
to finish recording.
Uninstalling and reinstalling the Voice Memo did the trick.
Thank you for letting us know.
Glad to know you solved the situation!
Cheers :-)
Unable to save voice memos after recording
