iPhone microphone won’t work

Cannot setup Siri or voice control. Says another app is using microphone.

iPhone 5, iOS 10

Posted on Aug 2, 2023 6:31 PM

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Posted on Aug 2, 2023 6:42 PM

dgruz Said:

"iPhone microphone won’t work: Cannot setup Siri or voice control. Says another app is using microphone."

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Close All Apps:

An app is accessing your audio. So, close all apps. Hold you finger down on the bottom-left croft of your iPhone screen, swiping up quickly to the top-right corner. Then, close all of these open apps, by swiping directly-up for all apps. Then, try this once more.

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Aug 2, 2023 6:42 PM in response to dgruz

dgruz Said:

"iPhone microphone won’t work: Cannot setup Siri or voice control. Says another app is using microphone."

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Close All Apps:

An app is accessing your audio. So, close all apps. Hold you finger down on the bottom-left croft of your iPhone screen, swiping up quickly to the top-right corner. Then, close all of these open apps, by swiping directly-up for all apps. Then, try this once more.

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