My ear speaker didn’t working sincerely July ios update of my device Ipone 12

My iPhone 12 ear speaker did not working since July ios update what can I do now

iPhone 12, iOS 26

Posted on Feb 25, 2026 4:26 AM

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Posted on Feb 25, 2026 5:06 AM

Iphone 12 had a free service option for that specific problem but it expired a year or so ago.

So it would cost around €$450 to repair.


You can go to Settings, Accessibility, Audio & Visual and change Call Audio Routing to Speaker and forget about using the ear speaker.

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My ear speaker didn’t working sincerely July ios update of my device Ipone 12

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