Problem with the microphone on iPad2

Today I found that I have the same problem and I only have the 16GB. I tried recording and I get a heavy staic... I helled at the top of my lungs and on the recording I heard my self but very faint. Unfortunately I don't have an Apple Store near by so I guess I'll have to ship mine. Great just in time for finals.

iPad 2 wi-fi + 3g --- I have the same problem too. Today was trying to record video, but after I can only hear bad noise. Reset didn't help. Can't say when the problem appears, but I have updated iOS to 4.3.3 last week.

To all iPad2 64Gig WiFi owners. My IPad2 was working fine for a couple of months then as most described, I was getting like white noise, o no sound at all using Skype/FaceTime/Recording videos.

I checked online and went through the claim made by iLounge to its iPad 2 review on how the same microphone is placed in the two different models.

I found for my iPad2 64Gig WiFi (no 3G), the microphone was placed above the front camera (that tiny hole that I inspected when I got my iPad2 the first day and forgot to inspect later).

Well, I blew that whole with a Compressed Gas Duster (Dynex, part numer DX-CNDAIR1) and tested recording one more time.... Problem Solved!

I had opened online (earlier to my discovery) a support ticket with Apple, they will mail a box so I can send them my iPad for repair/replacement. I'll wait a few weeks before I release my iPad2 to them, as I have a custom engrave and don't like the idea to wait for 2-4 weeks to get the replacement back. I'll keep you posted!

For no apparent reason, could t get my voice over Skype, but hear son s voice.

Tried dragon dictation and got dialogue about fuzzy distorted sound and no xscribe.

Tried Skype voice/mic test and nothing.

Blew out the iPad mic hole with Dust Off compressed gas and the mic is now fine.

Dick Stewart

Thank you. I just tried it with blown air not compressed air and already I can hear my recordings much clearer.

I will also monitor the problem of dust and see if this resolves over time. Trading my iPad2 a second time is not an option! Bad enough I had to get it traded for a dead pixel the first time.

Thanks for the solution.

I had a similar problem, the mic didn't work. After 3 calls to 1800MyApple I had to bring it in to get a replacement. Unfortunately I had to wait in the overcrowded store for an hour to get it, but after 1 day it does still work. Also, I received a brown box iPad, meaning it could have been a return or furbish. The whole experience dented my opinion of Apple in the sense it appears they are too overwhelmed by their own popularity. An amazing problem to have.

I thought blowing sir was working, but eventually had to replace it. The home button and/or software associated with was also failing. This was a big disappointment. Blowing out with air was not a final solution. The call to apple proved to neither be smooth nor sufficient to get a solution. They wanted me to drive two hrs to Frankfurt and somehow find the apple store. I work foa living. Costs money to do their narrow minded solution. Gas alone would have bee fifty dollars. Loss of work time would have been another three hundred dollars. I do not think apple has the customer in mind. A sad scenario. Rms

Same problem with my iPad wifi 16gb

Hello I am having the same problem with my iPad 2 32GB I had used Skype and google talk with it and worked just fine up to last week when I tied skyping again it did not work, what can I do cause I live in Belize but had the iPad bought in Colorado. ( microphone is not working all of a sudden) plays music and vid but not recorded vid by it's own cam. Help please.

Microphone failed on my 3G 64GB iPad2. Could not do FaceTime anymore. Spent 30 minutes at the Genius Bar today and walked away with a replacement. Fabulous customer service at the Pasadena store. Currently restoring without a computer thanks to ios 5 and iCloud.

Yeah!!! Dick Stewart. I feared the worst that I would have to send my iPad2 in. It was working fine and right in the middle of a video, the sound went out. The all I could get was loud crackling. I just happened to have a can of air and did you what did and blew the mic hole. IT WORKED!!!!!😀

did you fix it as i also am facing the same issue NO MIC working

Did everyone have ins when this went wrong with yours. Mine is doing the same thing now and do not have ins anymore. :( so frustrating cause the nearest apple store is 2 hrs away!!!