iPhone 4s, echo when using apple headset during a call

WOW!!! 42 pages on this issue and no response/fix?! What's going on Apple?

Apple thinking: We already fix it, Iphone 5 - 5s.

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ill add my voice to the unhappy choir of 4S users with echo! come on Apple!

Go to the product feedback page and tell Apple how you feel about this issue. The only thing that will get them to take this seriously is if enough people state that they will not buy another iphone unless this problem is fully addressed. Fee free to use what I sent them:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

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The voice quality on a phone call using the iphone 4 is poor, at best. It is way too compressed, thanks to AT&T.

Plus, when I plug my phone into my car stereo and try and perform a call, the other party hears themselves echoing all the time!

150,000 + people have viewed this issue, yet you have never resolved the problem.

In conclusion, Apple needs to make sure that the next iphone has HD voice quality and good speakerphone (via aux out). I am not going to bother buying a new Apple iphone unless you address these two critical issues. When speech intelligibility fails on my phone talking with my family and friends, you are failing on the basics.

Please address in the iphone 6. Thank you.

I solved this problem disabling noise canceling.

Go to Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Hearing Aids, and turn on Hearing Aid Mode. This will disable noise canceling.

To date I had no more echo issues.

Hope this helps.

Walter

Walter,

I was really excited about using your solution. However, it appears that hearing aid mode searchers for a compatible blue tooth enabled hearing aid near by. When it does not find one it quickly shuts off. If blue tooth is not enabled it also disables Hearing Aid mode.

That's strange, I returned to the settings page and the Hearing Aid was off, but I confirm that I never got echo problems from then on. O_o

I tried a lot of things to get rid of the echo during calling with my 4S.

Finally I solved the problem by removing the metal mesh and the foam from the microphone next to the dockconnector. If I cover the mic during a call the echo is back again. So I think a lot of dirt in the mesh/foam were blocking the mic and causing the echo.

Ok, but how this could fix the echo with wired or bluetooth earpones?

I along what it seems to be thousands of others have the same problem from day 1 of owning a 4GS - has Apple provided a fix and/or guidance relating to this issue?

has Apple provided a fix and/or guidance relating to this issue?

Absolutely yes: Apple fix is: "Buy an iPhone 5s".

What else?

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Thank you so much man. Your post helped me a lot. Finally this echo thing fixed 😀 Wohooooooo. I just put a transparent small tape on the hole next to the headset jack. Problem solved... Thanks a bunch buddy