Can't hear through earpiece in iPhone 5

I'm having some issues with my mew iPhone. It seems that with most calls I'm sending or receiving the ear piece on the phone does not work.


I've discovered by trail & error (sometimes) if I turn the speaker phone on and then off again the ear piece will work.


The issue is consistent through phone calls and with visual voice mail.


Anyone had a similar issue?

Posted on Sep 25, 2012 8:07 PM

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Dec 1, 2016 7:48 AM in response to Ethos Evoss

Ethos Evoss,

Heartily appreciate your post. I have been struggling with this issue for so many days. Even restored my iphone5 and reinstalled latest iOS10.1.1 but all went in vain until I read your post 🙂 . I pressed firmly on the top left screen for 3-4 seconds and for time on the receiver/front camera too.


Now, I can hear everything crisp and clear. You have saved me my hard earned money on buying another phone as I was now planning to go to apple store birmingham this weekend to trade this in with an iphone7. Cannot thankyou enought and infact to everyone else on this forum/community too. Many thanks buddy. God Bless....

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