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My iPhone 4S microphone is not working in calls, voice memo or Siri! Please help!!!

I have never dropped my iphone and it's not water damaged. Today all of a sudden the microphone had stopped working on my calls, voice memos and Siri. It still works on speaker phone and when I put my headphones in! I really need help I don't want to have to buy a new one I only have it 6 months!!

iPhone 4S, iOS 6.1.3

Posted on Jun 8, 2013 2:35 PM

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Aug 24, 2013 10:52 AM in response to JenFona

This happened to me also. iPhone 4s. 6.1.3. Verizon. Speakerphone stopped working during a phone call. Speaker phone icon was lit. Person on other side of call could listen in. But no sound from speaker. Music doesn't play. Siri disappeared although she returned temporarily after I did a restore to new phone and then she went away again. What I've tried without success.


Verified settings

Reset (soft and hard)

Restore to backup

Then full restore to new phone

Headphone jack in/out 7 or 8 times trick

Blow out headphone jack with compressed air

Carefully cleaning headphone jack with a slightly less cottoned Q Tip

Carefully examined dock port to see if there was debris

Blowing out the dock port with compressed air

Voodoo incantations

Sacrificing a McDonald's chicken nugget to the Gods of hunger


Nothing worked. I've googled the problem and I see that there is a division in the tech nerds between hardware (speaker or dock problem) vs software (Apple screwed up one of the updates). I'm suspecting a dock problem. Phone out of warranty. It's not a brick but it is certainly not as functional as it once was. Any ideas? dock? software? magic? thx.

My iPhone 4S microphone is not working in calls, voice memo or Siri! Please help!!!

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