iPhone 5 ─ Front microphone not working!

Hello,

I advice you taking it to a Apple Service Center, they replaced mine within 10 days. I guess it is a hardware fault, nothing can be done to repair it.

Good luck!

Alexandre

Yeah, exactly like mine, never dropped, not a scratch, simple started to fail after 15 days of careful use.

One way I discovered to surround the problem was to turn on the Speakerphone mode just after answering or dialing someone, that way the other person could hear me fine. Try this until you can get it fixed.

The warranty is very good, if the store you bought can't change it for you, send it through the nearest official Apple Service Center.

Best,

Alexandre

I think so... they look the IMEI number to find out if the device is less than a year old.

Good luck!

My main microphone is working just fine however the problem I'm experiencing is shooting video. The microphone does not record audio or extremely low with a hissing sound. I did however discover that covering up the back side noise canceling microphone between the camera lens and the flash reenable the main microphone to start working again while shooting video. I did this by putting a small piece of electrical tape over the hole where the microphone is witchery enables the main microphone so now I can record video with sound as normal. Well almost normal I have this piece of tape between Mike camera and flash so it looks kind of ugly but luckily I have a case that goes over it. So try that if nothing else works, cover the microphone on the back of the phone while recording video or while in a call it worked for me although the only problem I have is recording sound with video I don't have any of the other problems.

Sorry about that I'm using Siri to dictate this reply so there are a few mistakes however I think you get the gist of what I'm saying. To make a long story short my problem was solved simply by putting a piece of tape over the noise canceling microphone on the back of the phone

So far, knock on wood, that's my only problem with this iPhone five.

Guess I am getting mine replaced when I take it in on wednesday! thank you for sharing your problem and how you fixed it, it appears to be a problem with the iphone 5's...sad never had a single problem with my iphone 4 🙂

I have the same problem, mic just stop working suddenly. Never expected this for a phone this expensive, and worst of all is that Apple seems to do nothing about it... whatever. Next time probably will start thinking in geting a Galaxy.

Guys, I spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out what causes the muffled sound during call on Iphone 5S. I have been recording my own voice using TapeACall app and also calling my own number which goes into Voicemail so I can make a recording. The one position that clearly degrades the audio significantly is if I lie down and turn even slightly to the right. In this position, the further I hold the handset away from the mouth the worse the voice gets which is not the case if I am sitting upright or standing. So I have made many recordings while lying down and turning to the right as evidence to be able to go to Telstra, my phone company today and have a final attempt at a third handset. If they allow me to cancel my 24 months contract that is ideal for me but otherwise I am selling the unit and moving on to a non Apple product asap. After having used 7 smartphones in the last few years it would be stupidity and unsatisfying to be holding a $1000 phone that can't even produce acceptable call quality which by the way my $50 Nokia 301 is excellent at. Lets see.