Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
As many times stressed, iOS 7 requires confirmation of use of the micro under "privacy". However, on my iPhone 4s, not ANY respective application (skype, noise-meters, shazam...) is appearing in the menu of "microphone"; so I can´t activate the use of the microphone for these apps.
Re-installed the apps, Re-booted the iphone - nothing helps.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.2
Did you actually try to use the microphone within the app, like making a call in Skype, because the iOS doesn't recognize the microphone using by itself, the app has to request when it needs to use the microphone for the first time. So when u make your first call using skype or any app, a message will pop asking your authentication. Once you click ok, it will be then added to the microphone under privacy. Once adde you will able to change it for your future use .
AHA-Berlin,
For the Apps to appear in the "Privacy" menu they have to be initiated by the App itself. In my opinion the App Developers need to update their apps to be compatible w/ the new iOS. I would recommend to check for any available updates from these developers.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for the advice - but nothing of it did help. The apps are just ignored by the system and unable to use the micro; no pop-up dialog, even with a brand-new update of skype.
May be I have to re-install the iOS?
Thanks mmitha, for the link to restore - that´s the hard way, I remember that after that many passwords/settings have to be re-installed manually, at least under previous OS versions...
Your Welcome!
If you Back-up the device first, you should not have to. Just restore you data after you restore the iOS the device and everything should be ok.
One this I would recommend is that after you Restore the iOS setup the iPhone as a New Device first and after that restore your data.
Not yet tried your way (defining it as a new device); but upgrade on the new OS 7.0.3. version did´nt help...
Now, 2 OS versions later (7.0.4) and a complete restore of the iPhone as new device + loading from backup: still the same - all non-Apple apps that use the mcirophone are´nt recognized!
Any advice??
Problem solved!
The iOS 7 is confuse enough to have duplicate entries for privacy measures: apart from the easy to find Privacy / Microphone settings, another layer restricts access of Apps to the ressources:
go to Settings / General / Restrictions: if you still know the passwort to enter, you find here again a long list of Apps, their allowed content, and what they can use (such as microphone). If these entries are corrected, the microphone can be used and the apps appear in the list of the privacy/mirophone menu!
Although in principal valuable to have detailed control over the privacy settings, it is indeed quite confusing. I even am not sure whether I did myself initial settings, or whether this was done automatically when switching from OS6 to 7...
For whatever it's worth, this information still applies to an iPad 3 running iOS 9.3.5.
microphone-using apps are not recognized in iOS 7.02 ??
