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Microphone not working on front facing camera?????!!!!??

My microphone on my front facing camera is not working. When i record something and hear it back, the sound is very faint. But when i record on my back facing camera, it sounds fine. Siri doesnt work either. I have the iPhone 5s.

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1.1

Posted on Apr 25, 2014 8:36 AM

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Mar 27, 2017 5:38 PM in response to Sabwinaaaa

Here is what I found testing on mine, and my sister's iphone (both 6)


There are 3 diferrent mics

-at the side of you back camera

-at the side of your front facing camera (at the same spot as the phone call speaker)

-another one at the bottom of the phone


When you are making a phone call:

-not at the speaker: the bottom one is used

-at speaker: all of them are used, sô if you cover one, the others two will be there working.


When you use the siri (i'm not 100% sure but i think that) the "front facing camera" mic is used


(For whatsapp users) when recording an audio, the bottom one will be used


When recording a video, the microphone used will be the one of each camera



My problematic phone:

-Front facing camera videos have no soubd but a *chhhhh

-siri doesn't listen tô me

-when in speaker mode (phone calls), if i cover both camera mics, the bottom one doesnt list to me too

-(taking those of, all the topics i mentioned before is working on my phone)


Here is what i concluded:

There are occasions that my front facing camera mic doesnt work (siri and video recording), and work in other ones (speaker on phone calls). And there are occasions in wich my bottom mic doesnt work (speaker on phone calls), and works at others (whatsapp audio, phone calls, voice memos)


All of this make me think, that this is not a problem with the mics. It could be a logic board problem, or a software problem.


I'll try to hard reset and reinstall ios using recovery mode on itunes. If nothing happens, its probably a HW problem

Jun 30, 2014 2:10 PM in response to Sabwinaaaa

This is NOT a blocked microphone issue. This is a FLAW in the product. Too many people (inclding myself) are having this issue. Only 10 minutes spent on the forums will show this consistant flaw. Apple needs to figure out what is happening and offer us a real solution. Since I have discovered this issue, I have had many recordings ruined, inclding taking my 2 year old son on his first slide, his first kiddie-coaster, and the first time he has helped me squeeze fresh orange juice. Apple consistantly ignores design flaws and it's gettng old.

Apr 6, 2015 2:51 PM in response to markniels

Agreed bruv,


Apple guys here in Basingstoke UK had not seen this issue before, but I see by the forum its quite common.


They wanted me to pay £190 to replace the mic, and didn't seem interested in why this is happening, they just tried to reboot it "like I hadn't tried that already"


I wonder if its software or hardware, the later would be worse, however... don't wanna wipe my phone and set up as new either!!!!

Dec 12, 2015 3:56 AM in response to Sabwinaaaa

I am glad to see I am not the only one! I got my phone, new, in April, then over the last couple months the back microphone stopped working while recording and recall after reading this that Siri doesn't work either. I'm thinking it must be due to an IOS update too as it was fine beforehand. Thankfully, I'm still hnder warranty. It seems like it's a clear issue so Apple should do something for all affected.

Microphone not working on front facing camera?????!!!!??

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