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iphone only sending 10 second voice messages in apps?

Hello,


I have tried searching the internet of course; but only turned up a bunch of people having the same problem as me but no solution.


I have an iphone 5s and for some reason when I use any App that allows me to send voice messages it stops recording and sends it at 10 seconds.


This happens for Whatsapp, Telegram, Wechat, etc...


Anyone know why its only allowing me to send 10 second messages? This is not a problem on my iPhone 5 and has never been before until recently.


Any suggestions or help from someone who fixed this issue would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks so much!

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1.2, Whatsapp

Posted on Aug 20, 2014 5:13 AM

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Posted on Dec 24, 2014 2:38 AM

It appears it might actually be the screen protector. Try this to get past ten seconds and in fact go as long as you like. Just move your finger around very slightly as you hold the mic icon. This keeps the screen sensing your input. If I stop moving at any point the message stops exactly ten seconds later in both imessage and whatsapp. I have a glass protector. Might have or try without sometime

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Sep 18, 2015 7:23 AM in response to morrocoy

Thank you so much for this info.

FYI to anyone reading this - I'm using iphone 6 plus, latest ios (9 is it?) and glass screen protector. I send voice memos all the time in Whatsapp and so this 9-10 second cutout was really annoying and inconvenient.
I found your suggestion sorted the issue for me. I now show the keyboard, as if I'm going to type a response and then use the mic icon which is now half way up the screen and hey presto! It now records for more than 9 seconds.
Yippee!

Oct 12, 2015 7:18 AM in response to AsterixNZ

HI

THank you for that advice,it worked and I recorded 31 seconds and me who stopped not the app, it worked by turning slightly around on the top of the mic icon,like I am giving the mic icon a massage lol, I don't know if it is only because of the screen protector,I hope if someone has no screen protector and try to let us know if the same thing happened or not.

My question now is:if this problem only because of the screen protector,is there a specific screen that works perfect as it is not there? If not, what should we do while we need screen protectors? Is it from iphone sensor that it is not strong enough with screen protector?

regards

Dec 1, 2015 2:15 PM in response to iCMedia

I used one of the tips!! Press the mic icon, moved my thumb slightly left, a wave graph displays and a speech bubble send icon above that, as soon as it came up thumb removed and recording goes on until send icon pressed, must be some form of time out????? Worked for me, thanks and by the way, I have a toughened glass screen fitted as well as a case with built in screen protector, ie two surfaces in front of proper touch screen

Oct 9, 2016 3:53 PM in response to iCMedia

I have this problem as well, i use Iphone6 plus with Zagg screen protector, this is not a software issue, it is due to the use of screen protectors, the way around it is instead of pressing the microphone icon keep "rubbing" your thumb back and forth or in circular motions over it while talking until you are done with your message.

Whatsapp ppl need to update their application so that instead of keeping your finger on the mic while talking, they need to make a one tap to record and another to stop.

hope this helps.

iphone only sending 10 second voice messages in apps?

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