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Microphone not working with some apps after updating to iOS 9.1

Hi there,


After updating my iPhone 6 from iOS 8.4 to 9.1 (I learned to avoid first major updates the hard way) I noticed Siri wasn't listening anymore. First I thought something was misconfigurated from the update, but then I decided to do some tests with the headphones and it worked fine. I talked with some guys on the Apple chat support and they couldn't find anything wrong on the diagnostics. I already tried turning Siri off and on again, changing settings on voiceover and accessibility and did a factory reset without success. The weirdest thing is that voice memos, snapchat, video (from the camera app) and everything else is working fine, except the videos recorded within the Facebook Messenger app (and Siri).


Any thoughts?

iPhone 6, iOS 9.1

Posted on Oct 27, 2015 2:04 PM

70 replies

Sep 20, 2016 3:37 AM in response to crevolo

Here's a quick update on my issue from the previous page. After blowing air into the front camera mic, Siri & other stuff connected to that mic worked fine for a while, but then signal just started dropping rapidly to the point where it was the same as before. So last week i snagged a replacement front cam & mic flex assembly off eBay (5€) and replaced it. Everything works like a charm now.

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