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Posted on Apr 5, 2018 8:02 AM

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Posted on Apr 26, 2018 9:00 AM

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Dear all!

If you are having the same problem as disscussed above, please find a professional iPhone repair store and ask them to check the audio IC, it’s a tiny little chip on the mother board.


I got my iPhone 7 Plus audio IC replaced today for ¥400 (around US$60), and the problem is solved! All phone functions back to normal, phone calls normal, voice memo working, etc.


Tips: If your phone is still under warranty, please search help from Apple Store. If not, get the audio IC checked, and most likely it will work for you as well.

Again, this is not a software problem, it’s the hardware issue, another new update won’t fix it!

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Apr 27, 2018 11:19 PM in response to skkvrkwpk

There is no use my friend they know well enough what is causing that audio issue, they do all of that just to buy time, as this is a hardware problem, best case they’ll take your phone off you and hand you a replacement so make sure you’ve got you backup before you go there, I fixed two of them yesterday 7 and a 7plus both with no audio sound, microphone or proximity, it’s the audio Chip, in my opinion Apple should take responsibility of this because just like the 6 and the 6plus have this special problem commonly known as the TOUCH DISEASE, it’s the exact problem that the 7 and 7plus have as well and soon it’s going to be very common and I believe their solution will be a 5 year program to fix it or replace your device just like they’ve done now with the 6plus’s

May 1, 2018 9:55 PM in response to DestinaciousJ

....and then the proximity sensor began glitching and my phone would go black randomly while on YouTube or just scrolling through fb. After that the mic was completely unusable no voice during phone calls, no voice memos, no voice text, no Siri. Then shortly after that the headphones jack wouldn’t let you play music outload with your phone on the charger then it wouldn’t play music through headphones a day later. After researching and going into a couple different stores I will either need to get my audio IC chip replaced or completely replace or upgrade my iphone. (I kinda think Apple is throughing glitches into old phones so that people will upgrade)

May 21, 2018 12:28 PM in response to LDR13

This exact problem happened to me this past weekend (5/20/18), after updating my iOS.


I made a genius appointment at the store and the guy that helped me was already aware of this issue. Apple are replacing phones that have this problem, no questions asked. I'm way over my two year warranty and walked out with a working phone after 30 mins.

May 22, 2018 2:09 PM in response to anydange

Same here, exact same problem with my iphone7.


The first time I took it to the store (5/15/18) the problem had disappeared when I got there, very frustrating, so I walked out without a solution. It did come back though a couple of days later, and today I was back in the store, no sound and speaker greyed out. They were aware of the issue and replaced my phone, just out of warranty, but still in warranty at the time I first reported it. Phew!


Just wondering whether I can safely restore from my backup, or better set up as new? If it is a hardware issue, surely my brand new phone is not going to be affected...?

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