Voice memos is not saved after i done recording

3 times and no response? I'm actually on Twitter rn and see they are responding like crazy.

Make sure your twitter account isn't set to private or they won't see your tweets. After you send them another DM- tweet them and let them know.

Has anyone been able to retrieve lost voice memos yet? I believe some people have contacted Apple for support.

I lost two voice memos of 2 hours in duration each. When I unlocked my phone after recording, I was not given the option to save or select 'done'. It seemed like the app crashed and the memos just disappeared. They are also not in the recently deleted list.

Searching for the memos on the main screen shows that they their names exist on the phone, but they are not retrievable in any manner that I have tried.

Some important interviews lost - hoping someone can help!

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Mine do not even show up in a search. The entire conversation is recorded (total of 6 hrs for me) and then there is no option to save it (the done button). These recordings are gone. I have talked to Apple and they told me they are gone but offered no explanation and acted like I am the only one with this problem. I emailed them and sent 4 DM's over Twitter and received no response. I downloaded a new app that is great and RELIABLE for now as I look at Samsungs.

I don't know if yours are recoverable considering they show up in a search.

I have over 1,000 hours recorded over the past 2 years and saved with no problem. This is new to the 12 update.

I get no reply or help from Apple. I have lost recordings that were priceless for me.

I downloaded another recording app that has been great and I can save it to my PC and flash drive just like voice memos. I would suggest that and not use the voice memo option on the phone.

Thanks. My DM's are not private. I sent one more - still no response.

I downloaded a great recording app so I have something going forward, but what I lost is personally devastating to me. The damage done is indescribable.

The woman from Apple Support called me on Monday but it was just an update to say they were still investigating it. She’s been great with follow up which is waaay more than I can say for Apple Support on Twitter, who responded to my first message and then completely ignored the rest. I told her to go ahead and email me when she has an update.

@JeremyHarvey, are you able to update this site if you find out any possibilities of recovering files? That would be appreciated, though I don't wait in hope.

Also, @Colmoor, mine do not show up in any searches as well....only my practice files prior to the major interview I recorded.....of course!

I had exactly the same problem yesterday. A 3 hour recording I needed in order to cite someone literally: it’s just gone. The consequences for my work are very serious.

I contacted the Apple helpdesk, they have no idea and couldn’t help at all. What frustrates me most is that apparently the problem is known since more than one month, and 149 people have already encountered the same problem. But still nothing is done. The bug persists, and instead of warning people about the instability of the voice memo app under iOS12, Apple keeps on encouraging people to update their system to iOS12.

If they just would have reacted earlier I and at least 148 other people wouldn’t be in such a mess.

I am sorry you lost your work. I am still dealing with the fallout. You are correct - warn people until you get it fixed.

I downloaded a free app to use going forwarded and it’s great. I can back it up thru iTunes onto my laptop and flash drive. I really like it. You might want to consider doing that. I don’t think I will ever use the iPhone app again. Can’t trust it and this was too important.

I downloaded Voice Recorder.

I didn’t do a lot of research because I needed something quickly, but it has been great so far. I have used it a few times with no problems. Last night, an alarm I forgot I had set went off and the taping resumed automatically when I shut the alarm off. Voice Memo didn’t do that. I found out the hard way that ANY interruption meant I had to remember to manually restart it.

I have backed up Voice Recorder thru iTunes to my PC and to my flash drive. It even saves to Notes. I have the free version and see no need to upgrade. The ads are non-intrusive/minimal. It does everything I need it to do and then some. Frankly, I wish I had downloaded it a while ago. It’s better than Voice Memo, IMHO.

Well, your help got me one step closer to solving my problem...

While I had the voice memo recording in the background, I plugged my Apple headphones into the jack. (iPhone SE / 12.01)

This stopped the recording which was fine since I was deleting it anyway. The problem is that there is no voice message to be found in the memo app. I tried an experiment and it did the same thing. There should be two memos in the app when there are none. If I start a third recording it says '3' at the end as if there are two there.

Using the information you gave above, the search does show there are two memo files. A regular recording and one with a '2' at the end. Selecting either of these brings up the memo app but no recording.

They weren't important and I just want to delete them off of the phone. Any ideas?

Same situation as everyone else. 3 hour voice memo recording taken in Airplane mode on iOS 12. Not available in the voice memos app but IS visible in the springboard search.

BOLLOCKS. Also like everyone else, this recording was priceless and irreplaceable. As a software developer and project manager myself it's unforgivable that this app could have been released with such a major bug.

It's obviously not retrievable through the iOS functions so downloading some data recovery tools. Will have a bash and see if some kind of sector-by-sector examination finds it and it's got decent integrity. Will let you all know if I have any luck.

BOLLOCKS.

Same issue. Recorded an hour interview. Tried to figure out how to save it but the update changed the screen configuration. I hit the wrong button and poof--started at the beginning and erased the entire thing. Happened to a friend, too. Very bad design by Apple.

Hi, I just had the exact same issue. My new recording didn't showed up the Voice memo app but in the search result only.

I was able to copy the file to my mac using a tool called Imazing https://imazing.com/download/macos, my invisible recording showed up in the voice memos list but gave me an error while attempting to copy to my mac. The error message will give you the path to the file. Then go in the File System and browse to this path and copy it to your mac. You can follow the instructions here: https://support.imazing.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001152374-Voice-Memos-Export-fa ils-with-The-file-or-folder-doesn-t-exis…

Hope that helps

Glad you retrieved yours. This is not happening with most people. It is not saving it to begin with. There is no recording at all.

There appears to be multiple failures with this app. I downloaded a new recording app because there is no way to trust the Apple version.