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JamesD1957 Author

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46 points

ios 12 voice memo problems

First, this is an absolutely terrible "update" to the voice memo app. Any help would be appreciated, but here's what I've experienced with it. I use it everyday for business, or at least I used to.

1. When you start a voice memo, there doesn't seem to be a way to stop and save. And when you do manage to get it to quit, it always leaves one of the memos "open" There is no "stop" or "save". And heaven help you if you hit the wrong button as I did last week and you start erasing and recording over what you've previously recorded.

2. My iPhone 6s is connected by Bluetooth to my car. When I get in after using this wonderful app, some kind of "autoplay" takes over and the voice memo starts playing in the car. On some kind of demented loop. The only way to stop this from happening is to either completely shut off the phone and restart, or quickly find a playlist or song to take over. When the voice memo is in control not even Siri dares interrupt and won't respond.

I hope there are some bug fixes coming soon because what ever team developed this update should be getting their resumes updated. In my opinion.

iPhone 6s

Posted on Sep 26, 2018 1:06 PM

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Memos-king

Level 1

14 points

Posted on Oct 10, 2018 10:59 PM

Was using the voice memos iOS 12 app tonight. I recorded a 12 minute recording. After awhile, I came back, tried to listen to the recording but it wouldn’t play. I then tried to add on additional audio at the end of the recording by pushing “resume.” It jumped and started recording at 2 minutes, 25 seconds in the recording, and completely erased everything that came after. This app is so frustrating, buggy, unreliable, non-intuitive, and many steps backward in comparison to the previous version. Can anybody provide a reason why it’s so bad on my brand new iPhone XS, or a way to re-install or replace it?

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JamesD1957 Author

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46 points

Oct 22, 2018 1:02 PM in response to tigerstyle25

I will submit feedback. I've lost some work recordings but nothing as precious as what you've lost. This is such an amazingly bad "update".

Oct 23, 2018 2:08 PM in response to JamesD1957

Deleting and reinstalling the app worked for me. I backed up to iTunes first and it did restore the memos next time i synced.

Nov 14, 2018 1:24 PM in response to tigerstyle25

I wanted to leave feedback for Apple but I can't see Voice Memos listed under the IOS Apps. Where should I leave the feedback? Thanks.

Jan 3, 2019 2:16 AM in response to JamesD1957

The most frustrating thing ever. You step into the car and them boom some random voice memo starts playing through Bluetooth. Apple needs to do something fast, this is unacceptable.

Jan 3, 2019 5:39 PM in response to JamesD1957

I will be trying the suggested fix and will report back—both here and, as necessary, by complaint to Apple.

PJing

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4 points

Feb 7, 2019 11:18 PM in response to michaelhelm

I have been using Voice Record Pro since last October. It has more features than iPhone’s Voice Memo. Maybe you can try it. Good luck!

ios 12 voice memo problems