FP5 - Microphone issue

/e/OS Devices Fairphone
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Hi there,

Since 3-4 days, my microphone is not working anymore, on specific cases:

Not working:

  • phone app (the eOS default one, but i tried 2 other ones from the app lounge)
  • recorder app

But working on:

  • phone app with speaker on
  • whatsapp
  • videos recording

Seems like it is not a hardware issue, but OS one. My workaround is to always put the speaker, but then i look like those teenagers sharing their private discussion in public space…

It is quite annoying. Any solutions?

Phone: Fairphone 5
OS: 2.9

Thanks!

Doudou

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Looks like I have the same issue with the Murena version of the Fairphone 5.

The microphone for the telephone app stopped working about 10 days ago. Removing the app cache did not solve it. Today e.OS v3.01 became available but the issue persisted after the install.

Calling using Signal works like a charm, so it still looks like a software issue,

@Manoj can you take this further?

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https://www.reddit.com/r/fairphone/comments/1bygam6/microphone_problems_on_fairphone_5/

Did some digging. Will try out if the speaker toggle does work.

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Did some testing: when putting on the speaker, the microphone starts working. When switching the speaker, the microphone stops working again. :frowning: