Hi,
This problem seems to have started after the system update to Android 12 - and it's making me so infuriated with the phone that I just want to throw it at a wall. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?
Audio input now DOES NOT WORK RELIABLY any more. Either from the built-in microphone, or a bluetooth headset.
I answer a call (or dial someone) and I can hear them fine. But they cannot hear me. All they get is either silence or a sort of squishy static noise.
The physical microphone on the phone works fine - when I do the hardware self-test to record something and have it play back that ALWAYS works without any problems.
It is ONLY on phone calls that I get this problem.
I have tried disabling and enabling all relevant options - CrystalTalk AI, Wifi calling. Does not make a difference.
Tried resetting various system apps and deleting cached data. No difference.
Tried rebooting into safe mode - again, still get the problem.
Tried using a blueooth headset (a Plantronics voyager). That worked initially, then on the next call I got the same problem - the caller cannot hear me.
The phone is mostly just stock apps - I not have any call-recording or replacement phone app installed.
Rebooting the phone seems to prevent the problem for a while, but I still randomly get the problem. It seems like something in the software path for audio input is deeply broken in some way.
I have *never* had a problem like this with any phone before - even cheap crappy ones have always been able to reliably make and receive calls. At the moment I am looking at just getting a basic Nokia handset (just a plain phone, not an Android) just to be able to take phone calls.
This problem seems to have started after the system update to Android 12 - and it's making me so infuriated with the phone that I just want to throw it at a wall. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?
Audio input now DOES NOT WORK RELIABLY any more. Either from the built-in microphone, or a bluetooth headset.
I answer a call (or dial someone) and I can hear them fine. But they cannot hear me. All they get is either silence or a sort of squishy static noise.
The physical microphone on the phone works fine - when I do the hardware self-test to record something and have it play back that ALWAYS works without any problems.
It is ONLY on phone calls that I get this problem.
I have tried disabling and enabling all relevant options - CrystalTalk AI, Wifi calling. Does not make a difference.
Tried resetting various system apps and deleting cached data. No difference.
Tried rebooting into safe mode - again, still get the problem.
Tried using a blueooth headset (a Plantronics voyager). That worked initially, then on the next call I got the same problem - the caller cannot hear me.
The phone is mostly just stock apps - I not have any call-recording or replacement phone app installed.
Rebooting the phone seems to prevent the problem for a while, but I still randomly get the problem. It seems like something in the software path for audio input is deeply broken in some way.
I have *never* had a problem like this with any phone before - even cheap crappy ones have always been able to reliably make and receive calls. At the moment I am looking at just getting a basic Nokia handset (just a plain phone, not an Android) just to be able to take phone calls.