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Problem with the microphone

TyBec

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I just picked up a G Watch and I love it. But I can't get the microphone to pick up anything I say without putting my mouth up to the microphone and yelling. Do I have a defective unit or would there be a setting or app that is conflicting with the watch? Thanks in advance!

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Rukbat

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There's no user setting for mic sensitivity in cellphones. An app could be using the mic, not allowing the app you want using it to do so, but that's a remote possibility. Check the hole where the mic is, and make sure there's no lint or fuzz clogging it.
 

PookiePrancer

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There's no user setting for mic sensitivity in cellphones. An app could be using the mic, not allowing the app you want using it to do so, but that's a remote possibility. Check the hole where the mic is, and make sure there's no lint or fuzz clogging it.

Or the clear protective tape all over the thing. I thought I chipped my brand new G, only to discover that tape, peeling up! :D

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saichick04

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I had the same problem for about 3 days. Turns out just as Rukbat said, it was something clogging up the mic! With a very tiny pin and some patience (my partner's patience not mine :) ) the voice commands works as it should. I will just take it off from now on when I wash my hands and wipe it down if I get any kind of dirt or something on it.