Why doesn't my tablet use the microphone from my earphones for some apps?

[Loco 1]

The mic on my samsung tab a 2016 is muffled so I can't record videos with clear audio or send clear voice notes. So I bought a pair of samsung earphones to fix the audio problem and it worked for a while. Now all of a sudden when my earphones are in they use the devices mic even though I haven't touched the settings. Only on some apps though. On snapchat I can record videos with audio but the vn's don't work and on instagram the same. I used the memo and it said specifically "recording with earphone mic" but listening back it clearly isn't. I use this mic for ps4 party chats and everyone says I sound fine. However I used an online tester for my mic and it worked fine. I evn done a voice search on the google play store and it worked good. So it must be the device. I think its an audio problem as the video recorder picks up my voice through the earphone mic clearly. I can't find anything online similar to this. I'm using android 5.1.1.

 

[mustang7757]

Hi , welcome!

Your on old andriod version stuff are not going work properly even if they did before, have you tried rebooting the device?

 

[Loco 1]

No i haven't because I am afraid i might lose my stuff if I do reboot it

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

Rebooting means turning it on and off again. Not resetting. A reset could wipe data but not a reboot.

 

[Loco 1]

Oh well yeah I have turned it on and off if thats the case

 

[mustang7757]

No i haven't because I am afraid i might lose my stuff if I do reboot it

Can you do back up?

 

[Loco 1]

No I can't, I've found out now though that it works perfectly fine until I try to record a voice message through snapchat. After that it just ruins it for every other app