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Why is my mic not working after lightning connector replacement?

Why is my mic not working after lightning connector replacement?

After replacing my lightning connector assembly the mic does not work during calls, unless I use speakerphone. Siri works fine, but curiously, voice memos doesn't pick up any audio. Any ideas?

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Guest [Entry]

"There is a critical yet undocumented and not pictured step in the final phases of the replacement tutorial. There exists a small rubber enclosure that houses the microphone been cable end that must be removed, have the microphone inserted into it, and replaced into its bracket. The part that ships as a replacement has a plastic cellophane cover over the microphone ribbon. Where that ribbon goes and the steps needed to get it into the right spot, are not documented at all.

In my case, the little rubber thingie pulled away when I removed the old part. I had no clue that it was it an item needing to be transferred to the new part.

I suspect that even if you figured out the step on your own, inserted the microphone ribbon into this little rubber casing and then reinstalled it, without removing the cellophane, you would have all sorts of microphone problems"
Guest [Entry]

"Also had similar problems, tried a few things at once and I got the mic working:

The grounding cable. From the bottom left corner under the headphone jack to above the loudspeaker, on the opposite corner of the headphone jack. Make sure it's seated correctly. This could prevent the mic from working.

The washers. I think I might have had the loudspeaker bottom-right corner washer placed incorrectly. It fell off when removing the loudspeaker.

There also was some sort of rubber/glue type of stuff on the mic - compared to the old mic, it was almost twice as thick, so I removed the sticky stuff (probably just double-sided tape) just to be sure (I now see a clear hole in the middle of the new part). The rubber housing for the mic should also be installed correctly for clear sound.

Having fixed these things, I got mine working. Maybe test the old mic again, if that one works take a close look at the new part's mic. If all else fails, probably a faulty part. Good luck guys. Oh and also, don't bother removing the board for this repair - takes you at least twice as long and more risky."
Guest [Entry]

"There's a small flex cable/ground on the headphone jack that doesn't come with the replacement charger port. That's what solved the problem for me.

Karen at Radio Shack"
Guest [Entry]

I have and iPhone 5and the microphone stopped working suddenly but I sent it to a repairer and the fault was diagnosed to be 4 tiny little components on the bottom side of the logic board had failed but when they fail it causes the microphone to blow so you will need to replace the 4 components and the microphone assembly if that is the fault with yours
Guest [Entry]

"I am facing same problem here:

After changed lightining connector part and mic stopped working for normal calls (works fine for Siri or speakerphone).

No plastic cellophane found on the new speaker and everything else is in it's right place.

As I see no answers (and couldn't find more info elsewhere) I will request my provider to replace the part."