Pixel 3 voice intermittent, blurred and faint - Google Pixel 3 Questions & Answers

I just got a new Pixel 3 after I sent my old one in to get the broken camera repaired. Unfortunately, there is a new issue now. People can barely understand me in calls. My voice is intermittent, blurry and very silent, except when using the USB-C headset. However, voice recordings and memos work fine, so the microphone itself is probably not the problem. Any ideas?

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Microphone is not working

Suddenly, my Senny's microphone stopped working. I was searching and I can see on pictures that where the cancelling microphone is, there is some little rubber piece but on mine is missing. And I wonder why, lol. Does that even make any difference that causes the microphone to stop working?
The problem isn't only on calls, but on sound recorder as well, so I'm getting a bit scared here.
Any thoughts?

One X no microphone

I recently cracked the screen on my AT&T One X. All phone functions were working fine afterwards. I replaced the screen with the LCD/front housing from eTradeSupply.com. After reassembly, everything works EXCEPT the microphone!
I took the phone apart a few times to make sure I had all the wires connected. I inspected the microphone/nav light flex and it appears to be fine (visually). I know the phone has two microphones, one at the bottom and one near the power button. I don't believe either mic is working, since:
1. I am unable to record sound in voice recorder.
2. I am unable to record sound on either channel in video camera.
3. During calls, people can't hear me in normal or speakerphone mode.
I can pair a Bluetooth headset and make calls that way, but I'd prefer to make calls normally.
Does anybody have any suggestions? I have ordered a replacement microphone/nav light flex just in case, but I'm not sure it will fix the problem as both microphones seem to be affected...
Thanks in advance,
Phil
Did you figure this out? I also ordered a screen from the same place and both microphones stopped working. Odd.
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Call quality

When you call granny, does she keep saying "Huh?! Wut?!" or does the conversation flow pretty well? Rate this thread to express how you feel about the Huawei Nexus 6P's call quality. A higher rating indicates that calls are clear and crisp, and that regardless of background noise, you can hear the other party clearly (and with ample volume) and they can hear you.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Call quality is just fine. However I have a bug where if I start a call on speaker then switch to handset, the mic is muted. Gah!
When you hang up while you were on speaker, do you still here that annoying peep !!!!!!
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Call quality is excellent but on T-mobile, I randomly lose LTE data and only get it back by rebooting the phone. Not cool.
2 Verizon phones here, many callers complaining of the call sounding "muffled" on their end....have found other reports online of the same issue. Pretty good on my end, but apparently not so great on the receiving end.
Google Fi and have had no issues with call quality. Though today I had issues with my proximity sensor not detecting right during a call.
Did the conference call to compare nexus 6 with the 6p. Definitely muffled sound. The other party always complain. So returning this unit, getting another one tomorrow. On t-mobile network.
On Verizon, i get a noticable buzz as my contact is talking and my volume is Medium high or above. on headset. Has anyone else experienced this?
Sounds like mixed results so far. For those that say it's muffled, what are you comparing the call quality to?
airwa1kin7 said:
Sounds like mixed results so far. For those that say it's muffled, what are you comparing the call quality to?
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My old HTC one m7 lol. Call quality was brilliant on that. Slightly muffled (for other person) on 6p
CeeJayII said:
On Verizon, i get a noticable buzz as my contact is talking and my volume is Medium high or above. on headset. Has anyone else experienced this?
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With HD calls on T-Mobile I hear static behind every sound. Besides that everything is fine and calls sound great
joedajoester said:
With HD calls on T-Mobile I hear static behind every sound. Besides that everything is fine and calls sound great
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Mine almost sounds like the speaker is blown out during calls but not when music is played or anything. Also, if I connect Bluetooth during calls or a device other than the phone speaker, the static goes away :-/
I'm getting a very clean call quality on Google Fi. It's much louder on both ends compared to my old 2013 Moto X on Verizon.
As with previous Nexii, the proximity sensor doesn't work properly. Sometimes when ending a call, I take the phone away from my face and notice the notification shade pulled down, because the proximity sensor didn't activate and turn the screen off soon enough.
Also slightly muffled on most calls for verizon.. Only time it's not may be when it's on HD calling with someone who has it..
ohlin5 said:
2 Verizon phones here, many callers complaining of the call sounding "muffled" on their end....have found other reports online of the same issue. Pretty good on my end, but apparently not so great on the receiving end.
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I posted a fix for this over on reddit. Apparently what is happening is the noise cancellation is interpreting your voice as noise and is attempting to cancel it resulting in a muffled sound. Turning off in call noise cancellation seems to solve the problem. To do this you need to edit your build.prop. The easiest way is to download a build.prop editor. Open it up, locate persist.audio.fluence.voicecall, and change it to false. Save and reboot. Should solve the muffled sounding voice problem.
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I posted a fix for this over on reddit. Apparently what is happening is the noise cancellation is interpreting your voice as noise and is attempting to cancel it resulting in a muffled sound. Turning off in call noise cancellation seems to solve the problem. To do this you need to edit your build.prop. The easiest way is to download a build.prop editor. Open it up, locate persist.audio.fluence.voicecall, and change it to false. Save and reboot. Should solve the muffled sounding voice problem.
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Thanks, I know that's the fix....it just blows that root is required (I could easily do it to mine but my wife has no desire to let me root hers). After experimenting, the easiest "fix" I've found is to just make sure the bottom speaker is more in line with your mouth and that you don't let the phone "slouch" more vertically (resulting in the bottom speaker being closer to your shoulder).
I am on T-mobile in the US... I was getting comments like speak up.. Sound like you are in a tunnel.. It turns out that covering the noise cancelling mic on the back with your shoulder or a pillow etc causes a problem..
It seems like you have to have root to turn off that feature.
But most of the time calls are clear...
I'm switching from my Nexus 6 and so far my reception is better, and my wife says that she can hear me much better than on my old phone. I am using project Fi
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If you use Bluetooth or actually hold your phone, then you will be fine. It seems that the problems appear when you try to use the phone without hands by placing it on your shoulder and covering the rear noise cancelling mic.
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Bottom microphone problem

Hello
I've got a problem with the mic on my s7, the one on the bottom of the phone. Few days ago everything was normal, i had good voice quality while talking but now nobody can hear me because the sound is really quiet. When i open up sound recording I hear some stuttering and white noise and I have to talk directly to the mic to hear my voice. The top speaker works perfectly fine btw. I tried to flash different roms and the problem is still there, but now it's quite better than it was before.
Did anybody have similar problem and knows the way to fix it? Or is it possible to turn the top mic as the main one?
I don't want to send it to the service bc I don't have warranty and they can break the screen and then it is expensive to repair.

Bad mic?

Well after about 3 days of use it appears I have a bad mic. The other person only hears me on speaker or in a headset. What happened after the Nexus 5 where these phones started becoming garbage?
Im reading this is a common problem with the phone.
Anyone else run into this? Anyone have a fix? Blowing air in didn't work and neither did playing with the headphone adapter.
Just hit mic issues on my Pixel 2 as well. Mic works in video recordings but not in audio recordings or for google assistant. Apparently Verizon were told that there is a software fix coming (http://www.valuewalk.com/2017/11/problems-google-pixel-2-mic-solved/) but I can't find anything official. I did get it working again by blowing into it but that only lasted a few days. Now it's not working again and blowing ain't doing squat.

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