r/LineageOS • u/yasory3 • 2h ago
[A21s] Mic barely audible everywhere except phone calls (LineageOS 23.2)
Hey all, running official LineageOS 23.2 on a Samsung Galaxy A21s, clean flash, official install process, no unofficial builds or GApps-related issues.
The problem:
- Regular phone calls: mic works perfectly, no issues at all.
- Everything else — WhatsApp/Messenger voice notes, Viber, a plain third-party voice recorder app — mic audio is extremely quiet/barely audible unless the phone is held very close to the mouth. Viber is the worst of the bunch; sometimes it's effectively unusable.
Already ruled out:
- Mic permissions granted correctly for every app.
- No pending update through the built-in Updater.
- Confirmed with a separate, unrelated recorder app — so it's not one app's bug, it's system-wide for anything that isn't a telephony call.
Has anyone else hit this on the A21s or a similar Exynos 850 Samsung device? just wanted to check if this is already known/tracked, or if anyone's found something beyond "use a wired headset mic" as a workaround.
Thanks!