Fp3 sound recorder not recording

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fp3 sound recorder not recording

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Hi and welcome to the forum

Thatā€™s to say the least a bit minimal, you donā€™t say what you have tried . .

It may help if you say

  • What OS you are using
  • What version?
  • What app?
  • What are you trying to record?
  • Do you have an SD card and how is it formatted.
  • How much memory do you have left?
  • Have you tried a safe mode start, which disables custom apps.
  • Can you save personal data and do a factory reset.
  • Which microphone are you using?

You can test the mics
Dial *#*#66#*#* then Service test > Test single > Microphones The top one is a bout a quarter as quite as the bottom one

Iā€™ve moved the post to a more suitable category.
Did you find other such issues by searching?

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Thanks Amoun. The Android version is 11. I bought the phone a year or two back (build number 8901.4.A.0022.0), but have only just started using it as a main phone. Certainly I can phone successfully with it, talking, hearing and being heard. So microphone must be OK. There is an app on it called Sound Recording, which I tried to use this morning. It asks some permissions, access to files; I didnā€™t give it access to phone. When you open it, it has a screen which says ā€œpress recordā€ though there is no icon called ā€˜recordā€™. There is a button with largish red dot in it towards the bottom of the screen, which will click, but not record, and not change to another appearance. I am sure it is something simple; it seems to be like How to Record Sounds in FairPhone 3 ā€“ Voice Recorder App - YouTube, but does not record.

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If its missing permissions it cant record and especially file the record, so check the permissions to ensure alll required are enabled

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The app (Sound Recorder) has access to the microphone and to all media and files - that should be enough should it not?

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Cant check I dont use the preinstalled recorder, if any permission rejected I would enable it or if you dislike the permissions requested try another app like the one from simple mobile tools

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Thanks, yvmuell. If I give it phone access permission (in addition to permission to use the microphone) it starts recording. So, may try one of those simple mobile tools you pointed out. Thanks. Donā€™t see why it would require permission to access phone, which it asks for separately on first use, in addition to accessing the microphone.

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If the app hasnā€™t access to the phone, how should it store the recorded data?

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I understood that to mean ā€˜access to phone callsā€™ - in the permissions screen that has a phone icon (handset icon) next to it. It has been given access to ā€˜files and mediaā€™ and ā€˜microphoneā€™, so surely it has access to the phone in general.

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There is no permission to ā€˜phone in generalā€™. I guess in order to record something, the app uses the telephone app functionality.

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