Just a quick one again in the hope that I can save someone the time it took me finding out how to fix my in line mic  that was not working on my iPhone and possibly save some expense too.

Firstly, my mic stopped working but I’m not sure when so could not pin point the problem. I performed the usual google and began reading forums and blogs. Here’s what I found. Firstly some said that the issue had occurred during a software update on the phone, my iPhone was relatively new and I had performed no update so I rulled that out. Secondly and it would seem the most common problem is a small piece of lint or hair in the socket, I advise shining a touch in before you go prodding around and then attempting to get whatever it is out. One person even demonstrates how to clean the socket with a cotton wool bud and a squirt of Windex but I’m not promoting this one, although I did try it. I was then going to send the phone off to be refurbished as recommended by many, but before I did, I thought rather than be without my phone for ages, for the sake of a fiver I’ll buy some new headphones. Bingo, that was my issue. I am writing this post as not many places on the net suggested a fault with the headphones, so hopefully this might save you a bit of time, money and effort.