Android 15 QPR2 / Android 16 Beta microphone indicator persistence bug

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abdullah I was going to reply to him, but I am glad you did...

Onlyfun

bug with microphone in use indicator is easily fixed by removing the app that caused it (the last app that used microphone, and after which the indicator persisted) from recent apps tray. its not that big of a trouble imo. works on p8.

Cryptodonk

Dear grapheneOS support,

I have the same bug since two weeks but it only happens after using whatsapp it keeps the mic on after a call. No issues with molly. The only way to make the green dot disappear is by blocking Mic access to all the apps.
Have a nice day.

Yours Sincerely,

C.D.

graphuser

For what it's worth, I've been able to consistently reproduce (and avoid) it:

Block microphone access at OS level
Use an app what will need microphone access
OS pop over to unblock microphone appears, tap unblock

Then light stays on till a reboot or uninstalling the app. Killing the app does not change it and the running services show that the app is not in memory when the microphone light is on.

If the microphone is unblocked at OS level before using the app, no issues.

For now still happening on both stock Pixel and Graphene OS.

Cryptodonk

Any idea when this is getting patched?

other8026

Cryptodonk Unless I am remembering wrong, I believe it was fixed upstream, but the fix hasn't been released yet.

vegandiet

Is it patched for you? I stopped seeing the indicator a while ago... but not necessarily after updating the OS, which concerns me a bit.

Cryptodonk

Still having the same issue with WhatsApp been like 2 months almost.

Cryptodonk

I have the idea it has something to do with the AI integration on WhatsApp.

ryrona

Cryptodonk I have the idea it has something to do with the AI integration on WhatsApp.

I have never seen any AI in WhatsApp. I literally went through all menus now when you said it, but there is nothing about any AI anywhere. I also have never had the microphone indicator issue. Where do you see AI in WhatsApp?

Murcielago

ryrona

Where do you see AI in WhatsApp?

I hope it's OK to answer even if you didn't ask me:

WhatsApp says its new AI feature embedded in the messaging service is "entirely optional" - despite the fact it cannot be removed from the app.

The Meta AI logo is an ever-present blue circle with pink and green splashes in the bottom right of your Chats screen.
...
If you can't see it, you may not be able to use it yet.

Meta says the feature is only being rolled out to some countries at the moment and advises it "might not be available to you yet, even if other users in your country have access".

source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7vzw78gz9o

Note: Unfortunately I can't tell anything about the exact settings as I don't use WhatsApp.

ryrona

Murcielago The Meta AI logo is an ever-present blue circle with pink and green splashes in the bottom right of your Chats screen.
...
If you can't see it, you may not be able to use it yet.

Meta says the feature is only being rolled out to some countries at the moment and advises it "might not be available to you yet, even if other users in your country have access".

Okay, so they have different versions of the WhatsApp app in different regions. Because I definitely have no such blue circle anywhere. This might mean that the phone indicator bug is maybe only triggered by WhatsApp versions for certain regions? Maybe the AI versions of WhatsApp is the ones that have this bug? Just speculating.

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