I signed up just to comment here. I feel like Po the Kung Fu Panda when he finds out there are other pandas. I thought I was the only one who had a Z3C that was unusable when it came to making phone calls.
This Z3C was my wifes phone and for the last ~2 months she has only been able to make phone calls if she used speakerphone. Do you know what it is like to listen to both sides of your wife's phone conversations for 2 months? I do - it is a horrible way to live. It is so bad I bought her a Nexus 6p. Now I am trying to fix this piece of crap phone so I can sell it.
In my case - the microphone works for everything EXCEPT phone calls. Works for audio recording, works for video, works on speakerphone, works for voice commands etc etc. It will not work at all for phone calls. The other party hears silence. Not hissing or garbled noise - absolute silence.
I found this thread today and was excited to see there was a fix with the latest update. I just applied the update AND IT STILL DOES NOT WORK. I tried mic noise supression on and off. Also tried that with every combination of mic sensitivity. Big fat nope.
No matter what happens I will never buy another Sony cell phone again. This is the worst bug with the worst customer support I have ever experienced with a cell phone. The bug makes the PHONE unsuable as a PHONE.
If I can get this POS fixed I will sell it. If not I'll make a video of me shooting it or blowing it up - maybe throwing it off a cliff. I'll post a link here if I do.
