Cannot play my voice memos.

last night i installed ios6 and today i recorded 2 lectures each of them around 2 hours, but i cant play them, it is the first time this happens. before ios6 i used to do the same and i was able to play my voice memos, i still can paly my old voice memos from before ios6, anyone knows how can i play my 2 new voice memos? have an exam this monday raelly need them.
thank you

Hi Monster32oz,
You should try resetting your settings. This won't erase any data, but will put many settings back to their default states, like passcode, wallpaper, Wi-Fi settings, etc. If Siri still does not work, I suggest that you make a trip to an Apple Store's Genius Bar. Hope this helps!

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NCMead

Hello NCMead,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
I'd like you to take a look a the follow support article, specifically starting at step 5:
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hello, i have iphone 5s with software virsion 7.0.6
i plugged the iphone into itunes latest virsion (11.1.5) on my laptop to get to voice memos and transferre them to my desktop, i syncronized the iphone many times and i could see the voice memos and play them on itunes, but i couldnt copy them or export them. in the last syncronization i plugged off the iphone in the middle of sync proccess as a result i can see my voice memos on the iphone now but it doesnt play, the voice memos list is all in gray and doesnt play at all!
notice that with another iphone 5s and different computer i could see the voice memos, play them AND COPY THEM to the desktop without syncronization!
now, the question is if i plugged in the iphone to the itunes again, will the voice memos be back to the iphone?
if you have any suggestions please provide me with.

You should never try to sync your phone with more than one computer or you will lose your data. The pictures were not deleted because the sync process does not touch Camera Roll pictures (it only includes them during the backup step of the sync process).
If you had these voice memos on your phone when you last synced it to your first computer, and if you haven't synced to this computer since then, you could restore from the backup created during your last sync. This will replace the data on your phone with the data from this older backup so anything new will be lost. If you think that is the case, do not sync your phone again to the first computer prior to restoring from this backup or you will overwrite it and the backup will be lost. Instead, prior to connecting your phone to your first computer, open iTunes and disable automatic syncing by going to iTunes Preferences and on the Devices tab checking "Prevent...from syncing automatically". Then connect your phone and when it appears in iTunes on the left sidebar right-click on its name and select Restore From Backup and choose your last backup (containing your voice memos).
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Not sure about that, I don't use voice memos so I'm not familiar if they can be transferred to your computer via iTunes sync. But from the Voice Memos app itself you can send them out via email and they'll be an .m4a attachment that you can save. Just tap the send icon (rectangle with arrow pointing up).
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Hey mahongue!
I have some information here that may help you import your voice memos into iTunes. This information is written for the iPod, but the steps for saving your voice memos should be the same with your iPhone:
Synchronize
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2396
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