IPhone 4s earpiece very quiet during calls, but normal in Voice Memos.

My iPhones earpiece is really quiet during calls, but I'm loud and clear on the other end. It's also weird because if I record a message in Voice Memos, and I play it through the earpiece, it sounds fine. I'm in 5.1.1, Jailbroken (shouldn't make a difference) and I even poked a hole in the little earpiece grill, which didn't help and didn't hurt. And yes, the plastic piece is gone, I've had this phone for close to 5 months.

Mine also has this issue. Its the 64GB version. It's happened twice now. After about 5 mintues the call quality degragates and it sounds like i'm in a wind tunnel. The person on the other end also hears this and it is no longer possible to hear each other. Both times i've been using the new headphones provided with the 4s. I've done lots of searching on this issue and only found your thread which leads me to believe its not a common problem. I'm just not sure whether its a firmware or hardware issue but as nobody else has this issue its more than likely a hardware issue! :-(

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Yeah -- I'm getting this myself. Did you ever find a solution?
Here's some more information:
Microphone DOES NOT work when:
I make a call via carrier (typical method)
I receive a call via carrier (typical method)
Microphone SOMETIMES works when:
I make a call via carrier (typical method), and then cuts out a few minutes during the call
I receive a call via carrier (typical method), and then cuts out a few minutes during the call
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Using recording apps (voice memos)
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Plug in / out headphones/mic. This is functioning properly. When I take out headphones/mic, and use the volume toggle, it does not show headphones as being plugged in. Looks typical, and I can hear sound coming out of the speakers.
Tried using the external "speaker" option during calls. This had no effect. The speaker icon highlights, and appears as normal, but they still cannot hear me talking into the mic.
Switching Carriers in Settings > Carriers. I tried hopping onto another carrier (by disabling Auto), then moving back to my own Carrier. Something to note... THe other carrier didn't allow me to fully connect to it. I was not able to make a call on another carrier (I suspect this is normal). I then re-enabled Auto. Nothing helps.
Reboot, Toggle Airplane-mode
Latest Update (5.0.1)
Sync with iTunes
Summary Of Problem:
This is seemingly an issue while making / receiving calls through the carrier., but I've seen this problem a lot in other forums. They've tried different SIM, and carriers, and nothing's helped. I'll try a new SIM card next, though I don't see it as being a coverage thing what-so-ever. My data works, and my mic WORKS --- just not during phone calls.

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