Is P20 Pro (or Huawei phones in general) only compatible with Huawei Type-c headsets? - Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers

I have a P20 Pro [CLT-AL00 build 10.0.0.159(C675E4R1P1)]. I tried using my brother's AKG type-c headset with it, which he got bundled with Samsung Galaxy S20. The AKG headset works fine with my P20 Pro. Music, videos, streaming, voice recording everything works fine. Except calling. It just doesn't work with calls. No sound in speaker, no voice going through mic. Is it deliberately done by Huawei? Could there be any workaround for this? I don't have any other type-c headset to check. Neither have any other phone to check the headset. Please someone shed some light on this issue.

I actually used the exact same setup (P20 Pro + AKG Type-C Samsung headphones from Note 10) and it worked fine for both music and calls. Although my phone is CLT-L29 C432.
EMUI does complain that those are not original Huawei headphones, but everything worked without any issues.

arty_a said:
I actually used the exact same setup (P20 Pro + AKG Type-C Samsung headphones from Note 10) and it worked fine for both music and calls. Although my phone is CLT-L29 C432.
EMUI does complain that those are not original Huawei headphones, but everything worked without any issues.
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Which version of EMUI are you on? Glad that it works for you.

itsmeharsh said:
Which version of EMUI are you on?
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Good that you asked. It looks like they messed it up with EMUI 10. I got the OTA ~a week ago and didn't get to use the headphones for a call since then. Of course they don't work.
Tried with Huawei original Type-C and with 3.5mm+Type-C-to-3.5mm adapter - both worked, but not the Type-C AKG :facepalm: ...
I have the 10.0.0.161 now, it was 9.1.0.387 before and worked.

arty_a said:
Good that you asked. It looks like they messed it up with EMUI 10. I got the OTA ~a week ago and didn't get to use the headphones for a call since then. Of course they don't work.
Tried with Huawei original Type-C and with 3.5mm+Type-C-to-3.5mm adapter - both worked, but not the Type-C AKG :facepalm: ...
I have the 10.0.0.161 now, it was 9.1.0.387 before and worked.
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goddammit! anyway, now we can be sure that it's restricted via software.

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USB-C to 3.5mm jack problem

Hello, I got my P20 Pro 2 days ago. So, here's my problem. I got a pair of HyperX Cloud II and I want to use them with the phone. When I plug them with the included dongle, the headset icon shows for a second then disappears from the notifications bar. I should mention the fact that I can use the included earphones and some other casual earphones. The interesting fact is that I can use my Cloud II headset without any problem(other than the fact that the volume is quite low) on my mate's Xiaomi Mi 6 with the same dongle. What do you think, is there anything I can do about it, or should I go wireless once and for all?
go wireless if you have the budget, for me i still prefer wired due to i'm too lazy to charge it, i've used the dongle with my MI in-ear pro, and so far it works as intended
I found the headset wasn't always detected and I had to add a setting in developer settings
I have 'Disable USB Audio Routing' set to off and 'Always prompt when connecting to USB' set to off.
Chris M. said:
Hello, I got my P20 Pro 2 days ago. So, here's my problem. I got a pair of HyperX Cloud II and I want to use them with the phone. When I plug them with the included dongle, the headset icon shows for a second then disappears from the notifications bar. I should mention the fact that I can use the included earphones and some other casual earphones. The interesting fact is that I can use my Cloud II headset without any problem(other than the fact that the volume is quite low) on my mate's Xiaomi Mi 6 with the same dongle. What do you think, is there anything I can do about it, or should I go wireless once and for all?
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I have the Same problem with the same headset!
cwjdarby said:
I have the Same problem with the same headset!
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Turns out you can use this headset with the phone, but only if you plug in the microphone, and that's a huge problem for me, as I used to casually wear them wherever I'd go. Since I bought the phone, I have switched to some in-ear headphones and I learned to live with this.
Will it be the same with all adapters?
Chris M. said:
Turns out you can use this headset with the phone, but only if you plug in the microphone, and that's a huge problem for me, as I used to casually wear them wherever I'd go. Since I bought the phone, I have switched to some in-ear headphones and I learned to live with this.
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Think other adapters will work with the hx cloud (no mic)?
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Solution
Hello everybody
I have the same problem with my hyperX cloud 2. To make it works you only have to plug the microphone in headset and after that plug it in the phone.
If you plug out the mic, headset will not be recognized again.
Hope it will be helpful for you. Cya
Prome__. said:
Think other adapters will work with the hx cloud (no mic)?
Cheers
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I have tried with adapters from: Mi 6, Pixel 2, U11. It has to do with the OS, as a matter of fact, they worked just fine without the mic plugged in for the other phones.
Clarification
Chris M. said:
I have tried with adapters from: Mi 6, Pixel 2, U11. It has to do with the OS, as a matter of fact, they worked just fine without the mic plugged in for the other phones.
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But without the mic, with the other (not stock huawei) adapters plugged in to the p20 pro, it still didn't work?
Just making sure it's not the adapter.
Thanks
Prome__. said:
But without the mic, with the other (not stock huawei) adapters plugged in to the p20 pro, it still didn't work?
Just making sure it's not the adapter.
Thanks
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Nope, the P20 Pro wouldn't detect the headset.
P20 Pro does not detect my headset or dongle
I have this problem and until now I cant find a solution. Phone is charging with any charger though and it just happened all of a sudden. I already tried doing a hard reset but no good. I am using the Europe version. Single Sim GPU Turbo updated.
Can confirm plugging the mic into the headset solves the issue.
Same headset here. If you don't want to use them whit the mic in, use Lesser Audioswitch app. You can choose the audio output source with the app.
Work for me.
Also, don't forget to manually switch back to speaker after you unplug your headset.
Has anybody discovered a fix for this yet where you don't have to plug in the mic? I just got a P20 pro and it is disappointing that I am unable to use my headset with it.
HUawei P20 Pro not able to detect headphones?
I've been using Apple headphones connected to the Huawei USB-C adapter on my Huawei P20 Pro....it was working fine for at least 5 months.
But last week when I plug in my headphones the icon shows up for a second, then disconnects in a few seconds. Now it's a consistent problem.
Has this happened to any of you? I don't know if it's the adapter or my phone...
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!
Hello enable dev options / tap 5x in About phone-Built number
Than in dev options enable Always prompt when connecting to USB.
Hope this helps I got mine working

Bluetooth is not working properly!

I connected my Huawei bluetooth headphone with my P20 pro and than tried to listen music but it interupts every 5 secs! I use the same headphone with my laptop and other mobile and it works perfectly! What could be the problem of the P20 pro? Not transmiting bluetooth signal properly to the headphone or what?
Google navigation too...... Stop the voice in the middle of the text!
masterci said:
Google navigation too...... Stop the voice in the middle of the text!
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how to report these issues to Huawei? Do they have any official forum?
zubein007 said:
how to report these issues to Huawei? Do they have any official forum?
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I already called Huawei and they told me it's an "old" problem!!!! They have problems to the bluetooth connection to all car models....
You can call huawei, look at the websit or HiSuit.
Giuseppe
I use and have tested my P20 Pro with tons of Bluetooth devices, headphones, speakers,my car and all work fine. I’m using AirPods as I reply to this , no issues. Check out my audio review of the P20 Pro on my website or YouTube channel.
Tried with my pioneer 80prs, with p88rs2, some ford sync 3 models, 2 wireless speaker (anker soundcore 2 and JBL), also with 2 echoes from amazon.
All work fine, no problems with bluetooth connection or disconnects.
gavinfabl said:
I use and have tested my P20 Pro with tons of Bluetooth devices, headphones, speakers,my car and all work fine. I’m using AirPods as I reply to this , no issues. Check out my audio review of the P20 Pro on my website or YouTube channel.
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May I know your firmware version? Region and model?
comediiian said:
Tried with my pioneer 80prs, with p88rs2, some ford sync 3 models, 2 wireless speaker (anker soundcore 2 and JBL), also with 2 echoes from amazon.
All work fine, no problems with bluetooth connection or disconnects.
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May I know your firmware version? Region and model?
I using Huawei wireless sport earphones, some Chinese OEM earbuds and Bluetooth speaker, jabra Bluetooth handfree so far no connection problem. I'm on c636 120.
I am using C782 110.
zubein007 said:
May I know your firmware version? Region and model?
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CLT29 C432 Firmware 128a.
comediiian said:
CLT29 C432 Firmware 128a.
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Looks like we dont have the same model. Mine is CLT-L29(C636) 8.1.0.120
I know the problem is only for the connections with the car!!!! I have this problem connecting my P20 with a Mitsubishi Outlander.... Google navigations dosn't work fine
zubein007 said:
Looks like we dont have the same model. Mine is CLT-L29(C636) 8.1.0.120
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I having the same region and model as you. I never try connecting to car so I don't know but other than that everything working fine for me.
Not sure if it's related but I had a problem with several Bluetooth devices (Car, Garmin Watch) suffering connection issues and it was down to a battery saving setting.
Settings > Battery > App Launch - Find the apps you need to connect to your Bluetooth device and set them to manual and make sure they are set to run in the background.
nigsy116 said:
Not sure if it's related but I had a problem with several Bluetooth devices (Car, Garmin Watch) suffering connection issues and it was down to a battery saving setting.
Settings > Battery > App Launch - Find the apps you need to connect to your Bluetooth device and set them to manual and make sure they are set to run in the background.
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Yes, after set manually my Garmin connection have no problems at all.
nigsy116 said:
Not sure if it's related but I had a problem with several Bluetooth devices (Car, Garmin Watch) suffering connection issues and it was down to a battery saving setting.
Settings > Battery > App Launch - Find the apps you need to connect to your Bluetooth device and set them to manual and make sure they are set to run in the background.
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It solved my Bluetooth speaker but still having issues with my Huawei Bluetooth Headphone
Yeah my JBL headset skips all the time on my p20 pro. It's unusable. Really annoying. Can't really find a fix either.
Nezzox said:
Yeah my JBL headset skips all the time on my p20 pro. It's unusable. Really annoying. Can't really find a fix either.
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I just got a phone today and it's the same issue. Is it the issue with every phone or should I go back and exchange for a new one?
Don't have the issue with Bose headphones

External Microphone on 3.5MM audio Jack not working - Headphones worked!

Hello Guys,
I been searching alot in the forum and I can't seems to find a solution for this yet. Maybe I got too confuse after reading some threads here.
nevertheless, I just wanted to make sure that my external Microphone would work with the 3.5mm Audio input jack. I have tested the same mic with the correct cable and it works with my 1Plus5T / Samsung Note8 how ever no luck with the K20Pro.
Do I need to root the phone and use Magisk to fix this issue?
I am currently on INDIA Raphaline rom 10.3.5 I believe
please don't shot me guys.
Cheers
Jumundz said:
Hello Guys,
I been searching alot in the forum and I can't seems to find a solution for this yet. Maybe I got too confuse after reading some threads here.
nevertheless, I just wanted to make sure that my external Microphone would work with the 3.5mm Audio input jack. I have tested the same mic with the correct cable and it works with my 1Plus5T / Samsung Note8 how ever no luck with the K20Pro.
Do I need to root the phone and use Magisk to fix this issue?
I am currently on INDIA Raphaline rom 10.3.5 I believe
please don't shot me guys.
Cheers
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I just received my Mi 9T Pro a few days ago and was researching this. Don't have a mic yet so haven't been able to try it. I guess evidently it will work with Open Camera as there's a setting for that. But I'm trying to see if it works with Gcam mods. I found this video but it's for the Gcam stock app. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cNyep1vADY Please let us know if you find anything.
BCE111 said:
I just received my Mi 9T Pro a few days ago and was researching this. Don't have a mic yet so haven't been able to try it. I guess evidently it will work with Open Camera as there's a setting for that. But I'm trying to see if it works with Gcam mods. I found this video but it's for the Gcam stock app. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cNyep1vADY Please let us know if you find anything.
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Hi there, thanks very much I wlll take a look.
Jumundz said:
Hello Guys,
I been searching alot in the forum and I can't seems to find a solution for this yet. Maybe I got too confuse after reading some threads here.
nevertheless, I just wanted to make sure that my external Microphone would work with the 3.5mm Audio input jack. I have tested the same mic with the correct cable and it works with my 1Plus5T / Samsung Note8 how ever no luck with the K20Pro.
Do I need to root the phone and use Magisk to fix this issue?
I am currently on INDIA Raphaline rom 10.3.5 I believe
please don't shot me guys.
Cheers
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I have the same issue. Headphones work but the mic does not. Looks like a defective piece. Did not have time to head to the service center yet
shiwik said:
I have the same issue. Headphones work but the mic does not. Looks like a defective piece. Did not have time to head to the service center yet
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i read through post ~ need to use magisk to patch it and it would work . I don't want to root the phone . does i am still stock here i really hope is a defective unit. I didn't have a chance to try when I am using chinese firmware
Did anyone solve this?
I just bought this phone and have the same issue.
Major75 said:
Did anyone solve this?
I just bought this phone and have the same issue.
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Just got my Mi 9T Pro a week ago and just bought a mic the other day but haven't had a chance to try it yet. I'll let you know. I think Open Camera has a setting for external mics. Gcam has a setting that pops up when a mic is inserted, but that's the stock software. Not sure if Gcam mods do. See above for video link.
Just saw this article that says an external mic won't work. Not sure how accurate it is. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...ortant-video-feature/articleshow/70339311.cms
Same issue here. Discord with an external mic is not working, but in the miui recorder app it is. Did you try that?
I'm pretty sure its a MIUI bug since one year ago the poco f1 had exactly the same issue and it got fixed via update.
peter0010 said:
Same issue here. Discord with an external mic is not working, but in the miui recorder app it is. Did you try that?
I'm pretty sure its a MIUI bug since one year ago the poco f1 had exactly the same issue and it got fixed via update.
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Yep. I tried in the recorder app. the external mic doesn't record. complete silence on playback.
My main problem is when i'm using headphones in a call...the other person can't hear me.
Major75 said:
Yep. I tried in the recorder app. the external mic doesn't record. complete silence on playback.
My main problem is when i'm using headphones in a call...the other person can't hear me.
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Are you talkin about an actually mic? Or a headset?
I was talking about some regular headset with a microphone, if this change anything at all.
peter0010 said:
Are you talkin about an actually mic? Or a headset?
I was talking about some regular headset with a microphone, if this change anything at all.
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Sorry for the confusion. So my phone Mic is fine. When i plug in my headphones ( Samsung akg s8 ones with a external mic), the phone detects the headphones with external mic but the mic on the headphones doesn't work but I can hear music, voice calls through my headphones. Just the other person can't hear me through the headphone mic. Tried with the recorder app etc. The mic on the headphone doesn't work
I have tried 2 samsung headphones and 1 apple headphones. All with the same issue.
Tried all the headphones on another phone and all the headphones and mic work perfectly.
Does it need specific xiaomi mi headphones to work or something?
Major75 said:
Sorry for the confusion. So my phone Mic is fine. When i plug in my headphones ( Samsung akg s8 ones with a external mic), the phone detects the headphones with external mic but the mic on the headphones doesn't work but I can hear music, voice calls through my headphones. Just the other person can't hear me through the headphone mic. Tried with the recorder app etc. The mic on the headphone doesn't work
I have tried 2 samsung headphones and 1 apple headphones. All with the same issue.
Tried all the headphones on another phone and all the headphones and mic work perfectly.
Does it need specific xiaomi mi headphones to work or something?
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No, definitely not. Mine is some old one from oppo find 7, I think.
Thats weird that it doesn't work for you in the recorder app though, cause for me it does. Its just voicechat applications like discord for example which don't work.. and it really annoys me.
We should definitely report it to xiaomi via the feedback section at the bottom of the settings.
edit: seems like it is a known issue already
https://forum.xda-developers.com/k20-pro/help/issue-discord-k20p-mi9tp-t3965007
peter0010 said:
No, definitely not. Mine is some old one from oppo find 7, I think.
Thats weird that it doesn't work for you in the recorder app though, cause for me it does. Its just voicechat applications like discord for example which don't work.. and it really annoys me.
We should definitely report it to xiaomi via the feedback section at the bottom of the settings.
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Ahh is my unit defective? Idk if i should return it.
Major75 said:
Sorry for the confusion. So my phone Mic is fine. When i plug in my headphones ( Samsung akg s8 ones with a external mic), the phone detects the headphones with external mic but the mic on the headphones doesn't work but I can hear music, voice calls through my headphones. Just the other person can't hear me through the headphone mic. Tried with the recorder app etc. The mic on the headphone doesn't work
I have tried 2 samsung headphones and 1 apple headphones. All with the same issue.
Tried all the headphones on another phone and all the headphones and mic work perfectly.
Does it need specific xiaomi mi headphones to work or something?
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I have been hearing different views from various folks on this forum. I have the Indian version of the K20Pro and i can confirm that the mic of an external headset (earphones or headphones) does not work. I can however listen to music and also hear the opposite person talk where i receive a call. However the opposite person cannot hear me - which is indicative that the mic does not work (or there is an issue)
On the positive side though, i flashed Revolution OS and this problem seems to have been fixed. I can now use any earphones (or headphones) to take calls and the opposite person can now hear me. I am doing an entirely clean flash (fastboot) now to check if that works on the latest Indian version too.
shiwik said:
I have been hearing different views from various folks on this forum. I have the Indian version of the K20Pro and i can confirm that the mic of an external headset (earphones or headphones) does not work. I can however listen to music and also hear the opposite person talk where i receive a call. However the opposite person cannot hear me - which is indicative that the mic does not work (or there is an issue)
On the positive side though, i flashed Revolution OS and this problem seems to have been fixed. I can now use any earphones (or headphones) to take calls and the opposite person can now hear me. I am doing an entirely clean flash (fastboot) now to check if that works on the latest Indian version too.
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I have the Mi 9T global version with stock glonal MiUI 10.3.11 and I have the exact same issue as you're having. I'm going to try some xiaomi headphones and see if this fixes the issue. Thank you for your response by the way.
Major75 said:
I have the Mi 9T global version with stock glonal MiUI 10.3.11 and I have the exact same issue as you're having. I'm going to try some xiaomi headphones and see if this fixes the issue. Thank you for your response by the way.
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I suspect it is an issue with the global firmware. If may want to try some of the Chinese ones to see if that has solved this issue as most of the custom ROMs are based on the Chinese FW
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I have been running Custom MIUI with Chinese FW so far. Just did a clean fastboot of the indian version 10.3.5.0 and guess what - the mic works for calls!! Very strange as it definately did not work for me out of the box
shiwik said:
I suspect it is an issue with the global firmware. If may want to try some of the Chinese ones to see if that has solved this issue as most of the custom ROMs are based on the Chinese FW
Edit:
I have been running Custom MIUI with Chinese FW so far. Just did a clean fastboot of the indian version 10.3.5.0 and guess what - the mic works for calls!! Very strange as it definately did not work for me out of the box
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Did you do a factory reset or something? I'm not very familiar with rooting and running fastboot so i dont feel comfortable flashing any firmwares. I'm a noob. i know :laugh:
Some feedback, but probably not what you want to hear:
Had a similar problem with Signal - old headset worked fine on HTC-U11+ stock, on the K20 pro there was no microphone (callee said no sound at all) even though headset with mic was detected. A temporary solution was to partially pull out the plug which caused the K20P to show headphones only headset connected and I guess it used the phone mic.
However I purchased a Xiaomi headset which worked fine from the start, detecting headset with microphone and callee said mic quality was much better. Seems they may have pulled an Apple move and used non-standard pin connectors
Currently on 9.9.6 Xiaomi.eu ROM, K20Pro CN version (purchased in China) 8/128Gb version.
murakh said:
Some feedback, but probably not what you want to hear:
Had a similar problem with Signal - old headset worked fine on HTC-U11+ stock, on the K20 pro there was no microphone (callee said no sound at all) even though headset with mic was detected. A temporary solution was to partially pull out the plug which caused the K20P to show headphones only headset connected and I guess it used the phone mic.
However I purchased a Xiaomi headset which worked fine from the start, detecting headset with microphone and callee said mic quality was much better. Seems they may have pulled an Apple move and used non-standard pin connectors
Currently on 9.9.6 Xiaomi.eu ROM, K20Pro CN version (purchased in China) 8/128Gb version.
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That wouldn't explain why it is working on mine with some random OPPO headset.
peter0010 said:
That wouldn't explain why it is working on mine with some random OPPO headset.
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Could you please clarify as your last post states that voice comms apps, like discord did not work?
peter0010 said:
No, definitely not. Mine is some old one from oppo find 7, I think.
Thats weird that it doesn't work for you in the recorder app though, cause for me it does. Its just voicechat applications like discord for example which don't work.. and it really annoys me.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/k20-pro/help/issue-discord-k20p-mi9tp-t3965007
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For me it was Signal which was not working with the external headset mic, but then worked perfectly when I used the Xiaomi one. (not an advert, yet I really do like the Xiaomi headset (in-ear) and I am not unhappy that I purchsed it)
Also, and its been a long while since I had the Find 5, I seem to vaguely recall there was similar issues with headsets & micrphones on the early Find phones - maybe Xiaomi and Oppo use the same jack supplier?

Bluetooth microphone stopped working for everything except phone calls

Hi,
Since a few weeks I have a very annoying issue with my Note 9. The phone stopped using the microphone of a bluetooth device for all apps. It still uses the mic of BT for phone calls...
I have tested it with the following apps: Zoom , Teams, Skype and Whatsapp (voice). And also for recording video and the Samsung voicerecorder.
All of these apps worked perfect until a few weeks ago.
I have tested to following devices: my Sony MX1000 headphone, an old Jabra earset, a new JBL in-ear set and also my bluetooth carkit in the car.
All of these devices still work perfect with the phone of my wife.
And all of these devices use their microphones making phone calls.
Around the time it stopped working I started to use a Huawei GT2. So I installed their Health app. On the same day I recieved my JBL earphones. Not sure if that has anything to do with this issue.
I have done a factory reset twice. No luck...
The helpdesk of Samsung can't help. They advise to do a reset... Again...
It drives me totally crazy!
Is their anyone that can provide me some help?
Kind regards,
Peter
PS. I heard that Android 11 has a microphone switcher... Unfortunately the Note9 will never receive this version of Android.
same issue with my mi 10t pro,i think there is also some issue with your phone's mic

huawei freebuds 3i don't work well on mi9

Guys help please!
I have mi9 global version 12.0.5.
Android 10.
I bought Huawei freebuds 3i. So, whenever I am connecting the buds to my phone and listening to music, and receive a phone call i cant use them for the call. The only case is to put them back in the case and repair then with phone again. I tried my friend's same buds, they work for him but not with me. We tried them on Samsung phone they also worked well. On Samsung and huawei phones they work but on my mi9 they dont

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