iPhone speech sound too soft

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These earlier threads might help:

Voice Memo and AirPods have scratchy playback

My Air Pods Pro work fine when listening to music, podcasts, etc. When using my Air Pods if I pause to record a Voice Memo the playback is scratchy and mostly unlistenable. Why does Apple Voice Memo not work with my Air Pods? The playback is scratchy whether play back is using the Air Pods or the iPhone speaker.

Cleaning the iPhone charging port

This happened to me earlier in the year in London - I could charge magnetically but not via a cable. I went to the nearest Apple Store and one of the genii used the Apple sim removing tool to extract a surprising amount of gunk from the (lightning) port. He said it was common to see in people who wear jeans (guilty) as the material fluffs a lot in the pockets.