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Why does the orange dot show up when I try to make a phone call? plus my call does not go through. What is going on?

Posted on Dec 5, 2020 8:33 AM

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Chris0107

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Posted on Dec 5, 2020 8:35 AM

no idea why the call doesn't go thru.. but the orange dot shows up because your are trying to make a call and the microphone would be used to do so.

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