mono microphone issue - Essential Phone Questions & Answers

The microphone only works with phone calls. WhatsApp voice messages, Google commands, any other app does not work. A complete reset didn't help either. Looks like a software bug. Otherwise, the microphone would not work on phone calls.
I was able to recreate the error using a recorder app. Whenever the microphone is set to mono, recording is no longer possible. Once the recording is set to stereo, the microphone will work fine. WhatsApp, Google commands seem to use the mono setting and do not work. Is there an app that can permanently set the microphone to stereo?
Newest Android version with latest November patch.
Any ideas?

Mine works but sounds horrible.
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I have the full android 6 installed and it is running fine - except one thing:
when using Skype or LINE messenger, I do not hear the other side.
Since audio is working with music files and TV, I guess this is somehow a matter of encoding/decoding the special messenger streams. (On my chinese android box, all works fine. )
I made an interesting discovery: in Skype for Android there is an option to switch audio out between loudspeaker and earphone. The default is loudspeaker, in this mode you not hear any sound. Switching to earphone, everything is fine.
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I have the full android 6 installed and it is running fine - except one thing:
when using Skype or LINE messenger, I do not hear the other side.
Since audio is working with music files and TV, I guess this is somehow a matter of encoding/decoding the special messenger streams. (On my chinese android box, all works fine. )
I made an interesting discovery: in Skype for Android there is an option to switch audio out between loudspeaker and earphone. The default is loudspeaker, in this mode you not hear any sound. Switching to earphone, everything is fine.
I found the app "SoundAbout". With this app, you can force media audio and phone call audio to HDMI. Now veverything works.
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microphone issue

The microphone only works with phone calls. WhatsApp voice messages, Google commands, any other app does not work. A complete reset didn't help either. Looks like a software bug. Otherwise, the microphone would not work on phone calls.
Newest Android version with latest November patch.
Any ideas?
I have the same mic problem.
Did you open a support case?
I was able to recreate the error using a recorder app. Whenever the microphone is set to mono, recording is no longer possible. Once the recording is set to stereo, the microphone will work fine. WhatsApp, Google commands seem to use the mono setting and do not work. Is there a setting that can permanently set the microphone to stereo?
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I prefer using cabled earphones on phone calls but it's very annoying on this device as I can hear my own voice through the headphones when I speak. This is a feature called "sidetone" or "microphone monitoring" and for example on windows it can be disabled.
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My phone is rooted and I am running crdroid on a11. I never ran it on stock so I don't even know if this related to crdroid or not.
Is there anyway to disable this feature or maybe install another phone app which doesn't have this?
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