diff --git a/apps/chanora_flutter/ios/Runner/Info.plist b/apps/chanora_flutter/ios/Runner/Info.plist
index b1ba0bb..590b676 100644
--- a/apps/chanora_flutter/ios/Runner/Info.plist
+++ b/apps/chanora_flutter/ios/Runner/Info.plist
@@ -72,5 +72,14 @@
 		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft</string>
 		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight</string>
 	</array>
+	<!-- Make Chanora's Documents folder visible to the Files.app and
+	     accessible via iTunes / Finder file-sharing. We write
+	     diagnostic logs (chanora.log) into Documents/ so users can
+	     export them for support. Both keys are required for the
+	     "On My iPhone -> Chanora" listing to appear in Files.app. -->
+	<key>UIFileSharingEnabled</key>
+	<true/>
+	<key>LSSupportsOpeningDocumentsInPlace</key>
+	<true/>
 </dict>
 </plist>
diff --git a/core/chanora_core/src/lib.rs b/core/chanora_core/src/lib.rs
index f5d7858..52e2523 100644
--- a/core/chanora_core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/chanora_core/src/lib.rs
@@ -918,8 +918,36 @@ impl ChanoraSession {
             self.emit_voice_state(false).await;
             return Err(e);
         }
-        // 2. Bring the audio engine up.
-        self.ensure_audio_running().await?;
+        // 2. Bring the audio engine up. Tolerate failure: the
+        //    server-side channel move has ALREADY succeeded (step
+        //    1), so the user is in the channel from every other
+        //    peer's perspective. Failing voice_join hard here would
+        //    leave the UI in a phantom "you're in the channel
+        //    visually but no controls" state because the calling
+        //    Dart code wouldn't receive the VoiceState(true) event
+        //    that gates the AppBar mute icons + the on-screen PTT
+        //    button. Honest behaviour: surface the audio error
+        //    once on the event channel (via the AudioStopped event
+        //    consumers already handle), then continue so the UI
+        //    matches reality — user is in the channel, but mic /
+        //    speakers may be silent until they resolve the audio
+        //    error (e.g. grant mic permission, plug in a working
+        //    device).
+        if let Err(audio_err) = self.ensure_audio_running().await {
+            warn!(
+                target: "chanora_core",
+                error = %audio_err,
+                channel_id,
+                "voice_join: server move succeeded but audio engine \
+                 failed to start; continuing with no-audio in-channel \
+                 state so the UI matches the server-side state"
+            );
+            // Tell subscribers the audio engine is not running so
+            // any audio-stats poll / level meter renders correctly.
+            // The voice_join itself still resolves Ok below so the
+            // UI gains the channel + mute + PTT controls.
+            let _ = self.events_tx.send(SessionEvent::AudioStopped);
+        }
         // 3. Belt-and-braces: if the server replied Ok but never
         //    actually moved us (legacy server, command processed
         //    but rolled back later, etc.) the snapshot poll catches
diff --git a/crates/chanora_bridge/src/api.rs b/crates/chanora_bridge/src/api.rs
index 7bf429d..cc4ebdf 100644
--- a/crates/chanora_bridge/src/api.rs
+++ b/crates/chanora_bridge/src/api.rs
@@ -180,8 +180,31 @@ fn log_file_path() -> Option<std::path::PathBuf> {
                 .join("chanora.log"),
         )
     }
-    #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "ios"))]
+    #[cfg(target_os = "ios")]
     {
+        // iOS sandbox: write the log to the app's Documents
+        // directory so it persists across launches and can be
+        // pulled via Xcode -> Devices and Simulators -> Download
+        // Container, OR via Files.app on the device (the app
+        // appears under "On My iPhone" once we declare
+        // UIFileSharingEnabled + LSSupportsOpeningDocumentsInPlace
+        // in Info.plist — done in a follow-up).
+        //
+        // HOME on iOS resolves to the app sandbox root; Documents
+        // is the standard user-visible subdirectory.
+        let home = std::env::var_os("HOME")?;
+        Some(
+            std::path::PathBuf::from(home)
+                .join("Documents")
+                .join("chanora.log"),
+        )
+    }
+    #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+    {
+        // Android log file location is set up via the bridge's
+        // Java-side init that writes the chosen path into an env
+        // var (not currently wired; P1 follow-up). For now we
+        // return None and rely on logcat.
         None
     }
 }