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Does this phone support the headset button?

Hello,
When listening to music -
Does this phone support the wired headset button on newer earbud/headsets to pause and FF to the next song?
thanks in advance
Kevin

I'm using the headset from my Nexus One and it has the play, forward and back buttons and it works great. I like it because I can plug them in and hit play without ever waking the phone

Balkin said:
I'm using the headset from my Nexus One and it has the play, forward and back buttons and it works great. I like it because I can plug them in and hit play without ever waking the phone
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I didn't know Android phones could work with headsets like that. Is it a particular headset or will an iPod compatible headset that has the track & volume controls work? If it's a particular headset, would you give me the MFR & model?

meatrocket said:
I didn't know Android phones could work with headsets like that. Is it a particular headset or will an iPod compatible headset that has the track & volume controls work? If it's a particular headset, would you give me the MFR & model?
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i'm interested in this as well. i have the pair from my nexus, but much prefer apple ones.

Thanks for the response.
I use these earbuds on my captivate -
JBuds J3M Micro Atomic In-Ear Earphones with Microphone (look on amazon or other places to buy...)
They sound great and allow me to stop/ff songs on my captivate with the PowerAmp music player.
Other music players work a little differently but still support pause/FF songs from the switch on the wire, which is a huge benefit and time saver.
good luck
Kevin

These are the same ones they gave me when I bought my Nexus One... they work really well for me!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003OE30KQ/ref=oss_product

Im using my Samsung headphones from my Windows phone I traded,
and I all I am able to use is the headphone button underneath the volume control which allows me to make a call to the last entry when I double click it, and when i hold it, it brings up the voice dialer. I swear the other day, I was able to go to the next and previous songs when i hit the volume controls up or down. But now that doesn't seem to be working. The volume buttons never seemed to work with the phone, so I guess its just depends what headphones you have.

[Q] HTC One X AT&T Music Player issue.

Hi everyone. I just got an HTC One X on AT&T today from the store. Up until today I had owned an SIII also from AT&T. The music player on the SIII kept freezing and the auto correct wasn't working so I changed to the One X. I listen to music a lot on my phones so I expect the music player to be reliable. Anyway, the music player on the HTC One X is great, however, it's been skipping to the next track without my touching the screen before the current song is finished. I was questioning my sanity because I figured maybe I was bumping the screen, but the player just skipped to the next song a few minutes ago and my hand was nowhere near it. Has anyone else had this issue and is there a way to eliminate it?
Naturally, this is somewhat discouraging as I've only had the phone for a matter of hours. A friend of mine is pressuring me to get an iPhone 5 (blasphemy!) and I'm actually considering getting one since android is clearly not cutting it at the moment. I understand there are other music players on the market but the simple reality of it is that I shouldn't have to download a 3rd party music app, plus, I actually like the stock app.
Thanks for reading!
EDIT: My library is all MP3 files, not an internet radio type thing if it wasn't obvious. The skipping doesn't happen too often, maybe a few times an hour. Beats audio is enabled when this happens, I haven't tried without.

Same Problem!
I have the same problem, when I'm listening to music the voice dialer suddenly pops up and starts dialing numbers from my call history to recent dialed or received numbers. this is so irritating. I installed an app called "headset Blocker" from Google play, it stopped the problem. But my question is why doesn't this phone support other companies earphones? And also whenever I put my headset into it, it displays the symbol of a headphone with mic, is it normal? If not what is the solution to this?

johnbyebye said:
Naturally, this is somewhat discouraging as I've only had the phone for a matter of hours. A friend of mine is pressuring me to get an iPhone 5 (blasphemy!) and I'm actually considering getting one since android is clearly not cutting it at the moment.
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The reply above also raises an interesting point. Are you listening with headphones that have controls? Could you be pressing them, to make the track skip? If they are headphones meant for an iPhone, the buttons may not be doing what you think they should. Or their might be a short in the headset or the headset jack on the phone, that is making the phone think you are pressing the headset button. Have you tried another set of headphones, or listening on the phone's speaker?
Otherwise, try a factory reset, and if that doesn't solve it, swap it for a new one. Its not Android itself, I've never had this problem. Just a hardware or software defect with your particular handset, which can happen on any device, including the iPhone.
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dilip437 said:
But my question is why doesn't this phone support other companies earphones?
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What do you mean by "support"? Do you mean, why don't the control buttons work on some headsets? Its because those controls were designed to work for an iPhone. Unfortunately, there aren't many headphones with buttons that work on Android out-of-the-box, but the mic should work fine (as well as the earphone audio, of course).
If you are trying to use a headset designed for the iPhone, and want the buttons to work, try this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.chobirich.tools.mediabutton&feature=also_installed
dilip437 said:
And also whenever I put my headset into it, it displays the symbol of a headphone with mic, is it normal?
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Yes, that is normal. All it means is that headphones are attached. A bit obvious (as in, why do you need an icon to tell you that?). But intentional, nonetheless.

redpoint73 said:
The reply above also raises an interesting point. Are you listening with headphones that have controls? Could you be pressing them, to make the track skip? If they are headphones meant for an iPhone, the buttons may not be doing what you think they should. Or their might be a short in the headset or the headset jack on the phone, that is making the phone think you are pressing the headset button. Have you tried another set of headphones, or listening on the phone's speaker?
Otherwise, try a factory reset, and if that doesn't solve it, swap it for a new one. Its not Android itself, I've never had this problem. Just a hardware or software defect with your particular handset, which can happen on any device, including the iPhone.
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Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it.
I am using a pair of Sennheiser headphones, there are no controls on them. I performed a hard reset but the problem persists although less frequently. Do you still think I should exchange it for a new one? Since you brought up software defects, I will add that when I restart the phone or power it off, then back on; when I unlock the screen the dialer is shown instead of the home screen. This only happens during the first unlock, so to speak, after restarting. Of course I just press the Home key to get back to the home screen, but it's still a nuisance.

No controls in my earphone.
No, I'm not using earphones with controls. I'm just using an earphone I got from my previous android phone because the At&t version of HTC One X did NOT come with earphones. But I must say, when I listen to music without the earphones, everything is perfect, but when I insert my earphone the voice dialer keeps popping up, the clarity of music deteriorates, tracks go forward and backward and what not. This is also happening while watching videos using earphones. That is why I asked if this phone supports all standard 3.5mm jack earphones or only HTC earphones.

Poweramp App Controller Volume Increments?

Hi guys,
I'm wondering if anyone out there who has a Sony Smartwatch 2 can install this app (there is a free version also somewhere), install Poweramp on their actual Android device and tell me from the watch what kind of volume increments they are?
The volume rocker buttons on smartphones generally increase at 10% a push, smaller (but more fiddly) increments can be done via touch interface sliders/knobs etc, but seeing as the Sony Smartwatch would be the actual controller for volume I am curious to know what jumps it makes.
Cheers,
Dunker

Hi
I have the SW2, a paid version of Poweramp on my phone and the free version on my watch. It works good, start/stop - next/last song - FForward/FBackwards - up/down volume. Only a bit of lag from time to time. The watch even shows the picture if your MP3 has one.
Concerning volume there are 10 steps on the watch so it's the same as on the phone: 10% per push.

Tonio78370 said:
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I have the SW2, a paid version of Poweramp on my phone and the free version on my watch. It works good, start/stop - next/last song - FForward/FBackwards - up/down volume. Only a bit of lag from time to time. The watch even shows the picture if your MP3 has one.
Concerning volume there are 10 steps on the watch so it's the same as on the phone: 10% per push.
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That's disappointing to hear, I'm used to 2.5% increments (0-40), I might have been able to live with 5% but that's kinda bare minimum.
Thank you for letting me know, I will contact the developer, see if he might give an option in settings to change increment scale, u never know, but as it is this is a deal breaker for me. Odd i know, but i am odd so there u go lol

I'm afraid that even if the developer creates more increments, the lag between the watch and the phone will make it hard to use. I tested it before I gave you the answer and the volume "rocker" is the one that reacts the least reliable; all the others work better.
BTW, I use the SW2 with a Note 2 under JB 4.1.2. (full stock, no root)

Tonio78370 said:
I'm afraid that even if the developer creates more increments, the lag between the watch and the phone will make it hard to use. I tested it before I gave you the answer and the volume "rocker" is the one that reacts the least reliable; all the others work better.
BTW, I use the SW2 with a Note 2 under JB 4.1.2. (full stock, no root)
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Interesting to hear such lag, I wouldn't have expected that much. I'm guessing they communicate via bluetooth?

Yes the watch only connects by BT but the lag is not so surprising as I have this with all BT connections I use. In my car I sometimes use my Note 2 as a MP3 Player through BT and when I want to jump a song, it is never instantly and it takes a second or so to react.
Same with the Sony BT headphones I have. I can jump songs etc. but there always is a short moment before the phone reacts.
I consider this "lag" as normal

Tonio78370 said:
Yes the watch only connects by BT but the lag is not so surprising as I have this with all BT connections I use. In my car I sometimes use my Note 2 as a MP3 Player through BT and when I want to jump a song, it is never instantly and it takes a second or so to react.
Same with the Sony BT headphones I have. I can jump songs etc. but there always is a short moment before the phone reacts.
I consider this "lag" as normal
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i think it has more to do with 'wait' command? like some devices have only one button to use. if you press it once it play/pause, press twice - next song, press three times - previous song. if button would respond immediately it always play/pause. but it could be poorly written as well..

Possible but all the diveces I use have (more or less) individual buttons. I think it's just the process: create command, send command, interpret and execute, that takes time.
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I have the PA setup and have never noticed any issues
also it shows a lot more than described above - took me a while to find out but it also shows a full listing of your library which is quite cool

Global skip forward/skip backward with headset?

I don't know if I'm missing something.... but I miss being able to skip forward/backward using my headset buttons and I can't get it to work in the apps I use (Podcast Addict and Rocket Player Premium). Anyone know what's up? I've tried toggling the Huawei Smart Headset setting and still doesn't work either way.

I can totally do that with my Sony headset on Spotify and the default music player.
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Try different music players, if it still doesn't work either its your headphones or it's a software issue

Another thing to try: on my Honor 8 using Honor headphones I skip forward by double pressing the play/pause buttons, and I go back by triple pressing. It took me a long time to figure that out, getting so used to using the volume up/down buttons to go forward/back. May not apply to you, but it popped into my head when I saw your question.

Thanks, peeps. Never thought about it being the earphones (duh...). Too bad it's so hard to find good quality earphones with a microphone and volume buttons.

09dgceph said:
Another thing to try: on my Honor 8 using Honor headphones I skip forward by double pressing the play/pause buttons, and I go back by triple pressing. It took me a long time to figure that out, getting so used to using the volume up/down buttons to go forward/back. May not apply to you, but it popped into my head when I saw your question.
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Nice! That def worked in Rocket Player, too. Double clicking works in Podcast Addict, but it doesn't respond to triple-clicking. It skips forward and then pauses as it understands it as two different commands . Man, that makes music a lot better. Thanks again.

Skeletor916 said:
Nice! That def worked in Rocket Player, too. Double clicking works in Podcast Addict, but it doesn't respond to triple-clicking. It skips forward and then pauses as it understands it as two different commands . Man, that makes music a lot better. Thanks again.
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Glad it worked! I was confused for a looooooong time about this.

Going to submit a mass software bug report to Essential

And Im gathering as much info as I can into one centralized area. If you have experienced something that isn't already on the list, please feel fee to chime in here or on reddit . I'll be copying and pasting links from here to the report as well. I was gonna submit tomorrow but since I'm late to the party here, I'll send it Thursday evening. Thanks a lot everyone!
https://www.reddit.com/r/essential/comments/70m7j4/software_issues_and_bugs_to_be_reported/

It seems like I can't remove the Hotspot quick settings tile. I remove it and then it's back again.

Bug reports
I find the keyboard misses a few vibrations on tapping letters, around 2 out of 10 taps.
Casting a movie to my TV stalls and stutters after about 10 minutes every time I try to watch a movie.

johnny8910 said:
Casting a movie to my TV stalls and stutters after about 10 minutes every time I try to watch a movie.
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That shouldn't matter with the phone. I find that odd. Casting is nothing more than a web browser, more or less. The phone sends a URL to the Chromecast, then the Chromecast plays that URL and the phone is completely disconnected from what happens next other than the playback controls. Phone isn't playing anything, isn't transmitting data, etc. unless you're mirroring your screen or the app is actually streaming from the phone. I'd try a different app, use a speed test app on the chromecast, and do some other troubleshooting there.

Okay thanks. Will try a different app.

johnny8910 said:
I find the keyboard misses a few vibrations on tapping letters, around 2 out of 10 taps.
Casting a movie to my TV stalls and stutters after about 10 minutes every time I try to watch a movie.
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Change the vibration back to system default and that issue is remediated
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Yep.
You are right. Fixed, thanks ?

My Bose QC25 headphones seem to be incompatible with the USB-C/3.5mm adapter.
It seems like the volume down button is constantly being held down. As soon as I plug it in, ringer volume goes to vibrate.
In-line mic does not work.
Any in-line button press seems to reduce ringer volume and occasionally calls up google assistant.

jnmacd said:
My Bose QC25 headphones seem to be incompatible with the USB-C/3.5mm adapter.
It seems like the volume down button is constantly being held down. As soon as I plug it in, ringer volume goes to vibrate.
In-line mic does not work.
Any in-line button press seems to reduce ringer volume and occasionally calls up google assistant.
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Bose QuietComfort 25 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones for Apple devices?
If they use the Apple remote function, they are not compatible with Android.

tech_head said:
Bose QuietComfort 25 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones for Apple devices?
If they use the Apple remote function, they are not compatible with Android.
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I am using the Android cable. They work fine on other phones with 3.5mm jack.
However, on my previous Zenfone3 with USB-C, I used the Essential adapter and get the same results. It has to do with the adapter.

This will be going out to essential today at around 7pm pst so if there's anything I missed or anything you all wanna add, do yo thang

I have a problem with Bluetooth audio streaming to my car. I cannot rewind or fast forward. If I try to switch to the next/prior track the sound goes away, but it looks like my Google play music app is still playing. If I re-pair or switch inputs and go back to streaming, the audio plays again.
I can't replicate this problem with either my Google pixel or my wife's iPhone.

foodplz said:
I have a problem with Bluetooth audio streaming to my car. I cannot rewind or fast forward. If I try to switch to the next/prior track the sound goes away, but it looks like my Google play music app is still playing. If I re-pair or switch inputs and go back to streaming, the audio plays again.
I can't replicate this problem with either my Google pixel or my wife's iPhone.
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I have this issue as well, Also, what you said about the changing tracks, that happens to me as soon as a song ends, and not just with google play music, but with amazon music as well. And while my LG V10 and Moto G4 will send track names and album art to my radio, the PH-1 does not.

Sorry for the late response but everything has been added to the bug report and sent off to Essential. They got back to me with a response, "The whole Essential team monitors /r/Essential pretty religiously, and I know the SW team is looking at the thread. We love that you guys compile stuff like this, as it really does help us make a better product..."

Fingerprint reader gone to sleep
https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/help/fingerprint-reader-day-t3679908
Hi guys. I exchanged my Essential Phone yesterday (hardware defect) and now on my second device I still get this random fingerprint reader bug. Once in a while I take my phone out of my pocket and the fingerprint reader doesn't work. I have to press the power button to wake it up.

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https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/help/fingerprint-reader-day-t3679908
Hi guys. I exchanged my Essential Phone yesterday (hardware defect) and now on my second device I still get this random fingerprint reader bug. Once in a while I take my phone out of my pocket and the fingerprint reader doesn't work. I have to press the power button to wake it up.
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thanks! added

Fingerprint sensor
I have used all 5 instances of the fingerprint scanner for the same finger in multiple positions while holding the phone. Works fine once or twice but then all of a sudden won't recognize my fingerprint, have to use the pattern to unlock and even then I usually have to reboot the phone in order for the sensor to recognize my fingerprint and after a few times it goes back to not recognizing the fingerprint again. Essential phone ph-1
And yes I have cleaned my hands and fingers and cleaned the sensor multiple times with no change to effectiveness.

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I have this issue as well, Also, what you said about the changing tracks, that happens to me as soon as a song ends, and not just with google play music, but with amazon music as well. And while my LG V10 and Moto G4 will send track names and album art to my radio, the PH-1 does not.
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Try going in developper settings and change avcrp version to 1.3. reboot phone. This worked for my phone + mazda 3

i have done a clean install twice of the latest 8.1 my issue is that sometimes answering the phone it defaults to speakerphone.. but the speakerphone button isnt pressed.. i have to toggle it on then off again before it will switch to the ear piece. also casting seems to only work after a fresh start of the phone.. alcast wont find a device till i restart.. nev2r an issue on 7.1
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stinger4321 said:
i have done a clean install twice of the latest 8.1 my issue is that sometimes answering the phone it defaults to speakerphone.. but the speakerphone button isnt pressed.. i have to toggle it on then off again before it will switch to the ear piece. also casting seems to only work after a fresh start of the phone.. alcast wont find a device till i restart.. nev2r an issue on 7.1
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This isn't an Essential issue, this a Google dialer issue.