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[Q] Can't use headphones with inline mic

Hey,
for some reason, I can't use the microphone on any earphone/headphones with an inline mic. The audio output is fine, I can hear the sounds through my earphones. The mic, however, does not work. The main play/pause button on my earphones work as well, but the volume buttons don't.
Weird thing is, even the earphones that come with the G2 does not work, this is obviously a software problem. Is there a known fix or is there an app or something I can download to fix this problem?
Some specific problems:
sometimes when I am calling someone and I use my headphones, the mic on the phone stop working. I'm assuming the phone detects that an earphone with a inline mic is plugged in, thus turning off the one on the phone, but obviously this just ends up with them not being able to hear me at all.
In the sound recorder(where I have been checking whether the mics were working or not), the recorder doesn't detect my mic on the earphones, but it "hears" everytime I press a button on the inline mic which is interesting.
Hopefully someone has gotten this to work. I'm running CM 6.1, the specific earphones I'm trying to get working is skullcandy 50/50s (which is meant for iphone, but i've heard that iphone earphones work too). Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks.

That's been an issue for some people. My old wired headset that came with my Cliq does the same thing - audio mic is bypassed and mic on the phone is used instead.
The wired headset that came with the G2 works fine for me though. Tested it every which way with my wife on the phone and always got audio with the headset mic.
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skeptical, I tried using the one that came with the G2 again, and magically it worked. I know that the whole audio/mic thing is still buggy, I probably tested it before when it was acting up. Looks like a lot of people are having success with skullcandy's FMJs so I think i'll go try them out.

I had a similar issue and I heard that wired headsets (iphone compatible) work on Stock, so I nandroided and went back to stock from Cyanogen and the headset mic worked fine, so it might be a cyanogen specific issue.

[Q] Phone Mic doesn’t work if use a headset (headset with no mic)

My normal headset (headset with no mic) always worked with android or WM6.5 to take calls and use phone mic to speak but WM7 people can’t hear me if my headset is plugged in

I was using mine and people could here me fine. My problem was when using the headphones to speak the sound would only come out of one ear, when listening to music it would come out of both ear pieces. It might have something to do with the installed radio version.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914485 post your problems here , that is why it is sticky , we don't need to open allot of new threads , for every problem

mickfarr said:
I was using mine and people could here me fine. My problem was when using the headphones to speak the sound would only come out of one ear, when listening to music it would come out of both ear pieces. It might have something to do with the installed radio version.
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have the same problem, anyone got a solution?

Microphone doesnt work when I plug my earphones

I have a problem when I go with the earphones listen music o the radio if I receive a calling I cant speak to the phone because it doesnt work if the earphones are pluging on the device.
That it's very anoying and I have to unpluged the earphone, and when the calling is finishe the music is playing through the speaker phone.
I need a solution.
Thank you very much

Does the microphone work when you aren't listening to music?
Have you tried switching from speaker to headset softkey option within the phone call to get it to work?

I have Jabra Chill and everything works perfectly...what is your software version

The problem is when you pug your headphone in the phone the micro doesn't work and if you receive a call the person who is calling you doesn't hear anything.
dlamber7 I dont Know how is the soft key are you talking about because when I receive a call in the screen of the phone is speaker mute and anothes icons I dont remember, thank you anyway

rikee said:
I have Jabra Chill and everything works perfectly...what is your software version
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My Software version is 7.10.7720.68 TOUCH-IT modify ROM

I got the same Problem. Do your volume buttons work?
My guess is: I used the headphones on my iPod and pressed a button on the headphones - since then they do not work with my phone any more..

My volume keys works perfect, thank you...
It will solve upgrade the SO 7740...until I know that it solves my problem I dont do anything.

Well I've been using my trophy for almost a year now and never had that problem, despite frequently listening to music on it (on headphones right now, and just did a voice search through the handset microphone), so I can't imagine what could he causing your problem.
The only potential workaround that comes to mind is to get a pair of headphones with a mike in them, and use the phone hands-free.

Goranius said:
I have a problem when I go with the earphones listen music o the radio if I receive a calling I cant speak to the phone because it doesnt work if the earphones are pluging on the device.
That it's very anoying and I have to unpluged the earphone, and when the calling is finishe the music is playing through the speaker phone.
I need a solution.
Thank you very much
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Are you using the headphones that came with the phone? Are you talking about the microphone on the phone?
Joe

I dont use the hedaphones that came with the phone I use a sennheiser, these work perfectly with a nokia (N8-00) and I dont know what it is the problem.
I try to find the original headphones and I will say if the problem it solves.
And I am talking about the microphone on the phone it doesnt work it is like the phone doesnt recognize they are a headphones and no a handset.

Microphone works under ICS

For the first time. It never worked well here under HC.
They seem to have solved it by not using the noise cancelling mic. So while bg noise is high the signal is no longer garbled. It's now quite useable for recording notes and the like.

I will give skype and CSIp a try later as I always had to hold the tablet almost in my mouth to have others hear me.
Have you tried a Headset with a built in Mic yet? or a bluetooth headset ? those are my trials for tonight.

LazySmerf said:
I will give skype and CSIp a try later as I always had to hold the tablet almost in my mouth to have others hear me.
Have you tried a Headset with a built in Mic yet? or a bluetooth headset ? those are my trials for tonight.
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No, and I've never even tried Skype as the mic pickup was so bad. Let us know what happens.

I did a Skype test call and it seems to be just as bad as before to me.

I tried installing Skype and got a garbled record of my voice that I didn't get on MP3 Recorder or the stock app. It may be a problem of Skype on the A500....awful software BTW ever since MS took it over.

Some headphones not working.

Hi,
I have a pair of xiami piston headphones and they work fine with my older phone (galaxy s3) but with my 6P they are not detected by the phone. I can't use them to listen to music or make calls.
I tried a pair of generic headphones and they do work. Is there some headphones that are simply incompatible with the device?

Yes I had the same experience. My samsung headphones from my galaxy s5 can't be used to make phone calls and if you try to use the volume adjustment buttons it pauses playback. Another pair of off-brand headphones I bought at duane reade work just fine for making calls. It is strange because w/ my galaxy I could use apple headphones or really any brand and they all worked fine. They should all work exactly the same.

I just hope this is a software compatibility issue with the in-line mic/controls and not a hardware issue. I have three pairs of pistons 2's that I used on a regular basis with my oneplus.

chowhoundb said:
I just hope this is a software compatibility issue with the in-line mic/controls and not a hardware issue. I have three pairs of pistons 2's that I used on a regular basis with my oneplus.
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I have found the same issue...hopefully software.

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My V-Moda Crossfade LP2s are unable to control anything on the 6P, where they worked just fine on the LG G4

I was able to get my Piston 2 working by holding the VOLUME DOWN button while pluging them. but the controls on the cable do not work. but I have sound at least.

clongetty said:
I was able to get my Piston 2 working by holding the VOLUME DOWN button while pluging them. but the controls on the cable do not work. but I have sound at least.
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That's odd that audio would completely fail.
I just tried another headphone pair I have. They are Klipsch Image S4i and the middle button works, even though these are iPhone specific headphones (hence the i in the name). The volume buttons on it don't do anything.

havanahjoe said:
That's odd that audio would completely fail.
I just tried another headphone pair I have. They are Klipsch Image S4i and the middle button works, even though these are iPhone specific headphones (hence the i in the name). The volume buttons on it don't do anything.
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Isn't there an app that can remap the "input" it sees from the headphones?

I'm encountering issues across ALL headphones with inline buttons, including Sony, Beats, and the Project Fi headphones. I'm on my second device now (RMA'd the first to see if it was device-specific), and all exhibit the same issue: double-click to skip track fails when the device is locked after a certain number of presses, and recogntion of the inline button is generally sporadic when the device is locked.
HOWEVER! Everything is perfect when the device is unlocked! So this has to be a software issue, right?

i'm having issues where the headphones seem to be working, but the mute button is not muting the headphones (but they do mute the call). so i hear EVERYTHING in my ears. its like a weird loopback.

The_Middleman said:
I'm encountering issues across ALL headphones with inline buttons, including Sony, Beats, and the Project Fi headphones. I'm on my second device now (RMA'd the first to see if it was device-specific), and all exhibit the same issue: double-click to skip track fails when the device is locked after a certain number of presses, and recogntion of the inline button is generally sporadic when the device is locked.
HOWEVER! Everything is perfect when the device is unlocked! So this has to be a software issue, right?
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There was a thread about this, maybe it was you who posted it.
My S4i headphones can control music (pause/unpause) with the screen off. I have Smart Lock enabled with my Moto 360 though, so not sure if that makes a difference. I also finally updated to MDB08L this morning. I was stuck on MDA89D until I manually sideloaded the MDB08K OTA (then the MDB08L OTA was downloaded by the phone).
I just tried my V-Moda Crossfades and those still are not able to control anything with the screen lock or unlocked (last time I had used them was before the software update)
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640k said:
i'm having issues where the headphones seem to be working, but the mute button is not muting the headphones (but they do mute the call). so i hear EVERYTHING in my ears. its like a weird loopback.
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That sounds like a feature I might like to enable sometimes at work, but it would be annoying when trying to isolate everything around me!

havanahjoe said:
That sounds like a feature I might like to enable sometimes at work, but it would be annoying when trying to isolate everything around me!
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it wasn't such a nice feature as i was walking from my car and the mic was rubbing on the zipper of my jacket and i could hear it and the wind in my ears. if i covered the mic with my hand, the sound went away, so it seems like there is definitely a software issue.

640k said:
it wasn't such a nice feature as i was walking from my car and the mic was rubbing on the zipper of my jacket and i could hear it and the wind in my ears. if i covered the mic with my hand, the sound went away, so it seems like there is definitely a software issue.
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I get that when using the Klipschs, but it's the vibration traveling through the wire and into my ears (since they are in-ear headphones), and it is annoying.

i use Apple EarPods. $29. love them.

My Xiaomi Pistons were the only set of headphones that didn't work at all (music played through front-facing speakers and not the headphones). All other headphones I own seem to have the same compatibility issues as all other Android headsets vs iPhone made headsets in regards to the in-line buttons working or not.
I hate in-ear/noise-cancelling/over-ear options since I use headphones while walking around the city and still prefer to still hear what's going on around me. Apple EarPods work but the in-line volume buttons don't work. Play/Pause/Answer/End button works fine though. My only other option that I've discovered is the Amazon Fire Headset. They are similar pods that don't isolate sound and all buttons on the headset work fine.

RG129 said:
My Xiaomi Pistons were the only set of headphones that didn't work at all (music played through front-facing speakers and not the headphones). All other headphones I own seem to have the same compatibility issues as all other Android headsets vs iPhone made headsets in regards to the in-line buttons working or not.
I hate in-ear/noise-cancelling/over-ear options since I use headphones while walking around the city and still prefer to still hear what's going on around me. Apple EarPods work but the in-line volume buttons don't work. Play/Pause/Answer/End button works fine though. My only other option that I've discovered is the Amazon Fire Headset. They are similar pods that don't isolate sound and all buttons on the headset work fine.
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mine didn't work as well. however, my amazon ones worked and i could also use vol up and pause, but vol down wasn't working.

So now my headphones are working apparently, the inline mic controls, pause/play volume up and down now work.
Using the Sennheiser Mm30g.

The Bose QC25s work like a charm along with the inline controls.
But...you need to buy the "made for Android" version.

I also have the pistons and they no longer work

My jaybird bluebirds x work perfectly. Need to test in my Lexus, however, pairing went fine so expect it will be ok.
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