I have the aria and i just got this to accept CC with my phone.
https://squareup.com/
It works, i tried it.
I want to leave it in my phone just in case i forget to bring it with me and i need to make a sale. But i just got a call and i couldnt talk to them until i unplugged the adapter.
I assume since it is in the mic port it disabled the internal mic
On almost every electronic device with a headset/headphone jack, plugging into the jack disables (mechanically disconnects) the devices built-in speaker/mic.
IMO, leaving that reader plugged into the jack all the time, will only result in it or the jack being broken sooner or later.
Yup... Is it really that hard to take it out and put it back in?
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Hey, I'm a newbie at this site. Can anyone help and give me suggestions on these 2 issues.
1. Everytime I try to play mp3, no sound comes from the phone speakers, but when I use headset, it works just fine.
2. When I am in a normal voice call, I can hear the other party talking, but the other party can't hear me.
I think you will find this is a result of a failed female plug for the headset. I too had this problem a while back. I had to strip the unit down to get access to the plug and bend back the offending pin that caused this. Since then I only use Bluetooth.
I guess that is the problem. I downloaded the service manual already and can you tell me which part to look for, and which pin to move back? Thanks.
Sorry mate, it was about a year ago. You need to look at the headphone socket. I managed to power up my exec whilst it was apart. This helped a great deal. When you see the socket, you will realise how many pins come into contact with the h/phone jack. As you extract the jack, you can see which pin causes the problem and give it a gentle tweak.
Be careful. If you're not sure about doing it, take it some where for a repair.
Same problem happens to me once in a while. You shouldn't have to disassemble it (I hope you didn't do that yet)What you need to do is this:
1. Insert headphone jack into phone
2. Remove headphone jack
3. test sound
4. if no sound, go to step 1
I usually only have to do this 5 or 6 times to un-stick it. The headphone switch gets stuck sometimes and thinks you still have headphones inserted(so it mutes all external speakers, incl the one you need to talk on it).
Is the 2.5mm jack funky for anyone else? When I have headphones or ext. speakers plugged in, slight movements will cause the connection to be lost -- I have to rotate the plug around to restore, and then hold the phone still. (Any fix other than new handset?) Thanks.
You are using the wrong size. 2.5 is too small. You should get a 3.5 and it should fit fine.
Sorry, I must be confused about the size (it's a 3.5mm jack?). I am indeed using the right sized plugs for the jack -- standard headphone/speaker plugs.
pavvy said:
Is the 2.5mm jack funky for anyone else? When I have headphones or ext. speakers plugged in, slight movements will cause the connection to be lost -- I have to rotate the plug around to restore, and then hold the phone still. (Any fix other than new handset?) Thanks.
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Sounds like a bad jack. Loose joints, etc can cause that. Try another headphone or speaker plug. If the same happens, you have a bad jack.
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Sounds like a bad jack. Loose joints, etc can cause that. Try another headphone or speaker plug. If the same happens, you have a bad jack.
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Yes, thanks -- it happens with headphones and speakers that have been fine with other devices (even happens w/the Samsung-provided set of headphones).
Bummer, but I may just have to live with it; I'd hate to trade this phone in for a refurb (for something so relatively minor)...
I had an issue where after about 30 minutes of playing music the phone would randomly think that signals were being send by whatever was plugged into the jack to pause/skip, etc. This would happen whether I was using the stock ear pieces or other headphones or had it plugged into my car's stereo.
I ended up exchanging the device to resolve the problem.
Mine has the same problem, so apparently it's not incredibly uncommon. Luckily I literally never use headphones with my phone, or anything that requires the 3.5 jack honestly so it's a non-issue.
RadAway said:
I had an issue where after about 30 minutes of playing music the phone would randomly think that signals were being send by whatever was plugged into the jack to pause/skip, etc.
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Interesting, that happens on mine as well (I actually thought the random pausing may be a "feature" -- like for when the headphones become accidentally unplugged!).
Make sure your hedphones/speakers plug fits snuggly into the jack. I had an "issue" when I thought I had a bad jack, but I just wasn't plugging the headphones all the way in, looked like a jackass when I claimed a warranty replacement, and took the TMO skin off the phone for the last time before shipping my "defective" phone, just to try it one more time, saw that the plug didn't go all the way in, pushed it a bit harder and it clicked into place LOL
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Make sure your hedphones/speakers plug fits snuggly into the jack. I had an "issue" when I thought I had a bad jack, but I just wasn't plugging the headphones all the way in, looked like a jackass when I claimed a warranty replacement, and took the TMO skin off the phone for the last time before shipping my "defective" phone, just to try it one more time, saw that the plug didn't go all the way in, pushed it a bit harder and it clicked into place LOL
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I'll admit to thinking the same lol
Thanks, that is good advice (same thing happened to me once with an ipod nano -- case prevented a plug from going in all the way!) -- but in this instance, my case doesn't cover the top edge of the phone, so the jack is free & clear...
I recently picked up my Iconia and I'm loving it so far. I have run into an issue with the headphone jack, however. When I plug in headphones the tab detects them. It switches off output to the esternal speakers and shows a little headset icon in the system tray.
When I remove the headphone plug from the jack I expect the tab to detect the change and re-route sound to the external speakers (while also removing the headset indicator for the system tray). It does not. I have to restart the tab in order to get sound to the external speakers.
Does anyone else have this problem (search turned up no helpful results)? Is there something obvious that I'm missing?
Thanks for the help.
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I recently picked up my Iconia and I'm loving it so far. I have run into an issue with the headphone jack, however. When I plug in headphones the tab detects them. It switches off output to the esternal speakers and shows a little headset icon in the system tray.
When I remove the headphone plug from the jack I expect the tab to detect the change and re-route sound to the external speakers (while also removing the headset indicator for the system tray). It does not. I have to restart the tab in order to get sound to the external speakers.
Does anyone else have this problem (search turned up no helpful results)? Is there something obvious that I'm missing?
Thanks for the help.
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I definitely don't see that here, however it will pause your music software when you unplug the headphones, by design.
sarcasmo said:
I recently picked up my Iconia and I'm loving it so far. I have run into an issue with the headphone jack, however. When I plug in headphones the tab detects them. It switches off output to the esternal speakers and shows a little headset icon in the system tray.
When I remove the headphone plug from the jack I expect the tab to detect the change and re-route sound to the external speakers (while also removing the headset indicator for the system tray). It does not. I have to restart the tab in order to get sound to the external speakers.
Does anyone else have this problem (search turned up no helpful results)? Is there something obvious that I'm missing?
Thanks for the help.
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I have had this happen. I just plugged it back in and then unplugged it again and it worked fine. No need to reboot it, but I did notice this myself and was thinking that the jack connector is not picking up the release. This would be an easy fix, but one would have to open up the tablet to get to the jack lol.
So for now I am unplugging it straight out instead of a slight bend out. If it sticks, just plug it back in and unplug it again, it will pick it up. However I think that this jack issue is a quality issue that might become serious down the road. My opinion is the same for rocker switches (volume control) as I have seen rocker switches give out very quickly, so I am not a fan of anything that has a rocker switch. But, as these things are good for about a year, might as well hope for the best as next year we will dump these for the next newest thing out there. I don't think these are meant to go for years at a time. Just my .02 cents worth.
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I have had this happen. I just plugged it back in and then unplugged it again and it worked fine. No need to reboot it, but I did notice this myself and was thinking that the jack connector is not picking up the release. This would be an easy fix, but one would have to open up the tablet to get to the jack lol.
So for now I am unplugging it straight out instead of a slight bend out. If it sticks, just plug it back in and unplug it again, it will pick it up. However I think that this jack issue is a quality issue that might become serious down the road. My opinion is the same for rocker switches (volume control) as I have seen rocker switches give out very quickly, so I am not a fan of anything that has a rocker switch. But, as these things are good for about a year, might as well hope for the best as next year we will dump these for the next newest thing out there. I don't think these are meant to go for years at a time. Just my .02 cents worth.
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Same over here. Had this problem once or twice. Just plug your headset back in, and out again. That fixed it for me.
Thanks for the replies.
same problem here. quite annoying when I unplug the headphone and don't notice until i am away from the headphones....
I have had an issue where I plug in my headphones but sound to the speakers is NOT cut off sometimes. This can be embarrasing if you are on a bus with headphones on thinking that you are quietly watching a movie when in fact everyone around you is being treated to the audio from the love scene from Mad Men that you are watching.
Hey guys,
I anytime I try to use headphones with a built in mic, it doesn't work correctly. I have to fiddle with the plug to get the mic to work. In the mean time as I move it in and out slightly, the damn music app keeps launching. Any way I can turn off the auto launch of the music app? Any idea why the mic is so finicky? (other than a bad jack or being dirty?)
Thanks
I guess you need to change your headphone and mic...Most probably there's a break in the cable near the jack...commonest problem encountered in wired jack...
I should have specified that I have tried 2 sets of headphones, both of which work fine in my Skyrocket. Also, when I say "fiddle" with it, I mean pulling int in and out slightly, not putting pressure on the cable. I really can't understand why the friggin music player keeps popping up when I do this.
I'd still bet that the problem is somewhere around the female jack of the device...maybe it's loose. Guess you'd have to take it to a servicing center and get it fixed. Try using a pin to pull up the inner prong inside the female jack. This may tighten a loose connection.
Regarding your music player popping up, I have no idea.
I have the same problem and because of that, using tab as phone is impractical, the volume it too low and I need to pull the jack a bit to fix the issue.
are you using the earphones that came in with the tab? I also have this issue before then again, I realized that I didn't push the plug deep enough (you should hear a click/snap)
regarding the Music player launching, you can try looking for the "autostarts" app, and disable "launch musicplayer when headset is plugged in event" it requires root though
It seems to me that, in my case, the plug goes a bit too deep(I used original and the one i had from my galaxy S phone, same thing). It seems that the port is defective in some way.
So, I'm running into an extremely annoying problem with my G2. Just the slightest touch causes my headphone jack to stop sensing properly.
Example: I'll be listening to Google Music and i'll just ever so slightly move my headphone cable near the base of the 3.5mm headphone plug and suddenly the audio will stop as if I have unplugged my headphones. Yet, my headphones are still snapped in and once I press play again, the music continues on as if nothing has happened.
Some times my phone will go from headphones and speaker...headphones and speaker, headphones and speaker. It's as if it doesn't know my headphones are plugged in.
We are talking super light touching here. Any rotation of the plug while connected will cause it to fail. Simply picking up the phone will cause audio to suddenly stop. I'd be willing to bet that by simply blowing on the damn plug would cause it to fail. Hell, even a fart in the plugs direction would probably cause it to fail. That's how light of a touch I'm talking about here. Also, tapping and rotating the headphone plug while it's plugged in would cause Google Voice search to launch. Super weird.
I don't get whats going on. I see know damage in the headphone input...everything looks fine. I've babied this thing since it has arrived. It has been in a case ever since.
My headphones are good because I've tried them on multiple sources. Plugging in different headphones in to my G2 causes the same problems still. I've tried switching ROMs but the same thing still happens.
I'm at a loss here. I need some advice on what to do. Should I just call Verizon and get a replacement phone? Do I need to unroot to do that?
What a pain in the ass.
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So, I'm running into an extremely annoying problem with my G2. Just the slightest touch causes my headphone jack to stop sensing properly.
Example: I'll be listening to Google Music and i'll just ever so slightly move my headphone cable near the base of the 3.5mm headphone plug and suddenly the audio will stop as if I have unplugged my headphones. Yet, my headphones are still snapped in and once I press play again, the music continues on as if nothing has happened.
Some times my phone will go from headphones and speaker...headphones and speaker, headphones and speaker. It's as if it doesn't know my headphones are plugged in.
We are talking super light touching here. Any rotation of the plug while connected will cause it to fail. Simply picking up the phone will cause audio to suddenly stop. I'd be willing to bet that by simply blowing on the damn plug would cause it to fail. Hell, even a fart in the plugs direction would probably cause it to fail. That's how light of a touch I'm talking about here. Also, tapping and rotating the headphone plug while it's plugged in would cause Google Voice search to launch. Super weird.
I don't get whats going on. I see know damage in the headphone input...everything looks fine. I've babied this thing since it has arrived. It has been in a case ever since.
My headphones are good because I've tried them on multiple sources. Plugging in different headphones in to my G2 causes the same problems still. I've tried switching ROMs but the same thing still happens.
I'm at a loss here. I need some advice on what to do. Should I just call Verizon and get a replacement phone? Do I need to unroot to do that?
What a pain in the ass.
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I think I might be having a similar problem as yours but with a different device (Square card reader). When I plugged it in the first few times there was a good sturdy click and it felt like it was being held in the jack well. But now it pulls out of the jack too easily, and a light touch causes the reader to disconnect. It seems like the contacts for the headphone jack may have been pressed in or something because it only maintains good contact if i hold a little pressure on the reader.
Either way, I don't like my options since I can either go on with a dysfunctional headphone jack, which might be ok since I use bluetooth more often than the jack, or I can try to get a replacement from LG which will likely be a refurb. I'm rooted too and assume I'd have to unroot in that situation. What to do...
Ever figure out your issue, OP? I'm having the same issue right now.
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Ever figure out your issue, OP? I'm having the same issue right now.
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I think I pushed the plug in too hard on mine and caused the jack to loosen. Amazon replaced the phone for me no questions asked. They continue to amaze me.