Anyone else having issues with their headphone jack? I can't seem to keep a good connection. I have tried other headphones but it keeps constantly swapping between the headphones and speakerphone.
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No this sounds like a wierd bug? im assuming you tried rebooting the phone ??
Yeah it seems like a short in the connection, like its just not sitting in there all the way.
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I would replace it before 30 days ?
Jo_795 said:
I would replace it before 30 days ?
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this issue is something that should be covered under the manufacturer warranty which is > 30 days.
Had mine since 1/7, never had a problem with the jack. Take it back.
EDIT: FYI - I've replaced my iPod with my phone + Subsonic so my headphone jack sees a lot of use.
I would before its too late :/
Will do. Thanks!
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Mine was having the same problem connecting to the car radio, but I replaced the cable going to the phone, and the problem went away.
I had the same issue with a pair of headphones, and it turned out that the Jack was bent. Other headphones work fine.
Lint.
If you're like me and it was working fine at first and slowly got worse and worse at holding a connection then it might be lint like it was for me. Shine a flashlight into the jack and try to see any obstruction. I used a bobby pin to fish it all out and it was fixed
Might want to pull the Battery out first. Also a better bet would be a Shop Vac . Use it to clean out the Charger port.
Also ... another culprit i've noticed is phone cases. Some 3.5mm plugs have wider shielding than others, and a larger cord can bump your case and not allow the plug to sit flush. Other than that and lint or some other obstruction, i havnet noticed any problems with any of my jacks on any devices.
I still have the Limited Sprint / HTC headset / headphones I bought when I got my TP2 .
Hello,
I bought a cradle from ebay that has a 3.5mm jack in addition to the micro usb connection. What I want to do is have my HD2 on its cradle and play music with tunein radio. I want the sound to come from the phone speaker though. Is that possible? I didn't find anything in tunein's or phone's settings.
Simple, dnt plugin 3.5 mm.
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Simple, dnt plugin 3.5 mm.
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The cradle he is using contains a fixed 3.5 headset jack , he wants music to come from the speaker while its plugged into the cradle .
And OP , too bad youre not on winmo . that would be so simple as ive done it before xP
If i were you my adventures would start on the market or google . search things like "speaker always on in android" or similiar things . btw could you post me the link you got the cradle from ? i wanna get one too
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The cradle he is using contains a fixed 3.5 headset jack , he wants music to come from the speaker while its plugged into the cradle .
And OP , too bad youre not on winmo . that would be so simple as ive done it before xP
If i were you my adventures would start on the market or google . search things like "speaker always on in android" or similiar things . btw could you post me the link you got the cradle from ? i wanna get one too
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I've been searching all over the internet but had no luck. I used it with old pc speakers till now but they are dead, so maybe I'll have to buy new ones.
It's been a while since I bought the cradle from ebay. I didn't find an ebay item but here it is from another site:
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/22701-Deluxe-HTC-HD2-Desktop-Charging-Cradle-Reviews.htm
It also has a spare battery slot
mousi said:
I've been searching all over the internet but had no luck. I used it with old pc speakers till now but they are dead, so maybe I'll have to buy new ones.
It's been a while since I bought the cradle from ebay. I didn't find an ebay item but here it is from another site:
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/22701-Deluxe-HTC-HD2-Desktop-Charging-Cradle-Reviews.htm
It also has a spare battery slot
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Hmm , ive been googling around as well and market searching . no luck though . maybe i'll write a program to give us this feature . do you think there is a demand for it ?
I didn't find many people asking for this when I googled it.
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I didn't find many people asking for this when I googled it.
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Thats what i thought . if i have spare time and the urge to write it i will .
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Hi, i have a high quality mic that i use with my tab for various recordings, i really would like a simple toggle to force sound through speakers because when the mic is plugged in it uses headphone jack so thinks its a headset which makes playback of recorded items annoying .... pulling out and plugging in etc.
For those interested im using the eim-001 mic
So, any news on this app/widgets?
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Hi, i have a high quality mic that i use with my tab for various recordings, i really would like a simple toggle to force sound through speakers because when the mic is plugged in it uses headphone jack so thinks its a headset which makes playback of recorded items annoying .... pulling out and plugging in etc.
For those interested im using the eim-001 mic
So, any news on this app/widgets?
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i was working on it but im stupid and screwed up my partitions on my computer HDD and had to start over from scratch . So i gotta get things set back up and get back at it . And im not sure if i can route the audio out to the speakers without turning off the 3.5 mm jack .. i'll have to dig deeper
be careful if you do buy a cradle with fitted 3.5mm plug and extra battery charge slot,bought one a while back.
the 3.5 mm plug is best removed from inside the charger,its useless and will bugger your phones motherboard.plug wobbles and moves a bit when plugged to phone and is very slightly wrong angle so that the two plugs are pushing sideways when phone plugged on.
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Im not sure if it helps but the use of forcing sound through speaker has been used natively in htc fm tuner apps, with a headset plugged in as an antenna you can switch the sound to play through speakers, ive used this on htc legend as well as htc chacha
As the title says I am very interested in using this tablet as a head unit replacement. I still have plenty of researching to do, but before I get too deep into it, I think there is one problem that should be addressed.
I wouldn't consider myself an audiophile, but I do like my music. So using the 3.5mm jack for audio simply will not do. I have seen a video of someone using a Turtle Beach audio adapter to get usb audio out of the N7, and then into the stereo/processing unit. This would be perfect for me, however I also need to be able to hook up an external drive for additional storage.
So my question is if it is possible to hook up the usb audio cable, and an external drive simultaneously to the N7. My idea right now is to hook up an OTG cable to the N7, then plug in a small non powered usb hub which would have both the external drive and usb audio cable hooked up to it. I am just not sure if this setup is possible, and before I purchase all the components I would like to have some confirmation that it will work like i think it will.( I will be using a rooted N7 with stickmount installed, I believe that is all I need to allow Host capabilities)
On a side note, I also plan to use the pogo pins to charge the device. I saw a video of someone using a hacked usb cable to charge the galaxy nexus with it, so i think that should work. (I just read a thread saying that the galaxy nexus can't charge through a pogo pin dock while having a OTG cable plugged...My dreams are being crushed.)
If you would like any more info about the specifics of the setup, I would be happy to share my ideas.
Sorry for the length of the post, I just want it to be clear what I am trying to do here.
Any information, or tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
I think my dreams are also crushed, I believe the pogo pins are a pin-out extension of the usb port, not a separate port, therefore using OTG would ****-block charging, which is disappointing.
You could however use one of these in your car http://www.slashgear.com/seagate-goflex-satellite-wi-fi-hard-drive-gets-android-app-01168797/ which would provide 500GB of storage accessible whilst your nexus 7 is charging, combine that and a pocketwifi device to act as a router and provide internet access it would be perfect
if you had an AC power inverter or appropriate power supply for DC to the unit (saves inverting then converting again), you could use this one http://www.ccpu.com.au/show_prod.php?class_id=disk-ext&prod_id=STAM1000200
would be very awesome, looking forward to updates.
Thanks for the info.
That is deeply saddening that you can not use both at the same time, although I guess it does make sense for the purposes of a dock. So it looks like now the only way I can still use a plugged in external hdd, usb audio, and be able to charge the device at the same time is if I can do all of that through the mini usb port in conjunction with a usb hub...but i think that is unlikely. does anyone know for sure?
And thank you for bringing up those wifi hard drives. I didn't want to use them, something about having it plugged into the device directly just makes me feel better...although now I will have to seriously consider them.
Also, if anyone has any info regarding tablet install you think may be useful, feel free to post the link. Even if it is not directly related to the N7, it could still be useful info, and maybe get some gears turning in our heads.
I just became a member so I am not allowed to post links yet :silly:
I will still keep my hopes up about using this device, though! It is my favorite 7 inch tablet by far.
What about usb powered hubs?
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What about usb powered hubs?
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Can the Nexus output digital audio, charge, and read an external HDD, via powered usb hub from its one micro usb port? If it could then all my problems would be solved! Until I encounter my next problem, of course. :silly:
Sounds very interesting indeed. I look forward to seeing what can be done.
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What about usb powered hubs?
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Nope. Did not work for me.
I thought about using the Nexus 7 as my car nav system as well. I stumbled across an issue where I want to mount external USB drive AND charge the tablet at the same time. I could not get the tablet to charge with a powered USB drive. I believe the tablet is going into host mode to read the USB drive, and thus disallowing any kind of power to charge itself.
Please someone prove me wrong.. I really like this tablet. It is the perfect size for the car.
Another issue I found... Using polarized sunglasses + nexus 7 (landscape mode) = completely black screen. This may or may not convince you to continue with this project. I am certainly looking at different options..
Im thinkin about this too. But not to completly replace my headunit but only to slap it on for long drives
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Another issue I found... Using polarized sunglasses + nexus 7 (landscape mode) = completely black screen. This may or may not convince you to continue with this project. I am certainly looking at different options..
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I noticed this, too. Disappointing. My HTC EVO View works fine, though.
Very interested in this. I've actually been working on this very project. I'm near completion (sort of) actually, but I'm having a separate electrical issue currently so its been on hold for the last week or so. At this point I've run sound via the 3.5 mm jack, but if a USB solution is found, I'd be all over that. I guess I settled for the 3.5 mm jack as previously, I tended to stream Pandora and various music through the aux jack on my phone anyways. Probably more than 90% of the time actually. I may look into the Seagate GoFlex Satellite WiFi HDD for external storage since charging and USB OTG at the sime time at this point seems impossible/difficult. I have a pair of polarized oakleys that i usually wear, and havent noticed the screen blacking out yet, but I'll have to see when I get home tonight.
On charging & usb host mode at the same time..
Has anybody tried this:
1. Setup a powered USB hub plugged into the Micro OTG cable
2. hack the cable from right after the OTG cable to where it plugs into the hub, so that the voltage pins are exposed
3. solder in the voltage pins to a usb connector so you can plug in a normal charger [5V 2A]
4. check to see if you can use the USB hub and charge at the same time
I currently have a Asus transformer TF101 and the primary use is watching clips off a 500GB usb HDD. I really, really want to get a N7 and sell my TF101, but if charging & simultaneous host mode is not possible, I would be slightly hesitant to buy it, even though it is really a awesome tablet from what I hear.
so if anyone has any info on that, I would greatly appreciate it!
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At this point I've run sound via the 3.5 mm jack, but if a USB solution is found, I'd be all over that. I guess I settled for the 3.5 mm jack as previously, I tended to stream Pandora and various music through the aux jack on my phone anyways.
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I know a lot of people that the 3.5 mm jack for audio. And It really does sound just fine. It is just that I am planing on investing a lot in amps/speakers, so I don't want my weakest link to be my inputs right out of the gate. Although, this tablet is making it pretty difficult to not use that jack.
I would be interested to see your project whenever you finish, or if you have information up of of the process now, that would be interesting to look at.
Thanks again everyone for all the info! I still have a shred of hope for using this tablet in my car!
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I know a lot of people that the 3.5 mm jack for audio. And It really does sound just fine. It is just that I am planing on investing a lot in amps/speakers, so I don't want my weakest link to be my inputs right out of the gate. Although, this tablet is making it pretty difficult to not use that jack.
I would be interested to see your project whenever you finish, or if you have information up of of the process now, that would be interesting to look at.
Thanks again everyone for all the info! I still have a shred of hope for using this tablet in my car!
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I'm running 4 Polk 6" speakers that replaced the stock ones in my car (just replaced them all last year when I blew one of the stock ones), and a cadence 4 channel amp to power the speakers. Nothing top of the line, and no subwoofer or anything as of yet. Picked up the cabling from monoprice, with all of it being their "premium" selection. It all seems pretty heavy duty and solid. Only ran me around 30 bucks. I just have an 02 Mitsubishi Lancer that I'm putting this in. The dash is originally a single din so it's taken quite a bit of modification to get it to fit. More than I originally anticipated. Just a hobby project I've wanted to do for sometime and when the nexus 7 came along I jumped on it. I'll post some pics when I have a chance but at this point it looks far from professional. lol.
Also, I pulled out the Nexus 7 last night and had my polarized glasses on, no screen blackening that was mentioned previously for me. Maybe a little distortion/filter over the screen at certain angles, but still viewable.
I think this thread is great. I'd love to see/hear what other people are doing or what ideas come about from this.
Thank you, I am really glad this thread has spiked some interest, and that other people have similar ideas. I will start up my research again and come back to post any new info when I can. Gotta keep this thread going strong!
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I would be interested to see your project whenever you finish, or if you have information up of of the process now, that would be interesting to look at.
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I created a thread with the few pictures I took along the way, as well as the semi-finished project. The only thing I believe I still need to do at this point is get a screen protector. (Tablet still has the plastic cover on it from when it was in the box!) Other things may come up in the future, (such as adding an OTG cable if someone figures out a way to charge simultaneously) but this is it finished for the time being.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29824916#post29824916
Thanks for making a thread! That is very cool, I like your setup a lot. Is the tablet meant to stay in the car permanently, or do you plan on taking it out often?
Alright, I haven't had much time to find much new information. But I was just thinking if I can't have it charge from the usb port and run usb audio out at the same time, then maybe I could take off the rear cover of the N7 and cut a hole in it, where the camera was supposed to go, and route positive an negative wires directly to the battery...then I could use a hacked usb cable to charge it...? Just the thought of that is scary, but I don't plan on taking out the N7 ever, it will always stay in the car.
Just a thought, let me know what you think.
Additional info: I am going to be putting this in an 02 e46 BMW 325xi. And I will use a modified double din face plate. In my head the final setup looks beautiful, but we'll see how it turns out. As for the time frame, I have a list of parts I want to get for the car, and I want to do most everything at the same time. It will take a good 3 or 4 months before I can get everything and then installing it might take another month(assuming everything goes smoothly) I just want to get all of my preliminary research out of the way. Sorry if you guys were expecting pictures soon.
Thanks
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Alright, I haven't had much time to find much new information. But I was just thinking if I can't have it charge from the usb port and run usb audio out at the same time, then maybe I could take off the rear cover of the N7 and cut a hole in it, where the camera was supposed to go, and route positive an negative wires directly to the battery...then I could use a hacked usb cable to charge it...? Just the thought of that is scary, but I don't plan on taking out the N7 ever, it will always stay in the car.
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What about the pogo pins? Aren't they for a [future] dock? I wonder if you can charge the tablet via the pogo pins and use USB OTG simultaneously? This would indeed be good news, because I will primarily use my N7 [when it arrives] for videos on a USB HDD, so it would wear out the battery to be constantly charging and discharging the battery every day.
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Earlier in the thread we had thought of that, turns out you can only use one at a time, and it's a hardware limitation so no way around it.
Recently, my device is having some issues with the aux. port on top of the phone: it will play fine, however, if I move the phone (or even hit a bump in the car) the music will stop like I unplugged the cable. I then have to hit resume on Pandora. This happens on all music apps and with any aux cable. So question... Is the aux. port soldered to the main board? If so, how difficult of a repair is this typically? Or has anyone else had this? I can suck it up if I need to until I get a new device, but I'm not scared to do some hardware repair!
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Recently, my device is having some issues with the aux. port on top of the phone: it will play fine, however, if I move the phone (or even hit a bump in the car) the music will stop like I unplugged the cable. I then have to hit resume on Pandora. This happens on all music apps and with any aux cable. So question... Is the aux. port soldered to the main board? If so, how difficult of a repair is this typically? Or has anyone else had this? I can suck it up if I need to until I get a new device, but I'm not scared to do some hardware repair!.
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I've had this issue ever since buying my phone used and have gotten used to it. Try a different 3.5 cable. I picked up some flat cables from Amazon, and while they looked neat, they were terrible for this problem.
Only about a week after purchasing the phone off amazon brand new, only one side of any pair of headphones i plug in works. Any way to fix this? Would like to avoid using manufacturer's warranty so i am not without a phone for a month while i wait for them to fix it.
You sure your headphone not broken? Try another headphone, or try that headphone with another phone
Edit: and make sure audio player / any dsp says "balance" ,
Nope have tried with every pair i own. All work fine on other devices. Even plugged in a portable amp, got a very faint sound to come out of the left channel.
If that's true, then hw problem, I'm not sure you can fixing this w/o going to service centre, hacking (let me rephrase it, DIY fix) your device mean your warranty void,
Or there's actually something w/o dismantling Phone..
Just ask them, how long they can fix this, don't have backup phone? then bear with it
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