Hi everyone,
I discovered that my wired headphone is not recognized by the Pixel 4 (audio still comes out from the built-in speaker.
Then I tried the Pixel USB-C headset from my friend (he has a Pixel 3) and it worked.
I also made it work with some Bluetooth wireless earbuds (probably not relevant, sorry).
Anyone would have any idea how I can make generic standard headsets (with USB-C connector, no adaptor 3.5mm to USB-C) recognized by the Pixel 4?
Thanks a lot,
Axello
axello said:
Hi everyone,
I discovered that my wired headphone is not recognized by the Pixel 4 (audio still comes out from the built-in speaker.
Then I tried the Pixel USB-C headset from my friend (he has a Pixel 3) and it worked.
I also made it work with some Bluetooth wireless earbuds (probably not relevant, sorry).
Anyone would have any idea how I can make generic standard headsets (with USB-C connector, no adaptor 3.5mm to USB-C) recognized by the Pixel 4?
Thanks a lot,
Axello
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I would definitely start the troubleshooting with the your usb-c to 3.5mm dongle. Sounds for sure like you have a subpar adapter. You stated that you tried a pair of wired usb-c pixel buds and had no issues, this would rule out a faulty USB port on the phone. Get your hands on a new or different dongle and give that a try, you should be fine with a known working one.
I have 3 of them (Pixel OEM dongles) and all 3 work just fine with multiple pairs of headphones. Let me know how you make out dude.
Thanks 1dopewrx05,
Before my 1st post, I tried a standard headset USB-C (I wrote no adaptor)
By now, I have also tried another headset but with an adaptor.
I'll probably try another one later when I get one but I think it Is strange and I was wondering if there something special with the Google Pixel Bud USB-C.
Thanks,
Axello
The Google USB-C to 3.5mm is special because it has a built in AMP to power headphones connected to it. If an adapter doesn't have a built in AMP then any headphones you connect to the Pixel 4 won't work using that adapter.
This is the reason your USB-C headphones don't work, it's simply because the USB-C port on the pixel 4 doesn't provide enough power to drive your headphones.
axello said:
Thanks 1dopewrx05,
Before my 1st post, I tried a standard headset USB-C (I wrote no adaptor)
By now, I have also tried another headset but with an adaptor.
I'll probably try another one later when I get one but I think it Is strange and I was wondering if there something special with the Google Pixel Bud USB-C.
Thanks,
Axello
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You need an adapter (dongle) that is a digital to analog converter (DAC). Not all brands of dongle's are interchangeable with the Pixel. I purchased a dongle from Google for a Pixel 3, cost about $12.
Good luck
Hi GTOJim,
Thanks for your reply.
That must be it. My previous mobile was the HTC U12+ with USB C headsets and I also had a USB-C adaptor and I guess the HTC one was the wrong technology.
I'll check for another converter then.
Cheers,
Axello
axello said:
Hi GTOJim,
Thanks for your reply.
That must be it. My previous mobile was the HTC U12+ with USB C headsets and I also had a USB-C adaptor and I guess the HTC one was the wrong technology.
I'll check for another converter then.
Cheers,
Axello
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If I remember correctly HTC's wiring in their USB-C port is a bit different for their earbuds. A year ago I had USB-C earbuds from HTC and they didn't work on 2 of my phones(Samsung and possibly Pixel?).
Thanks Charkatak!
The HTC USB-C is probably not to be re-used then.
However, my converter 3.5mm to USB-C should have worked but I guess the DAC requirement wasn't there.
I'll just get another one
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I drive a prius with an AUX adapter (accepts a minjack) does anyone know of a cable that is a mini USB to mini jack?
Thanks!
you need a male USB to female 3.5mm adapter. Often, they come as male USB to both female 3.5mm and female USB. Many, many sites have them. Search for "USB audio splitter" or somthing like that.
Once you have one of those, you need a standard male 3.5mm to male 3.5mm headphone cable.
I have never seen a male USB to male 3.5mm cable.
Also, indicating which country you are in when asking where to buy something often helps, this is an international forum
Be aware that not all mini USB accessories work with the Kaiser. Some have the connector pins on the top, some on the bottom. You think that would be universal (thats what the "U" in USB stand for, you know!), but its not. And if you buy an accesory w. the wrong pin layout, it won't work.
I have read this is the case with some headsets, so the adapters may be the same case. Try to buy one that specifically says that it works with the Kaiser (or at least other HTC phones).
evilc said:
you need a male USB to female 3.5mm adapter. Often, they come as male USB to both female 3.5mm and female USB. Many, many sites have them. Search for "USB audio splitter" or somthing like that.
Once you have one of those, you need a standard male 3.5mm to male 3.5mm headphone cable.
I have never seen a male USB to male 3.5mm cable.
Also, indicating which country you are in when asking where to buy something often helps, this is an international forum
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Sorry...I'm in the US.
Hey Griffin911, from one Prius driver to another.
Try http://www.seidioonline.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=776
Then you will just need a male to male 3.5 mm adapter which you should be able to find at any Radio Shack. I am using this Seidio adapter with a set of Shure earbuds with my Kaiser and it works fine.
I haven't tried it on the Pruis's aux port yet, I travel through the week and haven't had as much time to play with it as I'd like. I'll do it when I get home Friday and post to this thread to let you know how it works.
I have paired the phone with the car via Bluetooth and transferred contacts fine (although transferring contacts is one at a time) and calls work fine as well.
I tried the Seidio adapter with the M to M 3.5 mm to the Aux jack on the Prius and it worked fine. I also ran the Odyssey nav software while playing MP3's through TCPMP and that worked fine. Only problem was the volume on the nav software was too loud when TCPMP was at the right volume, the volume controls don't work independently.
Didn't especially care for the Odyssey software (running the 14 day trial right now) the one route I mapped gave me a really weird route. I'll try the rest of the weekend and see how it works, but it's also not extremely intuituve from what I've seen so far.
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Be aware that not all mini USB accessories work with the Kaiser. Some have the connector pins on the top, some on the bottom. You think that would be universal (thats what the "U" in USB stand for, you know!), but its not. And if you buy an accesory w. the wrong pin layout, it won't work.
I have read this is the case with some headsets, so the adapters may be the same case. Try to buy one that specifically says that it works with the Kaiser (or at least other HTC phones).
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It's not universal because ExtUSB is a proprietary extension to the USB standard.
Anything involving analog audio is NOT covered by the USB standard.
I recently picked up a set of earbuds and a 3.5mm adapter for my Tilt and have not been able to get the sound to play through the headphones... Is this a radio version issue? I'm a bit new to all this. I flashed my phone to the most recent ROM from HTC, installed the keyboard fix and that's about it. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
JM
try flashing another radio...this is usually the culprit with no sounds...
I had this problem. When I plugged in the headphones, sound still came out of the phone speaker. It turned out one of the pins in the usb port was bent. If you get sound from the speaker with them plugged in, that could be your problem.
from my understandings...
There are 2 types of mini usb 3.5 mm headphone jacks. one that pulls form the top row on the mini usb port and one that pulls from the bottom row on the mini usb port. One works with the tilt, the other will not. More than likely you got the one that will not work with the tilt.
dtmcnamara said:
from my understandings...
There are 2 types of mini usb 3.5 mm headphone jacks. one that pulls form the top row on the mini usb port and one that pulls from the bottom row on the mini usb port. One works with the tilt, the other will not. More than likely you got the one that will not work with the tilt.
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The sound comes through the external speaker just fine, I also tried ALL the radios and nothing helped. There are no bent contacts so I guess it is probably that I got the adapter that will not work with the tilt. Does anyone know of a specific manufacturer that makes one that does work with the tilt? I picked this one up off ebay for about .50 cents, no idea who makes it.
I had one adapter with gold plated on the 3.5mm headphone side, the connection to USB was bad. I had to hold it down for it to work properly. I have since bought another one (with L shape USB connector), it works perfectly. Either you need to juggle it to see if it's a connector issue or you simply got the wrong type of adapter.
What kind of adapter is it?
I bought a "OEM" adapter from a website selling Tilt accessories, and it works fine. However, when I picked up a Motorola headphone kit with a USB adapter, it did not work, and the sound would only come out of the speaker.
The Moto compatible adapters do not work. HTC specific adapters are fine. They are also available in 2.5mm if you want to use a cell headset with it instead of bluetooth.
The Kaiser requires an 11 pin usb adapter......I believe the Razr uses a 7 pin? if im correct. That is why you dont have sound....
A cheaper way, ie: FREE! is to make one yourself out of the cheap pair that came with the kaiser!
see this: http://www.tracyandmatt.co.uk/blogs/index.php/2006/08/18/orange_spv_m3100_headphone_adapter_hack
its for the TyTN 1, but it still works for the Kaiser, its also very fun and great to show off to people
I use a mini-USB adaptor (3.5 mm) from Boxwave and it works great with my Shure SE 110 earphones! The adaptor was around $12.00.
Internal Microphone
When I plug my heaphones in, it seems that the internal microphone (on the phone) is disabled.
Is it possible to hear the sound through the headphones and talk through the phone?
I hate having to unplug the headphones every time someone calls me.
Does Mi A1 supports Type-C audio output? Just bought a converter Type-C to 3.5mm and it doesn't work. But according to this one his earphone does work. Any idea? Or anyone tried with Type-C converter or other Type-C earphones?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxfAig8e2f4
I recently researched Type-C audio adapters as a possible way to get rid of the hissing sound. I read a lot of product reviews and it seems that most of the adapters do not work properly on android phones.
This is understandable because right now there is not enough demand (Android phones without headphone jacks are just coming out, and mostly they bring adapters out of the box).
My conclusion is that you have to wait at least another 3 months for good & proven adapters to come out. I assume there is quite some demand from Mi A1 users becasue of the hissing issue, so there will likely be good adapters for our phone in the future.
I strongly assume that Type-C audio output is supported because the Mi A1 is running stock android, which should have native supports given that phones without headphone jacks are becoming mainstream. But I am just guessing.
I found this under developer options. You can disable audio output via USB - which indicates that it is enabled by default (i.e. Type-C audio should be supported by the OS). No guarantees though.
Mi A1 does support audio output from type C port and I've been listening to music with my zorloo Z:ero headphones from day one using Meenova USB type C adapter.
Don't remember which adapter I got as Meenova were kind and sent me usb type C adapter back in 2016 to test my headphones on my LG G5. By the way Z:ero headphones have micro usb type plug so not sure if it changes anything. And they said that Not all micro-usb to usb-c adapter works, it has to be built for usb2.0 host operation.
Edit: not sure where half of my post gone but try and search for 3.5 mm to type C adapter that works with other type C phones and hopefully it should work with A1
gie62001 said:
Mi A1 does support audio output from type C port and I've been listening to music with my zorloo Z:ero headphones from day one using Meenova USB type C adapter.
Don't remember which adapter I got as Meenova were kind and sent me usb type C adapter back in 2016 to test my headphones on my LG G5. By the way Z:ero headphones have micro usb type plug so not sure if it changes anything. And they said that Not all micro-usb to usb-c adapter works, it has to be built for usb2.0 host operation.
Edit: not sure where half of my post gone but try and search for 3.5 mm to type C adapter that works with other type C phones and hopefully it should work with A1
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Do you experience any of the hissing issue while listening over usb c?
i tested it with chord mojo device and it worked, but then, chord mojo standalone costs twice as much as the phone lol
invertedchicken said:
Do you experience any of the hissing issue while listening over usb c?
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Nope never experienced any hissing. Neither on Nougat nor on Oreo. It might be because the headphones are quite of good quality or the way sound is routed via USB type C port. Or maybe I'm just deaf and can't hear any hissing noise. Or maybe I'm just lucky and my unit doesn't have such problem. I've tried other headphones with 3.5 mm jack and don't really notice much/any hissing too.
It has a 3.5 mm port then why do you want c type
pradeepd142 said:
It has a 3.5 mm port then why do you want c type
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Theres a hissing sound due to amplifier connected to 3.5 mm jack. That's why.
And if there's option to use type-c earphones why wouldn't you. It's a NEW thing so some users want to try it.
alkesh95 said:
Theres a hissing sound due to amplifier connected to 3.5 mm jack. That's why.
And if there's option to use type-c earphones why wouldn't you. It's a NEW thing so some users want to try it.
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I don't have any hissing sound..iam still on nougat n i use celebrat c3 headphones
I bought this one few days ago and it totally doesn't work, oh and the vid I posted, his type C headphone doesnt work right?
Or probably the converter broke? I don't have other USB-C phone beside me unfortunately.
Got hissing on Sony Mh1c, Kz Zst, Rock Zircon and my Sony MDR 1A.
It's even Oreo.
Xiaomi has Type C earphones, anybody tried them?
Kde- said:
I don't have any hissing sound..iam still on nougat n i use celebrat c3 headphones
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Neither do I.
But a lot of users are reporting it. It's a known issue. My statement was based on those users.
salfai said:
Got hissing on Sony Mh1c, Kz Zst, Rock Zircon and my Sony MDR 1A.
It's even Oreo.
Xiaomi has Type C earphones, anybody tried them?
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I got rid of the hissing sound by using an impedance adapter. I bought the Ifi Ear Buddy. It’s a little expensive unfortunately but it works.
If you rely on system equalizer, bass boost etc be careful, it won't work for USB audio.
I found something
But how can I upload ss there
However, in the developer options, We can select USB configuration.
One of them is audio source. What is this?
Mi ANC Type-C work with media but no calls
I'm using Mi ANC Type-C with Mi A1. The media playback works just fine, quality is good.
Calling is a problem. It was fine before it reset but now the phone freezes if I call with those Type-C headsets plugged in.
soralz said:
I bought this one few days ago and it totally doesn't work, oh and the vid I posted, his type C headphone doesnt work right?
Or probably the converter broke? I don't have other USB-C phone beside me unfortunately.
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Did you manage to get the Xiaomi adapter working with the Mi A1? I have the same one here and it doesn't seem to work out of the box at all.
On my Mi A1 the type c from huawey P20 works great
So yeah the jack is gone. Do we have any solution in the form of an adaptor perhaps, to enable us to charge the phone and listen to music? I know we have Bluetooth earphones but just looking for a solution to charge and listen at the same time?
marvi0 said:
So yeah the jack is gone. Do we have any solution in the form of an adaptor perhaps, to enable us to charge the phone and listen to music? I know we have Bluetooth earphones but just looking for a solution to charge and listen at the same time?
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There are adapters on the market with a USB-C for the phone on one end and multiple connectors on the other end, but the Samsung Members app has a warning against using them. You can wirelessly charge the phone while using USB-c connected earbuds (just make sure your cable includes a DAC)... Or do it the other way around, use Bluetooth earbuds while charging the phone with a cable... Samsung does have an adapter dongle which has USB-C on one end for the phone and several other connectors on the other end such as ethernet, USB-C and traditional USB but even that doesn't have a 3.5 millimeter stereo jack... you could plug a USB-C to 3.5 mm stereo adapter into that other adapter but I'm not sure if that would work and in that case you don't even have the USB type-c for supplying power to the phone anymore... It's bazarre!
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Thanks am more interested in the said adapters and am hoping others who have used any particular one can share with me.
marvi0 said:
Thanks am more interested in the said adapters and am hoping others who have used any particular one can share with me.
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At one more thing... Some of the adapters even though they appear to work may feed power into the headphones erroneously. Also the power they feed to the phone through the adapter may be much less so it won't show up as high speed charging. I tried several and none of them would send anywhere near the same voltage from the dongle plugged into the wall - to the phone - so I ended up returning them and didn't buy any more after I saw the warning from Samsung. There are in line voltage meters for measuring this and they are pretty cheap but they also malfunction are break pretty easily. I tried a couple different versions of those and ended up returning them too!
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https://www.amazon.com/Linklike-Headphones-Adapter-Charging-Compatible/dp/B07M7CTDL2
This one works perfectly for me. Has an inbuilt realtek DAC. Works fine for me.
davidsamuelib said:
https://www.amazon.com/Linklike-Headphones-Adapter-Charging-Compatible/dp/B07M7CTDL2
This one works perfectly for me. Has an inbuilt realtek DAC. Works fine for me.
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Oh thanks does this one fast charge as well?
Could also wirelessly charge
davidsamuelib said:
https://www.amazon.com/Linklike-Headphones-Adapter-Charging-Compatible/dp/B07M7CTDL2
This one works perfectly for me. Has an inbuilt realtek DAC. Works fine for me.
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Bummer it's the US amazon. Anyone bought similar a amazon UK?
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Could also wirelessly charge
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Thanks but I need a more portable option hence the search for an adapter.
Tried this one from e bay (192954915657) a message comes up saying USB device not compatible. Its USBc plus 3.5mm.
I've been using the Airsfish adapter - https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07LFBCVTY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
TristianX said:
I've been using the Airsfish adapter - https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07LFBCVTY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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I need to try that to see if my old Square dongle works with it. Either that or find a Square dongle with USB-C on the end.
Hey just acquired an essential phone but it didn't come with the audio jack anyone know an alert antivenin that works I tried two active adapters from eBay but they both don't work.. Any suggestions TIA
Check this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/es...ial-ph-1-list-compatible-usb-c-t3726018/page8
There are quite a few suggestions there for adapters that are confirmed working with PH-1.
It has to be an adapter with a built in DAC. (the more expensive kind)
there are other phones that basically use just a converter cable and output analog audio through the USB C port, since those are just changing USB C to a headphone jack they are pretty common and cheap.
The essential phone outputs digitally to a USB digital audio converter chipset built into the converter rather than just straight analog audio.
So just make sure the adaptor you are looking at says it has a built in DAC and it should work.
sometimes they dont list it though so if you are going for a cheap one then you may have to rely on someone in the reviews having an essential phone.
most razer phone and google pixel adaptors work but I'd still verify they have a DAC, sometimes amazon listings will just list a whole slew of compatible phones.