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Headphones and Mic

Hello everyone.
I have a great pair of wired headphones that I love to use for watching movies and listening to mp3's... noise canceling, enhanced bass, extended range, the works... =)
The only problem though is that when I get an incoming call on gsm, there is no way to listen to the call from the headphones and still use the built-in mic of the universal. I'm forced to unplug the headphones and just use the jasjar's built-in speakers like a regular phone. This is especially horrible on the bus, train, etc.
Funny thing is if I use skype on the jasjar, I can hear out of my great headphones and still talk through the built-in mic... i recorded a few voice notes using the built-in mic while having the headphones plugged in the universal...
clearly, from this... the function is available?
but how do I do this using the gsm phone?
I suppose you may want os details and such... I'm using the newest official i-mate jasjar rom
Thanks in advance!

Exec Microphone problem
I agree because when i plug my cassette adaptor into my phone in the middle of a call the other person can hear me for the first 1 or 2 seconds and then nothing. This sounds software related. Shame to have to add more hardware to the situation.

abreactor said:
I agree because when i plug my cassette adaptor into my phone in the middle of a call the other person can hear me for the first 1 or 2 seconds and then nothing. This sounds software related. Shame to have to add more hardware to the situation.
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having same problem here. I think it will be fixed by January 1st, 2007 in the new OS. Stay tuned. I have two OS versions of WM. I will try it on both and let you know. Well I hardly use GSM.... actually I only use skype on GPRS. Its much cheaper. Incoming and Outgoing calls plan from Skype is really cheap ^^.

Headset

HI there,
Has anyone modded their headset to fit decent headphones??? IF not can anyone recommend a good sounding bluetooth headset or an adapter so you can plug your own headphones in yet retain mic functionality.
Ade

I'm getting a set of Jabra BT8010's.

Got the jabra bt8010, and is excellent with our device. The caller ID is a god send, works a treat. However the named contact are limited to only 30 names. Performance using A2DP is very good. Range and performance and reliability are excellent compared to previously tested devices. I got mine from Amazon for around £66 delivered.

faisal.husain said:
Got the jabra bt8010, and is excellent with our device. The caller ID is a god send, works a treat. However the named contact are limited to only 30 names. Performance using A2DP is very good. Range and performance and reliability are excellent compared to previously tested devices. I got mine from Amazon for around £66 delivered.
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Have you tried JetWare FreeHand Ext? Did it work?

we all know the Advantage doesnt have the vibrating function..how can you replace it when your phone is on silent? what are th eothe roptions? Is this Jabra BT a good enough temporary option?
thanks.

cornelius said:
Have you tried JetWare FreeHand Ext? Did it work?
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i am using it now, and it works

Wow great... all contact name sent to BT8010... beautiful...

wu5262 said:
i am using it now, and it works
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I am gona download now, does it work really well? also if you dont have a contact, does it display the number?

D_G said:
we all know the Advantage doesnt have the vibrating function..how can you replace it when your phone is on silent? what are th eothe roptions? Is this Jabra BT a good enough temporary option?
thanks.
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Yes, I use it more as a permanent solution.

faisal.husain said:
I am gona download now, does it work really well? also if you dont have a contact, does it display the number?
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yes it works well on mine. but when there is call which isn't in my contact, it doesn't display the number, it just display UNKNOWN.

WHats the sound quality like on the jabra, im used to sennheisers but woul.d prefer to loose the cable.

ade0282 said:
WHats the sound quality like on the jabra, im used to sennheisers but woul.d prefer to loose the cable.
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Very Good! I dont think you will be disapointed

ade0282 said:
WHats the sound quality like on the jabra, im used to sennheisers but woul.d prefer to loose the cable.
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If you are looking for ultimate sound like me, then you should always use a wire headset

I have wired Sennheisers as they are fantastic quality, but I also bought the Jabra 8010 for it's caller ID, vibrate function and phonebook. The quality of the sound in stereo headset mode is not fantastic, but easily as good as the usual wired solutions you get with HTC phones. It's just if you're used to Sennheisers, you're a bit spoilt and nothing else seems as good. I am still waiting for a stereo BT headset with phone functionality but bass-enhancing Sennheiser style earpieces, though.
Cheers
Ant

Anton.Valleyman said:
I have wired Sennheisers as they are fantastic quality, but I also bought the Jabra 8010 for it's caller ID, vibrate function and phonebook. The quality of the sound in stereo headset mode is not fantastic, but easily as good as the usual wired solutions you get with HTC phones. It's just if you're used to Sennheisers, you're a bit spoilt and nothing else seems as good. I am still waiting for a stereo BT headset with phone functionality but bass-enhancing Sennheiser style earpieces, though.
Cheers
Ant
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I am using ACS T2i for my music headset (you might not know this). And for answering the call, i have iTech Clip D which has caller ID. They work together smoothly. If you have the wired headphone plug in, you can still answer the call from your Bluetooth headset.

I notice that itech do one call the s38, its the same as the clip d but has a 3.5mm jack so you can use your own headphones. THs that this might bethe way forward. Definately worth investigating

ade0282 said:
I notice that itech do one call the s38, its the same as the clip d but has a 3.5mm jack so you can use your own headphones. THs that this might bethe way forward. Definately worth investigating
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it's not the same, there are lots of iTech headphone and they all look the same, the clip D has an external LCD so you can display caller ID. s38 don't have external LCD, but it has media control

wu5262 said:
I am using ACS T2i for my music headset (you might not know this). And for answering the call, i have iTech Clip D which has caller ID. They work together smoothly. If you have the wired headphone plug in, you can still answer the call from your Bluetooth headset.
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ACS T2i? Hey Wu, are you active in Headfi? ACS T2i is definitely an exceptional headset

jlingo said:
ACS T2i? Hey Wu, are you active in Headfi? ACS T2i is definitely an exceptional headset
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hehe, yes i used to be active in Headfi, but not recently. didn't expect people here to know ACS T2i, so very well done of you

ade0282 said:
WHats the sound quality like on the jabra, im used to sennheisers but woul.d prefer to loose the cable.
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I am looking at the Jabra BT325s, that should allow me to plug any phone I like into the BT receiver. Any experience?
http://www.jabra.com/JabraCMS/EM/EN/MainMenu/Products/MobileMusic/JabraBT325s/JabraBT325s.htm

[Q] Can't take a call with headphones through 3.5 mm stereo jack

Anybody verify that when headphones are plugged in to the 3.5mm stereo jack and a call is either placed or picked up that you can hear the person on the other end through the headphones but the person on the other end cannot hear you?
The mic is essentially disabled when the headphones are connected.

I have confirmed with Blackberry, HTC HD2, & Mytouch Headphones that you can indeed talk to the person. I did have a problem with pushing in the headphones in all the way, & when they weren't in all the way they couldn't hear me so make sure it is fully contacted with the jack.

Well it definitely looks like this is a proprietary issue. I took my phone back to verizon to check whether or not the phone was defective. Brought my handsfree (both Ifrogz and V-moda) to test on in-store fascinate. Made a phone call and the sales guy couldn't hear me. Put it in his storm2 and it worked just fine.
Went back and used a co-workers samsung's handsfree, and it worked perfectly. I wish they would've included the handsfree in verizon package. Unless somebody has tested out another handsfree brand to let us know, I'm thinking the 3.5mm jack is customized to samsung accessories only.

Interesting find!
Keep in mind I'm not trying to use a handsfree headset - I'm attempting to use my Bose In-Ear headphones.
I used to be able to take calls on my Incredible (and other phones) with them if I was out trail running, walking, just listening to music, etc.
You have an excellent good point with regards to a proprietary 3.5 mm port due to the fact that it also supports video out.

get a cheap nokia headset controller ad-54 on ebay.. the changes the wiring so calls can work through headphones.. ie one of these
http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-54-HS-45-Han...464602?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2a0a6bd19a

I also can confirm that this doesn't work with the Fascinate. On numerous occasions, I have been walking to class on campus while listening to music. I assumed I could just answer the call and speak, because I could do that on my Droid X, but the caller wasn't able to hear me.

I'm assuming Bose headphones do not have a microphone, so how do you plan on using those for calls?
You need to use headphones with a 4 prong jack, which has a mic, such as the OEM ones

dmasjz45 said:
I'm assuming Bose headphones do not have a microphone, so how do you plan on using those for calls?
You need to use headphones with a 4 prong jack, which has a mic, such as the OEM ones
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Plugging in the headphones disables the main microphone on the phone though, even if there is not a mic on the headset. Normally on other phones I've had, I could answer while on the headphones and just speak into the phone's mic, but that us not possible with this phone. I don't know if there is a remedy for this that doesn't involve using a special set of headphones...

rlacsamana1989 said:
I have confirmed with Blackberry, HTC HD2, & Mytouch Headphones that you can indeed talk to the person. I did have a problem with pushing in the headphones in all the way, & when they weren't in all the way they couldn't hear me so make sure it is fully contacted with the jack.
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I used my old blackberry headphones from my Storm and doesn't work but I noticed my friend had a spare headphones for his HD2. I should asks him for them.i doubt he needs a spare since he rarely uses a headphone.
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So I figyred how to use my blackberry headset on my Fascinate. I had to unplug after making a call and then plug it back in.
Why does every cell phone with top notch hardware specs get released with all these tiny little software glitches.
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I'm not sure if it was just me but I also had something odd happen. I used to use my iPhone for navigation and music in my car so, naturally, I use my new Fascinate the same way. I received a call while using my bluetooth headset and the phone routed audio to the car stereo instead of the bluetooth headset. I could hear the caller but they (obviously) couldn't hear me. The audio source on the screen was set to bluetooth too. Fairly annoying.

Anyone able to solve this?

Are you on a stock rom or a custom one? I believe this has been fixed with the Super Clean rom.
Sent from XDA Premium on my Super Clean Fascinate

ivorycruncher said:
Are you on a stock rom or a custom one? I believe this has been fixed with the Super Clean rom.
Sent from XDA Premium on my Super Clean Fascinate
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I'm using SC 2.9.2 and the receiving end couldn't hear anything.

I've run into this same issue. My wife's car has a bluetooth phone connection, so when in her car, I have my phone plugged into her stereo for music. When a phone call comes through, the call is picked up through the bluetooth, but the other end can't hear me unless I unplug the cable from the headphone jack.
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Musicmaster said:
Anyone able to solve this?
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Samsung fixed it last fall (DJ05 and everything after). This thread necro is waaaaay misleading.

s44 said:
Samsung fixed it last fall (DJ05 and everything after). This thread necro is waaaaay misleading.
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Well it wasn't working on the updates stock 2.1 nor SC 2.9.2 still.

solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23533875#post23533875
i fixed no problem at all

Is there a Mic on Nook Color ?

Didn't see this in the spec but wanted to ask because people here claiming that Google voice is working which I am assuming required a mic to talk ?
F8

No.
10 char

You don't use the Google Voice app for talking so that wouldn't be the reason it doesn't work.

if there's no microphone built in, is there still audio capability? I ask because I came across this:
http://www.oriongadgets.com/Barnes-...Audio-Converter-with-microphone-pid-9081.html
I note that the device photo shows a stereo plug (2 rings + tip) and not 3 rings + tip. Some old timers who encountered the Sharp Zaurus may have known that it had stereo audio out, but one channel turned into a microphone when the audio input was active. I wonder if the nook is similar?

speculatrix said:
if there's no microphone built in, is there still audio capability? I ask because I came across this:
http://www.oriongadgets.com/Barnes-...Audio-Converter-with-microphone-pid-9081.html
I note that the device photo shows a stereo plug (2 rings + tip) and not 3 rings + tip. Some old timers who encountered the Sharp Zaurus may have known that it had stereo audio out, but one channel turned into a microphone when the audio input was active. I wonder if the nook is similar?
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Looks like a Crapgadget that's just been copied-and-renamed from similiar devices.
However that does not exclude the fact that it's POSSIBLE there's a microphone in the headset jack. The salting guys would know.

That would be great but I doubt it

I believe it was discovered that there is no audio in on the headphone jack so that is out.
Bluetooth is not functional yet so thats out.
Usb is out because it does not recognize external devices.
My hope is that a mic can be soldered in somewhere, but thats up to the salting team.
I use Google Voice for texting...

Doesn't mean that we won't be able to connect a Bluetooth microphone (after the BT hacking dust settles)

spikey911;10657924 My hope is that a mic can be soldered in somewhere[/QUOTE said:
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sorry, I'm a noob, who are the salting team? I googled but my google-fu failed.
thanks everyone for your time
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speculatrix said:
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sorry, I'm a noob, who are the salting team? I googled but my google-fu failed.
thanks everyone for your time
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More info can be found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892615

spikey911 said:
I believe it was discovered that there is no audio in on the headphone jack so that is out.
Bluetooth is not functional yet so thats out.
Usb is out because it does not recognize external devices.
My hope is that a mic can be soldered in somewhere, but thats up to the salting team.
I use Google Voice for texting...
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Just a follow-up -- Bluetooth *is* working now, and even USB device has an alpha-beta release - some stuff is working there, too.

Wifflepig said:
Just a follow-up -- Bluetooth *is* working now, and even USB device has an alpha-beta release - some stuff is working there, too.
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Ooooh Fun stuff! Now to get a BT headset that will work :-D!

The only problem is the software switching for BT. The headsets tend to have serious range issues, look in the BT device thread.

Is there a microphone in the nook color or not?
I have stylus for my nook color that can be pluged in to the audio port. The plastic peace that plugs into the audio looks like it has the 3 rings 2 for audio and the other for the mic. Retailers are selling audio and mic for the nook color, the one I'm looking at is about $9.00 so I'm going to give it try! I will let you know what happens.

[Q] Call without his phone

Hello,
In my Android watch (LG) there is a microphone and a speaker...
Is it possible to receive a call directly with my watch without touching my phone?
I want to answer and speak to my watch directly
(Like bluetooth handset fonctionnality.)

ZeroKcm said:
Hello,
In my Android watch (LG) there is a microphone and a speaker...
Is it possible to receive a call directly with my watch without touching my phone?
I want to answer and speak to my watch directly
(Like bluetooth handset fonctionnality.)
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The LG G Watch has a speaker? Thats news.

ZeroKcm said:
Hello,
In my Android watch (LG) there is a microphone and a speaker...
Is it possible to receive a call directly with my watch without touching my phone?
I want to answer and speak to my watch directly
(Like bluetooth handset fonctionnality.)
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Call yourself from another phone and try it. We all want to know if it really has a speaker.
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JimSmith94 said:
Call yourself from another phone and try it. We all want to know if it really has a speaker.
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It has a speaker: when ask to Google now "what is the Eiffel tower size?" the watch answer me.
But if i receive a call i can accept or refuse it but need my phone to speak or listen.

ZeroKcm said:
It has a speaker: when ask to Google now "what is the Eiffel tower size?" the watch answer me.
But if i receive a call i can accept or refuse it but need my phone to speak or listen.
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Interesting, thanks! I wonder why they didn't show that at Google I/O?
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ZeroKcm said:
It has a speaker: when ask to Google now "what is the Eiffel tower size?" the watch answer me.
But if i receive a call i can accept or refuse it but need my phone to speak or listen.
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You are literally the ONLY person who has said that about the watch...is there some way you could post a video or something? Not saying I don't believe you. not trying to be mean either....just that its rather odd everyone missed this.
If it does indeed have a speaker, I'm sure SOMETHING can be hacked to allow calling from the watch, might take a while, might even have to be a hack on the PHONE rather than the watch, no idea...

TjPhysicist said:
You are literally the ONLY person who has said that about the watch...is there some way you could post a video or something? Not saying I don't believe you. not trying to be mean either....just that its rather odd everyone missed this.
If it does indeed have a speaker, I'm sure SOMETHING can be hacked to allow calling from the watch, might take a while, might even have to be a hack on the PHONE rather than the watch, no idea...
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I have this watch now and I cannot use the speaker anymore... Sorry but it's seems that I made a mistake.
I had my phone near the watch when I try maybe it was my phone who react to my "OK Google" question.
I'll do more tests

ZeroKcm said:
I have this watch now and I cannot use the speaker anymore... Sorry but it's seems that I made a mistake.
I had my phone near the watch when I try maybe it was my phone who react to my "OK Google" question.
I'll do more tests
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The watch does not have a speaker in it, it only has a mic so i am assuming it was your phone talking back to you.

shotgunfool said:
The watch does not have a speaker in it, it only has a mic so i am assuming it was your phone talking back to you.
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I got a nice idea btw...
Voice in->Watch microphone
Phone->Voice Out->Headphones connected to phone.
Anyone? Would this work right away? right now if you connect headphones to phone you can hear call audio through headphones but saying anything doesn't work at all, cuz headphones don't have mics.

TjPhysicist said:
I got a nice idea btw...
Voice in->Watch microphone
Phone->Voice Out->Headphones connected to phone.
Anyone? Would this work right away? right now if you connect headphones to phone you can hear call audio through headphones but saying anything doesn't work at all, cuz headphones don't have mics.
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That's nothing new. And yes it will work straight away, just connect both bluetooth devices and set to use the watch as mic and headphones as speaker.

The watch does not show up as a mic in Android BT settings. And I don't know of any BT profile that have audio in without having audio out too.

brotbuexe said:
The watch does not show up as a mic in Android BT settings. And I don't know of any BT profile that have audio in without having audio out too.
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Also headphones is not bluetooth.

TjPhysicist said:
Also headphones is not bluetooth.
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Hm ok, I only tried it with bluetooth headphones and the watch. That did work, with normal headphones I don't know, sorry.

TjPhysicist said:
right now if you connect headphones to phone you can hear call audio through headphones but saying anything doesn't work at all, cuz headphones don't have mics.
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Or you know, you could get headphones/earphones with a mic...Most phones tend to include a cheap set.

johnus said:
Or you know, you could get headphones/earphones with a mic...Most phones tend to include a cheap set.
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A cheap set, key word here being "cheap", good headphones do not include mics.

TjPhysicist said:
A cheap set, key word here being "cheap", good headphones do not include mics.
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Sure they can. They also make adapters so you can use a microphone with any set of headphones.

johnus said:
Sure they can. They also make adapters so you can use a microphone with any set of headphones.
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I'm very iffy about these kinds of things. I usually use a DAC which is connected to my headphones. Again, the point is not that there are alternates but that this is an option I would like to have, I use very expensive audio gear, I'd hate to ruin that experience with an inline mic-adapter thing (or buy one with good wiring, which would cost reasonable amount of money...etc).

TjPhysicist said:
I'm very iffy about these kinds of things. I usually use a DAC which is connected to my headphones. Again, the point is not that there are alternates but that this is an option I would like to have, I use very expensive audio gear, I'd hate to ruin that experience with an inline mic-adapter thing (or buy one with good wiring, which would cost reasonable amount of money...etc).
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Well aren't you hard to please. With high end audio hardware as you say, I really doubt an adapter or inline microphone is going to be the quality 'bottleneck' (for lack of a better term) when we're talking about a watch or phone...
This is all possible, but I mean...look at the level of development this will take. You'll be changing the fundamental way the watch is meant to function...all so you can use it in a way where there's already existing alternatives (e.g. the tizen galaxy gears). I don't really see anyone tackling this. Voice messaging, sure...but not live access to the mic for two-way communication.

Is "to look /feel cool" a valid reason then?

TjPhysicist said:
Is "to look /feel cool" a valid reason then?
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Sounds like a good enough reason to try it yourself