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Hi,
I'm thinking about buying JAYS a-JAYS Four headphones for use with my Galaxy S II. I'm quite sure they will work as far as sound is concerned, but what about on-cable controls?
Anybody tried these with our favourite phone yet? Alternatively, do programs like Headset button control or Headphone droid recognize all of the buttons to enable full use of this headset?
Thanks for answering
I've tried these earphones so far:
Shure SE215 (with the cable with buttons)
Beats Tour with ControlTalk
Klipsch image S4i
Play/Pause button works as will the mic if there is one. Volume up and volume down buttons do not work. Double press/triple press to skip/go back one song also works well with PowerAmp. I'm sure there are other music players that work as well.
If those have in-line buttons, I'm positive the play/pause will work.
Thanks for answering.
Did you try any of the aforementioned apps to make all buttons work?
I'd like to have 100% functionality if at all possible...
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You can read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242806
My wishlist is the same as yours, but still no joy. If only my Nokia WH-701
could work..... (only sound comes through, none of the controls work).
As long as Google does not address the issue (it's a native Android problem),
none of the manufacturers can do anything. For example, Klipsch have the S4A
model specifically for Android, but it needs its own app to work, plus it's a one-button
headset (meaning 2-3-4-xxx presses for whatever function). I find that
TOTALLY RIDICULOUS.
That's why my idea is to use these apps to override for example long press volume button on headset to skip tracks, etc.
In fact I did just order Klipsch S4i and I'll try to make it work 100% with some app like I mentioned above.
I'll report the results here
In the end I got Klipsch S4i headphones, so sound is great, but only central button works for Play/Pause and mike works for calls. Volume keys don't work even with extra apps like Headset Droid.
i read before, dont remember exactly what post, that some rom support htc headphone that can skip play pause volume etc
No three button headset support for SGSII
Hi all,
I can confirm I haven't found (yet) the way to get the all three buttons on a-Jays Four headphones on the Samsung Galaxy S2. Btw, the headphones are great and that wide lead is really tangle-free.
Anybody, any leads?
I tried PowerAmp - the center button works fine, you can do multiple actions with it as double click is supported for example.
Headset button controller apps will give you the center button support for any apps, and you can set a variety of things to do with it, for such a small price (2.99GBP), it's a great thing. You can even have something like "Say current time" with quadruple button click! In theory, you can setup 8 functions just with this one center button but beware, making "triple click and hold" is ultra tricky... so let's say, you can easily program 4-6 functions, so, do you really need the extra two buttons...?
Anyways, if anybody knows how to get the other two buttons to work, please tell...
Is it better then to go for a-Jays One + with one button instead for a-Jays Four? I would say no, i am sure somebody will add the support for the other two buttons at one point, seems like hardware-wise the phone should be supporting this (as apparently using same type of plug as iDevices).
i have these earphones and thers no way to use the three buttons. ajay has an android app to configure the headset but you can only use the center button, so you have to do all the tasks with it. But i think its the same with every earphone cuase almost 99% are made for iphone. Actually i nver so one say its made for android
Just checked with my a-jays four - "Jays headset control" app works like a charm. Need to get use to it ( volume up / down controls ) but - totally worth it
From my experience:
Headphones with mic, only the answer button will work.
For a louder sound it´s necessary at least 32 ohms headphones.
Remote
Any earphones with an in-line remote can be used to skip tracks and +/- the volume with this----> https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.co.chobirich.tools.mediabutton&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImpwLmNvLmNob2JpcmljaC50b29scy5tZWRpYWJ1dHRvbiJd app from the market
runlsd said:
I've tried these earphones so far:
Shure SE215 (with the cable with buttons)
Beats Tour with ControlTalk
Klipsch image S4i
Play/Pause button works as will the mic if there is one. Volume up and volume down buttons do not work. Double press/triple press to skip/go back one song also works well with PowerAmp. I'm sure there are other music players that work as well.
If those have in-line buttons, I'm positive the play/pause will work.
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thanks for the info man. for now am confused what to choose between sound quality between Beats tour w control talk and klipsch s4i for SGS2. (where infact those two are specifically made for apple ) but at least i know now that it even work for SGS2 (i dont really care if the volume button work as long as the mic is fully functional)
Any advice what to choose or your personal preference? thanks a lot.
regards
Did anyone see the the post on the Jays site about them teaming up with Samsung?
Jays has signed an agreement with Samsung, the world's largest manufacturer of smartphones. The deal sees Jays and Samsung team up for a number of joint promotional activities during February 2012.
The Swedish headphone manufacturer has long had a strong presence in Asia and the new partnership with Samsung will give Jays a further boost. Samsung is the world's largest manufacturer of smartphones by volume, with a 24% market share and 28 million phones sold in Q3 2011 alone. The cooperation will see Jays’ award-winning v-JAYS being marketed together with selected products across Samsung´s 691 stores and with its other retailers in Korea during February.
“The agreement with Samsung is a great boost for our profile in a key target market. It’s also an incredible endorsement of Jays’ unrivalled quality and our continued success. Coming from the world's largest manufacturer of smartphones it’s a great compliment,” comments Rune Torbjörnsen, CEO of Jays AB (publ). “Our Mobile Music concept has proven to be a very popular initiative and the response has been staggering. We’re continuing with our mission to deliver the highest quality and most musical sound to any media player and this collaboration with Samsung takes us even closer to this goal.”
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I'm hoping it means better headphone support in the future!
It would be rather good they do something for existant models too, seeing their teaming up with Samsung. Maybe an insight in some API could do the miracle (although I'm waiting for my a-jays one button model to arrive)?
Would gladly see this possible right of the bat and not a year afterwards...
a_joemar said:
thanks for the info man. for now am confused what to choose between sound quality between Beats tour w control talk and klipsch s4i for SGS2. (where infact those two are specifically made for apple ) but at least i know now that it even work for SGS2 (i dont really care if the volume button work as long as the mic is fully functional)
Any advice what to choose or your personal preference? thanks a lot.
regards
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Get the Klipsch S4A, they are made to be 100% compatible with android phones
http://www.klipsch.com/image-S4A-headphones
imlgl said:
Get the Klipsch S4A, they are made to be 100% compatible with android phones
http://www.klipsch.com/image-S4A-headphones
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I'm thinking of getting the S4As as well, but tbh it doesn't really matter that they're made to be 100% compatible. They only have one button.. so it's the same thing as the other headphones.
toZuo said:
Just checked with my a-jays four - "Jays headset control" app works like a charm. Need to get use to it ( volume up / down controls ) but - totally worth it
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HOW!? Please tell me how!
Does NOT work for me. a-Jays Four with DHD on CM7
Better support in a future? not necessary, no
Hi,
I emailed Jays with this:
"Dear Jays,
I have bought your excellent earphones - a-Jays Four. My question is, as you have now partnered with Samsung, are you going to release an Android application so that I could use all three buttons (not just middle one) with a Samsung Galaxy S2 phone please?
If you would, your sales of the earphones would rocket up as you probably know the SGSII is extremely popular Android phone and there are no earphones with working three buttons on it.
Yours dedicated fan,"
and got this back
"Dear Lukasz,
We have not partnered with Samsung more than that they sell our products in their Samsung stores in South Korea.
The a-JAYS Four iPhone is made for Apple and the volume buttons is hardware controlled to Apples products so they cannot work with other products. But check out our JAYS Headset Control app that gives you volume control and more and for free.
// Regards JAYS"
So no, don't expect three button support anytime soon. I have learned to live with one button and multiclicks and its ok.
Regards,
Mod
Hi,
it looks like somebody has modded iPhone earphones and these work with Android devices, whether the mode would work on the aJays and with Samsung Galaxy S2 nobody knows, if you manage to do it, let me know.
As I can't input any urls (bollocks!), you have to do the google search. Use this "Galaxy-Nexus-and-others-headset-remote-with-medi"
i got a pair of monster ibeats and i was wondering if there was any 3 button headset apps or music apps that can make all 3 buttons work. the center button works but the volume buttons do not. i have already tried jays, headset button controller and headset control and non of them let me use the other buttons. from what i can find out it has something to do with the framework of android. the ibeats are made for an apple based but is there anyway around this???? please any more info would be nice since i just got these headphones and there AWESOME. i dont really need the buttons to work but would be nice since they were pricey...
Sell them and get the klipsch s4a that are made for android just as good if not better sound quality.
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actually, no don't sell them for a klipsch s4a set, because you will run into the same (if not worse) problems. you aren't going to get any better than what you have right now. all idevice headsets function fine as one button headsets. doing my own searching has told me that a special circuit board in the controls is the only way to get any headset working like an idevice set. and even then it would be no guarantee. samsung has their headphone jack wired a little differently so even any headset made for android devices would have trouble here.
it isn't just the klipsch s4a i'm talking about here. it's all the android headsets with all samsungs running android. maybe samsung will release a 3 button headset or someone would produce an adapter that will fix that problem. either way i wouldn't go around selling anything just yet.
jm0nki3 said:
i got a pair of monster ibeats and i was wondering if there was any 3 button headset apps or music apps that can make all 3 buttons work. the center button works but the volume buttons do not. i have already tried jays, headset button controller and headset control and non of them let me use the other buttons. from what i can find out it has something to do with the framework of android. the ibeats are made for an apple based but is there anyway around this???? please any more info would be nice since i just got these headphones and there AWESOME. i dont really need the buttons to work but would be nice since they were pricey...
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Try using the app power amp I dont have a pair of ibeats but they have headset controls in the settings.
Ive tried power amp and other apps and no use for the other two buttons...i guess i gota live with it. The headphones are awesome. Just bugs me i can use all the features...but thanks for the info, i didnt know that samsungs are mad a little different than other android devices.
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I have a pair of Skullcandy Aviators, which other than listening in stereo have no functionality. I am curious about other Skullcandy and other branded headphones. I would appreciate it if anyone would chime in with their own headphone experiences:
SKULLCANDY AVIATORS
Stereo music - yes
Stereo (dual-mono) calls - yes
Mic - no
Track skip - no
Track rewind - no
Volume up - no
Volume down - no
Call pickup - no
Call hangup - no
The Nokia Purity by Monster in ear work for:
Mic: Yes
Vol: Yes
Play/Pause: Yes
Call pickup - Yes
Call hangup - Yes
Master Search: Yes (Hold center button down) Make calls, search, open app, etc..
But sound bad for anything not based centered.
The over the ear Purity HD's sound pretty decent. More natural and not as bass heavy as Beats. They are made to control everything listed above.
I have the bowers and Wilkins p5. The inline buttons didn't work for my dvp and I doubt it will be any different for the lumia 900 since the b&w were geared for iPhones. But I will try and give my feedback here soon. I think the only thing that worked on my dvp and the b&w were Te mute button. I could receive a call but they couldn't hear me.
I have been trying to contact monster so I can ge a replacement inline cable from their HD purity. Cut the inline control off of that and fan my own to work with the b&w
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I have the purity hd on-ear (not the in-ear), and the inline remote only works fully when the phone is unlocked, or on the lockscreen but not asleep. When the phone is asleep the volume will work all the time, the single press pause/play will work about 50% of the time, and the next/previous double/triple press works about 10% of the time. Needless to say, I'm amazingly upset about this. I'm taking them to the AT&T store in the morning to see if it's just my phone or all lumia 900's. Since this problem is amazingly similar to the problem I had with my Focus S, I'm suspicious to say the least.
A guy on wpcentral.com said the in-ears work completely all the time.
B & W C5: No workie
I was seduced by the B&W C5 and they have the iphone only disease.
The sound is just about perfect, which is why is so disappointing.
The worst part is that the connector layout not only prevents the in line mic from working, but the handset mic as well, so it's a 22X killer!
Play controls work
Volume control does NOT work
Mic does NOT work
The headphones I have from my Titan work perfectly. Play, Volume, and Mic all work. Even on the lock screen.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003OE30KQ/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1334213378&sr=8-1 these HTC ones work with all the controls.
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I picked up the over the ears on launch at ATT and returned them the next day. I purchased the in-ears from amazon and LOVE them.
Sound quality is good on both. I just did not like the over the ear feel and the controls did not work very well on them. I thought they were uncomfortable after a few hours of wear and had a terrible whistle from the wind.
The in ears are one of the best pairs of in-ears I have had. I am comparing them to SKull Candy and Ultimate ears.
They also match the phone rather nice and both have a really nice cord that wont tangle.
Also- The headphones that came with my Focus worked 100% with all the controls and dont sound too bad either. The Purity are way better. Worth the $100 price tag and Amazon overnighted them to me for only $3. Free 2 day shipping with prime.
Ditto for the purity in-ears here. They sound pretty good, and the controller works perfectly. I have no idea why the purity on-ears controller is so spotty, but whatever.
My only complaint is that the flat cable makes it difficult to wrap behind/over the ears to eliminate the thump bump, but otherwise I'm liking them alot.
jdigital007 said:
I picked up the over the ears on launch at ATT and returned them the next day... the controls did not work very well on them.
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Would you elaborate on this? If I pay $200 for mediocre sound quality headphones the controls better work.
Filo LU1 Smart Adapter
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/834115-REG/Fiio_LU1_LU1_Smart_Adapter_Cable.html
Has anyone tried this adapter with a Windows Phone?
Best way to describe it is inconsistent. The double tap, next track is the worst. Seems like volume control and phone answer is very consistent. As many others have posted, it may be a known bug when the phone is asleep when people are affected. My Samsung focus headphones worked better than the purity so take it for what its worth. Still very happy with the in -ear. Over the ear not as much but a majority of that is personal preferance. I still thing controls worked better on in ear model though. Only had over hear for one day to compare.
I use my old headset from the Focus, and I too have the issue with the track controls not working when the screen is off. I use the feature a lot when walking to class. I hate having to keep taking my phone in and out of my picket, or pressing the button over and over until it does what it needs to.
Hey guys I just got a set of Nokia bh-111 Bluetooth earphones but unfortunately I'm unable to make or receive calls. Though I can use all audio controls and even do voice to text? If anyone can chime in and help me out it would be appreciated!
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jdigital007 said:
Best way to describe it is inconsistent. The double tap, next track is the worst. Seems like volume control and phone answer is very consistent. As many others have posted, it may be a known bug when the phone is asleep when people are affected. My Samsung focus headphones worked better than the purity so take it for what its worth. Still very happy with the in -ear. Over the ear not as much but a majority of that is personal preferance. I still thing controls worked better on in ear model though. Only had over hear for one day to compare.
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I have this issue. Got a replacement and same issue so I'm thinking its a phone problem
I'm curious if you're trying only with the screen off, or with it on as well.
For me, all of the buttons except for the power button work very inconsistently with the screen off: the volume buttons on the phone, the camera button, and the headset button. They work 100% of the time with the screen on. I think it's just a software bug when the screen is off.
Also, other than the above issue, I believe that any single-button iPhone compatible headset should work. That's been my experience with three different headsets, the Etymotic hf2, the Phonak PFE122, and the Meelec M6P. Three-button iPhone headsets will not work because they do something proprietary.
I currently have a set of Nokia earphones that came with my old Nokia N8 and the controls on the earphones does not work. Even the sound is not full compatible... My other pair of ear phones that came with my Samsung Galaxy Player 5 works perfectly.
I got a pair of Bose MIE2i which are technically designed for iDevices and nothing worked except holding the middle button to invoke speech. But the mic didn't work so even that was useless. Button presses resulted in a weird click in the headphones too.
Exchanged today for the Bose MIE2 designed for 'everything else' and initially it wasn't working and then it was. Like there's a delay before the phone sees and starts working with them.
I may exchange again if the iPhone ones will work the same so I can use it on my iPad with the volume controls.
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Addendum:
After some testing I'm finding that I have plug in and remove the headphones repeatedly until I hear a little click through the headphones. At that point the button on my headphones will control the music and speech recognition correctly.
Also, when the button works, the mic does too.
I'm finding this pattern on both my HD2 and my Lumia 900 so that kinda points at a WP7 issue.
Could a few of you with buttons that don't work try this out and see if it changes for you as well? Annoying but at least it opens an option (with some work).
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Has anyone tried this adapter with a Windows Phone?
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Ordered it. We'll give it a shot and see. I have a pair of Klipsch Image One over the ear that I love. I hope I get mic back with this. Awesome (pipe dream) if volume worked.
I though I'd ask you guys as you'd know best.
I have some excellent sounding Klipsch x10i but the volume buttons don't work on my Samsung Galaxy S III I9300
I was looking at this but it says it will not work with S3/S4
Is there anyway around this?
Thanks
This could be the answer but is there a cheaper option?
cramhead said:
I though I'd ask you guys as you'd know best.
I have some excellent sounding Klipsch x10i but the volume buttons don't work on my Samsung Galaxy S III I9300
I was looking at this but it says it will not work with S3/S4
Is there anyway around this?
Thanks
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I am afraid not
I am looking for something likes this very long but could find a solution.
The thing you found seems great... I hope it works
Samsung has their own propietary headphones that correctly work with your phone. As far as others, you can get a player that supports customizing the buttons on the headphones, like the one i use Player Pro.
Volume - forget about it, its proprietary. In order to make it to work, you need to crack remote open and replace 2 resistors inside. It's very tedious and these in-line remotes are so small, you might break it before taking it apart.
Regarding control and MIC - it absolutely DOES work. Get JAYS free app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.jays.headsetcontrol - and with a single multi-function control button you can play/pause audio and video, pick-up/hang-up calls and use MIC (you don't even need app to use any of these functions for single button and mic use), then also assign double and triple click for playback control to skip Next/Prev tracks and adjust timing between clicks (very important because if timing is too short it will think you did a double click and a single click).
Look into my signature link and over a hundred accessory review I posted on XDA, including headphones with dedicated Apple controls. Everything works great
Btw, how do you like x10i? I have S4A II (supposed to be for android, but they simply removed volume buttons from apple version, leaving a single multi-function control button). My favorite under $100 headphones are UE 600vi with "apple" control, about $59 on amazon. Wireless, I can't get enough of new Plantronics BackBeat Go 2. Also, might get x7i to review, heard some saying it sounds better then x10i? Also, Klipsch released x11i too.
walkman is the best choice:good:
cuongdhytn said:
walkman is the best choice:good:
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Great, another HK spammer who is trying to get to 10 posts with useless short sentence replies just so he/she can start posting links to their product. I'm guessing it's going to be from "onite"? LOL!!!
ControlTalk is owned by Apple
As I said in the title. The ControlTalk protocol seems to belong to Apple. It seems there isn't anyone who has figured out the protocol, or if it needs some kind of logic in the phone to process the commands.
Basically everything I've found involving someones headphone button control app always works for most buttons, but not the volume buttons.
So its either an Apple well kept secret (NDA for vendors like Beats) or some kind of technical limitation which stops it working on non-apple devices.
Even HTC with Beats branding cant support Volume Up and Volume Down on the Apple ControlTalk headphones with Android devices.
Happy to be proven wrong if someone knows more.
D.
Hi,
Has anyone ever used any of the 2 below headphones?
Sony Fashion DJ Headphones for iPod / iPhone / MP3 Devices
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-Fashio...evices/dp/B006HTVC0A/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
Sony DR-ZX302VP Headphones
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-DRZX30...46&sr=1-2&keywords=Sony+DR-ZX302VP+Headphones
Which ones are better or they pretty much the same? I've not had a chance to try any of these ones out...
Thanks
Sean473
To me looks like the same, except for in-line remote. DJ version has a typical apple remote with volume +/- and multi-function button. With android volume +/- will not work, but that single button works perfectly for play/pause, pickup/hangup the call, and you can also configure double/triple click to skip next/prev songs. The other version of these headphones has a weird analog style volume control and I can't see multi-function button. That would be a deal breaker for me. Do you have any local music shops around where you live in UK? If you do, take a trip with your phone to test out different cans. I'm not too familiar with latest Sony headphones, although do use their ancient MDR7506 model for music production since they have just a plain vanilla "boring" frequency response. Also in the past had MDR-V600, and that one didn't impress me with sound quality, was more geared for DJs with too much bass.