I was taking about the mytouch 3g slide and accidentally broke the ribbon connecting the volume buttons to the motherboard. I was wondering if there is any way to replace this? The volume buttons are connected to the same plastic piece that the keyboard was on, but I cannot find either just the volume buttons or the full keyboard replacement anywere... please help!?!?!?!?
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I am on CM11 and I notice that even my cord for my headphones click buttons. Is there a way to fix this?
Hello,
My brother gave me his old BOSE OE2i's and they're nice but the volume up and down buttons do not work because they're originally designed for the iphone and from my understanding apple uses a different pin layout of their 3.5mm connectors. I would love to be able to use the volume up and down buttons, as well as the microphone. The only working button is the middle play/pause/skip button.
FiiO LU2 Cable is the only thing I've found so far but apparently it doesn't make the volume up and down buttons work so that's a pass.... I know you can solder the cable but I don't want to really risk damaging the cable. If anyone knows of any iphone to galaxy s3 headset converters please let me know!
Thanks,
Zealex.
If the headset was originally made for iphone then you can forget it, the volume up/down signal from a certificated/original headset are different as from for example the i9300 original headset. the original headset from the S3 is not even working on a lg smartphone.
and for this no adapters exist
Zealex said:
Hello,
My brother gave me his old BOSE OE2i's and they're nice but the volume up and down buttons do not work because they're originally designed for the iphone and from my understanding apple uses a different pin layout of their 3.5mm connectors. I would love to be able to use the volume up and down buttons, as well as the microphone. The only working button is the middle play/pause/skip button.
FiiO LU2 Cable is the only thing I've found so far but apparently it doesn't make the volume up and down buttons work so that's a pass.... I know you can solder the cable but I don't want to really risk damaging the cable. If anyone knows of any iphone to galaxy s3 headset converters please let me know!
Thanks,
Zealex.
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I am using too a Bose AE2I with my S3. You can work around this issue with a software as Headset Button .
When you push the central button of the Bose 4 times, the sound starts from low level and increase progressively. You select the volume by pushing the button once again.
This is not perfect by its ok for my usage as sometime I also simply use the s3 volume up and down button.
Bummer that such a converter exists, thanks for the replies guys! Blows that there aren't any headphones that can use the volume controls on the s3... :/
Zealex said:
Bummer that such a converter exists, thanks for the replies guys! Blows that there aren't any headphones that can use the volume controls on the s3... :/
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try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.jays.headsetcontrol&hl=en
might not be what you are looking for but it worked for me with the iphone headset. you're limited to one button but it might be better than nothing.
I have bought a pair of marley earphones. When I bought them I knew not all the buttons from the controller would be working. That is because the earphones are made for iOS so it uses CTIA. The Nexus 5 uses OMTP. The earphones have a three button controller, only the volume buttons aren't working (the mic and play/pause work). After some googling I found a lot of different CTIA to OMTP adapters/converters, but none could garanty that it would make the volume buttons work.
Has anybody ever bought such a converter and did it work with your android/Nexus 5? Are you now able to use the volume controls?
Thanks in advance!
Hello all,
I recently replaced the battery on my Xperia ZL as it was showing signs of death . After replacement, the power button no longer functions. I want to note that the power button had previously given me issues as it has become harder to depress it to make it work. There is a good chance the power button was damaged when I replaced the battery.
Before I move forward in trying to repair the power button I am curious if there is a way to repurpose some of the other buttons, mainly the dedicated camera button, to take the power button's place. I tried conducting a search on this forum but did not find anything.
Thank you all for your help!
srawas89 said:
Hello all,
I recently replaced the battery on my Xperia ZL as it was showing signs of death . After replacement, the power button no longer functions. I want to note that the power button had previously given me issues as it has become harder to depress it to make it work. There is a good chance the power button was damaged when I replaced the battery.
Before I move forward in trying to repair the power button I am curious if there is a way to repurpose some of the other buttons, mainly the dedicated camera button, to take the power button's place. I tried conducting a search on this forum but did not find anything.
Thank you all for your help!
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It is possible, but could be tricky... The power button on ZL is part of the flex cable (FPC Side Key, Part #1261-9757), together with the volume buttons and the IR transceiver. The camera button is part of a different flex (FPC Camera key PBA, Part #1265-3974). The good thing is that the buttons are micro-switches soldered to those flex cables, and not integral parts of them. So, rewiring them is relatively easy, but may not be a trivial task if you are not handy with microelectronics. Keep in mind that if you screw up, you may have to replace not one, but two parts (both side key and camera flexes). Give it a try, if you are an adventurous type, and have proper tools, but you may want to consider just replacing the flex. Here is one example where you can find it online. The photo also gives you a good idea of what those buttons actually look like.
Thank you for your reply. You mentioned that the power button and the volume buttons are on the same flex cable, would it be easier to repurpose one of the volume buttons instead? I do not want to reopen my phone again as the phone works fine now barring the power button issue.
srawas89 said:
Thank you for your reply. You mentioned that the power button and the volume buttons are on the same flex cable, would it be easier to repurpose one of the volume buttons instead? I do not want to reopen my phone again as the phone works fine now barring the power button issue.
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Without looking closely at that flex, and understanding how the conductors are routed, it's impossible to tell... If I was doing it, it would make a little difference to me whether it's the same flex or different one, as long as I can solder a thin wire to a switch (button). But honestly, it doesn't seem to be worth the effort, since replacing the flex is not expensive. I know I would be able to do what you are contemplating, but if I had the same problem, I would just order the part. My second option would be to dig through my electronics scrap bin, and try to find a micro switch of a similar size to replace the power button...
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Without looking closely at that flex, and understanding how the conductors are routed, it's impossible to tell... If I was doing it, it would make a little difference to me whether it's the same flex or different one, as long as I can solder a thin wire to a switch (button). But honestly, it doesn't seem to be worth the effort, since replacing the flex is not expensive. I know I would be able to do what you are contemplating, but if I had the same problem, I would just order the part. My second option would be to dig through my electronics scrap bin, and try to find a micro switch of a similar size to replace the power button...
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So the only way to repurpose a button would be to solder something onto the flex cable, there is no method via software to reconfigure a different button as the power button?
srawas89 said:
So the only way to repurpose a button would be to solder something onto the flex cable, there is no method via software to reconfigure a different button as the power button?
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Jeez... Looks like I totally took it the wrong way, focusing on a hardware solution only. Talk about tunnel vision... The only software way to remap the buttons that comes to mind is to use Xposed Additions module. I haven't used it for a very long time, and can't tell you for sure what it can do to remap the power button, so you'll have to research it, or just try it out. But keep in mind that this remapping, if it works, will only be in effect after both Xposed framework and the module itself initialize.