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fix for random song skipping using headphone jack

androy

androy

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Does your Incredible randomly skip songs and activate the voice dialer while using the headphone jack?? Mine did.

I found a nice widget in the market that stops the random song skipping and voice dialer from activating.

I tried it and it works great..

Do a search for, "headset blocker" in the market. :D

I can finally listen to Pandora in my living room without randomly dialing my contacts!!! :D:D
 
This should either be stickied, or put in a general stickied "Fixes to known issues" thread. I'd do it if I wasn't at work :p
 
androy said:
Does your Incredible randomly skip songs and activate the voice dialer while using the headphone jack?? Mine did.

I found a nice widget in the market that stops the random song skipping and voice dialer from activating.

I tried it and it works great..

Do a search for, "headset blocker" in the market. :D

I can finally listen to Pandora in my living room without randomly dialing my contacts!!! :D:D
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I was just about to post this issue and thought I better search the forum first. This has been happening when I use pandora, slacker, and even listening to the downloaded tunes. It always starts after about 30 minutes of error free playing.
 
manbearpig10 said:
I was just about to post this issue and thought I better search the forum first. This has been happening when I use pandora, slacker, and even listening to the downloaded tunes. It always starts after about 30 minutes of error free playing.
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Yeah, the problem was very annoying. I'm so glad to have found this app/widget.

Hopefully HTC will officially fix the issue so we don't need a third party app.
 
androy said:
Does your Incredible randomly skip songs and activate the voice dialer while using the headphone jack?? Mine did.

I found a nice widget in the market that stops the random song skipping and voice dialer from activating.

I tried it and it works great..

Do a search for, "headset blocker" in the market. :D

I can finally listen to Pandora in my living room without randomly dialing my contacts!!! :D:D
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You're my hero.

Any everyone in my contact list's hero too.
 
I have an EVO and was having a problem with the output going from headphones to headset... which gave all the typical problems (songs skipping, songs pausing, random voice dialing...).

With this app (headset blocker) I still get the headset icon, but it isn't doing what it was doing before. Then again I just installed it. The true test will be when I hit the road and try the aux jack on my truck.

Will post results. Until then, I say if you're having the same issue, give it a shot. It's a free download.
 
I wrote this little thing, glad to see people like it. :)

lexluthor said:
Does running this widget turn off anything else that I might actually be using?
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All it does is block the MEDIA_BUTTON broadcast. AFAIK, that only includes commands sent from what is plugged into your device that are specifically related to music. At the very least, I can still fully use my Bluetooth headset when I've got the widget activated.

SOLIS said:
With this app (headset blocker) I still get the headset icon, but it isn't doing what it was doing before. Then again I just installed it. The true test will be when I hit the road and try the aux jack on my truck.

Will post results. Until then, I say if you're having the same issue, give it a shot. It's a free download.
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I'd love to hear the results of your test. From the market reviews it sounds like EVO is still doing some wonky things even when the widget is active. I wonder if there's some custom code on the EVO that is cock blocking my widget.
 
The skipping happened for me when I used a headset that had a built-in microphone. (not compatible maybe?) When I switched to a headset only (phillips over-the-ear buds), the problem disappeared.

My resolution seemed obvious after-the-fact.
 
bucfanjeff said:
The skipping happened for me when I used a headset that had a built-in microphone. (not compatible maybe?) When I switched to a headset only (phillips over-the-ear buds), the problem disappeared.

My resolution seemed obvious after-the-fact.
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If you don't mind me asking: What was the headset you were using that still had problems? And what phone do you have?

Not gonna lie, It's a little hard for me to diagnose problems since I have a budget of $0 to spend on this app (and also I wrote it primarily for myself, and I've never had any problems with it). But I might as well ask to see if there's a pattern that comes up; maybe someone with the same hardware as you can go into the source code and come up with a fix.
 
Had this problem with my last phone (EnV Touch). Had to keep replugging it until it recognized it was a regular set of headphones and not a mic'd headset with a button. No issues with the Inc, using the same headphones. Nice find though.
 
For me on my Incredible, it blocks the voice dialing as well as the song skipping, but for some reason the songs still pause. It still shows a headset icon at the top instead of a headphone icon. It is a 3.5mm mic on both ends plugged into a radio in a car.
 
rkcr said:
If you don't mind me asking: What was the headset you were using that still had problems? And what phone do you have?

Not gonna lie, It's a little hard for me to diagnose problems since I have a budget of $0 to spend on this app (and also I wrote it primarily for myself, and I've never had any problems with it). But I might as well ask to see if there's a pattern that comes up; maybe someone with the same hardware as you can go into the source code and come up with a fix.
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Such a bummer --- I've been having a terrible problem with my Droid's headphone jack causing the music to start/stop at bad times (like if I'm watching a movie and jiggle the cord, the music player will kick on or if I'm walking & listening to music, the music player will stop/start randomly).

Same problem with an old Droid that I had replaced because of this issue.

I've LOVE to be able to disable ANY stop/start functionality on that jack. This widget doesn't quite go far enough apparently.

Hope someone has a fix soon -- SO annoying.
 
I have an evo and was experiencing the same issue. I just downloaded your app and will be testing it tonight. I will report back what issues if any I still have.

What should the icon look like when its in headphone mode vs headset mode? Also if someone could help me with the appropriate calls that need to be disabled it might be possible for someone I know to modify the source.
 
I tested the fix and it does help with the skipping and voice dialing but there are still pauses. Are there any other ways to disable the headset function entirely?
 
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