Help Wired Mobile Headphones No Longer Work For Evo 4G

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I'm really hoping that someone can help me out with this problem as it's been driving me up the wall. Back in August, I picked up the Bose Mobile In-Ear headphones that have the "Answer/Play/Pause" button situated as part of the cord to use with my Evo. For almost three months, they worked fine. I could have them plugged in and start/pause any queued up music, at will, as well as answer incoming calls, at any point, just by hitting that button. Then, in around the middle of November, that button just stopped working. At first, I thought that, maybe, something was wrong with the headphones, so, I returned them to Bose to exchange them for a new set since they were still well within the original warranty. When I tried out the new pair, however, much to my disappointment, I was still having the same problem; the button on this set didn't work, either. So, at this point, I'm pretty sure that it's not (or may not have ever been) the headphones nor is it compatibility with any particular music player as I've tried several (the stock HTC player, 3 (Cube), Mixzing (my standard, right now), WinAmp and PowerAmp) and was still unsuccessful. This, then, leaves me with the belief that the culprit is some sort of incompatibility in the OS, itself. It really sucks that I have this great set of headphones that did a job perfectly well until...they just didn't anymore. If anyone has experienced this problem (or something relatively similar), any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. By the way, my Evo is not rooted and is using Froyo. Sorry for the long post and thanks.

 

[Wadester]

Have you rebooted your phone lately? I was having trouble using my EVO and my car stereo once. I'd plug the headphone jack in while the music was playing on the phone, heard it for a millisecond over the car stereo, then it stopped. It didn't matter what app I was using. I finally rebooted the phone and it started working again.

 

[Rigmaster]

Not sure what's going on with your phone. I use V-Moda Vibe Duos every day with no issue. It's a single button wired headset though. Android OS doesn't play nice with multi-button headsets.

 

[Mr. Ed]

hrm...no experience with wired headsets...but my bt stereo headphones work well, all buttons work as they should.

hope you find a solution!

 

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Thanks for the responses, guys. Unfortunately, no joy, as of yet.

@Rigmaster: The Bose MIE2 headphones utilize a single button for that function, as well. I actually wish that it was just a simple matter of choosing (or not choosing) a particular type of headphones. It would suck having limited choices, but, I would, at least, know what the problem is. It's just frustrating because I was able to use that button feature for almost three months, with no problems, up to that point.

@Wadester: Rebooting the phone was one of the first things that I did when I noticed the problem; I actually did it a few times, since then. I even took the battery out and put it back in during one of those times (someone had suggested that it might work). So, at this point, I'm preparing to back up all of my apps and contacts because I'm going to hard reset the phone to see if that helps.

 

[ovrrdrive]

If you've ever seen the inside of a headphone jack you wouldn't be surprised that it isn't working properly. It's probably just dirty or corroded in there. If the phone is under warranty it might be time to swap it out.