The Headphone bug

[Guest JimNu]

Sorry for being a bit thick, but can someone tell me what a 3 pin and 2 pin jack is in relation to headphones? And how can you tell if a 2.5/3.5 pair of headphones are 2/3 pin??

If you look at the included headphones or adapter there are three sections to the plug, each separated by a band of plastic. These are to provide stereo and voice. In a 'normal' stereo headset there's just two sections.

Edit: I'd mis-remembered, it's four sections on the pulse connectors and three sections on a standard connector

Edited January 29, 2010 by JimNu

[Guest twe]

The other problem that bugs me is that listening to music via bluetooth headphones the loudspeaker remains on and drains the battery away.... [can hear it hissing]

[Guest helikopter]

can't this whole issue be solved by manipulating the phone on the software side? just to make it work normally with 3 pin headphones, too.

[Guest jonathonf]

Yes, the Autostarts app will disable the input jack trigger. In fairness it's worth the 60p/69c. Though it should really be a built-in option (and it probably is in later Android versions).