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G1 headphone jack

A comment on digg? lol, thats where I 'heard' it, probly not one of the best sources. Dang, why the hell doesn't it have one :(. Does it come with the adapter/is it bulky?

From what I understand Taiwan has switched to using USB Mini ports instead of 3.5 jacks on cell phones. HTC is from Taiwan and uses the USB Mini port on all of it's phones.

It does have the advantage of being able to communicate with the phone (use a remote control) and having one less hole on the phone itself.
 
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From what I understand Taiwan has switched to using USB Mini ports instead of 3.5 jacks on cell phones. HTC is from Taiwan and uses the USB Mini port on all of it's phones.

It does have the advantage of being able to communicate with the phone (use a remote control) and having one less hole on the phone itself.

HTC Can also sell more accessories ... I have 2 of their adapters ...
 
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I got the older version with the headphones (no adaptor:() so i just chopped up the headphones, stole the connector and soldered a 3.5mm headphone jack to it.

Works great! if anyones interested i can post a quick guide (took me awhile to track down the wire colour guides for the EMU, but i got it)

Please do post the guide ... You never know when someone else will want to kludge the same gear ... Thanks for contributing ...
 
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It does come with an adapter.

There's actually two types of the adapters, the ones that were originally given out didn't have a 3.5mm jack (actually headphones,) - see here. The new ones (as far as I know, I bought mine early and got the one above) are these.

Can anyone with the newer adapter confirm that's correct?
Mine didnt come with an adapter...i feel that it might be hit and miss as some people have reported receiving one and some have said they didn't.
 
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I got my phone a few days ago, attached are a few pics of the headphone
adapter..
 

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Mine didnt come with an adapter...i feel that it might be hit and miss as some people have reported receiving one and some have said they didn't.

If I remember correctly, the first wave of preorders didn't have an adapter. The amount of initial **concern** over a $2 piece of equipment prompted HTC/T-Mobile/Android Jesus to start shipping units with an adapter.:D
 
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