A partial solution to heaphone remote control issues

[Resartus]

Hello in there.

So the inline controls on my Desire HD headphones stopped working. Sound still came out of them, but none of the remote control buttons worked anymore. This was a shame cause I liked not having to take the phone out of my pocket. As some of you may know iPhone headphones will work, but the button only starts and pauses tracks, or answers incoming calls. I missed being able to skip tracks.

So to cut a long story short I couldn't find headphones that worked at all, and all the solutions seemed to be DIY with splicing headphones you liked into the existing control unit of the original ones. However I found an app in the market called Headset Button Controller

All it does is make that single button you have work like it does on an iPhone. One click starts or pauses a song (or answers a call), two will skip a track, three clicks goes to a previous track, and if you hold the button down it will fast forward a song.

Basically it means I can now use pretty much and headset I want with my Desire HD.

BTW, I didn't write the app, and it is free. It's just that this was a problem that has been giving me the shits for a week now, I'm just so pleased I found a solution that I though others might want to know as well

 

[felixor]

Can you please try using it with Pandora? Will it let you skip songs?

 

[loulou]

Thank you! In case anyone's curious, I used the app with this: Belkin Headphone Adaptor and Remote Control for iPod: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics (doesn't work properly out of the box, but the app solves it).

Should point out that the Belkin has a volume capability but doesn't work with the Desire HD; however the headphone button pause/forward/back works perfectly.

 

[loulou]

Reposting here from my other thread, may be of help to some:

Apparently droidshuffle works with the stock Android music player (though not with PowerAMP) if you want to use a free headset button controller.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rkpost.music&feature=search_result

 

[HyosHi]

It might be contact issues, I cleaned mine and it solved all problems. Guide here: iPhone Repairs and Fixes - Headphones Jack in 3 Steps - Earphone Plug Cotton Swab DIY - Popular Mechanics