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Apple and Android use different wiring standards and iPhone headphones can't adjust the volume on Android phones.

The V-Moda BoomPro is pretty neat if you just want a microphone. Headset Button Controller may also be useful.

This was happening to me driving me nuts!!! I tried disabling VoiceMate, and a lot of other crap. The only thing that has worked is installing Headset Button Controller and setting everything to "disabled"

This is fine for me because I don't use any headphone controls. If you do this won't be a good solution. You can download the trial version first to see if it fixes the pause/skip tracks issue.

I picked up an unbranded wired pair at a local mall. I personally like sound isolating earbuds, even though they could be more dangerous in traffic. They have a button for play/pause/next track, and an in-line volume slider. It's an analogue slider which means it doesn't need to interface with the android os. Many wired headphones with volume buttons won't work because they're designed for iPhone.

However you can control volume with an app like this if you just have one button: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kober.headsetbutton&hl=en

I use Xiaomi Piston earphones. However I use it along with Headset Button Controller (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kober.headsetbutton&hl=en).

I use mid button to single tap play/pause, double tap for next track and tripe click for previous track. Also up and down buttons I use for volume control. But the beauty of the app is that it will allow you to reconfigure what you each button to do

I just got a G3 and had this exact issue with it. It's apparently a common hardware manufacturing problem where the headphone jack's contacts can be so tight against the edge of a headphone plug that your phone receives false signals from what it thinks are headset control buttons/microphone that are sometimes included with a pair of headphones.

The fix that worked for me was turning off access to the headset controls. If you run a custom ROM like Cyanogen there are built in settings to disable headset controls in the buttons/audio settings. If you're stuck on the stock ROM, you can purchase Headset Button Controller on the play store and use that to disable them. Doesn't hurt to try freezing the LG voiceover crapware with an app like Titanium Backup as well, but you need root for that one.

There are 3rd party apps that might do the trick.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kober.headsetbutton&hl=en

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kober.&hl=en

Thanks for the advice.

I installed Headset Button Controller, which has a setting for "long press." By default, it's set to "disabled" (which didn't suppress the message). I changed it to several other settings, none of which worked either.

Ah, okay. Basically, they use the iPhone protocol for three button remotes, which switches the ground and mic channels.

You can either download an app like this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kober.headsetbutton&hl=en or get a physical adapter to switch the channels, although that's iffy.

Fixed! I must install: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kober.headsetbutton&hl=en This apk caught media button clicks. I have broken jack and when jack is plugged, ghost volume down is send.

I'm sure you could do with tasker. There's also an xposed mod that works very well. I used to use this app I don't know if its been updated recently or not

I'm pretty knowledgeable Tasker wise but for me this is a very difficult to fix issue.

If your Android system is hard-wired to open Google Now when it receives a certain input from the remote, then Tasker can't do much about that. You could do an awfully disgusting task that would press the back button or something to "cancel" the Google Now prompt but I wouldn't recommend it.

Have you tried apps like that ? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kober.headsetbutton

I'm going to recommend these. I just got them a few weeks ago and they've been amazing so far. The play/pause button works perfectly, and while it doesn't have volume controls you can use this app. If you really need good sound, these, along with Viper, are great.

I use my Nexus 4 as an MP3 player at the gym. It's mostly on airplane mode, except for when I'm downloading offline playlists from Spotify. The only apps I've got installed are Spotify and Headset Button Controller. SoundCoud doesn't allow offline play, and GrooveShark is gone. Battery lasts for about three workouts, as I turn it off after I'm done. I wish I could uninstall all the Google apps I don't use.

I'm quite confident that one day I'll crack the screen with a dumbbell.

Hey mate, I used to have the Dam issue with my old One x, I used the following app to fix the problems. However in not sure about the volume buttons, with my one x I could only use the main button.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kober.headsetbutton

On my note 3 though ask the buttons work, in currently using a pair of Sony earphones. Without the need of any apps.

>My only comment is I think you're mixing up Google Voice, with Voice Search, which has nothing to do with the Google Voice app.

Like I said in my original post, here's what the phone says:

"Hi, to get started, you will have to allow wired headsets to work with your phone, which is locked. Here's how: go to your Google App Settings, choose Voice, and under Handsfree, turn the wired headsets option on."

a) what idiot thought this long of a message would be a good idea, and b) what idiot thought it would be great to play it every. single. time.?

>I would try an app that let's you map the mic button.

I installed Headset Button Controller, which has settings for all manner of button press patterns. However, "disabled" or some other configuration for "long press" had no effect. The phone still screamed in my ears about how to turn on the goddamned thing I had intentionally turned off.

Try this. It costs $3, but it works.

Have you tried <strong>Headset Button Controller</strong>?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kober.headsetbutton

Headset Button Controller

Haven't personally tried, but this might do the job.

There are apps like this one, but I never found it to work consistently.

Have you tried using a third party app? It seems people have had some success with this one.

You should try the <strong>Headset Button Controller</strong> app :-}

Also this app hass tasker support for headphone button, but its paid. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kober.headsetbutton&amp;hl=tr

yeah i did use that for a while but my phone's volume buttons seemed mushy or unresponsive sometimes, so i ended up settling with https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kober.headsetbutton

Can't change the application to suit the controller?

Change the controller to suit the application.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kober.headsetbutton