Has anyone found any in-ear canal headphones that have a mic attached to the cord, similar in design to the white iphone head phones, but go in the ear canal? Also, when playing music, does the music pause when you receive a call or do you need to pause it manually? I saw that you could play music do other things on the phone since it multitasks pretty well.
I am using Jabra BT3030 and it works like that.
I would like to know it to. the ones that are deliverd with the hero hurts my ear it doesn't fit perfectly. i think i have small ears . i tryed the xperia headphones but the mic didn't work.
i searched ebay but couldn't find any for hero.
Well it doesn't need to be just for the hero as with a 3.5mm jack it should work with any mic and headphone.
P.S I think but don't count on it.
blood9656 said:
Well it doesn't need to be just for the hero as with a 3.5mm jack it should work with any mic and headphone.
P.S I think but don't count on it.
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Like i said before i tried with the headphones of xperia it has 3.5mm jack with mic but the mic didn't work. the icon showed also only headphones when you put the hero headphones the icon shows also a mic.
I also tought it wouldn't differ witch you used but i was wrong.
Bluetooth stereo headphones
megaoptimus said:
Has anyone found any in-ear canal headphones that have a mic attached to the cord, similar in design to the white iphone head phones, but go in the ear canal? Also, when playing music, does the music pause when you receive a call or do you need to pause it manually? I saw that you could play music do other things on the phone since it multitasks pretty well.
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You can try Stereo bluetooth headphones, "cans" style like the old headphones with padding not those earbud type. The Hero has Stereo bluetooth compatibilty and will give you music listening upto 10m away from the Hero with, pause, start, skip and reply functions as well as answering phone calls using the omni direction mic in the right headphone "can".. look on ebay you'll find them for under £30 or 35Euro
My mod
Hey,
Try out my solution:
Htc Hero std headset + Koss portapro = amazing!
Fraction
Htc bh s100
I've found the HTC BH S100 to be the best A2DP headset ever, sounds great, has excellent battery life, high output power, short charging time and a standard 3.5mm stereo jack, so you can attach your favourite headphone to it (I use Philips' SHE-9501 extra-cheap super-mega-boombass earpieces!).
I'm just wondering if the S100 will work with the Hero that's coming to my home..........
Simpler than Koss modification, quite affordable (30 euro's) in-ear headphone (great sound if you are a bass-addict), working mic + button:
V-Moda vibe duo. --> Officially made for iPhone, but works fine on my Hero!
I guess that all iPhone designed earplugs+mic will work, so a whole array of products is available... Ultimate ears also have a model for iPhone, and UE usually has a nice balanced sound.
happy shopping!
BPJ
hi
i have tested the lg arena km900 headset and ist works pretty good
the headset has a button with mic and they are inear (ear canal headphones)
very nice sound and loud too! play and pause works !
lg arena km900 standart headphones maybe you can buy them from ebay
byby
HTC RC E100 + Sony MDR-AS50
This is a great combo for the Hero.
My only complaint would be that it would have been better if the connector could have been the 3.5mm jack rather than the MiniUSBExt. My old Nokia headset adaptor could do all this through a 3.5mm jack.
you can just use the iphone headphone it works. everything works mic, play pause, i'm using the iphone head phone from candy skull. like the apple iphone headphone it has the switch and mic on the right side. or if you preferred just use the apple headphone
Klipsch Image S4I
I bought a pair of Klipsch Image S4I wich has super clear sound.
But the mike and buttons does not for with my Hero, only start/stop music.
/J
Just discovered that my Bose MIE2i headset microphone doesn't work with LGOG.
Works with Nokia WinPhone, and Samsung buds work with LGOG (but not well).
The Bose MIE2 works.
In-store testing shows Bowers & Wilkins products won't.
Share what you find about various wired headsets.
Since the LGOG ships without one, and LG doesn't seem to offer any,
it's something most folks will be looking for I suspect.
-G
When using the earbuds that come with the iPhone 4 (which I used with one of the iPod shuffles and an iPhone 4S with no problems) on the LGOG, the volume doesn't work at all. The play/pause button is funky. I was listening to a podcast using the Onecast app on my LGOG, hit the play/pause button on my iPhone 4 earbuds, and it started playing a different podcast. When I try to pause that podcast, it then goes back to the podcast I was listening to before. So yeah...totally unusable.
Controls aside, the iPhone 4 earbuds are compatible with the LGOG.
r0b0m1nd said:
When using the earbuds that come with the iPhone 4 (which I used with one of the iPod shuffles and an iPhone 4S with no problems) on the LGOG, the volume doesn't work at all. The play/pause button is funky. I was listening to a podcast using the Onecast app on my LGOG, hit the play/pause button on my iPhone 4 earbuds, and it started playing a different podcast. When I try to pause that podcast, it then goes back to the podcast I was listening to before. So yeah...totally unusable.
Controls aside, the iPhone 4 earbuds are compatible with the LGOG.
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except that the mic doesnt work either.
Yeah the Apple earpods mic doesn't work. Also, volume controls on Apple headphones won't work an any android device. It needs hardware support that I'm guessing Apple has patented. I think the issue is with the audio jack because if I push the earpods down enough before the click in the mic works. I bet the contact point inside the jack are smaller or misplaced so some headphone will work, while others won't.
I was just given the skullcandy titans with mic, and they work with the phone.
One tap answers the phone, and the mic works correctly.
The media control also works. One button tap will play/pause, 2 taps next track, and 3 taps previous track.
I thought I'd let everyone know that the ZAGG Audio ZR-Six Earbuds with Mic Black/Silver work with the LGOG. I just received them today and confirmed the Mic works. The headphones have great sound too! Needless to say I'm very happy to have headphones with a Mic that work.
http://m.zagg.com/product/view/Z34Z-ZR-SIX
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My Ultimate Ears ear buds with mic work just fine. Haven't tried my Klipsch ear buds yet with this phone.
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I'm using MEE M6P's but I can't go to the previous track. Forward and Play/Pause works fine though. Mic works also.
JAYS
Anyone know if the AJAYS four's work on the Optimus G?
I know that the AJAYS one+ work but I am trying to find a set that has volume up and down as well as the action button.
Hello everyone,
I recently purchased a Xiaomi Piston 3 headset to use with my Nexus 6P, and I was disappointed to discover that I was unable to lower the volume of sound through the decrease volume button on the headset. I initially believed this was the result of a defective audio jack on my Nexus 6P, since the headset worked fine on a friend's Nexus 5X. However, after discovering reports of other people having the same issue with the Xiaomi Piston 3 headset, I did some tests to see if I could figure out what could be causing this issue.
I used three wired headsets with in-line remote controls (including volume) for my tests: the Xiaomi Piston 3, Samsung HS330, and Sennheiser Momentum In-Ear headset. All three headsets fully support in-line remote controls for Android devices, and they all worked properly on a Nexus 5X. Both the Xiaomi Piston 3 and Samsung HS330 had the same results, but the Sennheiser Momentum In-Ear headset had different results. Here are my results:
Xiaomi Piston 3 and Samsung HS330 headsets
Listening to music on the Google Play Music app: increasing volume and pause/play worked, but decreasing volume did not work.
Listening to music on the home screen with the Google Play Music app running in the background: increasing volume and pause/play worked, but decreasing volume did not work.
Listening to music with the screen turned off and With screen locked and Google Play Music running in the background: increasing volume and pause/play worked, but decreasing volume did not work.
Sennheiser Momentum In-Ear headset
Listening to music on the Google Play Music app: increasing volume, decreasing volume, and pause/play worked.
Listening to music on the home screen with the Google Play Music app running in the background: increasing volume and pause/play worked, but decreasing volume did not work.
Listening to music with the screen turned off and With screen locked and Google Play Music running in the background: increasing volume, decreasing volume, and pause/play worked.
I am not an audio expert, but I was surprised by these results. I have no idea why both the Xiaomi Piston 3 and Samsung HS330 headsets were unable to decrease sound volume, but the Sennheiser Momentum In-Ear headset was able to do so in most situations. I am also very puzzled as to why the Sennheiser Momentum In-Ear headset was able to decrease volume while in the Google Play Music app and while running the app in the background with the screen turned off, but running the app in the background while on the home screen caused the volume problem to occur.
Hopefully someone more knowledgeable on audio can make sense of these results. It would also be great if others who have a Nexus 6P and a wired headset with Android compatible in-line remote controls (including volume) can test them and post their results here. At best we might be able to find a pattern to this issue, and at the very least we can create a list of headsets with in-line remote controls that have been verified to work.
TheHeeyyy said:
Hello everyone,
I recently purchased a Xiaomi Piston 3 headset to use with my Nexus 6P, and I was disappointed to discover that I was unable to lower the volume of sound through the decrease volume button on the headset. I initially believed this was the result of a defective audio jack on my Nexus 6P, since the headset worked fine on a friend's Nexus 5X. However, after discovering reports of other people having the same issue with the Xiaomi Piston 3 headset, I did some tests to see if I could figure out what could be causing this issue.
I used three wired headsets with in-line remote controls (including volume) for my tests: the Xiaomi Piston 3, Samsung HS330, and Sennheiser Momentum In-Ear headset. All three headsets fully support in-line remote controls for Android devices, and they all worked properly on a Nexus 5X. Both the Xiaomi Piston 3 and Samsung HS330 had the same results, but the Sennheiser Momentum In-Ear headset had different results. Here are my results:
Xiaomi Piston 3 and Samsung HS330 headsets
Listening to music on the Google Play Music app: increasing volume and pausing worked, but decreasing volume did not work.
Listening to music on the home screen with the Google Play Music app running in the background: increasing volume and pausing worked, but decreasing volume did not work.
Listening to music with the screen turned off and With screen locked and Google Play Music running in the background: increasing volume and pausing worked, but decreasing volume did not work.
Sennheiser Momentum In-Ear headset
Listening to music on the Google Play Music app: increasing volume, decreasing volume, and pausing worked.
Listening to music on the home screen with the Google Play Music app running in the background: increasing volume and pausing worked, but decreasing volume did not work.
Listening to music with the screen turned off and With screen locked and Google Play Music running in the background: increasing volume, decreasing volume, and pausing worked.
I am not an audio expert, but I was surprised by these results. I have no idea why both the Xiaomi Piston 3 and Samsung HS330 headsets were unable to decrease sound volume, but the Sennheiser Momentum In-Ear headset was able to do so in most situations. I am also very puzzled as to why the Sennheiser Momentum In-Ear headset was able to decrease volume while in the Google Play Music app and while running the app in the background with the screen turned off, but running the app in the background while on the home screen caused the volume problem to occur.
Hopefully someone more knowledgeable on audio can make sense of these results. It would also be great if others who have a Nexus 6P and a wired headset with Android compatible in-line remote controls (including volume) can test them and post their results here. At best we might be able to find a pattern to this issue, and at the very least we can create a list of headsets with in-line remote controls that have been verified to work.
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I have a couple of sets of the piston 2. My first 6P didn't even recognise anything was plugged into the headset. Would simply not play audio through the jack. I tried 3 more brands a Klipsch and Jaybirds and an Apple pair. The Klipsch recognised only 50% of the time and remote would not work other than Pause/Play. The Jaybirds played but remote did not work at all and Apple earbuds worked but only play/pause
I got a new 6P to replace that model and headphone situation is much the same however it recognises the Piston 2's but may have to plug in and out a couple of times and again remote does not work at all.
All these headphones work with the myriad of Android devices I've had this year and last including
Moto X Pure 2014, M9, S6 Edge, Edge +, Note 5, Moto X Style, Nexus 6, OnePlus 2, Xperia Z3 and even Apple 6 plus & 6S Plus ...
So clearly nothing physically with the headphones. I'm not sure WTF is going on with the headphone support and the 6P but suffice to say I'm extremely disappointed by it so far.
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nookcoloruser said:
I have a couple of sets of the piston 2. My first 6P didn't even recognise anything was plugged into the headset. Would simply not play audio through the jack. I tried 3 more brands a Klipsch and Jaybirds and an Apple pair. The Klipsch recognised only 50% of the time and remote would not work other than Pause/Play. The Jaybirds played but remote did not work at all and Apple earbuds worked but only play/pause
I got a new 6P to replace that model and headphone situation is much the same however it recognises the Piston 2's but may have to plug in and out a couple of times and again remote does not work at all.
All these headphones work with the myriad of Android devices I've had this year and last including
Moto X Pure 2014, M9, S6 Edge, Edge +, Note 5, Moto X Style, Nexus 6, OnePlus 2, Xperia Z3 and even Apple 6 plus & 6S Plus ...
So clearly nothing physically with the headphones. I'm not sure WTF is going on with the headphone support and the 6P but suffice to say I'm extremely disappointed by it so far.
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Thank you for posting your findings. I have seen posts on Reddit with Nexus 6P owners having issues with the Xiaomi Piston 2 headset. It looks like no one has had any luck with getting the in-line remote controls working, and some people are not able to play audio through it at all. The seemingly random results people are having is making me wonder if it is an issue with the quality of the audio jack on the Nexus 6P, the audio connector on the Xiaomi Piston 2 headset, or both.
Your results for the Apple earbuds are to be expected, as headsets designed for Apple devices can only pause and play audio on Android devices. I believe the Jaybird headset uses wireless Bluetooth, so that problem could be the result of a compatibility issue with the Nexus 6P's Bluetooth 4.2 connectivity (despite supposedly being backwards compatible). It would be greatly appreciate if you could post which model Klipsch headset you used, as that can help us create a list of headsets that have been tested out by Nexus 6P owners and the results people had.
Just for some background, that this has been an ongoing issue with android phones for a very long time.
The issue is how each manufacturer wires their headphone jack. Some headsets use the tip or the ring to transmit the remote signals over, and if the headphone jack in the phone is not able to "receive" this signal, or was not setup to get anything but the negative signal on the tip, then you are out of luck.
With there not being a true standard in how phone headsets are wired (the iphone has a way they do it, and then in android they have several ways that the manufacturers wire the phones and then the headsets have the same issues with this).
So... you need to figure out how the headphone jack on the 6P is wired, then we can figure out which headphones will easily work and which ones will for sure have trouble. I am betting that there is something that either has been leaked or was released by Huawei that you can find this out. I will do some poking around as well and see what I can figure out.
I use these, they work fine both pause/play and volume up and down.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HSJRT7I
Sent from a 128th Legion Stormtrooper 6P.
jimbridgman said:
Just for some background, that this has been an ongoing issue with android phones for a very long time.
The issue is how each manufacturer wires their headphone jack. Some headsets use the tip or the ring to transmit the remote signals over, and if the headphone jack in the phone is not able to "receive" this signal, or was not setup to get anything but the negative signal on the tip, then you are out of luck.
With there not being a true standard in how phone headsets are wired (the iphone has a way they do it, and then in android they have several ways that the manufacturers wire the phones and then the headsets have the same issues with this).
So... you need to figure out how the headphone jack on the 6P is wired, then we can figure out which headphones will easily work and which ones will for sure have trouble. I am betting that there is something that either has been leaked or was released by Huawei that you can find this out. I will do some poking around as well and see what I can figure out.
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True, although both the Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 supported inline remote volume controls, and I do not recall either headset having this particular issue. You would think any headset with an OMTP connector would work fine on an Android device (as appears to be the case with my own tests on the Nexus 5X), but the results I have been seeing with the Xiaomi Piston 2 headset alone have been incredibly inconsistent. Hopefully you or someone else can make sense of these results, but for now I am sticking to the theory that the issue is related to both the headphone jack of the Nexus 6P and the audio connector of whichever headset is used on it.
[hfm] said:
I use these, they work fine both pause/play and volume up and down.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HSJRT7I
Sent from a 128th Legion Stormtrooper 6P.
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Thanks for pointing that out. At some point I will make a list of everyone's results and post it in the OP.
I had a chat with Google support this afternoon about why he volume down button on my headphone remote doesn't work with the 6P, but it works fine with the 6. They said they're aware that some people are having issues and are supposed to elevate it and get back with me.
In the meantime, I found the "Android Wired Audio Headset Specification v1.1" which is the first link in Google if you search for that. It has reference values for resistances and tolerances and a test circuit.
Turns out the volume down button on my headset does not conform to the spec. It has a resistance of 616 ohms rather than the 470 ohm +/- 1% in the spec.
My volume up is 216 ohms, which also doesn't match the spec of 240 ohm +/- 1%, but evidently they made the tolerance wider than the spec, which suggests that the volume down tolerance could be increased as well like in the Nexus 6, but no guarantees there.
matthewbudraitis said:
I had a chat with Google support this afternoon about why he volume down button on my headphone remote doesn't work with the 6P, but it works fine with the 6. They said they're aware that some people are having issues and are supposed to elevate it and get back with me.
In the meantime, I found the "Android Wired Audio Headset Specification v1.1" which is the first link in Google if you search for that. It has reference values for resistances and tolerances and a test circuit.
Turns out the volume down button on my headset does not conform to the spec. It has a resistance of 616 ohms rather than the 470 ohm +/- 1% in the spec.
My volume up is 216 ohms, which also doesn't match the spec of 240 ohm +/- 1%, but evidently they made the tolerance wider than the spec, which suggests that the volume down tolerance could be increased as well like in the Nexus 6, but no guarantees there.
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@matthewbudraitis thank you for the update. I subscribed to this thread, please keep us posted if you hear anything back from them.
I did hear back from Google, but they just asked a few questions about which headset I have and if it happens with all apps.
In the meantime, I did a little more research.
I tested both the Nexus 6P and Nexus 6 with some resistors to see how they work in relation to the spec. The Nexus 6P will recognize a volume down command from 330 ohms to 560 ohms, which explains why the 612 ohms in my headset isn't working. The Nexus 6 will recognize a volume down command from 390 ohms to 680 ohms, which explains why it WILL work with my headset and still work with the spec.
So then I started questioning why my headset would have 612 ohms anyway. From what I could find, 620 ohms is what Samsung and HTC have been using for a number of years and most Android-compatible headsets on the market have been sold to work with Samsung, not all android in general.
Personally, I think it would be best for customers if Google just made the official spec range work like the Nexus 6. It allows for both the current spec and the Samsung/HTC devices to work, which makes the Nexus phones more compatible with what customers already own. I hope the range can be expanded on the 6P with a software update. For my headset, I'm going to solder the correct resistors into it to make it work, but I know that's not a solution for most people.
matthewbudraitis said:
I did hear back from Google, but they just asked a few questions about which headset I have and if it happens with all apps.
In the meantime, I did a little more research.
I tested both the Nexus 6P and Nexus 6 with some resistors to see how they work in relation to the spec. The Nexus 6P will recognize a volume down command from 330 ohms to 560 ohms, which explains why the 612 ohms in my headset isn't working. The Nexus 6 will recognize a volume down command from 390 ohms to 680 ohms, which explains why it WILL work with my headset and still work with the spec.
So then I started questioning why my headset would have 612 ohms anyway. From what I could find, 620 ohms is what Samsung and HTC have been using for a number of years and most Android-compatible headsets on the market have been sold to work with Samsung, not all android in general.
Personally, I think it would be best for customers if Google just made the official spec range work like the Nexus 6. It allows for both the current spec and the Samsung/HTC devices to work, which makes the Nexus phones more compatible with what customers already own. I hope the range can be expanded on the 6P with a software update. For my headset, I'm going to solder the correct resistors into it to make it work, but I know that's not a solution for most people.
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I'm guessing this is 100% hardware driven and can't be changed in software. Which means we're stuck where we are at, aye?
Elnrik said:
I'm guessing this is 100% hardware driven and can't be changed in software. Which means we're stuck where we are at, aye?
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I can't say for sure, but based on the test circuit in the spec, I'm assuming they're using a known voltage and resistor value in the device in series with these remote resistors to make a voltage divider. As the headset button resistances decrease, it puts a lower voltage on the mic terminal which can be read by an analog to digital converter in the device. The voltage set points would then be done in software, possibly at a device driver level.
Assuming it works like I think, the set points could be adjusted.
Anyone having issues similar to the Piston 3's (volume down button not working), check out ElementX kernel. Flar2 has included a patch to fix this. Piston 2's still are not working, but it looks like this is fixable in software. Fingers crossed.
chowhoundb said:
Anyone having issues similar to the Piston 3's (volume down button not working), check out ElementX kernel. Flar2 has included a patch to fix this. Piston 2's still are not working, but it looks like this is fixable in software. Fingers crossed.
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I just found a partial fix for Piston 2 by trial & error, Remember all the buttons are still not functional yet, but atleast you can hear music using your headphones on Piston 2.
To make it work on your Nexus 6P, Press and hold any button on your headphones while plugging your headphones to your Nexus 6P. Again, none of the controls work but at least you can listen to music. Also, the inline mic does not work during calls
chichu_9 said:
I just found a partial fix for Piston 2 by trial & error, Remember all the buttons are still not functional yet, but atleast you can hear music using your headphones on Piston 2.
To make it work on your Nexus 6P, Press and hold any button on your headphones while plugging your headphones to your Nexus 6P. Again, none of the controls work but at least you can listen to music. Also, the inline mic does not work during calls
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The gentleman who figured out how to fix the piston 3's is currently looking into a solution for the 2's. The issue has also been passed onto google engineers to look into.
chichu_9 said:
I just found a partial fix for Piston 2 by trial & error, Remember all the buttons are still not functional yet, but atleast you can hear music using your headphones on Piston 2.
To make it work on your Nexus 6P, Press and hold any button on your headphones while plugging your headphones to your Nexus 6P. Again, none of the controls work but at least you can listen to music. Also, the inline mic does not work during calls
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Thanks!!!!! Great tip, I was worried about this, I can't believe I can't use my Pistons on my new Nexus 6P.
My two cents, you can plug in your headphones and then press any buton and they start to work, it is not necesary to press a button while you are connecting them.
I have a set of cheap in-ear earphones with a volume slider which works brilliantly. Is this problem affecting only a few 6P owners or is it applicable to button operated volume controls?
I realize you guys might not want to hear this, but my piston 2s have always worked perfect on my 6p. Controls and all, and they sound great with viper.
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bikeryder007 said:
I realize you guys might not want to hear this, but my piston 2s have always worked perfect on my 6p. Controls and all, and they sound great with viper.
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That is interesting. I thought this affected everyone. Just curious, do you know if yours are piston 2.0 or piston 2.1's. I have a white pair of 2.1's and a brown pair of 2.1's and both do not work.
UPDATE: nevermind, it looks like the 2.1's are the same as 2.0 with just a slightly longer cable, and different earpieces. They have the same internals so there shouldnt be a difference.
bikeryder007 said:
I realize you guys might not want to hear this, but my piston 2s have always worked perfect on my 6p. Controls and all, and they sound great with viper.
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
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That's nice to know. I love how my Pistons sound. I cant believe that I am not able to use these puppies with my new phone. I am bummed.
chichu_9 said:
That's nice to know. I love how my Pistons sound. I cant believe that I am not able to use these puppies with my new phone. I am bummed.
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I just tested them again when I got home from work, and everything is working as it should. I just checked up and down volume and everything. I have the piston 2's with the white cord, silver buds etc... It is weird that so many others are having problems.
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