Re: recommendations for headset or 3.5mm adapter
Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions! I've now created my first adapter for the earphones only, and although my soldering is awful, it's working fine. So I'm finally able to use the phone as a media player :-D If I find the time, I will try to make another adapter which has a second socket for the mic, but that's not so important for me now. Thanks :-) Stefan ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: recommendations for headset or 3.5mm adapter
2009/9/28 Stefan Buschmann : > I also thought about soldering my own adapter, although my soldering > skills are near to zero, but that might also be good for practicing :-) > So, would it be possible to solder a wire like this? > > - 1 x 2.5mm > to > - 2 x 3.5mm (one for standard earphone, one for standard microphone) > > That way I could use standard earphones or a PC-headset, which would be > very nice. And given the configuration of the pins, it should not be too > hard to make. So, would this approach work, or is there something else > to consider which I as a software-only geek don't think of? it doesn't have two sockets, but you might be able to adapt this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310114120680&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:12 it's been working well on mine for several weeks ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: recommendations for headset or 3.5mm adapter
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Stefan Buschmann wrote: > I've got the official openmoko headset, but I don't like those in-ear > headphones, I got a Motorola W388 for 1cent with my contact lens. It was packaged with a nice usb micro charger and with a nice 2.5mm headset, which isnt in-ear. It even has a button, but it does not seem to work, or dunno how to test it. So it was a good deal only for the headset;) I never used really the phone, because I tried two or three times, and it shutdown when I tried hangup. (a little longer push on the cancel button resulted a shutdown). It was so annoying, that I didnt turn on since.* So headsets exist. I have seen 2.5->3.5mm converter too, but what I have seen was without a small cable, so it was a solid thing coming out of the phone about 3 cm, which makes really fragile (prone to break the jack off of the phone). Best regards, Laszlo *: My gf also wanted to use that phone only for music playing (had a uSD card slot), but as it didnt act like a usb thumbdrive, it required some windows-only driver to access the uSD, it was a no-go. (when intone turned out to be useful enough I bought an another fr for my gf) ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: recommendations for headset or 3.5mm adapter
Stefan Buschmann writes: > So, would it be possible to solder a wire like this? > > - 1 x 2.5mm > to > - 2 x 3.5mm (one for standard earphone, one for standard microphone) > > That way I could use standard earphones or a PC-headset, which would be > very nice. And given the configuration of the pins, it should not be too > hard to make. So, would this approach work, or is there something else > to consider which I as a software-only geek don't think of? NP. Just take care to make it somewhat robust, that's the only requirement. And don't mess the pinout. I was going to solder a thing like that myself and already bought all the parts needed (including small smt button for extra functionality ;) ) but since i never really needed that, i failed to actually start soldering :) -- Be free, use free (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software! mailto:fercer...@gmail.com ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: recommendations for headset or 3.5mm adapter
2009/9/28 Stefan Buschmann > > So, would it be possible to solder a wire like this? > > - 1 x 2.5mm > to > - 2 x 3.5mm (one for standard earphone, one for standard microphone) Yes. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: recommendations for headset or 3.5mm adapter
On Monday 28 September 2009, Stefan Buschmann wrote: > I also thought about soldering my own adapter, although my soldering > skills are near to zero, but that might also be good for practicing :-) > So, would it be possible to solder a wire like this? > > - 1 x 2.5mm > to > - 2 x 3.5mm (one for standard earphone, one for standard microphone) > > That way I could use standard earphones or a PC-headset, which would be > very nice. And given the configuration of the pins, it should not be too > hard to make. So, would this approach work, or is there something else > to consider which I as a software-only geek don't think of? That will work. Remember the headset mic isn't helped by the buzz fix. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
recommendations for headset or 3.5mm adapter
Hi all! I'm still looking for a solution to use earphones/headset on the freerunner. I've got the official openmoko headset, but I don't like those in-ear headphones, either they just fall out or are very uncomfortable to wear. So I'm still looking for a good alternative to use headphones on the freerunner. So far I have not found a compatible headset or adapter that I could use. I know the wiki entry about this, but that didn't help much. So what do you use? Does anyone know of a good headset or adapter that works with the freerunner and is available in germany? (ordering from the US doesn't seem worth it in this case). I also thought about soldering my own adapter, although my soldering skills are near to zero, but that might also be good for practicing :-) So, would it be possible to solder a wire like this? - 1 x 2.5mm to - 2 x 3.5mm (one for standard earphone, one for standard microphone) That way I could use standard earphones or a PC-headset, which would be very nice. And given the configuration of the pins, it should not be too hard to make. So, would this approach work, or is there something else to consider which I as a software-only geek don't think of? Thanks, Stefan ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
