Comment 2 for bug 1462591

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Benjamin Tegge (livewirebt) wrote :

Apple branded in-ears still seem to do different signaling for the volume buttons even though they have a CTIA pinout.

I currently don't have a phone with Ubuntu on it, but I tested yesterday with some older ME186LL/A from Apple and Sony MH1C[1], where the volume buttons for Sony were working on the Nexus 5 and the Lumia 730. If doing the same thing on the operating system side no matter if an Apple or Android compatible headset is plugged in doesn't violate anything like perhaps a patent, then Matthias' first request should be possible to implement.

3 and 4 look like standard actions and should also be possible. (Perhaps these already do work?)

Muting the mic could be made possible with a new button press gesture during call.

Here is the link to the corresponding discussion from the mailing list:
https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg13032.html

1: both were cheap to get on Ebay in the past, today I think you would look for something else like Xiaomi piston or the latest Apple ones