I have just acquired a Lenovo M9 tablet running Android 12.
It has a 3.5 mm port for audio output. All my wired headphones of various brands that have worked on all my previous Android devices, do not work with this tablet.
I can get Audio out but I cannot use the volume+/-, PLAY/PAUSE hard buttons on my headphones. They don't work at all. Bluetooth headphones work OK.
My main reason for using wired headphones is so I can doze off and my ears don't have something sealing them, and I have a hand disability so find it hard enough to find my ear let alone trying to tap a sequence out. I can operate a controller though.
Lenovo couldn't help me but somewhere in the Android O/S there must be an option to enable external device to take over controls using wired 'phones? Or, does it require the port to be of a particular type?
My workaround has been to use the Accessibility Shortcut to have a menu at side of screen to tap on, then I can use volume up/down but I still have to go to the notification shade to play/pause media. And that is still delayed with my awful dexterity.
I also searched for both the Headset Droid and Headset Controller Button apps which were both recommended on this forum 3 yrs ago but neither of those apps appear in Google's Play Store. I do feel this could be remedied with correct drivers, but not a clue how to do that. I would be most grateful if someone could give me a fix to enable a hard controller. Or even a way to get play/pause/volume in an accessible but discrete floating button on-screen would help. I've tried loads of apps that just weren't that easy to use. Sorry, I can't remember which I used, they were all called volume control with no play or pause . Thanks :)
