Audio Jack and combo cables.

[ninetenduh]

I today kind experienced something odd with my 950XL, it was the first time i went out with a pair of headphones, had a quite lengthy bus drive to do(1hr+) so i wanted to listen to some music, but when i plugged in my headphones the Phone completely ignored the fact, so i had a total of over 2 hours in the bus without music. The headphones are HyperX Cloud 2 which have a Combo cable, means the Microphone and Sound are in the same cable and with only one 3.5 mm jack, obviously i unplugged the Microphone cause that looks silly in a bus. but exactly that made the headphones not work at all, when i came home i plugged in the Microphone and bam, all works. Is it supposed to be like that ?

 

[JRDEMASKUS]

Test your setup/ gear, apps, before you need them.

 

[Joe920]

The headphones are HyperX Cloud 2 which have a Combo cable, means the Microphone and Sound are in the same cable and with only one 3.5 mm jack, obviously i unplugged the Microphone cause that looks silly in a bus. but exactly that made the headphones not work at all, when i came home i plugged in the Microphone and bam, all works. Is it supposed to be like that ?

Let me add some compassion. I don't think it's supposed to work like that. Does it keep behaving the same after a restart? I've seen some bad audio behavior related to plugging in on insider builds. For example, I had two audio apps play simultaneously when I pressed the 'play' button of my headset. So a bug is definitely a possibility. Always good to report these with the Feedback app. Press power-volume down together when it's happening, I suspect that will automatically include some relevant system parameters in the report.

 

[ninetenduh]

First of all, it is odd behaviour because the Headset works fine on the with or without the microphone plugged in. It does the same even after a restart. The exact moment i unplug the microphone the Phone pauses the playback and switch the output source to speaker. As if the Headset is not even plugged in.