Headphones with iOS and Android Support?

[themellowtiger]

Does anybody know of any in-ear headphones, or circumaural that have inline control for both Android and iOS?

 

I have an Android phone and an Ipod, and my recently decreased earbuds volume control only worked for the iPod.

 

Any help would be appreciated. 

[ZetZet]

Nope, can't happen.

[themellowtiger]

Nope, can't happen.

Really? Oh well, thanks anyway. I hate to compromise between the two.. 

[ZacDaMan72]

You're not going to be able to use volume controls but the middle button will work.

[BaconComputing]

Um, maybe you could get a pair of headphones with a removable cable, and have two cables, one for Android and one for iOS.

[FatalityDiablo]

it think the beats inear have something for both.

[GlassBomb]

The standard 3.5mm headphones (no in-line controls on the cable) use the configuration of (from left to right) 
TRS- Tip, Ring, Sleeve. The pinout for these connections is: Left Audio, Right Audio, Ground.

Connection types for headphones with a mic (and newer ones with volume control) are configured in 
TRRS- Tip, Ring, Ring, Sleeve.

On TRRS there are 2 types- 
1. The original TRRS configuration was created by Nokia and has a pinout of Left Audio, Right Audio, Mic, Ground.

Apple came along and in typical elitist fashion changed their pinout to Left Audio, Right Audio, Ground, Mic.

This is why many apple headsets will not work with android, because the last 2 connections, for Mic and Ground are switched. The issue is with the hardware. 

The way that songs are skipped (forwards, backwards, and pause) occurs by sending signals down the ground channel(when you tap the button it shoots an electrical signal that the phone will pick up and interpret). 
The way that volume is increased/decreased occurs by sending signals down the Mic channel. 
This is why- if you try a set of newer iPhone earbuds on the GSIII- as I have- the center button does nothing, but yet the volume up and volume down both pause tracks, and allow you to skip them!!

Additionally, Apple has patents on their TRRS connection- in fact on the resistances (the actual ohm resistance in-line on the controls- not to get scientific or anything) so that the headphones are designed to work only with Apple products. In other words- you could have a device with the same TRRS Pinout as apple products- but the headset wont work because the resistances (ohms) of the headphones send signals that your phone is not allowed to interpret into the correct actions (since apple patented these)

Hope this clarifies things up a bit