Connecting PC headset to the Samsung/HTC/Apple smartphones

Connecting PC headset to the Samsung/HTC/Apple smartphones.

Wanna using Skype on your smartphone, but don't know how to connect your PC headset to it? This article will solve the problem on the fly.

Some of you might ask why to do so if you can just buy some bluetooth headset? That's true, but cable cans have some advantages over them. The crucial issue when using headset with Voip services like Skype is a latency. While cable gives us no noticeable latency bluetooth adds some of it here. It surely won't help your speaking experience. Another thing is even though bluetooth technology becomes  better and better cable connection still offers us superior sound quality. Of course, cable connection loses when it comes to the mobility, but here we assume that is not an issue.

There are a plenty of adapters on the market but I haven't found any of them actually working with my Samsung i9100. That happens just because we have a few standards of TRRS pinout in smartphones and while most of the modern devices have a Samsung/HTC/Apple style pinout most of the adapters don't.

An Example of adapter which is incompatible with Samsung/HTC/Apple devices. 

Picture below shows wiring of working adapter for Samsung/HTC/Apple devices. You can make it yourself with small effort and enjoy your pc headset with your smartphone/tablet. I've tested it with: Samsung Galaxy i9100, Samsung Galaxy i9300, Samsung Galaxy i9001, HTC One X, HTC Wildfire, Apple iphone 4s.

PC headset to Samsung/HTC/Apple device adapter.

Notice, this won't work with the following popular devices (checked): Samsung Wave 1, Samsung Wave 2, Samsung Galaxy i9000.


Things you need to make this adapter:

- 4-pole 3.5mm jack plug.
- 2 x 3-pole 3.5mm jack on-cable socket.
- cable to solder it together.