Wow. That was easy. This might be a great information for those experiencing the same problem:
What I did:
- I disabled the ‘Start Playback on plugging headphone in’ function.
- I left the ‘Pause on removing headphones’ enabled
What happens:
- Poweramp stops playback once I pull the headphones just as it’s supposed to.
What I found out/my explanation:
- When pulling the headphones out, the electrical contact is lost.
- Once it’s about half way out, contact is established again for about a mm which causes Poweramp with the ‘Start Playback on plugging headphone in’ function to start the playback again.
- BUT: When you pull the headphones in a normal speed, the contact is lost before the ‘Stop playback on removing headphones’ action can be triggered.
*The problem does not persist if I remove the headphones SLOWLY.
Also:
- The described problem also appears when plugging the headphones in.
- When doing it FAST, playback will start through the phone’s loudspeakers while SLOW movement will let the process work as intended.
And finally:
- I changed my headphone’s 4-pole headset cable for a 3-pole standard audio jack cable (yes, I probably should have mentioned I was using a headset cable with microphone and remote control, but I didn’t think of that. Sorry
). - Everything works just as intended, no problems at all with the standard cable.
Conclusion:
- If you are using a 4-pole cable on your headphones and you want your music app to start AND stop music playback on plugging and unplugging the headphones, do this SLOWLY
- It is not Poweramp’s fault! (@paulakreuzer
) … and probably not Fairphone’s either.
CC: @xaxa
Thanks everyone for your help!