N0BOX
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The only real solution I can see is sticking with audio hardware whose male plug connectors use 4 conductors instead of 3 sadly. Kinda interesting really how this was present as far as I know since the G3 but was never really fixed.
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Yeah, and it's sad because at the moment this phone is one of the favorites in a thread labelled "Best smartphone for audiophile" on the Head-Fi forums. It looks like there are several new phones in the works that are going the way of the G3, G4, and V10 that are pairing a quality DAC with the necessary amplifiers to drive high-impedance studio-quality headphones (which was my main reason for choosing the V10). I'm lucky that I treat electronics as a hobby, so I had the tools I needed to diagnose and build a fix for my phone, but most people don't.
That said, would people here be interested in buying an adapter if I were to put some together? I couldn't find any forum rules other than the ToS for the site, so I'm not sure if it is against the rules to offer something like that for sale. I wouldn't know how much it would cost, and I'd have to find some parts that are less expensive (the parts I used for mine were bought out of convenience... I already had an account at Digi-key, and those were the only parts that came up that didn't look like cheap plastic Radioshack style connectors). If there is some interest, I will see if I can find a source of decent-quality connectors and wire that doesn't cost too much and try to come up with a price.