How to make apple ear-pods work for Sony Ericsson lti8 (xperia arc S)?

[Sebastien]

I have no idea what I'm talking about so I won't pretend that I do. So I just bought the new apple earpods and was really excited I don't usually buy apple products but this was an exception. To my surprise their was a compatibility issue between the earpods and my Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S as far as I know the iphone 5 and my phone both have a 3.5mm headphone jack and the earpods fit into my phone with no problems the only visual difference between the earpods and the ear buds that came with my phone is that the earpods have 4 of these "poles" better described in this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347970 whereas all my other headphones have 3 I've managed to make the headphones work by plugging them in 3/4ths of the way into my phone but this is only a temporary fix i'm looking for an adapter (preferably white to match the earpods) that will fit both my phone and the earpods so far i've found this but I don't want to waste my money on something that may or may not work http://uk.cellphoneshop.net/35mmwhite.html


sorry for the long wall of text all replies are appreciated thanks

 

[MrSneaky]

I think the headphones are broken i have an arc and my sister has an iphone 5 and the earbuds work fine on mine take them back if i was you... And you can get much better earbud for much less... I recommend sony's anything by them its all good... Best ive ever had

 

[Andrew1]

Yours may or may not be defective. If I where you I would exchange them. The earpods are totally worth the money but if they don't work get a different pair.