They're really nice, but I hadn't realized when buying the thing that they would simply not recognize any device without the app.

I understand why headphones with a bunch of bells and whistles (most of which I'm not going to use; I just wanted good quality in the regular features I will use) might benefit from using a battery,

but if it's all charged and I'm not using most of those features, how hard is it to have the headphones do what normal headphones do and work normally when plugged in??

My guess is that they don't because if they did fewer people would bother with the app.

I have never run into this (all four of my headphones have apps, don't get me wrong, but they work normally without it... provided I don't want to modify how the touch controls work or have them pair to two devices at once).

(My only headphones that require an app are my previous gen sleep headphones. Which don't work as headphones, they're paired to a dedicated sound library of white noise.)

I turn these on, plug them in, and nothing happens except the occasional "Ready to connect" soundbyte. It wants bluetooth and idek what the cord is even for.

It has a 3.5mm aux connection?

2.5mm

Hmm... one second.

Try plugging them in without turning them on.

Just plug in and see if that changes the sound over to them.

....................MAGIC

I was sure I tried that before but apparently not!

Thank you!

Yeah, most headphones are (essentially) starting at the same place as pre-bluetooth era hardware, so they just work if plugged in (so they can plug into electric instruments), turning them on means you want the bluetooth.

But this is something I knew from a decade ago, I wanted to test it before sayin'. And that required finding my AUX.

Man, I'm so glad. This thing is never getting turned on again.

An autistic person knowing too much about headphones??? Couldn't be me.

Yay, I'm glad it got solved!

<3