Today I soldered a new jack onto my Apple EarPods. I have the EarPods with remote and mic. They’d been stretched and yanked too many times and were randomly pausing or advancing my podcasts. I bought a 50 peso knock-off pair (which worked but sounded like 50 peso earphones), and I cut off the jack. There are tear-downs online but they don’t mention the pin-out, so I had to work it out for myself. For future reference, here it is:

Pinout for the Apple EarPods with Remote and Mic
Tip – Left – Green
Ring1 – Right – Red
Ring2 – Ground – Green/Gold & Red/Gold & Red/Green*
Ring3 – Mic – Gold*

• There’s a wire that has red and green strands wrapped around gold strands. Separate them. The red/green is ground. The gold is for the microphone.

(By gold, I mean the color of the insulation, not the metal.)