And now, Electrical Engineering 101 with Cyberstein

Cyberstein: think of it like this

Cyberstein: when you have GND->TIP then a stereo jack shorts GND&RING when a mono plug is inserted

Cyberstein: so that shorting out tells the device that the mic is inserted

Cyberstein: when you place a stereo jack into that port it doesnt short

NetAdmin: lol

Cyberstein: and it thinks that ???? is happeneing

Cyberstein: and turns off your headphone port

NetAdmin: I love when you try to "dumb down" your replies/analogies.. they are always just as confusing to most peeps ;)

Din: ^

Din: TL;DR: Magic happens