Can someone explain why it is not possible to use Next Radio in place of the radio app in Joying Sofia units? I mean not streaming, but the radio feature. Why can't it use the radio chip? I tried an older version and it asked me to plug my headphones in, lol. I assume for an antenna, but why can't that be overridden.?
Ultimately, I wish it were possible to use HD radio... My biggest complaint about the Radio is that it's so crappy.
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Redbullssg said:
Can someone explain why it is not possible to use Next Radio in place of the radio app in Joying Sofia units? I mean not streaming, but the radio feature. Why can't it use the radio chip? I tried an older version and it asked me to plug my headphones in, lol. I assume for an antenna, but why can't that be overridden.?
Ultimately, I wish it were possible to use HD radio... My biggest complaint about the Radio is that it's so crappy.
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Next radio uses FM radio hardware that is standard in many phones....radio hardware that is built into the SoC in phones and tablets...in Android head units the FM radio hardware is separate and is a proprietary solution.
Which 2DIN radio has the best RDS functionality? I am not sure why it is so impossible to get RDS working. It is not even a new technology.
So, do you know any 2DIN radio which can support scrolling RDS etc? Obviously it is also important that the radio is not ancient. Like Android 8.x+ and with decent amount of memory and a good processor.
I have this HU and my fm radio reception is very poor.
Already tried normal antenna and amplified antenna but nothing works.
When i try old radio its just fine.
Someone have a solution or another fm tuner offline app.
Its an android 8.1(go) system so i cant download any apps on usb or sd because it can t find the files.
I've had 3 Chinese head units already (on different cars) and they all seem to have this problem
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Hello,
I have just bought a Ossuret JGQTR92P car radio on ebay.
Radio is useless, as picks up very few channels, I was going to try and install amplified aerial to see if helps, radio app is not very good, was hoping someone had a better radio app with RDS that I could install ?.
But mainly I was looking for firmware updates etc to try and make interface a lot better. Does anyone own one of these or is aware of where to obtain the latest firmware ?
Thank you
I was looking for a different radio app, since the built-in one isn't very good and does not store stations persistently. I downloaded NextRadio, but when it loads it says "FM Radio is Unavailable...... NextRadio doesn't have access to the FM radio receiver in your device". How is it that the stock Radio app works but not this one? Anyone have a good radio app that uses the FM tuner? (Not internet radio). Thanks.
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I was looking for a different radio app, since the built-in one isn't very good and does not store stations persistently. I downloaded NextRadio, but when it loads it says "FM Radio is Unavailable...... NextRadio doesn't have access to the FM radio receiver in your device". How is it that the stock Radio app works but not this one? Anyone have a good radio app that uses the FM tuner? (Not internet radio). Thanks.
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Radio chip is 6625
jaytango said:
I was looking for a different radio app, since the built-in one isn't very good and does not store stations persistently. I downloaded NextRadio, but when it loads it says "FM Radio is Unavailable...... NextRadio doesn't have access to the FM radio receiver in your device". How is it that the stock Radio app works but not this one? Anyone have a good radio app that uses the FM tuner? (Not internet radio). Thanks.
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The radio chip in these units is not presented to the Android system. Instead the radio app sends commands to a dedicated radio module on the amplifier board. The same for the Bluetooth unit, as it's not actually part of the Android tablet.
These head units are two devices that work together. The Android part is basically a tablet that has dedicated apps to talk to the Radio part. The two parts work separate, and that's why all the FM radio apps and stuff are such garbage. They have to send commands to the actual FM module on the Radio board and get back a response about what is happening. In theory it would be possible to see what commands and data the FM radio app uses and write your own to send & receive the same data.
pizzaboy192 said:
The radio chip in these units is not presented to the Android system. Instead the radio app sends commands to a dedicated radio module on the amplifier board. The same for the Bluetooth unit, as it's not actually part of the Android tablet.
These head units are two devices that work together. The Android part is basically a tablet that has dedicated apps to talk to the Radio part. The two parts work separate, and that's why all the FM radio apps and stuff are such garbage. They have to send commands to the actual FM module on the Radio board and get back a response about what is happening. In theory it would be possible to see what commands and data the FM radio app uses and write your own to send & receive the same data.
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Is this separation of modules also related to why the EQ/Balance/Fade functionality does not work on this head unit? I noticed a few reports stating the same problem I'm having... where the faders have no effect whatsoever. No front/rear fade, no left/right pan, and no EQ change.
pizzaboy192 said:
The radio chip in these units is not presented to the Android system. Instead the radio app sends commands to a dedicated radio module on the amplifier board. The same for the Bluetooth unit, as it's not actually part of the Android tablet.
These head units are two devices that work together. The Android part is basically a tablet that has dedicated apps to talk to the Radio part. The two parts work separate, and that's why all the FM radio apps and stuff are such garbage. They have to send commands to the actual FM module on the Radio board and get back a response about what is happening. In theory it would be possible to see what commands and data the FM radio app uses and write your own to send & receive the same data.
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By the way, I discovered something today... I was playing music files from a USB drive and lo and behold, the EQ and Balance functionality worked. I started to think about why and I think it has to do with what you said. The reason it wasn't working for me initially is because I was trying to use it with the radio, and since u said the radio is outside of the android layer, that's probably why it wasn't working. But it looks like it DOES work with any audio that's within the Android layer.
Can confirm what @pizzaboy192 has posted. You will NOT be able to use any sound processing, not even to mute radio during navigation directions because of this funky implementation.
All you can do is root and then replace the radio apk with the macnaughty one that does save stations and (for me) has HD information.
I used this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android-auto/android-head-units/everything-yt9216b-t4007063
BTW :you probably miss the HIFI flag in build.prop as in my case at least the built in equalizer and spatializer work with the radio app.. Viper4Android however, does not work, despite being complied in and having root access, simply because the audio path from the radio bypasses the OS.