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I see the specs all over the Net for the T-Mobile Vibrant say there's an FM radio and that for the Samsung Galaxy S generally there's one too.
Is that accurate, is there FM radio hardware on the Vibrant? (I am not talking about software that provides Net FM radio, I am referring to the hardware radio.)
On the Touch Pro2 (TMOUS) it came without the FM radio app to use the hardware radio that was in fact on the phone. Is it the same with the Vibrant, where we simply need the FM radio app to activate the hardware radio?
Or does the Vibrant NOT have a hardware FM radio?
If the FM radio is on the motherboard, anyone know where to get the app or software to make it work?
I don't have much info for you, but a few of the reviews I remember watching on the net last week have said that the international version does indeed have a built in hardware FM tuner (you have to make sure to plug in headphones though, they act as your antenna). I even saw a demo of this app. I don't remember if this was on the international Galaxy S or the ATT Captivate.
So unless T-Mobile totally removed the hardware chip (I wouldn't say to be very likely) it should still be there. Hope this helps.
I don't know for sure but based 0on what I have read it seems like the Vibrant does have the hardware for a radio...and as of now there rumors that 2.2 will bring out the fm radio to its fullness but nothing has been confirmed as of yet.
Check tunein in the market no need for fm radio
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Check the think tank for this. It seems the Vibrant has the hardware as part of the GPS chip (correct me if I'm wrong). People are having a hard time getting it to work though. I'll try and find the link and post it.
I found the link, but i can't post it because i don't have rights.
stevja1 said:
Check the think tank for this. It seems the Vibrant has the hardware as part of the GPS chip (correct me if I'm wrong). People are having a hard time getting it to work though. I'll try and find the link and post it.
I found the link, but i can't post it because i don't have rights.
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Would be interesting if the GPS chip was a full software radio. Scan just about any frequency...
orells said:
Check tunein in the market no need for fm radio
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Second that seems to work well for me.
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dattaway said:
Would be interesting if the GPS chip was a full software radio. Scan just about any frequency...
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Mobile HAM?
orells said:
Check tunein in the market no need for fm radio
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True, but an FM radio would probably use less power.
Not a big deal for me since I have a tuner in my BT headset, but it would be cool if the Vibrant had one.
I thought people were trying to figure it out in the Dev board without much success.
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Mobile HAM?
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Yes. For the Atheros chipset on my wifi card, the Linux kernel has the complete source code. A few simple limit changes in the reg.c (if I remember correctly) lets me scan from nearly from 2.1 to 2.8 GHz. Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to change the channel spacing, modulation type and all that.
is there a way to use to fm radio.apk from the i9000?
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Yes. For the Atheros chipset on my wifi card, the Linux kernel has the complete source code. A few simple limit changes in the reg.c (if I remember correctly) lets me scan from nearly from 2.1 to 2.8 GHz. Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to change the channel spacing, modulation type and all that.
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hahaha. I gotta say, that would be a pretty stunning achievement if you could get that working.
I don't know really but 2 weeks ago I flashed Galaxy S i9000 Rom on my Vibrant and when I tried FM Radio first it gave me "Unable to switch on Radio" then I managed to switch it on but I only heard shshsshshshshshshs and when I shift the tuner to another band nothing happens !
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I don't know really but 2 weeks ago I flashed Galaxy S i9000 Rom on my Vibrant and when I tried FM Radio first it gave me "Unable to switch on Radio" then I managed to switch it on but I only heard shshsshshshshshshs and when I shift the tuner to another band nothing happens !
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How did you manage to switch on the radio? Just wondering may be that will give some clue. Also could you confirm if it asked to plug in the head set before it produced static.
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rakeshchn said:
How did you manage to switch on the radio? Just wondering may be that will give some clue. Also could you confirm if it asked to plug in the head set before it produced static.
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Indeed, how were you able to turn this on? Though, I am more interested in the transmitting side of having an FM Radio built in, but receiving might be neat.
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How did you manage to switch on the radio? Just wondering may be that will give some clue. Also could you confirm if it asked to plug in the head set before it produced static.
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inverseflux said:
Indeed, how were you able to turn this on? Though, I am more interested in the transmitting side of having an FM Radio built in, but receiving might be neat.
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Actually I used a custom made update.zip file to enable Arabic support on my vibrant (which it's inherited from i9000 ROM) .. Anyway after applying the update.zip I saw FM Radio icon in application menu so I clicked it and it loaded and asked to connect the headphone to use it as antenna so I connected the antenna and that message disappear. Then I clicked on start Fm Radio and at the beginning a message appeared telling me cannot switch on FM Radio so I clicked it again and again and for the forth time it worked ! I started to hear the (shshshshshsh) sound but unfortunately changing the frequency didn't show me anything! Maybe because it can be used only in US and I'm from Bahrain so maybe that's why it doesn't work !
Is the bahranian vibrant different from the US version? When I load eugene's "froyo that does not brick", I get nothing (i.e. no static). Additionally, headphone logic is reversed, so I only get the "please connect headphones" message when they are already in.
Tune in
Tune-in I ve found to be the best and most reliable Also it uses very little power if you are on head phones
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Is the bahranian vibrant different from the US version? When I load eugene's "froyo that does not brick", I get nothing (i.e. no static). Additionally, headphone logic is reversed, so I only get the "please connect headphones" message when they are already in.
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Actually we have only Samsung Galaxy S i9000 in my country and it's very expensive for me which is cost around $720 for the 8GB so I ordred my Vibrant from US through ebay..
at what price did u purchased from ebay ????
i m also from bahrain and want to purchase it
Does anyone know how to access the internal FM radio?
I installed the leaked connected music player and it has the option to use the fm radio.
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airbillion said:
I installed the leaked connected music player and it has the option to use the fm radio.
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I found the app but Astro File Manager would not let me install it.
airbillion said:
I installed the leaked connected music player and it has the option to use the fm radio.
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I tried that but the FM radio is not actually working is it?
clubtech said:
I tried that but the FM radio is not actually working is it?
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Nope, i've read on multiple places that Motorola has disabled the hardware that gives you the Radio feature and nobody has found a way to enable it through hardware mods.
as much i know u have to modify the mother board, last i check we do have fm receiver but antenna is not connected to the outer body or some thing and in order to to make it functional u have to do two things.
1. Modify ur mother board (connect the antenna)
2. Drivers for ur current operating system.
panflute said:
I found the app but Astro File Manager would not let me install it.
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Try install Tunein from Market.
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elvisrps said:
Try install Tunein from Market.
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I think he refers to FM Radio not INTERNET Radio like Tunein.
Kelvin0007 said:
I think he refers to FM Radio not INTERNET Radio like Tunein.
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sorry ... I did not notice this detail ... since the Atrix has no radio tuner, internet radio only
atrix use Broadcom BCM4329 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, and FM Tuner. but motorola engineers didn't connect the fm tuner to mainboard! if you trust yourself, maybe you can do this?
http://www.broadcom.com/products/Bluetooth/Bluetooth-RF-Silicon-and-Software-Solutions/BCM4329
as you seen on the link, this module has fm recevier & transmitter! so maybe a braveheart can makes our atrix with radio enable
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http://www.broadcom.com/products/Bluetooth/Bluetooth-RF-Silicon-and-Software-Solutions/BCM4329
as you seen on the link, this module has fm recevier & transmitter! so maybe a braveheart can makes our atrix with radio enable
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It's also a BGA package chip so if that pin isn't connected then we're surely SOL.
The pin is not connected.You can refer to Spirit FM radio thread.It had been discussed.
This thread is named like a tutorial, when it's a question. That's no good.
i looked at the thread and learned that, Atrix will not play fm radio, NEVER :banghead:
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Moto's original release specs at CES before the phone was available said very clearly internal FM radio.
But the Broadcom spec says FM TX and RX, meaning the chip supports both FM reception AND TRANSMISSION and that could explain a lot. The FCC might have certified the phone as apporved for sale on the condition that it could not transmit in the FM commercial bands, and that might have meant knocking out all FM TX/RX as one feature set.
If that was true, Moto could have gained a lot of good will by simply saying "We couldn't get FCC approval for the FM radio, we tried."
So few companies get it: You play honest with the customers, they become fans. You play honest with the fans, they respect you. They become loyal to you because you've been loyal to them. And then the sales start going up and everyone becomes happy.
Now that Google owns MotoMobility...Ah Jeez, talk about the deaf leading the blind.
--Red
stewartsoda said:
It's also a BGA package chip so if that pin isn't connected then we're surely SOL.
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In theory if I reballing a broadcom chip again atrix it could be enable radio FM???
Rred said:
Moto's original release specs at CES before the phone was available said very clearly internal FM radio.
But the Broadcom spec says FM TX and RX, meaning the chip supports both FM reception AND TRANSMISSION and that could explain a lot. The FCC might have certified the phone as apporved for sale on the condition that it could not transmit in the FM commercial bands, and that might have meant knocking out all FM TX/RX as one feature set.
If that was true, Moto could have gained a lot of good will by simply saying "We couldn't get FCC approval for the FM radio, we tried."
So few companies get it: You play honest with the customers, they become fans. You play honest with the fans, they respect you. They become loyal to you because you've been loyal to them. And then the sales start going up and everyone becomes happy.
Now that Google owns MotoMobility...Ah Jeez, talk about the deaf leading the blind.
--Red
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Why FCC doesn't approve FM radio?what is the reason?
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Just use 4G or 3G and TuneIn radio; it uses very little data.
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Just use 4G or 3G and TuneIn radio; it uses very little data.
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*facepalm* You mustn't have been reading the thread. If TuneIn filled every purpose, we wouldn't need FM radio.
Using spirit fm perhaps?
I know this has been posted before, but but nobody really bothers paying attention
So, someone with a N4, does spirit fm work at all?
Thanks in advance
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Spirit FM Lite is a no go. Here is the error I got upon firing it up.
Error: No FM accessible
SU:1 Fm:?? Su:0 Bt:3 Ht:0 Mo:UNK
Not sure if the N4 has an FM chip or not.
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Spirit FM Lite is a no go. Here is the error I got upon firing it up.
Error: No FM accessible
SU:1 Fm:?? Su:0 Bt:3 Ht:0 Mo:UNK
Not sure if the N4 has an FM chip or not.
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Thank you
Things aren't looking too good for the Fm crowd sadly
I think Spirit FM's developer wanted people to post an in-app log to him from the N4, to see if he can tell if we'll ever get FM working (because stock FW was never likely to work in the first place)
http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/cracking-open-the-htc-one-x/6363151?seq=54
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33484621&highlight=atheros#post33484621
Both the nexus 4 and US htc one x use the same wireless chip. And the latter has FM radio support, so, I doubt we can't have it too. It might be matter of someone developing a kernel and/or ROM with it.
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http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/cracking-open-the-htc-one-x/6363151?seq=54
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33484621&highlight=atheros#post33484621
Both the nexus 4 and US htc one x use the same wireless chip. And the latter has FM radio support, so, I doubt we can't have it too. It might be matter of someone developing a kernel and/or ROM with it.
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There was a massive thread on it somewhere here in Q&A, and the developer of spirit even chimed in. Someone compiled a kernel with ask the right drivers, and when everything was said and done, they arrived at the conclusion that FM Radio is crippled on the N4, just as it is on the GN.
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fastdan said:
http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/cracking-open-the-htc-one-x/6363151?seq=54
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33484621&highlight=atheros#post33484621
Both the nexus 4 and US htc one x use the same wireless chip. And the latter has FM radio support, so, I doubt we can't have it too. It might be matter of someone developing a kernel and/or ROM with it.
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Just because it uses the same chip, doesn't mean they can't still disable it at a hardware level
Does anybody know what I have to do if I want to listen to FM radio on Galaxy S4 that uses Exynos?
I own a Korean version so it has T-DMB(mobile TV)function,but the channels at the local area isn't so various as radio.
I tried an app called Spirit FM,but non of the settings I tried worked at all.
I desperately need help Right Now.Please XDA dudes(or gals),help me,would you?
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Does anybody know what I have to do if I want to listen to FM radio on Galaxy S4 that uses Exynos?
I own a Korean version so it has T-DMB(mobile TV)function,but the channels at the local area isn't so various as radio.
I tried an app called Spirit FM,but non of the settings I tried worked at all.
I desperately need help Right Now.Please XDA dudes(or gals),help me,would you?
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Unfortunately, there is no FM radio on either model this time around, and I think it's the same with the Korean model
The hardware should be there as part of the wifi/bluetooth chip, but it doesn't seem to be connected.
Maybe I'm wrong and someone will be able to enable it in the future, but I doubt it...
You have two options:-
1) Use Internet radio.
2) Buy another phone.
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Can someone enlighten me as to what the deal is with the FM tuner on the Verizon variant of the G2?
From my understanding the FM tuner is available on international versions of the G2 (and possible on other US carriers?) but is not available on the Verizon version of the phone. If this is the case then I am trying to figure out why Verizon would explicitly opt to not include the FM tuner? Is it a hardware constraint and/or sacrifice due to the LTE chip? If there is a FM tuner on board and it is just disabled by default (either at the hardware or software level) is there currently a way to enable it by rooting?
I know FM tuners are not a high demand feature these days and most people couldn't care less about being able to use an FM radio on their phone, but I happened to really enjoy this feature when I had my old Thunderbolt from a couple years ago. I wouldn't ever consider getting rid of my G2 solely based on this, as this is an awesome phone and not having FM radio is a small price to pay, but does anyone know if Verizon offers other phones that have a functioning built in FM tuner? The reason I ask is I am wondering if Verizon is trying to subliminally push their customers into using more mobile data (i.e. by streaming the radio stations over their mobile network).
I am interested in what the answer is to this too. I would wonder if the APK for it can be added to the VZW G2 that maybe on another variant ??
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I was pleasantly surprised that there was an FM tuner.
I was then disappointed to not find it on my Verizon phone....
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I am interested in what the answer is to this too. I would wonder if the APK for it can be added to the VZW G2 that maybe on another variant ??
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According the the service manual for the VS980 posted here on XDA the microchip is in the phone, but not connected and the phones is using other features of that hardware.
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ElecEngineer1422 said:
According the the service manual for the VS980 posted here on XDA the microchip is in the phone, but not connected and the phones is using other features of that hardware.
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Are you saying that even if we can get the APK for it from another variant it still would not work??
Thank you
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Are you saying that even if we can get the APK for it from another variant it still would not work??
Thank you
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That is likely the case, but it definitely won't hurt anything if you try it. The manual was only a draft, could be inaccurate. I wanted to try the Note 3 camera APK even though it probably won't work, but people in the Note 3 forum laughed at me and I haven't gotten a copy.
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Verizon wants you to use their data network. They don't want anyone to have anything for free.
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According the the service manual for the VS980 posted here on XDA the microchip is in the phone, but not connected and the phones is using other features of that hardware.
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The G2's Snapdragon 800 CPU has FM tuner circuitry built in. Whether the pins are connected to anything on the VZW G2 is anybody's guess.
For what it's worth, people have tried to install the stock FM tuner application from the international G2 on the VZW G2, and failed.
somebody posted APK for FM radio,
Damasterjj said:
somebody posted APK for FM radio,
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Do you have a link for this info???
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Do you have a link for this info???
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471025
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471025
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Thank you for the link.
Verizon is the worst carrier, world-wide, for intentionally disabling FM on their devices.
Almost all their higher end devices are disabled, usually in hardware.
The "best" VZN phone with FM is the new Commando last I looked.
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I am interested in what the answer is to this too. I would wonder if the APK for it can be added to the VZW G2 that maybe on another variant ??
Thank you
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I got LGFmRadio.apk from D802 10G. Then put it into /system/app of VS980 12B.
After reboot, I could run the fm application, but the switch can't be turned on (if turn on, switch would turns from black to blue).
Since the thread is bumped, I'll update this statement:
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The "best" VZN phone with FM is the new Commando last I looked.
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I have the $180 GSM version of the MotoG and I'll echo every review out there that says it's a steal at that price. Good as any new $250-300 phone. The VZN variant at $100 is even more of a steal.
As for the G2, I'm trying to recall if anyone has tried to run my Spirit1 app on the Verizon version. When rooted, BT off, and wired headset plugged in, any G2 that can support FM shows RSSI at top left over 20 when tuned to a reasonably strong station.
Audio doesn't work in my app, yet, but you can clearly see if the tuner/antenna portion works. My bet is that it doesn't. Verizon kills FM almost on every phone they carry, and certainly on the higher end phones.
I got a Sprint G2 yesterday, and should be able to support it in my FM apps soon.