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[Q] FM Radio on Galaxy S 4G?

I heard that some models of the Galaxy S line have FM Radios built in. Anyone know if it's built-in and disabled, or if it's on and we just need an app for it?
I've looked in the market for an FM radio app, and for a solution but found nothing.
Any ideas?
Officially, I've seen it's nonexistant, but some seem to have doubts.
Thanks in advance.

danstheman7 said:
I heard that some models of the Galaxy S line have FM Radios built in. Anyone know if it's built-in and disabled, or if it's on and we just need an app for it?
I've looked in the market for an FM radio app, and for a solution but found nothing.
Any ideas?
Officially, I've seen it's nonexistant, but some seem to have doubts.
Thanks in advance.
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I looked that up when I had the SGS4G but it turns out from what I read that only European Samsung Galaxy S phone's have the radio ability ...
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA App

danstheman7 said:
I heard that some models of the Galaxy S line have FM Radios built in. Anyone know if it's built-in and disabled, or if it's on and we just need an app for it?
I've looked in the market for an FM radio app, and for a solution but found nothing.
Any ideas?
Officially, I've seen it's nonexistant, but some seem to have doubts.
Thanks in advance.
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I too would like to get this feature working. From this site:
http://www.chipworks.com/en/technic...rdown-of-the-samsung-galaxy-s-4g-smart-phone/
It says that the hardware is there. So it's only a matter of someone figuring out how to remove the block!

FM RADIO
do you have to have a certain model like I had a mytouch 3g but there were so many different models 32a and 32b and voderfone so is it the same case for the SGS4G

invario said:
I too would like to get this feature working. From this site:
http://www.chipworks.com/en/technic...rdown-of-the-samsung-galaxy-s-4g-smart-phone/
It says that the hardware is there. So it's only a matter of someone figuring out how to remove the block!
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Well there are a few hardware specification mistakes; for example, it says the CPU is Samsung manufactured, while it is in not that, but a Hummingbird CPU.

Hummingbird was codeveloped by Samsung and Intrinsity. Check wiki.

invario said:
Hummingbird was codeveloped by Samsung and Intrinsity. Check wiki.
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lol I feel stupid, my apologies

Hehe no worries.

Alright so anyway, after a little bit of hunting more sites seem to say there is no radio, but I still have my own little hunch...
No- http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_4g-3719.php
No- http://www.mobile-phonez.net/2011/03/samsung-galaxy-s-4g/
No- http://www.esato.com/phones/Samsung-Galaxy+S+4G-778
Yes- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S
Double Yes!- http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110328080129AATmxrf
Yes- http://www.rizwanashraf.com/2011/01/21/samsung-galaxy-s-4g/
Who knows.

Why not just download a radio app and use that? You get way more stations that way.

Sigh. Wish someone would figure out the right answer. And if it does have a tuner, turn it on! Oh well...

404glitch said:
Why not just download a radio app and use that? You get way more stations that way.
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Uses data, and probably a lot more battery compared to a tuner.

Where is the wireless/data receiver placed?

Which part of the phone is the wireless and the data receiver placed?

th3controller said:
Which part of the phone is the wireless and the data receiver placed?
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Uhm? On the motherboard. Why?
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung-Galaxy-S-4G-Teardown/4977/2

Lmao that's not what I meant. I meant is it located somewhere in the top left corner or something?

Click that link I gave you.

hechoen said:
Click that link I gave you.
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Lol I missed that. I thought it was ur signature. Thanks dude
Also if your.asking why I bumped my phone on a wall and I got paranoid lol

An FM tuner? There used to be an app that worked with some tuners. Gonna look for it. I didn't search to find any additional info about the tuner because Tapatalk's search sucks.
Edit: Looking at the link above I noticed there was an FM tuner.
Sent from my SGH-T959V using Tapatalk 2

foltz61 said:
An FM tuner? There used to be an app that worked with some tuners. Gonna look for it. I didn't search to find any additional info about the tuner because Tapatalk's search sucks.
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There is indeed an FM tuner on the board. I've tried some FM radio apps and have had no luck even with head phones plugged in(which is what most phones use for antennas). We've talked about finding a way to enable it in the past but no one has really looked that hard. Not super high on the priority list.

AT&T HOX Deleted Apps

I'm brand new to AT&T, so I apologize in advance if this is already well known, but I just came across a thread
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1632238)
looking for missing apps that AT&T thought would be a good idea to leave off our phones.
I to, have always liked the flashlight and FM radio and got them to work just by signing them and installing them as user apps. So far they have survived a couple of full reboots, and a simulated battery pulls.

fnut6969 said:
I apologize in advance if this is already well known, but I just came across a thread
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Umm, the fact that there is already a thread for it, means it already well known.

redpoint73 said:
Umm, the fact that there is already a thread for it, means it already well known.
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Fair enough, but in the original thread I didn't see anything about the FM radio working, hence the reason I lead with an apology.

fnut6969 said:
Fair enough, but in the original thread I didn't see anything about the FM radio working, hence the reason I lead with an apology.
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I for one greatly appreciate it! Hated using the spirit fm radio app but it was better than nothing. So glad to have stock fm radio app back.

brwnohno said:
I for one greatly appreciate it! Hated using the spirit fm radio app but it was better than nothing. So glad to have stock fm radio app back.
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Glad it's working for you too.

fnut6969 said:
I'm brand new to AT&T, so I apologize in advance if this is already well known, but I just came across a thread
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1632238)
looking for missing apps that AT&T thought would be a good idea to leave off our phones.
I to, have always liked the flashlight and FM radio and got them to work just by signing them and installing them as user apps. So far they have survived a couple of full reboots, and a simulated battery pulls.
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Awesome job fnut6969, both apps work perfectly and I couldn't thank you enough for the FM app!

fnut6969 said:
I'm brand new to AT&T, so I apologize in advance if this is already well known, but I just came across a thread
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1632238)
looking for missing apps that AT&T thought would be a good idea to leave off our phones.
I to, have always liked the flashlight and FM radio and got them to work just by signing them and installing them as user apps. So far they have survived a couple of full reboots, and a simulated battery pulls.
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Thanks a lot!!!!

Both those apps you posted work!

its hanging on fm turning on

meteora1 said:
its hanging on fm turning on
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Are you rooted?

Tried like five different methods to get the flashlight app working non of them but this one worked. Thanks.

I'm running King Kang and have the FM Radio in system/apps with rw-r--r-- permissions. When I try to start it up, the process force closes.

No sound with JB 1.1 stock att rom
I installed it on stock 3.18 update...JB 4.1.1...app installed successfully scan radio stations too...but no sound in ear phones or speaker!!!

jove39 said:
I installed it on stock 3.18 update...JB 4.1.1...app installed successfully scan radio stations too...but no sound in ear phones or speaker!!!
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HTC changed their FM audio methods in JB. My FM app supports that.
Perhaps an HTC FM app from a JB ROM will work, whether for Rogers or Euro OneX(L) or the app from HTC One or whatever.
I think it needs to be from an HTC phone using WCN3660 FM/combo chip (and Qualcomm S4+ SOC). An HTC app for Broadcom or TI combo chips won't work for the FM control function.

How to get FM Radio on One Plus One

Any Devs working on enabling FM Radio feature on OnePlus one?

Hello mate, the one plus one doesn't have a FM reciver

mark manning said:
Hello mate, the one plus one doesn't have a FM reciver
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No, it have but it hasn't enabled.

erorcun said:
No, it have but it hasn't enabled.
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Where is your evidence or link showing this?

Oneplus hesitantly(see the link) says NO Fm.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1zl2y5/hi_we_are_carl_and_david_from_oneplus_tech_ask_us/cfv4rl4
But see step 14. (Qualcomm WCN3680 802.11ac/FM/BT 4.0 Combo Chip)https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/OnePlus+One+Teardown/26484
I am confused, can it be enabled using kernel?

tiny4579 said:
Where is your evidence or link showing this?
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This.
vamshi88 said:
see step 14. (Qualcomm WCN3680 802.11ac/FM/BT 4.0 Combo Chip)https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/OnePlus+One+Teardown/26484
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It's possible to make it work if there is a connection between chip and headphone jack. (For antenna)

I talked to the developer of SPIRIT FM and he told me this
Code:
Thanks for the log.
It looks like it has a Qualcomm FM/BT/WiFi combo chip.
But the kernel does not have the needed Qualcomm "IRIS" V4L FM driver at /dev/radio0.
Disabling the kernel driver is pretty unusual; even Google Nexus devices don't do that, despite that their FM antenna pins are hardware disabled.
A kernel that supports the FM V4L driver is needed to test any further.
Let's see

The easiest thing I have found which I listen to local channels is I-heart radio. I've had many phones in the past that had FM but never used it because I get what I want from I-heart radio and I use Bluetooth headset with mine.

jimmydee62 said:
The easiest thing I have found which I listen to local channels is I-heart radio. I've had many phones in the past that had FM but never used it because I get what I want from I-heart radio and I use Bluetooth headset with mine.
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I-Heart Radio is good but it uses bandwidth not all local radio stations are available.

Interesting, I'd love to see if having this included in a custom kernel will make an FM tuner app work..

I just asked AK if he can have a look someday http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54966825&postcount=998

vamshi88 said:
Oneplus hesitantly(see the link) says NO Fm.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1zl2y5/hi_we_are_carl_and_david_from_oneplus_tech_ask_us/cfv4rl4
But see step 14. (Qualcomm WCN3680 802.11ac/FM/BT 4.0 Combo Chip)https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/OnePlus+One+Teardown/26484
I am confused, can it be enabled using kernel?
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not sure how that's used. OPO is a BT 4.1 device, so i'm not sure that they've identified the correct part.

timothydonohue said:
not sure how that's used. OPO is a BT 4.1 device, so i'm not sure that they've identified the correct part.
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Well if you can zoom in the picture and look on chip itself it clearly shows as WCN3680. And as per BT 4.1 its just a patch it can applied to most or all 4.0 devices.

I've asked Franco to look into it as well here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/orig-development/kernel-franco-kernel-r1-t2800871

Looks like it's a no go
Nomelas said:
So i take it the FM radio didn't work?
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ak said:
No
[email protected]
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I was checking my opo ..fooling around and saw this "Qualcomm WCN3680" and then I saw an FM radio hmmm I thought OPO didn't have, then google it and here we are
Why use a chip with fm tuner and disable it? ..unless it's defective ones from qualcomm with fm tuner in a non working condition ..but cheaper

This is a topic where the spirit FM dev helps with enabling FM on the One.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/spirit-fm/spiritfm-oneplus-one-t2866431/post55856106
I'd love to try this, but I do not know that much about building my own kernel. Anyone else that is willing to try this or can at least point me in the right direction?

Why almost all the customize ROMs do not include FM radio function?
FM radio is not important, but useful and happy with that.

Maybe this will help : https://android.googlesource.com/ke...4-kitkat-mr1/drivers/media/radio/radio-iris.c

Its true. I hope CM folks can enable it.
NPR has article on it. The Hidden FM Radio Inside Your Pocket, And Why You Can't Use It

Fm radio h955 is here

Thought I was being stupid when I couldn't get the radio to work on my h955 but it seemed that lg had not provided an app nor the capability. Radio update now available from lg. Tried it and it works very well. Not sure if everyone else knew about it or if peeps were waiting without knowing so I'm letting you all know.

Link?
Sent from my LG-H950 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

kaisersosay said:
I couldn't get the radio to work on my h955 but it seemed that lg had not provided an app nor the capability
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Are you joking or what? Just look at Settings / General / About phone / Update Center / App Updates. There are 14 LG apps, FM Radio 4.40.14 is among them.

No not joking. When I first got my flex 2 the radio wouldn't work. I tried and tried but to no avail. I may not be able to write in programming language but I'm certainly not a dumbass as your tone denoted. I've been rooting and modding ever since I had my lg 2x (p990). The update is exactly where you said. Maybe it was firmware specific but I don't think I was the only one who had this problem and thought it would be nice to let others know. Anyways. . . . . no luck with bootloader still everyone or is flex 2 considered a dead horse?

kaisersosay said:
When I first got my flex 2 the radio wouldn't work. I tried and tried but to no avail.
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Was your Flex in original factory condition at the same time?
Was your box sealed?
Or it was second hand phone tampered by previous owner?
(*) Wait, I take a look into LG-H955_GBR_UG_Web_V1.0_150319-1.pdf users guide and have found this: "FM radio - NOTE: This application may not be available depending on the region or service provider."
But in such situation I would expect that FM Radio will be missing in Settings / General / About phone / Update Center / App Updates too, in other words - forever.
kaisersosay said:
I'm certainly not a dumbass as your tone denoted.
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I am sorry, but that's purely your interpretation, I don't want to say this. I was only really surprised how someone can say "but it seemed that lg had not provided an app nor the capability". That is like missing for example Camera apps or Camera capability which is mentioned too in phone specifications. But now I know that even this is possible in some regions by some service providers, see (*).
kaisersosay said:
Maybe it was firmware specific but I don't think I was the only one who had this problem and thought it would be nice to let others know.
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I didn't read any post about missing FM Radio app out of the box on Flex 2 so far.
Did you noticed the second post, asking for link? Your OP could be interpreted as if LG post FM Radio in Google Play for LG phones. It was reason for me to enter with my exact specification where you are able to install/update LG apps including FM Radio:
_jis_ said:
Just look at Settings / General / About phone / Update Center / App Updates. There are 14 LG apps, FM Radio 4.40.14 is among them.
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_jis_ said:
Was your Flex in original factory condition at the same time?
Was your box sealed?
Or it was second hand phone tampered by previous owner?
(*) Wait, I take a look into LG-H955_GBR_UG_Web_V1.0_150319-1.pdf users guide and have found this: "FM radio - NOTE: This application may not be available depending on the region or service provider."
But in such situation I would expect that FM Radio will be missing in Settings / General / About phone / Update Center / App Updates too, in other words - forever.
I am sorry, but that's purely your interpretation, I don't want to say this. I was only really surprised how someone can say "but it seemed that lg had not provided an app nor the capability". That is like missing for example Camera apps or Camera capability which is mentioned too in phone specifications. But now I know that even this is possible in some regions by some service providers, see (*).
I didn't read any post about missing FM Radio app out of the box on Flex 2 so far.
Did you noticed the second post, asking for link? Your OP could be interpreted as if LG post FM Radio in Google Play for LG phones. It was reason for me to enter with my exact specification where you are able to install/update LG apps including FM Radio:
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Mine was second hand but I factory reset it before I used it properly. When I tried to use the lg radio app which was already on the phone it wouldn't work. I deleted and reinstalled it but it still didn't work. I searched online to see if anyone else had a similar problem and some people stated that they couldn't use their radios either. I looked in the manual and found the same as you did that lg may not necessarily switch it on in some regions. I checked some 3rd party apps but no luck. Nothing would work so I assumed maybe mine was switched off and just listened to mp3 ect instead. Then an lg notification took me to update something else the other day and whilst doing so I spotted the radio app. As soon as I opened it I could tell that it was different from before ( an updated version I assumed ) and it worked awesome. I thought others should know. You're right, I should have said where I found it properly in my op sorry.

Some variants of the phone don't have FM radio. I think the H959 doesn't have it.

jeremyr62 said:
Some variants of the phone don't have FM radio. I think the H959 doesn't have it.
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Thats what i thoughtabout mine. You should take another look. It might be available for yours now?

kaisersosay said:
Thats what i thoughtabout mine. You should take another look. It might be available for yours now?
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I have a H955 so I have the radio. It is a good radio too with excellent reception..

Maybe you can post the updated .apk's here for us.

d8tahead said:
Maybe you can post the updated .apk's here for us.
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If I had a clue I would, but I don't
I suspect if you don't have the FM radio, the relevant hardware is not included although this is just a guess.

I have the ls996 and it does have an fm radio.
ls996 users have to use a third party fm radio app to use the hardware ( I verified this through the use of the NextRadio app )
though I can make use of the hardware by other means, I'm the type of person that likes to have something official from lg to tinker around with.

I run radio on LS996? No full-time program, which put the program to work FM radio?