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FM Radio on Sprint Touch Pro/Diamond

So thus far there is no FM radio cab on the Touch pro from sprint.
If you are interested in the sprint diamond, there is a fix for that in the diamond forums both here and at ppcgeeks.
If you are interested in a fix for the Fuze:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2692292&postcount=204
from what i under stand that works..
For a current discussion of the FM radio on the Sprint Touch Pro:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=49654

wont flashing a different ROM do the trick?

RavenY2K3 said:
wont flashing a different ROM do the trick?
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I don't think there is a rom out there yet for the Sprint Touch Pro - it's a CDMA phone so none of the existing roms will work on it (I assume?).

Any luck with this anyone

no luck
Just loaded the cab i found in one of the threads. installed on my sprint touch pro and loaded fine. but would not play. I think they removed the hardware.

benthere06 said:
Just loaded the cab i found in one of the threads. installed on my sprint touch pro and loaded fine. but would not play. I think they removed the hardware.
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Did you have headphones plugged in? On the Fuze I had to install the cab and plug the headphones in before the program would run because it uses the headphones as an antenna.

yeah i plugged them in. it did say i needed to do it before hand but no luck, just shows that little colorful circle waiting icon. I assume it is searching for a signal or something and then will just sit there and nothing works. Maybe that is why the unit is a smidge smaller than the gsm version.

Same thing here, app installs fine but doesn't do anything.

same here but how about the headphones with built in fm radio antenna has anyone tried those and see if it works?

leoiden said:
same here but how about the headphones with built in fm radio antenna has anyone tried those and see if it works?
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It shouldn't matter. On the Fuze I just plugged in a pair of iPod earbuds and the FM radio worked great.

Don't want to kill the buzz, but my understanding is that Sprint took it a step further than AT&T and neutered the phone to remove the radio chip so there is no software solution...

bugsykoosh said:
Don't want to kill the buzz, but my understanding is that Sprint took it a step further than AT&T and neutered the phone to remove the radio chip so there is no software solution...
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I don't think so. They took the same exact hardware that AT&T did except that the mold is different (appearance). It is probably only restricted by software. Try installing the cab for the fm radio. It could possibly work.

I installed the cab and it wouldn't work on my sprint touch pro.

Kraize92 said:
I don't think so. They took the same exact hardware that AT&T did except that the mold is different (appearance). It is probably only restricted by software. Try installing the cab for the fm radio. It could possibly work.
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I installed the FM Radio App on my Touch Pro and, with the headphones plugged, the app starts, waits for a little bit, and then I get an "Unspecified Error".
Do we know for a fact that the FM circuitry has been removed? Is there a driver that needs to be installed in Windows Mobile? Could the radio be re-enabled via a change in the firmware?
Chris

dunawayc said:
I installed the FM Radio App on my Touch Pro and, with the headphones plugged, the app starts, waits for a little bit, and then I get an "Unspecified Error".
Do we know for a fact that the FM circuitry has been removed? Is there a driver that needs to be installed in Windows Mobile? Could the radio be re-enabled via a change in the firmware?
Chris
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It could be the FM Radio is specific to the GSM versions of the phone. But we need a tech person to prove that.

im curious to see what the answer to this question is. i would like to have fm radio in conjunction to my sirius subscription

Kraize92 said:
I don't think so. They took the same exact hardware that AT&T did except that the mold is different (appearance). It is probably only restricted by software. Try installing the cab for the fm radio. It could possibly work.
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I wouldn't say that. Along with changing from GSM to CDMA cellular radios they could have changed virtually anything. At this point there is no telling wether the hardware is present or not. I'd love an FM radio on my Sprint Pro, but I'm not too optimistic.

I wanted the radio, too. But as a pratical matter, I doubt it would have worked too well unless you were right on top of the station. I find I can listen to most of the radio I want using Kinoma's media guide. It's wonderful. I'm still hoping someone discovers a way to activate the radio. How ignorant of Sprint to disable it.....

Why is it always SOMETHING with every Sprint phone? Why do they always have to disable something? What good does it do them to disable the FM radio?

bigray327 said:
Why is it always SOMETHING with every Sprint phone? Why do they always have to disable something? What good does it do them to disable the FM radio?
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Well thats a no brainer there bud...if we all had the FM Radio working thanks to this new HTC Product..then Sprint would get there ass kicked in regards to their sprint store with the music downloads and all... It takes from their profitasbility for us to have the Built in FM Radio functioning.

[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 ...
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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.

Anyone figure out if we can get the FM radio working?

Someone pointed out at Android forums that there isn't an FM radio on our phone. I thought there was. I thought I saw somewhere that the antenna was in the headset like my old Archos?
I found this thread in the Optimus 2x forum area here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043897&highlight=radio
I'm wondering what the status of figuring this out is? Has it been discussed at all here? I couldn't find it if it has.

ickster said:
Someone pointed out at Android forums that there isn't an FM radio on our phone. I thought there was. I thought I saw somewhere that the antenna was in the headset like my old Archos?
I found this thread in the Optimus 2x forum area here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043897&highlight=radio
I'm wondering what the status of figuring this out is? Has it been discussed at all here? I couldn't find it if it has.
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I believe the FM radio has to be enabled on the kernel level. Until we get a kernel that has support, no radio for us.

We do have a couple of kernal developers now though. I wonder if this has just been put on the backburner and if anyone of them could look into this.

sryan1983 said:
We do have a couple of kernal developers now though. I wonder if this has just been put on the backburner and if anyone of them could look into this.
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Probably put on the backburner. OC and UV is usually first priority.

Why not just download TuneIn Radio (free app)
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deadeye0908 said:
Why not just download TuneIn Radio (free app)
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App
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Because an FM tuner allows you to listen to local stations that may not have digital feeds. It also doesn't use any of your data quota.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13271499&postcount=33

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13271499&postcount=33
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LOL, well that's it folks

if you go into the hidden menu do you get sound or is it just input the frequency and still get no sound. i found the service manual and it does look like the fm radio was not hooked up at all but if we still get sound from the hidden menus test then it might be possible

Xargon321 said:
if you go into the hidden menu do you get sound or is it just input the frequency and still get no sound. i found the service manual and it does look like the fm radio was not hooked up at all but if we still get sound from the hidden menus test then it might be possible
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No, I could not get past the page with the two fields.

Fm radio apk

Anyone out there know of a working fm tuner? I tried the Bionic version with no luck.
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This phone lacks the necessary hardware for fm tuner

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that the Snapdragon processor supports the FM tuner but the software does not... If you were able to flash a custom kernel that supported it then it should work no problem. It's just that Google doesn't like FM tuners for some reason... same problem that the Nexus 4 had.

rmjones2006 said:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that the Snapdragon processor supports the FM tuner but the software does not... If you were able to flash a custom kernel that supported it then it should work no problem. It's just that Google doesn't like FM tuners for some reason... same problem that the Nexus 4 had.
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I am not 100% of where I can reference this, but I am a BIG FM radio listener during college football season, and when this was last brought up I believe the issue is that the hardware, while present, is hard coded OFF in the firmware by Verizon.
No amount of modding can turn it on, short of unlocking the bootloader.

lawmangrant said:
I am not 100% of where I can reference this, but I am a BIG FM radio listener during college football season, and when this was last brought up I believe the issue is that the hardware, while present, is hard coded OFF in the firmware by Verizon.
No amount of modding can turn it on, short of unlocking the bootloader.
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My point exactly. You would have to flash a modified kernel that supports FM tuning. I think a lot of it has to do with the Google Play Music store and their online radio stations that they offer.

TuneIn Radio has completely destroyed FM radio for me. Even on my Moto G, it just sounds clearer.

DaemonAshra said:
TuneIn Radio has completely destroyed FM radio for me. Even on my Moto G, it just sounds clearer.
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I agree that is sounds clear and clean. But inside a stadium, trying to listen to play by play, a 8 second delay does more harm than good.
There is a spot for internet radio, but also FM radio as well

lawmangrant said:
I agree that is sounds clear and clean. But inside a stadium, trying to listen to play by play, a 8 second delay does more harm than good.
There is a spot for internet radio, but also FM radio as well
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If that's your main reason for it, I can see that being a big factor.
Don't know if you're willing to invest in other stuff, but the Sansa Clip is about $20-30 now and can play/record FM radio pretty well.

DaemonAshra said:
If that's your main reason for it, I can see that being a big factor.
Don't know if you're willing to invest in other stuff, but the Sansa Clip is about $20-30 now and can play/record FM radio pretty well.
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I have a portable HD radio and iPad nano that both handle FM nicely. But I would love to only have to carry one device.
I just hate that Big Red continues to cripple devices to push data driven services, and then cap the data. I mean, they are making money hand over fist, but it's still annoying.

this is an old thread, but since we are now bootloader unlockable, is this FM radio thing a possibility?

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?
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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.
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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 (*).
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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:
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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.

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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?