I understand the the S6 has an FM tuner built in. Unfortunately, Verizon turns off the capability. I believe it works on Sprint though. What a bummer. I suppose Verizon just wants people to use data to listen to music.
Jreays said:
I understand the the S6 has an FM tuner built in. Unfortunately, Verizon turns off the capability. I believe it works on Sprint though. What a bummer. I suppose Verizon just wants people to use data to listen to music.
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That's disappointing if true. I would rarely use it but it would be good for emergencies.
I would use it all the time, if I could enable it.
FM Radio
Jreays said:
I understand the the S6 has an FM tuner built in. Unfortunately, Verizon turns off the capability. I believe it works on Sprint though. What a bummer. I suppose Verizon just wants people to use data to listen to music.
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Sorry but I dont believe the S6 has a FM tuner built in. I could not find one listed on any of the specs
Never used the one on my S4. Get Tunein app. It has all my local stations I would listen to and much more.
If it existed I would use it all the time. BUT I think that if it were built in, we would see it in the csc.
Sorry. For you and for me.
I have the sprint version. No tuner here
I don't think the Verizon variant has a FM tuner.
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I also think so...
Pick up a Verizon 1st gen Moto G for $20-25 when on sale as a companion FM radio tuner.
FM Radio on Samsung GALAXY - the full answer
I looked it up and the answer is stranger then you will expect.
The answer is that the same phone may or may not have FM radio support based on who sells you the phone, meaning – some mobile providers that sell you phones "lock" the FM feature so they can make more money off you from mobile internet.
In the US – if you buy your Samsung GALAXY from a company called "Sprint" you will have FM, else – you will not.
More than that – some models don't have the chip – so you won't get FM even if you buy from "Sprint" (S4 not mini and S5 mini).
After you buy the phone you can't "open the chip" as this seem to be a "hardware lock".
In Israel (where I live) it isn't clear if the official distributor has the FM chip locked or not, and if you buy from an unofficial distributer – there is no way to know – as it can came from anywhere in the world.
Even if you have the chip enabled, the new phones may come without an FM app and the only app that support the Samsung FM chip for the new phones is "Next Radio"nextradioapp.com
The app can't be download in Israel from the play store and you need to download it in other ways (for example get the APK).
The list of Samsung (and other android phones) that have radio is on this page: nextradioapp.com/supported-devices/- but you still need the chip enabled. (you can see the new S6 phones on that page)
There are more Android phones that have FM radio that are not on that page (Ex: Sony phones).
The radio stations in the U.S. opened a site to pressure the Carriers to open up the FM chips: freeradioonmyphone.org
I think this cover the topic.
Hello, i got SGS6 live demo unit. I removed demo mode by installing twrp recovery and custom rom. My question is - is that possible to turn my demo unit into full working phone by adding gsm antenna? I found interesting shop which selling dual sim antenna module. Unfortunately i can't give u website because i don't have 10 posts
Thanks for your help in advance
No... you cannot get the LDU working as mobile data phone.. you can use it only like a little tablet... the fone doesnt even have IMEI and SN...
It's basically a super powerful android better version of the iPod Touch.
Hi All,
I have been an Annon user browsing the website for some years now keeping up wit development on different android phones but I finally decided to make an account.
I have a quick question for all the users with a S6 or S6 Edge LDU (Live Demo Unit).
Has anyone managed to get the Fingerprint scanner to work ?
I am using the G920F firmware.
Any help possible would be great.
Hello all, does anyone know about the retail demo models of the S7 Edge? I am selling a apple watch on craigslist and someone offered me a S7 edge with no cell bands..
Here is his email.. "I have a Samsung galaxy s7 edge gold retail X model. It works fine the only thing is it won't work as a phone no cell bands in the phone. So basically a android tablet in phone form. "
Just wondering if that is legit and is there a way to get it to work as a phone with a normal sim card>? Or is this person pulling my leg
Thanks
this is a test phone probably.... thats why it doesnt have any band cell so u probably wont be able to even put sim card in to....u can use this device like a mp3 player or ipod.... thats about it afaik.
IIRC someone here managed to flash a stock ROM to a demo unit and it worked as a normal phone afterwards
There is a possibility that all Frontier models use identical hardware with the only differences being the software. (ie. SM-R760 vs SM-R765)
Could the R765 firmware be flashed to a bluetooth model? (anyone willing to try?)
I'm interested in this because in my country we can only buy the bluetooth model (and it costs the equivalent of U$500) but I would really like to have standalone call capability. If the hardware (e-sim and LTE radio) is there, perhaps its possible to enable it.
Dont do it! Someone has already tried it and it messed up his watch. The US R760 software has a different csc file so that Samsung Pay gets installed.
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