Playing around with my AT&T V20 I noticed with the fm radio while having my headsets plugged in I can toggle the phone speaker on. So for people that don't have headsets they can use a 3.5 cord and be able to use the fm radio. Its located in the top right hand corner next to the 3 for menu. Just make sure a 3.5 cable/headset is plugged in first lol
So I don't know if this is known or not but figured can't hurt to post it.
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Thanks! Confirmed to work on my T-mobile V20.
Hey no problem. Just make sure you turn off the dac lol
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so ATT & TMob have fm radio support but not my US996 carrier unlocked version? WHATS UP WIT DAT? Is there any way I can activate / add software?
As far as I can remember if you don't have fm radio then the fm board isn't installed. Read it somewhere on here that was what lg said. So if you don't have it you are sol sorry
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so ATT & TMob have fm radio support but not my US996 carrier unlocked version? WHATS UP WIT DAT? Is there any way I can activate / add software?
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There was some discussion that the FM radio is on the US996, but none of the driver files is. However, we would need someone to actually take a look, or supply the driver files and have someone with a US996 load them...
I have the DS model with FM Radio. If we can get root on this model I should be able to rip the FM files for you. Usually the FM Radio is part of the chipset. I suspect the hardware is in all phones, but some are missing the software/drivers. It makes you stream more data without FM Radio, that's how the telcos make $$$
Do you need root to simply start with adb pull through usb to try and get the app out as a first step / test. I'll try it on my rooted us996.
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so ATT & TMob have fm radio support but not my US996 carrier unlocked version? WHATS UP WIT DAT? Is there any way I can activate / add software?
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Me too!! Searching for a way to enable the FM. NextRadio says it "doesn't have access to the FM receiver in the device."
You can try the app - FM Radio Speaker is an easy-to-use tool that can turn on the speaker to play when the headphones are inserted.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wikimediacom.fm.radio.speaker
Wow, talk about necroing a thread
Since it is already necroed..... The FM chip exists on all models of the V20. However, it isn't just a firmware issue. In the CPU there are feature qfuses that can be blown to enable or disable features. Since it appears that the FM chip can be enabled by a firmware upgrade, the models that it doesn't exist on probably don't have that feature fuse blown. So, yes, it is possible to blow the fuse and then add the firmware. I am still researching how to blow fuses that aren't blown.
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I downloaded the HTC FM radio app on my fuze but when i start it, it says that I need a headset plugged in to be used as antenna..is it possible to use the FM radio without a headset and just play it on speakerphone?!?!
Nope, the headset-cable is needed as antenna, you won't get any station without the headset. I remember a little tool which can redirect the sound to the speaker, but also only with plugged cable.
holydevil66 said:
Nope, the headset-cable is needed as antenna, you won't get any station without the headset. I remember a little tool which can redirect the sound to the speaker, but also only with plugged cable.
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thanks, what is the program called do u know?
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thanks, what is the program called do u know?
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As far as I know, the FM Radio has a Menu option to output audio to the Speaker. But of course the headset still needs to be plugged in as the antenna.
FM Radio
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As far as I know, the FM Radio has a Menu option to output audio to the Speaker. But of course the headset still needs to be plugged in as the antenna.
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I have a friend with the Sprint version of my ATT phone. He doesnt require anytype of adapter or headset, or so he says. Is there another version of the FM radio program or is it some type of functionality with his phone?
its just a sprint thing i guess because ive read tons of threads about FM radios and they all needed to have a headseat or earphones for the reception . i do know that you can route the soud to the speakerphone inside the application but you still need the headphones like stated before .
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I have a friend with the Sprint version of my ATT phone. He doesnt require anytype of adapter or headset, or so he says. Is there another version of the FM radio program or is it some type of functionality with his phone?
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AFAIK the Sprint (CDMA) version of the Touch Pro does not have the FM Radio hardware that the GSM version does. Perhaps your friend is talking about some type of Internet Radio?
hi, for those who got the ATT Captivative, do you konw if the phoen comes with FM radio? I searched online and it looks like the phone may not come with it.
Doesn't have the software for it, may or may not have the actual hardware.
Doesn't come with FM. The hardware *may* be there and if so could possibly be enabled with a custom kernel but no one knows for sure yet.
The hardware is there, theres just no drivers in the shipped kernel, but yes theres also the chance that att decided to request samsung to remove the fm radio chipset, so that people would use att radio services etc.
Sick and tire of AT&T. Why disable the fm radio?
ATT wants to make more money off of their subscribers by making them use the ATT app which causes the user to use data (pay for a larger data plan) and pay a monthly subscription fee.
The Euro version comes with an FMRadio.apk I installed it and the GUI works fine (even detected that I didn't have my headphones plugged in) but, threw an error that the app couldn't start the radio.
So, my conclusion would be that we just need to get the drivers from the Euro version of the Galaxy S and put them into a custom kernal and install the FMRadio.apk = we would have a working FM radio.
Should be very possible and very likely to happen!
If you want it to just listen to the Radio, try IHeartRadio it has an extremely large collection of Radio stations across the nation streamed to the phone.
Once again: that uses data. I think we were hoping for a REAL WORKING FM RADIO. This should be possible.
thanks for the feedback guys. I really don't understand why ATT always want to cripple these devices.
Hopefully someone will get it to work.
Can't blame AT&T solely here. It looks like none of the US spec Galaxy S phones will have FM radio.
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If you want it to just listen to the Radio, try IHeartRadio it has an extremely large collection of Radio stations across the nation streamed to the phone.
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I heart radio only has clear channel stations. So if the station you want to listen isnt owned by clear channel, you need to find an alternative.
I use RadioTime on my squeezebox for both local and non-local radio, and it appears they have a (pay) app.
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I use RadioTime on my squeezebox for both local and non-local radio, and it appears they have a (pay) app.
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pandora app in store but it uses data to stream your music,just music of your choice nothing else
what is the outcome of this investigation?
I use this portal http://www.thestreamcenter.com/ and streamfurious http://www.streamfurious.com/ but I agree! We need to get our FM radio hardware working. I did this with my Fuze and Tilt II thanks to xda.
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The hardware is there, theres just no drivers in the shipped kernel, but yes theres also the chance that att decided to request samsung to remove the fm radio chipset, so that people would use att radio services etc.
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Doesn't make sense, since the HTC Aria has an FM radio. My guess would be Samsung didn't take the time to get FCC clearance for the FM radio.
Why did this thread fall to page 3... It's still a problem and I want to know if it has an FM radio or not.
Dont get me wrong, all cell companies are evil. but dont blame them for something that the hardware manufacturers are obviously doing.
im in canada with rogers with the i896 version of the i897 model, NO FM.
not even the international version of the i897 model has working FM.
dont blame att.... for this.
I plan buy this mobile but I want know if it supports FM radio?
Normally it hasn't... But some other phones, like Droid 3, support it via application like Spirit FM etc...
It has the same solution???
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I plan buy this mobile but I want know if it supports FM radio?
Normally it hasn't... But some other phones, like Droid 3, support it via application like Spirit FM etc...
It has the same solution???
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The chipset of our phone supports it, but I seem to recall that our phone doesn't have an antenna connected to the pins to enable it.
too bad... same situation in Samsung i927 too??
I don't think so.
I still like using FM radio on some of my devices and I remember T-Mobile pushing for the FM chip to be enabled on all devices in late 2015. - http://www.tmonews.com/2015/08/t-mo...m-chip-will-push-oem-partners-to-do-the-same/
So I was a little disappointed when I saw that the Galaxy S7 didn't support NextRadio. But then I went to NextRadio's website and saw this in their press release on the Galaxy S7
"The nextradioapp.com supported device page has been updated to reflect the new phones and carrier information. Both the Samsung Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge sold by AT&T support the NextRadio app download, Sprint will have the NextRadio app as a preload and the app is coming soon on T-Mobile phones as a download in a future update release." - http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160323005882/en/NextRadio®-App-Samsung-Galaxy-S7-S7-Edge
Now the question is when will this happen. The latest update didn't enable it, but I'd love to be able to use the FM radio on the S7 Edge. I currently use Tune In Radio, but I'd like an option of using radio instead of data when I am in areas where my data connection is not good.
I too have been looking everywhere for an update....I guess we all have to impatiently wait until it happens. :/
Does this type of FM radio tune in the HD stations, or just the basic fm stations? The reason I ask is I'd be a lot more interested in AM radio on a phone than FM. Some of my local AM stations appear also as HD stations on the FM band.
I downloaded NextRadio, and it let me use headphones as a antenna for FM radio.
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I downloaded NextRadio, and it let me use headphones as a antenna for FM radio.
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Yeah ok, not on a t mobile s7
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Yeah it doesn't work on my device either. Not sure if the hardware supports it or not even.
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Yeah it doesn't work on my device either. Not sure if the hardware supports it or not even.
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It's built into the SOC. They have to update the software to allow us to use it.
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For both the snapdragon and exynos socs?
I know for sure with Snapdragon.
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Snapdragon processor here.
Downloaded and upgraded last night! Works perfectly. Downloaded the next radio App and for those worried about having to use headphones; you don't have to USE headphones you just need an antenna. so if you want to get around the whole carrying the head phones around issue. just bring an old or broken pair of Headphones or even cut them to about 6 inches so it is just a wire antenna. and as far the audio you can click "Output to speakers"
So now you have an antenna and you have audio AND if bluetooth is paired with a device an option to Output to Bluetooth" will appear as well.
EASY PEASEY! thanks T-Mobile for listening!!!
this is why i am with t-mobile - they listen
Ditto... installed the new upgrade today and it enables fm radio feature. Works great.
Okay so this is xda developers forum, not sammobile, am I right? Now, a dev question : I know my sm-g9350 is FM capable, it's all through the system files, but i don't have the fm modules. I'm rooted and won't be receiving ota's, which is completely normal for a rooted device. Can someone please advise me where i can find a guide on adding the needed fm files to my device? It should be similar to other samsung devices but I'm at a loss as to how to do this...
Someone has the update that enables FM radio to install it manually?
No one?
Thank you
I got the update and have access to FM radio and next radio, try using smart sync to update. It is a better way.
I'm rooted, smart switch won't do it for me.
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I'm rooted, smart switch won't do it for me.
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If you have root, you don't have a US Snapdragon variant. And, I'm pretty certain that means you can't activate the FM tuner...
Sm-g9350 has FM
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If you have root, you don't have a US Snapdragon variant. And, I'm pretty certain that means you can't activate the FM tuner...
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I have the snapdragon Hong Kong variant, the only rootable sd820, and it is FM capable, its got the same guts as the US variants. So how do i enable fm?
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Okay, so, since a quick Google search on specs and chips will confirm that sm-g9350 is FM capable (HERO2 MSM8996), and being root, how do I find the models i need to enable FM. Where do i find radio-iris-transport.ko, the FM_APPS folder, and anything else i need to put in my System files? Do i need to edit the kernel?
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I have the snapdragon Hong Kong variant, the only rootable sd820, and it is FM capable, its got the same guts as the US variants. So how do i enable fm?
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Okay, so, since a quick Google search on specs and chips will confirm that sm-g9350 is FM capable (HERO2 MSM8996), and being root, how do I find the models i need to enable FM. Where do i find radio-iris-transport.ko, the FM_APPS folder, and anything else i need to put in my System files? Do i need to edit the kernel?
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Have you tried to flash the CSC from T-moblile? only CSC. maybe you can get the update and share it
Yes!
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Have you tried to flash the CSC from T-moblile? only CSC. maybe you can get the update and share it
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Yes! I think that'll do it! Do you know where I can find the CSC? Can't find the recent one..
Nvm, found it, I'll let u know
wouldn't the fm update exist in the modem.bin?
I went to use my NextRadio app and I got this:
"Thank you for trying NextRadio!
Unfortunately, NextRadio no longer provides radio streams and is now incompatible with your device. We apologize for the inconvenience."
I had my headphone plugged in, firmware up-to-date and nothing.
I check my Note 9 and it works perfectly.
I'm saddened to be missing this important feature. Especially this time of year when I'm listening to sports radio frequently.
I checked with google and I came across post that said Verizon confirmed that the chip is there but is blocking it on the Verizon network.
I am with T-Mobile but this is the first time I have ever purchased an unlocked phone. I am a little worried that I am s.o.l. with this and that Samsung has disabled the chip themselves (if I even have it). I know T-Mobile pushes their OEM partners to support it. Can anyone with an T-Mobile branded phone please see if theirs work or notwith NextRadio?
OR is this really just an unintended causality of war in the removal of the headphone jack? I was hoping that having USB-C headphones would still act as an antenna.
https://www.tmonews.com/2015/08/t-m...m-chip-will-push-oem-partners-to-do-the-same/
I used Next radio all the time, while it worked.
https://www.droid-life.com/2019/01/...our-phones-nextradio-shuts-down-live-streams/
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Went to a tmobile store yesterday and installed nextradio on a SN10+, this is what it said after trying to run it:
"thank you for trying nextradio!
We'd love to bring you local fm radio, but nextradio doesn't have access to the fm radio receiver in your device. Let your wireless carrier know that you'd like to listen to free fm radio on your phone with nextradio!"
So tmobile has gone back on their word? Or maybe they cannot figure out how to turn the USB-c headphones into an antenna?
Frustrating but at least we got an extra 100mah in our batteries (2.33%) to make up for the lack of features.
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I used Next radio all the time, while it worked.
https://www.droid-life.com/2019/01/...our-phones-nextradio-shuts-down-live-streams/
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Thanks for the link but I'll still take local broadcast for sports. Internet radio blocks those out unless you pay.
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Thanks for the link but I'll still take local broadcast for sports. Internet radio blocks those out unless you pay.
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sometimes a new phone needs an update that utilizes the chip.
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sometimes a new phone needs an update that utilizes the chip.
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That's what I'm hoping for at this point.
Has anyone tried a dongle and wired headphones?
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Has anyone tried a dongle and wired headphones?
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if I remember correctly wired headphones/ aux cord were actually required because that acted as the antenna
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if I remember correctly wired headphones/ aux cord were actually required because that acted as the antenna
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That's why I asked. The video the lady mentioned dongle when she said FM radio as to why I was asking has anyone tried that I don't have a dongle to try it.
I have a dongle and there is no FM chip. Really sucks.
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I have a dongle and there is no FM chip. Really sucks.
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After reading the Verizon post and my experience at T-Mobile, your statement is incorrect. There is a FM chip but it being enabled or having access to it is a different situation.
My phone came directly from Samsung and gives the same message. This is Not a carrier issue, it's Samsung.
I think this is a Samsung thing as well. I made the unfortunate mistake of ordering the international version so i would be able to root it and play with some of the ROMs that are out there, without realizing the phone would be locked into Singapore mode (all samsung and google apps are giving recommendations for popular apps or products and services in Singapore even though my google play and samsung apps are registered in the US!). Either way thats my fault for not researching it better but, but the point of my post is that I get the same error everyone else is getting for the FM chip, so its not a Carrier thing. Even if i take the sim card out and connect to wifi only, and no carrier at all, i still get the error about the FM Radio.
Hi everyone. I have N975U1 and have the same problem. Is there a way to use FM Radio? Or gsmarena made a mistake saying this phone has? Thanks
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Hi everyone. I have N975U1 and have the same problem. Is there a way to use FM Radio? Or gsmarena made a mistake saying this phone has? Thanks
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I also have the N975U1. Did anyone figure this out?