Hi,
my question is, whether is any chance to get to Wildfire an FM transmitter. I had it on Nokia N86 and it was great...
It's impossible since there's no hardware in it.. for once, I really envied some Nokia phones with fm transmitter..
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The only solution is that buy an FM transmitter with a 3.5 mm jack entrance .
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Yeah, I had that one time, but it was cheap crap and it got broken and not working ever since....well, i guess, I'll have to keep N86 for music and photos (got great 8MPx camera made by Carl Zeiss...makes beautiful picts ;-))
Thanks anyway ;-)
Hi everyone, I just found somewhere on this forum, that there is actually a device, that you plug into microUSB port, set the FM frequency and listen through car speakers. It was of course for older devices, but have you ever heard about that thing? I guess, that would solve my problem...thanks for any response
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Hi everyone, I just found somewhere on this forum, that there is actually a device, that you plug into microUSB port, set the FM frequency and listen through car speakers. It was of course for older devices, but have you ever heard about that thing? I guess, that would solve my problem...thanks for any response
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I didn't quite get what your query is, but what you have described is exactly the function of an FM Transmitter. They are very much available and should work on the Wildfire as well.
M4t3s said:
Hi everyone, I just found somewhere on this forum, that there is actually a device, that you plug into microUSB port, set the FM frequency and listen through car speakers. It was of course for older devices, but have you ever heard about that thing? I guess, that would solve my problem...thanks for any response
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Hi, there is a device like that... I found it at amazon, te wire that goes into the microUSB port is just for charge your phone:
www[dot]amazon[dot]com/Generation-Transmitter-integrated-Gomadic-TipExchange/dp/B0045DIR0S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1295445908&sr=8-1
I don't know if is this what are you looking for, but I hope so
PS: I can't post links properly 'cause I'm new :S
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Does anyone know of a bluetooth product that can connect to the phone and output as a 3.5 jack?
HTC BH S100 super device !!! good audio quality and is a HTC product
The Jabra A120S is fine for this function.
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Does anyone know of a bluetooth product that can connect to the phone and output as a 3.5 jack?
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Correct me if I'm wrong but this was posted under WIZARD which means his device has a 2.5 mm headset jack and is already bluetooth compatible.
I mean I know I have a WIZARD and my device is exactly as I just described.
If this is not a WIZARD you've got, then this should have been posted under XDA-Developers General Discussion.
There are several devices that will do it that I know I've seen in the past on the internet. Never used any of them so I don't know a specific brand to give you though.
great helps a lot
Has anybody explored a possibility of installing an LED flash, similar way as it is done with front facing camera. I guess if Vibrant hardware is compatible with Fascinate, then it should be possible...
Btw, shame on T-Mobile and Samsung for not letting us have it all in one package. I hope they are aware of all this tinkering, and hopefully they do a better job with their next joint release...
-CJ
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This will not work the same way as the ffc. It also seems like the only way we will get flash is through the usb or 3.5mm
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This will not work the same way as the ffc. It also seems like the only way we will get flash is through the usb or 3.5mm
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Hmmmm I would buy a small USB flash if there was one to be bought. Is there one already out?
No but until we get peripheral support working something connected through the 3.5 would probably be more viable.
Somehow create an application which creates/sends sounds through 3.5 and somehow converts it to power 2leds.
One possible problem I can think of would be to allow the sound to play while the camera is in use. For some reason the vibrant won't allow use of music player at same time as camera. Might be something in which can be easily fixed though, idk.
A mod/attachment like this though can be very good investment as it would work on any phone with a 3.5mm.
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itsjusttim said:
No but until we get peripheral support working something connected through the 3.5 would probably be more viable.
Somehow create an application which creates/sends sounds through 3.5 and somehow converts it to power 2leds.
One possible problem I can think of would be to allow the sound to play while the camera is in use. For some reason the vibrant won't allow use of music player at same time as camera. Might be something in which can be easily fixed though, idk.
A mod/attachment like this though can be very good investment as it would work on any phone with a 3.5mm.
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Could somebody please explain the technical reasons why a led flash couldn't be attached to the camera? Isn't there any other option? My personal case was that I wanted this phone with Flash, but I'm in Spain where GSM networks are the law. None of the GSM Galaxy S's had LED flash
What options do we have?
Screw a LED flash or the FFC. I need something more functional like a LED indicator. I would think that the slot for the FFC could double as some type of piggyback or at the least just a spot for a LED indicator to be put there.
I'm sure this has been asked already.
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I think I need to elaborate, I'm looking for an app that will transmit the music on my phone via fm signal to my car radio.
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sagerox said:
I think I need to elaborate, I'm looking for an app that will transmit the music on my phone via fm signal to my car radio.
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wasn't aware the atrix had fm capabilities ...working on ubuntu and synergy but will come back to this if its in its abilities. wish i could be more help
I don't know if it does. I'm curious if there is an app or if there is a hack?
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I don't know of any phone that has an FM transmitter built into it, there are several that do however have FM receivers but as far as I have read on it the Atrix isn't one of them. I would suggest buying an FM transmitter from the store, I picked up a Belkin brand transmitter for $15 from a local Walmart.
Best I understand is the chip actually has FM built in but its just not activated or some nonsense, least what I read somewhere
There are in fact some phones that have this capability (which is awesome, in my opinion) but they're few and far between. I'd advise buying a Motorola T505...I have two and I love them.
I know phones had fm possibilities but weren't implemented untill a dev was able to pull it off. Eg nexus 1 but that was listening to fm not broadcasting so id say no but maybe 2.3 moto update will surprise and its in there somewhere. Till then, with locked boot, have to say no. I use an auxiliary 3.5 mm jack but fm trans r a dime a dozen. Navigation pauses music says take a left n back to the jams LOVE IT^_^
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i think thats the deference between usa atrix version and europe atrix version.
in europe version(when released) will have an fm transmitter with rds
i dont know if usa version has build-in fm transmitter and not used. i hope so
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i think thats the deference between usa atrix version and europe atrix version.
in europe version(when released) will have an fm transmitter with rds
i dont know if usa version has build-in fm transmitter and not used. i hope so
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It's built-in, just that att/bell disabled the fm radio.
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Please do not mistake an FM receiver for a transmitter. These are two different modules as they do two different things.
Lots of nokias used to have transmitters; very convenient in cars.
I highly doubt the Atrix to have this technology; if someone spots something, please provide a source.
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Im sure it doesnt, but the atrix is capable of transmitting to an FM transmitter via bluetooth, which is handy because fewer wires are involved
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I don't know of any phone that has an FM transmitter built into it, there are several that do however have FM receivers but as far as I have read on it the Atrix isn't one of them. I would suggest buying an FM transmitter from the store, I picked up a Belkin brand transmitter for $15 from a local Walmart.
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There are many phones that have FM Transmit enabled on them.
However you would be correct in saying none that are android based.
The most similar to android would be the N900 which uses the maemo OS
, its about 60% open source so its as close as they come.
From what I've read, the US version of the Atrix does have the FM chip, but they're not sure if it's hardwired into the system. Meaning, that it may not ever be functional on our phones. Last I read, they were awaiting the actual schematics to see if they could figure it out.
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From what I've read, the US version of the Atrix does have the FM chip, but they're not sure if it's hardwired into the system. Meaning, that it may not ever be functional on our phones. Last I read, they were awaiting the actual schematics to see if they could figure it out.
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Or someone can take their atrix apart, look, and report back. From what I've read the chip supports receive/transmit both. I'd say it's hooked up just not enabled but I have no proof, just a guess.
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Or someone can take their atrix apart, look, and report back. From what I've read the chip supports receive/transmit both. I'd say it's hooked up just not enabled but I have no proof, just a guess.
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That's what I thought as well.
Sorry for bringing up an old post but the chip in the Atrix is the BCM4329.
http://www.broadcom.com/products/Bluetooth/Bluetooth-RF-Silicon-and-Software-Solutions/BCM4329
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Or someone can take their atrix apart, look, and report back. From what I've read the chip supports receive/transmit both. I'd say it's hooked up just not enabled but I have no proof, just a guess.
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Ifixit had a complete teardown with super hi def pics. So no one has to take anything apart
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I suppose if you were an electrical computer engineer, and you had the schematic for the chip itself and the schematic for the phone, and a microscope, you could look into for yourself....lol
This has probably been addressed before. Has anyone found an apk file for the HTC FM radio that will work with the rezound . Thanks.
Yes it has been addressed before and nobody has this working yet. Just search this forum for it.
Found it and it works
If anyone is still looking, I found a thread on PCgeeks, followed it and it works great on my Evo 4g! Tried to post it but due to my utter noobness xda won't let me. Just google htcfmradio.apk and look for the thread on the PC Geeks forum. OBTW, other threads addressed an issue where people said the app wasn't working, but you have to have a three ring headset jack vs. the two ring on most. I can verify that this is correct. My earbuds have two black rings on the jack, no worky. My bose qc15 has three black rings, works 4.0! Sweet! Great sound, all of the stations come in very clear.
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If anyone is still looking, I found a thread on PCgeeks, followed it and it works great on my Evo 4g! Tried to post it but due to my utter noobness xda won't let me. Just google htcfmradio.apk and look for the thread on the PC Geeks forum. OBTW, other threads addressed an issue where people said the app wasn't working, but you have to have a three ring headset jack vs. the two ring on most. I can verify that this is correct. My earbuds have two black rings on the jack, no worky. My bose qc15 has three black rings, works 4.0! Sweet! Great sound, all of the stations come in very clear.
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this is true. we need to have if so they can use the lower ring as an antenna. with out the hardware, i dont see this app ever working for the rez. there are alternatives like apps that you can listen to your favorite stations from there online broadcast and not over an FM tuner.
I tried the FM radio on my phone and I cannot get it to work. i do not believe that htis phoen has the FM radio chip. BTW, I was using the 3 ring headphone.
Googled it but couldn't find any that Worked. Link us or pm me the link and I'll post it.
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I tried the FM radio on my phone and I cannot get it to work. i do not believe that htis phoen has the FM radio chip. BTW, I was using the 3 ring headphone.
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Yrs the head phone can be 3 ring but you need the jack to be wired to use the 3 ring...
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Yrs the head phone can be 3 ring but you need the jack to be wired to use the 3 ring...
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Typically on a regular stereo headphone plug you have a 1/8" TRS plug. TRS stands for Tip-Ring-Sleeve. Generally Tip would be Left ear (+), Ring is Right ear (+) and Sleeve is common ground.
The "3 ring" plug you are talking about is 1/8" TRRS, or Tip-Ring1-Ring2-Sleeve. Generally speaking, the configuration of these are:
Tip=Left
Ring1=Right
Ring2=analog input (mic)
Sleeve=Ground
This is the case for the Rezound's plug. Ring2 is for input (headset-mic, or for analog signals sent from devices such as Square dongle or the music control buttons on the iBeats headphones)
Plugging in a regular set of stereo headphones without the 2nd ring (TRS) simply disables the input by grounding it out (Ring2 and Sleeve contacts are both touching the "sleeve" of the TRS plug). To the best of my knowledge, the Rezound isn't capable of using this 2nd ring contact as an antenna lead, as plugging in a set of headphones with a mic (iBeats) would totally nullify any ability for that lead to act as an antenna. The coil in the microphone would absorb any signal that might be received on that wire.
I PM'ed Abu7 the link. When I google htcfmradio.apk the first link is the ppcgeeks one. Post #8 has instructions for how to install. Also, I believe the headphones need to be 3.5mm. The headphones with the microphone jack I believe will have the third ring. I just ordered some earbuds from Amazon that I think will work. I'll let you know in a day or two and try to link that as well.
Here they are:
ok try it with terminal app
1) Place the .apk on the root of your SD card
2) Type "su"
3) cd into the destination of your .apk
4) Use "install "name of .apk" /"destination"/"name of .apk"
like this
su
cd /sdcard
install htc.appname.appname.apk /system/app/htc.appname.appname.apk
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Good luck
forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-3d/148856-htc-fm-radio-apk.html
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I PM'ed Abu7 the link. When I google htcfmradio.apk the first link is the ppcgeeks one. Post #8 has instructions for how to install. Also, I believe the headphones need to be 3.5mm. The headphones with the microphone jack I believe will have the third ring. I just ordered some earbuds from Amazon that I think will work. I'll let you know in a day or two and try to link that as well.
Here they are:
Good luck
forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-3d/148856-htc-fm-radio-apk.html
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would be interested if this really works.
The rezound has no FM radio, so none of the apks will work. We tried months ago. But have fun trying.
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I have tried many apks from all over the internet and they all fail to even install.
Just got these (3.5MM LG OEM Stereo Earbud Headphones /w Microphone Extension for HTC Droid Incredible (Black) ) in the mail from Amazon and they work with the FM radio. The two ring earbuds I have do not work (just static). The reviews on these were good and the price was right.
Not sure why the apk doesn't work for some. Could be an EVO only thing? I know the EVO came with FM radio. After I rooted I had to go find it again, though. Maybe some phones aren't set up for it.
I'm using an EVO 4G with a Nitrous rom.
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Just got these (3.5MM LG OEM Stereo Earbud Headphones /w Microphone Extension for HTC Droid Incredible (Black) ) in the mail from Amazon and they work with the FM radio. The two ring earbuds I have do not work (just static). The reviews on these were good and the price was right.
Not sure why the apk doesn't work for some. Could be an EVO only thing? I know the EVO came with FM radio. After I rooted I had to go find it again, though. Maybe some phones aren't set up for it.
I'm using an EVO 4G with a Nitrous rom.
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Can you post a link to your apk?
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Can you post a link to your apk?
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That's what I've been asking him for but he keeps lonking me to that forum.
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Abu-7abash said:
That's what I've been asking him for but he keeps lonking me to that forum.
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Yeah, and that forum doesn't have the apk.
So the Rezound has the BCM4330 chip...
After a quick bit of research, it seems that ALL variants of that chip that I have found do contain an FM transceiver, which is really interesting actually. This means that technically, the Rezound should also be able to transmit audio sources over FM Radio to your car stereo as well as receive FM Radio.
Other specs I've found show that the Rezound should also support 5Ghz 802.11 A/N wifi too, but I haven't been able to get any 5Ghz networks to be visible to my phone...
My guess is these functions must be implemented at the kernel level before they will function correctly.
So, now I challenge any developer to get this working.
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So, now I challenge any developer to get this working.
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Seconded!
Actually, its really a shame how gimped this phone comes, now that I'm aware of more of its capabilities. For the first "Beats Audio" phone to the USA, where you would assume its audio features would have been the most important area of focus, most of the stock capabilities of the hardware aren't even implemented.
-So we have an FM Transceiver that can currently neither transmit, nor receive. The transmitter especially is an awesome features for people who spend a lot of time in a car listening to their own music.
-We have a relatively hifi audio DAC, the WM8903, with an awesome built-in headphone amp capable of driving big studio cans. Not implemented. The audio on this phone is processed entirely in software, essentially limiting the capabilities of the WM8903 chip to a simple headphone-jack interface and nothing more.
-Beats Audio mode itself was supremely disappointing in its extremely limited implementation.
-5Ghz Wifi capable but it appears to not be implemented either.
All of this stuff could probably be fixed. I know Anthrax kernel supports processing audio in the DAC, I know Voodoo Sound is compatible with this chip and supports the DAC and headphone amp but its currently not available on the Rezound...
The wifi and FM radio are both handled by the same chip, so likely we just need a proper driver or kernel support to add in the missing features supported by the chip.
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gsmarena.com posted that the Rezound utilizes the Wolfson 8903 DAC. This appears to be false. The Rezound actually appears to utilize the TI AIC3254
Hey.
Today I was just playing around with my friends Nokia N8. The phone overall is crap but I found one really good feauture. It has FM transmiter. I turned on FM radio on 102.0 on my E3D but he was playing his music from phone. He choosed 102.0 and his music started playing on my mobile under Radio Nokia.
As I understood Evo 4G had this FM Tranismitter. Maybe we have it to and it's possible to get this thing working?
This would be cool, but I would think that if it was there, one of the awesome devs would have implemented it already. But, I hope I'm wrong.
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This was discussed last year. The fm receiver physically is incapable of this. Sorry I don't have a source, just remember the discussions... Would be nice.
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My LG Fusic could do this! However, it was a waste of time half the time. However, ours I do believe COULD do this. However,... just need software written for it. won't work because needs headphones plugged in 100 of the time which is annoying. just because someone claims it can't do something doesn't mean it can't. he/she just isn't smart enough to figure it out... however, sure if there are hardware limitations.... I could see that as an issue.
runcool said:
My LG Fusic could do this! However, it was a waste of time half the time. However, ours I do believe COULD do this. However,... just need software written for it. won't work because needs headphones plugged in 100 of the time which is annoying. just because someone claims it can't do something doesn't mean it can't. he/she just isn't smart enough to figure it out... however, sure if there are hardware limitations.... I could see that as an issue.
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Yeah, I remember someone saying that the chip or something has the wiring disconnected wherever it would transmit from. Something along those lines. Which means you'd have to add that connection.
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gk1984 said:
Yeah, I remember someone saying that the chip or something has the wiring disconnected wherever it would transmit from. Something along those lines. Which means you'd have to add that connection.
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Yeah, while the FM chip supports this on our phone, the hardware is not there.
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Yeah, while the FM chip supports this on our phone, the hardware is not there.
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therefore... it does support it. Just need to open our phones up. hahaha
I saw a thread on Evo 4g to swipe Fm to transmitting. Right now im on vacation but could try it. It's better to try and fail than do nothing.
I don't know if this is related , but on my old wildfire that had cyanogen on it, when you started the fm app, it would start the bluetooth. If you tried to close the bluetooth connection,the fm would stop.
I don't remembere quite well,so if i am wrong i'm sorry, but i remember something about the bluetooth frequenties that are near the fm ones?
If is not this i would really like to know why cyanogen needed the bt open so you could losten to radio.
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I don't remembere quite well,so if i am wrong i'm sorry, but i remember something about the bluetooth frequenties that are near the fm ones?
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Not even close. If every single bluetooth device worked on FM frequencies, it would interfere with every fm radio.
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I don't know if this is related , but on my old wildfire that had cyanogen on it, when you started the fm app, it would start the bluetooth. If you tried to close the bluetooth connection,the fm would stop.
I don't remembere quite well,so if i am wrong i'm sorry, but i remember something about the bluetooth frequenties that are near the fm ones?
If is not this i would really like to know why cyanogen needed the bt open so you could losten to radio.
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Not even close. If every single bluetooth device worked on FM frequencies, it would interfere with every fm radio.
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This was because the bluetooth radio and FM radio were built in together. Shutting one down turned off the other and vice versa. This was common on most phones I've had with bluetooth and FM. I don't know if that is still the case on newer phones though.
You seem to know alot about the FM specs... Last I heard it was a broadcom bluetooth/FM chipset combo... but I'm still searching to find out what model/series it is (w/o taking my evo apart Any extra info, or at least the method to find out, would be peachy! THX