[Q] fm radio - XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I remember seeing an FM radio app pre installed on a rom a few months ago, possibly freex10 or one of trips miui roms.
It was a good program but I can't find it now, does anyone have it?
It uses the ear phones for the antenna to pickup fm radio stations. Hopefully someone can help. Thanks

brent0r said:
I remember seeing an FM radio app pre installed on a rom a few months ago, possibly freex10 or one of trips miui roms.
It was a good program but I can't find it now, does anyone have it?
It uses the ear phones for the antenna to pickup fm radio stations. Hopefully someone can help. Thanks
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The x10 doesnt have a built in radio, the only radio that works is the streaming ones, so apps like tunein radio

ive used it before though?

too bad we need internet to run the radio,

Can it use bluetooth to run FM like the program in cm7 rom of htc and other phone???

brent0r said:
ive used it before though?
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Any radio app you used was streaming from online. Try TuneIn Radio, its got a ton of stations from all over but it is missing a few of my local favorites.
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Fm radio on frx04?

I was wondering if its possible to get an fm radio wich not uses internet on the rhod100-uk using the 11 pins headset wich i use as antenna for the radio in winmo. I saw that the galaxy s has the same system and cant we just instal that app or something?
I am using frx04 with kernel 1258
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RHOD100's have an FM radio chip? I'm not aware of any RHOD's having an FM radio chip, so if the 100 does that's probably the only one that does...
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RHOD100's have an FM radio chip? I'm not aware of any RHOD's having an FM radio chip, so if the 100 does that's probably the only one that does...
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AFAIK all RHODs have FM radios, or at least GSM ones.
shatred said:
I was wondering if its possible to get an fm radio wich not uses internet on the rhod100-uk using the 11 pins headset wich i use as antenna for the radio in winmo. I saw that the galaxy s has the same system and cant we just instal that app or something?
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Arrgh didn't know anything about a radio so i think only the rhod100 phones have that. I tried FM TwoO from the market but it didn't find the hardware for the fm radio. So i don't thing it's working, because the hardware isn't addressed for android.
Hrm. I'll look up some specs, I'm pretty sure my RHOD400 doesn't have an FM radio.
If it is doable, this would be very low priority... as in, if the devs are bored with nothing else to do, this might get addressed. However, I'm not aware of any dev with a RHOD100.
If anyone does know definitively which RHOD's have FM radios that would help... thanks!
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Hrm. I'll look up some specs, I'm pretty sure my RHOD400 doesn't have an FM radio.
If it is doable, this would be very low priority... as in, if the devs are bored with nothing else to do, this might get addressed. However, I'm not aware of any dev with a RHOD100.
If anyone does know definitively which RHOD's have FM radios that would help... thanks!
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the 210s does
edit: all GSMs do
arrrghhh said:
Hrm. I'll look up some specs, I'm pretty sure my RHOD400 doesn't have an FM radio.
If it is doable, this would be very low priority... as in, if the devs are bored with nothing else to do, this might get addressed. However, I'm not aware of any dev with a RHOD100.
If anyone does know definitively which RHOD's have FM radios that would help... thanks!
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If i know how to develop things i would be happy to help with everything, only if i knew a way how. (Probably the same for all of us)
husam666 said:
the 210s does
edit: all GSMs does
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Linky? Thanks.
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Linky? Thanks.
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here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Rhodium
husam666 said:
here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Rhodium
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I see... looks like the CDMA devices were left out to the pasture with this feature.
Should come eventually, but certainly not high on the list of things to do. Open a bug on the tracker! I don't think there is one for FM radio (but please search to make sure there isn't one.)
arrrghhh said:
Should come eventually, but certainly not high on the list of things to do. Open a bug on the tracker! I don't think there is one for FM radio (but please search to make sure there isn't one.)
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didn't get that, but anyways it says here that the fm radio is not ready yet ( i know it's outdated)
http://www.androidonhtc.com/wiki/Port_Status
but yeah it's not a priority, not too many people use FM radios these days
Yeah my 210 has radio too. I presumed all rhods did, but maybe not. I do hear that it didn't come unlocked in the stock build or something . . . . .but within a week of buying my rhodium I had a custom rom with fm radio app installed on it.Only works well with htc headfones though, as antenna (and mine are fairly rubbish) so id say for most bluetooth/camera would be of higher priority to get working right
Same status on Blackstone. Need kernel support.
Anyway, if CDMA and GSM Rhod's use the same wireless chipset all of them have fm radio, like the nexus one. At least, if I understood something of all my readings
Eodun said:
Same status on Blackstone. Need kernel support.
Anyway, if CDMA and GSM Rhod's use the same wireless chipset all of them have fm radio, like the nexus one. At least, if I understood something of all my readings
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Uh, they don't use the same wireless chipset. They can't as they aren't all GSM
If I understand it correctly, both Sprint's and Verizon's TP2 are actually world phones meaning they have both CDMA and GSM. I suspect the CDMA world versions lack a functioning FM radio because of this extra radio.
I think it's similar to why the Epic 4G is so radically different than the rest of the Galaxy S phones as only Sprint needs WiMAX.
I the Herman/Raphael (Touch Pro) had a similar issue regarding the FM Radio being only enabled on the GSM version and not on the CDMA version. I had a Sprint Touch Pro and there was significant uproar that the FM Radio was not physically enabled on it where it was on the GSM version. Something about it being literally crippled on the hardware end to disable it.
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Uh, they don't use the same wireless chipset. They can't as they aren't all GSM
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I was talking about the bluetooth, IIRC it's where the radio fm receiver is.

[Q] FM radio on flyer possible?

Hello
Can someone tell me if it's possible to have an FM radio like on the HTC smartphones?
I have a Sensation and a Desire HD and on both phones there is an FM radio.
I'm not familiar with the hardware of my devices but it would be nice to have it also on the HTC Flyer.
I hope that somehow we can activate that possibility if it's hardware supported.
Thx guys (and dolls)
tsmetjen said:
I hope that somehow we can activate that possibility if it's hardware supported.
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There is no FM radio in the hardware.
But you can use radio over the internet, there are some goed Apps.
Kind of off topic... but I have often wondered why radio's are more common in phones than in tablets... i mean a tablet prob wouldnt require the headphones plugged in ... as the device itself should be able to house a large enough antana to pick up FM
Kris
Bluetooth is FM radio, so if it has Bluetooth, it has FM radio. Now whether that is enough "hardware" to receive FM radio stations, or something more is needed, I don't know.
I think that this is a great idea 4 use in the tablets...
Now that people forget the radio, use it since new gadgets, And uf smartphones can why not the tablets...
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I'm a bit on the fence with an FM app, I probably wouldn't use it much (if at all). Don't get good radio reception at work and that would really be the only place I'd use it.
But I'll throw my vote in for it...
After some searching in other device forums on XDA, two things would be necessary for the FM radio app to function in the most basic of senses (correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not too well versed on the android backend).
1) There would either need to be a standalone FM chipset, or the existing BT chipset would need to be one that is capable of receiving OTA FM radio frequencies.
This appears to be the BT chip: http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/cracking-open-the-htc-flyer/6256123?seq=70
8903GE TI107 BTEM
2) The FM radio app requires kernel support to be added.
Apparently it is not an easy task to add it to devices where it was not pre-installed.
This thread has an HTC FM Radio APK attached... maybe if anyone gets really bored?
I dunno... It kills me you MUST have headphones in to start it because that's where the antenna. Couple that with crappy signal and that you can get stations outside of your area on internet streaming I have to say I don't miss it other than for say... Lovelines. (My area got rid of local internet stream for it). :/
I'm not rooted yet, so if somone could try to install the htcradio app i would really appreciate it.
In belgium we have expensive mobile data plans...so I preferr the fm radio while reading the newspaper on the train
kardain said:
I'm a bit on the fence with an FM app, I probably wouldn't use it much (if at all). Don't get good radio reception at work and that would really be the only place I'd use it.
But I'll throw my vote in for it...
After some searching in other device forums on XDA, two things would be necessary for the FM radio app to function in the most basic of senses (correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not too well versed on the android backend).
1) There would either need to be a standalone FM chipset, or the existing BT chipset would need to be one that is capable of receiving OTA FM radio frequencies.
This appears to be the BT chip: http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/cracking-open-the-htc-flyer/6256123?seq=70
8903GE TI107 BTEM
2) The FM radio app requires kernel support to be added.
Apparently it is not an easy task to add it to devices where it was not pre-installed.
This thread has an HTC FM Radio APK attached... maybe if anyone gets really bored?
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FM Radio

On sense there was an FM radio but now that I'm on cm10 I have no radio. Anybody know a good radio app that works with headphones? Thanks
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kevin130 said:
On sense there was an FM radio but now that I'm on cm10 I have no radio. Anybody know a good radio app that works with headphones? Thanks
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There's a bunch of Internet "radio" apps but TuneIn and Pandora seem to be the most popular and both work with headphones. I'm not sure why any radio/music app wouldn't work with headphones though.
ramjet73
Because your headphones have like an antenna so you can use an analog FM radio. My dads blackberry requires headphones to be plugged in because it uses them as an antenna.
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kevin130 said:
Because your headphones have like an antenna so you can use an analog FM radio. My dads blackberry requires headphones to be plugged in because it uses them as an antenna.
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Yes, that's normally true for the built-in FM radio on the Evo 3D, although some ROM's have a mod to let it be used without headphones. If you are looking for an app that's AOSP compatible to use the FM radio in the phone, I've never heard of one. Any substitute that streams over the Internet should work with the internal speaker or headphones.
Edit2: I forgot about Spirit FM Radio. If you read the reviews some people seem to have it working on AOSP ROM's, but I couldn't find any reviews for the Evo 3D and there's no free or trial version. According to this post the Evo 3D should work, but turning on FM on the Evo 3D requires activating bluetooth since both radios are on the same chipset, so it won't work in airplane mode and might not work if the ROM has any bluetooth issues.
Edit2: There does appear to be a free (mono only) version of Spirit FM in this XDA post. I tried it on lens_flare's MIUI ROM (based on Agrabren's CM10 Devil Toast ROM) and it just closes when I try to turn it on.
ramjet73
i have actually tries the spirit app, and its more of a hit and miss depending on rom, sometimes it works but a majority it sadly does not, used it on kanged ports of CM9 before the ics update rolled out
FragmentedLogik said:
i have actually tries the spirit app, and its more of a hit and miss depending on rom, sometimes it works but a majority it sadly does not, used it on kanged ports of CM9 before the ics update rolled out
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Yea, that's what I thought. It may be partly due to the bluetooth dependency on our phone.
ramjet73
ramjet73 said:
Yea, that's what I thought. It may be partly due to the bluetooth dependency on our phone.
ramjet73
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im actually surprised no one has taken the radio apk and dex files and modified them to suit different roms.... or atleast that i know of
FragmentedLogik said:
im actually surprised no one has taken the radio apk and dex files and modified them to suit different roms.... or atleast that i know of
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Probably for the same reason that hasn't been done for the 3D camera. I believe those programs are heavily dependent on Sense API's that are not published by HTC.
ramjet73

CyanogenMod - FM Radio?

Today's update to CyanogenMod said it introduced FM Radio support. I have downloaded Spirit FM Free and I can not get it to work. Nothing plays, and it says the signal is 0. Yes, I have headphones with a long wire plugged in for the antenna.
Is this impossible with the SCH-i605? Do I need to change settings? I have brushed the surface with a few of the more obvious settings, but none have worked thus far.
Thank you.
Keavon said:
Today's update to CyanogenMod said it introduced FM Radio support. I have downloaded Spirit FM Free and I can not get it to work. Nothing plays, and it says the signal is 0. Yes, I have headphones with a long wire plugged in for the antenna.
Is this impossible with the SCH-i605? Do I need to change settings? I have brushed the surface with a few of the more obvious settings, but none have worked thus far.
Thank you.
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Hey Keavon,
I bumped up mine from cyanogen 10.1 snapshot and was disappointed that it did not hav an FM radio app. So got the spiritFM, works like charm... but not so happy with it. Can anyone tell if Cyanogen will ever pack a FM player along?
rgds
kris...
The verizon note 2 does not have a fm receiver. So no fm radoi will ever happen. I use iheart radio.
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[Q] FM radio on roms

any hope of getting FM radio support on roms (I'm mainly using cyanogenmod, usually sportsstar's). I've tried the port of the apk for the fm radio (wouldn't run) and some spirit radio apk (loud static all channels). Thanks.
I'm using spirit and it works fine. You do need to have a headset plugged in though for an antenna
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yeah. ok thanks, I guess I will try again.
your welcome
reebokhcfr said:
yeah. ok thanks, I guess I will try again.
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Are you using the feb 3rd beta version of spirit?
The stock FM radio is probably going to need to be rebuilt to make it work. Or there is just some strange file that is missing or not configured right.
chevycowboyusa said:
Are you using the feb 3rd beta version of spirit?
The stock FM radio is probably going to need to be rebuilt to make it work. Or there is just some strange file that is missing or not configured right.
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Sense Apps do not work on AOSP roms. And can't be made to work...
FM Radio
dcacklam said:
Sense Apps do not work on AOSP roms. And can't be made to work...
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Hi Dave! Thanks for the response
I thought there was an FM radio app in the CM Builds??
There are people using Spirit on CM10 (other devices) and I have got Spirit working on Sense 4 (even though the built in one doesn't work)
I have tried my darndest to get Spirit radio to work. All I get is white noise.
What am I missing or not configured? I did search the site, but wasn't able to
find the answer.
Thanks.
mgp53 said:
I have tried my darndest to get Spirit radio to work. All I get is white noise.
What am I missing or not configured? I did search the site, but wasn't able to
find the answer.
Thanks.
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I couldn't get it to work either on the PacMan rom
I just flashed SpeedRom 9.0 Beta 1 and the FM Radio app works because SpeedROM is still a sense based ROM but looks like JellyBean.
Viper Radio
chevycowboyusa said:
I'm using spirit and it works fine. You do need to have a headset plugged in though for an antenna
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I have used viper from version 1.6.6, 1.7.0.1 and 1.7.0.2, the fm radio never worked. even when i used spirit FM it only just make noise as if no station is working.
kodunmit said:
I have used viper from version 1.6.6, 1.7.0.1 and 1.7.0.2, the fm radio never worked. even when i used spirit FM it only just make noise as if no station is working.
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That's strange. Where are you located?
I'm in California.
Not much proof, but this is it working.
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chevycowboyusa said:
That's strange. Where are you located?
I'm in California.
Not much proof, but this is it working.
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I have the same issue with Sportsstar's CM10.1. Sprit FM just gives me static (though I can occasionally hear the slightest bit of an actual station). I think I read in his thread that radio firmware is missing from CM10.1. Is that something one can flash after the fact?
Firmware
JimDandy68 said:
I have the same issue with Sportsstar's CM10.1. Sprit FM just gives me static (though I can occasionally hear the slightest bit of an actual station). I think I read in his thread that radio firmware is missing from CM10.1. Is that something one can flash after the fact?
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There is a difference Between the Radio firmware for the hardware (flashed thru hboot) and possibly radio drivers in the ROM.
You can flash the ICS Radio update, link in my Viper thread or ARHD thread, that will update you to the most recent radio "Firmware"
You do need to have an antenna (wired headset) and you have to manually tune the radio station.
I'll test it on CM10.1 later this weekend and I'll let you know what I can figure out!
chevycowboyusa said:
There is a difference Between the Radio firmware for the hardware (flashed thru hboot) and possibly radio drivers in the ROM.
You can flash the ICS Radio update, link in my Viper thread or ARHD thread, that will update you to the most recent radio "Firmware"
You do need to have an antenna (wired headset) and you have to manually tune the radio station.
I'll test it on CM10.1 later this weekend and I'll let you know what I can figure out!
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Thanks, Chevy
I can't find the reference I was talking about, but here's a reference to missing drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010901
And if this is what you're talking about for a radio update - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42317972&highlight=radio+update#post42317972 - that matches my current baseband version.
FM radio works on ICS ROMs, like ARHD and SpeedRom, I know. I also know I need a headset attached - only way it ever worked. I've seen other threads about Spirit FM just producing static, so I don't know if it's that app and this device. Anyway, thanks for whatever you can figure out. My thought was that flashing anything ICS on JB wouldn't work, but I don't know.
JimDandy68 said:
Thanks, Chevy
I can't find the reference I was talking about, but here's a reference to missing drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010901
And if this is what you're talking about for a radio update - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42317972&highlight=radio+update#post42317972 - that matches my current baseband version.
FM radio works on ICS ROMs, like ARHD and SpeedRom, I know. I also know I need a headset attached - only way it ever worked. I've seen other threads about Spirit FM just producing static, so I don't know if it's that app and this device. Anyway, thanks for whatever you can figure out. My thought was that flashing anything ICS on JB wouldn't work, but I don't know.
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Just want to ask again on this thread, has anyone ever gotten Spirit FM or another FM radio apk to work on a JB ROM (non-sense-based)? Chevy mentioned the Spirit FM 3rd beta, but not sure whether he was talking about having it work on a JB ROM or on Viper. ICS ROMs mostly have the stock radio app working, so not an issue there.
Thanks.
There is code in the CM base sources allowing for radio apps like spirit FM, now whether the devs working on it here have enabled it or gone through the task of debugging to ensure it works is a different story. Tytung has it working well in his CM ROMs for the HD2. I purchased it (spirit) to use on his ROMs so I do know it can work with CM if the developer chooses to. Frankly, for me this capability isn't as important as resolving the other outstanding issues which are keeping JellyBean from being fully functional and truly stable on our devices.
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There is code in the CM base sources allowing for radio apps like spirit FM, now whether the devs working on it here have enabled it or gone through the task of debugging to ensure it works is a different story. Tytung has it working well in his CM ROMs for the HD2. I purchased it (spirit) to use on his ROMs so I do know it can work with CM if the developer chooses to. Frankly, for me this capability isn't as important as resolving the other outstanding issues which are keeping JellyBean from being fully functional and truly stable on our devices.
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Yeah, I'm really just trying to find out if anyone has gotten something working on the Amaze, not any other device. For me, the showstoppers on CM10.1 were uncontrolled in-call volume (evidently working in Evervolv), audio drop-outs when listening to music, and lack of FM radio. Otherwise, it seemed really solid. I'm kinda tired of laggy ICS ROMS, but everything works.
Thanks
JimDandy68 said:
Yeah, I'm really just trying to find out if anyone has gotten something working on the Amaze, not any other device. For me, the showstoppers on CM10.1 were uncontrolled in-call volume (evidently working in Evervolv), audio drop-outs when listening to music, and lack of FM radio. Otherwise, it seemed really solid. I'm kinda tired of laggy ICS ROMS, but everything works.
Thanks
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I know what you're talking about. I think many here, myself included, wish that development was further along. Frankly, I find it sad and ironic that my old HD2, which was a Windows phone, has had fully functional usable stable Jellybean ROMs for a well over a year and it never had any sources released to develop from.
The sad truth is that the Amaze is a great device that wasn't marketed well, so few units were sold. Too few at least for it to have developed a devoted loyal following. If you follow the threads you see that there was never a large volume of development for it and that most of the early adopters have long since moved on to other devices. I'm just glad that we're now experiencing a second wave with new folks stepping up and trying.
I'm optimistic that the issues currently afflicting these builds can be resolved and that our Amazes will get a new lease on life. We just need to have a bit more patience, they're getting closer to nailing it. Once one gets it right the others will learn and use in their development. Then we'll have all kinds of jellybean and KitKat flavors to choose from.
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I'm optimistic that the issues currently afflicting these builds can be resolved and that our Amazes will get a new lease on life. We just need to have a bit more patience, they're getting closer to nailing it. Once one gets it right the others will learn and use in their development. Then we'll have all kinds of jellybean and KitKat flavors to choose from.
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Hope your optimism proves right. It's amazing (no pun intended) that anyone spends there time doing this kind of dev work at all. Pretty sure I'll never buy another HTC device, too.
JimDandy68 said:
Hope your optimism proves right. It's amazing (no pun intended) that anyone spends there time doing this kind of dev work at all. Pretty sure I'll never buy another HTC device, too.
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I wouldn't be so down on HTC. They may not have been the most supportive manufacturer when it comes to outside development, but they've also produced some of the most groundbreaking innovative products. They're in financial trouble now, as their market share has eroded, and haven't had a breakout device in some time. They realize this and have begun making incremental improvements within the development community in an attempt to improve it's perception. The thing is who are you going to jump ship to? Samsung is already undermining android by developing Its own market place for apps that can only run on their devices and has announced It's developing its own proprietary OS. Since they're the biggest player in this device market, they could easily splinter Android and force other manufacturers to do the same to compete.
The point is, if there's one thing I've learned from my 50 years on this planet is to never say never about anything.
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The point is, if there's one thing I've learned from my 50 years on this planet is to never say never about anything.
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Point taken. I'm 45 and evidently haven't learned anything. :cyclops:
Time to go back to a landline.

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