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I read here in the general section about a month ago that the atrix has a disabled fm transmitter. If this is the case can we activate it?
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First, wrong section. Should be put in Q&A.
Second, Faux had a post about this a little while ago. He said that he wouldn't bother trying to activate it until he got ahold of a manual for the Atrix. The reason for this was that in the G2X, the FM transmitter was actually completely disconnected, and made so that it wouldn't work no matter what. And Faux at least said that he wouldn't work on it until he knew if it was disconnected or not.
May I include my opinion here, that Q&A should be renamed Q&A&R? R for requests. It's not intuitive that requests for devs go there instead of here (despite the fact I already knew they SHOULD. its still not obvious to people, and I dont blame them
not to completely derail this but I think the better option would be to add a development request subsection, to all of the forums not just the atrix one.
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not to completely derail this but I think the better option would be to add a development request subsection, to all of the forums not just the atrix one.
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Agreed
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Actually I have posted twice in Q&a and once I believe in general. I have one currently active. I know this doesn't belong here, but I was sick of the lack of dev attention. I apologize and thanks for not completely flaming me.
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It does look like the Atrix has an FM Radio chip.
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Motorola-Atrix-4G-Teardown/4964/2
*epic fail. I missed that little comment about it HAVING the FM tuner. Thanks mn3kgtv4
that's an excellent ifixit teardown link.
look under section 10
Broadcom BCM4329 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, and FM Tuner
Seems to indicate the tuner is built in
Yes but is it completed in the circuit?
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mn3kgtvr4 said:
that's an excellent ifixit teardown link.
look under section 10
Broadcom BCM4329 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, and FM Tuner
Seems to indicate the tuner is built in
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Yeh, but it also says our little powerhouses have a cortex a9 processor... tegra ftw!
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Yeh, but it also says our little powerhouses have a cortex a9 processor... tegra ftw!
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Um. I'm not entirely sure whether you're being serious or facetious. The Tegra 2 is a cortex a9 processor...
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Lol read his response again he said Tegra FTW right afterwards ...sooo it kinda looks like he already knows
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ShawnXVIII said:
Lol read his response again he said Tegra FTW right afterwards ...sooo it kinda looks like he already knows
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He says that ifixit also said that there was a cortex a9 in the ATRIX. The previous statement said that ifixit was indicating that there was indeed an FM tuner in the atrix, but there very well may not be. So, using my albeit rudimentary understanding of English, nobody can be sure whether he knew or didn't.
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Sigh, just because the bcm chip supports it does NOT mean its connected. G2x was a perfect example of this, it is nearly identical to Atrix. Until someone can show a schematic with FM circuitry connection, there will be very little effort spent for it.
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We have the BCM4329 chip.
http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/2twMOxXPOCYGReFs
How do we determine that it is connected? How do we get the circuitry
Just look at datasheet of BCM4329 and little of reverse engineering
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What faux is saying is that the FM needs to be connected to the motherboard physically, in the G2x it aint ...so we need schematics from MOTO
I guess what I am wondering is (especially looking at the pdf of the bcm4329) if the FM receiver works, then why wouldn't the FM transmitter work?
It looks like it is the same circuit, so if one is connected, the other is too. In recent ROMs I believe they have gotten the FM receiver working, so logic stands to reason that with the right kernel, that we could get the transmitter working as well.
Is this really not a feature that any devs are interested in taking a crack at? I guess maybe they don't want to waste their time without knowing that feature is hardwired first, because I'm sure it's not likely that Motorola will be letting us have any schematics of the Atrix anytime soon.
I'm just saying from a hardware standpoint, it looks that this feature comes in tandem with the FM receiver, and not separately.
Tell us your biggest problem you have with the tmobile galaxy s vibrant.
how would you change it?
Samsung/T-Mobile support an easy to break USB ports that's all overall excellent phone
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The USB port that's basically it. Also battery life sucks for me as well.
This phone was pretty well built other than the GPS sucking, but I don't use it that much nor do I actually have big problems like others.
We also need more love from Samsung so we can get a Gingerbread leak going
wonder why the usb ports dont last in these. maybe location?
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wonder why the usb ports dont last in these. maybe location?
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Cuz before we use to plug in the phones just to charge them. Now every time you log in to XDA (or your favorite Devs. forum) there is some new **** you wanna install in your phone....plug-unplug...oh I just found this new cool wallpaper...plug-unplug...new ROM...plug-unplug...new kernel...plug-unplug...new (you get the point). You probably plug-unplug your phone 10 times during the course of one day. Back then it was just once every 2-3 days to charge. Don't say they make them cheaper now, they just get abused now.
...Oh yeah, almost forgot. My biggest problem (besides not getting GB for the Vibrant) is that when I wanna take a picture in a dark place I noticed I'm missing that little small LED light that shines when you take a picture which most new phones comes with....what is it called???...oh yeah is a ****ING FLASH SAMSUNG! WTF what is a roll of the dice? "OK lets see which of the new Galaxy S devices is NOT getting a flash just for the **** of it...roll it"...OR.... "Sir, sir we forgot to put a flash on the one going out for t-mobile"...." **** them I have Verizon anyways, keep going"
**** lack of proper gps, **** bad usb (actually mine is alright so idk) but goddammit! Why the **** doesn't this have flash?
there isn't even a logical answer to that.
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Gps is basically it... my biggest problem with my galaxy S is the lack of a II next to the name. Honestly, i just feel crappy that i dont have the best phone on the market.
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younix258 said:
Gps is basically it... my biggest problem with my galaxy S is the lack of a II next to the name. Honestly, i just feel crappy that i dont have the best phone on the market.
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At least at one point you did
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hahahaha yea we do need flash. good response
One other thing not really problem but what is up with the hump I know yea can find smaller antenna oh yea an speaker on back so when lay phone down volume is lower plz put somewhere else but I doubt that will happen
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i dont really have any problems actually just weak wifi but thats not a big problem im still loving this phone
ffc was obviously planned then removed, maybe they planned to release a second version with it all along.... kind of weasel-ish if you ask me
"omg new phone! it has what we took out of the first one!"
My only problem is getting the gps to work. If I manage to get it to work flawlessly, I'd be happy. As for battery life, I've found the ROMs that do give me the best battery life.
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Flash and FFC, seriously what the frack T-Mo?!! Why would you take the best phone on the market (at the time) and ****ING CRIPPLE IT!!!
GPS was **** at first and still isn't the best but it works well enough for me after all the software fixed and I've never had a problem with the USB port. Knock on wood.
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One other thing not really problem but what is up with the hump I know yea can find smaller antenna oh yea an speaker on back so when lay phone down volume is lower plz put somewhere else but I doubt that will happen
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dude i love the hump, its sexy
vabeachfc3s said:
dude i love the hump, its sexy
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I'm not gonna lie it kind of is now that I really look at it lol but I would love a flat slim phone but it makes our phone unique
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Instability with dungeon defenders and plants vs. zombies. Gps. That's about it. Great phone. Great ROM available. Actually, using biffmod rom fixed gps and pvz issues. Now it's just dungeon defenders.
Small gripe, looks so much like an Iphone.
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Well..they are not giving us updates at correct times.
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For me the flash and gps could be better.
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Coming from the cappy, is it possible for this phone to have the benefit, or is the audio chip not the same?
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Not the same. Not as powerful from what i understand. Would be nice though...
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The audio chip is not the same rendering it impossible.
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This is a shame, and will keep me from upgrading to the S2. I have a captivate now and was looking forward to improved GPS with the S2. However, GPS is good enough on the captivate now (custom ROMs), and the sound quality is too good to give up.
Maybe try listening to the sound quality?
I haven't noticed any significant difference between the two.
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Maybe try listening to the sound quality?
I haven't noticed any significant difference between the two.
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I noticed quite a change. The Cappy is slightly more 'crisp' and with bass boost that was in voodoo, it sounded far superior to the SGSII.
Is there a way to incorporate bass boost?
bigblue95z said:
I noticed quite a change. The Cappy is slightly more 'crisp' and with bass boost that was in voodoo, it sounded far superior to the SGSII.
Is there a way to incorporate bass boost?
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Cm7 has some extra audio features using dsp manager
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Interestingly enough - Supercurio is working on doing some MC1N2 audio tuning. It's in extremely early stages (as in, he has no threads on it, it's only there for those who really know where to look, and he does NOT like when people put alpha-grade testing software of his into widely available releases.)
So some interesting stuff might be coming - who knows, often research projects like that just don't pan out, so don't get your hopes up.
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Interestingly enough - Supercurio is working on doing some MC1N2 audio tuning. It's in extremely early stages (as in, he has no threads on it, it's only there for those who really know where to look, and he does NOT like when people put alpha-grade testing software of his into widely available releases.)
So some interesting stuff might be coming - who knows, often research projects like that just don't pan out, so don't get your hopes up.
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Good to know! I follow supercurios work very closely and have not heard this!
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Plus there are a lot of other equalizer apps out there on the market
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Plus there are a lot of other equalizer apps out there on the market
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I've seen some that work great with music already on your device. I'd like to have one (like voodoo sound) that covers any audio that comes out of the device for use on apps like SlackerRadio and Pandora.
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Plus there are a lot of other equalizer apps out there on the market
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The only issue with market equalizers is that they are mostly software based which will distort the sound. Voodoo sound is software thats specially designed to rework how the hardware outputs audio allowing for better clarity
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I spoke with supercurio a couple days ago about this actually, and according to him there will be no "Voodoo Sound" for the SGSII. The hardware simply does not have the features required for it to work, and the audio hardware is really inferior to the previous generation Galaxy S phones as well.
I cant believe that would be a deal breaker for getting this phone....i think it sounds great as is! But, to each his own!
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I cant believe that would be a deal breaker for getting this phone....i think it sounds great as is! But, to each his own!
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I was SO angry at myself when I didn't check out compatible voodoo devices before I bought this phone. But I've learned to cope
This phone is a beast
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jswclw said:
This is a shame, and will keep me from upgrading to the S2. I have a captivate now and was looking forward to improved GPS with the S2. However, GPS is good enough on the captivate now (custom ROMs), and the sound quality is too good to give up.
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Come on now, your not fooling no one here about ur GPS working.
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I spoke with supercurio a couple days ago about this actually, and according to him there will be no "Voodoo Sound" for the SGSII. The hardware simply does not have the features required for it to work, and the audio hardware is really inferior to the previous generation Galaxy S phones as well.
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He seems to be working on a subset of the features though -
https://github.com/project-voodoo/mc1n2_voodoo
How well it actually works, who knows - it could prove that the above link is a failed experiment.
He's doing a simple "Volume Boost" app, mainly for the Galaxy Note, but he mentioned it could be used on the Galaxy S II.
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He's doing a simple "Volume Boost" app, mainly for the Galaxy Note, but he mentioned it could be used on the Galaxy S II.
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Yeah I've seen him working on this. It has no affect on audio quality though
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Being able to maximize the digital gain while tweaking the analog gain should improve things a little - but not too much.
I haven't tried it yet but thought I would share.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1523760
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Flashed fine. I'll report back later
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I would be all over this if it improves the audio output quality of the i777. I'm skeptical, and btw I would never buy beats headphones.
Been using it all day and haven't noticed any improvement at all.
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Been using it all day and haven't noticed any improvement at all.
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Don't we need to have specific hardware to make use of this? just like the xperia video mod that came out a few months back that was also a no-go?
It says you don't
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It says you don't
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Because its just an EQ that changes some settings. It may or may not make any difference, but it may be slightly better for some people.
I haven't noticed any difference.
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I haven't noticed any difference.
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Didn't think it would, but apparently its working on the i9100 since 100+ people are very happy with it.
I will never own a Beats product, I'll stick to my Technica for the time being.
It may have made a slight difference, not really sure. Definitely not flooringly awesome
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just my .02 here, this could help with the EQ settings and such but part of the perk with beats audio is some really awesome headphones. be like that 10k Mordaunt-Short setup will sure sound alot better then my 300$ home theatre in a box from phillips.
Supercurio ran some audio tests and confirmed there is no benefit to this. So Sad. I miss my voodoo sound.
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Supercurio ran some audio tests and confirmed there is no benefit to this. So Sad. I miss my voodoo sound.
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Link?
Well then I guess this thread just needs closed.
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Supercurio ran some audio tests and confirmed there is no benefit to this. So Sad. I miss my voodoo sound.
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Good, then I won't have 500 people asking to add it to the rom.
But I am curious, umm Link?
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Link?
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Twitter. Im too lazy to try to link a tweet from my phone.
" @supercurio: Just measured "beats audio port" on #GalaxySII Gingerbread KI3 ROM. No change whatsoever in response. Again, in which setup does it work?"
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I really didn't notice a difference. Winamp is more helpful in my opinion
want a difference? Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23269303#post23269303
Theirs a thread with ics support as well...
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Im closing this as of now, because Beats Audio is owned by HTC and has not made it open source. Also, the main Beats threads have also been closed and will stay that way until a decision is made.
Is there anyway to get T-Mobile TV to work for the note? I downloaded the app from the play store however when I open it, it says not compatible with your device. I know their are a lot of T-Mobile users and was wondering do any of you guys have this working. Or is there any possible way to get this to work?
Thanks
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circuit.007 said:
Is there anyway to get T-Mobile TV to work for the note? I downloaded the app from the play store however when I open it, it says not compatible with your device. I know their are a lot of T-Mobile users and was wondering do any of you guys have this working. Or is there any possible way to get this to work?
Thanks
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It only works on certain T Mobile devices. Also there is SD and HD shows that are also only able to be viewed on certain devices. Most standard def channels can be watched on all the devices that T Mobile TV works on but the HD channels can only be watch on a few devices as of now. I doubt we will get this working on an AT&T Note. There is a list on the T Mobile site that will show you all the devices the app will work on.
Maybe a build.prop change that makes it look like one of the approved devices.
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Ah okay that sucks just thought it'd be a neat thing to have to watch some random shows when I was bored. A build prop change seems too much of a hassle for this small thing plus it might cause some other apps to stop working.
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Ah okay that sucks just thought it'd be a neat thing to have to watch some random shows when I was bored. A build prop change seems too much of a hassle for this small thing plus it might cause some other apps to stop working.
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Check you inbox.
Is there any more news on this? I really want to do the same thing. Even if we flash a t-mo radio? really? It would truly be nice to watch.
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