Does Sony Xperia S have FM radio /not internet radio/? What is wrong with the manufacturers of the new devices? the FM radio is missing in Galaxy nexus, HTC one X etc., who knows why?
flea said:
Does Sony Xperia S have FM radio /not internet radio/? What is wrong with the manufacturers of the new devices? the FM radio is missing in Galaxy nexus, HTC one X etc., who knows why?
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Yes, it has Radio (FM radio with RDS)
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Does Sony Xperia S have FM radio /not internet radio/? What is wrong with the manufacturers of the new devices? the FM radio is missing in Galaxy nexus, HTC one X etc., who knows why?
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Yes it has
Nice Audio, coverage, etc ..... cool device
flea said:
Does Sony Xperia S have FM radio /not internet radio/? What is wrong with the manufacturers of the new devices? the FM radio is missing in Galaxy nexus, HTC one X etc., who knows why?
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So the Xperia S may have FM, but as far as the others go: I think I have an inkling. In North America, the carriers are the customers of the manufacturers, not the end users.
I think they want to kill "old fashioned" over the air TV and FM radio. They want to sell expensive data plans. And Google is an Internet advertising company and would rather have you watching Youtube or listening to music bought from their own music service. Apple is the same; no FM in their phones.
And the manufacturers listen to the carriers, who are the real customers for phones in North America and some other places. FM is more common on the Internation versions of phones sold in Europe where people pay full price for phones and carriers don't control things.
There is an ongoing battle between content producers and carriers for the BIG money made advertising to all those people who spend hours every night watching TV or whatever. The producers (Hollywood, TV, RIAA etc) and providers (Google/Youtube etc) want the carriers to be dumb pipes.
The carriers/cablecos/sat TV cos want to control the content and charge us for the channel packages. And charge the producers/providers for the "privelege" or carrying their content.
I think it will be a titanic battle. Google TV (/Music etc) and Apple TV (etc) seem to be the main contenders. The industry may end up controlled in Silicon Valley instead of Hollywood etc.
So yeah, I think the crippling of FM chips in phones (they are there in many devices, just not connected !!), is just a small part of this battle.
Not sure that it is a really big selling point for future phones because definatly over here (UK) they are switching to digital by 2015 anyway so these FM radios will be largely pointless.
I see your point but no one is buying a phone now that they will still be using in 2015 so for the moment, FM is still a great feature.
I love FM, I think the quality is quite good and use it all the time. Not having FM radio on my phone would be a HUGE dealbreaker. Internet radio doesn't work properly when on the train or bus either.
The fm radio is the big missing feature on my motorola RAZR. I think it will be a "must have" feature on my next cell. I prefer having something a bit slower, or a screen not as clear, and have a FM Radio.
Sure, you have apps such as "TuneIn" where you can listen at FM radio... but it's a great way to using up the 500 megs or 1 gigs data plans carriers tend to offer over here in Canada.
Streamer app for my local radio stations are generally very poor anyways, so I'd much rather FM. Ireland wont be going full DAB for another 4/5 years anyways so thats not a concern for me.
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just about to buy
1. does it have wifi ?
2. WM5 - so push would work
3. Anyone know who to unlock (does it use c550 unlocker) ?
rgds
no Wifi
Push enabled
no idea how to unlock
the keypad is bad, the TV is pretty poor....unless you want to watch in a wide open space near a town centre....
the DAB radio is pretty good.
tx. a pity about the wifi
is the tv service limited to virgin only or after an unlock any tv can be streamed?
kanjer said:
is the tv service limited to virgin only or after an unlock any tv can be streamed?
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will work on any network. It uses DVB like freeview not GPRS
It must post back to Virgin or something so they can charge PAYG customers the monthly rate, it (the TV) may not work with another network's SIM in it.
The TV service will work regardless of SIM.
However it uses cryptkey encryption, similar to satellite services.
Therefore, every so often Virgin/BTmovio will change the crypt code and the TV will stop. When this happens you will need to reinsert the virgin chip until the TV re-opens, after which you can put in your other chip.
Note:1. for PAYG you will have to start paying after 3 months, except for BBC1 which is always open.
2. DAB radio will always work (well, whilst DAB is still broadcast in the UK )
rgds
NO A2DP bluetooth audio (manual says it does, but Virgin must have removed it for some reason) :-(
Lobster feedback
Had mine for a few weeks now - very pleased for the money, replacing a trusty but declining C500. SIM unlocked (paid) and running on BT mobile (Vodafone).
TV is watchable (just); radio is great; otherwise an excellent value up to date smartphone, albeit with some minor (to me) keypad handling issues.
Best features:
- radio
- screen quality
- price
A few small niggles:
- no case yet and the plastic over-screen gets scratched easily
- ITV1 won't register now (says Virgin bites not available, try later)
- bit of a pain having to plug the wired headset in as an antenna (which seems to get tangled easily - looking for a way to keep this tidy)
Amazed there's such little interest in the phone at this price...
with the tv i dont like the fact there is no full screen view or at least not that i can find...
the radio is great. the tv channels are very limited but hey do the trick now and then
My views on Lobby.
I would also have liked the ability to screen capture from TV to use as Wallpaper.
Great phone, though. I like the bulkiness. It's also different to the norm. Very clear screen & talk. easy to get around. pretty awesome DAB quality. TV is watchable if really bored.
Surprisingly good piccys from a 1.3. Very adequate. They blow up to monitor size ..... just.
Downloaded Emails from Hotmail with ease.
Definitely better than any phone I've had to date.
Nice feature being able to record sound from external source and use as a ringtone.
My lobby over the last 5 months
I got this phone in December - Virgin pay monthly contract.
Good points
- Screen resolution
- Battery life (normal use)
- Lots of great applications can be installed
- DAB radio - this is the best feature.
Bad Points
- Non really
- TV not great - few channels
This is my 3rd Smartphone (MPX200, MDA Compact) and cannot fault it. It is was a flip-phone (clam shell) then I'd be even happier. Still, you can't have it all.
I've been modifiying PDA phones for a while now but this is something I can't get over/should have expected from Sprint. GPS is present yet unusable on my Titan. I just now unlocked my titan and flashed to dcds 1.5.7/1.40.0 and I am hoping to be able to use the GPS with tomtom 6.
The thing that puzzles me is I read a post stating an indiviudal was using tomtom 6 on his mogul! how did he do it?
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I've been modifiying PDA phones for a while now but this is something I can't get over/should have expected from Sprint. GPS is present yet unusable on my Titan. I just now unlocked my titan and flashed to dcds 1.5.7/1.40.0 and I am hoping to be able to use the GPS with tomtom 6.
The thing that puzzles me is I read a post stating an indiviudal was using tomtom 6 on his mogul! how did he do it?
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he must be using a bluetooth gps device
so for now there is no way out? Is there any revision of this phone (Alltell, etc.) that has GPS enabled for application use?
av0, let's set the record straight here for a moment.
The mogul uses new hardware- chips that haven't been seen inside of Windows Mobile devices before. These chips allow services that haven't been available before either, such as EVDO rev. A and possibly assisted GPS.
Now, these chips may be capable, and HTC may be able to write drivers for it, but Microsoft never released the proper modules to control and take advantage of them. So, in the case of Rev A, we're waiting for MS to update some of their code so that HTC can release a new firmware, which will then be distributed to Sprint, Alltel, VZ, etc...
But for now, we have to play the waiting game. It doesn't exist on ANY carrier just yet!
Now, the GPS is the same thing... this particular GPSOne chip is new to the windows mobile scene. It supports some pretty nifty modes, including real stand alone GPS with an assisted mode- IE, uses the tower triangulation to get an even faster fix, then switch over to standalone mode (as opposed to the traditional way which is currently found in some PPCs, in which getting the initial fix can take up to 5-10min). Its in the chip specs to do this, but as far as I know MS's GPS modules only support standalone GPS information (no assisted faster fix), and its only been a rumor that Sprint/HTC would actually take advantage of this capability anyway. Either way, the phone was released before Windows Mobile was ready to use these higher-end features. We're waiting for them to catch up.
In the mean time, they removed GPS from the advertising, and Rev A has always been "coming soon".
Sit back. The rest of the phone finally works great now (thanks to 2.17 ROM, and a lot of great custom roms based on it), so one thing at a time. This great phone is going to get even better soon!
Concerning GPS...
Our Titans have the chipset for it and according to this FCC document, some of us (excluding Sprint Moguls) may have the antenna as well.
Someone in this thread extracted an Italian version of Kaiser's GPS files which I installed one morning and after playing around with it for about an hour, I couldn't get anything going. My Titan is cradled next to a large window all day and by early afternoon, I noticed a GPS icon in my top bar. When I picked up the phone, it went away and I was never able to reproduce it. I have no idea if it means I was receiving a GPS signal, but I'm hoping developments in activating the Touch Dual's GPS could lead to a working solution for Titan.
borealcool said:
Concerning GPS...
Our Titans have the chipset for it and according to this FCC document, some of us (excluding Sprint Moguls) may have the antenna as well.
Someone in this thread extracted an Italian version of Kaiser's GPS files which I installed one morning and after playing around with it for about an hour, I couldn't get anything going. My Titan is cradled next to a large window all day and by early afternoon, I noticed a GPS icon in my top bar. When I picked up the phone, it went away and I was never able to reproduce it. I have no idea if it means I was receiving a GPS signal, but I'm hoping developments in activating the Touch Dual's GPS could lead to a working solution for Titan.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the Touch Dual have the same chipset as the Kaiser?
The Titan uses a slightly modified Qualcomm chip for CDMA, and as such it should not be any suprise that the drivers from the GSM chipset don't work.
I'm of the opinion that the GPS control part of the chips are not the same because of the way CDMA uses the Assisted part of AGPS. Trying to port drivers from another existing device is a fruitless effort as no one has yet written drivers for our particular chipset.
THEY ARE NOT THE SAME.
Just sit back and wait for Sprint or someone to release it first. Then we can start porting it to all the other devices with this chip.
good bit of info on this thread. thanks guys
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The Titan uses a slightly modified Qualcomm chip for CDMA, and as such it should not be any suprise that the drivers from the GSM chipset don't work.
I'm of the opinion that the GPS control part of the chips are not the same because of the way CDMA uses the Assisted part of AGPS.
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** Correct.
if this new update from sprint/htc brings rev a and GPS, will that make it possible to enable the GPS on the verizon xv6800 (by flashing the rom or whatever it takes)
OMG the doors to the heavens above have opened.
I'm not even asking for that much! I just want the phone to not lockup and I want to hear my callers on bluetooth! This phone was so rushed out the door is shows bad.
Why ASUS didn't include 3G into this tablet, nowdays thats like a must thing to do... with that would be perfect tablet!
Samsung, HTC, and Motorola have existing relations with all the Wireless phone services. That may have something to do with Asus being left out. But besides the Xoom and the Apple, are there any other Wireless Tablets available for contract with wireless phone company?
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Samsung, HTC, and Motorola have existing relations with all the Wireless phone services. That may have something to do with Asus being left out. But besides the Xoom and the Apple, are there any other Wireless Tablets available for contract with wireless phone company?
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Couldn't they just do an unlocked 3G version without having any connection to wireless companies?
For personal use i don't think i will need 3g much. If/When i do, i have my rooted phone to tether to. So i don't see 3G as that needed a feature. And after following a lot of tech blogs and such it seems a lot of the people commenting are wanting wifi tablets only a lot too. So That could be part of it. Also until they have a shared data plan, cause who wants to pay for 2 data plans, i don't see my self paying for 3g even if it had the radio to do it.
However, for business use i would like one with 3g in it. Since i wouldn't trust people to know how to tether much less have a phone that can tether. So in this case simpler is much better. So for business use i will need to look at a different product which makes me sad. and if the treasurer for our non-profit has her way it will be a ipad ... which makes me very very sad. So a 3G model would have been awesome as well.
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Couldn't they just do an unlocked 3G version without having any connection to wireless companies?
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Correct me if i am wrong, but 3G isn't like cellular networks right? It has to be someone certain radio signal to work correctly meaning you have to work with that company ( be it at&t t-mobile version or sprint or who ever).
Like why the at&t iphone will work on t-moblie but it doesn't have t-moblies radios so you can't get 3G.
And say they just put AT&T radios in with out asking for whatever ( i don't know if you can do that or if it even matters, but just say they did) if at&T didn't want to support the device they could just block the device and not sell plans to it.
So i don't think it is just as easy as "unlocked 3G"
The dock has a USB port, so just connect a mobile data dongle to it?
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The dock has a USB port, so just connect a mobile data dongle to it?
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Can android interpret the data dongle natively?(like Linux (at least it did on Linux Mint last time i tired)) or will a custom app need to be made for it to work if it works at all? (like windows). it is a interesting idea though. If it doesn't work out of the box (i doubt it but never know) someone should really make an app that will make it work. Since i already have a data dongle thing somewhere. lol
Sprint might be getting it if you look at their CES invite the folds look just like that origami screen cover!
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Correct me if i am wrong, but 3G isn't like cellular networks right? It has to be someone certain radio signal to work correctly meaning you have to work with that company ( be it at&t t-mobile version or sprint or who ever).
Like why the at&t iphone will work on t-moblie but it doesn't have t-moblies radios so you can't get 3G.
And say they just put AT&T radios in with out asking for whatever ( i don't know if you can do that or if it even matters, but just say they did) if at&T didn't want to support the device they could just block the device and not sell plans to it.
So i don't think it is just as easy as "unlocked 3G"
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I'm not the best source about this information, so please excuse me if I'm wrong. But I thought that most 3G were on similar frequencies, and therefore it would be easy to make a 3G antenna which could communicate on all of them. The reason why I ask, is that I had a T-Mobile Android phone and brought it to the UK a few months ago, and can use it on any network here (since it's unlocked), and only have to change the network operators (or something like that, I can't exactly recall) info so it connects to the right towers. And it works perfectly fine. If I can do that with a crappy old Android phone, why couldn't it be done with Transformer?
But on the whole, I agree with you. It's so much cheaper to buy a tethering plan for most phones than it would be to give it its own 3G service, that for most people just doing a wireless hotspot with their phone would make more sense. But it's still a legitimate question for some people
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Can android interpret the data dongle natively?(like Linux (at least it did on Linux Mint last time i tired)) or will a custom app need to be made for it to work if it works at all? (like windows). it is a interesting idea though. If it doesn't work out of the box (i doubt it but never know) someone should really make an app that will make it work. Since i already have a data dongle thing somewhere. lol
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I know that Archos uses a dongle that slides into the tablet that is powered by USB, so it's not impossible. But I don't know if it's naively implanted.
And if not, maybe some dev's can port the software from the archos devices to the prime to get a USB dongle to work.
I will personally use a wifi modem, that way it doesn't even use the battery of the tab, and I could share the connexion with whoever I want.
I just put my phone in hotspot mode when I need a connection and Wifi is not available. But in that last 2 years I have only had to do that 3 or 4 times. I don't see any need for 3/4g, and the associated extra costs, in a tablet.
Personally I would never pay extra for a 3g version and then have to pay a monthly fee on top of that. In Canada at least the monthly fee is not that cheap.
I wonder if there are stats on how many of each of the ipad models were sold? The original and ipad2 were both released with a 3g model at launch right? It would be interesting to see how big the 3g market is
Probably just to keep costs down. And I honestly don't view 3G as a must do thing. It'll be a while before people start to see data plans attached to devices as a given. Right now, if I need internet while I'm out and about with my tablet I just set up my phone as a hotspot. It's still a bit rare when I feel the need for internet when I'm not at home (most of the time I'll be reading or watching things already stored) but it came in handy while waiting in line for Black Friday.
as the prime is already available for some, could you please test if a 3G dongle works? my interest is not so much in internet connectivity but using mobile TV which only works via 3G here and not over a wifi connection due to legal requirements..
I heard somewhere that they don't because it's not a very popular market. They are aware most people have data plans on their phones and don't want to spend extra on a separate plan for a tablet. Plus most people will just tether from there phones if they need to connect out of wifi range.
3G would be nice in theory, but I wouldn't be willing to pay for another data subscription when I already have one for my phone.
3G does indeed run on different frequencies. especially in the US, it's a giant clusterfuck of various bands that carriers use as well as completely different technologies for it.
verizon and sprint both use CDMA and different freq
tmobile and at&t both use GSM (like most of europe) at run at different freq. (it's the reason an unlocked iphone will work on tmobile, but you won't get 3g on it.)
for asus to come out with a 3g (or 4g) enabled tablet in the states, it would mean working with some provider to support and sell it, which asus being such a small player would be tough to get any of the big providers to get on board.
one solution would be to install a quad or penta band gsm radio in it (like the galaxy nexus) and let people use it however they want, but then cost comes into play.
personally, i've never seen the draw to 3g enabled tablets, as most people who have one also have a smartphone that they can probably tether to the device.
if i really wanted to get 3g and not tether in some way, i'd probably rather get a hotspot for the same price (service wise) and not use up my tablets battery powering the radio and also be able to connect multiple devices to it.
maybe i shouldn't have replied to this thread but created a new one
what i asked is whether a 3G dongle would work (similar to what archos does), but i guess not
asus could support that and not care about a 3G tablet version, only put the drivers and apps into the firmware.
3G connectivity is cheap in austria, unlimited data plan (without throttle) with 10mbit/s for 15 euros/month (or even much cheaper with throttle), but as i said, i'd only need it for mobile TV.
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Samsung, HTC, and Motorola have existing relations with all the Wireless phone services. That may have something to do with Asus being left out. But besides the Xoom and the Apple, are there any other Wireless Tablets available for contract with wireless phone company?
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The U.S. isn't like the rest of the world. With the exception of Asus, all the manufacturers offer both 3G and Wi-Fi versions of their tablets. Some of what's available in the U.S. are adaptations of those. And data plans in a lot of countries aren't as expensive and don't lock you in to two-year contracts making 3G much more popular outside the U.S.
Asus said in the spring they'd launch a 3G version of the TF1. In November, they sent them out to reviewers. It's still not released and may never be. Apparently, Asus isn't big on 3G.
http://www.tabletbite.com/3g-asus-transformer-spotted-wild-picture-4316/
Charles_A said:
For personal use i don't think i will need 3g much. If/When i do, i have my rooted phone to tether to. So i don't see 3G as that needed a feature. And after following a lot of tech blogs and such it seems a lot of the people commenting are wanting wifi tablets only a lot too.
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I have a HSPA+ 21 UK tablet that I use on AT&T. It's $20 a month with unlimited data and MMS because it's just another non-smartphone on my account. Tethering is a pain in the ass. Get out the phone, turn on Wi-Fi sharing, connect the tablet, disconnect the tablet, turn off Wi-Fi sharing. If you forget the last thing you're phone's battery is shot. It's shot anyway becasue Wi-Fi sharing's a huge drain. Connecting a tablet after it's been offline's also a pain while you wait for everything to sync before you can start using it. With all the carriers (except Sprint) starting to throttle for excessive usage splitting data over two devices keeps each devices data usage down. I'm usually at 4-6GB a month on both my phone and tablet individually. It's great when you're traveling to be able just whip the tablet out quickly and start using it. I'm not selling anyone on the idea of 3G but it has its advantages.
And there's zero chance the Prime has a GSM radio in it. It wasn't shown in the tear down and wasn't in the sample sent to the FCC for clearance.
yea i had a xoom and phone and it was too much to pay for data so now im just goona hotspot it and not pay $40 for something i dont need.
it seems the nexus 10 has a broadcom BCM43241 chip which supports FM radio, i read on other forums that there might be issues as the chip might not be grounded with the headphones ground so some antenna connectivity issue, i tried spirit fm but doesn't seem to work, is there any development going on to enable the FM some how? can any1 confirm if it will ever be possible to make use of the FM in that chip using some custom kernel or software?
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it seems the nexus 10 has a broadcom BCM43241 chip which supports FM radio, i read on other forums that there might be issues as the chip might not be grounded with the headphones ground so some antenna connectivity issue, i tried spirit fm but doesn't seem to work, is there any development going on to enable the FM some how? can any1 confirm if it will ever be possible to make use of the FM in that chip using some custom kernel or software?
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This is * definitely * not the answer you're looking for - but have you checked out the TuneIn Radio app? I KNOW it will only work when on wifi, not giving you the actual FM experience. But I've found that pretty much any terrestrial radio station I listen that has a simultaneous web broadcast, TuneIn Radio also carries it.
I'm sure I'm not telling you anything new, but you know..."just in case". :laugh:
DTB
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This is * definitely * not the answer you're looking for - but have you checked out the TuneIn Radio app? I KNOW it will only work when on wifi, not giving you the actual FM experience. But I've found that pretty much any terrestrial radio station I listen that has a simultaneous web broadcast, TuneIn Radio also carries it.
I'm sure I'm not telling you anything new, but you know..."just in case". :laugh:
DTB
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yes im aware of online radio stations but just trying to dig in whats the situation with nexus 10 as it has the supporting chip, no idea if its antenna is connected and also no idea if the drivers r available in the OS, i also emailed spirit fm developer today so lets hope he can help out coz it would be great to use FM directly rather than wifi which might not be available everywhere and also the device doesnt have 3g.
google if ur reading this, atleast make some external 3g dongle or put in support for same and also if there is a FM chip, then make use of it
i got the reply from mike reid
" No, no FM antenna pin connection. "
so i guess make this a sticky or so that officially nexus 10 will never support FM, in spite of it having the chip
khal_nayak said:
i got the reply from mike reid
" No, no FM antenna pin connection. "
so i guess make this a sticky or so that officially nexus 10 will never support FM, in spite of it having the chip
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Who is Mike Reid?
Also, people said before that the Nexus 4, although having a 4G chip (or LTE?), was not able to use it due to lack of connection to the chip (or lack of connection to an antenna). And now the Nexus 4 has 4G (or LTE) by some software mod.
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Who is Mike Reid?
Also, people said before that the Nexus 4, although having a 4G chip (or LTE?), was not able to use it due to lack of connection to the chip (or lack of connection to an antenna). And now the Nexus 4 has 4G (or LTE) by some software mod.
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he is the developer for spirit FM app, LTE is different coz the antenna for 3g is connected to same chip that has 3g as well as LTE so a mod could simply do that but FM is different, they might have simply never bothered with it but if some1 thinks he can solve this, well and good.
i wonder what they use the barometer chip for also and if it even works
some1 needs to be up the hardware and verify the antenna connectivity, all it would take is a connection from the chip to the headphone jack.
"chip has a specific FM 88-108 MHz antenna pin"
Hello everybody, I was thinking update the radio of my car, is a Toyota Avensis T25, year 2004. The radio I was thinking buy because is suitable for the car (image bellow). It brings TDA7851 MOSFET and for Antena controller is NXP6686 (I think the Manufacturer is (Chinese) Philps).
The Sound of radio is good or bad? The output sound is horrible with TDA?
I'm strict with Audio, so, I don't know what I will buy.
Help
Thanks a lot.
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yes, it's good...by chinese standards.
7850/7851 better than 7388 they used in the past.
and 6686 is a good FM chip.
zerozoneice said:
yes, it's good...by chinese standards.
7850/7851 better than 7388 they used in the past.
and 6686 is a good FM chip.
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I ordered it one month ago, has arrived to my home and is now mounted in my car. I notice the qualaty of audio is a litle smaller, but is good.
Now I have another problem. The radio says support the 3G/4G Modem USB, I have the USB Dongle, but, the car can´t acess the Mobile Data. I tried with PPP Widget 2, the widget says that I am connect but no internet when I open Google Chrome, for example.
With the same USB Dougle I connected with my Galaxy S7 and I have internet with PPP Widget 3.
You can help me more one time?
Thanks
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I ordered it one month ago, has arrived to my home and is now mounted in my car. I notice the qualaty of audio is a litle smaller, but is good.
Now I have another problem. The radio says support the 3G/4G Modem USB, I have the USB Dongle, but, the car can´t acess the Mobile Data. I tried with PPP Widget 2, the widget says that I am connect but no internet when I open Google Chrome, for example.
With the same USB Dougle I connected with my Galaxy S7 and I have internet with PPP Widget 3.
You can help me more one time?
Thanks
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no android 8.0 unit supports 4G natively as data connection. Even their own dongles are hotspot connection only.
there are some dongles that work but 3G only.
8.1 apparently they do support 3G/4G, some even have built-in sim card slots for direct data connection.
but those are px30 units as far as i know, not px5
Stop wasting your time with 4G Dongles.
Tether. Simple.
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Hello everybody, I was thinking update the radio of my car, is a Toyota Avensis T25, year 2004. The radio I was thinking buy because is suitable for the car (image bellow). It brings TDA7851 MOSFET and for Antena controller is NXP6686 (I think the Manufacturer is (Chinese) Philps).
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NXP Semiconductor (formerly Philips Semiconductor) is a DUTCH company. Not Chinese.
These are OK radio receivers. They used to be impossible to deal with, but they're not half bad now that the programming manual has leaked out. Sound is decent, however, reception could be better. I suspect that the reception issues are more due to the chinese module that they are installed in than the receiver itself.
The TDA7851 is from STMicroelectronics, Dutch registered, Swiss headquartered.
Note that both of these components are things you would find in OEM and **mainstream** aftermarket car radios.
But be aware that there is a lot more to a good quality sound than just having a couple of components that are good by themselves. Like a chain, its only as strong as its weakest link. So like i said, put a crummy RF circuit on a TEF6686, and the reception will be less than stellar. Put a crummy analog audio mixer in front of the TDA7851 or too small of a capacitor, and your sound quality will suffer.
skezza said:
Stop wasting your time with 4G Dongles.
Tether. Simple.
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My carrier gives me one SIM Card ONLY with 10GB of Mobile Data and I used very little and I want spend that I have right.
Hacker_XXI said:
My carrier gives me one SIM Card ONLY with 10GB of Mobile Data and I used very little and I want spend that I have right.
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Hi, you tried this?
1. goes to wifi settings and connect the dongle
2. hotspot & tethering
3. wi-fi hotspot
4. Active Hotspot
5. press return button to the home
Maybe it's a signal, 3g at least...
Vídeo:
https://youtu.be/ET0YYBXg2jc
Hacker_XXI said:
I ordered it one month ago, has arrived to my home and is now mounted in my car. I notice the qualaty of audio is a litle smaller, but is good.
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Provided the head unit is compatible by manufacturer, you can get more quality out of the audio with a modified mcu update.
zerozoneice said:
yes, it's good...by chinese standards.
7850/7851 better than 7388 they used in the past.
and 6686 is a good FM chip.
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Hello again
What chip is better in chinese headunjts: 6686 or ST7708?
Thanx