is it possible to build an app that allows streaming audio over FM?
No need to build one. Just get a license from the FCC and a high powered fm transmitter and hook your mp3 player up to it. Done deal
Seriously though, I don't see how.
doesn't need THAT much power
just trying to transmit to a car stereo without the need for cable... like for stereos that don't have an aux input... i figured mt4g has the capability to receive fm frequency and has an radio app with tuner, that maybe it can also transmit... so, it doesn't really need to be high powered... were you thinkin i was tryin to broadcast for an entire city or something?! uh, no. thanks for your input anyway.
I remember a buddy having a phone that could do that a few years back. You'd set the radio to a certain station, then bam music would play through that station. I'm just not sure if that's hardware or software related. An app like that would be cool though.
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seriously? ever hear of a bluetooth fm transmitter? they sell them everywhere for under $20.00. Pair your device set a radio channel (there are usually several to choose from) done and done
I'm confused. Maybe the OP should be more specific in what he/she is trying to accomplish. What I thought you meant is obviously not how the other posters understood you.
estallings15 said:
I'm confused. Maybe the OP should be more specific in what he/she is trying to accomplish. What I thought you meant is obviously not how the other posters understood you.
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He is wondering if he would be able to broadcast a short range FM signal so he stream the audio from the phone which could be picked up by the car radio. I have no idea whether or not the myTouch is capable but that sure as hell would be a sick thing to have.
Ah. Short range. He didn't say that. That's why I said no. I assumed he meant long range. There is already a built in FM radio so where is the question?
Hence my original post.
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Ah. Short range. He didn't say that. That's why I said no. I assumed he meant long range. There is already a built in FM radio so where is the question?
Hence my original post.
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The question is whether that chip is able to broadcast signal.. And if so whether or not someone would be able to program something that would allow us to do that
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Kingissa said:
The question is whether that chip is able to broadcast signal.. And if so whether or not someone would be able to program something that would allow us to do that
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I'll back this one!
I want to know if its possible to via FM for other reasons other than that mentioned already. What media can be streamed is my question and what volume (not meaning sound) of data transfer can this handle? e.g. would it be possible to stream video to a device say 200m away? I know it would have to be very low wave so the base band would have to be in the lowest frequency range possible.
AND if not, then is it possible with say a paired device. Say a FM transmitter blue toothed to the device to stream content recorded from say the camera to a small TV within range (200m or so)? It would not need to be high def or anything just to be able to recorded-> stream-> view
I bought a FM transmitter from Walgreens for like $20 and it let's me play my music on my phone through my radio and acts like a hands free device when someone calls.
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Back before android was even around I used the N Series from nokia. The n73 I believe could do broadcast it just like you are describing.
Would be cool to have an app do it.
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FM Transmit:
I get asked this question regularly, and my response is generally: "Forget about it, almost no Android phones connect the FM Transmit pins anywhere useful".
But a few months ago a helpful person sent me an HTC FM transmit app. Apparently it was meant for the T-Mobile/HTC Mytouch 4G, and apparently that device is supposed to have the transmit pins connected.
I have no idea (yet) if that is true. Didn't work on my Desire HD or Desire Z though.
I'm sure this will only work on ROMs that use the Broadcom proprietary Bluetooth stack and that have sufficient parts of Sense present. IE, a stock or stock derived ROM. It probably requires Froyo or GingerBread. (That said, if the hardware is there, it's possible to make it work on any ROM, more or less.)
If anyone has or can load such a ROM and wants to try, and will commit to reporting their results, email me at mikereidis AT gmail.com and I'll send the APK.
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FM Transmit:
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But a few months ago a helpful person sent me an HTC FM transmit app. Apparently it was meant for the T-Mobile/HTC Mytouch 4G, and apparently that device is supposed to have the transmit pins connected.
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I had one tester who reported success.
Details and a link to the app are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31328070&postcount=4391
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I had one tester who reported success.
Details and a link to the app are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31328070&postcount=4391
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FC on Jelly bean....
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FC on Jelly bean....
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No way in heck that app will EVER work on anything but ROMs with the Broadcom proprietary Bluetooth stack. Probably needs Sense too, and other HTC specifics.
I welcome all reports, but reports are almost useless unless you can specify the ROM at least, and if you know about Sense or Broadcom BT on that ROM.
I FINALLY got my myTouch 4g today. Transmit app doesn't work with GB 2.3.4 Software 2.19.531.1 it was shipped with.
EDIT: Confirmed working with stock Froyo 2.2.1.
Not very powerful, and you can hear hiss with antennas right next to each other. RSSI on another phone is 27, while the strongest broadcast station is 57. EDIT: Can get RSSI over 40 by wrapping antennas over their length.
Low performance might be one reason it was canned. I see this in logcat:
09-28 03:24:53.753 D/FMRadio_TxTuner( 1678): [setBCMTxPowerLevel]+0
I don't know if "+0" is the highest power, or just a "nominal" power level. I'll find out eventually.
Need to crank music all the way up on the transmitting phone.
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MyTouch 4G is a pretty rare phone with FM transmit. The only other confirmed Android devices with transmit are a few Japan market Sharp units.
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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)
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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
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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?
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Does motorola razr have radio?
Sure. It has a 3g radio, 4g radio, wifi and Bluetooth radios.
I assume you mean radio as in a streaming music service? The music player has built-in internet radio with many channels available. You can also download Pandora app or various other streaming music apps.
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More likely referring to FM radio. It has the hardware, just not the software yet.
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Are you sure it has the hardware? The Droid 3 FM Radio app doesn't work on it, I tried a while ago
The Razr has the same TI WL1285C SoC as the Bionic and it indeed has FM radio capability.
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Do you think there's maybe a hardware lockdown or kernel-level lockdown? The Droid 3 FM Radio app worked fine on the Bionic, but hangs on the RAZR.
I'm GLAD there's no FM radio, personally. Radio music sucks these days! Download Google Music, and listen to REAL, GOOD music...
\\Carved into this thread by my RAZR//
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Nice thing about FM is if a local radio station, less battery drain than the same station streaming.
The Droid 4 apparently has FM, so either its specs are wrong, or there may be a chance, since same chipset as Razr.
Probably the former though.
In every FM thread of 10 posts or more, there's always at least one person who "educates" us about the existence of streaming apps.
And/or tells us we're stuck in the dark ages and that modern music sucks...
Now what shall I call this "FM Thread law"...
LOL.
I think people should try not to assume that the other 90+% of the world has omni-present or inexpensive wireless Internet access.
And even the best 10-% have huge holes in rural areas.
And there IS more to radio than "radio kaka" music. Some stations in some places even have news, weather, sports, you name it... To say nothing of gymnasium TVs and micro-transmitters.
Unbelievable replies.
I meant FM radio, so we just need to wait for software to have it working if they ever going to come in?
Does anybody still use the radio with net radio these days!
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Does anybody still use the radio with net radio these days!
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Do you really think the majority of the world population has reliable and affordable wireless Internet access ? Have you ever seen even a documentary on what life is like outside of "Western" urban areas ?
I think FM may be the most widespread form of communications on the planet, other than people talking, but it depends how you define it.
Over 500 comments and 1400 "stars" for Google Issue 7073 FM Radio / Tuner capability : http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=7073
Over 1800 posts on my FM app thread, perhaps half mine. And 100s of posts in many other FM Radio threads.
So, IMO, plenty of people want "old fashioned over the air" FM. Especially those in less connected and less wealthy parts of the world.
And yes, there are Android phones in those parts of the world. Some are very cheap and offer the usual smartphone capability of an "all in one device", in areas where there are more mobile phones than landlines.
just because it says the soc supports it it doesnt mean it has all the necessary antennas if the official specs on verizons dont say it has it most likely it wont
has anyone tried to install motofmradio.apk on a CDMA Razr? This link has mixed messages - http://forums.techarena.in/portable-devices/1440475.htm
get apk here: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wwwrno8dcb1pr0z1Q&sig2=wfHy9KcAQb88HALIQDISLQ
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just because it says the soc supports it it doesnt mean it has all the necessary antennas if the official specs on verizons dont say it has it most likely it wont
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itchn2go said:
has anyone tried to install motofmradio.apk on a CDMA Razr? This link has mixed messages - http://forums.techarena.in/portable-devices/1440475.htm
get apk here: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wwwrno8dcb1pr0z1Q&sig2=wfHy9KcAQb88HALIQDISLQ
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Tried on xt910 european model (cee) and all I get is FC. So not working.
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I found this in my stock RAZR.
Get Any Cut from Market.
Go to empty desktop
Any Cut -> New Shortcut -> Activity -> FMPlayer -> OK
Exit Any Cut... and click at the FMPlayer... but,no FM radio.
I did the same and its doesnt work unfortunately...
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The Razr has the same TI WL1285C SoC as the Bionic and it indeed has FM radio capability.
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Sometimes it's not about the chip.. I can remember the Motorola Milestone (yup, the original first Milestone) had an FM Radio capable chip, but all the rest of the FM hardware was missing.
Not saying that we surely haven't got the FM Radio on the RAZR, but IF Moto hasn't implemented it, maybe there's a reason that's more than a program.
My N1 has FM radio hw, but stock Android doesn't support it ,in kernel level. But some 3rd party ROMs have the FM support. It is up to Motorola developers to enable it or not in their products.
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PortableSolar said:
Does anybody still use the radio with net radio these days!
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Yeah, when tornadoes take down areas, and cell data service is not avail... a radio is invaluable.
I've been there and done that and had a phone with a radio, and it was great. I also had my battery charged in the strobe inverter kit, so I was able to charge, too.... was able to idle the tdi and charge many sources with an inverter, too.
Yay for radio option!
anyone know where a guy could get the htc fm radio app???
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anyone know where a guy could get the htc fm radio app???
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I tried installing the FM Radio app from my original Dinc, and it installed just fine, opened, showed the radio screen, and then crashed, and won't go any further than that now. Could be because that ROM was de-odexed, but I doubt it.
Have you tried pulling it from the Dinc 2 or Evo 4G Shift? I'm going to try to pull it from a HTC One S ROM if I can find one, since it's so similar to the Dinc 4G.
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I tried installing the FM Radio app from my original Dinc, and it installed just fine, opened, showed the radio screen, and then crashed, and won't go any further than that now. Could be because that ROM was de-odexed, but I doubt it.
Have you tried pulling it from the Dinc 2 or Evo 4G Shift? I'm going to try to pull it from a HTC One S ROM if I can find one, since it's so similar to the Dinc 4G.
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IC TAZZ rom is a one s rom but a custom rom, it was ported to the inc2
they are all system apps, thats the problem
maybe this phone doesn't have the hardware to run it
I tested FM radio and it does not work.
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I tested FM radio and it does not work.
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The FM Radio on the HTC One S ROM I found didn't work, either.
Makes me wonder if the hardware is in place to run something like this. It uses your headset as an antenna which would seem like some hardware would need to be implemented and with the phone not having the software as stock just makes me wonder.
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Makes me wonder if the hardware is in place to run something like this. It uses your headset as an antenna which would seem like some hardware would need to be implemented and with the phone not having the software as stock just makes me wonder.
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Quite the possibility. I don't ever listen to the radio, but I noticed it was missing when I got the phone.
anyone try that spirit fm app, looks like it's for rooted phones, but is supposed to work on stock.
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Quite the possibility. I don't ever listen to the radio, but I noticed it was missing when I got the phone.
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i used it all the time on the inc2, i miss it now
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Makes me wonder if the hardware is in place to run something like this. It uses your headset as an antenna which would seem like some hardware would need to be implemented and with the phone not having the software as stock just makes me wonder.
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As far as I can tell this is correct.
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As far as I can tell this is correct.
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i don't know, i think nits rom has fm radio,i think, so the hardware must be there.it's based on stock
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i don't know, i think nits rom has fm radio,i think, so the hardware must be there.it's based on stock
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It was there because he added it. It's one of the ways that I tested FM radio.
However, if you want to mess with it have at it.
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It was there because he added it. It's one of the ways that I tested FM radio.
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ok, you mean the app didn't work on nits rom, well then i'd say the hardware is not there then
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It was there because he added it. It's one of the ways that I tested FM radio.
However, if you want to mess with it have at it.
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i can't i'm still locked up
So, anyone have any luck getting fm radio to work? It sounds like the hardware isn't there, but I'm still holding out hope.
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There is definitely hardware for FM radio. Whether there is any software that can utilize it is still unknown (at least to me).
I don't have root yet but when I do that's one of my goals - to get the FM tuner working.
xdadevelopers-user said:
There is definitely hardware for FM radio. Whether there is any software that can utilize it is still unknown (at least to me).
I don't have root yet but when I do that's one of my goals - to get the FM tuner working.
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Yes, the chip is capable of FM. However, everything else seems to be missing. As noted in this thread I tried several things to get it working and it didn't.
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anyone try that spirit fm app, looks like it's for rooted phones, but is supposed to work on stock.
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Spirit Free is here: http://d-h.st/P5Y .
I've had debug logs from two un-rooted users, but nobody has ever sent one from a rooted device, and I'd be interested to see. My sales stats actually show 6 people with this phone, but it seems many people don't even get in touch with me if it doesn't work. I may disable this device in Play and see if anyone notices.
Use Menu-> Test-> Email-> Logs and after 20 seconds or so press Send.
AFAICT, the FM/Bt/WiFi combo chip is the same WCN3660 on the AT&T OneX / OneXL LTE/ OneS / Evo 4G LTE and some new Motorolas.
AFAIK, nobody knows if the FM antenna pin(s) are connected to the wired headset circuitry for use as the FM antenna. If so, then software may be able to enable FM.
BUT, like the new Motorola's (Razr HD, M ?) it appears that the firmware/ROM is not set up to enable FM, perhaps via some config option that Qualcomm provides.
So I think a custom kernel and/or ROM will be required to even see if FM is hardware possible.
Or, with SU/root we may get lucky and be able to load the radio-iris loadable kernel driver and get it working. Getting it loaded at least is the main thing needed to get further info.
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Spirit Free is here: http://d-h.st/P5Y .
I've had debug logs from two un-rooted users, but nobody has ever sent one from a rooted device, and I'd be interested to see. My sales stats actually show 6 people with this phone, but it seems many people don't even get in touch with me if it doesn't work. I may disable this device in Play and see if anyone notices.
Use Menu-> Test-> Email-> Logs and after 20 seconds or so press Send.
AFAICT, the FM/Bt/WiFi combo chip is the same WCN3660 on the AT&T OneX / OneXL LTE/ OneS / Evo 4G LTE and some new Motorolas.
AFAIK, nobody knows if the FM antenna pin(s) are connected to the wired headset circuitry for use as the FM antenna. If so, then software may be able to enable FM.
BUT, like the new Motorola's (Razr HD, M ?) it appears that the firmware/ROM is not set up to enable FM, perhaps via some config option that Qualcomm provides.
So I think a custom kernel and/or ROM will be required to even see if FM is hardware possible.
Or, with SU/root we may get lucky and be able to load the radio-iris loadable kernel driver and get it working. Getting it loaded at least is the main thing needed to get further info.
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Log sent. No luck on anything working though. There is no sound of static even so I can't tell if it is even trying. I have also tried other FM apps from HTC with no luck. I have no idea how to tell if the antenna pins are connected though I would be happy to try if told how.
Let me know if the logs help.
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Log sent. No luck on anything working though. There is no sound of static even so I can't tell if it is even trying. I have also tried other FM apps from HTC with no luck. I have no idea how to tell if the antenna pins are connected though I would be happy to try if told how.
Let me know if the logs help.
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Thanks ! Nice to finally see with SU.
With SU your radio-iris-transport FM driver is successfully loaded.
Spirit detect and uses the HTC OEM Proprietary FM API. The problem there is that RSSI values are 0 or -128, a bad sign.
But there is still hope with the low level API.
Set Menu-> Settings-> FM API to "Low Level" and restart Spirit.
For audio, the default setting (Auto) of Audio-> Method is translated to "HTC", which is for stock HTC devices. That seems to be getting translated to the proper audio ALSA control settings. But if you lack any audio, setting Audio-> Method to "HTC OneX ALSA" or even "HTC OneX QCom" might help.
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
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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
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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
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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
I have been playing around with a few sense 4 ROMs. And unfortunately polluting some threads with ranting
I'd like to open a discussion with anyone who might have some ideas to try.
Here's what I have so far.
I'm beta testing viper amaze 1.6.3
1. I have Bluetooth communication between a Bluetooth ear piece, a Motorola stereo headset, and my laptop thru a rocket fish BT USB adapter.
2. All BT devices are seen when searching for devices.
3. It will pair the device and get a confirmation of " pairing successful" on all three devices.
A. No device that I have tried to pair will ask for a pin code. It's automatically pairing!
4. My Laptop sent a message to the screen on my phone to confirm that it was the correct device connected.
5. Bluetoothd isn't stopping after it's started. Only dies after a full reboot.
6. After tampering with some files in system/data/data I got the HTC FM app to turn on. It didn't do much. And wouldn't turn off.
7. I have asked faux to add some files to his kernel. I hope this narrows it down!
So it's close. I would say it's 90% working. It just doesn't complete or latch the connection.
One more thought is that the FM radio app uses the BT radio so that's why FM radio doesn't work either. But spirit FM radio does. It will fail if BT is trying to connect. But when the bt radio is idle it will work.
I have the decompiled FM radio app and I'm currently digging thru the files.
Any ideas?
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chevycowboyusa said:
I have been playing around with a few sense 4 ROMs. And unfortunately polluting some threads with ranting
I'd like to open a discussion with anyone who might have some ideas to try.
Here's what I have so far.
I'm beta testing viper amaze 1.6.3
1. I have Bluetooth communication between a Bluetooth ear piece, a Motorola stereo headset, and my laptop thru a rocket fish BT USB adapter.
2. All BT devices are seen when searching for devices.
3. It will pair the device and get a confirmation of " pairing successful" on all three devices.
4. My Laptop sent a message to the screen on my phone to confirm that it was the correct device connected.
So it's close. I would say it's 90% working. It just doesn't complete or latch the connection.
One more thought is that the FM radio app uses the BT radio so that's why FM radio doesn't work either. But spirit FM radio does. It will fail if BT is trying to connect. But when the bt radio is idle it will work.
If someone could decompile the stock FM radio app we could see what is trying to do and why it fails. Or figure out how spirit is accessing the BT radio.
Any ideas?
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I decompiled FM_Radio.apk and FMRadioService.apk. download link: -> http://www.mediafire.com/?75nmb8x1vb5e0jp
Got it
ali_k182 said:
I decompiled FM_Radio.apk and FMRadioService.apk. download link: -> http://www.mediafire.com/?75nmb8x1vb5e0jp
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Thank you. I'm going to scour through it to see if I can find whats supposed to turn on and off the bt radio.
Can you decompile the FM radio app from a 3.6 rom too??
I'll compare them and see what I can find.
Just a thought...
I'm fairly new to all this so bare with me on this one... Lol I was thinking about past ROMs and how removing certain bloatware could potentially damage the ROM you were on... Is it possible that the commands missing for Bluetooth to work fully are embedded in a bloatware app??? I don't think it would be a far-fetched idea for T-Mobile/HTC to code things in such a way that one of their apps would have to run in the background in order for Bluetooth to function properly. Kind of a fail-safe to ensure that their bloat stays on the phone...
It's not to far fetched in theory. And yes, some of the bloatware broke things when you removed them, like the stock ticker, because it was looking for something that had been removed.
This however goes a little deeper. The software came from a different device. And most all of the bloatware that is HTC stuff is there.
It has a slightly different file structure on sense 4.0 than the 3.6. Some files have been modified or combined. Our kernel is the same from what I can tell so far.
I'm running faux 26. So these new files are probably not in the kernel.
The biggest change is a file called BcrmBluetoothservices.apk where we used to have a file called BluetoothFtps.apk.
I think this is the first hurdle.
And thank you for your input! I think if enough of us can knock our heads together we can figure this out.
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Yea with multiple people brainstorming on the matter... Someone's bound to come up with a solution! Has anyone taken a logcat of a bluetooth running on a Sense 3.6 rom and compared it with the logcat of a Sense 4 rom?
I don't know .but I flashed energy 3.6 and will do a little playing tomorrow..
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Still waiting for the stable Sense rom for amaze , but dont see any development on this from december last year.
Stable
navneet_bhaskar said:
Still waiting for the stable Sense rom for amaze , but dont see any development on this from december last year.
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There's a few stable, at least I consider stable. Just depends on what you can live without.
I'm going to try my hand at porting... I'm shooting for a "Stock" sense 4 rom. no extras. no tweaks. just working and then we can go from there.
Auto pairing
Does anyone know how to stop the phone from automatically enter the pin code for recognized devices.
The devices are trying to pair and its getting an incorrect pin code. I think this might be a step in the right direction....
Bluetooth MAC Address
I just noticed the bluetooth mac address isn't showing up on my phone!
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Has to be turned on... DUH!
Good job! when you get it fixed I'll be sure to update nightmare sense
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Thanks!
sportsstar89 said:
Good job! when you get it fixed I'll be sure to update nightmare sense
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I hope it works!
Sense Rom
navneet_bhaskar said:
Still waiting for the stable Sense rom for amaze , but dont see any development on this from december last year.
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I've been updating The Viper Amaze rom. and it's Stable. There are some broken things bluetooth/wifi tether.wifi calling, but everything is pretty much stable for a sense 4.1 rom.
chevycowboyusa said:
I've been updating The Viper Amaze rom. and it's Stable. There are some broken things bluetooth/wifi tether.wifi calling, but everything is pretty much stable for a sense 4.1 rom.
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hell yeah,it is pretty stable!