Has anyone been able to bypass the headphone requirement to use the fm.radio? I know its to be used for the antenna but I.wanna see how good some stations might be without it.
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cherylbaker said:
You could find an old headset and cut the end off and stick it in the headset slot and try that
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Agreed. This is what I would have suggested.
Seeing as I have a half dozen old sets of ear buds lying around I will attempt this method.
Supposably you can switch back to the phone speaker after the headphone jack is in... Will post results later.
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I just plug in my headphones so I have an antenna and then change the output to speaker. Not sure why you would want to bypass. Reception will be worse without some kind of antenna.
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Woah.. You say this thing has a radio too?? Oh wow.. It sure does! Thanks
So.. how does one go about accessing the FM radio? I'm looking and don't see anything listed.
EDIT: Nevermind - found it. "NextRadio" if anyone else ends up looking for it.
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So.. how does one go about accessing the FM radio? I'm looking and don't see anything listed.
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It's in your apps sprint featured Folder. . Next Radio
It wouldnt necessarily have a bad reception depending on location. I just wouldnt want to have something sticking out of my phone if I dont have to.
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teknomanelvis said:
Has anyone been able to bypass the headphone requirement to use the fm.radio? I know its to be used for the antenna but I.wanna see how good some stations might be without it.
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Sprint GN3 has real FM ?? !
Gee, nobody told me, and I haven't noticed the last month; been too busy with taxes and my Spirit2 app...
On rooted phones, my Spirit FM app can work without headset, but some phones/FM chips are better than others with no FM antenna. Metal phones like HTC One are impossible, but GT-I9300 and International Note2 are decent, with the Silicon Labs FM chip.
Anybody know if the FM chip if the Broadcom FM/BT/WiFi combo chip ? Or Silicon Labs like the older International S/Note class devices ? I'd bet on Broadcom, after they magically re-enabled the FM antenna pin connections to headset jack.
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Hey guys I am new to the rezound, just got it today!! Anyways, I know on some previous android phones there was an fm radio app available to use with your headphones acting as an antenna. Is there an fm radio apk out there that will work for this phone ?
Thanks
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firsttimer44 said:
Hey guys I am new to the rezound, just got it today!! Anyways, I know on some previous android phones there was an fm radio app available to use with your headphones acting as an antenna. Is there an fm radio apk out there that will work for this phone ?
Thanks
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I want to say that FM Radio was for Moto phones only, but I might be completely off on that. I doubt that we'll be able to add any apk's like that to this phone until we get s-off since everything essentially resets right now after reboot. There is an app on the market called Spirit FM radio that quite a few people use. It's supposed to be pretty good. I haven't tried it yet since I just left my X2 for the Rezound and haven't thought about replacing my FM radio.
Oh, and welcome to the Rezound This phone rocks.
I use Tunein Radio works off of the data though. But it has almost any radio station I can look up except one. hope it helps.
I got TuneIn as well and it works well. You can listen to police stuff too which can be interesting... Oh! I should've thought about that when I was driving through Hollywood today since there had been a big shooting incident.
Anyway... free version is good and I think they only thing you get from the paid version is the ability to record stuff but from what I've read it's not worth it. Read that you can't listen to those recordings on anything but phone and it's near impossible to skip around in them.
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I use Tunein Radio works off of the data though. But it has almost any radio station I can look up except one. hope it helps.
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ditto
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Between Tunein and iheart I get all the channels I'm looking for.
~John
After reading this,I pulled the radio app from my droid 3, it did not work. Sooooo either we have no FM radio chip or the software is coded just for the motto droid. I'll have to find the incredible radio app and test that. But in all honesty I do prefer Tune In. I have the pro version (was free on amazon awhile back) I don't use any of the pro features though.
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I use Tunein Radio works off of the data though. But it has almost any radio station I can look up except one. hope it helps.
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Me, too. Works perfectly for me.
Any confirmation if t-mobile version will have the Wolfenson dac, and FM tuner?
No FM and no Wolfson DAC.
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What a bummer :-( no one listens to FM radio in the US or what?!
No FM radio is flooded with overplayed mainstream bull****. AM radio still has some decent talk radio content thou =)
No I'm not 45 and lonely.... for the same reason I hate apple, I hate FM radio lol
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I have read that the US version will have the Wolfenson DAC but who cares about an FM tuner. There are many apps you can use instead.
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Any confirmation if t-mobile version will have the Wolfenson dac, and FM tuner?
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After reading GSMArena review, they mention FM Radio with RDS in the specs. Cool!
But no Wolfson DAC. You can read about it in the sound part of the review.
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_us_version-review-774.php
I closely watched the app drawer in couple of video reviews of tmobile version on YouTube and that are missing FM radio icon. So i am negative on that. Hope i am wrong though.
Has any US, Tmobile specifically, phone actually had FM radio?
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Has any US, Tmobile specifically, phone actually had FM radio?
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Yes.. the T-Mobile 665 flip phone has fm radio lollol
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Lol thought so...I think fm is a Europe thing only as pretty much every international ver has had it and no us phone has.
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Dang. Was really hoping for Wolfson so there would be Voodoo sound. Is there USB OTG at least?
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Dang. Was really hoping for Wolfson so there would be Voodoo sound. Is there USB OTG at least?
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No one knows for sure about Wolson since GSMArena has been wrong many times in the past but even if not with all the Devs we'll get great sound out of the US version.
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Has any US, Tmobile specifically, phone actually had FM radio?
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HTC Sensation...I think.
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ge3kswag said:
I have read that the US version will have the Wolfenson DAC but who cares about an FM tuner. There are many apps you can use instead.
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In a situation where you have not data or wifi and you need to listen to the radio, the FM radio will come in handy.
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Yes.. the T-Mobile 665 flip phone has fm radio lollol
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The G2 also had FM radio
stondec said:
In a situation where you have not data or wifi and you need to listen to the radio, the FM radio will come in handy.
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A lot of the gyms in my area transmit television audio on FM. The lack of FM won't keep me from buying a phone, but I would certainly use the feature.
And we can only hope that the results GSMArena saw are correctable, but I am going to take the cynical view on US audio quality.
1. I can confirm the Sensation has FM. That's my phone.
2. Considering that people already have it in hand, I would expect someone could tell us.
3. If any of the US versions have it, then I bet it is just disabled and the devs will at some point get it working.
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Dang. Was really hoping for Wolfson so there would be Voodoo sound. Is there USB OTG at least?
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Oh noeeeeessss. I wanted Wolfson as well. Lets hope they're wrong.
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3. If any of the US versions have it, then I bet it is just disabled and the devs will at some point get it working.
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No sign of an FM tuner in my T-Mobile S3 (t999).
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And we can only hope that the results GSMArena saw are correctable, but I am going to take the cynical view on US audio quality.
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What do you mean? They said the audio is comparable to the international version regardless of the lack of Wolfson. They also said it performs better at high volumes. I'm not too upset anymore. I never use the FM Radio so I don't really care - but not sure why it's disabled - my Sensation 4G had it enabled.
It is seriously getting on my nerves and turning off the radios does nothing.
Turn off beats.
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Turn off beats.
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That's not the only problem. When you stream through Google Music or Pandora or even YouTube, (WiFi or not) the 4G LTE radio causes another buzzing. HTC has confirmed this, but has yet to release a fix.
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That's not the only problem. When you stream through Google Music or Pandora or even YouTube, (WiFi or not) the 4G LTE radio causes another buzzing. HTC has confirmed this, but has yet to release a fix.
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I know that, but since the op said he turned off radios I was assuming he was listening to music stored on his device.
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I know that, but since the op said he turned off radios I was assuming he was listening to music stored on his device.
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Yeah. Spotify, YouTube, PowerAmp are the apps I use. And all get the annoying buzz.
That headphone amp doesn't do us much good with all this buzz...
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That's not the only problem. When you stream through Google Music or Pandora or even YouTube, (WiFi or not) the 4G LTE radio causes another buzzing. HTC has confirmed this, but has yet to release a fix.
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There really is no fix possible, it's not a software problem, it's hardware.
You may also have a defect in your device. I've never heard buzz and us Google Music and beats...
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You may also have a defect in your device. I've never heard buzz and us Google Music and beats...
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Sane here. This is the first phone I've used that doesn't give me a buzz when using the headphone jack with a an aux plug to a car stereo using any apps. Beats on or off.
I have a buzz through crappy skull candy headphones but through my astro a40 headset I dont get a buzz. Maybe our phones just like quality? Hahaha
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croppz said:
I have a buzz through crappy skull candy headphones but through my astro a40 headset I dont get a buzz. Maybe our phones just like quality? Hahaha
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I actually have noticed this as well. Even though I wouldn't consider by JVC XX crappy or cheap, they do buzz while my klipsch do not.
Since, from what I have read, only a handful of us are experiencing this issue, I can only assume that only a handful of the devices are defective. So, I called up verizon yesterday and told them that my DNA has a hardware defect, and they are sending me a brand new device! (the DNAs are so new that they don't have refurbished ones yet)
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I actually have noticed this as well. Even though I wouldn't consider by JVC XX crappy or cheap, they do buzz while my klipsch do not.
Since, from what I have read, only a handful of us are experiencing this issue, I can only assume that only a handful of the devices are defective. So, I called up verizon yesterday and told them that my DNA has a hardware defect, and they are sending me a brand new device! (the DNAs are so new that they don't have refurbished ones yet)
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Ive also noticed it only does it on netflix for me. Anything else I dont hear a buzz. I can deal with that I guess. What JVCs do you have? Im looking to buy some new earbuds.
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Ive also noticed it only does it on netflix for me. Anything else I dont hear a buzz. I can deal with that I guess. What JVCs do you have? Im looking to buy some new earbuds.
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JVC XX They are super comfy, but like I said I do get the buzz on them.
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I have a buzz through crappy skull candy headphones but through my astro a40 headset I dont get a buzz. Maybe our phones just like quality? Hahaha
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Haha, this could be it, considering I am also using skull candy headphones....
But it also happens through the speaker for me on low volumes.
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I actually have noticed this as well. Even though I wouldn't consider by JVC XX crappy or cheap, they do buzz while my klipsch do not.
Since, from what I have read, only a handful of us are experiencing this issue, I can only assume that only a handful of the devices are defective. So, I called up verizon yesterday and told them that my DNA has a hardware defect, and they are sending me a brand new device! (the DNAs are so new that they don't have refurbished ones yet)
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Was it really that easy? It seems as if my problem is getting worse with time, you think they will send me one without hassle?
I got it through a third party verizon store, do you think that will be an issue?
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Was it really that easy? It seems as if my problem is getting worse with time, you think they will send me one without hassle?
I got it through a third party verizon store, do you think that will be an issue?
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Yep, Really easy! And my DNA was purchased for me by a buddy that works at go wireless. So I doubt that you'll have any issues.
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Picking up some sennheiser earbuds tomorrow. Ill post up if they buzz or not.
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I googled it but it talks about file sharing. I can't find anything talking about "talking". Is there an app for non rooted phones. I can root, but I'm sure my friends won't. I want to run something with a headset and mic and cruise on the motorcycle within a few yards versus buying the $350 deal.
I personalty don't think it will work even if there was an app. My jabra cuts out streaming when the phone us in my back pocket vs my front. You may be better off with the small handheld walkie talkies. Just have to figure out the where tk mount the button.
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I personalty don't think it will work even if there was an app. My jabra cuts out streaming when the phone us in my back pocket vs my front. You may be better off with the small handheld walkie talkies. Just have to figure out the where tk mount the button.
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I think you're right. It sucks as it is, so 20 feet away it will cut out for sure.
There is a product by Xlink called cell gateway, you might be able to setup something over WiFi between you and the other person but not sure if it's designed for that..
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I don't know if this is the right form, but I noticed that I need to plug in headphones in my HTC EVO LTE for the FM Radio app to work. Are there any workarounds, especially since I have a pair of bluetooth headphones? Or is there another app that I should look into?
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I don't know if this is the right form, but I noticed that I need to plug in headphones in my HTC EVO LTE for the FM Radio app to work. Are there any workarounds, especially since I have a pair of bluetooth headphones? Or is there another app that I should look into?
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The reason you need headphones to use the FM radio is because the headphones also act as the antenna for the radio to operate. You are not going to hear much without the antenna (unless you happen to be standing under the antenna).
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The reason you need headphones to use the FM radio is because the headphones also act as the antenna for the radio to operate. You are not going to hear much without the antenna (unless you happen to be standing under the antenna).
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Wow - I didn't know that. Thanks for the information. I still like having the FM radio (for use at the gym). I will just have to use some "old-fashioned" headphones. LOL
No problem. You could try Spirit FM Radio app. I believe it allows the radio to operate without the headphones. But again without metal in the air YMMV.
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Use iheart radio or tunein, etc. Tons of radio apps out there, they're just not FM radio apps.
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Use iheart radio or tunein, etc. Tons of radio apps out there, they're just not FM radio apps.
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That's if the station you want to listen to is in a major market, or owned by one of the major broadcast conglomerates. If you want to listen to a small station they will probably not be on iHeart/TuneIn.
You can maybe cut the headphones or just use. Then in settings or something u can switch to speaker maybe that way some how.maybe not dont know
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You can maybe cut the headphones or just use. Then in settings or something u can switch to speaker maybe that way some how.maybe not dont know
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Cutting off the headphones will not work. Once you plug it in the what was once headphones it will get the audio, and BT is disabled.