Could someone please extract the radios from some stock roms
And make them flashable thru recovery?
Or explain to me how to do it
I have 850m and for some reason i get the ****tiest signal strength. Its really annoying. Thank u in advance
Try TuneIn Radio .
You mean modem drivers? AFAIK there's no radio app for our galaxy alpha.
Not radio fm am
The Radios are Hardware although on some devices other channels can be turned on ( already there but turned off by Samsung by Carrier Request sometimes to prevent use on other Carriers) .
Some models of Galaxy S4 on AT&T had Bands or Channels turned "off" which could be re enabled by techs or Devs. for example.
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For those that have been lucky enough to have received the i747 model, are you able to determine if there is an FM Radio tuner on it? I checked out the LTE i747 yesterday at the Samsung launch party in Toronto but I beleive they were pre-production models and firmware and did NOT have the FM app. Now whether the tuner exists but the app was removed or not added is a different story.
As many of you know, the international model has the FM tuner. In the past, the international model i9000 and i9100 also had it but the North American variants did not. I am not sure if the fm hardware tuner is located on the CPU itself and does not come onboard the s4 chip, or if AT&T and other carriers have decided to remove it.
In the specs for the i747, most sites list the Fm Radio as TBD for this model. I don't use the radio a lot, but it is nice sometimes. Also, it uses barely any battery and no data to use. So I am very curious if the FM app is there. And if not, I wonder if we could just extract the app from i9300 and move it to this model - which would require the i747 to have the hardware tuner of course.
There doesn't seem to be a FM app - So no direct access that I could see. Doesn't mean its not there though.
Not sure if it will work, but here is the apk from the international version.
Matrioux said:
There doesn't seem to be a FM app - So no direct access that I could see. Doesn't mean its not there though.
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Not sure if it will work, but here is the apk from the international version.
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Thanks for posting the apk. It may require root as it is a system app but will defintiely try it when I get mine next week. I am fairly certain the HTC One X had the same thing where the FM Radio exists but the apk was not added to the AT&T firmware. People can grab the APK from the Rogers firmware and install it to their AT&T One X. So now that I think about it, if HTC One X has the hardware tuner and using an S4 chip, its completely possible that the hardware will be there on the i747 as well. Some carriers may have it removed so that you'll use data to listen to the radio instead.
Won't install - but after root we may be able to
.... Surely AT&T didn't screw the hardware of of FM AGAIN
I also couldnt get that file to install, so instead i went to the market and downloaded just about every one i could find, and none of them worked. Many of them appeared to be working but not a single bit of sound out of the speakers/headset.
I believe they removed the FM Tuner hardware and instead, gave us the tunein app.
Yea so you use more data streaming data over their network
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Yea so you use more data streaming data over their network
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I doubt that was their goal. AT&T didnt give us the 50GB of dropbox because they were afraid of everyone eating bandwidth and causing a network catastrophe like when the first iPhone came out. So i think its safe to assume that this was Samsungs move. They didnt give us the quad core because of incompatibilities with the LTE networks, so instead they gave us the Snapdragon S4 and compensated with an extra gig of ram.
They also removed the FM Radio, so i think they compensated by giving us the TuneIn Radio.... kinda lame....
I used the i9100 prior to picking up my new SGH-747M from Rogers yesterday. The i9100 had FM radio. The antenna was built into the headphones and there was an application on the phone. I noticed the SGH-747 headphones looked slightly different and wasn't sure if they would work.
I downloaded the international FM APK but it won't install even after my device has been rooted.. My guess is that the headphones that come with the i747 probably won't have an FM antenna built in though.
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I used the i9100 prior to picking up my new SGH-747M from Rogers yesterday. The i9100 had FM radio. The antenna was built into the headphones and there was an application on the phone. I noticed the SGH-747 headphones looked slightly different and wasn't sure if they would work.
I downloaded the international FM APK but it won't install even after my device has been rooted.. My guess is that the headphones that come with the i747 probably won't have an FM antenna built in though.
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Any headphones will work as the antenna.
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Hi all,
I'm a proud owner of Samsung Galaxy S and I have been using it last 22 months. I could have recontacted my phone for free last month (end of 21 months) but I was eagerly waiting to get the Galazy S3 LTE version. I'm with Singtel Singapore.
Finally last Saturday they released and I found out that that version don't have FM Radio. It's a International Quad Core with 2GB Ram seems. I really miss FM Radio. I'm a radio fan (Yeah still )
So my question is FM Radio supports depends on Hardware? (I'm not talking about streaming. Real radio we have in S, S2 and can be use even without data). Is it like they removed some chip so it's no longer possible? Or just some software related things which can be fixable in the future?
Can anyone shed some lights on this issue for me? Thanks!
I searched Internet and I found a interesting pattern. It seems all Samsung LTE variants doesn't have FM Radio. In Singapore I checked Galaxy S2 LTE and Galaxy Note LTE and both don't have.
Anyone from US or other countries can confirm this? There are lot of other countries S3 LTE released long ago. Can you confirm you have or not? Also is there anyone have FM Radio with LTE version? I read somewhere Korean version have it but I don't know how true that news....
Also my initial question is it a Hardware thing?
There is an app called Spirit FM that has a thread here on XDA. Basically its a root app that supports FM radio on as many devices as possible and there is a listing there of what devices support it and what devices lack hardware.
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There is an app called Spirit FM that has a thread here on XDA. Basically its a root app that supports FM radio on as many devices as possible and there is a listing there of what devices support it and what devices lack hardware.
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Thanks for the reply. I'm aware of that app and even tried on my Galaxy S.
But my question is FM support depends on hardware (Like a fm receiver) or purely depends on software? Why LTE phones don't have FM radio?
Anyone from Kore confirms whether they have the FM radio in LTE version??
There is a radio which actually depends on mobile signal whether it is gsm or lte and there are also radio which depends on hardwares,like fm/am radio transceivers, however on some phones like those with tv apps and radio apps most likely on phone with dual sims and with adjustable antennas (like an aluminum rod which is connected to radio chips itself and adjustable, or you can see this at the back of the phone, they are software and hardware related. As for the phone which supports lte signal, maybe some of them dont have it but most of them have, i got one on my phone and without earplugs, it cannot be switch on but once earphones or external speakers have been connected it would start scanning signals, unlike those with built in hardwares they can however with the use of the adjustable antennas.
If however i am wrong on my info, i would be glad to be corrected.
Goodluck
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justnoone said:
There is a radio which actually depends on mobile signal whether it is gsm or lte and there are also radio which depends on hardwares,like fm/am radio transceivers, however on some phones like those with tv apps and radio apps most likely on phone with dual sims and with adjustable antennas (like an aluminum rod which is connected to radio chips itself and adjustable, or you can see this at the back of the phone, they are software and hardware related. As for the phone which supports lte signal, maybe some of them dont have it but most of them have, i got one on my phone and without earplugs, it cannot be switch on but once earphones or external speakers have been connected it would start scanning signals, unlike those with built in hardwares they can however with the use of the adjustable antennas.
If however i am wrong on my info, i would be glad to be corrected.
Goodluck
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Thanks for the reply. Can I know which phone model you have? Is that phone support LTE too?
Mine is GT-I9300 quad core or s3 international,and yup, it supports lte too,since the place where i am currently at is throwing 4g/lte network signal.
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Hi kathees, sorry to say Galaxy S III LTE doesn't support FM Radio Chipset (HW).
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Hi kathees, sorry to say Galaxy S III LTE doesn't support FM Radio Chipset (HW).
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Hi Alex, Thats'w a bad news to hear Anyway there is no way and just have to live with it. Thanks for the information...
BTW which version phone you have? Korean?
Hey, I have the SGS2 HD LTE I757M and I was wondering if anyone knows what the substantial difference between the T989's kernel and the I757m's in terms of cellular reception/management as I am having issues getting AWS to work.
I have flashed the t989's radio and unlocked my phone so I can try my WIND sim in it. I had the t989, and on the t989 it worked flawlessy. I could send and receive messages, calls and I had internet speeds of up to 6 or 7 mbps (which is good for WIND ). On the I757M, I could send and receive texts and SOMETIMES they would go through, where other times they wouldn't. I could make calls after a short delay, but I could never receive them. I could also connect to data services and while Speedtest claims I had 3 or 4 mbps, it was slower than dialup.
I looked at dsixda's kernel at github.org/dsixda and noticed the binary blobs from Bell (a non-AWS network). I did some reading on RIL's I copied the equivalent radio files from a T-Mobile T989 kernel (TeamChopsticks I think?) but that didn't do a single thing haha.
Anyway, that was all I could really think of besides kernel source as the RIL and the modem were the same. Seeing as people here know their way around the kernel better than I do ( I know Java well and a fair bit of C but I never have time to muck around with kernels and when I do, it normally ends disastrously...), I was wondering if maybe any of you had some ideas on how to make AWS frequencies work better as I like the screen so much more than the blueish T989.
Obviously they have slightly different radios as one is capable of LTE while the other is not, but I've heard users of the I727 Skyrocket LTE have much more success with the T989 modem than I was (I also tried the T879 modem and the Blaze modem, but neither worked any better).
EDIT: Also, according to pdadb, they're all based on the MSM8660 chipset, so they should be able to work similarly
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Hey, I have the SGS2 HD LTE I757M and I was wondering if anyone knows what the substantial difference between the T989's kernel and the I757m's in terms of cellular reception/management as I am having issues getting AWS to work.
I have flashed the t989's radio and unlocked my phone so I can try my WIND sim in it. I had the t989, and on the t989 it worked flawlessy. I could send and receive messages, calls and I had internet speeds of up to 6 or 7 mbps (which is good for WIND ). On the I757M, I could send and receive texts and SOMETIMES they would go through, where other times they wouldn't. I could make calls after a short delay, but I could never receive them. I could also connect to data services and while Speedtest claims I had 3 or 4 mbps, it was slower than dialup.
I looked at dsixda's kernel at github.org/dsixda and noticed the binary blobs from Bell (a non-AWS network). I did some reading on RIL's I copied the equivalent radio files from a T-Mobile T989 kernel (TeamChopsticks I think?) but that didn't do a single thing haha.
Anyway, that was all I could really think of besides kernel source as the RIL and the modem were the same. Seeing as people here know their way around the kernel better than I do ( I know Java well and a fair bit of C but I never have time to muck around with kernels and when I do, it normally ends disastrously...), I was wondering if maybe any of you had some ideas on how to make AWS frequencies work better as I like the screen so much more than the blueish T989.
Obviously they have slightly different radios as one is capable of LTE while the other is not, but I've heard users of the I727 Skyrocket LTE have much more success with the T989 modem than I was (I also tried the T879 modem and the Blaze modem, but neither worked any better).
EDIT: Also, according to pdadb, they're all based on the MSM8660 chipset, so they should be able to work similarly
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I have the same issue !
I'm using mobilicity and I only have CDN Roaming.
i tried all the modems aswell but no luck.
Does anyone have a solution for this ?
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Hey, I have the SGS2 HD LTE I757M and I was wondering if anyone knows what the substantial difference between the T989's kernel and the I757m's in terms of cellular reception/management as I am having issues getting AWS to work.
I have flashed the t989's radio and unlocked my phone so I can try my WIND sim in it.
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Do you have the Bell SGS2 HD LTE i757m?
How do you unlock the phone?
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Do you have the Bell SGS2 HD LTE i757m?
How do you unlock the phone?
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I unlocked it by purchasing the code on ebay, placing another sim in it and then typing the code.
you may be able to use the free unlock method used by the skyrocket and the hercules though.
as for getting it to work on WIND, I was able to by copying the modem and modem related files from the system folder on the t989. it did not work well so I ended up selling it.
I am a ATT user with a T-Mobile S5. I have the TMO NF6 Modem but the other day I was in a location with poor reception. My ATT S4 got better reception and I wondered if the ATT modem in the S4 was what gave me a better reception. I then thought would it be possible to flash a ATT S5 modem to my TMO S5 to potentially improve the reception. Is this possible without bricking the phone?
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I am a ATT user with a T-Mobile S5. I have the TMO NF6 Modem but the other day I was in a location with poor reception. My ATT S4 got better reception and I wondered if the ATT modem in the S4 was what gave me a better reception. I then thought would it be possible to flash a ATT S5 modem to my TMO S5 to potentially improve the reception. Is this possible without bricking the phone?
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Flashing a non-Tmobile modem to this phone WILL brick it. Even if it were possible, the modem would only be set to demodulate ATT signals, so you would likely not get reception at all.
Umm. sort of. The poster above represents the majority view. And encompasses a number of misconceptions at the same time.
Flashing a modem from another carrier is possible, but neither recommended, nor likely to work well. It may not necessarily brick your phone. But it could if the partition is overwritten. Being tailored for another varient model, it's not at all guaranteed to work as well in your phone. And you would probably find it difficult to get Odin to proceed with the flash. In short it's hard to imagine it worth the risk.
I doubt that the perceived difference between the modems is as large as you believe. And even if it is, your native carrier will update their modem in due course. Or you can try an alternate e.g. older modem in many cases.
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Hello,
My Elderly grandad has just moved rural in the UK and needs to use wifi calling as there is no mobile signal, he has an old Samsung S6 which he uses which my brother bought off ebay.
The issues is the S6 is an AT&T version and for whatever reason the wifi calling setting will not turn on, on contacting Samsung they say this is likely due to the fact its an AT&T version of the phone and there is compatability issue. His carrier 3 ( the phone is unlocked) allows wifi calling so it's definitely a phone issue.
I wondered if I could flash a different firmware or such as it's a software issue and get it working?
Any help would be awesome, otherwise the phone is now useless.
Thanks!
Jonathan
jrid said:
Hello,
My Elderly grandad has just moved rural in the UK and needs to use wifi calling as there is no mobile signal, he has an old Samsung S6 which he uses which my brother bought off ebay.
The issues is the S6 is an AT&T version and for whatever reason the wifi calling setting will not turn on, on contacting Samsung they say this is likely due to the fact its an AT&T version of the phone and there is compatability issue. His carrier 3 ( the phone is unlocked) allows wifi calling so it's definitely a phone issue.
I wondered if I could flash a different firmware or such as it's a software issue and get it working?
Any help would be awesome, otherwise the phone is now useless.
Thanks!
Jonathan
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U've the only option to flash an other firmware to test. I don't know