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Does Desire HD have a FM transmitter?.. I think so.

So, Im just lurking around with the file explorerer on my DHD and then I found a file named fw_bcm4329.bin in the /vendor/firmware folder, and I thought that maybe this means we have the same chip as on HD2 that got FM transmitter capabilities? (Broadcom BCM4329)

The chip can do it but the software doesn't exist.
Sent from my performance enhanced Desire HD.

All the snapdragon chipsets come with a fm transmitter/recever
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So, how do we activate it?

maaarius said:
So, how do we activate it?
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You don't (for now).
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maaarius said:
So, how do we activate it?
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If there was any form of public datasheet for it, we could, but it seems Broadcom is not doing that. Probably need to ask them, and sign some NDA (and work for a major mobile phone maker)

But, have'nt someone managed to activate the FM transmitter on HD2? It uses the same Broadcom chip as DHD.
Anyways, I will try to send a mail to Broadcom and ask for the datasheet

maaarius said:
But, have'nt someone managed to activate the FM transmitter on HD2? It uses the same Broadcom chip as DHD.
Anyways, I will try to send a mail to Broadcom and ask for the datasheet
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Windows Mobile is based on Windows CE, i dare say the drivers for simlar broadcom chips already existed for that enviroment

maaarius said:
Anyways, I will try to send a mail to Broadcom and ask for the datasheet
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Good luck with that. I was an HD2 user and was waiting for a transmitter software but currently it hasn't moved a single bit. I think I saw someone saying that they tried contacting them but they refused.

Have now sendt an e-mail, and im awaiting the answer. Probably takes som hours because of the time difference between Norway and the U.S of A

Any updates on this? I'd love to have the FM Transmitter
I always thought XDA-Devs could achive anything after my very long time using Windows Mobile

It would indeed be great to get access to this FM transmitter !
Any news?
Does some people are working on it?
What can we do to help?

Is there any news of the driver desi FM Transmitter for HD?
Sorry for the translation.

Amazing find! Would be excellent if we could use it.

But no news...Too bad...

FM Transmitter

Our GSII comes with a built in FM Transmitter/Receiver chip. I haven't seen a link on this. Has anyone unlocked the potential of this hardware feature yet? I would love to be able to transmit an FM signal.

r3a1ist said:
Our GSII comes with a built in FM Transmitter/Receiver chip. I haven't seen a link on this. Has anyone unlocked the potential of this hardware feature yet? I would love to be able to transmit an FM signal.
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Hrmm really? That would be too cool for school!

Here's the tear down of the phone. http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung-Epic-4G-Touch-Teardown/6481/2
The phone has the Broadcom BCM4330XKFFBG 802.11 a/b/g/n MAC/Baseband/Radio with Integrated Bluetooth 4.0+HS and FM Transceiver/Receiver. Not sure if we're going to have to be rooted to utilize this hardware but we have the internals to broadcast our music to our cars with our phones alone.

Here's more info on the specific chip in question http://www.broadcom.com/products/Wireless-LAN/802.11-Wireless-LAN-Solutions/BCM4330

r3a1ist said:
Here's more info on the specific chip in question http://www.broadcom.com/products/Wireless-LAN/802.11-Wireless-LAN-Solutions/BCM4330
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it all boils down to if the transmitter is actually connected to the chipset
the evo also has an FM transmitter but there really wasnt any attempt from anyone to get it working.

dtr145r said:
it all boils down to if the transmitter is actually connected to the chipset
the evo also has an FM transmitter but there really wasnt any attempt from anyone to get it working.
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And if there is a strong enough antenna to transmit. It takes alot more power to transmit than it does to receive
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Heck I would be happy if we could receive fm radio but from what I've read no one has it working as a receiver....

jake21 said:
Heck I would be happy if we could receive fm radio but from what I've read no one has it working as a receiver....
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We just need a compatible app
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gs2
My galaxy s II came with an fm receiver app that works nicely. idk if it would work on the epic

Hmmm....think of the possibilities. With a lot of states requiring hands-free cell phone operation, could this be made to work as hands free device for your vehicle? It would definitely save us consumers from having to buy yet ANOTHER piece of hardware for our phones, which can damn near drive our vehicles for us anyway.

Are there any in the market that has been tried?

I've tried spirit FM and it did not work, I wasn't really aware how much I used it, till I got this phone.

pjlphil said:
My galaxy s II came with an fm receiver app that works nicely. idk if it would work on the epic
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Can you upload the app. ill try and install it with root explorer to see if it works for us..

please upload
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Can you upload the app. ill try and install it with root explorer to see if it works for us..
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please upload ur app

Older thread here with the app linked...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17703339#post17703339

You need it enabled in the kernel. I tried enabling and it compiled but this phone in afraid doesn't have the hw for fm radio. Att sgs2 doesn't either.. I only the intl
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Did you read the link posted related to the ifixit break down?
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Kinda sad how the international sgsII has fm radio and we dont
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dont give up on this, the potential is amazing!

Noone has gotten fm transmitter stuff working for any phone with these chips, even og epic had the chip capable of this. Probably the feature cause interference so it was not enabled. It would be a killer feature and u would imagine one manufacturer would enable it if they could. So native something preventing then if doing that. I remember long time ago there was lg fusic flip phone that had fm transmitter on sprint, haven't seen any phone with that after that.
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[Q] HTC One X not working with ELM 327 Bluetooth

Hello,
After long 4 years without participate on XDA-Developers I'm back.
I retired my HTC Wizard and bought a HTC One X.
Great smartphone !
Now I bought a scanner ELM 327 OBDII Bluetooth and I'm trying to run with Torque software on my car.
The point is that Torque connect with HTC, but some features from the software doesn't work, I mean, some display/graphs keep on zero (freezing).
Searching on Torque forum, the explanation is that HTC has a bluetooth bug.
Is there any alternative or solution for my problem ?
Thank you inadvance.
Best regards,
Cássio

Any Help ??
Hello all,
I'm still facing problems.
Today I removed all bluetooth devices listed @ One X and paried just the scanner to guarantee no interference from another device.
No changes.
Torque software just showed RMP display updating with other display freezed.
If no alternative were found, I'll get back my money and send back the scanner.
Is there any tip ?
Tks,
Cássio

Is your elm327 faulty. They are known to be poor.
I also have one that works perfectly fine with the one x but the adapter has since started to fail on occasion.
It connects and pulls everything fine using torque.
Rpm
Speed
Turbo psi
Fuel levels etc...
All functioning fine
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Bagofcrap24,
Tks for your reply !
I believe I'm facing problems on ELM 327 or there is no compatibility between ELM 327 and my Citroen Xsara N7.
Did you have an bluetooth drive upgrade on One X to allow Torque run properlly ?
Regards,
Cássio

No its always worked out of the box for me.
Just paired and its been fine since.
I did have issues with it only reading a couple of pids on my old Citroen c5 so it might be a Citroen thing
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Look in adapter status part on torque while its connected.
It should tell you if your adapter is having errors communicating with your car
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[Q] a FM Radio for use with CM10.1-Nightlies (JB4.2.2)??

Okay it seems that the recently released cm10.1 doesn't have a FM radio.
Does anyone Has the FM Radio from the stock Samsung ROM? Because i actually use that alot.
I've been seaching the web without succes.
Well i got Spirit Unlocked to work but its buggy and poor reception.
And please dont come with awnsers like 'the devs dont give a *** about FM radio, people have asked in the past, or use (internet) radio' as i do not have internet all the time or an internet data plan.
I just want a FM radio that uses ota and not internet.
So can anyone help me out??
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JMailuhu said:
Okay it seems that the recently released cm10.1 doesn't have a FM radio.
Does anyone Has the FM Radio from the stock Samsung ROM? Because i actually use that alot.
I've been seaching the web without succes.
Well i got Spirit Unlocked to work but its buggy and poor reception.
And please dont come with awnsers like 'the devs dont give a *** about FM radio, people have asked in the past, or use (internet) radio' as i do not have internet all the time or an internet data plan.
I just want a FM radio that uses ota and not internet.
So can anyone help me out??
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I agree, please integrate or create APK for CM...

I actually got Spirit FM to work perfectly, no more signal losses and finds all of our country's channels.
For anyone wondering why they have no sound:
I've set the band to World 200Khz (as i'm euro) & Audio Method to: Digital OneXL/S/Sony it's the only one out of the list that works for the GT-I9195 (atleast for me), and a few other things at the Debug section, which i don't know out of the top of my head.
Glad i did not waste the money.
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JMailuhu said:
Glad i did not waste the money.
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I cancel any order at any time on request. And have been doing so for over 2 years. Back then HTC Desire and Nexus One were big and I still support those (as best I can of course).
Now, GS3, HTC One and Xperia's are big and I'm now supporting those too.
It's a "crazy" job trying to support all these, on MANY different custom & stock ROMs, and nobody else is crazy enough to seriously try it seems.
JMailuhu said:
I actually got Spirit FM to work perfectly, no more signal losses and finds all of our country's channels.
For anyone wondering why they have no sound:
I've set the band to World 200Khz (as i'm euro) & Audio Method to: Digital OneXL/S/Sony it's the only one out of the list that works for the GT-I9195 (atleast for me), and a few other things at the Debug section, which i don't know out of the top of my head.
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I presume we were emailing about this ?
My ability to support a device is directly related to how much support I get from customers. If it's enough, I buy the phone to support it better.
I was dismayed all variants of the "normal" GS4 had no FM. I expected to buy one, but got an HTC One instead.
I'd be happy to get some GS4 variant with FM, again, if there's sufficient interest in supporting me. I'm working 70 hour weeks and making about the legal minimum wage here for those hours; That's nice, but don't imagine I'm living in app dev luxury or some such.

mikereidis said:
I cancel any order at any time on request. And have been doing so for over 2 years. Back then HTC Desire and Nexus One were big and I still support those (as best I can of course).
Now, GS3, HTC One and Xperia's are big and I'm now supporting those too.
It's a "crazy" job trying to support all these, on MANY different custom & stock ROMs, and nobody else is crazy enough to seriously try it seems.
I presume we were emailing about this ?
My ability to support a device is directly related to how much support I get from customers. If it's enough, I buy the phone to support it better.
I was dismayed all variants of the "normal" GS4 had no FM. I expected to buy one, but got an HTC One instead.
I'd be happy to get some GS4 variant with FM, again, if there's sufficient interest in supporting me. I'm working 70 hour weeks and making about the legal minimum wage here for those hours; That's nice, but don't imagine I'm living in app dev luxury or some such.
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I'm not sure as ive seen you for first time now and i havent mailed anyone. I do know that developers have struggle with different roms and phones but codes for fm radio shouldnt be that hard. Even the S4 mini stock rom has a FM radio tuner, so missing it on cm10.1 was a bummer.
However for myself, im good now, as i have spirit fm to work with CM10.1.3 as mentioned before.
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What other settings you used in debug section, please share. I used same settings and its not working, can t hear anything.
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Silvionne said:
What other settings you used in debug section, please share. I used same settings and its not working, can t hear anything.
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Even without the debug settings i had sound once i changed audio method. Make sure you have your
headphones plugged in as it functions as an attenna.
BAND - World 200khz (This might not be the same for you)
AUDIO - METHOD MODE (DigitalXL/ONE/S)
UI - RDS: (ON)
AF - AF MODE: RDS+Region
DEBUG - FM CHIP: (QC V4L HTC) & Motorola FW Load: (HCI)
the rest is default.
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JMailuhu said:
AUDIO - METHOD MODE (DigitalXL/ONE/S
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That setting is only for the paid Unlocked version, though past Free versions may have had a "bug" that still allowed it.

mikereidis said:
That setting is only for the paid Unlocked version, though past Free versions may have had a "bug" that still allowed it.
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Ah i see now. I didn't know there was a free version. However your app is amazing. To be able to record radio feels like the good old symbian days xD.
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JMailuhu said:
Ah i see now. I didn't know there was a free version. However your app is amazing. To be able to record radio feels like the good old symbian days xD.
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I think we can blame the US market for the lack of recording in most FM apps. I think there's some group or something that charges $10 or so for "FM recorders". And as always, US market effects often hit the rest of the world.
I think this is why there are virtually no MP3/FM players that record. It's a simple feature addition is many cases, so it's omission seems strange.
And only one company, Samsung, has (had) recording in their FM app on International high end phones (GS2, GS3, Note, Note2). And none of the US carriers sell/sold these International phones.
I presume that whatever groups demand ransom for FM recording have either never heard of my app, or figure I'm small potatoes and not worth pursuing.

Hi,
I have problem with one radio station, it always reset my phone when I tune up this station.
Any idea?

tomogo said:
Hi,
I have problem with one radio station, it always reset my phone when I tune up this station.
Any idea?
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Never heard that one before.
What frequency ?
Could be a bug in the kernel FM driver.
If you have Unlocked with RDS, try turning it off.
If that fixes it, send me an email.

mikereidis said:
Never heard that one before.
What frequency ?
Could be a bug in the kernel FM driver.
If you have Unlocked with RDS, try turning it off.
If that fixes it, send me an email.
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Hi,
so I have tried turned off the RDS and it doesn't help.
I live in the Czech Republic and I found several stations with this problem.
The first was Country radio 89.5 MHz (Prague)
My phone is i9195 with Cyanogenmod 10.1 (problem is same on all modifications based on the same kernel) so problem is probably there.

tomogo said:
Hi,
so I have tried turned off the RDS and it doesn't help.
I live in the Czech Republic and I found several stations with this problem.
The first was Country radio 89.5 MHz (Prague)
My phone is i9195 with Cyanogenmod 10.1 (problem is same on all modifications based on the same kernel) so problem is probably there.
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Your first post said
I have problem with one radio station
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But now you say
several stations
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So it's likely not a "station/frequency problem".
This only happens when Spirit FM is running ?
Yes, if you can, try another kernel or ROM.
And send me an email.

[Q] Bluetooth Heart rate monitor support?

Hi there guys,
I'm thinking of purchase a bluetooth heart rate monitor but all of them say that they need Android 4.3(not a problem) and Bluetooth 4.0. Our phones don't have bluetooth 4.0 (not even close)
Does anyone know if it will work? ..is should have compatibility but I don't know for sure. Anyone tried that before or had a friend who tried it?

no one has an experience with that? ..oh dear, probably I'll be the only one to try this

evronetwork said:
no one has an experience with that? ..oh dear, probably I'll be the only one to try this
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Well, I've moved on to the GNex and according to the spec sheet, it has the BT 4.0. However, it never receved the SW to support it. The BT 4.0 devices just wouldn't work with it... Some did however, but only via BT 2.x... There had been enormous work done to enable 4.0 and now it can be enabled.
The best way to go about your purcuse is to ask the sailsmen to tryout the device and try to pair it with your phone. If it works, buy it, if not, skip it

ilans93 said:
Well, I've moved on to the GNex and according to the spec sheet, it has the BT 4.0. However, it never receved the SW to support it. The BT 4.0 devices just wouldn't work with it... Some did however, but only via BT 2.x... There had been enormous work done to enable 4.0 and now it can be enabled.
The best way to go about your purcuse is to ask the sailsmen to tryout the device and try to pair it with your phone. If it works, buy it, if not, skip it
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I'm in a small city so try before you buy is out of question. I did the purchase ..when it comes(15-30 days ..China ) I'll test it
If it doesn't work, I'll test it with a friend's note 2 and see what happens, it should work at least with note 2 as it has BT 4.0
P.S. If oneplus one becomes available, I'll retire my DHD :victory: (also Oneplus one has BT4.1)