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[Q] Fm Transmitter?

Hello, I was wondering if the S3 comes with a Fm Transmitter built-in. I have read on one site that it does. And if so is there any way to make use of that functionality?

We believe it comes with an FM radio and it could be able recieve and transmit, there is another thread somewhere about that, but last u checked, the were no libraries for it, no drivers, and some o other issues. Search for FM radio app the developer Mike, is the one whose hunting down the possibility of getting a fix
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Alright thank you. I tried searching for an app on the market but none of them work. I do recall seeing a thread about it somewhere but it seemed to be purely for development purposes. Oh well, I'll stick to my crappy FM transmitter from Walmart for now.
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Hostage XII said:
Alright thank you. I tried searching for an app on the market but none of them work. I do recall seeing a thread about it somewhere but it seemed to be purely for development purposes. Oh well, I'll stick to my crappy FM transmitter from Walmart for now.
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I know that once installed the app from mike is called "Spirit Radio", but I have not found a way to get the stock version of the Galaxy S3 to run it. Just thought I would throw in my 2 cents. According to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059296 though some recent CM9 builds were working with his app after settings changes. I just have yet to take the plunge on my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 after the latest OTA (LG8) solved some of the issues I was having with Smart Stay not being too "Smart" and with S-Voice not recognizing commands. I am thinking about doing it just so I can have FM radio on my phone again (I got spoiled by an HTC EVO 4G before picking up this new phone).

Thoragh said:
I know that once installed the app from mike is called "Spirit Radio", but I have not found a way to get the stock version of the Galaxy S3 to run it. Just thought I would throw in my 2 cents. According to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059296 though some recent CM9 builds were working with his app after settings changes. I just have yet to take the plunge on my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 after the latest OTA (LG8) solved some of the issues I was having with Smart Stay not being too "Smart" and with S-Voice not recognizing commands. I am thinking about doing it just so I can have FM radio on my phone again (I got spoiled by an HTC EVO 4G before picking up this new phone).
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Thank you! I was able to get the app running although the signal is -17 but there is some hope. I didn't get a chance to try the LG8 went straight to the AOKP ROM.
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I thought the FM radio was not a part of the chipset.
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sekigah84 said:
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I thought the FM radio was not a part of the chipset.
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There was a misconception going around for a tiny bit that it was not included. Mike found that it was installed with some sort of Qualcomm based chip, but for whatever reason the US versions took it out of their stock ROMs. The work around is to get apparently either an AOKP ROM or CM9 based ROM and make a few tweaks to his App. The chipset is there, Samsung just is not supporting the US version's FM radio (possibly due to a request from US based carriers as is also rumored but that is unlikely since the new HTC phone came out with the FM radio chipset AND software to run it on the stock ROM).

And i just bought a fm transmitter =(
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I am guessing it has more to do with fcc then the carriers in the u.s.
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stevesprivateaccount said:
I am guessing it has more to do with fcc then the carriers in the u.s.
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I guess there is an outside chance of that, but wouldn't that have affected the HTC device as well then? They both released at basically the same time one with and one without FM capability built into the software only.

Thoragh said:
There was a misconception going around for a tiny bit that it was not included. Mike found that it was installed with some sort of Qualcomm based chip, but for whatever reason the US versions took it out of their stock ROMs. The work around is to get apparently either an AOKP ROM or CM9 based ROM and make a few tweaks to his App. The chipset is there, Samsung just is not supporting the US version's FM radio (possibly due to a request from US based carriers as is also rumored but that is unlikely since the new HTC phone came out with the FM radio chipset AND software to run it on the stock ROM).
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I don't think the US hardware is capable of FM. There is nothing in the hardware in US that can do it. They took it out to save $2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31576462#post31576462

Hostage XII said:
Alright thank you. I tried searching for an app on the market but none of them work. I do recall seeing a thread about it somewhere but it seemed to be purely for development purposes. Oh well, I'll stick to my crappy FM transmitter from Walmart for now.
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Are you talking about like police scanner or like ACS kind of radios?

FM Radio .apk

I haven't heard anything about the FM radio for the Sprint version. I know it is disabled for US versions, but is included with the international version. Is there a difference in LTE chipset?
I would like to get this feature working if possible.
Here is the .apk for the FM radio for international variants. (fails to install though)

bump...could this work?

Would love this as well.
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Bump. This would be a nice feature
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I'm also interested in this. Can anyone confirm that the FM radio is there in hardware on the Sprint/other US versions? If so, it is just a matter of software, right?

bump.

Just tried to install that file and it wouldnt finish. It'd stop and give an error "Application not installed".
Dont think the radio is there.

I pushed it to system/app and set the permissions to rw-r-r. After reboot I get the icon but it just fc. I'll look a little more into it later but probably still won't work anyway even if I can get it to not fc.
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US versions rarely have FM radios. in this case. there is no FM radio.

na7q said:
US versions rarely have FM radios. in this case. there is no FM radio.
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That's the one nice thing about the HTC phones for me atleast. I use FM radio for sporting events. And the Evo 3D and the Evo 4G had the FM radio available to use.

na7q said:
US versions rarely have FM radios. in this case. there is no FM radio.
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Do you mean the hardware is not physically there or just the software?

na7q said:
US versions rarely have FM radios. in this case. there is no FM radio.
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Wow, you sound soo sure. Where is your source?? Samsung hasnt even made this documentation/ pinouts public yet, besides the user manual which I have attached:

Jed Dignazio said:
Wow, you sound soo sure. Where is your source?? Samsung hasnt even made this documentation/ pinouts public yet, besides the user manual which I have attached:
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Does this mean the hardware for the radio is there or it isn't ?
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Jed Dignazio said:
Wow, you sound soo sure. Where is your source?? Samsung hasnt even made this documentation/ pinouts public yet, besides the user manual which I have attached:
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na7q is correct when he says "US versions rarely have FM radios." See the old compatibility list for my FM app: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059296&page=480
As to "there is no FM radio.", I imagine that remains to be proven one way or another.
I can give more information if someone, preferably with SU/root, ran my app here and sent me a debug log: http://d-h.st/rky
Use Menu-> Test-> Email-> Logs and after 20 seconds or so, press Send. Or if no email get /sdcard/sprt_debug.txt .
At a minimum, my guess is that a stock ROM can't support FM; rooted or with custom kernel, who knows yet...

Nice sharing idea.., i very like this application...

Sent a debug log.
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somnifac said:
Sent a debug log.
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Thanks.
No sign of the needed FM driver.
In theory it's possible the FM si4705 chip is there, but would need a custom kernel to activate. But I doubt it's even there; it's not there on any other high end Samsungs sold in the US.
I'd recommend writing your politicians, but that's likely a waste of time and they ignore the NABs pleas to compel FM capability.

Uhhhhh... TuneIn?
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Didnt someone do a tear down on androidforums and find the hardware was not there?
If I run across it I will post the link.
I very well could be thinking of one of the other many many phones released in the last year that does not have it
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If you're referring to Tune In Radio, that does no good for local FM (think audio for televisions at the gym) broadcasts.
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[Q] could u add FM Radio from HOV to use in CM10?

I'm stuck with new JB room with a great performance but it doesn't have FM Radio from Stock room, could u add it back? Thank in advance!

mono_chesda said:
I'm stuck with new JB room with a great performance but it doesn't have FM Radio from Stock room, could u add it back? Thank in advance!
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sorry but there are no working Radio Apps EXCEPT one PAID One

Thank in advance for telling
Seraz007 said:
sorry but there are no working Radio Apps EXCEPT one PAID One
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Thank for answering, keep going...

Simple answer no.
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There's no way to say, take the radio apk and radio service file and push them to system/app on a cm10 rom?
I was thinking of trying the same thing myself

won't work simple answer

Help no in call audio with any 4.3 rom

I have tried numerous times with numerous roms same problem....no in call audio
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I've had the same problem. I think I saw a thread that had a link to an app that would help or fix the problem but I can't find it anywhere. Every Rom I've tried had the same problem, no call audio. They can't hear me and I can't hear them. I gave up looking after a few hrs of searching
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Does anyone know why this happens?~

I know I have up until someone helps
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skvalex.alsamixer&hl=en
try this.....it has been posted in other threads as well

What are the variables involved? It doesn't seem to impact everyone, so there's got to be something going on here, since it has happed to more than one person. Can anyone with the problem share their steps to produce it in detail?

I remembered reading that some of the AT&T E980 has a different audio chip than regular E980.I've tried the Alsamixer but it open as a blank screen with no option to change the audio.

Same for me opens with black screen
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phuongt said:
I remembered reading that some of the AT&T E980 has a different audio chip than regular E980.I've tried the Alsamixer but it open as a blank screen with no option to change the audio.
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How can we tell which audio chip it has? Is it only some of the AT&T E980s or all of them?
That sucks because I've just purchased this specifically for CM/AOSP use!

E980 no sound bug.
Please reply if some one is looking into this, as it looks it has been washed under the rug. no one is even talking about it.
Much appreciated

bam2200 said:
Please reply if some one is looking into this, as it looks it has been washed under the rug. no one is even talking about it.
Much appreciated
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Yeah, I'd really like to hear from those impacted by it. Seems that not very many are. There's gotta' be a reason for it.

No one is responding.....I'm hope in for an answer
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Fix
The only thing that make the call bug goes away is plug in your headphone before answering or making a phone call. It's too much of a hassle so I went back to the Unofficial CM 10.1 ROM. I've been using it for a few weeks and it's been very stable.
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phuongt said:
The only thing that make the call bug goes away is plug in your headphone before answering or making a phone call. It's too much of a hassle so I went back to the Unofficial CM 10.1 ROM. I've been using it for a few weeks and it's been very stable.
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What can you tell us about your device? Where and when did you purchase? What ROM did you flash to CM from? Do you know what baseband, etc.?

I also had the same problem when I used the BeanStalk Harmony 4.3 ROM...Only solution from me was to use the speaker..never tried the headphones method though.

nexuus said:
I also had the same problem when I used the BeanStalk Harmony 4.3 ROM...Only solution from me was to use the speaker..never tried the headphones method though.
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Was it the only ROM AOSP ROM you tried? Again, what are your specs here? I'm asking folks to submit their details to try to clear up what it might actually be, if it's fixable, and instead, a few are just responding with general answers.
Details help fix things, if they are fixable.

What can you tell us about your device? Where and when did you purchase? What ROM did you flash to CM from? Do you know what baseband, etc.?[/QUOTE]
I bought it from ebay so I don't know the date it was bought. I flash from the stock April ROM and using the same baseband from the stock rom. I've also tried to flash from the July ROM but it still has the same issue.

phuongt said:
I bought it from ebay so I don't know the date it was bought. I flash from the stock April ROM and using the same baseband from the stock rom. I've also tried to flash from the July ROM but it still has the same issue.
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Is it E-980 AT&T model? What firmware, baseband? etc.

Baseband
donalgodon said:
Is it E-980 AT&T model? What firmware, baseband? etc.
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Base band would be BM9615A-CEFWMAZM-3.0.113012 . I'm using CM 10.1 for now so I don't have the firmware anymore. Yes, it's the AT&T E980 Version

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Was it the only ROM AOSP ROM you tried? Again, what are your specs here? I'm asking folks to submit their details to try to clear up what it might actually be, if it's fixable, and instead, a few are just responding with general answers.
Details help fix things, if they are fixable.
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Yes it was the only AOSP ROM I've tried. Got the AT&T E-980 model. but its unlocked and I'm using it on T-mobile. Didn't mean to be vague in my response..anything else i can add?

fm RADIO

is there fm radıo

No
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cimbom said:
is there fm radıo
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When it is released download a FM radio app and find out.
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Tidbits said:
When it is released download a FM radio app and find out.
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Or look at the specs...
OP: it does not have FM.

devsk said:
Or look at the specs...
OP: it does not have FM.
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All phones have the radio. Much like the Verizon M8 you installed a radio app and it worked until recently when they removed the files to make it work. I will wait for the phone.
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All phones have the radio. Much like the Verizon M8 you installed a radio app and it worked until recently when they removed the files to make it work. I will wait for the phone.
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From gsmarena:
Radio No
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for HTC 10. The same site lists "Stereo FM radio, RDS" for HTC One, M7.

HTC M8 for Verizon. Look that one up and it says... No... Then going to their subsection here and you'll see that it did have one until recent update where it was finally removed. Just like the Nexus 4 which does have LTE too but of course the spec sheets said it didn't either. So I won't count it out until someone tries.
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Yes theres FM radio for unlocked version
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Jooosty said:
Yes theres FM radio for unlocked version
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What about the source?
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If you see the screenshots here from llabtoofer (Who does some credible leaks) it seems it does have FM. You can see the app and icon in one of the pics ..
here is the tweet from him that came before the Release of HTC 10. Seems we have to wait until some devs get their hands on HTC 10, I would like to ask OP to update the first post..
HERE IS THE LINK
https://twitter.com/LlabTooFeR/status/718421569547145216

warriorvibhu said:
If you see the screenshots here from llabtoofer (Who does some credible leaks) it seems it does have FM. You can see the app and icon in one of the pics ..
here is the tweet from him that came before the Release of HTC 10. Seems we have to wait until some devs get their hands on HTC 10, I would like to ask OP to update the first post..
HERE IS THE LINK
https://twitter.com/LlabTooFeR/status/718421569547145216
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The screenshots are from sense8 running on a different device. They are not running on a 10. You can tell by the presence of on-screen buttons. Plus he even confirmed its not running on a 10 in those pictures:
https://twitter.com/LlabTooFeR/status/718429820707803136?s=09
Word is the 10 does not support FM radio nor does it come pre-loaded with that app.

I have gotten mixed results. I say everyone wait it out until the device comes in. I have a feeling it is supported but you have to download an app to make it work. If it doesn't honestly doesn't bother me much. I my state 9/10 times is repeat music. You can see the same songs every 40 minutes and often can switch to a different channel and hear the same song. I wouldn't be losing much lol
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When I updated my s-off M8 to Marshmallow, I lost the FM radio function. I was able to use Nextradio before. One of the devs here had a solution via twrp. I'm able to use the radio app again.
I'm guessing that the POSSIBILITY might be there with the equipment, but will be cut off by software. Verizon wants you to use data via streaming, so that they can make money.
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Yes theres FM radio for unlocked version
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I would like to believe it! But ... I looked at the video closely with applications on the HTC there and did not find FM-Radio app...
See screenshots.... especially №2

nvm

Customer Service told me YES
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I talked with customer service about the lack of an fm app on recent screenshots. I asked if the 10 supported an fm radio if I downloaded an app like Nextradio. They said yes. I assume with HTC removing their apps in favor of using more versatile app that we can download. I hope they are correct. I use my fm radio on all my phones. Many sports broadcast only broadcast over the air so I need an fm radio to listen. Also a local station I listen to broadcast OTA only also. We shall see.

You have to consider this as well. T-Mobile and AT&T are starting to add FM radio support. The S7 and Edge for example you download for example next radio it works(T-Mobile on a later update). If HTC going to add support for those devices and they are supposed to be the same as the unlocked version why would they take out the code? Doesn't it seem pointless to do that?
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I've got the system dump extracted, would there anywhere I can look which would indicate FM radio support?
There doesn't appear to be any bundled app, but if it's turned on in a config somewhere I can look?

My guess would be good to Verizon HTC M8 forum and download the FM radio package and look at what's there. It probably the same or a slight variation with the 10.
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All I can find for the M8 are the radio APKs.
There is no FM apk in the 10's system image. That doesn't mean it won't work with either the M8 app, or a 3rd party app. It depends if the hardware and any applicable libs are present.
I had a quick look through the libs and build.prop and can't see anything about fm, but then I don't know exactly what I'd be looking for, just hoping to get lucky...