Develop Bugs

FM Radio Disabled?

Got a new Canadian Virgin Mobile A5 today, and noticed there was no FM Radio app. I installed the "nextradio" app on the phone, and it pulled up that that phone either does not have a tuner, or that the tuner is disabled.
Anyone else running into this with other carriers?

I just got the Bell version. There were no earbuds and there is no FM app. I don't know if the Canadian version even has a tuner.

it doesnt and also its not including headphones!

The ear buds are used as an antenna. I got my A5 from Amazon and it had the earbuds.

I doubt they removed any hardware from the board to disable fm radio. It's most likely done in kernel or something
Skickat från min SM-A310F via Tapatalk

tys0n said:
I doubt they removed any hardware from the board to disable fm radio. It's most likely done in kernel or something
Skickat från min SM-A310F via Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My Canadian phone didn't come with earphones either. The hardware still works though. If you install a A520F rom, the FM app is there and all you need is your own earphones to use it.

Only the international variant has earbuds. And yes the a5 2017 canada variant has built in fm radio as do most phones... the only reason it disable is because it easy money for telephone industry.. why give the people free radio when you can charge them to get data to stream music... smh I too have the same problem with telus

Im with videotron myself. I haven't tried the radio yet because I never had any use for it, but none if my previous videotron phones had an enabled radio, so I doubt this one would. Though I never used the radio, I always thought it would be nice as an option. Especially in an emergency situation where data might not be available I'd appreciate at least having access to the local news.

korwynkim said:
My Canadian phone didn't come with earphones either. The hardware still works though. If you install a A520F rom, the FM app is there and all you need is your own earphones to use it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have a Koodo A5 2017. Am I able to flash an official A520F firmware or does it have to be a custom room?

I have a custom rom installed. i don't know if the official one will work or not.

IA-64 said:
Got a new Canadian Virgin Mobile A5 today, and noticed there was no FM Radio app. I installed the "nextradio" app on the phone, and it pulled up that that phone either does not have a tuner, or that the tuner is disabled.
Anyone else running into this with other carriers?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have an A5 2017 A520W with Bell Mobility and my radio works. I am running a custom ROM but that does not make a difference because it is in the hardware. By some ear buds, the antenna is in the wires.

IA-64 said:
Got a new Canadian Virgin Mobile A5 today, and noticed there was no FM Radio app. I installed the "nextradio" app on the phone, and it pulled up that that phone either does not have a tuner, or that the tuner is disabled.
Anyone else running into this with other carriers?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Flash an European ROM, and get some headphones.

can you flash a custom rom on a 520w phone?
I flash a european 520f rom... new zeland rom at first...
sadly I think it was because it was a newer update (the january one which canada didn't get yet) but the flash nearly crapped out my phone- lost knox because of it.... strange to lose knox over the same firmwire!? I think its because the phone reads as 520W and it sees a non W firmwire.
flashed a UK rom from the same novemeber update..
can confirm... canada firmwire blocks fm radio. it works fine on the UK rom

Galaxy A5 2017 No FM Tuner
instigator008 said:
I have a Koodo A5 2017. Am I able to flash an official A520F firmware or does it have to be a custom room?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Where i have to go to download this version (SM-A520F). Do i have to root my device ?

SERGIO! said:
Where i have to go to download this version (SM-A520F). Do i have to root my device ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
no nessicary to route... you can use a website like this one https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=Galaxy+A5&exact=1&r=H3G&v=&rpp=50
no need to root but watch that you WILL screw your knox... making things like samsung pay not work

Does phone work normally, What does Knox matter?
supertac said:
no nessicary to route... you can use a website like this one ...
no need to root but watch that you WILL screw your knox... making things like samsung pay not work
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
From what I see, Knox is mostly for corporate managed systems security, for supporting warranty status (ie. mess with Knox and warranty is void) and for Samsung Pay, so not very important to most users - but I confess I know very little about it.
I've since run into more Knox info - you folks probably know all this, but it was useful to me:..for example...
"Knox is a very annoying and troublesome feature to most Samsung users who like to tamper/make heavy customizations to their device. “Tripping” the Knox counter will VOID your warranty, thus rendering your device useless to Samsung’s warranty center. The Knox counter shows informative and detailed information to Samsung’s employees. They use their systems to detect whether or not your device has been tampered with, past Samsung’s warranty."
Another suggestion I read was to use a SIM from a carrier that allows FM radio on the A5; some articles suggest that Bell allows it for some phones. Would resting the phone and starting up with Bell SIM work?

any suggestions which a520f firmware version to use or which one was the most reliable on that list? Reason I'm asking is that I have read that some of the later versions of the firmware messed a few things up including rapidly draining the battery etc. I just want my fm tuner to work in my Canadian A5 2017 so don't mind using A520F ROM

Does your Samsung Pay work?

So I just tried to setup my Samsung Pay and it says this device is not compatible??!!
I have unlocked model on Sprint.
Just wondering if anyone else has similar issue to know it will self-resolve over time maybe or if something is funky here.
Very annoying as I used it a ton on my S7....

I have no issues using it on my unlocked S9.

bryanu said:
So I just tried to setup my Samsung Pay and it says this device is not compatible??!!
I have unlocked model on Sprint.
Just wondering if anyone else has similar issue to know it will self-resolve over time maybe or if something is funky here.
Very annoying as I used it a ton on my S7....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have never used Samsung Pay but Google Pay is working fine on my S9 :good:

I set it all up and went to add my cards but all of them were incompatible. My banks prefer to use their own contactless payment methods or Google Pay.

bryanu said:
So I just tried to setup my Samsung Pay and it says this device is not compatible??!!
I have unlocked model on Sprint.
Just wondering if anyone else has similar issue to know it will self-resolve over time maybe or if something is funky here.
Very annoying as I used it a ton on my S7....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I"m having the same issue to. Anytime I try to use it, it says to update it. The samsung pay in the galaxy app store is updated. So uninstalling that one and installing the one from the play store says it's incompatible with my phone.
But, it sounds like Samsung is aware of the issue and will be updating the galaxy apps version soon
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS9/comments/848mxn/samsung_pay_incompatible/
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS9/comments/848mxn/samsung_pay_incompatible/dvpgqv7/

So I flashed my phone to the sprint FW and that one seems to work fine so must indeed be something with the US unlocked ones maybe on some providers or how it was updated etc.

I just tested mine and it works on the unlocked version.

For those that are working are you US based or intl?
I'm also wondering if it's app ver related, carrier related for unlocked or what lol.
I now have another issue with VM not working so am torn what FW I even want to run now lol. Downfall of early adopter I guess hah

Mine works fine with tmobile

Mine does not work. US unlocked snapdragon model. Keeps telling me to update app but there is not an update.

On T-Mobile US, and it works fine here. I didn't try it until after the day 1 update they pushed yesterday, so maybe that was the key?

bryanu said:
For those that are working are you US based or intl?
I'm also wondering if it's app ver related, carrier related for unlocked or what lol.
I now have another issue with VM not working so am torn what FW I even want to run now lol. Downfall of early adopter I guess hah
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
cdudeman said:
Mine does not work. US unlocked snapdragon model. Keeps telling me to update app but there is not an update.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've been having the same issues on my USA unlocked S9+, but there's an update in the Galaxy app store today that finally gets me past that "need an update" screen. Go check!!

There is an update for Samsung pay that came out last night and now it works for me. I updated through the Galaxy app store.

When I use it my phone get stuck in wireless charging mode and to remove it igot reboot phone

I have the S8 Plus Hong Kong variant. Samsung Pay only worked for Hong Kong based banks. Uninstalled the app then installed the latest version on Play Store. Works fine now so Samsung did update the app. I'm pretty sure whoever you bank with needs to have a processing application which is compatible with Samsung Pay.

confused... t-mobile firmware stock OTA???

So I just purchased a new pixel 2 XL, an I'm getting ready to update my phone to the latest 8.1 OTA firmware from Google developer section (pie looks to have too many problems that are unacceptable to me), and I'm seeing T-Mobile firmware. I am on T-Mobile in the US, but I'm wondering if this is firmware for European market or something weird.
Should I use the T-Mobile firmware, or the non-specified OTA?

Soured Lie said:
So I just purchased a new pixel 2 XL, an I'm getting ready to update my phone to the latest 8.1 OTA firmware from Google developer section (pie looks to have too many problems that are unacceptable to me), and I'm seeing T-Mobile firmware. I am on T-Mobile in the US, but I'm wondering if this is firmware for European market or something weird.
Should I use the T-Mobile firmware, or the non-specified OTA?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Go into settings/system/about phone. Look at the build number at the bottom. Choose the firmware that correspond with that number.
Eg: OPM2.

Chance Ill said:
Go into settings/system/about phone. Look at the build number at the bottom. Choose the firmware that correspond with that number.
Eg: OPM2.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you for answering, unfortunately the only update that corresponds with OPD1 for my device is the firmware I am currently on. There are also multiple firmwares with the same date for other similar numbers (there is an OPD1 for Rogers, as well as one for Telstra and another with no signifier and so on). I'm not seeing anything that really correlates to my device in particular. Not for updates anyways. The build numbers have changed.
In my mind it is only logical that they have Google images and Verizon images as they never released model that was carrier specific outside of those two.

Soured Lie said:
Thank you for answering, unfortunately the only update that corresponds with OPD1 for my device is the firmware I am currently on. There are also multiple firmwares with the same date for other similar numbers (there is an OPD1 for Rogers, as well as one for Telstra and another with no signifier and so on). I'm not seeing anything that really correlates to my device in particular. Not for updates anyways. The build numbers have changed.
In my mind it is only logical that they have Google images and Verizon images as they never released model that was carrier specific outside of those two.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What model do you have? Verizon, Telstra, Rogers, etc

Chance Ill said:
What model do you have? Verizon, Telstra, Rogers, etc
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have an unlocked Google edition 2xl running on t-mobile network.
When did they ever make a Rogers or T-Mobile version?

Soured Lie said:
I have an unlocked Google edition 2xl running on t-mobile network.
When did they ever make a Rogers or T-Mobile version?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Some carriers like Verizon sell (not make) the Pixel thus the .img files correlates with that network for compatibility. I also use my device on T-Mobile US but us the OPM2 firmware because TMobile firmware (OPM4) caused modem issues

Chance Ill said:
Some carriers like Verizon sell (not make) the Pixel thus the .img files correlates with that network for compatibility. I also use my device on T-Mobile US but us the OPM2 firmware because TMobile firmware (OPM4) caused modem issues
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I really appreciate your help. I am on stock firmware and have really good connectivity, so I think I'll do what you have done and stick to similar firmware.
I have one last question. I'm about to sideloaded this, the instructions say to make sure there are no pending updates before proceeding. I have pending pie update which I have not downloaded, is this going to cause issues? I can't see why it would. I guess at worst it will reject my sideloaded at worst if it was expecting something else?

Soured Lie said:
I really appreciate your help. I am on stock firmware and have really good connectivity, so I think I'll do what you have done and stick to similar firmware.
I have one last question. I'm about to sideloaded this, the instructions say to make sure there are no pending updates before proceeding. I have pending pie update which I have not downloaded, is this going to cause issues? I can't see why it would. I guess at worst it will reject my sideloaded at worst if it was expecting something else?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
As long as you haven't downloaded the ota, you should be fine.

Chance Ill said:
As long as you haven't downloaded the ota, you should be fine.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Already updated. Everything is smooth so far. Thank you for taking the time to help. I used to make ROMs when ICS was out, but everything has changed. Partition scheming and the whole 9. I'm a newbie all over again. I forgot how much I enjoyed Android. Very liberating after being on iOS for so long. Anyhow, have a good day.

Soured Lie said:
Already updated. Everything is smooth so far. Thank you for taking the time to help. I used to make ROMs when ICS was out, but everything has changed. Partition scheming and the whole 9. I'm a newbie all over again. I forgot how much I enjoyed Android. Very liberating after being on iOS for so long. Anyhow, have a good day.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lol. Yeah, much has changed since the good ole days. Welcome home! ?

Can some one confirm what OTA should I download for T-Mobile US on Pixel XL 2 for 9.0 ? Thank you

The one NOT for Telstra.

I'm hoping they release an update for TMobile. I'm having serious signal issues since moving to Pie... Once the signal drops a bit I immediately drop to 3G or even H+... Never had that issue with the TMobile release for Oreo.

Horrible ATT reception with unlocked Note 10+

So I switched from a ATT S9+ to the (Unlocked) Note 10+ and have had the most horrible reception on ATT. I was wondering if it's happening to anyone else? I spoke with the ATT advanced tech team and she told me that because it's not the ATT Note 10+ that it's not configured for their network. Is this true? She then help me set up a new APN which was the same as before she just added hipri to the apn type. Is anyone else having this same issue or know what's going on? I need to know before I convince myself to return this one for a ATT Note 10+.

1. did you try to check and see if there's a software update?
2. try to turn off phone and turn back on
i using unlocked note10+ on verizon prepaid no problem.
i also have a freedomp simcard, it uses the att network, it showing the same 3 bar signals like my toy iphone8 at my house

I also use unlocked dual SIM 975F on ATT. It works but I feel like the speed is slow but ironically, when I compared to a '5G' iPhone on ATT I got faster speeds - go figure. I'm trying to get them to enable voLTE . I believe we miss band 30!which is used in cities. The trade off is worth it though, for me to have dual SIM.

skeet09 said:
So I switched from a ATT S9+ to the (Unlocked) Note 10+ and have had the most horrible reception on ATT. I was wondering if it's happening to anyone else? I spoke with the ATT advanced tech team and she told me that because it's not the ATT Note 10+ that it's not configured for their network. Is this true? She then help me set up a new APN which was the same as before she just added hipri to the apn type. Is anyone else having this same issue or know what's going on? I need to know before I convince myself to return this one for a ATT Note 10+.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm having the same issues as we speak I currently have no bars. What will work and I did this with my Galaxy s10 plus , we need to flash the att software since it's unlocked. Not sure how to do it with this one. Let me see if I can find it and post it

netnerd said:
1. did you try to check and see if there's a software update?
2. try to turn off phone and turn back on
i using unlocked note10+ on verizon prepaid no problem.
i also have a freedomp simcard, it uses the att network, it showing the same 3 bar signals like my toy iphone8 at my house
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea I have the latest software. I have the N75U1. The whole reason why I got unlocked is because of bloatware and also so I'll be able to unlock and root the phone once that feature becomes available. So hopefully I made the right decision.

skylinegtr116 said:
I'm having the same issues as we speak I currently have no bars. What will work and I did this with my Galaxy s10 plus , we need to flash the att software since it's unlocked. Not sure how to do it with this one. Let me see if I can find it and post it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That would be awesome because right now I'm regretting my decision on this unlocked phone so bad lol

skeet09 said:
That would be awesome because right now I'm regretting my decision on this unlocked phone so bad lol
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i have the unlocked version. I flashed AT&T firmware. Signal is the same. Makes no difference unlocked or carrier branded, the hardware is the same.

racinwarrior said:
i have the unlocked version. I flashed AT&T firmware. Signal is the same. Makes no difference unlocked or carrier branded, the hardware is the same.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So based off of that should I return this phone and swap it out with the att version? I thought the unlocked had the same hardware and a little more? Sorry I didnt do my research on bands and all that good stuff.

skeet09 said:
Yea I have the latest software. I have the N75U1. The whole reason why I got unlocked is because of bloatware and also so I'll be able to unlock and root the phone once that feature becomes available. So hopefully I made the right decision.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you bought the N975U1, then it's already carrier unlocked.
If you mean unlock the bootloader, that will never happen. And there's about a 99.9% chance it will never be rooted.

Mr. Orange 645 said:
If you bought the N975U1, then it's already carrier unlocked.
If you mean unlock the bootloader, that will never happen. And there's about a 99.9% chance it will never be rooted.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea I have the N975U1. Im guessing it has all the same hardware as the att note 10 plus or is there something different? Well... that's good to know lol I guess I bought it so it has no bloatware then lol thanks for the heads up.

skeet09 said:
Yea I have the N975U1. Im guessing it has all the same hardware as the att note 10 plus or is there something different? Well... that's good to know lol I guess I bought it so it has no bloatware then lol thanks for the heads up.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yup. Same exact hardware.
The N975U, the N975U1, and the N975W (Canadian) are all exactly the same hardware and you can cross flash hardware between them.

skeet09 said:
That would be awesome because right now I'm regretting my decision on this unlocked phone so bad lol
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think it varies carrier and location. I just flashed the tmobile firmware which is the same for at&t and I got VOLTE ,WIFI CALLING AND ADVANCED MESSAGING back. Where I had no service I have 2 bars now.
So I'm happy now. Try it for yourself before returning

Mr. Orange 645 said:
Yup. Same exact hardware.
The N975U, the N975U1, and the N975W (Canadian) are all exactly the same hardware and you can cross flash hardware between them.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you for that info that's all I needed to know because what the att advanced tech team said was that the att note 10 was specifically for their network including hardware so I was thinking it had something this unlocked version didnt.

skeet09 said:
Thank you for that info that's all I needed to know because what the att advanced tech team said was that the att note 10 was specifically for their network including hardware so I was thinking it had something this unlocked version didnt.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
LOL. Nope same exact device, just different firmware.

I bought the unlocked too. I really needed wifi calling since my ATT service is poor at my house. Once I flashed the ATT firmware (including ATT User Data file) I got wifi calling, VoLTE, HD Voice, Visual Voice all back. My calls are 100% better. Before flashing I sounded muffled to the people who I called & calls were dropping. Now they are crystal clear & no drops. I mainly got the unlocked for the Trade in value on my Note 9. Totally worth it.

burrzoo said:
I bought the unlocked too. I really needed wifi calling since my ATT service is poor at my house. Once I flashed the ATT firmware (including ATT User Data file) I got wifi calling, VoLTE, HD Voice, Visual Voice all back. My calls are 100% better. Before flashing I sounded muffled to the people who I called & calls were dropping. Now they are crystal clear & no drops. I mainly got the unlocked for the Trade in value on my Note 9. Totally worth it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Any chance you can direct us to the post(s) that you followed to do this correctly? I've been collecting files to attempt this for AT&T, but haven't found a decent guide.

discothan said:
Any chance you can direct us to the post(s) that you followed to do this correctly? I've been collecting files to attempt this for AT&T, but haven't found a decent guide.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Disclaimer: You do this at your own risk! Read & re-read the details! I am not responsible if you brick your phone
Now, all that being said, it was actually an easy process but I searched and read and read and re-read before trying anything.
I got the firmware & most importantly for AT&T, the UserData file from this thread (Read the entire Post (maybe 2 or 3 times), it's very informative:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-10+/how-to/n975u-n975u1-firmware-links-t3957648
I followed the instructions from this S10 thread See POST #5 & substituted the N975U file Wording when they listed the file names for the S10 firmware:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s10/help/samsung-s10-unlocked-phone-att-firmware-t3912973
NOTE I used a patched version of ODIN from this thread (and not the version linked to in the S10 discussion thread above):
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/patched-odin-3-13-1-t3762572
Lastly, I am using my old Note 9 AT&T SIM Card. From what I've read, at any given time, AT$T can update their system and your IMEI might not correspond to their ATT specific list and apparently you can lose functionality. I've been fine for a week and others have been flashing unlocked phones with ATT firmware for years so I'll take my chances.
Good Luck!

discothan said:
Any chance you can direct us to the post(s) that you followed to do this correctly? I've been collecting files to attempt this for AT&T, but haven't found a decent guide.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Use the patched version of Odin.
Turn the phone off and press and hold the power,up and down volume buttons at the same time.
Let go once the download screen appears.
Go ahead and put all the files in the correct spot..AB to AN ,BL to BL and so on.
Once complete just start the flash and that's it. Leave the att sim in the phone through the whole process.
Done...

discothan said:
Any chance you can direct us to the post(s) that you followed to do this correctly? I've been collecting files to attempt this for AT&T, but haven't found a decent guide.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you tried flashing it yet?

skeet09 said:
Have you tried flashing it yet?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have.
I'm not sure if the ATT file took.
I know I lost my apps/customizations...which I was expecting since I used the home-csc file.
Also my GMAIL app is not right, its missing the ability to set the frequency of SYNCs, which I had with the stock Gapps.

GWA2 LTE Unlocked Variant updates

So I got a GWA2 LTE Unlocked variant. I used it on AT&T for about a month or two before I took it off of my mobile plan. After I did that I had to fully reset the watch which ended up seemingly downgrading its firmware to out of the box status. Every time I try to check for an update it tells me that my watch is in fact up-to-date which I honestly don't believe it really is. I've seen a few different firmware versions around the net that's seem to surpass my own. if anyone could help with actually finding the real latest software or explain to me why my watch won't update just as if it was a Bluetooth model now. Screenshots will be attached to show what firmware version and such that I'm on.
I have an SM-R825U btw.

IMHO this is correct... you have the US device...
http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/ATT/SM-R825U/version.xml
https://doc.samsungmobile.com/SM-R825U/ATT/doc.html
Code:
R825USQU1[B]ASI1[/B]/R825UOYN1ASI1/R825USQU1ASI1
Best Regards

adfree said:
IMHO this is correct... you have the US device...
http://fota-cloud-dn.ospserver.net/firmware/ATT/SM-R825U/version.xml
https://doc.samsungmobile.com/SM-R825U/ATT/doc.html
Best Regards
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So I actually do have the latest? How about that.
So does this mean I should still receive updates in the future without it being on a mobile network?

yes, through your Galaxy Gear app