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any built in fm radio

BatemanJo9 said:
There is a FM radio chip on the circuit board but it seams to be disabled completely
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^ This is the deal. We have the hardware, but I think it is disabled somehow so that even adding some sort of FM radio software won't make it work.
 
I use tune-in radio app for all my local and long distance radio stations.. Works like a charm.. Haven't come across a station that's not on their list yet!
 
I am on a different phone (htc wildfire s for virgin mobile usa). It has the chip, but, disabled for some unknown reason. Once I rooted and installed a custom Rom, the radio worked. Maybe there is a similar solution for your phone too.
 
sisu said:
I am on a different phone (htc wildfire s for virgin mobile usa). It has the chip, but, disabled for some unknown reason. Once I rooted and installed a custom Rom, the radio worked. Maybe there is a similar solution for your phone too.
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I don't think so... The most I have ever heard from the chip was static and that was on the stock rom, which in a sense gives me hope that is actually initialized on the stock rom, but it's somehow disabled deeply in the system or something... for me personally it doesn't really matter since I have a phone with a FM radio chip (that works) and I have plenty of music but it would still be a cool feature to have working on the MT for other people.
 
Static...? Could it be as simple as you need head phones (=antenna)? Or you already tried that? the radio on my phone doesn't work without headphones. I did a quick search since I'm not familiar with MT - so the EU and Asian phones are gsm, and US phones CDMA, just like my Wildfire S! So there is hope... ? I know you said you already have a phone with radio, but I'm just being curious since it seems so similar to the radio issue on my phone :-)
 
sisu said:
Static...? Could it be as simple as you need head phones (=antenna)? Or you already tried that? the radio on my phone doesn't work without headphones. I did a quick search since I'm not familiar with MT - so the EU and Asian phones are gsm, and US phones CDMA, just like my Wildfire S! So there is hope... ? I know you said you already have a phone with radio, but I'm just being curious since it seems so similar to the radio issue on my phone :-)
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Yes I've tried with headphones since that's the only way to initialize it... I may try some simple stuff to see if I can get it up and running, but I don't have any programming experience so if it's a kernel issue or something then I can't do much, but once I get my MT's digitzer fixed in a bit I will see... What exactly is changed between the stock rom and the rom where the radio works on the wildfire s?

Edit: and to add the Moto triumph is basically a rebranded Huwei X6 which has a fully functional radio chip... I don't know if I have tried a rom from the X6 that has a working FM radio... That may be the next thing to try...
 
Understood that they wanted to use the internal FM but offering a more sensible answer... With FM you have to have an antenna as well as be in range of the station... With tune-in you only need your 3g or Wifi
 
djjaytee said:
Understood that they wanted to use the internal FM but offering a more sensible answer... With FM you have to have an antenna as well as be in range of the station... With tune-in you only need your 3g or Wifi
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Yea and it only drains your battery way faster than a FM chip and plus if you aren't in a 3g area or don't have access to wifi... And the antenna used is headphones.. Most people have headphones...
 
Most people have an FM radio too...just sayin... And to have to stay perfectly still with a mobile device is kinda oxymoronic, no?
 
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