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[Q] Do I have to pay to use FM Radio

I just bought my daughter the Flip Out. I've read that it has a built in FM radio tuner, but that you have to use the AT&T Radio app to use it. I believe that this app costs $4.99/month.
Is this the only way to use the FM tuner?
Do you have to pay to use the AT&T Radio app if all you want to use it for is your built in FM tuner?
Thanks,
Rich

I believe no.. Check if there's Radio under Music. My version has it there.

sahack said:
I believe no.. Check if there's Radio under Music. My version has it there.
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If you're saying you have a Radio option in the Music app, no I don't see one in there. (or are you talking about within the ATT Radio app?)
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I have tested the Central Europe retail ROM and the UK retail ROM, these two have it under Music(Connected Music Player). The Chinese retail ROM has a seperate app for FM radio.
Check out user manual from Motorola, this should help.
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sahack said:
I have tested the Central Europe retail ROM and the UK retail ROM, these two have it under Music(Connected Music Player). The Chinese retail ROM has a seperate app for FM radio.
Check out user manual from Motorola, this should help.
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Good old AT&T must have removed it from the rom to force you into their app. I did get my answer, however. You have to use the AT&T Radio app. After your trial subscription ends, it will only allow you to select FM Tuner option without subscribing.

So the FM tuner is free, that's acceptable...
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FM Radio Function

Hello Everyone,
I have search the Atrix forum and have not found anything about the FM radio function.
Has anyone been able to enable it? I know it is not a high priority action.
Thanks for any info on this.

reddog said:
Hello Everyone,
I have search the Atrix forum and have not found anything about the FM radio function.
Has anyone been able to enable it? I know it is not a high priority action.
Thanks for any info on this.
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It's not currently enabled. with the Nexus One, Cyanogen had an updated ROM to enable the Tuner. I think one of the droids had an update to turn the tuner on. This is quite probable. Companies like Motorolla can sometimes spread revenue over multiple quarters by doing things like enabling new functionality down the road

I tried a Droid x hack for the FM radio.
It behaves as if it will tune..detects the headphones etc..even the volume control works and shows it is FM volume.
I am no where close to some of the experts on this site..but it looks like an easy hack..I hope someone else can take a quick look at this..
I know it not high priority..any insight or direction would be nice
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reddog said:
I tried a Droid x hack for the FM radio.
It behaves as if it will tune..detects the headphones etc..even the volume control works and shows it is FM volume.
I am no where close to some of the experts on this site..but it looks like an easy hack..I hope someone else can take a quick look at this..
I know it not high priority..any insight or direction would be nice
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Any news about this? Did anyone made it possible?
Thanks for the info!

danilo2k said:
Any news about this? Did anyone made it possible?
Thanks for the info!
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C´mon guys, no one except me wants to hear FM radio on the Atrix?
I would donate if anyone makes it possible.
Thanks!

reddog said:
I tried a Droid x hack for the FM radio.
It behaves as if it will tune..detects the headphones etc..even the volume control works and shows it is FM volume.
I am no where close to some of the experts on this site..but it looks like an easy hack..I hope someone else can take a quick look at this..
I know it not high priority..any insight or direction would be nice
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From what I remember from the Nexus One FM radio, a kernel change had to be made. Not sure if that applies here or not. I would note that the Bell Atrix seemed to have a TV/Radio app (on a screenshot I saw). Now, whether this is an actual FM radio and not via streamed data, who knows. Just something to look into.
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danilo2k said:
C´mon guys, no one except me wants to hear FM radio on the Atrix?
I would donate if anyone makes it possible.
Thanks!
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Same here
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h8rift said:
From what I remember from the Nexus One FM radio, a kernel change had to be made. Not sure if that applies here or not. I would note that the Bell Atrix seemed to have a TV/Radio app (on a screenshot I saw). Now, whether this is an actual FM radio and not via streamed data, who knows. Just something to look into.
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Is the Bell unit out yet..can someone confirm the app? Can it be pulled and posted for us younglings to try?
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It's sirius, not a tuner

Ok..bummer
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FM Radio in Orange UK Spec
Orange UK has the Atrix listed as having "FM radio RDS",
http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/motorola-atrix;jsessionid=DZDVNQNfZ572n66rRcnTgJLKnz1Ncr12nRhyv52Z92qwyr9g9rHL!-1117014923
Its also listed in the paper catalogue as having this feature. Mine (purchased 13th May) doesn't have this enabled, from what I can see, but hopefully this means an update is due soon with this feature turned on.

My friend has a Defy, and it has CMP (Connected Music Player) its basically tunewiki but its the phones standard music player, in the main menus it has the option for FM Radio. Im guessing they are cooking up a version to work for the Atrix. I mean they should if the Defy has it why wont their Flagship device ATM. The Atrix is Motorola's Flagship device ATM right?

There was a hacked version of CMP out there, but the FM tuner did not work. I believe either AT&T disabled the feature so you have to pay for their radio app, or CMP was not quite finished for the Atrix. Maybe it will be included in a future update?
In any event I am also willing to DONATE to any dev who can get it working.

Bell one is an webased apl for the radio and tv, does not use hardware fm

listening to FM radio is like masturbating to pics of old ladys.

Lol'd^
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samcripp said:
listening to FM radio is like masturbating to pics of old ladys.
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Not really

I don't think we will see it enabled as long as att is the exclusive carrier

rickleasa said:
I don't think we will see it enabled as long as att is the exclusive carrier
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Pretty sure the Atrix is on multiple carriers across the world.

samcripp said:
listening to FM radio is like masturbating to pics of old ladys.
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There you go judging something without trying it first, Sam.
lol.

Best buy advertises ATRIX with fm radio

I think this has been mentioned before, did anything come of it? They are still advertising it
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I've seen a few devs around the forums saying that there is no FM radio that is accessible on the Atrix. I've tried a few different apps myself, but no luck.

even i have tried the apps but it doesn't work.. since its unlocked now.. this should be taken care form the kernel level i think.. if any dev wants to enable it he CAN.

I already start a thream about fm radio. The kernel must be modified. Our atrix kernel do no have libraries and drivers for hardware. Our hardware have captabilitie for this
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I asked faux123 about enabling the fm radio in his kernel. He's willing to do it, but apparently even though the chip is capable the fm radio output may not be hardwired on the circuit board. He's asking for an atrix technical manual showing the circuit connections before he even begins to work on it. If anyone knows where this type of info is please send it to faux123.
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There's an app in the market called TuneIn Radio....I know it's not FM, it's over data, but it pulls all of the stations around me and then some. Might be a good alternate for you guys to try out.

rusreid said:
There's an app in the market called TuneIn Radio....I know it's not FM, it's over data, but it pulls all of the stations around me and then some. Might be a good alternate for you guys to try out.
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All r not from USA here and also data is expensive
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Once again our cellphone can do something at the hardware level, but not at the software. C'mon Moto, really?

nsaia said:
I asked faux123 about enabling the fm radio in his kernel. He's willing to do it, but apparently even though the chip is capable the fm radio output may not be hardwired on the circuit board. He's asking for an atrix technical manual showing the circuit connections before he even begins to work on it. If anyone knows where this type of info is please send it to faux123.
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Again, we're still not sure that the hardware is even wired for output. That would be a c'mon moto.
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Another fm radio apk popped up (droid 3)

I don't think it will work on the atrix. I am at work so i cannot download through the firewall.
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/08/01/download-fully-working-fm-radio-app-for-the-droid3/
If no one tries before the evening i will do it myself and post back

it's small enough, i downloaded it over the phone itself. it installs fine and detects the headphones but shows a dialog "is being launched, please wait" and never stops. i tried pressing back and the dialog stopped, but no sound.

franciscojavierleon said:
it's small enough, i downloaded it over the phone itself. it installs fine and detects the headphones but shows a dialog "is being launched, please wait" and never stops. i tried pressing back and the dialog stopped, but no sound.
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even if our phone has the chip necessary, there is no antenna for it, so it wouldn't work (well at least) anyway .

dLo GSR said:
even if our phone has the chip necessary, there is no antenna for it, so it wouldn't work (well at least) anyway .
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I believe the headphones are used as an antenna.
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jruweaver said:
I believe the headphones are used as an antenna.
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i second that.

franciscojavierleon said:
it's small enough, i downloaded it over the phone itself. it installs fine and detects the headphones but shows a dialog "is being launched, please wait" and never stops. i tried pressing back and the dialog stopped, but no sound.
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there was a discussion going on about FM radio in atrix.. it concluded that though the chip supports FM transmission and receiving there is no hardware connection made by motorola to be connected anywhere because of which it can't work..
even if its found that the connection is there.. it needs support from kernel .. so a dev can look at this..
a dev posted that he will only look at supporting FM functionality in kernel when he is sure about the hardware connection available in the chip.. so he was asking about the chip level layout.. i think nobody has that layout info yet..

jruweaver said:
I believe the headphones are used as an antenna.
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unless they designed the headphone port with that in mind, it will not work that way. you have to have a physical connection between the transceiver and the port which i am pretty sure they did not do (otherwise we'd have the functionality out of the box)

dLo GSR said:
unless they designed the headphone port with that in mind, it will not work that way. you have to have a physical connection between the transceiver and the port which i am pretty sure they did not do (otherwise we'd have the functionality out of the box)
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Nexus one fm radio works using the headphones as an antenna even though FM radio support has never been official. So perhaps even though the function isn't available out of the box it could still be connected. I also believe that the Motorola cliq received an unofficial FM radio, but I could be wrong about it.
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jruweaver said:
Nexus one fm radio works using the headphones as an antenna even though FM radio support has never been official. So perhaps even though the function isn't available out of the box it could still be connected. I also believe that the Motorola cliq received an unofficial FM radio, but I could be wrong about it.
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The Nexus One app works with the Atrix? If so can you please direct me with to link?
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No, he was saying that the N1 FM app works by using the headphones as an antenna, so it may work in a similar way on the Atrix.

The FM Radio Works Fine, i can hear and all...
Im on the Droid 3 and im not having a issue, it may be the apk, try this one...
Well it wont let me drop the link... just search FMRADIO.APK

techdigital said:
Im on the Droid 3 and im not having a issue, it may be the apk, try this one...
Well it wont let me drop the link... just search FMRADIO.APK
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You realize you're in the Atrix forums, right?

Fm radio?

I read in the specs that this phone has an Fm radio. How do we listen to it? I couldn't find anything in the music player for it.
Anybody know?
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benjmiester said:
I read in the specs that this phone has an Fm radio. How do we listen to it? I couldn't find anything in the music player for it.
Anybody know?
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I had a phone in the past with a Fm radio... and found out that its for Europe/Asia... apparently they don't work in the USA.

caecusscius said:
I had a phone in the past with a Fm radio... and found out that its for Europe/Asia... apparently they don't work in the USA.
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Sounds about right. It would be pretty dumb to have a feature hard-wired into the device already and simply not bother to enable it. Hopefully it was just a misprint or something.

Due to tax issues LG disables radio in Turkey d802 comes without radio but if u flash UK Rom radio works. Hope someone will come up with apk solution
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