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[Q] Audio/ volume mod for USA galaxy s3

Hello
Has anyone seen the audio gain increase for the USA models? I did a quick search and only found it on the international versions and other devices.
My Bluetooth device is pretty weak and a bump in volume would be pretty helpfull!
I'd prefer a script rather than a service.
Thanks all

FM Radio Not in most I9305 Firmwares, But it may be Hardware capable.

MAJOR EDIT TO THIS POST AS NEW KNOWLEDGE HAS COME THROUGH. (BUT YOU MAY KILL THIS THREAD AND GO INTO THE I9305 forum and go into the I9305 Tear down thread)
The I9305 may or may not have hardware capability for FM radio, But the firmware software doesn't have it installed. The funny thing about this is even the Optus Customer service and technical support are not aware of this, they do beleive they are supposed to have the FM radio.
MOBICITY sells it and there specs show FM radio and I even asked there customer service again and made them triple check and they confirm it has it and I seen a youtube video of the White version but this is from UK and its definitely having the FM radio app. So Maybe some developers can get involved or maybe not, If there is a 3rd party app around that will work in place of the Fm radio app then if it can be posted it would be great thanks. EDIT: Mobicity Now changed and said Because they are coming from Hong Kong there wont be FM radio Installed as per hong Kong Laws. Specs have now been changed on there site a i told them it was false advertising lool
Edit: Apparent Proof that FM radio is in some I9305 >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGICeramJxc Look @1:14 4th column 3rd row you see FM radio app- I also messaged the guy and he confirmed it working, Edit: User Said he heard static, Then after more people interrigated him, he seemed to have changed his waysss and said he thought static meant Silence I then questioned him aswell but I basically called B S . In electrical terms static means Hissing/white noise/ Scramble. etcc...... He then questioned me as to why he had it pre-installed on his I9305 ... Apparent I9305??? Is it even a I9305 in the video Or a changed Build.Prop to show different Model number I9305. Can be done in 10 seconds. Cause why would samsung put the Radio FM app in it and its not working. NOT 1 Confirmed I9305 has the FM radio app. Except for that guy. Hmmm..u get my point now.. Anyway After he questioned as to y he had radio I told him to question where he bought it anyways that is the last i heard of him.
More Edit : We have a 9305 Hardware teardown thread, and as we are not hardware minded we cannot confirm 100% yet. Although we do know we have the a broadcom Chipset with the capabilities of FM radio, but the problem there is it is not linked up. So really then we do have the hardware but its not plugged in. Just like the I9300 has The broadcom one which is not hooked up and the Silicon labs which is hooked up, Now i dont think we could locate the silicon labs chipset on the i9305 board from a few pictures show.
SO far there is no 100% proof of this radio so untill then , I say it does not have FM radio. Unless some that knows chips and fm chips please go into the teardown thread and advise us so we may solve this query
As I said I have only seen 1 with the FM radio that you-tube link above shows it and I also emailed the user and he confirmed it working but then after more thorough interrogating the user changed the meanings of his words loll. Anyway Kill this thread. Come into the I9305 arena and go into the (I9305 Teardown thread) if you want to discuss this topic

Thanks for your research man. Unfortunately I'm not 100% convinced since I can't see that the phone is i9305 in the video (only the screenshot below which could be from another phone :/). But, I hope it's true, we just need more evidence and help. Did the youtube guy tell you what firmware he was on?

So you mean the original firmware of i9305 doesn't support FM, so even rooted and use Spirit CANNOT use FM radio feature?

Shujenchang said:
So you mean the original firmware of i9305 doesn't support FM, so even rooted and use Spirit CANNOT use FM radio feature?
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If the hardware is there, then what we need is a kernel driver. Flashing a custom kernel (and/or ROM) with the driver, along with root/SU access should be sufficient.
Hypothetically, a kernel driver could be loaded without a new kernel, but practically it's quite difficult to do. In theory one could also poke the I2C or whatever controller, but that too is not easy.
Latest free release of Spirit is here if you want to help test: http://d-h.st/lfR
Anyone tries, please send me a debug log using Menu-> Test-> Email-> Logs. After 10-15 seconds press Send.

btemtd said:
Edit: Proof that FM radio is in some I9305 >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGICeramJxc Look @1:14 4th column 3rd row you see FM radio app- I also messaged the guy and he confirmed it working,
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I watched some of the first hands on videos and saw the FM app, but no video I saw had somebody try it, that I can recall.
I was reading I think about the above person, and the story seems to be that they heard static and thus didn't really confirm full operation. They may have been in a bad reception area though.
Static is actually a good sign to some extent. It indicates the FM audio path is there and usable. And I think static is better than relative silence, which you might get when an antenna pin is grounded to disable all usefulness.
It's possible that a software controlled switch exists for the antenna connection, or a hardware jumper. It's also possible that US variants won't have the Silicon Labs chip installed, but other variants might.

mikereidis said:
If the hardware is there, then what we need is a kernel driver. Flashing a custom kernel (and/or ROM) with the driver, along with root/SU access should be sufficient.
Hypothetically, a kernel driver could be loaded without a new kernel, but practically it's quite difficult to do. In theory one could also poke the I2C or whatever controller, but that too is not easy.
Latest free release of Spirit is here if you want to help test:
Anyone tries, please send me a debug log using Menu-> Test-> Email-> Logs. After 10-15 seconds press Send.
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Sent you the logs (with signature "Shujen Chang" in my email).
P.S. I'm using Hong Kong version of i9305.

Shujenchang said:
Sent you the logs (with signature "Shujen Chang" in my email).
P.S. I'm using Hong Kong version of i9305.
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Got it, thanks.
I see something in your log I hadn't noticed before, but it's also in the other logs too:
10-25 22:04:21.955 I/dalvikvm(16354): DexOpt: not resolving ambiguous class 'Lcom/samsung/media/fmradio/FMPlayer;'
10-25 22:04:21.970 D/dalvikvm(16354): DexOpt: not verifying/optimizing 'Lcom/samsung/media/fmradio/FMEventListener;': multiple definitions
10-25 22:04:21.970 D/dalvikvm(16354): DexOpt: not verifying/optimizing 'Lcom/samsung/media/fmradio/FMPlayer;': multiple definitions
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What this means is that the Framework code is there for FM. If there's a chip and we can load a driver, then there's a good chance the Samsung GT-i9300 or GT-i7100 FM app would work.
But we're no closer to knowing if the FM chip is there. Here's the teardown thread in progress: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33275259

[Q] samsung galaxy s4 fm radio tuner

hi, sry i am not very good at phone but how can i listen to radio on the galaxy s4 ? without using the web based radio, are there any accessories that can help. tq

There isn't a fm radio build in. So webbased radio's are the only option
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9505

tooicecool said:
hi, sry i am not very good at phone but how can i listen to radio on the galaxy s4 ? without using the web based radio, are there any accessories that can help. tq
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You can't! S4 don't have FM Radio. End of story.
Sent from my GT-I9505

Any chance that Samsung just disabled it at software level and it can be enabled again by some hack?
I actually don't care very much about FM*radio itself, but TMC/RDS for GPS is handy feature.

Đonny said:
Any chance that Samsung just disabled it at software level and it can be enabled again by some hack?
I actually don't care very much about FM*radio itself, but TMC/RDS for GPS is handy feature.
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Very unlikely.
When rooted my FM app "works" on the BCM4335 on the GT-I9500 but shows RSSI as always 0.
Most likely the FM antenna pin is grounded/disabled, just like it is on the majority of devices these days. They also show 0 RSSI.

Still not giving up . If it is grounded chances are that it can be un-grounded and connected to earphones as it should be. Well, if it is physically accessible, somebody can identify it on the board among a lot of tiny stuff, and somebody wants to violate one's warranty.

Sony MW600 stereo bluetooth earphone with FM radio is the right companion for a Galaxy S4.

hi, sry i am not very good at phone but how can i listen to radio on the galaxy s4 ? without using the web based radio, are there any accessories that can help PLZ

@cool4bharat: Buy a MP3 player with a built-in radio. That's the only accessory that will let you listen to the radio without using the Internet as the S4 does not have a radio. And before you ask, there is no way in firmware to "turn on" the radio nor are there any accessories which will help.

Galaxy S5 Mirrorlink?

So I looking around and it appears that the S5 is not mirrorlink capable in its current state (stock).
However when lollipop comes out its going to have built in mirrorlink support.
Anyone hear of this or can clarify this for me?

Mirror link is in the settings of lollipop on my s5

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Mirror link is in the settings of lollipop on my s5
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Without having the phone in front of me, I cannot see that. Can you please be a bit more specific about what you have and where you found it?

OldCobraGuy said:
Without having the phone in front of me, I cannot see that. Can you please be a bit more specific about what you have and where you found it?
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MirrorLink is supported now. You'll find it under "settings - connections - Connect and Share - MirrorLink".

I had my son look at his S5. It shows "screen mirroring". Is this Mirror Link? Or another software solution? You would think it would state "Mirror Link" if it was actually that software.
I was also talking to Samsung yesterday and they are saying the Lollipop push was due out already, but it should be coming any time now.

Galaxy S5 Mirrorlink
bnd10706 said:
So I looking around and it appears that the S5 is not mirrorlink capable in its current state (stock).
However when lollipop comes out its going to have built in mirrorlink support.
Anyone hear of this or can clarify this for me?
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Mirrorlink is indeed on Galaxy S5 here in the uk but it wont connect with my pioneer headunit as it only supports mirrorlink 1.0 software and the S5 is 1.1 and pioneer cant or wont update the software to work with newer smartphones, it will work with an S3 but the mirroring is pretty basic tbh

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Mirrorlink is indeed on Galaxy S5 here in the uk but it wont connect with my pioneer headunit as it only supports mirrorlink 1.0 software and the S5 is 1.1 and pioneer cant or wont update the software to work with newer smartphones, it will work with an S3 but the mirroring is pretty basic tbh
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It's on the S5 here in the states as well with the Lollipop upgrade. However, it doesn't work here either...at least not on a Pioneer Nex8000. It's time to start investigating other options outside Pioneer.

Mine dosn't work either. I have a VW headunit - Composition Media - and when I start MirrorLink only a black screen with a car connecting to a phone icon flashes and disappears. I'd like to debug the problem but can't connect my phone to the car and to my laptop simultaneously so I can read the logcat. How do I save the log to a file so I can read it later?

I got the operation of MirrorLink in Galaxy S5 , excuse the language , do not speak English , read-only.
See my recorded video.
look video in youtube
video 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dl-5tUyBao
Video 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSw8MgwKCHg

Bluetooth differences?

Hello,
I want to help a friend with continuous glucose monitoring. His pomp hardware has bluetooth and it is possible to connect it to phone. But only a few phones are compatible - Iphones and a few models of Samsung. When you don't have a compatible phone application displays error.
So, I edited build.prop and application works but I can't find CGM device. I wonder why. What is a difference in bluetooth module in samsung and one plus 5? Or maybe do you know other reason why OP5 can't find this device?
BTW, here is an app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...l&rdid=com.medtronic.diabetes.guardianconnect