Does anyone know how'd I'd go about talking to the FM radio in my Atom?
I dislike the media playing app that is currently the only way to access the radio and was thinking a small radio tuner app would be a nice way to dip my toe in the development water
Thanks.
I can't remember where I saw it but I remember reading that the Incredible can use the built in FM Tuner to broadcast the sound out of the car speakers rather than just receive FM signal to play on the phone. Does anyone know anything about this?
you would need an FM transmitter to do that and I don't think it has one built-in.
Not sure it would probably need some type of application or hack to get it to do that not sure it does it put of the box though.
Supposedly the chip has that capability, but it may need an antenna which may or may not be installed, and it hasn't been advertised as a feature.
It is unlikely this will work out of the box, and may never work without opening the phone.
But we won't know until someone finds a way to turn on that part of the chip
EDIT: And for the naysayers, This has an FM tuner out of the box... we're talking about an FM modulator, which the chip *does* support, whether HTC implemented it is the unknown
fm tuner just means you can listen to the radio on your phone... if it said FM modulator then it would mean you can transmit fm signal out of it...
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Supposedly the chip has that capability, but it may need an antenna which may or may not be installed, and it hasn't been advertised as a feature.
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That same chip also could provide us 802.11n. They managed to get that portion working after the fact on the Nexus One. I remain hopeful for this as well.
I thought that the Galaxy S had a fully-functional FM radio, but I don't see any built-in apps to make use of it.
Is there a stock app that I'm missing? Is there a killer market app for FM Radio functionality? Has anyone tried it out, yet?
Not seeing a word about it. I understood it to be FM capable as well.
This is more of an FYI post than anything else; ifixit tore down the Atrix this morning and it was detemined that it contains the Broadcom BCM4329 wifi/bluetooth chipset; which DOES include FM radio with RDS.
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Motorola-Atrix-4G-Teardown/4964/2
http://www.broadcom.com/products/Bluetooth/Bluetooth-RF-Silicon-and-Software-Solutions/BCM4329
So it is there, think it will be enabled with an update like I heard the Droid X did?
Man I really hope so. This is a no brainer.
Who cares? Radio Zzzzzz that's why Pandora etc. exists. FM is lame, crap quality and commercial bloated.
Any added feature is welcome and there are people who like to listen to radio DJs and talk shows.
yeah i love the local morning radio here and would like the fm app since its not listed on tunein
I care. Not necessarily for listening to Top 40 radio, but getting local traffic, weather, emergency information without having to rely on Internet access through ATT. Second, my local gym broadcasts TV sound over FM.
According to the Broadcom specs. this chip can also transmit over FM (perhaps to car FM for listening to stored music?). So why waste a bunch of $ for a clunky FM transmitter when it's built right in to the phone?
Somebody out there must have the technical prowess to figure it out.
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Who cares? Radio Zzzzzz that's why Pandora etc. exists. FM is lame, crap quality and commercial bloated.
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Most people don't care about listening *TO* FM radio...it's about broadcasting *ON* FM radio. The ability to broadcast your music over FM means you could play music in your car without plugging it in or using bluetooth.
Looking at how at&t went far and beyond to cripple this phone, i doubt they will enable anything on it.
Disable more features with the upcoming update is more likely.
Install Tunein radio. Most stations stream over the internet and this app makes it nice and simple to grab these radio stations.
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Install Tunein radio. Most stations stream over the internet and this app makes it nice and simple to grab these radio stations.
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Thank you for your suggestion, but I already have Tunein Radio, however there are some stations which I like to listen to which are not available on that app. Also, where I live, Internet Access comes and goes so I cannot do my walk/run without constant interruption with Tunein Radio.
Hopefully there will be some sore of remedy soon like what they have done with other Motorola phones.
Ridiculous that FM isn't enabled. I bought mine a week ago and just assumed it had FM since my last 3 phones had it. Never thought it wouldn't so didn't check! I've got an awesome local station called The Current that I can't live without and really don't care to risk data overage charges just to listen to it on my phone. Silly ATT.
Well not everyone uses Atrix on AT&T. I use Simple Mobile, which is on T-Mobile, and can only use EDGE. So FM receiver are very welcome (also transmitter).
I'll use my example here: Also Atrix was just made available in Thailand where Internet radio is really unpopular. Although that there are several 3G providers in Thailand, the quality and consistency are on the low par. More than that, the 3G coverage is very limited. On the other hand, traditional FM radio is very very common and popular across the country so phones without FM capabilities are the first to be easily cut off from the customer's choices.
i should mention that the bcm4329 also has inbuilt fm TRANSMITTER ability which ive never seen enabled on any device as yet though
the atrix doesnt have an RF chip and an antenna for the FM radio, so it FM radio is quite surely not doable as such
the fm is part of the bcm4329 module, and the antenna is usually the headphones
it makes me angry that this phone has so many features that cant even be used
You can use TuneIn radio....
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it makes me angry that this phone has so many features that cant even be used
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What else is there that can't be used?
The locked bootloader isn't really a disabled feature, it's just a locked gateway into the development of more efficient ROMS.
I assume he is talking about the hdmi webtop that is disabled unless you buy the expensive dock.
the tvs at my gym broadcast on fm, id appreciate this considering i still cant use netflix so im formatting and adding/deleting tv shows to watch on the treadmill every couple of days now
Hello xda,
I want to ask you about FM transmitters. I couldn't find anything worth reading about it. S4 doesn't even have a FM Reciever, what I want to know about is if any accessory that would transmit FM radio waves and suitable with S4 exists? All ideas are welcomed, thanks...
P.S.: I have an old car with an old radio, i want to transmit fm waves and listen to songs in my cars audio system, thanks...
No one? So there are no accessories for that? (Sorry I looked it up on Google, didn't find many resources)
Sorry
It wont work.Because It don't have Hardware resources
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Nooooo... lol thanks for reply anyways...
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ro xl123 said:
Hello xda,
I want to ask you about FM transmitters. I couldn't find anything worth reading about it. S4 doesn't even have a FM Reciever, what I want to know about is if any accessory that would transmit FM radio waves and suitable with S4 exists? All ideas are welcomed, thanks...
P.S.: I have an old car with an old radio, i want to transmit fm waves and listen to songs in my cars audio system, thanks...
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If I understood well what you want to do you can use devices like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wireless-3-...449?pt=US_FM_Transmitters&hash=item2c7128a269
I have one similar, but it's broken, used to work like a charm on my laptop , I plugged it and then listened to my music on the car, was great , Hope this solves your issue!! But if it's about S4 receiving FM radio, I'm sorry, but I don't believe it can work . But you can get some apps like TuneIn Radio and listen to some great Internet Radio
I already use tune in no its about transmitting, thanks that may do..
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