Why in technical specs of Galaxy S4 fm radio is not onboard? In future i'll hope to see it
Good question. I did not see anything mentioned of an FM receiver. It would be weird if they included stuff like an RF blaster, temperature gages, and more but not the ability to receive FM frequencies. If I find any info to confirm or deny this, I will share it on this thread for you
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May be Its the snapdragon soc which is missing radio.
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https://www.three.co.uk/Discover/New_Samsung_Galaxy#features Right at the bottom Samsung Galaxy S4 specifications.
3's showing a fm radio
My first reaction was WHAT! NO FM Radio ...!
But to be honest I have never ever listen to FM Radio on my S2.
I use Internet Radio, so no big loss for me if it turns out that S4 dosn't have one
Mittaa said:
My first reaction was WHAT! NO FM Radio ...!
But to be honest I have never ever listen to FM Radio on my S2.
I use Internet Radio, so no big loss for me if it turns out that S4 dosn't have one
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They copied it from apple, no FM radio..its not a good sign, for me it's one of the basic feature that any smartphone should have inbuilt. .external Internet radio app is a different issue all together!
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gchindi said:
They copied it from apple, no FM radio..its not a good sign, for me it's one of the basic feature that any smartphone should have inbuilt. .external Internet radio app is a different issue all together!
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Actually there is some situations where FM Radio could be handy and even a life saver ... situations like war, terror and other catastrophes like no connection to The Internet
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Actually there is some situations where FM Radio could be handy and even a life saver ... situations like war, terror and other catastrophes like no connection to The Internet
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I only used it once to listen to a soccer match, but for me, it's an essential
for those reasons too, it may come in handy someday...
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I like my GS3 FM. Quality is quite good. US versions don't have them, though. I don't know of any US carrier phone with one.
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situations like war, terror and other catastrophes like no connection to The Internet
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Omg this!!!!!!!!!!!
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the HTC one International has the fm radio. depends on the carrier. note 2 international has the radio.
so I'm sure us versions won't have it
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expertzero1 said:
the HTC one International has the fm radio. depends on the carrier. note 2 international has the radio.
so I'm sure us versions won't have it
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The US carries just like to screw with the phones too Damn much. They're like, oh it comes with fm radio? Not any more. And that sd card? Nah just use the cloud and our outrageously priced data plans. 'Merica!
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Squirrel1620 said:
The US carries just like to screw with the phones too Damn much. They're like, oh it comes with fm radio? Not any more. And that sd card? Nah just use the cloud and our outrageously priced data plans. 'Merica!
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Exactly... I bought the international Note 2 because I preferred the FM radio to LTE.
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Seriously you buy a phone worth of £500 for listening FM radio
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big_b0sss said:
Seriously you buy a phone worth of £500 for listening FM radio
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Well this exynos 5 octa (if it performs like it's said to) will be a pretty good reason to get the international version
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but guys... won't all snapdragons be the same? with the code being GT-i9505 in america and my country,
I'm doomed not to get radio? or is there any chance?
BaronInkjet said:
I like my GS3 FM. Quality is quite good. US versions don't have them, though. I don't know of any US carrier phone with one.
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My HTC Desire HD has one but you have to have headphones plugged in, but that might be the way they all work.
Figarino said:
Why in technical specs of Galaxy S4 fm radio is not onboard? In future i'll hope to see it
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FM Radio is a secret and TBD, LOL.
We still don't know the audio chip and many others yet.
Squirrel1620 said:
The US carries just like to screw with the phones too Damn much. They're like, oh it comes with fm radio? Not any more. And that sd card? Nah just use the cloud and our outrageously priced data plans. 'Merica!
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LOL This is very true.
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Does it support NFC?
Maybe some model in some markets.
The eu version doesn't have nfc.
No NFC support at the moment. Could be on Galaxy Note2.
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kersh said:
Maybe some model in some markets.
The eu version doesn't have nfc.
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None I have seen advertised have NFC but the original official specs state "NFC: Optional" so there must be some somewhere with NFC. I have read that the NFC capability is either incorporated into a "hybrid" battery or is in an alternative rear cover. Can't find out whether either rumour is true.
Considering the trend from samsung most probably there wont be any version of gnote with either nfc or 32gb of onboard memory.
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siamchen said:
No NFC support at the moment. Could be on Galaxy Note2.
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I have seen that one of the carriers in USA is launching Note with NFC..
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Dear friends,
I love listening to Radio but cannot afford the streaming charges. Who knows a workaround please? Thanks very much.
What kind of question is this?????? Unless you have super dooper powerful wifi connected at all times....no their is no way to bypass the streaming charges!
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Alkali said:
Dear friends,
I love listening to Radio but cannot afford the streaming charges. Who knows a workaround please? Thanks very much.
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Get a phone with a radio, or a pocket radio, pretty much the only way, sorry
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redrumsilence said:
Get a phone with a radio, or a pocket radio, pretty much the only way, sorry
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Thanks very much, I thought everything is just possible in the wide world.
All I can say is use the Tunein radio app and set the stream to the lowest possible setting. Streaming radio hardly uses data. Ive got it on all the time /not music - love stuff like dragnet coast to coast. It cost pennies a month in the UK
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All I can say is use the Tunein radio app and set the stream to the lowest possible setting. Streaming radio hardly uses data. Ive got it on all the time /not music - love stuff like dragnet coast to coast. It cost pennies a month in the UK
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Thanks, be kind to send me the settings within the Application please.
Alkali said:
Thanks, be kind to send me the settings within the Application please.
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Or... have a go at doing it yourself!
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bplogan said:
Or... have a go at doing it yourself!
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People expect you to babysit them these days....
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The S3 has a radio app. Pretty much the only way to avoid streaming charges if you are listening to local radio.
Alkali said:
Dear friends,
I love listening to Radio but cannot afford the streaming charges. Who knows a workaround please? Thanks very much.
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TuneIn Pro has a recording option. Maybe you can record stuff when you have wifi and listen to it later when you are on the go?
Otherwise you need to stick to the FM radio if you want the feed to be live AND not use a data connection.
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What streaming charges?
You mean data charges from your network provider?
Get a decent plan or live in a decent country.
irzero said:
What streaming charges?
You mean data charges from your network provider?
Get a decent plan or live in a decent country.
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Lol people always come here expecting stuff to be free lol
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You could tether the data off someone elses phone and let them pay for the data charges, lol
This is what happens when the third world gets smartphones lol
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This is what happens when the third world gets smartphones lol
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Too true mate lol
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Strikes me odd that you can afford to own one of the most expensive handsets currently in the market and yet you are unable to pay a few pennies a month for your beloved low bit rate radio streaming!
albanezi said:
Strikes me odd that you can afford to own one of the most expensive handsets currently in the market and yet you are unable to pay a few pennies a month for your beloved low bit rate radio streaming!
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Excuses excuses eh?? Lol
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Got to play with the HTC One lastnight. I'm amazed.
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djq said:
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Hit submit early....
Anyways..the phone itself was very nice looking. I love the weight. This phone has some good weight to it because of the aluminum body. The camera was pretty damn amazing and the HTC Zoe feature was pretty cool.
Anyone else get their hands on it yet?
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Can i ask how u got your hands on one in the US ? Not that I don't believe u ..I'd just love the opportunity lol
Was it a 32 or 64 gb model?
Any carrier branding? If so, where?
Yes please, us U.S. people would love to check it out haha.
HTC rep came into my work and had it with him.
Very nice phone. I will 100% be getting this phone. I hope development goes smooth.
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Maedhros said:
Was it a 32 or 64 gb model?
Any carrier branding? If so, where?
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32, T-Mobile. But all major carriers should be getting it.
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I got to play with it today as well, the display is amazing! Don’t like that their isn’t a removable SD slot... You cant remove the ZOE, but you can change the home page.
It looks like a solid phone and definitely a better upgrade to the htc onex :good:
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I got to play with it today as well, the display is amazing! Don’t like that their isn’t a removable SD slot... You cant remove the ZOE, but you can change the home page.
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What do u mean u can't remove the zoe? I clearly saw them toggle it on and off during videos
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Hey!! how do you have it and i dont lol
firmbiz94 said:
What do u mean u can't remove the zoe? I clearly saw them toggle it on and off during videos
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That's what I was about to state. He's probably confusing it with blinkfeed.
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coupetastic-droid said:
That's what I was about to state. He's probably confusing it with blinkfeed.
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Sorry, I meant blinkfeed
I got to play with it as well. This phone is pretty sick. The camera is pretty awesome. The zoe feature sold me. You can basically create a movie with it. Lol. The phone is smooth and very responsive. The blink feed is nice as well. The front facing camera is best I've ever seen. It has the capability to be used as a tv remote. The aluminum body felt great and not cheap in the hands. I have the note 2 and think I will buy this phone as well. The list of new features goes on and on. If they can get proper advertising, this phone will be a great success for htc.
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are you guys going to start telling us how/where you were able to demo it?
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are you guys going to start telling us how/where you were able to demo it?
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We work at phone stores.
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chulo12 said:
I got to play with it as well. This phone is pretty sick. The camera is pretty awesome. The zoe feature sold me. You can basically create a movie with it. Lol. The phone is smooth and very responsive. The blink feed is nice as well. The front facing camera is best I've ever seen. It has the capability to be used as a tv remote. The aluminum body felt great and not cheap in the hands. I have the note 2 and think I will buy this phone as well. The list of new features goes on and on. If they can get proper advertising, this phone will be a great success for htc.
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Is it nicer than the iPhone 5 front camera my sister and mom have one and the from camera looks way better than mine
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eyeisdasteve said:
We work at phone stores.
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cool. if you get to play with it again, please check if it has true multi tasking vs the sense crap that was on the One X! thanks.
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We work at phone stores.
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Can you comment about multitasking?
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I am about it buy it off of google so i do not get t-mobile's extra carrier apps that waste my space. currently it is 350 for 16gb and i was wondering if any of you regret buying it or should i purchase it.
Thank you!
Edit: I know there is no LTE, so so battery and camera, are those game changers, if not are there any other major problems?
I bought it 1 awhile back and it was great phone. Back cracked after a week in a case never dropped or abused. That was my only complaint and lack of lte support
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T-mobile ones don't come with any extra software. Exactly the same as from Google.
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BraydenJames said:
T-mobile ones don't come with any extra software. Exactly the same as from Google.
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so are you saying i should buy it?
zeffy621 said:
so are you saying i should buy it?
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Well he's saying it comes pure stock android. You can also tweak some settings to enable LTE on the Nexus 4 if you want it.
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zeffy621 said:
so are you saying i should buy it?
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and it has lte, its just disabled. its possible to enable and use on tmobiles lte, i am. its actually an awesome device, i wouldnt ever trade it for a gs4 or an htc one.
I just placed my order!, thanks guys
It's a great device. Just only one problem i found is the device getting hot quite quick when play high graphic performance game.
I know this sounds fanboyish,
But a big thank you to sprint for keeping the FM Radio functioning on my Sprint GS5...
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what???
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I know this sounds fanboyish,
But a big thank you to sprint for keeping the FM Radio functioning on my Sprint GS5...
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what is FM Radio functioning??? Is this the radio sprint offers? Or is it a FM transmitter inside the phone???
where is there a FM radio?
NextRadio app can pick up FM using headset cable as antenna. Built right in.
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I have been reading in other threads that all GS5s have the FM 'on the chip'...
It is mechanically disabled (shorted on circuit board) on every variant EXCEPT SPRINT.
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This is something I missed having on the S4. Didn't make sense to leave it off. Glad it is back. They must of had some complaints maybe?
BillyBob3 said:
NextRadio app can pick up FM using headset cable as antenna. Built right in.
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Oh you mean that app I uninstalled immediately having no idea what it did? Ha. reinstalled. Great news! Thanks for this thread. :highfive:
Wow, that's.....interesting! Wonder why Sprint wouldn't tell us the phone can pickup FM? Or for that matter why would the other carriers remove that function? Seems odd...
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rhizomorph said:
Wow, that's.....interesting! Wonder why Sprint wouldn't tell us the phone can pickup FM? Or for that matter why would the other carriers remove that function? Seems odd...
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It appears to be part of a new mobile audio initiative... either way it's good for us.
http://www.sprintusers.com/the-next-generation-of-smartphone-sound/
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Wow, that's.....interesting! Wonder why Sprint wouldn't tell us the phone can pickup FM? Or for that matter why would the other carriers remove that function? Seems odd...
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Sprint announced they were going to start doing it over a year ago.
http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-rel...fm-radio-on-smartphones-via-fm-radio-chip.htm
NextRadio!!!!!
Just downloaded NextRadio app from the play store. Turned OFF my wifi and data and the app worked with no issues. Thought it was gonna be some internet based app but it work solely on the the FM transmitter. SWEET!!!!
Check out there site:
http://nextradioapp.com/
KaptainRandom said:
I have been reading in other threads that all GS5s have the FM 'on the chip'...
It is mechanically disabled (shorted on circuit board) on every variant EXCEPT SPRINT.
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Whoa! Is this absolutely certain?
Why would other carriers remove this?
Maybe it interferes with their data reception?
This requires further investigation.
I do like that we're regaining full use of the Galaxy S5, despite attempts from the carriers to opress us, at least with Sprint.
andyistic said:
Whoa! Is this absolutely certain?
Why would other carriers remove this?
Maybe it interferes with their data reception?
This requires further investigation.
I do like that we're regaining full use of the Galaxy S5, despite attempts from the carriers to opress us, at least with Sprint.
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At least sprint keeps their bootloaders unlocked
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I know this sounds fanboyish,
But a big thank you to sprint for keeping the FM Radio functioning on my Sprint GS5...
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I know this is is a few months old but I cannot get my rooted 900P's FM receiver to work.
I emailed next radio and the guy said there have been some problems with rooted GS5's being able to access the reciever.
Any one have any input/solutions?
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I know this is is a few months old but I cannot get my rooted 900P's FM receiver to work.
I emailed next radio and the guy said there have been some problems with rooted GS5's being able to access the reciever.
Any one have any input/solutions?
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Stock rom ? did you install any headset volume mods ?
I was looking through the CSC codes and ETC codes and noticed that there is a line on the SPR(sprint) xml that has the Samsung FM app blocked, I downloaded the international S5 fm radio apk and installed it but to no avail.
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Stock rom ? did you install any headset volume mods ?
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Stock rom, "The_Governaa_v0.2" kernel, and "s5 volume boost''
Sweeeeeeet! Moar 1.1, installed NextRadio and voila, FM Radio for those times when signal in gym is ish and I am stuck not being able to listen to anything decent!
Well I just did the ne5 firmware update today and re-rooted and now FM antenna is working perfect
I know this sounds lame and maybe off the topic but anyway to use AM radio frequencies on the gs5? I like to listen to midday baseball at work. Thanks
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