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radio no reception (crap)

thought i'd try out the radio today, its rubbish i think it picked up 1 station (classic fm) anyone else experiencing this

Nope, managed to pick up 6.

hammers4life said:
thought i'd try out the radio today, its rubbish i think it picked up 1 station (classic fm) anyone else experiencing this
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Where you using a headset or headphones?
Wired headsets / headphones act as an antenna for the radio.
Thank you,
Monnie

MonnieRock said:
Where you using a headset or headphones?
Wired headsets / headphones act as an antenna for the radio.
Thank you,
Monnie
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The reception is weak compared to other hansets having radio capability.

poor FM Reception
Hi
Very poor reception , using the same Headphones with my Sansa Fuze and the HD2 I can only set the same station manualy, the automatic search does not store all stations I have on my Sansa,
and the Signal is very bad (even in Mono)

Yep, totally dire, worst of any phone I've had. As bad as to equate to not having a radio.

i cant get any stations on mine.

personally, I don't listen to radio much.
This is kind of a letdown

jules_ht said:
Yep, totally dire, worst of any phone I've had. As bad as to equate to not having a radio.
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I have to agree.
With the included headset, the radio is pathetically poor to the point of being useless. It is a great shame but I rarely use the feature anyway.

HD2 FM radio is super crappy!

I cannot pick up even ONE station in my location by scanning, or manual input. Just static. Is it really that bad?
My previous Symbian phone's FM radio pulled in at least 14 stations automatically.
Is it that bad, or am I doing something wrong?
Using stock headset, btw.

I just tryed the fm radio for the first time, i live in a area with bad reception and i get 4 stations with my hd2, the same as I get in my VW T5. So it works ok for me.

as standard it doesn't pick up many for me and if I stand too far away from the windows I lose half of them. verdict 3/10
with the de emphasis tweak in bsb tweaks I get a little better.maybe 5/10

Compared to my old HD, my HD2 FM receiver performance is also really bad. I can listen to only a few stations with HD2 where I was easily having more than 20 with the HD. Any improvement suggestion is more than welcome.

Agreed, its quite bad. Especially as it requires the earphones to act as an antenna.
Wifes Iphone radio is great quality sad to say lol.
Pity they couldnt have improved on this as with other HTC models

i get the same number (13) in the same place inside house. bsb tweak on. hd2 earphones. reception quality is actually better than my hd (less static noise - cleaner sound).
edit: changing stations over earphone's remote is much better than actual buttons in the radio app. there is no clicking noise that way! try it.

There must be something wrong that is more general than just living in an area with weak fm radio coverage. I used an FM transmitter together with my mp3 player to transmit some music to my HD2 and it wasn't able to pickup even a little bit of it, despite having a 1mW radio transmitter only 20 cm away. I tried both, the stock headset and another one.
Also, the static sounds exactly the same, no matter what frequency the tunes is set to. That's unusual, cause there tend to be different kinds of disturbance in different parts of the FM band, so you would expect the static to change as well as you change the frequency, wouldn't you? It's almost like the HD2 tuner is not changing it's frequency at all!
Those of you who can't receive anything at all: Could you please repeat my experiment with the FM transmitter an post your results here? Thanks!

donalgodon said:
I cannot pick up even ONE station in my location by scanning, or manual input. Just static. Is it really that bad?
My previous Symbian phone's FM radio pulled in at least 14 stations automatically.
Is it that bad, or am I doing something wrong?
Using stock headset, btw.
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have you tried power radio http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=531600 a lot better app. edit currently not supporting hd2.

yes i struggle to pick up any station at all with any headphones plugged in even large hd595's or sure se410

rexboy said:
Agreed, its quite bad. Especially as it requires the earphones to act as an antenna.
Wifes Iphone radio is great quality sad to say lol.
Pity they couldnt have improved on this as with other HTC models
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Iphone FM radio? Does that exist?
Isn't she just using a streaming radio via 3g connection or wifi?
In which case, there are a lot of streaming radio programs for windows mobile as well. Better music than what the radio stations play here, haha.
Going back, the HD2 radio seem to have weak reception for me as well.

1.) on my HD2 i have a brilliant FM-Radio quality
the position of the cable of the earphones is not
important. Currently I have the artemis rom 3.0.
The best radio quality i had with the 1.66 leo stock rom!
2.) a real FM-Radio need a 0,7m long antenna dependent on the wavelenght. It is not possible to include this in a mobile phone. Its just physics. An iphone has no FM radio. It's just using the internet connection for a radio stream.
So install the newest Leo Stock Rom 1.66 and you will have a lot of fun with your real FM radio

regi7 said:
1.) on my HD2 i have a brilliant FM-Radio quality
the position of the cable of the earphones is not
important. Currently I have the artemis rom 3.0.
The best radio quality i had with the 1.66 leo stock rom!
2.) a real FM-Radio need a 0,7m long antenna dependent on the wavelenght. It is not possible to include this in a mobile phone. Its just physics. An iphone has no FM radio. It's just using the internet connection for a radio stream.
So install the newest Leo Stock Rom 1.66 and you will have a lot of fun with your real FM radio
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I use 1.66 stock, and compare to my old touch pro. HD2 FM reception = very2 bad.

Don't bother the built-in FM radio. It's battery drainer. In order to get best reception, you need to be at higher ground level (5-story and above...?)

All that's great, but pretty embarrassing that a $150 Symbian smartphone performed multiple times better with literally any kind of headphones.
As much as I hated the OS, it had a good radio.

sg10 said:
I use 1.66 stock, and compare to my old touch pro. HD2 FM reception = very2 bad.
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hmm i dont know the quality of TP but compared to my old HD its a bit better radio signal. some additional infos i forgot:
i am using the german 1.66 and turned on the tweak in bsb tweaks.
in austria the ukw band is between 88Mhz and 108mhz.
i think the problem is the fm radio driver. on the old stockrom (1.48 as i remember) i had a very bad reception.

rexboy said:
Agreed, its quite bad. Especially as it requires the earphones to act as an antenna.
Wifes Iphone radio is great quality sad to say lol.
Pity they couldnt have improved on this as with other HTC models
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Hæ?
iPhone do not have a FM radio.
So of course, web radio is better if you have internet.

I am quite lucky. Mine only detects 6 radios and my favourite one is one of them ;-)
FMRadio with G-Alarm. Best thing ever ;-)
edit. Ah actually I tried to find some more manually and did!
No FM radio on the Iphone really?? ahah take that Apple! ;-)

I've had maybe ten phones with FM radio since I went smartphone about five years ago, and none of them were even close to my 20 year old Sony pocket radio. For some reason phone makers can't create a radio that works well outside of the large cities. Waste of time for me. The HD and the HD2 weren't any better...

donalgodon said:
pretty embarrassing that a $150 Symbian smartphone performed multiple times better with literally any kind of headphones.
As much as I hated the OS, it had a good radio.
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so true. my n95 had the best fm radio i ever had on a phone.
it was THE ONLY thing better than on my hd2, , but still....

so, are there any alternatives to the stock FMRadio for the HD2?

Improving Wifi and FM radio reception

I just bought the HD2 two days ago(previously iphone 3g) and I'm just getting into it. However I have noticed that the FM radio is static on most stations and can't pick up a wifi signal even when the iphone can pick them up just fine. Is there any way to improve this? I did a search and I can't find anything that helps me.
Thanks

Just to Check - You are using the supplied headset? Because that's the FM antenna.

Meromorph said:
Just to Check - You are using the supplied headset? Because that's the FM antenna.
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Yes I am. But the radio reception still sucks.

Tmobile radio
I have sea european version, radio is excellent, I live in Idaho, so rural areas work.

both functions are working perfectly on my TMoUS Stock Rom... which means that either the custom rom that you are running is causing this.. considering how a stock one works perfectly fine.. OR... your reception in that general area is poor..

I'm on a stock Rom. I only got the phone two days ago. And i'm in minneapolis, I get reception on other devices all the time, so it can't be location. Just to confirm, my ROM version is 2.10.531.1 (82076) WWE. This is stock, right?

FM radio is horrendous on my HD2 too. Stock and CleanEX, no difference. Absolutely terrible sensitivity compared to cheap Nokia phones. I'm a radio geek so know when a receiver is bad, and the one in the HD2 is TERRIBLE!
(a minor complaint though on the greater scale of things!)

SMS92 said:
FM radio is horrendous on my HD2 too. Stock and CleanEX, no difference. Absolutely terrible sensitivity compared to cheap Nokia phones. I'm a radio geek so know when a receiver is bad, and the one in the HD2 is TERRIBLE!
(a minor complaint though on the greater scale of things!)
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Yeah that's right, the quality is very poor, its a shame though, but sony ericsson x10 is out and it has a bt headset with radio. And it is based on snapdragon too, maybe it solves the compatibility issues too. I don't know just hoping and it also an android phone.

Poor FM radio

I have big problems with FM radio in my HD2. Reception is very poor. I can barely found any station and even this one is very silent with lot of noise.
I have tried changing it from stereo to mono in settings, which is supposed to improve signal. But that does absolutely nothing on HD2, everything stays the same.
Is that common issue? What can i do to improve signal?
My specifications are in signature.

Unfortunately the receiver in the HD2 is not the greatest.
I think the dc-dc convertor for the screen is also causing alot of HF noise.
Try to turn off the screen if you can set it to a freq where you normally receive a station and you should have less noise.

I use the radio all day and yes, its common. The hd2 has just about the worst radio I've ever used and that includes cheap (really really cheap) pound shop radios. It's abysmal, and someone at HTC is either laughing at us or was quietly sacked. No way could it accidentally be so rubbish.
Its made worse in android because for some arcane reason Bluetooth must be on AND mono doesn't work.
One tiny thing that sometimes helps is switching to a different preset and back again. Seems to lessen the Bluetooth interference, and using 2g only seems to help a hint too.
For all thati love my hd2, and I really really do, I hate the pathetic excuse for a radio.

I would also agree that the FM Radio app isn't great at all. If you have WiFi access or a data plan, I would use the Tune In Radio app found on the Market to get your local radio station crystal clear and in stereo!

The FM radio is really poor as known yeah but has anybody ever thought that it may be their headphones (as that is the satelite AFAIK). The current earphones I'm using are great on my HD2 and I'm getting no noise at all using Typhoon's latest CM7 ROM. I've had lots of problems with other headphones, but none with these new ones. Just my share.

I was using HTC headphones, cheap noname headphones and now philips headphones. Noise is the same on all headphones.

matejdro said:
I was using HTC headphones, cheap noname headphones and now philips headphones. Noise is the same on all headphones.
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Did you try with the screen off?

I agree having the screen on produces a lot of noise. Does anyone else find sense roms are better (less noisy signals) than non-sense android roms.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

Yup I find that too. It depends on the dev though, I've found AndrewF's Desire HD ROM works the best. I don't know if it's still being continued or not though as that was a month+ ago.

Guys I also want to know how to make FM radio work as the one given in the below ROM works but the reception is not good at all also for no reson it enable bluetooth when I turn on radio and if i try to disable the bluetooth it turn off the FM radio. So can anyone tell me how to get FM radio work on the ROM im using.
This is the best ROM i had found with good battery life and stability but the FM radio thing sucks and more over when asked about it in the thread it is neglected so can any1 please help me on this

Did you read the earlier posts?
Yes the reception sucks,, on any OS, and yes android requires Bluetooth to be running.

samsamuel said:
Did you read the earlier posts?
Yes the reception sucks,, on any OS, and yes android requires Bluetooth to be running.
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Not really reception on WinMo 6.5 was good that on windows phone 7 was pretty decent but on android its suckxxxx I tried a different radio that did not require bluetooth but then again reception was bad
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In that case you're lucky, even when I'm in direct line of sight about 3 miles from our regional transmitter its rubbish,,winmo,wp7,android,,makes no difference,,I have a dirt cheap kids radio that I use for work,cost me £1 and is ten times better.

[Q] The Galaxy S4 will not have the fm radio: You will buy it anyway?

I personally do not buy it ever
1) The streaming radio consumes data
2) The streaming radio will consume battery power
3) The streaming radio in areas where coverage is not listening
4) The streaming radio for example. by train you can not listen well
5) In dangerous situations, natural disasters or in areas without telephone coverage, the FM radio can save many lives
Then it's your choice based on what's most interesting ... but I eg. as owner of iphone, I feel very lack of FM tuner .... I had on the Notes.
But then, I say, also by virtue of the fact that competition (One Htc, Sony Xperia Z, Galaxy Oprimus G, Lumia 920) has it as a function, I do not understand how anyone can not enter it.

Oh no, no fm radio ?? Ok I'm done it can go to hell never ever I will by it
I mean that's a no go, without that I can't do anything, THAT IS THE MAIN REASON I BUY MY PHONE FOR
u_u' pointless thread

touness69 said:
Oh no, no fm radio ?? Ok I'm done it can go to hell never ever I will by it
I mean that's a no go, without that I can't do anything, THAT IS THE MAIN REASON I BUY MY PHONE FOR
u_u' pointless thread
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I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not...
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Anyway, someone posted the Spirit app in another thread to remedy this situation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059296

mang0 said:
I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not...
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Anyway, someone posted the Spirit app in another thread to remedy this situation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059296
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Obviously it is. He is saying it's a phone, fm radio is not a compulsory feature anyway.
Regards,
Captain Obvious

ivanchin99 said:
Obviously it is. He is saying it's a phone, fm radio is not a compulsory feature anyway.
Regards,
Captain Obvious
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Lots of people use their phones to listen to music more than they use them to make calls. Even if they don't necessarily listen via FM radio, it's not strange that someone would use their smartphone to do something other than make phone calls...

I've never listened to radio on my phone so the lack of it doesn't bother me in the slightest.

mang0 said:
Anyway, someone posted the Spirit app in another thread to remedy this situation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059296
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The S3 i9300 has fm, the S3 i9305 (4g model) doesn't have fm.
If the fm chip is not active, no app will make it work.
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My FM Radio has no phone........

Baldilocks said:
My FM Radio has no phone........
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Seriously man, who buys an FM Radio with no phone function?
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Baldilocks said:
My FM Radio has no phone........
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That reply just made my day...
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what's fm radio?

scott2121210 said:
That reply just made my day...
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I try. Sometimes you have to lighten things up.
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sxi200 said:
Seriously man, who buys an FM Radio with no phone function?
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I know, right!. That just makes it useless..

Fm radio, really? Is it still that useful, not at all. I would buy S4 and will spend $10 to buy an old cassette player which has built in FM.

Odd that they have excluded it, usually am a user of the radio on post models so it is slight irksome they haven't included it this time.

Is it %100 confirmed the Octa will not have it? American variants have always been missing the FM radio to cut cost.

People still use the fm radio? I don't like to listen to the same 5 songs with a billion ads on repeat. So no radio is great for me.
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Figarino said:
I personally do not buy it ever
1) The streaming radio consumes data
2) The streaming radio will consume battery power
3) The streaming radio in areas where coverage is not listening
4) The streaming radio for example. by train you can not listen well
5) In dangerous situations, natural disasters or in areas without telephone coverage, the FM radio can save many lives
Then it's your choice based on what's most interesting ... but I eg. as owner of iphone, I feel very lack of FM tuner .... I had on the Notes.
But then, I say, also by virtue of the fact that competition (One Htc, Sony Xperia Z, Galaxy Oprimus G, Lumia 920) has it as a function, I do not understand how anyone can not enter it.
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Why did you start this thread in the first place if you dont care about an FM radio?
And to answer the question, fm radio never crosses my mind when i wanna buy a phone but i voted no just cause this is irrelevant

Same here I voted no just cause that is the dumbest thread I've read in a long time

Tune-in Pro. Sorted

Figarino said:
I personally do not buy it ever
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That's what people said when plastic bumpers were first introduced on cars to replace metal and mini-spare tires replaced full-size ones. You can't fight progress. This is one of those things that can't have a right or wrong answer. It surprises me how many people still value FM radio functionality. It hasn't been on carrier phones in the U.S. for years and I don't even think anyone's noticed or missed it.
1) The streaming radio consumes data
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Not that much really.
First up is Spotify. The mobile app offers Normal, High and Extreme quality settings, which equate to Ogg Vorbis streams at approximately 96Kbits/sec, 160Kbits/sec and 320Kbits/sec – so you can already estimate the bare minimum amount of data they’ll use over time. We measured ten minutes of Spotify streaming at each quality setting, then repeated the tests and averaged the results to make up for any variation in tracks. The difference between Wi-Fi and 3G consumption was negligible, and we couldn’t discern any audible difference between the two through our Sennheiser headphones.
Those ten minutes of Soft Cell and Rick Astley classics consumed an average of 8.9MB at Normal quality, 21.3MB at High quality and 34.7MB at Extreme quality. Taking the lowest and highest of the figures we recorded, an hour of Spotify radio streaming would use anything from 53MB to just over 212MB depending on connection and playback quality. That’s worth bearing in mind the next time you set off for work relying on a Toto album to prepare you for the day ahead.​http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/379402/mobile-data-how-much-do-you-need
2) The streaming radio will consume battery power
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Not that much really.
3) The streaming radio in areas where coverage is not listening
4) The streaming radio for example. by train you can not listen well
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With 80GB of storage available (16+64) you can either carry your own music around or download albums and playlists from subscription services. It's not like you're going to go music-less without an FM radio signal.
5) In dangerous situations, natural disasters or in areas without telephone coverage, the FM radio can save many lives
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If you're stuck in the middle of one and only have your phone, that's true. At least until its battery dies because if cell and phone service is down power most likely will be too. You better have a wired headset with you too becaue it's needed for the FM radio as an antenna for it to function. And I guess you're assuming whoever's relying on their phone has no other devices available to them (TV, a real radio, Internet). If you're just wanting to find out about a natural disaster somewhere else my bet is people would be using their phone's browser or news apps, not their FM radio.
Then it's your choice based on what's most interesting ... but I eg. as owner of iphone, I feel very lack of FM tuner .
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But in spite of risking your life in a natural disaster you bought it anyway.