[Q] Does fm radio exist on LG G3?
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http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_g3_vs_samsung_galaxy_s5-review-1092.php
In LG G3 vs SGS5 comparison/review GSMArena stresses FM radio as "G3 over S5" but only for the Euro version.
(I have watched many YouTube videos for G3 that are found there at the moment, all Korean model, none of them was Euro or so called international model, and have not seen a FM Radio app icon on those reviewed devices). Dunno if it was the case in G2 too, but G2 has FM radio, at least in Euro version.
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In LG G3 vs SGS5 comparison/review GSMArena stresses FM radio as "G3 over S5" but only for the Euro version.
(I have watched many YouTube videos for G3 that are found there at the moment, all Korean model, none of them was Euro or so called international model, and have not seen a FM Radio app icon on those reviewed devices). Dunno if it was the case in G2 too, but G2 has FM radio, at least in Euro version.
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Defiantly not on my G3 F400L (Korean model) I understand why, the korean model has TV one better.
FM Radio is the reason I'm buying a G3, its confirmed on the specs for the French G3, I would have got a note 3 but they took the radio off it, so well done LG in keeping it!
Someone posted it in the forum here.
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53794500&postcount=743
If you try it out, could you let us all know how it goes? I am interested in buying either the T-Mobile or AT&T version and am curious to see how this works.
Seems the T-Mobile G3 does not have FM radio. The app above launches but all these notifications pop up saying "Mock" in front of them when you try to do anything. Get no audio and the scanning clearly isn't actually scanning FM. Possibly locked and requires root but certainly not working or existing without.
Canada Bell D852 ... has no FM radio
Installing the APK gives Mock:xxxx messages.
Probably the FM radio is disabled.
I also wanted to have the FM working.
Maybe if rooted there might be a way to reactivate it, but for the moment there is no way.
Anyone know a way to get FM working ?
Thanks.
I have the D852 and there is no FM radio.
Installing the APK gives Mock:xxxx messages.
Probably the FM radio is disabled.
I also wanted to have the FM working.
Maybe if rooted there might be a way to reactivate it, but for the moment there is no way.
Anyone know a way to get FM working ?
Thanks.
No, it's probably the same story as with the G2:
International (D802 for G2, D855 for G3) has usable FM, as does Sprint (LS980 for G2).
Everything else does not support FM, and FM is physically and unfixably disabled (at least on G2 proven so far).
So, No FM includes Korea, Canada, US variants for ATT, VZN and T-Mobile (but not Sprint, who gets a ransom from US FM stations). Also tends to include any LTE variants (Can't have Americans using "foreign" phones with LTE+FM).
In the G2, there is actually a rare case of a special chip that is missing, that switches between FM and BT ports. But even without that, disabled models have FM antenna pins on FM/combo chips tied unfixably to ground to disable in hardware.
G3 uses Qualcomm FM + Qualcomm audio, so the only hardware disablement known is grounding the antenna pin.
Anyway... If rooted, try this June 18 test release of Spirit2: http://d-h.st/rYw or July 31 here: http://d-h.st/afc
Rooted or not, try Spirit1: http://d-h.st/rbk
When I was using this app, I got a bunch of static, but it was picking up the channels I normally get?
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For any Turkish users, our hardware version is actually D855tr which does not have FM radio. This is supposedly due to the high cost of TRT (state broadcasting company) fees. Only if you get your phone through an alternate channel (paralel ithalat) will you get a G3 with FM radio.
By the way, installing the apk from another phone does not work. The hardware is reportedly not there.
By the way, installing the apk from another phone does not work. The hardware is reportedly not there.
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Yes. AFAIK, pretty much all G3's are the same, except for supported baseband/modem bands, as well as FM enabled/disabled.
The FM/BT/WiFi combo chip is from Qualcomm and has 2 antenna pins. On FM supported devices one of those pins is connected to wired headset jack through a few cheap and tiny capacitors and coils, etc.
On FM non-supported devices, they just ground or short the antenna pins. All the software can run without "problems". But there is no signal.
This is standard practice for years. Virtually all Android devices have an FM/BT/WiFi chip (though a few of the newest are killing FM for good...). But most devices disable, or "don't enable" FM in this way.
It's a very simple way to enable/disable, and it's hacker proof, or would at least require thousands of dollars in equipment and skills to fix just one device.1
In the last 4 years I have never heard of interaction between FM and the modem side of things, except that modem hardware connections to audio could complicate things.
I have yet to see a phone with FM disabled in firmware, unless we are talking about removing/disabling a kernel driver for FM or using not FM-friendly audio HALs.
So far, FM has always been disabled or "not supported" in kernel, HAL, framework or by grounding the FM antenna pin(s) instead of connecting them to headset with a coil and cap or 2.
The few cases where we see schematics shows that FM pin grounding is a favoured method. It's easy to do on a production line, even when the PCBs are the same; just a ground jumper and a few components not populated.1
Just get one of my Spirit2 apps "working", like this free open source one: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3037801&d=1417174330
It should "appear to work" with no error messages if the Qualcomm kernel driver for FM is loaded. Don't even worry about audio for now. Just see if RSSI at top left goes up when tuned to a strong station, and with a wired headset plugged in for antenna.
If RSSI is negative or around zero or otherwise doesn't change, then the FM antenna pin is grounded.
Don't worry about HALs or ROM. The G3 only needs to be rooted and a kernel with the FM driver loaded. In my experience, it's rare for a kernel to NOT have the FM driver in it (though sometimes it's been broken on CM ROMs that disabled kernel modules support).1return email from the fcc
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email fcc and demand cell carriers to no longer disable fm chips. it a matter fo public safety.
