Motorola Droid/Milestone FM Radio

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eldis

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• Jan 15, 2010

• #1

Hi,

Could somebody with a rooted Droid and some insight into how Linux bluetooth works try to test if we can enable the FM radio part of WIFI/BT chip (wl1271) in Droids/Milestones.

I downloaded some init scripts from Texas Instruments that should allow enabling the FM part. I don't know if there is any antenna or if the headphones can be used as antenna though. Can't try this out myself as Milestone hasn't been rooted yet and I'm not allowed to use 'hcitool' or 'hciconfig' commands without root.

I have attached the init scripts downloaded from: [h]ttps://gforge[dot]ti.com/gf/project/wilink_drivers/frs/

More information about how to use them: [h]ttp://www[dot]omappedia.com/wiki/WiLink_Connectivity_Project

Files and links are for the Zoom2 development platform which uses same hardware as our phones. Don't know if some config files should be altered also to enable FM radio.

 

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eldis

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• Jan 18, 2010

• #2

I also found TI's own FM radio test application. Source is here: [http]://git.omapzoom.org/?p=platform/hardware/ti/omap3.git;a=tree and compiled Android image for Zoom platform here: [https]://gforge.ti.com/gf/project/omapandroid/frs/

Haven't got it working though. Actually I don't know if it's easier to try with the HCI commands and scripts found in the bts files or try to get the fmapp working.

 

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Yanardag

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• Jan 19, 2010

• #3

Hi,

you can test it self... milestone is rootet look here

xttp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=620142

best regards
yanardag

 

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eldis

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• Jan 19, 2010

• #4

Thanks. Will try it soon.

There's some ongoing development on the FM radio matter at AllDroid ([http]://www(dot)alldroid.org/viewtopic.php?f=210&t=1412) and DroidForums ([http]://www(dot)droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/8870-droid-includes-fm-receiver-transmitter.html).

 

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matrix2004

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• Jun 10, 2010

• #5

Any update?

 

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luca_v3r

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• Jul 7, 2010

• #6

Any update?

 

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zewelor1

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• Jul 18, 2010

• #7

It wont work on milestone, hardware is missing some parts to connect antenna to the headphones. http: and-developers.com/motorola_milestone:fmradio

 

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edu_re3

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• Jul 19, 2010

• #8

That´s right, the Milestone/Droid not have some parts of reception and transmit modules, so, it´s quite a hard to get it work decently

 

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zankyw

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• Aug 23, 2010

• #9

I see this thread is quite old, but...

any update?

 

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jonatasmz

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• Nov 8, 2010

• #10

nobody still work in this right?

 

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vidon

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• Dec 27, 2010

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Any update?

 

dstruct2k

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• May 5, 2011

• #12

What ever came of this? Is there a way I could try it on my Milestone? Poor reception is irrelevant to me.
(Necropost, I know)

 

ruvort

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• May 6, 2011

• #13

dstruct2k said:

What ever came of this? Is there a way I could try it on my Milestone? Poor reception is irrelevant to me.
(Necropost, I know)

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Lol I also am curious about this

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