[Q] Anyone have FM radio working on Blackstone Android?

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I was wondering, if anyone has spotted a build/kernel/... with FM radio working?

Especially with finally getting stutter-free sound, a working FM radio app is (for me at least) the only important feature missing from our Blackstone Android builds!
(for example, currently running XDANDROID 2.2.1 AOSP FRX04, no FM radio app to be found...)

I searched a lot, have tried ~10 different builds from XDA and Neopeek over the last month, but no result.
If anyone can point me to what I'm missing, I'd be grateful...

Cheers,
Robbert
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XDANDROID 2.2.1 AOSP FRX04 on blackstone (690 MHz), viruscrazy test kernel for audiostuttering fix and camera (3Mpix) test.

There are very few Android phones with built-in FM reciver and AFAIK they all have FM Radio App that is device specific. I don't know if it's even possible to port something like that.

Originally Posted by g3rm0

There are very few Android phones with built-in FM reciver and AFAIK they all have FM Radio App that is device specific. I don't know if it's even possible to port something like that.

I was just hoping that it would be possible, since over at the Leo threads, all build/roms seem to have FM radio working, but maybe their app was ported from android device with similar FM chipset?
Our radio seems to be BRF6350 Chipset, other devices with the same chipset:

BRF6350 Chipset:
HTC Diamond, HTC Raphael (not CDMA), HTC Polaris, HTC Topaz, SE Xperia X1
(hero, touch pro, tattoo are also found when googling BRF6350)

Could be interesting to look into?

Robbert

Originally Posted by kruijs

I was just hoping that it would be possible, since over at the Leo threads, all build/roms seem to have FM radio working, but maybe their app was ported from android device with similar FM chipset?
Our radio seems to be BRF6350 Chipset, other devices with the same chipset:

BRF6350 Chipset:
HTC Diamond, HTC Raphael (not CDMA), HTC Polaris, HTC Topaz, SE Xperia X1
(hero, touch pro, tattoo are also found when googling BRF6350)

Could be interesting to look into?

Robbert

Could we find the apk for the FM radio of any of the above devices? I could run some tests and see if we come into something

Originally Posted by Eodun

Could we find the apk for the FM radio of any of the above devices? I could run some tests and see if we come into something

Yeah, was also my first thought, but so far I could not find SD builds/Roms which included radio in any of the threads for those devices, basically Android development for the Leo appears to be in a class of it's own...

On a side note, it seems everyone just streams internet radio, and does not mind lacking FM radio...
Since I currently do not have a data package (always within reach of WIFI at home or at work), I kind of wanted radio for the short trip to work on my bike where WIFI coverage appears to be lacking
(also, in the end, FM traffic information would be nice to have in "offline" route navigation, as I have it now on WM)

I'll look further and report back if I find something of interest, maybe I'll politely bother the guys at the Leo thread

Cheers,
Robbert

I'm in the same situation XD Also I thought of TMC too, IGo8 in WM with it is great.

I'll see if I can find something

Evo 4g: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814234

Legend: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=735711

Not the same chip though, but I'll have to start with something. BTW, it seems that it needs to be installed via ADB or els it doesn't work. I'll do some tests today.

Edit: 2 problems: Seems they are for Sense UI and need kernel FM support. Hm...

I'm not getting anywhere. Radio FM is supported via Bluetooth chipset.

I'm investigating the htc fm code...

FM radio needs kernel AND android framework support. So you will need: kernel driver, system support for this driver and FM App that uses both. Probably that's why nobody touched this yet. Too many changes since FM radio is not officially supported by google and every manufacturer does FM radio his own way. I'm not saying it's impossible - just not easy.

I've dl'd Cyanogen mod FM app source, let's see what I can do.