It launches fine on my Inspire 4G running CM7, but I can't pick up many channels where I am. My location isn't your fault though.
Well, actually I've tried it a few times. When I start the tuner it works perfectly, no problems at all. Then I turn it off (press a screen button and it becomes yellow)
Then I turned off the screen ( phone is in stand by mode) for a minute or two.
Then I turn the phone again and a battery monitor shows 47 mA. Usually it shows only 4-5 mA. I restart the phone and do not use a tuner at all - after stand by mode my phone shows 4-5 mA as usually. That's it.
I've checked this many times already.
P.S. I've just checked the situation with MIUI FM and found the same thing after a tuner is off. The only difference is if I kill MIUI tuner as a task, a current goes to 4-5 mA. And if I kill Spirit FM in a such way the current doesn't change - it's 47mA all the way until I restart a phone.
Thank you for an answer.
Thanks for your reply.
I can't seem to be able to get the recording to start after the first attempt, but I will keep trying as you suggested.
The main thing, which makes this app much better than other FM apps I've tried on my HD2, is the mono audio option works... this makes weaker signals sound sooo much better. Thank you!!
Thank you for your efforts. I have tried it on both my Android phones.
My LG GT540 is working quite well. It is possible to tune into stations, but unfortunately no RDS is seen.
For my HTC Desire I can see the UI, but I cannot tune into any radio station, so I guess it is in test mode.
I am really looking forward to your next releases. Thanks!
Thanks much for your investigation. Can I presume your battery monitor is a hardware DMM/meter ? Or is there some software accessible current meter ? I've never looked into this, but I'm thinking I can cut into a USB cable to insert a DMM and that would give me a better idea of current draw once the battery is full.
Instead of restarting your phone, you might try disabling everything that might use the Broadcom chip. So that's FM off (first perhaps), WiFi off, BT off, and continue turning things off to see if one of those drops the current demand.
Thanks !
I've no hardware instrumentation, just a program called battery monitor widget. It shows battery drain quit well. As for turning off IC circuits - I disabled BT but it's not a cure... a current is the same. As for WiFi - I didn't disable it as I use it everytime.
Thanks!
Jsut tried it on my HTC Tattoo works well 100% NO problems, though it could be better if it had a better GUI
Wow, another LG phone ! Thanks in no small part to the CM and MIUI devs, my success rate on different phones is looking pretty good now. (Sigh of relief)
So if you set the frequency to a strong station you don't see any bars of signal strength in the upper left ? If not, then yes, the app isn't controlling the FM chip properly for some reason. If you saw bars I would say this is an audio routing problem.
Are you running CM7 on both phones ? If yes on the Desire, I presume the included CM FM app is working OK ?
With any other FM app running (although CM or MIUI is likely best), it generally should be possible to bring my app up and do things like tune, mute etc. This could help troubleshoot the issue.
I just tried on my Desire HD and it works. I bring up the CM app and hear audio, then switch to my app and can re-tune etc. I can even switch back and forth between apps. I'm hearing a few strange background noises (quick sequences of tones) but it might just be the song or something else, LOL.
Well, I was on the stock ROM for my Desire. I have just tried to change to CM7 and now it is working just as expected, thanks!
My observations until now are, that your application is working fine, if I enter the frequency directly. However automatic searching for a station is not working on either my HTC Desire nor my LG GT540. When I try to search, it ends up on a strange frequency eg. 107.696.
Signal bar in the top of the application seems to be working fine, however the stereo indicator is somewhat unstable. From time to time it is working fine but other times it is either not seen at all or it shows Mono on a station that is definitely Stereo and with a strong signal. It often helps with an update of the screen by turning the phone 90 degress. This is the same for both my phones.
Once again thanks for your time. I cannot wait for your application to have some RDS support for my devices
There is a risk of speaker damage on Galaxy S GT-i9000 when running custom ICS or JB ROMs.March 23, 2013: See end of post for a potential digital audio solution. Digital audio is normally an Unlocked exclusive feature, but on Galaxy S it is available for Free users.