ANT+ disabled by default?

[bmg002]

I was just wondering if anybody had tried to enable ANT on this device (the Mi 5s Plus)?
I am running the latest stable global version of the ROM (8.2.2.0), am unrooted but have the bootloader unlocked (as I plan on rooting it soon so I can enable mass storage on it) and decided to poke around at what I can do unrooted.
And I found an interesting tool. /system/xbin/antradio_app. Starting it up it shows:
[email protected]:/system/xbin $ antradio_app
===ANT Test===
Using libantradio version:
libantradio.so: Qualcomm UART. Version 1.8.0

Press V to get Version
Press R to Reset
Press K to hard reset
Press H to setup an ANT+ HRM rx channel

Press A to Assign channel
Press F to set radio Frequency
Press I to set channel Id
Press P to set channel Peroid
Press O to Open channel

Press E to Enable ANT
Press D to Disable ANT
Press S to get State

Press X to eXit
S
State is: 4
X
Exiting
State change to: DISABLING
State change to: DISABLED
Disable returned: 0

As you can see the state is 4 and it seems to be Disabled (?) by default? The only things I have tried are V (which does nothing), S (which tells you "4") and X. Has anybody played with this and set up ANT+?
There are a bunch of neat things that I have found, but this was one of the ones I was unsure about. I can't think why it would be disabled, unless the SOC doesn't support ANT+ .

 

[udaan]

What is ANT+ and how is it useful? I googled it and it says it's a censor to monitor heart rate and car tire pressure?

 

[bmg002]

It is an IoT technology that (from my understanding) works on the bluetooth protocol. It would be useful for devices that support ANT+ (which as you said fitness trackers and some cars use) to be able to get the data from those on our phones.

 

[Crescendo Xenomorph]

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the Cretaceous period, about 99 million years ago, and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than 12,500 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified.[4][5] They are easily identified by their elbowed antennae and the distinctive node-like structure that forms their slender waists.

Ants form colonies that range in size from a few dozen predatory individuals living in small natural cavities to highly organised colonies that may occupy large territories and consist of millions of individuals. Larger colonies consist mostly of sterile, wingless females forming castes of "workers", "soldiers", or other specialised groups. Nearly all ant colonies also have some fertile males called "drones" and one or more fertile females called "queens". The colonies are described as superorganisms because the ants appear to operate as a unified entity, collectively working together to support the colony.

so, ANT+ is SUPER ANT....

 

[Shinichi0831]

If you truly want to use ANT+, most commonly seen in bike sensors, running sensors, smart scales, etc. Then you will want to get LineageOS as it supports the ANT+ hardware.

 

[paoiw]

Yes its possible
you need to install official ANT+ radio services from the Playstore and the attached ZIP file in recovery mode it works perfectly

http://en.miui.com/thread-1091266-1-1.html