Hardware mods

[treefrog20012003]

I know this had been covered before but for the benefit of the newer crowd this is a discussion of modifications, software and hardware. I currently am working on an in dash mount for my streak. I like the idea of having a touch screen radio in my vehicle. The past two attempts have resulted in failure but I think my third attempt will turn out well.
Any others out there?

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[giveen]

Here is a bit of info for you. Technically the bcm4329 chip has a FM radio functionality.

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[treefrog20012003]

I did not even consider to look into this as an option. since I read more than I respond the link to the server is hard to find by digging through the forums so I have it saved. I am guessing I need to flash both of the zips to get it to work? I am going to do the usual back up of the system and give it a go. Thanks for the info i will see how well it works.

 

[treefrog20012003]

Ok, you got me. How do the zip files install? I tried cwm and update method, so maybe it is a newer version of cwm?

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[giveen]

http://www.broadcom.com/products/Bluetooth/Bluetooth-RF-Silicon-and-Software-Solutions/BCM4329

As for installing, read around, instructions are here.

 

[treefrog20012003]

I did some looking around, what I read us that the wifi edition does not support the radio function. I used the forum search feature, new to that, and after ask the Web searching and forum searching I turned up nothing. Did I search wrong our the wrong topic? I did find the radio app but there is no sound from it even after tuning and turning it on and it required super user permissions.

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[TheManii]

I believe that all BCM43xx chips support fm radio, at least that's what they say on their spec sheets.
But many devices simply dont have the fm drivers installed and active.

Out of all the dell devices, only the SPro has official radio support. (All dell devices use BCM4329 chips except for the S5, which uses a BCM4325)
They attempted to get radio working on the S5 but they never released anything that worked.

BCM43xx chips are combo chips that support the following:

• 802.11
• Bluetooth
• FM radio

Obviously they cant not support wifi or BT, they're pretty much a requirement now, but the fm radio part isnt.

You'd need a headset to use it though, as it universally uses the headphone wires as it's antenna.

 

[giveen]

As soon as I get some stable builds going, I would love to put FM radio into my builds.

 

[treefrog20012003]

Yea I had to put in a headset for the radio app to function I just didn't get any sound. Still not sure what is wrong but I'm not giving up yet until there are no options left. I'm running the wifi only version of Steve's ROM so I'm not sure what all options are enabled in his roms. I started out on an OG Droid so modding and testing is nothing new to me I've bricked devices a few times, just late to the streak scene. My last device was a Bionic and I bricked that one more that the OG Droid.

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[treefrog20012003]

I can't seen to find the needed files to get it to work. Obviously the streak 5 files won't work, tried two radio apps I found here. One was a very basic radio app that didn't work and the other was a version that had a better GUI but still either did not function or no sound. It gets difficult to be this late in the game and find old information that gets buried. Do I need any of the radio files from the server? I believe the host is the Manii, I apologize if that is spelled wrong I do everything I can from the streak.

Update: I'm taking a guess here but the fm.**** file should go in the system/bin folder to get the fm function to work?
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[TheManii]

Here's a summary of FM support on dell devices (and it's extended family's):

• S5: Sorta has fm radio support (look up "fm_hcitool" and "spirit fm")
• S7: None that we're aware of
• S10: None that we're aware of
• SPro: Working radio support built in
• V: None that we're aware of
• "Streak2 5": None that we're aware of (opus one)
• "Streak2 7": Currently confirming (sterling)

The Qisda devices (S5/S7/V/"S2 5") all have comments about fm support, but it's completely broken.

You might be able to try spirit fm, otherwise short of fm being natively supported in the rom: fm radio isnt going to work.


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This is completely OT: but lenovo found the best way to support multiple devices:
The LePad S2007 and S2010 use the same, identical rom even though they're different devices (7" tab and 10" tab)
The S2007 is (likely) what would have been the Streak2 7 if dell didnt cancel "sterling"

 

[ElfinJNoty]

I understand you are looking at the hardware level. Just figured I'd share what I use as an app... WiFi only streak7 in my car on an official mounted dell home dock in the dash. Then tethered to my cell for data, 3.5mm out on the dock connected to my head unit, all sounds play through the car.

TuneIn Radio(I have the pro version)
No FM hardware used, just the data connection through my cell



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[treefrog20012003]

So asI have read the fm won't work on my S7. Too bad it would have been nice. I did try to add the fm file and it did not work on any application for native fm radio. Still love the device though. I'll hold out until JB works, if the bugs can get squashed.

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