How to access the internal FM radio

[panflute]

Does anyone know how to access the internal FM radio?

 

[airbillion]

I installed the leaked connected music player and it has the option to use the fm radio.

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[panflute]

I installed the leaked connected music player and it has the option to use the fm radio.

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I found the app but Astro File Manager would not let me install it.

 

[clubtech]

I installed the leaked connected music player and it has the option to use the fm radio.

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I tried that but the FM radio is not actually working is it?

 

[The Poetic Vampire]

I tried that but the FM radio is not actually working is it?

Nope, i've read on multiple places that Motorola has disabled the hardware that gives you the Radio feature and nobody has found a way to enable it through hardware mods.

 

[xateeq]

as much i know u have to modify the mother board, last i check we do have fm receiver but antenna is not connected to the outer body or some thing and in order to to make it functional u have to do two things.
1. Modify ur mother board (connect the antenna)
2. Drivers for ur current operating system.

 

[elvisrps]

I found the app but Astro File Manager would not let me install it.

Try install Tunein from Market.

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[Kelvin0007]

Try install Tunein from Market.

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I think he refers to FM Radio not INTERNET Radio like Tunein.

 

[elvisrps]

I think he refers to FM Radio not INTERNET Radio like Tunein.

sorry ... I did not notice this detail ... since the Atrix has no radio tuner, internet radio only

 

[gokhansouth]

atrix use Broadcom BCM4329 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, and FM Tuner. but motorola engineers didn't connect the fm tuner to mainboard! if you trust yourself, maybe you can do this?

 

[gokhansouth]

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

as you seen on the link, this module has fm recevier & transmitter! so maybe a braveheart can makes our atrix with radio enable

 

[stewartsoda]

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

as you seen on the link, this module has fm recevier & transmitter! so maybe a braveheart can makes our atrix with radio enable

It's also a BGA package chip so if that pin isn't connected then we're surely SOL.

 

[xUmaRix]

The pin is not connected.You can refer to Spirit FM radio thread.It had been discussed.

 

[nerfman100]

This thread is named like a tutorial, when it's a question. That's no good.

 

[gokhansouth]

i looked at the thread and learned that, Atrix will not play fm radio, NEVER :banghead:

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[Rred]

Moto's original release specs at CES before the phone was available said very clearly internal FM radio.

But the Broadcom spec says FM TX and RX, meaning the chip supports both FM reception AND TRANSMISSION and that could explain a lot. The FCC might have certified the phone as apporved for sale on the condition that it could not transmit in the FM commercial bands, and that might have meant knocking out all FM TX/RX as one feature set.

If that was true, Moto could have gained a lot of good will by simply saying "We couldn't get FCC approval for the FM radio, we tried."

So few companies get it: You play honest with the customers, they become fans. You play honest with the fans, they respect you. They become loyal to you because you've been loyal to them. And then the sales start going up and everyone becomes happy.

Now that Google owns MotoMobility...Ah Jeez, talk about the deaf leading the blind.

--Red

 

[deedodede]

It's also a BGA package chip so if that pin isn't connected then we're surely SOL.

In theory if I reballing a broadcom chip again atrix it could be enable radio FM???

 

[deedodede]

Moto's original release specs at CES before the phone was available said very clearly internal FM radio.

But the Broadcom spec says FM TX and RX, meaning the chip supports both FM reception AND TRANSMISSION and that could explain a lot. The FCC might have certified the phone as apporved for sale on the condition that it could not transmit in the FM commercial bands, and that might have meant knocking out all FM TX/RX as one feature set.

If that was true, Moto could have gained a lot of good will by simply saying "We couldn't get FCC approval for the FM radio, we tried."

So few companies get it: You play honest with the customers, they become fans. You play honest with the fans, they respect you. They become loyal to you because you've been loyal to them. And then the sales start going up and everyone becomes happy.

Now that Google owns MotoMobility...Ah Jeez, talk about the deaf leading the blind.

--Red

Why FCC doesn't approve FM radio?what is the reason?

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[atrix4g18]

Just use 4G or 3G and TuneIn radio; it uses very little data.

 

[nerfman100]

Just use 4G or 3G and TuneIn radio; it uses very little data.

*facepalm* You mustn't have been reading the thread. If TuneIn filled every purpose, we wouldn't need FM radio.