Radio?

[Dio-Genes]

I saw some people write there's a radio in the phone. But I can't find it anywhere. Could you please help clear it up?

 

[manus31]

I saw some people write there's a radio in the phone. But I can't find it anywhere. Could you please help clear it up?

I don't think the phone has a radio in it,but you can go to the play store and there are lots of radio apps that will work over your internet

 

[Dio-Genes]

I don't think the phone has a radio in it,but you can go to the play store and there are lots of radio apps that will work over your internet

Hi manus31, thanks for your reply. I was not talking about Internet Radio Apps, but FM Radio module within the phone. But it looks like there is none. Just wanted to be sure.

 

[zFr3eak]

Hi manus31, thanks for your reply. I was not talking about Internet Radio Apps, but FM Radio module within the phone. But it looks like there is none. Just wanted to be sure.

according to gsmarena and many other review pages the nokia 7 plus HAS FM Radio: https://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_7_plus-9058.php

Unfortunately, there is no stock fm radio app. Have you already tried to download one from the playstore or somewhere else?

 

[Dio-Genes]

according to gsmarena and many other review pages the nokia 7 plus HAS FM Radio: https://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_7_plus-9058.php

Unfortunately, there is no stock fm radio app. Have you already tried to download one from the playstore or somewhere else?

That's what I said in the beginning. Many report there is one... But is there a hardware module for FM Radio? Not talking about apps. I checked the Nokia Site again, no word about FM Radio in it. I just want to know from somebody who is absolutely sure if there is or not. Not guessing or retelling...

 

[Dio-Genes]

Many report there is one...

I read in several other communities that there is NO built-in FM Radio Module. Or it isn't activated yet. But for now there is no built-in FM Radio. Not talking about internet radio (apps).

 

[OC-Freak]

https://youtu.be/FLVBuEuL1bU

Yes has FM radio according to this Q&A

 

[manus31]

Yes has FM radio according to this Q&A

No.That bloke just says he can get fm radio from an app on the play store,The phone itself doesn't have it

 

[seatsea]

No.That bloke just says he can get fm radio from an app on the play store,The phone itself doesn't have it

I'm not so sure about that, the app he downloaded is simply an app that uses radio web streams and in no way uses an physical FM receiver in the phone...

On top of that he says no equaliser, except there is one, if you go into google music you can access it through the settings. He has the phone and yet he is getting lots of information wrong.

 

[dimz1867]

I'm not so sure about that, the app he downloaded is simply an app that uses radio web streams and in no way uses an physical FM receiver in the phone...

On top of that he says no equaliser, except there is one, if you go into google music you can access it through the settings. He has the phone and yet he is getting lots of information wrong.

Most Snapdragon phones come with the fm module as it's a part of the SoC afaik. That said, there's apps like Nextradio that can enable and use that module as long as it's not disabled at the soc's firmware, and you obviously need the headphone jack so you can have the headphones work as an antenna.

 

[Madarao]

Most Snapdragon phones come with the fm module as it's a part of the SoC afaik. That said, there's apps like Nextradio that can enable and use that module as long as it's not disabled at the soc's firmware, and you obviously need the headphone jack so you can have the headphones work as an antenna.

Yes, because it's Android one, so the apps are only essential. You do have fm radio but you need the app and a pair of earphones

 

[zemrwhite]

I found somewhere on xda a firmware file "B2N-132E-0-00WW-B07.nb0", and extracted the contents.
It seems everything related to FM radio is present, I mean drivers, other binaries, some other software.
I got from https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-6/how-to/nokia-6-ta-1000-homebrew-stock-android-t3752006 an image of a Nokia 6 (I used D1C-562A-0-00WW-B01_Exploit, not tested the other), found more or less the same files, and FMRadio.apk.
So I tried installing it on my TA-1046, installation fails.
FYI, the error message when I try to install is:

adb: failed to install FMRadio.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_APK: Package couldn't be installed in /data/app/com.evenwell.fmradio-<part that changes at every try>: Package /data/app/com.evenwell.fmradio-<same as the other>/base.apk code is missing]

Something is missing, but it is beyond my knowledge, and don't know how to investigate further.
I also tried to decode, look if there is something obvious, build and sign the apk, with the same result. I do not really know what I should modify to at least get it installed, it is beyond my knowledge.
No idea if it will even work if we succeed in installing it.