3 ms·
Its been on the US s8 ever since I got the phone. You just need nextRadio app to use it.
by samfisher83 9y ago
Its been on the US s8 ever since I got the phone. You just need nextRadio app to use it.
- LeonM 9y agoCan't really tell if you are joking, or just don't know that phones have actual FM receiver build in.
- julianj 9y agoNextRadio is an app that interfaces with the the FM receiver on android phones that have the chip enabled. It can operate in 'tuner only mode'. Edit: http://nextradioapp.com/supported-devices/ http://nextradioapp.com/supported-devices/
- 5555624 9y agoNextRadio requires support from your carrier. A phone with an enabled chip is not enough. I have a Sony Z3 and a Sony Z3C and the FM radio has always worked. NextRadio has never supported them. (I got them right after T-Mobile stopped their brief support of the Z3.) The same thing happened with my AT&T NEC Terrain -- the FM radio chip was always enabled; but, NextRadio would not work (and was not supported).
- matt_heimer 9y agoYou still need an app to turn on and tune the FM receiver, that is what the http://nextradioapp.com/ http://nextradioapp.com/ app is. Apparently it does have a fallback to stream but its focus is on the FM chip. They even have a search page on their site to help you figure out which phones have an FM chip.
- samfisher83 9y agoI know they have FM receiver chips built in. They are built into the QCOM chips. If you use the NextRadio app you can use the FM chip on the Radio to tune into FM stations. I am not sure why I am getting downvoted for providing some information.
- takeda 9y agoYes, but even nextRadio won't help you if your chip functionality is locked[1]. The article is talking about Samsung no longer locking it. [1] AFAIK in that scenario nextRadio falls back on streaming over the Internet, but we are not talking about that.
- Piskvorrr 9y agoAlas, access to the HW functionality is blocked in the ROM for some carriers.