So I know when I flashed to Steel Droid I had the FM radio. I flashed back to stock and it's not there...then I noticed in root explorer that the FM radio ap does exist. Is it turned off for some reason and if so, why would Verizon bother to turn something like that off? Seems pretty benign to me. Any easy way to enable it if I have root?
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FM Radio - what's the real story here?
- Thread starter fishacura
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linuxgator
Member
Just search the forums, there's an FMRadio.apk out there somewhere that installs just like any other app.
davishusband
Member
Search fm radio in the market, its there now download it root or no root doesnt matter. Its just not included in stock rom.
Proud of my bloated D3, I don't miss unstable roms on my D1 at all!
Proud of my bloated D3, I don't miss unstable roms on my D1 at all!
NoBloatware
Member
What's the name of the dev? I can't find it in the market.
linuxgator
Member
I don't see it in the market either. The version I got was the stock radio app from the Droid 2, but it works just fine on the D3.
SupperDroid
Member
So, just be clear, this is an app that doesn't need root and is an actual FM radio? We actually have the chip in our phones for an FM radio but Motorola chose not to add an FM radio? That's interesting. Thanks for all of this info. I learn something everyday about this phone.
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NoBloatware
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Yes and yes. Why Motorola/Verizon omitted it is what I'm wondering now. Maybe it had something to to with the Slacker or V CAST Music bloatware they shoved on the phone. Jerks.
To think that these dudes left out the FM app for financial reasons...what if there's a disaster and the FM radio is the only way to get information??? Annoying and basically unconscionable!
I just installed it on my phone. This is absolutely great to have. I cannot believe this phone didn't come with this! I would think adding this to the phone would only add more incentive to potential buyers. It's nice to have an actual radio now. Every once in a while, one of the apps like iheart can force close or start buffering, especially if you're not near wifi. Plus, I can listen to this and not have to worry about data usage right? Very happy to have this now.
BTW, in case there are some that don't know, you don't need actual headphones to plug in to the jack. I just used a standard 3 foot wire as an antenna and that works fine too. I guess anything that you can plug into it can be used as an antenna.
Another thing I just stumbled on to is that when you have the charger plugged in, at least a car charger anyway, it breaks up the station pretty bad. Unless there is something out there to cancel out that interference, it's almost impossible to listen to plugged in.
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BTW, in case there are some that don't know, you don't need actual headphones to plug in to the jack. I just used a standard 3 foot wire as an antenna and that works fine too. I guess anything that you can plug into it can be used as an antenna.
Another thing I just stumbled on to is that when you have the charger plugged in, at least a car charger anyway, it breaks up the station pretty bad. Unless there is something out there to cancel out that interference, it's almost impossible to listen to plugged in.
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How did you install it? Every time I click on the link on the 1st post I get an "download unsuccessful" message
I had the same problem. I found a working download in the android forums. Here is the link to it. Scroll down to post #30. That's the download that worked for me.
http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid-3/378500-fm-radio.html
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weird this 1 downloads and says download complete but the file is it 0 kb. not sure what is going on for me about maybe because I am still on stock rom??
That's odd because it downloaded fine for me and I also have stock rom. Have you still tried to install it anyway? Maybe someone else will provide a download for it if you cant get the one I provided to work. Maybe check your settings and make sure you can download 3rd party software? I don't know.
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