my htc diamond does't seem to have fm radio hardware - Page 2

signde · #11 (**permalink**) 12-03-2008, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Long Con

Since this thread IS existing... why is it that it cannot be put on a Stock ROM?

from what i have read it requires updated drivers which cannot be installed via cab. it must be part of the rom.

signde · #12 (**permalink**) 12-03-2008, 04:51 PM

if you want the stock sprint rom get groove 1.2. it will require you to flash but it has fm radio enabled.

luiscsi17 · #13 (**permalink**) 12-03-2008, 05:16 PM

thanx !!! all

i installed a rom and is working now , at last !!!!!!!

**tobeychris** · #14 (**permalink**) 12-03-2008, 05:16 PM

Long Con · #15 (**permalink**) 12-04-2008, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by signde

from what i have read it requires updated drivers which cannot be installed via cab. it must be part of the rom.

Thanks for the straight answer, signde. I understood 'what' the issue was, but my question is 'why'? Maybe no one has the answer, I don't know.

Going through all of tobeychris' generously provided links (each of which I had looked at before asking my apparently 'smart-***' question) doesn't seem to answer it.

Some posts graze the subject:

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Originally Posted by cornelious2

its almost never cost efficient to remove pieces from the board when manufacturing electronics. by the time they changed the setup of their machines any cost savings from not using the part would have been more than blown. just like how you could by the cheapest version of a car stereo and if you were patient enough you could enable most if not all of the high end version's effects. I honestly think it will just be a matter of tweaking the rom and even the TP will have the radio soon.

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Originally Posted by nautica2450

it wont function if you just use the cab not sure why. but it WILL work on kitckens and custom roms...

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Originally Posted by cj10488

As confirmed from the Developer.. The FM radio was not an option from HTC for the CDMA phones.

... but none really touches on why this decision was made for the phones. It doesn't seem to make sense, to have the hardware for FM radio, but to lock out the capability to regular users.

To reiterate: My question is not "Why doesn't it work?", my question is "Why was the decision made to make it not work, when all the functionality was already there?"

signde · #16 (**permalink**) 12-06-2008, 06:43 PM

oic

i've often wondered the same thing myself. the cdma carriers and htc are probably the only people that know the answer to that question.