Radio question?

[nyCecilia]

Hi all,

After much searching, I still can't figure out whether there is any possibility of having FM radio on my Sprint TouchPro2. Can someone answer this question?

If it is possible to have FM radio, is there a source to get the .cab file that is not the RapidShare link? I have been trying for several days and can't seem to get the file to even try it.

Hardware-wise, I love my TP2, but lack of music and a few other annoying things (ie. incessant butt-dialing) are tempting me over to the dark side

TIA!

[fishingmedic]

There is no FM radio for the CDMA TP2 which you have. There are plenty of music apps out there, some free, some not, there is nangroove which is $5 but well worth it, select radio which is not free, but recently ported slacker radio and pandora are both free. If you have sirius or xm there are even free apps for listening via your TP2. Search in teh software thread and you'll find plenty of apps for that. Select radio, which is not free gain, even has a number of radio stations that they stream, so it's very possible to listen to your favorite station that way. As far as butt dialing, are you using a screen lock?

[nyCecilia]

Originally Posted by fishingmedic

As far as butt dialing, are you using a screen lock?

No, I tried to use S2U2 with not-so-great results and eventually gave up. Also tried Pointui Home 2 with really not great results, again gave up.

I'm kinda getting frustrated with windows mobile these days, but budget (and common sense) says I really shouldn't be buying a new phone, so I'm still searching for solutions for now.

[newvet]

Originally Posted by nyCecilia

No, I tried to use S2U2 with not-so-great results and eventually gave up. Also tried Pointui Home 2 with really not great results, again gave up.

I'm kinda getting frustrated with windows mobile these days, but budget (and common sense) says I really shouldn't be buying a new phone, so I'm still searching for solutions for now.

I`ve been using PocketShield since for many months and love it. Haven`t butt dialed anyone since

[Eschelon]

You can also try going to www.thestreamcenter.com in your phone's browser. Select your state and a whole bunch of radio stations will pop up there that you can stream instantly

[nyCecilia]

Well, good to know, I can finally stop wishing and hoping on the radio thing! My RSI isn't very happy with me

BUT this is what I have been trying to do from the beginning: "but recently ported slacker radio and pandora are both free"

Fishingmedic, where can I get a pandora or slacker port? When I search for pandora, it says there is a pandora ap, but when I go to get it, it says pandora is not compatible with my phone (although I think it means my browser).

I tried going through Skyfire as well, the message that I get from Skyfire is that udp is not available on my phone (and while I'm not a network expert, if Youtube works, doesn't htat mean udp is enabled?). But I assume that if I go through Skyfire that it's going to the full-size Pandora ap, not a windows mobile port...?

I'm willing to pay $5, or even $9.95 (have been looking at sbp radio), but only willing to do it once, and not sure which ap will work, or which is better, which is why I've been concentrating on the "not pay an extra fee to get music to work" type of solution.

Thanks, Eschelon, I'll also take a look at the stream center website

[austin420]

slacker radio

[ttlycnfuzd]

Originally Posted by austin420

slacker radio

Just a heads up on this.... Slacker radio caught on to this app (even tho it is free from them) because it has not officially been released yet. We probably won't get this working for a while.

Gives error "oops, something went wrong".... seemed like a good app.... kinda bummed

[nyCecilia]

Well, it looks like I'm still batting 0.

The PocketShield link looks cool, but I can't get it to lock. When I go into settings and set it to lock, and slide to activate, then close the settings, then go back in, all my settings are un-set, and I can't get the phone to lock :-/

The slacker ap would be great IF it worked.

The pandora ap would be great, but I followed that thread all the way through, and it seems nobody really has a working ap. There seems to be one that works with poor quality, but it's for VGA and is too tiny for the QVGA screen.

I haven't tried the stream center, I focused on pandora/slacker, since that was what I was looking for originally. Going there next.

I suppose I should try out nanogroove and sbp next, but I'm getting *really* discouraged. My TP2 has some really great features, but the fact that it takes so much effort to do these other things that other phones do with no effort (and no extra expense)...it's really irritating at times.

[newvet]

[QUOTE=nyCecilia;1561453]Well, it looks like I'm still batting 0.

The PocketShield link looks cool, but I can't get it to lock. When I go into settings and set it to lock, and slide to activate, then close the settings, then go back in, all my settings are un-set, and I can't get the phone to lock :-/

The slacker ap would be great IF it worked.


Try to soft reset after you set up Pocketshield for the first time( If you have not yet). If that doesnt work I would re-install. Also make sure you have latest version from their site. I had this working on my TP1 and now TP2 with currently no problems.

slacker app stopped working last night. I use Kinoma Play for my streaming radio needs-and extra stuff-. Not free but it gets the job done for me.