FM Radio Discussion - Page 3

ffyter · #21 (**permalink**) 02-05-2009, 12:19 AM

Here you go!

slipmatt · #22 (**permalink**) 02-05-2009, 12:32 AM

Here is a FM Radio I Found also they said it was a newer version that the older FM Radio.cab ..

Scanning some other forums on other sites I also found the alias of someone who claims they can add ESN #'s to MetroPCS network for registering.

In a nutshell I left a message with them stating there is a rumored cdma htc touch pro rom you can flash that will enable the fm radio to work but features such as the camera did not. I asked if there was any valid claim he could make to this and if he was really hooked up at MetroPCS if he was able to get a copy of this ROM MetroPCS is flashing on touch pro's

Doing my part without with a Touch Pro yet. Seems telus doesnt provide you with a cheap upgrade like sprint does. They give credits off the price of a new phone tha cost $650.00 at the moment.

Actual size of fm radio cab is about 1,07megs my zip was set to mass compress sorry....

I still wonder if anyone should look @ the GSM TP HardSPL VS the CDMA HardSPL as there may be code or info there. Since the HardSPL still allows GSM phones to use fm radio with any rom it seems.

Also is it possible it something as simple as a audio file cdma device has as 0 or mute for say?

jakdillard stated in a old fm radio thread he was able to add fm radio, scan for stations, yet just had 0 sound level. Could it be a simple file like they one they mod for louder speakerphone or bluetooth etc?

Could it be just a sound setting/file set to 0 so yes you get no sound?? just tossing out guesses but staying on topic.. lolz

**WarChild** · #23 (**permalink**) 02-05-2009, 01:17 AM

what happened when you installed the radio cabs?

BigDiesel07 · #24 (**permalink**) 02-05-2009, 01:22 AM

Installed them, and then found new files to open up and look at... Doing so now.. I am going to try to change some of the values present and see what happens...

BigDiesel07 · #25 (**permalink**) 02-05-2009, 12:42 PM

No go for me.. Looked at everything I could... Saw nothing really important about the FM or RT... Sorry to give false hope..

**cornelious2** · #26 (**permalink**) 02-07-2009, 11:09 PM

ill post the decompiled binary I found in a bit I have to re-decompile it since I didn't save it last time. heres the doc I found.

**cornelious2** · #27 (**permalink**) 02-07-2009, 11:28 PM

heres the code as promised. only about 500k lines. pretty small by assembler standards. to clarify this is the STOCK spl

**cornelious2** · #28 (**permalink**) 02-07-2009, 11:42 PM

and the hspl decompiled

gbm85 · #29 (**permalink**) 02-08-2009, 12:00 AM

Well I did some googling and found this picture:

Looks like it would actually be very easy for them to leave off the audio connection. This would explain the hissing sound we get... the WAV1 device is being opened but nothing is getting pumped to it.

gbm85 · #30 (**permalink**) 02-08-2009, 12:20 AM

OK, this is (probably) my final verdict.

The FM hardware is definitely functioning. FMSapp.exe gets data from the chip and is able to scan, set frequencies, etc. So the FM chip is definitely working.

However, the signal level is completely unaffected by having an FM transmitter right next to the phone. I tried everything... wrapping the headphones around the transmitter, holding it away, holding it close, pointing it at all kinds of different angles. No matter what I did, the signal level never showed any significant changes.

After seeing the above picture, I believe that this is truly an antenna disconnect. I think that the Bluetooth module being shielded explains why it gets no reception even right next to a transmitter. I am going to call this a lost cause (at least on version 2 devices... maybe version 1 was different?). But as always, I would love to be proven wrong.