No FM Radio App .... :)

**GtoJon** · 11-18-2011, 05:26 PM

I called HTC (got a valley girl for support) about no app for FM Radio. Don't ding me because FM is old!! I get out where data is not there & an FM signal means a lot when you concerned about weather .... or you want to listen to a staion that is not online! The Rezound is touted as having an FM radio .... All of my 5 Bolts had FM that just worked .... now there isn't an app that works??? Verizon was no help either ..... no app available. FM Radio was one of my concerns when buying & it's just not there. ...... anybody had any luck getting it working? I tried 3 apps 2 were in a loop after install & the other would not installl

Cheers & any info would be great!

Jon

**FrankXS** · 11-18-2011, 09:13 PM

Does the Rezound even have a hardware FM tuner radio? Much less an app...

-Frank

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**GtoJon** · 11-18-2011, 09:38 PM

Yes it does .... it's in the specs .... been talked about for a while. Both HTC & Verizon confirm the FM tuner is in the specs.

Cheers

**javadandy** · 11-19-2011, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by GtoJon

Yes it does .... it's in the specs .... been talked about for a while. Both HTC & Verizon confirm the FM tuner is in the specs.

Cheers

What is the best way to access this feature? Is there not a tuner included in the phone apps? I am so close to upgrading to this phone, I use FM radio a lot when I am working in the yard or watching videos at the gym. So although it's an old fashioned feature, it is nice to have. If there is someone who has accessed the radio and is able to use it on the rezound, please just let me know your experiences so I can make an informed choice.

...and thanks. I really appreciate being able to ask these questions...

**GtoJon** · 11-19-2011, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by javadandy

What is the best way to access this feature?

App apparently not available at this time .... they forgot to make an app for it

Anybody finds an app that works please reply to this thread.

Cheers, Jon

**jroc** · 11-20-2011, 08:17 AM

Might have to do like Bionic and Droid 2 and 3 owners did..get the FM Radio app from a previous HTC phone.

**major payne** · 11-20-2011, 01:11 PM

verizon might have requested no fm radio...it has happened before...

**javadandy** · 11-20-2011, 08:43 PM

So then, perhaps the FM radio from the Thunderbolt? I searched around and there was supposed to be an app from the market called "FM Radio" that worked on the Tbolt. When I rooted, I kept my FM Radio.

I hope this is helpful, if not pretty obvious. Sorry about that.

**MrSmith317** · 11-21-2011, 11:00 AM

Try grabbing the app right from a working tbolt. Shouldn't be hard to find it in /system/app.

**GtoJon** · 11-21-2011, 12:35 PM

Thanks, Just pulled it from my Bolt & it does the same thing one as of the others did

Says Installing for about 3 seconds & then says Not Installed & you can only hit done. I am sure now that the Rezound does not come with an FM Radio

A phone that is toughted as a media phone?? There are not very many HTC phones that don't come with the phone & why would they pick this one to drop it with? I would have definitely traded my Beats headphones for the FM option anyday!!

Cheers

**MrSmith317** · 11-21-2011, 12:50 PM

If you pull the system/app apk file you just drop it into your system/app on your rezound and reboot, no install necessary.

**GtoJon** · 11-21-2011, 04:56 PM

Thunderbolt was easy .... Rezound no longer gives you access to the System folder unlees you Root

Cheers

**labs point** · 11-21-2011, 06:37 PM

Have you guys tried Tune In Radio. Tremendous app in my opinion. It has a local option that then lists all local radio programs both FM and AM.

Not sure what could be any better than that. I use it quite a bit for AM shows when on the road. Works great for FM as well.

**Murph5150** · 11-21-2011, 06:58 PM

Download Tune In Radio. Works great!

**GtoJon** · 11-21-2011, 07:26 PM

That is Internet Radio .... the stations I want are not on the internet!! Also FM Radio RDS works like a real radio .... just FM Radio signal .... no data connection required!! Like I have said earlier, I don't think this new premium Rezound has an FM tuner

Cheers

**major payne** · 11-21-2011, 08:48 PM

if you go to verizons site and look at the music section of the rezound you do not see a fm tuner if you go to the x2 you see fm tuner under music... Easy as pie to figure out

**GtoJon** · 11-21-2011, 08:57 PM

Verizon didn't say anything about FM for the Thunderbolt either! Now VZ website is not working correctly. Everything you select takes you to deal central

Finally got to a specs page ..... yesterday Thunderbolt didn't say FM Radio on it .... really.

Cheers

**SurfingJerry** · 11-22-2011, 08:44 AM

hi. New userr/first post.
Current Palm Pre+ user considering the Rezound.
I didn't even see the FM radio spec until you brought it up. Or it didn't register when checking out all the other cool features of tis device.

have you tried checking for the tuner in /dev
I don't know what it might be named, maybe you can compare with your TB.

have you considered contacting HTC?

I can't think of any reason for VZW to want you to not have it (other than a simple desire to be in control).

hope this gives you some ideas. Looking forward to making the switch (actually, I'm quite disgruntled with the way HP has handled, oh, EVERYTHING! WebOS had grreat potential but they fuxored it. Android is the only other option for me.)

**major payne** · 11-22-2011, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by SurfingJerry

hi. New userr/first post.
Current Palm Pre+ user considering the Rezound.
I didn't even see the FM radio spec until you brought it up. Or it didn't register when checking out all the other cool features of tis device.

have you tried checking for the tuner in /dev
I don't know what it might be named, maybe you can compare with your TB.

have you considered contacting HTC?

I can't think of any reason for VZW to want you to not have it (other than a simple desire to be in control).

hope this gives you some ideas. Looking forward to making the switch (actually, I'm quite disgruntled with the way HP has handled, oh, EVERYTHING! WebOS had grreat potential but they fuxored it. Android is the only other option for me.)

For the same reason that Sprint didn't want wifi on the Pixi. Because they can...

On a more serious note it could be because of the LTE radio. I'm not sure if the European Rezounds are running LTE but if they arent the FM radio might of had to go to allow the LTE radio to be installed due to space constriants

**YourMobileGuru** · 11-22-2011, 08:49 PM

XDA Developers is your friend

**SurfingJerry** · 11-26-2011, 07:13 AM

any luck with this yet?

I mentioned to someone with a Droid X and he said "oh I have that, but I've never tried it."

had to use headphones to act as antennae but it worked VERY WELL!

he said he just uses internet radio but then he wouldn't stop playing with real fm radio.

hoping someone finds a way to confirm and to get it functioning.

**Evil Hamster** · 11-26-2011, 06:29 PM

I'd also really like to get the FM radio to work on my phone!

**javadandy** · 11-28-2011, 04:54 PM

What about if someone had rooted sense 3.5 on their Tbolt? Would that not possibly yield a working FM Radio app that could be applied to the Rezound? How could one check on the physical hardware that the FM chip was included, even if it is inaccessible at this time? With good people like team BAMF on the job for rooting, it is a possibility, if the chip is there. I remember when FFC options started on the overseas phones, and the Verizon ones would somehow have them omitted but the chip was still there. Until someone says that the chip is not physically there, which would be really odd on a media Beats phone, I would hope for the best. It's probably the pay radio folks paying Verizon to "lose" the feature so that people have to pay - OR - it may be that Beats audio apps don't work properly with the FM radio and so it was left off so that people wouldn't complain. In any case, I would still take the FM radio even if it sounded... "normal" - ha ha ha.

**YourMobileGuru** · 11-28-2011, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by javadandy

What about if someone had rooted sense 3.5 on their Tbolt? Would that not possibly yield a working FM Radio app that could be applied to the Rezound? How could one check on the physical hardware that the FM chip was included, even if it is inaccessible at this time? With good people like team BAMF on the job for rooting, it is a possibility, if the chip is there. I remember when FFC options started on the overseas phones, and the Verizon ones would somehow have them omitted but the chip was still there. Until someone says that the chip is not physically there, which would be really odd on a media Beats phone, I would hope for the best. It's probably the pay radio folks paying Verizon to "lose" the feature so that people have to pay - OR - it may be that Beats audio apps don't work properly with the FM radio and so it was left off so that people wouldn't complain. In any case, I would still take the FM radio even if it sounded... "normal" - ha ha ha.

Beats lilkely has nothing to do with it, the built in music app is the only thing that works with Beats but that did not prevent them from allowing Google Music, Slacker, and other apps on the device.

**javadandy** · 11-30-2011, 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by VZWRocks

Beats lilkely has nothing to do with it, the built in music app is the only thing that works with Beats but that did not prevent them from allowing Google Music, Slacker, and other apps on the device.

I agree, and this makes sense. SO we can probable assume like the other programs, IF there is a physical radio - the radio would not be tied to Beats. So then, if it's just a missing app, what would be interesting if someone has a radio app on a thunderbolt running sense 3.5 and see if that would work in the world of the Rezound. Perhaps the Rhyme has a radio and radio app that could be utilized?

If the Rezound were torn down on ifixit, like the Nexus recently was... where would one find the FM chip? Would it is a separate entity or be a part of the BT chip stack or something else?

I am just curious about these things.