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[Spirit FM] selemine:
the last known status for the oneplusone still is that we don't know until a patched kernel is available,isn't it?
[Spirit FM] nicesoni_ash:
Tried with patched kernel and no good news.

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Sent from my "GT-I9300/1+1" powered by Temasek/Carbon Rom & Boeffla/ak Kernel

Fueled by 7000mAh ZeroLemon Battery
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
The last I recall is that nobody had a kernel that properly loads the FM driver radio-iris-transport.

A conclusive result would be Spirit APPEARING to fully work with no startup or running errors, but with negative or zero RSSI and no noticable audio.

But I get very weary of typing the same explanations over and over again, and I'm about ready to just say "No, it doesn't work".
[Spirit FM] play3man:
[MENTION=3575078]mikereidis[/MENTION] I tried V1 on Xperia Z1 Compact, but after some time It ended in soft-restart. And after that, everytime when i start the app, it ends in soft-restart. I have to reset settings to default/reinstall the app few times and then it's start working again but again only for some time. I don't know where is the problem and maybe it is fixed in V2, but that i simply can not try
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
If you're a customer, please email me mikereidis@gmail.com .

Include info on ROM: stock or custom, and rooted status.
[Spirit FM] play3man:
Stock ROM Android 4.4.4 rooted but with locked bootloader.
[Spirit FM] oVeRdOsE.:
Hi,

I'm not sure if I'm blind or not, but do you have a list of recent phones with fm radio fm capable?

in north america it's just IMPOSSIBLE to find those 3 criteria together:

- Removable battery

- Fm radio

- sd card

most of the phone has 1or2 of there features, but never all 3.

Right now I'm using the desire Z, which is the most complete phone of all, but a bit old.

ps : gatineau ottawa isn't a french place? there's not much canadian on this board.:silly:
[Spirit FM] zaclimon:
The only *recent * device that had the 3 was the galaxy s3 and even then.... Right now, it's mostly the Sony and htc devices that has them but only 2 out of 3( the battery being the main feature missing)

And indeed there's not much canadian in XDA, we need more solidarity. XD

Envoyé de mon Nexus 7 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Spirit FM] oVeRdOsE.:
first one I saw from montreal :good:

Damn, I'm using collective transpport to get to work, and the hdspa doesn't work everywhere. Even if I have a lot of data ( shared with the work), it's not enough.

And if I'm out of the country, the roaming fees are way too crazy.

I don't really get this. I bought the LG Optimus G pro, which should have a fm radio on gsmarena, but it appears that it was a mistake. Only European version got the FM, for the same phone...

the bb passport got the fm, but it's the first bb phone with no-removable battery. :crying:

and the s3 fm doesn't on 747m.

The most interesting feature is surely the removable battery. I never let my phone on the table waiting for the charge, I'm poping a battery out of the charger and go. Really useful when I'm stuck at work for long hours and can't miss a call /email /txt.
[Spirit FM] mervluk:
Off-topic, have a similar problem, with an Xperia Z (Sony). But because it has charging points (as well as the USB port) I have a 4200mAh charging case (with integral second battery), which doubles + battery life: http://shop.brando.com/Power-Jacket-for-Sony-Xperia-Z-with-Cover-4200mAh_p09745c1512d003.html (They do lower powered versions for other Sony models). Makes the phone a bit fatter, but if you're carrying a second battery around anyway? The case can be charged on or off the phone, charging from the case can be switched on or off, and the case or battery then case can be charged on alternate settings from a single button. (Of course you can't charge from case and use the USB port at the same time). And phone can of course be used all the time. The phone has good fm hardware, works superb on KK stock-ish 4.2 (rooted but still with LB as not all versions are unlockable) with the latest beta L-ready Spirit2 and with no music audio glitches. Have a bit of an issue with echo just on Spirit studio speech at the mo, on the L beta, but that could be my modified audio settings.
[Spirit FM] oVeRdOsE.:
It's one of the solution, but it makes the phone bigger ( not that bad...) and you have only one if you buy only one case. With my desire z, the batteries are really small, and I have 4. It wont bother you in your pocket.

In priority : battery>fm radio>sd card.

thank to op for all the effort for getting fm on phone. He almost made it with the Lg optimus g pro e980, really low signal, but it wont work. The device miss the antenna extension.
[Spirit FM] mervluk:
4 batteries. Wow! I've had 2 spares in the past, but now find that, getting older, I now have to sleep once a day!
[Spirit FM] bagyusz:
Private_iris_antenna

Dear mikereidis,

I saw in THIS post, that you managed to switch to "internal antenna" on devices that have msm8960 SoC.

Could you please help me to implement this to the AOSP fm radio source?

HERE I modified the lines V4L2_CID_PRIVATE_TAVARUA_ANTENNA to V4L2_CID_PRIVATE_IRIS_ANTENNA, but nothing changed.

The FM app itself works, but the reception is really poor. If I change it to "internal antenna" through your Spirit FM app, then the reception of the AOSP FM radio improves.
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
My Z1 is also stock and rooted w/ 4.4.4 and I think the hardware should be almost identical to your Z1 compact.

I'm not noticing any problems with soft restarts.

If you deny SU to Spirit1 and reboot, that may avoid problems and would be good to know.

If you have any other low level root or audio apps, there might be some be some interference.

Google Now hotword detection can cause some problems lately too.

I haven't checked my email yet today.
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
Hi, post #2 of this thread is the "compatibility list" but it hasn't been updated in over a year now.

The first part of Post #1 of this thread has links to the announcements of Spirit support added since the summer of 2013. That additional list is relatively small; limited to the most popular FM supporting devices.

Gee I don't even boot my old Desire Z anymore.

If you don't care about LTE, and want something newer than GS2/Note2, the International GS3 GT-I9300 or Note2 GT-N7100 are the best options. (Those model numbers exactly; eg 9305 and 7105 have no FM.)

Despite having a bunch of newer phones (G2, One M8, Z1), I was still using my GT-I9300 as my going out phone until recently when the battery stopped holding charge. And now I use the GT-N7100.

Basically, removable batteries in new phones are pretty much dead, especially with flagships and the thinnest, lightest phones.

GT-I9300 and GT-N7100 may still be available new on EBay, and pretty good deals can be had if you look. I buy most of my phones on EBay, about 20 now I think, and have never had a problem; I try to stick with vendors rated 99% and higher.

:)

Many popular phones have a thread for Canadian phone variants.

I'm in the western Aylmer sector of Gatineau, which historically has a lot of fully bilingual and English mother tongue speakers; around 50% at least I think. But most people in Gatineau are bilingual anyway, including my wife and our children. I took 3 years of French in school, but only have a tiny vocabulary now.
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
If you do a recording, and play the file on an external device, or even the same device, we could see if the echo goes away.

If the echo remains, it's on the audio input/reading side. So far my Z1 with stock is the only notable example of input side problems, and despite exploring and trying for 2 days I wasn't able to disable the "microphone" processing which is handled deep in the SOC/CPU instead of software (for low power).

I expect to release a new beta L release within a few days to a week. I tried something more similar to the original approach, but it would take at least a few days of work to not glitch the audio.
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
If you still have it, with Spirit1, have you tried setting Debug-> QCom Antenna to "Internal" ?
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
In the fmOn() function here:

https://github.com/CyanogenMod/andr...mapp2/src/com/caf/fmradio/FMRadioService.java

change:

mReceiver.setInternalAntenna(false)

to:

mReceiver.setInternalAntenna(true)
[Spirit FM] play3man:
I actually have enabled Google Now for "Okay, Google" detection. So I will disable that and will tell you if it solved this or not

Logcat
[Spirit FM] razorfancy:
Vodafone Smart II

Can you please add support for Vodafone Smart II?
[Spirit FM] bagyusz:
It works. Thank you very much. :laugh:
[Spirit FM] zaclimon:
I know, we're in a overpriced country and we can't get any plan for free. I see europeans suprised at how much US people pay. Looks like they haven't seen our prices yet looool.... As for the radio, it's sad that it's not that used in mobile device. At least I do have my mp3 player when I want to listen to the radio in the morning in the bus. :p
[Spirit FM] oVeRdOsE.:
yes, but no luck.

I do remember, I think I've tried one of old version light, I got 4-6 signal power. It wasn't enough but I had something.

I do remember also, back in the days, you've answered in a LG optimus G Pro E980 thread that it probably miss the physical link between antenna and headphone wire.

Sad, it was almost in your ''recent'' phone list :(

Even if data is free, you wont get FM in out of range data zone. If I travel to US, roaming is incredible expansive.

I do remember when my bro went to europe, he got LTE 20gb limit + hdspa 3gb limit, free call, free sms, for 20 euro.

I dont get it, LG g3 in europe got Fm, lg optimus g pro in europe got FM. not here. Those are just example, I'm sure there's more.
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
Sorry, but I barely have the resources to support the most popular devices capable of FM.
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
I guess I'm the exception, only spending about $100 a year on my single Presidents Choice SIM, LOL.

I only rarely use cell voice, so most of that $100 is for a $0.25 a day grandfathered GSM data plan. Was unlimited, but I think it switched to 1 GB a day or so recently. :laugh:

If you don't use the phone much, there are pay as you go plans that can be pretty inexpensive. Use the phone much though, and you have to pay the price.

Yeah. GS2 GT-I9100 was about the last major Canadian/Bell flagship that had FM. Galaxy Note and later went to US models with no FM. LTE was the excuse/reason in some cases. Same "game" in Mexico.
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
Every other phone I've dealt with, where the hardware did not support FM, had the antenna pin grounded. In these cases no signal at all can be detected, and there's not even a slight hiss in the audio, if it works at all.

G Pro E980 could be a very rare case where the FM antenna pin was left floating/unconnected. There are cases where a printed circuit board has 2 jumpers: 1 to enable and 1 to disable FM. In this case, there would be no jumper at all.

Maybe less RF noise helped, and noise was created with RDS or digital audio.

Yeah, LOTS of people get dinged with huge bills after coming back from a vacation.

The few major telecom companies have a monopoly in North America, and that means a "license to print money" for companies maximising profit, which pretty much all large public companies that are responsible to their shareholders do.

Canadian carriers see what the American companies can do, and they do the same. That's been true forever.
[Spirit FM] ulihh:
Hi Mike,

i'm happy to report that Spirit UL and Spirit2 are now running on my LG G2 D802 with the newest Slimkat release (Build 8.9-weekly-7681). Gonna buy your app in the next days. Thanks for your work!

Cheers, Uli
[Spirit FM] oVeRdOsE.:
Oh, I may think my phone (optimus g pro) is similar to G2, I'll try slimkat, hope it gonna work

thanks for the hint
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
Great ! :)

I presume something changed in SlimKat ?
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
LG G2 has a Broadcom FM/combo chip.

That means it's FM audio setup is unique, in my experience in the last few years, and applies only to the G2.*

*Except for an historic long line of HTC devices starting with the Desire HD FM audio setup and ending around the budget One V.
[Spirit FM] ulihh:
Looking into the SlimKat sources, it seems that msm8974.c now contains the patches you posted. But i didn't compare the lines. In july, i forwarded your patches to the developer (arcardinal), but he didn't tell if he commits the patches or not.

Now they went back to jb sources because they had many fc's with the camera app, and now fm works. I know for sure it didn't work before they went from jb to kk.

Anyway, it works now and hopefully also with the next builds...

Cheers, Uli
[Spirit FM] spaetz:
Samsung S7710 (Xcover 2)

Happy to report that Spirit 1 (but not 2!) works just fine on my Samsung S-7710 (Xcover 2). I bought it by sending money through paypal and Mikereidis was really nice! Thanks!
[Spirit FM] Takamoto:
Hi all,I have a Y300 with aosp rom 4.1.1 by H3ROS is possible for me to have spirit? If yes what is right download? Thanks..very good project.
[Spirit FM] enyx.es:
Hi

Its some way to get xiaomi mi 2 support from this app??
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
It's difficult for me to keep track of all the phones, but I doubt it.

There's an old free version of Spirit1 here: http://d-h.st/H4x

And a recent experimental version of Spirit2 here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55771652&postcount=8499
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
Spirit2 Oct 29 beta: (Link removed)

Also on Play for customers signed up for betas: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/fm.a2d.s2

- HUGE re-architecture prompted by Android 5, but with many good things for Android 4.1+ too.

- Speaker mode on GS2/Note1 can result in microphone feedback, and it's best not to pull headset on GS3/Note2.

- Many other issues still, most relatively minor.
[Spirit FM] Takamoto:
[quote name="Takamoto" post=56361204]Hi all,I have a Y300 with aosp rom 4.1.1 by H3ROS is possible for me to have spirit? If yes what is right download? Thanks..very good project.[/QUOTE]<br />

<br />

It's difficult for me to keep track of all the phones, but I doubt it.<br />

<br />

There's an old free version of Spirit1 here: http://d-h.st/H4x<br />

<br />

And a recent experimental version of Spirit2 here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55771652&postcount=8499<br/>

Don't work..?
[Spirit FM] :
Spirit 2 working great on the LG G3 D855 Stock rom rooted. Couldn't get on with the stock fm apps UI. Latest beta included

I will say though on testing it. The Audio is distorting and i have a hard job understanding a station id through noise. I also wonder if there is a extra layer of noise and sproggys put out when out using Spirit . Great RDS Receiving though .
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
Spirit2 0912 AND latest beta ?

Do you have Spirit1 to test, in analog and digital mode ?

There will be a new beta soon.
[Spirit FM] :
Spirit 1 and free refuses to kick in the radio so can't test it on here really.

Spirit 2 0912 is the best . No audio distortion . I live right next to a small 10watt transmitter for local radio however even on 0912 i still hear a little stereo hiss when on the stock fm app there is no hiss.

On the beta the audio is distorting heavily and has lots of noise and switching stereo on adds another layer of heavy noise. So 0912 is better so far. However the beta general receive is better as despite being layered in noise i can hear stations i cant hear at all on the 0912 or on my stock fm app . Look forward to the next beta
[Spirit FM] j1gga84:
Is there still development for Spirit 1 or should I upgrade to Spirit 2 :good:

regards
[Spirit FM] tareq_0:
Can anyone give me note 4 fm radio working in arter rom 4.4.4 v 4 ?
[Spirit FM] :
Testing the g3 against my local transmitter tonight I notice it picks up spurious signals from the transmitter or so i thought until I turn off the screen then they go. It's only the local tx that does it. Strange.
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
I recommend Spirit2, unless you need Spirit1 specific features right now or Spirit2 has problems you can't live with on your phone and ROM.

Spirit1 is "mature" and will only receive minor bug updates going forward.

Spirit1 MIGHT work on some Android 5 ROMs, or when SELinux is disabled.

But the Android 5 requried major app re-architecture currently underway in Spirit2 will not happen in Spirit1.
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
Only the US Sprint variant of the Note4 is capable of FM.
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
Do you know if stock FM apps do the same ?

High powered broadcast transmitter ?

Lots of funny things can happen near powerful transmitters, and in many cases a transmitter site has MANY antennas and transmitters, in many different frequency bands.

Sometimes fluorescent or neon bulbs will even light up, and who knows the effects on your body...

And low power transmitters can put out dirty signals, especially some of the cheap, uncertified stuff that comes from China.
[Spirit FM] :
Yep just noticed the stock fm app does the same thing. Not to the same extent but thats your app doing its magic on receive. So it's down to the devices image rejection.

10watt fm transmitter that's on top of the church. (I find that ironic) that relays BBC radio 1,2,3 and 4 which is no further away then 150 meters away. So I'm expecting some spoggies.

I've climbed up some some towers that put out 250KW all over the band so my body knows that feeling and Ive had some RF burns.

The local governing body is pretty strict on filtering for a purer signal but I've heard some bad transmitters.

But yea it's pretty clean with the screen off.

Forgot to mention on 0912 there seems to be some crackle and pop. On the audio for some reason. It's like listening to DAB in a poor signal area sometimes. But seems to sort it self after a well
[Spirit FM] seijidinzuala:
I don't really understand this app. Can I listen to other country's radio, for instance Japan radio from my country?
[Spirit FM] scutworker:
No you can't. This app allows your phone to receive FM broadcasts when you are in range of where they are being transmitted. Think of it like a normal FM Radio Tuner that you probably had years ago. You wouldn't be able to receive the BBC UK radio in say, Egypt, you would only be able to pick up local Egyptian radio. It does not use the internet at all.
[Spirit FM] LenAsh:
Spirit 1 works well in Japan. I used it recently there on a business trip when I walked around Yokohama's Queens Square. I normally use it in the UK but just set the region to Japan whilst there.
[Spirit FM] seijidinzuala:
I see, then how's it different from the stock radio? Or is this for ROM's that doesn't come with radio at all?
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
Spirit1 was originally developed in early 2011 for custom AOSP ROMs on which the stock FM apps will not work, because AOSP ROMs lack the proprietary framework stuff.

In 2012 I added support to Spirit1 for stock, unrooted devices. Spirit1 provided many features that stock FM apps do not, and that most still do not. Most stock FM apps have only 2-4 settings while Spirit1 has dozens, for things like customizing what media buttons will do.

On some phones, especially rooted, Spirit also provides many features, like digital audio, that most stock apps do not. These features allow recording, FM over Bluetooth, visualizations, equalization and other audio effects.

Spirit1 and Spirit2 are pretty much the only paid FM apps in existence, and I've been focused pretty much exclusively on Spirit for almost 4 years now, and make no income from any other source.

It's impossible to sell an app that competes with free apps unless it provides compelling features that the stock, free apps do not. But I think the most compelling feature is the ability to run on AOSP ROMs. Most people who run stock phones are happy with a basic FM app, so Spirit is of little interest to them.

I could increase Spirit1 sales to stock phone users, but I think it would require a price closer to $2 AND it would require purchasing a hundred+ phones for testing and hiring several developers to do all the work needed to make Spirit run more flawlessly on those hundreds of phones AND do a massive overhaul of the Spirit1 code. This is clearly not feasible and this is why Spirit2 is the way forward, with support only for a small selection of the most popular rooted/AOSP devices.
[Spirit FM] dragonballz2k:
My area doesnt have the best fm signals where I live. I have to move the headphones in the weird position. Do you any easy to get a boost in signal.
[Spirit FM] Fnord12:
Not possible with the phone hardware. One option would be to get an extension cable to plug the headphones into then string that up in to a position where it works and stick it there.
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
As Fnord12 said; there is no magic solution like an "Improve reception" setting.

But there are things to try:

- If you don't need Stereo, say for talk radio, you can set Spirit for Mono reception. This can greatly reduce noise with marginal signals.

- Using an equalizer to reduce high frequencies may reduce noise.

- You can try different wired headsets/cables. Lengths of 1-2 metres are probably best, but there may be specific lengths that are better tuned for one frequency.

- It's usually best to stretch the wire out straight. Usually orienting it vertically is best, I think, but experiment for best audio quality (High RSSI is no good if audio is bad).

- If in a building, and you can get the cable near or outside a window, that's better than far inside, especially if there is much metal in the walls or windows. Ideally this window would face the transmitter antenna, with a minimum of trees and buildings between you and transmitter. In general, experiment with placement. If there is metal in the walls or windows, getting the antenna to stand at least 20-40 cm away from that metal may help.
[Spirit FM] Avamander:
Sorry to bother you, but is there a way I could know if Spirit works on my LG D605 (CM11) before buying it? One person said there is no sound output (in a D605 thread a while back), that raises the question. (The point is that I don't have a credit card and making a virtual one costs quite much)
[Spirit FM] :
Testing lollipop now spirit 2 is no longer working i think its s root issue and you need to rewrite it for lollipop. As alot of apps are having the same trouble
[Spirit FM] lossah:
Same here about Spirit on Lollipop and LG G3.

Spirit 1, http://www.ladda-upp.se/bilder/nyspcsllpiixxg/

Spirit 2, stuck here, http://www.ladda-upp.se/image.php?id=125112&size=full

Root seems to work tho.

http://www.ladda-upp.se/image.php?id=125117&size=full

"Spirit been allowed for super user thing".
[Spirit FM] :
Yea i get both on both my 32GB and 16GB G3's (I Have both for a week! ) :D
[Spirit FM] mikereidis:
Sure, just email me mikereidis@gmail.com and I'll send you a test release to try.

I accept Paypal, outside of Play store.

But I think LG D605 Optimus L9 II has no audio, as you've heard.

Almost every phone with FM has different ways to enable FM audio and I only have the resources these days to support the most popular phones, each of which I have to buy and have spent hundreds of hours trying to make work well.

I have no plans or time to support most LG phones; just the G2 and G3 at this time.
[Spirit FM] lossah:
Do you know why Spirit 2 get stuck in "please wait" with Android L with G3 D855? Worked fine with Android 4.4.

Thanks. :)