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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] l.f.hant:
Surely Samsung have got this wrong?

Just read earlier that "LG builds a DAB+ digital radio radio into a smartmobe" (link)

That's right - DAB radio, in addition to the FM they also offer.

So LG, Sony and lots of other big players offer radio - I really wonder if Samsung have thought this through? Apple I understand because they don't want you listening to things they can charge you for on iTunes, but why you Samsung? And don't tell me your customers don't need this; 7,750 views at time of writing this reply suggest otherwise.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] velizarcho123:
No FM Radio? so stupid. Maybe Samsung thinks that FM is an old technology and newest phones doesn't need it because of large internal storage. So stupid, Samsung...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Corwinder:
Samsung included it. Carriers are disabling it. As far as I know AT&T is the only carrier that left it enabled.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] rurigokou:
I can confirm the fm radio on at&t S7 Edge works after you download a fm app and plug-in you earphones for the antenna
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] lostsoul1:
Make that two.. I cant believe AT&T did something special for us. They charged us the most then any carrier, made us wait longer and gave us no special promotional stuff sprint and Verizon offered. BUT WE GOT FM!!! WOOOOOOOO

now that leaves other questions.. it will paly out of the speak but you need a wire plugged in. I wonder if a simple stereo wire extension would work or if there is a little plug that will work.

humm.. I would trade this in for QC 3.0 though.. haha
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] l.f.hant:
Not really true - what about the SIMM-free phones? The only people making decisions on what's on them is Samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] urushiol:
Not sure if this app will work in your country, but you can try. It is a free app, so I should be OK to post it here. Definitely works on my AT&T S7. I can do audio over headphones and over the speaker phone. I will check with Bluetooth tonight. Either way, to get a signal, you must have headphones plugged in. The app then has a switch you can flip to output audio to the speaker if you want.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] LeVvE:
Tried it on G930F (Exynos), says FM Radio is unavailable.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] l.f.hant:
From what I understand, the FM radio is only available on the 820 chip.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] kasper1977:
I have AT&T s7 and it does have fm radio. Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] parkerdees:
Google Play

NEXTRADIO

Enjoy the free radio!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Devhux:
Awww, the Canadian (Exynos) doesn't have FM. :(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] l.f.hant:
Yep, know about Nextradio, but it's not FM :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] KaptainRandom:
Yep, know about Google Playstore, but it's not apps?

How do you know about nextradio,

Yet not know its sole purpose is to use the FM radio hardware?

What has become of xda?

not just this post,

but so many like it,

nearly every thread now,

don't read ahead,

don't follow leads/instructions,

don't investigate for themselves,

disheartening
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] hpark21:
T-mobile just dropped the new firmware update today and it enables the FM radio chip (On my S7 Edge). Just tested it using Nextradio and works fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] byawww432:
T-Mobile just pushed a s7 fm radio update
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Lefir3:
Yes good news for TMOBILE today, However I feel i still cant use it.

Is there ANYway to get audio to route from headphones to Bluetooth?

Also i understand the headphones is antenna, and ill leave it plugged.

Theres an app and i tried it today called soundabout but it does not work for what im trying to do.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] onlinejobwork:
No, Thread can be close
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] cairel:
S7 edge exynos no operator's linked. FW G935FXXU1APD1.

Next Radio says No radio available
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] ervius:
Ho, any news about working FM radio? Exynos yes.... exynos no.... installing last t-mobile update will unlock FM radio on all devices? No one has info about?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] 96cobra:
It's obvious you don't know what you are talking about, so please just stay away.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Joku1981:
This spanish blog confirm it:

"For now Samsung has not confirmed whether the International version activate the FM radio chip but now we know that it is possible to activate through a firmware update. The Samsung Galaxy S7 (Exynos 8890) has FM chip too and can function as FM radio. The FM radio has reached the Galaxy S7 base and also the Galaxy S7 Edge."

* Source: HERE.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] BrunoPGomes:
The G930F reportedly has the FM chip in the UK. This link Frugal. I've contacted them and they are adamant that their phone comes with the FM turned on. Cant seem to get a handle on the firmware on that version though. If its true it could mean that the vanilla flavoured factory UK phone has the FM chip turned on. Anybody got hold of an S7 G930F with standard Samsung firmware for the UK? Does the FM chip work?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] ervius:
waw, it would be fantastic.....
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Yo soy yo:
There you go, FM Radio is already built-in but disable. Now the upcoming update will enable it.

.techtimes.com/articles/156275/20160506/t-mobile-samsung-galaxy-s7-s7-edge-may-get-security-patch-and-fm-radio-with-latest-update.htm
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Meher458:
That's for SD820 version... which of course has the radio built-in as LG G5 is having. Just Samsung disabled it. Exynos version won't be having the HW compatability, if had they could have enabled it out of the box with SD820 version also. I'm almost sure that Exynos version won't be getting it but SD820 version may with a SW update.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] dorlow:
my s7 doesn't work with an fm app, but it does work with the next radio app.

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I see earlier in the post next radio isn't fm. I think it is. it's picking up the fm signals through a wired headphone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
I would like to know how to enable fm on my sm-g9350 q820, I'm rooted on a custom rom. Can some dev help me? init.qcom.fm.sh is in system/etc/ but I have no idea what's needed. I can't Ota because I'm rooted and custom.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] featureza8336:
http://nextradioapp.com/supported-devices/

The S7 does have a FM chip and it depends on your carrier if it is enabled or not.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
I'm root, looking for what system files need to be enabled. Does anyone know where I should be looking? Does it need an enabled kernel? Or just something in the system?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] aoprea:
any news about radio fm on exynos models ? (G930FD)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
Hmm, my translated text reads in the following way:

As you can see, it's worded a bit differently.

The publish date on the above cited article is May 5, 2016. I've not yet encountered anyone reporting that they've successfully gained access to an FM broadcast receiver on the exynos-powered S7 models. You would think that by now if the exynos-powered S7's in fact have an FM chip onboard which can truly be enabled, someone would have flashed a firmware version or a patch update that proves it's there and will work and then reported on their success. But I've seen nothing to this effect anywhere.... and there are a lot of SM-G930Fs and SM-G935Fs out there!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] featureza8336:
Looks like Verizon released an OTA update today in the US that enables the FM tuner, no root or anything needed.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
How to get fm on root?

Okay so how do I enable fm on my rooted s7e Qualcomm? Someone may have an idea on how this can be done..
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] featureza8336:
FM apps

Has anyone found a decent FM app for the S7? In my opinion, NextRadio sucks. I tried Spirit1 but couldn't get it to work. There used to be a stock FM app but that wouldn't open after I installed it. Any other tips?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] fashionweb:
Soluction?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] featureza8336:
Make sure you have the newest firmware then install NextRadio
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] lovilela:
I have a G930U patched with G930A firmware which, among other things, enables FM radio API. So far so good, NextRadio works now but the quality of the reception is awful. Comparing it to my other FM-enabled phone (an old Blackberry Curve) on the same location it's a shame, BB produces clear sound while the S7 is barely audible with a lot of cracking noises. Disappointing to say the least, as FM reception was one of my key drivers to buy an S7 but honestly with this quality, don't count on it.

Anyway, hope it could be something software related and a patch fixes it in the future, but I'm not too optimistic on that, really looks like interference on hardware.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
I have to say that your experience with the G930U and FM radio reception is quite consistent with my own. In June and July of this year I went through a number of S7s in an effort to acquire one that was relatively flaw free. The first several provided to me had at least one issue which I decided I could not live with.

Among the aforementioned S7s, three of them were G930Us. I was disappointed to learn that the U model came with a disabled FM receiver chip. I thus decided to flash the G930P (Sprint) firmware to the last U model I had in my possession. I found that doing so enabled the API for the onboard FM receiver chip... but, as you have also discovered, that the receiver sensitivity was far below what it should be. The G930Ps that I tried before the Us had very adequate FM broadcast sensitivity. With the U's, however, there was quite a lot of white noise and crackling, even on signals from very nearby local FM broadcast stations. Every signal seemed rather weak, resulting in the poor FM-quieting.

And there was yet another possibly related issue that I noticed about the U models. Each of the ones I tried (3 in total) suffered from reduced wi-fi sensitivity as well. While they were still usable on wi-fi, the wi-fi signals had to be relatively strong to keep from vanishing. So as long as I wasn't attempting to connect with a wi-fi node of marginal to weak signal strength, wi-fi seemed to work okay . Conversely, none of the Ps that I tried demonstrated this issue - including the P that I currently possess.

In summary, it seems that the receiver sensitivity on the U models is subpar for both FM broadcast and wi-fi reception. Besides being a shame, I find this somewhat puzzling. What could it be about the U's hardware that makes it so? I simply can't answer that question :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
What did you use for the patch? Do you have links to the files you used? We may be able to make it better.

[MENTION=3463480]travis82[/MENTION] does this knowledge help with enabling fm on hk rom?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
All you have to do is flash the carrier firmware using Odin3 and the FM chip starts working.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] davecotefilm:
Problem is I am on hong kongs g9350, unlocked. I don't want to end up locked on usa firmware. I'd like to find out specifically what in the firmware gives fm. Was it the AP? The CP? CSC?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] lovilela:
Correct, I just patched the stock carrier FW using Odin, no root or any other changes.

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Right, thanks for the through analysis, really seems that 930Us are somehow bugged.

My hope is that it is still something software related. I guess Samsung would not produce different hardware per carrier or unlocked phones. At some point they load the equally mounted hardware with specific software and stamp the brand of the carrier behind, but that should be all, meaning that maybe fine tuning an U is possible. Or not.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] travis82:
patched the firmware? define "patched".
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
I'm unsure which component contains the FM chip API. What I did was flash all of the components: i.e., the AP, the CSC, the CP, and the BL. The first flash failed because the partition on the U was too small to accept the larger data image. Consequently, I found a pit file for the 930P and used it to expand the partition. The subsequent flash session was then successful.

I'm sorry that I'm unable to answer your question. Hopefully someone else may be able to do so.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
I hope your theory is correct. One of my own theories is that there may be hardware differences between the G930 carrier versions and the U model. And that's simply because the U model is able to negotiate additional cell frequency bands.

My theory incorporates two possibilities:

Possibility 1: In order for a cellular device to be resonant on additional frequency bands, it needs to be modified with the correct antenna lengths for those additional bands. If an internal antenna on a cell phone isn't the correct length for a specific band of operation, whenever that band becomes active both the receiver sensitivity and the transmitter efficiency will suffer. The receiver will demonstrate weaker signals than it would if the antenna were the correct length for the band of operation. While I'm unsure what the differences may be between the internal antenna arrays of the U model and that of the carrier versions, I'm not convinced that whatever is different in that regard within the U isn't somehow affecting its FM broadcast reception efficiency. I know that the FM chip is only supposed to depend on the headphone wire as its receiver antenna. But it's possible that the headphone jack antenna circuit isn't entirely isolated from the internal cell antenna array. Or it may in fact be fully isolated, thus exploding my basis for the antenna difference theory. Again, it's only a possibility.

Possibility 2: Perhaps the problem is hardware-related in another way. It could be that within the U model, Samsung used a different RF amplifier circuit/chip than that used within the carrier versions of the device. If so, said different RF amplifier circuit may simply be less efficient on certain frequency bands - kind of like the antenna length requirement I've described above. Receiver amplification circuits have to be resonant as well. So if this is the case, it would clearly be a hardware component issue.

Again, I hope it's something that can eventually be corrected with a software modification. My suspicion is that it may not be, though. And that was one of the compelling factors in my decision to get away from the U model.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] travis82:
fm is set in ramdisk to call the .sh script to download the irisfm module and app. I have no idea what the hell the poster above is blindly guessing at.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] clonk:
I'm addressing the SM-G930U's significantly lower receiver sensitivity on both FM and wi-fi. RF circuits/antennas are tuned to the particular frequency ranges that they were designed for. A receiving antenna, for example, is far more than a mere piece of metal at a random length. Its dimensions determine how well it will pass signals within the intended frequency band to the receiver with which it is coupled. Stated another way, if an antenna is resonant on a particular frequency band and you add or remove physical length to/from that antenna, it will become less resonant, thus causing received signals on the particular frequency band to be much weaker than prior to the length change.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] RiTCHiE007:
Well wit hthe tune in radio app you can download podcasts or even record a radio station so when you dont have any internet connection you can always play some tunes.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] billubakra:
I am planning to get a SGS7. Two questions-

1. I am from India, will I get an Eynox chip one or the Snapdragon one? Which is better?

2. I have read that Samsung has enabled the radio in the new OTA update. Is it true?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] iantwebb:
I upgraded without knowing I 'd lose FM chip function!

The loss of direct FM radio reception was a surprise which reviews did not mention. It really turns me against companies that do this kind of thing irrespective of what customers might want.

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Why is it that we cannot imagine someone from Samsung itself being aware of a thread like this and making useful comments or even feedback to the company?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] mlongue1:
galaxy s7 g930A… nextradio app works great… and also, nextradio app installed and working great on galaxy s8 g950U… and, yes, i will try it on my s9+ when it gets here…
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c0mrade_Russia:
Hi guys.

First time I bought USB-OTG adapter from China and tried it, it didnt work for me. I guessed that cable is incorrect and bought another one at shop. CheckR is said that all okay, but it still doesnt work with any flash card.

So I have 2 adapters Type C - USB A, 2 different flash cards, I tried exFAT, NTFS and FAT32, it just connect and disconnect a thousands times but doesnt mount, I could see USB1102 at explorer sometimes but it unmount in 1 second. Any suggestion about it?

I feel sorry about my English, if u cant understand, pls ask me.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pkadavid:
Agree. It sounds like a bad cable. Try this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XHOGEZG?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00.

I tried a different one before this and had to send it back.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nidstang:
Reviews seem very hit and miss on that -- lot of folks saying it doesn't work with the 6P. Frustrating. I can't find a Type C OTG cable on amazon that has consistent positive reviews, and Benson seems solely focused on A-to-C cables.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTOJim:
I have a type C adapter that takes an micro SD card and it is working great with my Nexus 5x.

Have you tried opening settings then storage?

With my old Nexus 5 I used StickMount an app by Chainfire to access OTG. MM supports USB but unlike StickMount I couldn't locate my OTG device with my file manager, opening settings then storage I can access OTG.

Just installed StickMount and can access my OTG device with my file manager, so StickMount does work with the Nexus 5x. My preference is using the OTG support built into MM, rather than StickMount.

Hope this is helpful, good luck.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c0mrade_Russia:
So guys, I have already installed StickMount. I tried once more and it mounted as picture store I saw my files but it been unmounted in 10 seconds.. I think that problem not in cable coz there are few good reviews from n5x owners.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chu_max:
Hello guys.

Hoping on your truly support. Have the problem, which cannot solve by myself.

Was trying to flash boot.img from CWM recovery 6.0.3.0 via fastboot. It flashes succesfully, but after rebooting the tablet it doesnt show any signs of life. Was trying EMMA for solving , Flashtool to change kernel, but when plug it through usb, it haven't launched and PC don't recognize any device connected. When i press Vol+ Vol- Power at the same time LED lights with white 3 times and that all.

Was using rooted Lollipop 5.1.1 with unlocked bootloader.

Is there any possibility to reanimate it or its finished totally.

Regards.

Edit.

Many thnx 2 Alok Bajaj for his solution:

Here's what you can do..

Press and hold the Power button and the Volume Up button for ten seconds until you see a white light flashing three times. While doing this somewhere around in 5 seconds you'll see white led flashing once, but keep on pressing those buttons till it flashes next three times.

After that your tablet will be turned Off.

You can put your device in flash mode and flash a new ROM from Xperia flash tool.

If you get the error "Unknown sources and USB debugging must me enable for flash mode, then your option can be to flash the ROM from fastboot.

Download a ROM (CyanogenMod or any with custom recovery).

Flash the boot.img via fastboot and reboot your device.

Once done you should see a led lit up while the device is booting (pink/magenta color in case of CyanogenMod).

Press the volume up/down button and you should be able to go to recovery mode.

From here you can recover your device easily

And before you do anything make sure you've charged your device well.

Good luck

Cheers mate!
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icho68:
hi,

thanks for the tutorial, I try it but*don`t see the second three blue blinks how long usually*takes to wait for them
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PsyPax:
Hi there! I think I have hardbricked my tablet (SGP321) too. The thing is, mine won't start, no matter what I press and do. If I press the power button it blinks white and if I press the UP button with it, it blinks three times. After that nothing happens. If I connect a USB to it, it just flickers first red and then green. And thats it.

I tried to flash [7.1] CyanogenMod 14 [POLLUX/POLLUX_WINDY][UNOFFICIAL] by CaHbKaUp and chose the Pollux Version from this thread http://xdaforums.com/xperia-tablet-z/general/rom-cyanogenmod-14-t3496758. I also flashed the recommended GApps.

I whiped the sd-card in recovery (twrp) first and then flashed the new rom and GApps.

I think I chose the wrong version, maybe? I flashed my tablet once and I thought I could do it again, the same way as before. Guess I was wrong. :(

If there is anything I can do to get this back to work, please respond!

with regards

PsyPax
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PsyPax:
seems like no one is looking at this thread anymore. :(

edit: Solution found. forgot to unlock bootloader... ^^;
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baarbaar:
Hardbrick too

Just ran into the same problem. So there are stil people looking :o

Didn't know about the bootloader.

Has Android 5.1.1 Stock rom,

rooted it

installed XZDualrecovery from here:

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2261606

Then it showed up twrp and I flashed lineage-14.1-20170417-UNOFFICIAL-pollux.zip

ticked "reboot" and ??? nothing :(

So what are the steps now to get it running again?
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rootk1t:
Reflash device with Flashtool.

You can't flash custom ROMs with XZDR recovery.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qik00:
Can I get rid od the google now ad in google app?

(That box in the bottom)

Plz help !
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KevinX8:
um swipe right what "ad" are you talking about anyway? all cards can be swiped away
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qik00:
This box cant be swiped away
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KevinX8:
Screenshot? I don't have any "ad box" but then again I have so many ad blockers I haven't seen an ad in years
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qik00:
ITS not really an ad wait a minute i'll give you a screen shot
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qik00:
http://s29.postimg.org/hh7q0xddj/Screenshots_2016_02_23_19_32_52.png

Here
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KevinX8:
(facepalm) just click the bottom right button it's just interface help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qik00:
Hah i dont have interface help bro ITS only menu to swipe from left edge