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[Galaxy S I9000 General] pixie77:
I have JP6 and it's still rubbish, although now stereo it still sounds incredibly weak, absolutley no highs or lows. I was really disappointed.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DamianGto:
Check your cabel.

Don't use the standard 3 segment cabel. You get bad sound from that.

Try to find a cabel.that convert the 3 segment to 4 segment. Then you get better sound. Lol.

Sent from GT-I9000 Jpm OS kernel with z4mod
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dwillMUFC:
[Q] Request for FM Radio.

After installing the AOSP Rom for 2. 2, I now no longer have the fm radio, please can someone upload this .apk file.

Thank-you

Dan
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sean2476:
Have you tried a factory reset on your phone? I had to do this after upgrading to 2.2 to get the Market back.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lpy:
GOT IT!

As said above, it could be something to do with using a 3-pin plug instead of 4-pin.

Anyway, it's a setting in /etc/asound.conf ... just gotta work out which one I changed that did it :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] exadeci:
I'm using the original headset with 4 pin and the sound is ok but I think that OP would like to have just more bass and tremble
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lpy:
FM Radio Full Sound Fix

This code is now obsolete!!! It did its job for a few months, but there is now a better fix available. If you have modified your asound.conf file, please revert back to the original and use Hardcore's SpeedMod Kernel, Supercurio's Kernel, or any other kernel with Supercurio's audio tweaks.

Open /system/etc/asound.conf

(but not with Root Explorer, it will truncate the file)

Go to line 423

Replace:

{name "FM Radio Path"	value 2}	# 0:OFF 1:SPK 2:HP 3:SPK_MIX 4:HP_MIX

with:

{name "FM Radio Path"	value 4}	# 0:OFF 1:SPK 2:HP 3:SPK_MIX 4:HP_MIX
{name "Playback Path"	value 7}	# 0:OFF 1:RCV 2:SPK 3:HP 4:DUAL 5:BT 6:RING_SPK 7:RING_HP 8:RING_DUAL 9:EXTRA_DOCK_SPEAKER 10:TV_OUT

Reboot.

Deep pounding bass and smooth treble.

The buggy part is, you'll have turn Speaker on and off to get it working. There are 6 FM Radio settings in that file, with many different combinations. Maybe someone can work out something that isn't buggy and maybe sounds a bit better.

Experimental: Changed Playback Path value from 3 to 7 for louder audio.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hpblze:
@ Ipy - Hey ur code works for abt 10 seconds , gives me nice bass for the Fm radio and then the sound just shuts off , but u proved that it can be done ! ... can u find a permanent fix .. pretty plzz !!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lpy:
Hi, unfortunately it'll probably require the work of someone who knows the ins and outs of Linux (or at least the Android OS). It's sort of what I'd call a semi-permanent fix. The only time the sounds cuts off for me is when another sound is activated, such as when you plug in the charger, as an example. When that happens, all you'll need to do is switch the speaker on and off again.

Other than that, you're the only one to comment on this so far, so if that doesn't fix it, it's hard to know what else it could be.

But yes, I agree, we at least know that full-range sound of the FM radio is possible!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hpblze:
eureka !

@ lpy - Thanx for the awesome tip ...

Not havin any other sound playing at the background gave me the hint ...

I had Installed Power Amp as a widget on my home screen , just removing that widget .. makes it all workin like never before .. Finally some rich soundin' FM !!

Now just removing the Widget - I can have them both playing at the same time !!

My config -

XXJPP - BASEBAND

2.6.32.9 - KERNEL (VOODOO)

FROYO XXJPO
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eitama:
Hi,

I'm trying this right now.

I wonder if the phone needs to be rebooted after making the change to asound.conf...

Trying.

Eitam.

Edit : It's working! a little buggy though, at 1st it tells you to start the FM Radio, but there is no "Start" button, i just did a rescan, and it started working, then a toggle to speaker, and bam, SOUND!

Ipy great find.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xan:
This FM app is just ridiculous!

It pumps 30+ lines to logcat EACH SECOND.

It uses ~25% of processor when listening and screen off.

WTF samsung?

//edit:

OK its related to RDS. Just turn it off and:

-clean logcat output

-minor CPU usage

I must say Samsung screwed FM radio BIG TIME.

- No stereo for first 4+ months (fixed now, hell yeah)

- flat output (definitely a software bug!)

- unbelievably high (25%+) CPU usage when using RDS

- RDS debug code left: 30+ lines PER second in logcat (related to cpu usage)

again

WTF?!

Its not even NEAR production quality and the device has been sold for half a year and have seen 20-30 firmware updates (internal), and 4-5 official, Kies updates (or even more)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eitama:
The FM quality without lpy fix is not FLAT, it's LowPassFiltered and HighPassFiltered, you only get mid range.

You can EQ that all you want, you will never revive the lost frequencies.

To me it looks like the required frequencies for a cellphone conversation over 2g/3g. Kinda makes sense that this was a programming bug, but hell, where is the QA? and where is tech support? Sheesh.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lpy:
What frequency is the CPU running at?

At 1GHz I can see it using up to ~13% when RDS is on, but only when the text is scrolling and not still/fixed. Otherwise the radio uses about 1-2%.

Maybe if the scrolling was slowed down it would reduce CPU usage..

Alternative frequency also sends a lot to logcat, but probably has no negative impact (unless you're trying to keep up with the text :P)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lpy:
oops double post
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xan:
When screen=off there should be no cpu usage caused by gui.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] betoNL:
Too much hassle..and even more battery drain than wifi?

Another reason to stick to TuneIn radio apk.

Better sound and stations from all over the world
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eitama:
Say, After editing asound.conf, is there a way to apply the changes without rebooting the phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lpy:
Not that I'm aware of
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eitama:
Aha, ok thanks, btw I PMed you :)

Could you please answer? (pretty please)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lpy:
Yeah I did reply. I'm not sure what's possible with bluetooth as I don't have a bt headset to experiment with, but be very careful when editing asound.conf. If you enter an invalid setting your phone might not boot past the logo and you'll need to restore a backup, or find a way of editing it back.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] atomek1000:
Anything new in editing? I'll test it in a minute. Anyway it is a great to hear some bass :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lpy:
There's an audio bounty thread in the Development section where supercurio says he's fix the FM Radio issue, but I haven't seen any code for that, so for now this is the best solution I know of.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] atomek1000:
I've done that "fix" a few minutes ago by adb pushing file from computer do system/etc and rebooted...Still after 5minutes booting :D.

I have darky's Gingerbread 8 and voodo lagfix applied.

Plz help me :) I have i9000 less than 2weeks :D

edit/// my phone doesnt boots...Nexus animated logo for 10minutes and againg battery off and boot gave nothing. What am i supposed to do to get my phone working?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xan:
Try adb pushing this file (after extraction ofc)

(while booting or in recovery)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xan:
I analysed FM radio code a bit, however I cant find the source of this debug messages :(

Anybody has a clue?

/system/bin/system_server sends this crap.

Both media player and fmradio rich logcat output is caused by services.

Thats it for me :)

Call it a day.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] betoNL:
Just between us . Nice effort from Supecurio with the new app, but.... the same FM stations still sound way better via TuneIn apk , than via stock FM radio...even with all that voodoo magic :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] supercurio:
Streaming ? :D

Hehe yeah FM cannot be hi-fi, streaming can if you have the appropriate bitrate.

but there is still 1 fm radio frequency response to come (less aggressive high frequency filter)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] betoNL:
:o damn.. you were not supposed to read that! :D

Well... streaming only at home....and always gratefull for all the improvements...

Brazilian beer on the way......
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Devhux:
Firstly, thanks for taking the time to help us get some better-sound FM radio from our device. It's very much appreciated!

Could modifying the asound.conf file as discussed here cause Mixget not to work (for the ALSA function)? I just flashed to JL2, loaded the Hardcore Speedmod kernel, and modified my asound.conf file, but cannot get Mixget to work. It sees that the ALSA modules are there, but moving the Headphone slider doesn't do anything.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andifds:
I got and SGS I9000B and my radio app doesn't have stereo, just mono and obviously no bass

at *#1234#

PDA: I9000BVJJPD
PHONE: I9000BVJJPD
CSC: I9000BZTOJPD
Build Info: 2010, 12

the difference between this SGS and de SGS Int. is that this have Digital TV like the Korean version of SGS. So, i can´t install any mod kernel.

Any suggestion??
[Galaxy S I9000 General] PhoenixFx:
Thanks lpy, your fix works :D. I had some trouble getting the radio to work for more than few seconds at first. Didnt have any notifications sounds playing in the background, but the radio stopped 5 seconds after toggling speaker mode. But when I put the phone into silent mode it started working. Small incontinence, but nothing to complain about, considering the huge quality improvement !. Running stock JPY.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] CatalystWon:
Just thought I'd pop in here for a moment to say my GT-i9000m, date of manufacture 04/2011 Has STEREO FM radio. It must depend on signal strength because some known stereo stations don't play in stereo, while others do play in stereo.

It may also have to do with the ROM version.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] skezza:
I think the radio is excellent but we'll soon lose FM radio support unfortunately. Updates to ICS and JB will take it away :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pramods:
It's streo headset problem, try to adjust the stero Jack (male point) in all direction you will hear the stero at one point.

Note: this may get disconnect notification in FM application, you will have to reinsert the headphone and again choose the station and try.

The FM radio is stero for sure and I am using it but with a workable hedaphone. My samsung headphone alway emit mono sound for FM radio unless I hold the 3.5 mm hack at one specific location.

-Pramod
[Galaxy S I9000 General] GAda:
:eek:

I have no problems with stereo MP3
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pramods:
Please give it a try,I too had the same problem and:confused: was able to get through once I heard the "stereo" sound after adjusting and then changed the headphone to a better one, the FM just need a headphone to be plugged in to work as antenna.

-Pramod
[Galaxy S I9000 General] lentak:
I change many headphone.

My mp3, FLAC, ... work perfectly STEREO.

FM RADIO work still MONO with any headphone :( :( :(

fm radio is unusable

SGS is flag-ship ???

... incredible ...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] magicdroid:
Sounds like the mini-jack connector is flawed... that's a hardware problem :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dan 6a:
FM radio was advertised as stereo?

Can anyone confirm this, I am sure when I was looking at specs before ordering it said Stereo FM radio..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andrewluecke:
lmgtfy.com/?q=galaxy+S+stereo+fm+radio

So yes.. If you aren't getting it, it possibly depends on the firmware..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dan 6a:
Every fw released has not been stereo fm though
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
the only time i use the FM radio is to get local news information, otherwise MP3s all the way
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dan 6a:
stating you dont mind it being in mono doesn't help though :)

There must be others that use FM radio who want it to playback in stereo yeah?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
there is a simple way to test if it's truly stereo or mono

ingredients:

1. low frecuency FM radio emitter (like those commonly used on car non bluetooth hands free solutions)

2. a music track that only plays on the left side, then another music that only plays on the right side

Testing Steps:

1. run the FM radio software in SGS

2. pick up the channel set on the FM emitter

3. plug in your favourite set of headphones

4. listen to only 1 side of the headphone

5. play the audio track corresponding to the same side of the headphone

6. repeat 4+5 for the other side of the head phone

7. come back with your results :)

I don't have spare time for this, else i've done it myself.

I'm quite sure the SGS FM radio is Stereo, else it wouldn't sound so rich when i listen to the non news stations
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dan 6a:
I appreciate your help but I used to dj and I know that Mp3 playback on the device is in stereo, FM is in mono.

I am asking why hasn't it been fixed or reported by others.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
AFAIK they never mentioned if it was stereo or mono

this is what is listed on the official site

Fun & Entertainment	FM Radio	Yes
FM Radio RDS	Yes

http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/...dex.idx?pagetype=prd_detail&tab=specification

they have not changed it since the time i ordered my phone, and that was 2 months ago
[Galaxy S I9000 General] honza24:
Fm Radio

It is an application for recording from FM radio? Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] CharonIDRONES:
Logcat for FM Radio

I am hoping someone with EU SGS and working FM could possibly post a logcast for turning on the FM to see what is missing in the US version. It would be appreciated. Thanks :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Schmich:
FM Radio not working without headphones?

How come the FM Radio won't play through the speakers when no headphones are in? If you try it says "Earphone not connected", even if you have speakers selected. :confused: Once headphones are in you can switch between them and the speakers.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ed10000:
The earphones act as an antenna and are needed to listen to the radio. It works the same way in pretty much all phones.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Schmich:
Ah, that's pretty nifty minus the requirement of always having headphones around. Thanks for the explanation! =)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] format:
It's embarrassing

I guess nobody complaints because is not very used, but I have no explanation for the FM radio being mono on this kind of equipment.

My daughter 10€ phone has a mono FM radio. But a phone like this. FM Mono?

What happened? I like to hear some stations now and then. But the Fm Radio has a sound so bad. It didn't had to be mono. It's impossible to hear music. It hurts my brain.

Don't we deserve a feature available in any phone that costs more than 50€ these days?

I guess the only excuse for this is a software problem that is going to be addressed. Because having a radio so bad in a supposedly best Android phone is a big shame on you Samsung.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
not many phones comes with FM radio, there's only a handful

the majority of the phones are radio less
[Galaxy S I9000 General] format:
And in the 500€ phones range? Many sites like gsmarena even refer it as being Stereo FM radio with RDS, since it's a more than obvious feature in these phone segment.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] daigoro64:
Right, and even if vodafone uk, for example, right now still writes "Stereo FM Radio" the output is mono.

Sad but true.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] format:
I now know why the lack of a stereo radio isn't making any news.

I talked with some colleagues and friends and it's incredible the amount of people that don't know what is stereo, or even don't bother with the lack of it.

I never imagined that, but it's the only explanation I have tor this,

I asked Samsung about the FM Radio but the guy how answered probably doesn't have a clue about what I was talking about also. I described the problem and asked about the radio being stereo or not and when were they planning to correct it, it this was indeed a software defect. The guy answered "So everything is working as expected right?" ??!?!?!!??! dahhhhh!!!!!!!! I asked again politely to answer my questions. But I think it's useless. They'lll just send me stupid quotes until I quit. It's Heldp Desk tactic nº 28 :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kempas:
A lot of people think stereo is sound coming out of two speakers...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
as the other guy said, that's probably the reason.

we should add a Poll to this topic

"Do you use the FM radio in your phone?"

- Yes

- No

and you'll see almost 70% of the vote will go to "No"
[Galaxy S I9000 General] format:
I guess it will be more than 70%. Oh well, WTF, I thought a mono FM radio didn't even exist these days, let alone being considered by Samsung engineers. Very bad news.

Samsung support keeps replying me with stupid quotes. It's useless.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mengsuan:
You won't hear stereo radio unless you're in an area with good coverage, similarly to other FM-enabled mobile phones.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] alovell83:
...and if you do, do you think you'd notice and blame the phone if you hear mono sound? Last time I had a car, I was listening to public, talk radio, I'm not even sure they'd record that in stereo.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] daigoro64:
You are right, but with reference to this topic, with current ROMs, you won't hear stereo radio using your SGS in any case.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] format:
That's not the case. I've tested several SGS's with differente firmwares in excellent reception areas and there is no Stereo whatsoever.

Samsung support finally told me the radio is Stereo but after a stupid support iteration I think they tell anything. Doesn't count.

Up today nobody could hear a FM Stereo station in the SGS.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
that is true, on my car, when i drive FM stations usually gets picked up as Mono when in bad coverage area, when you are on good spots the Stereo logo shows up in the Receiver Deck, then you can hear really good sound
[Galaxy S I9000 General] format:
In your headphones and if you know what to look for you can ALWAYS notice a stereo broadcast.

1st - stereo needs a very strong signal and is much more prone to interferences and some hiss. Especially in voice programs the silence pauses reveal the stereo hiss that normally is hidden by the music.

That's why you always have a stereo/mono switch. To turn off the stereo reception in those cases the bad reception is ruining your listening experience.

Let's hope someday, some firmware fix, can put the radio to some use. The nexus one hidden radio is stereo? Is there such a thing as a mono FM radio in these chipsets? What's the point?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BobbyTee:
In need of some help... cannot get radio signal

Hi all. Here is the background.

I installed Froyo 2.2 (JP3) and it seemed really really buggy, so I tried to revert back to UGUJ8 (Original Vibrant Firmware).

When I use Odin to do this I get the following:

<ID:0/009> Odin v.3 engine (ID:9)..

<ID:0/009> File analysis..

<ID:0/009> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/009> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/009> cache.rfs

<ID:0/009> dbdata.rfs

<ID:0/009> factoryfs.rfs

<ID:0/009>

<ID:0/009> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Then the phone reboots and everything looks fine except I get no radio. So I open dialer and do a *#1234#

I get a PDA and a CSC version back, but I get nothing for Phone.

The phone is useless in this state. All I want to do is get back to a stock phone and start fresh.

Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BobbyTee:
I just noticed something else weird.

PDA: I9000UGJG8

PHONE: Unknown

CSC: I9000BMCJG8

Why are the versions not the same? Or should they be?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BobbyTee:
/thread

Figured it out
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MoWa22:
Talked to a Samsung chap today - asked if Galaxy S radio was stereo or mono (listening to mine I didn't doubt it was mono, but it could be a bug, but I didn't tell him anything, just asked if it was mono or stereo). He asked me to wait, and came back a few minutes later. "Mono," he said.

How the heck is it possible for Samsung to get a mono FM unit? It even has RDS - a radio with RDS, but only mono? It's absurd!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] format:
I don't believe also. I hope it's just another random stupid answer. The samsung support in Portugal after a nonsense message exchange, told me the radio was stereo.

I guess nobody knows for sure if it's a firmware problem or something else. It doesn't enter my mind that somebody would integrate a FM radio circuit inside some ultra-high end chip and would choose mono sound. Why? Unless there is some wierd severe design limitation. Or they recruit a retard engineer. It desn't make sense.

I want to believe this could be firmware related.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
it would be freaking expensive to produce a MONO FM chip, even a $1 piece of crapp radio comes as Stereo FM, although with horrible sound and tons of Hisssssss noice
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rocketpaul:
what is it?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Prankey:
Hahaha, yeah... that was what I was thinking... what the hell is this word "STEREO"... Heard in a sify ;)

Most of the people around us do not bother about "stereo" or "quality". They just hear "sound", "voices", some are intellectual enough to hear an "instrument" and few are quite brilliant to identify "stereo" as sounds coming from 2 different "speakers" (period). Again, almost 80% of these intellects do not know what do we mean by sound "quality"! Multchannel for them is just voices coming from different direction. They can not deferential at all among 2 contrast sources.

One of my colleague was telling me that my SGS speaker sound is almost identical to his "Corby". When I played a 12kHz waveform on my SGS, he did not hear a thing and started telling that he has ear problem and have seen the doctor several times already :)

Nevertheless, I confirm this issue on my SGS. Will go after their support as I feel cheated to have bought a "Mono FM" phone when I believe even Wave has Stereo FM.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] degnekci:
Colud you express us how to solve this problem?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
if that it what it looks like, then the more reason why you are having trouble with the radio

re flash the MODEM file with Odin
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xnox:
I noticed the same thing. The first time I listened to the radio, it just sounded very 'dull'. I tested the same headphone on HTC Desire and I can confirm that SGS indeed sounded like it is in mono, and fortunately MP3 played in stereo perfectly fine.

Very disappointed with Samsung for pushing out something that has wonky GPS, lags and a crippled radio :mad:

Anyone found a solution to this? :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cba1986:
The radio sounds mono because of the firmware. Since the audio chip, supports stereo radio.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] degnekci:
I reflashed it but it didn't fix. Some reflashs bring this error:

can not access to system/csc/TPH/system

Maybe it is related to that error.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] picard2008:
Mono 100%

I 100% sure that the SGS current FM Radio with i9000ZSJG4 & i9000ZSJH1 firmware only have MONO sound. Similarly, I am not too picky on that but agree it is a silly decision not to have Stereo FM radio which can be bought cheap even at retail price.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
i'm quite sure it's a Software thing.

i've not seen a MONO FM radio for the past Decade
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ickyboo:
Dont forget our free headphones are rather special due to its jacks settings. Its based on nokia n97 inputs. Frankly its hell annoying as you are locked in but smart people will know to buy n97 converters

Sent from my Apple Newton 2100