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[Defy General] martinml:
If you, like me, hate the stock Motorola music player but don't want to lose its integrated FM radio function, you'll like this.

Just download the attached APK and install it the usual way. It's been working great so far for me, even RDS, loudspeaker and all! And I like the interface more than the Motorola music player.

The APK is from a Droid 2, the radio hardware seems to be the same.

Please note that I tried this only in a European Defy, with the Central European SBF (JRDNEM_U3_2.34.1).

UPDATE 5th june 2011

Thanks to maniac103 there is now a fixed version of the app that fixes the crashes and problems saving stations. I tried on my 2.1 Defy and it's now rock solid! It also fixed the ugly icon in the notification bar.

Find the new version attached to this post, it's called FMRadio_fixed.apk.
[Defy General] tensan:
I have already installed. its much better than the default application. you can save radios, listen from the speaker, and my default application didn't let me to put off the radio when I let it many time on.

thanks a lot!!
[Defy General] Rhyr:
It work great on firmware U3 _2.21.0!

Thanks, this app it's more usefull and beautifull than the original one :-)
[Defy General] Bigop:
thank you very much for that app...

i was looking for such a thing !
[Defy General] vshymanskyy:
Thanks! Works like a charm on Tmob USA fw!

PS. Didn't find a "pause" button ;)

Sent from my MB525
[Defy General] maprix:
I've problems after altering the radio station list. If I save a station manually inside the list the radio app exits but the radio is still playing and the icon inside the status bar is still available. Also killing and restarting the radio app does't work.
[Defy General] martinml:
Same happens to me, but reopening and then closing the app with Quick Exit worked fine.
[Defy General] gobble_di_gook:
Hey :) great work... Not being able to listen with loudspeaker was the worst thing about my moto... So this is perfect
[Defy General] wildwasserbahn:
Thank you very much, it works fine.
[Defy General] heglen:
Thanks a bunch, this just turned my phone close to perfect. Now I just want an official, european, rootable no-Blur Gingerbread :-D
[Defy General] sprk:
Thanks, great
[Defy General] tensan:
You want too much, I think
[Defy General] utalok:
Thank you! I will travel to my girlfriend in the weekend this will help me a lot :)
[Defy General] alamardaman:
Love the app. Works on my Motorola Bravo MB520.
[Defy General] gobble_di_gook:
Hi! After a few days using this I have a couple of issues.... After getting it to work it's fine, but actually getting it to work is a pain!

Worked first time no problem:) however after that all I get is the initialising screen and nothing else... Have to force close to get the application to exit and manually end the fm service to try and start it again... If I want to listen to fm radio again I have to reboot or use crap stock player:(

Anyone else have experiences like this?
[Defy General] spamnco:
Yep same here + using bookmarks makes the app quit to the Defy's home. This app really doesn't seem to work fine on this phone :(
[Defy General] gobble_di_gook:
Well it isn't really for this phone... So not wholly disappointed! Ok I'm gonna struggle on and go back to my original idea which is a loudspeaker toggle, now I have my nice new android phone I just need to work out how to use it;-)
[Defy General] buzybee:
You're a star for putting this up for grabs.

Just what I wanted.

Played with it for a few a couple of days now and have had none of the issues others report.

If you use the stock earphones with switch that come with the Defy I discovered it found 6 six stations after scanning and reception certainly wasn't wow.

Did a rescan with a crappy set of £5 Phillips earphones, no mic no in line switches & it picked up 14 stations on scan. Reception is improved too.

And yes I did the scans in the same place and roughly the same time of day.
[Defy General] Remington78:
Thanks a thousand million tonnes. Loving it.
[Defy General] powertony84:
Crash when i tap over selected station and fc to launcher..
[Defy General] gobble_di_gook:
Another issue for me thIs morning.... After the screen lock has gone on the volume buttons don't do anything, the graphic comes up telling me that I'm changing the volume, but it makes absolutely no difference to the actual volume. Even after un locking the screen and going back into end app.
[Defy General] balmusr:
Thanks a lot! It definitely solved my radio issue!
[Defy General] acvaristul:
Central European Defy SBF 2.1-update1

(JRDNEM_U3_2.21.0)

Radio app works perfect, no problem!
[Defy General] motodata:
Could anyone patch this application to make it work with japan radio band ?
[Defy General] eeeemc:
Thanks to Martinml

My Defy is Asia version which works fine to the FM radio apps Martin uploaded.

Thanks!
[Defy General] kodakdanny:
Great! That's what I need! Thanks!:)
[Defy General] geminiwarrior:
it works on the usa defy quiet well
[Defy General] joergherzinger:
Awesome. Finally I can actually turn off the radio. :)
[Defy General] mobenaus:
The app work nice in brazil.

Tks.
[Defy General] m1la:
it worked fine for me as well. but yesterday I added a new station to my list and since then the app starts and activates the radio but vanishes quickly after that. I see the app in the bar but cannot interact with it :-( cannot even close it.

now I'm stuck... I need to reboot my phone since not even advanced task killer finds the app :-(
[Defy General] reinsen:
same for me, cant pick saved stations, doesnt close the app (radio still running) but sends me to homescreen.

but there are only 2 interesting radio stations in my sector, so no problemo switching manually :)
[Defy General] mricchetti:
Speaker

Thank you very much !!!!!!

it´s work on my moto defy !!!

i am from brazil.

very very nice job.
[Defy General] hastysky:
Deodex fmradio.apk
[Defy General] chromespark:
thx .

I`ll try it later.
[Defy General] cheena:
Works great for me on US Defy. Only problem is it remembers only 20 stations, and I receive more than 30 where I live :D
[Defy General] replicant101:
thanks man, really like it when ported apks come out :)
[Defy General] pfranco777:
Just downloaded the app and it works perfectly. Strange enought when I went to check the old FM radio, the interface is different and it WORKS! Would this be an update from Motorola or am I dreaming?:confused:
[Defy General] JostVice:
same problem, but I can delete the process using Android Assistant, and maybe from the phone services settings you can too.

God damn, there isn't any correct radio app for this phone?
[Defy General] ganag27:
hello . When i installed the application it asks me to connect the earphones . Is this normal ?
[Defy General] initialcs:
Thanks. It works perfect on my defy. Cheers
[Defy General] aaatoel:
It is perfectly normal! The earphones act as an antenna so they are mandatory If you want to listen to radio! :)
[Defy General] sewi80:
Thank You!

wow, thank you!!! i was looking for that, because the radio app is missing in the jboogie Froyo ROM.

and this Version is really so much better than the Original Moto one.
[Defy General] m11kkaa:
Thank you very much for this!

Because here is no Screenshot, I made one for you:
[Defy General] casouzaj:
Some wishes...

Some suggestions, if I may:

I know that the wired headset (or even a 3.5mm small cable or adapter) acts as the FM antenna, but maybe someone here would agree with me that strong FM stations, broadcasted in many areas, could still be sintonized without any antennas, whatsoever.

Could some skilled cook out ther patch this already amazing piece of sofware, in order to jump out of the headset connection tests, at both the beginning of the running application, and also its close, whenever the headset removal is detected, so that those strong stations could still be tuned in without the headset attached?

Another highly desirable development would be to make the FM sound, just like any other sound source, be routed to an active A2DP connection. Anyone?

Waiting for good news...

Regards,

Carlos
[Defy General] rcauinian:
This is working just fine here in the Philippines. Great FM APP. :)
[Defy General] m11kkaa:
Can you share the Music.apk from the Droid2, too?

Currently I am using the original Musik-App from Google, but it has some Design-Bugs.
[Defy General] thomi:
Awesome! Thank you.

The default app for radio sucks really hard.
[Defy General] leonbut:
THANK YOU BRO!

the app work well with my DEFY (Hong Kong version)

I can exit the radio app completely without taskiller and output thru. the speaker ^^

sorry for my bad english ><""
[Defy General] ajo99:
vasool hai .. i love xda forums

hi

i have a motodefy india version

The default fm radio player does not allow to listen the radio on loud speaker and

does not terminate when the fm radio app is killed

this apk has solved both the problems

many many thanks to the contributor and xda forums
[Defy General] pikyto:
OK in Brazil (Defy)

Thanks, man! Works fine in my Defy (Brazil):)
[Defy General] AliOnHols:
Many thanks for making this app. The original FM Radio app had SwitchOff & Volume problems.
[Defy General] Krusadr:
Installed, works perfectly

My first post!

Thanks martinml!

It installed perfectly and works flawlessly on a vanilla DEFY.

I'll post back if I encounter any problems like others before have had.

Though listening to FM on the loudspeaker is a huge plus, I kinda like the way DEFY's original FM Radio shows presets; sorta like CoverFlow of Apple iPod/iPhone!

Also took me a while to figure out how to store a preset in the forst place on the default Radio :P

Thanks again and cheers!

PS: I see that a few members have Thanked the first post, and I can't seem to figure out how to do that, so would appreciate it if someone could show me the way.

EDIT: Never mind on the Thank thing, got it! :P Just had to have a reply in the thread!
[Defy General] Nate1481:
Brilliant! much better and you can have a homepage link
[Defy General] xtrmshadow:
Good app mate,now for those who have problems saving and reloading Stations,its a tricky thing but i got the hang of it XD.

Delete all the Stations you have saved -> Exit app -> Run app again and go on "Yes do a scan" ,Let it scan the 20 stations -> After that,just go over the Frequency of the Radio you want to save -> Now long press on a Radio saved in the list below that you dont want -> "Replace"

And now it will work ^^

Warning! : Dont change the name of the saved stations! Or they will stop working.

Just let it as 88.0MHz (For exemple) And it will change the name automatically after it sync'ed perfectly.

Respect ^^
[Defy General] jayanth1255:
Thank you

I will try this
[Defy General] other.topics:
I imagine I'm making a awful newbie mistake, but how do you install this app? I've gone onto the page on my Defy, clicked the link but then it says "Cannot download. The content is not supported on this phone".

I bought it 2 days ago, firmware is 2.1-update1
[Defy General] rachit2588:
yes, its working perfectly fine on my defy (INDIA) rom:: stock rom JRDNEM_U3_2.59.0
[Defy General] hd2_br:
reinsen and m1la, i did what xtrmshadow said and now it works well.
[Defy General] martinml:
New version thanks to maniac103 and Quarx2k! Please read the update from first post!
[Defy General] Quarx:
It not my fix...

Thanks to maniac103 :)
[Defy General] martinml:
Okay, I edited my post. Render unto Caesar... :)
[Defy General] aaatoel:
Thanks for the new version to anyone who contributed! It works like a charm! :D
[Defy General] pbda:
At least a radio that we can listen through speaker ! Thank you very much.

It would be nice if this radio application could remember speaker setting in order to use it as an alarm-radio.
[Defy General] mindugo:
It doesn't work for me on leaked 2.3.4. Does anybody else have the same problem?
[Defy General] farsight73:
It working for me on 2.3.3.

Sent from my awesome Moto Defy: Stock Rooted Gingerbread 2.3.3 - XDA Premium
[Defy General] simon211175:
I'm on CM7 RC0 which is 2.3.4 and this also is not working for me.
[Defy General] Gusar321:
I'm on CM7 and this version works: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=981148. It's a bit crashy though.
[Defy General] aribis:
Expectations on the rise!

i am from India...just installed this fixed app on my brand new Defy...i bought this last week...and voila, its perfect...guys you rock! thats why i love xda forums...

btw...i hav got a defy with green lens...looking for a gingerbread that wont break my camera...will be lota help if anyone can redirect. TIA :)
[Defy General] ripio:
I had the same thing. Had to download the app to pc and then transfer to phone sd card via usb cable. Worked ok then.

But, after working well for a few days, I've now been having regular problems with the app getting stuck on starting the radio with message 'FM radio is loading' and not getting any further. I can only get it to work if I switch the phone off then on again and start the radio straight away.
[Defy General] IamX:
Hi Hi anyone

It worked for CM7 last version.

But,Do you about how to change frequency step.

Normal,This application has 100KHz.

Can I change step to 250KHz.?
[Defy General] lackyluc:
Fantastic...very thanks. Finally i can listen fmradio with my Defy...but

Is it possible to change the earphone button function to scroll the saved stations with it???
[Defy General] junear:
Thanks a lot for this awesome app, working great for my Defy.

Would like the features to change channels using the headphone button, and a widget in the home screen:cool:.
[Defy General] jimmynewtron:
works

this app worked in my defy mb525 in brazil (claro) with froyo 2.2...

thx
[Defy General] Gynoid:
Works beautifully on my Defy/Froyo in France. Big Thanks to the developper(s).
[Defy General] bulgur:
Solved - thanks.

Thanks a lot you guys.

Worked out perfectly for my Defy.

A little offtopic - hope it doesn't bother you too much:

It's so :mad: that (except from apple) nearly all handset manufacturers offer lots of different devices which actually aren't that different. It's only logic they cannot offer satisfying support for those hundreds of devices accumulating over the years - thus only communities like xdadev can make things work.

I'd love to have paid 50 bucks more for my Defy if there were appropriate support from Motorola.
[Defy General] sarrazinX:
WajkIUI

hello,

I used the application on my defy CYANOGEN with no problem. But since I went on WajkIUI, the application launches but stuck on 'loading the FM radio. "Do you have a solution please.
[Defy General] Teitn:
Don't work in MIUI.es

I have the same problem in MIUI.es 2.3.7f
[Defy General] mihaimurdeala:
Works perfect on mi defy+

Excellent app, i hated the original music app but now with this app i really started to listen to radio :D

Thanks so much
[Defy General] raphamj:
Razr i

Thnaks!!

Worked like a charm on my Razr i.
[Defy General] caldo:
+1

Thanks!!! :good:
[Defy General] dastu:
FM radio in WIUI

same here - no working FM radio in WIUI
[Defy General] Keboid:
I dont know in which rom i have seen this type of radio app, i like it much more than the stock one on my rom :) Thanks.
[Defy General] todda7:
I believe it was in the Cyanogen 7.2 Pokemon Edition? Great radio app.
[Defy General] jeffreyxiang:
ssssssssssss

how to download the file?
[Defy General] rao.avishek94:
working on S III (GT-I9300) or NOT?? :confused:
[Defy General] 1stStep:
deleted
[Defy General] MrBoombastic01:
Stucks on launching fm radio.
[Defy General] 1stStep:
I extracted FMRadio.apk from my old Acer LiquidMT. Do you want to try? It is a Gingerbread and the apk is genuine from Acer I believe (it is in Gingerounay 3.0 that was built with major usefull stock apps). I don't know if that can work ootb (android version, driver ???? )
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomhower:
I was flashing a ROM, kernal, and radio. The phone went to reboot and nothing. I have tried the power button, holding down the volume rocker and the power button, both with and without the USB plugged in. When I plug it into the computer the computer beeps meaning it sees something is plugged in but the RUU doesn't see. The most telling thing to me the LED doesn't lite up indicating it's charging. So did I somehow brick it dead as a hammer or did it die?

I searched but didn't see anything like this. The other bricks I would would still turn on.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jxr94:
If it is bricked you probably did it flashing the radio. I hope someone can help you. And I know you might be panicking, but for future reference, this thread belongs in another section. Just saying before you get flamed.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dark_dj27:
Hate to say it but pretty sure its bricked. I don't mess with radios knowing my luck I'd have a nice paper weight.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neotelos_com:
Try new or different drivers...RUU's can sometimes suck in that aspect.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhamlettster:
Try another battery/battery pull yet?

my 2¢
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KBizzle:
Does it ever boot up into a black screen with green arrows in a circle?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmomoman:
Try this as I was in the same situation. Strange as it may sound it's sometimes your cable and charger and the voltage that it is sending.

Mine did that after an updated kernel. It would charge and then drain and it went to blank and nothing. Battery pulls, different cables, etc. nothing seemed to work. I was about to get a replacement. So I thought I would just try another charger. well I had already tried the car charger(no good), I tried the usb charger(no good) and I tried the usb pc(no good). As a what the hell thought I plugged in the OEM HTC charger and it worked.

Now today I flashed the CM 6 WIMAX ROM with the WIMAX Kernel that is used with it and guess what? The OEM charger would not take and charge at all but another wall charger and PC USB port will charge the phone.

It is strange but it is happening. Just thought I would share my experience so maybe you can experiment with it before calling it quits on your current setup.

If you have your OEM HTC USB wall charger make sure you use that. You will know if it works. It will blink an orange LED slowly. If so then let it sit for a few and then boot into the recovery and try another kernel.

What was your last kernel?

Good luck.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomhower:
Yeah it did. On to something? Goodness knows I am open to ideas.

I have tried two USB cords and a car charger, no luck with any of them.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tiffany84:
If the screen turned on I would say there's hope. There is alot of extremely talented people on this site so just keep hitting the refresh button.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomhower:
It did once but hasn't since and no LED indicating charging has me a down in the dumps. I am open to anything at this point. The work some of these folks are capable of amazes me everyday so I haven't given up yet, just need some direction.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wfee:
Try starting up in recovery. I guess you know how to do that since you were flashing uh.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomhower:
As in holding down the volume and powering on? If so, no dice. It won't boot at all.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bizdady:
How long has it been? I remember once my phone was spazzing out after a flash and wouldnt boot right. I ended up pulling the battery and letting it sit for a good 10 minutes without battery. Reinserted and was then able to boot to bootloader and flash a PC36IMG.zip
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewZJ:
try another battery, I would think that unless the phone is total doorstop there should be a light on when charging even if off
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomhower:
I don't access to another battery unfortunately.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illushinz:
Try booting with the sd card removed, just to rule it out.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NinjaWolf:
try battery pull wait 10 seconds(for cache reset) then insert

then try Vol. down and power.

if not try power on(after cache reset)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evolishesh:
Take the battery out.most of the time doing this will reset the phone.I had the same thing happend to me.I hope this helps
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NinjaWolf:
dead or bricked

yes that may very well work.(learned from experience
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aleksis2010:
Try this ..pull the battery and with the battery off press the power button for 30 seconds and put the battery back on and try to boot into bootloader...see if that works .
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Igotsanevo4g:
Try volume UP + power. This will boot you into fastboot (hopefully) instead, from there you can run the RUU thru fastboot.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calypsoe36:
Well, dang, I'm now in the same position (I think).

Went to flash the combo radio, wimax, pri zip, and the phone will no longer boot. If I hold volume up + power, it vibrates 3 times then nothing. If I just press power, it boots to the white Evo 4G screen and hangs. Also tried booting without the SD card to the same result.

Argh! Help!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtrubambinoxpr:
this is why people should always read fully before rooting and flashing anything..

man that sucks..

but i agree with everyone else.. just keep waiting and see what person can help you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomhower:
Still nothing.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomhower:
That's the same one I tried. Since yours is powers on I bet it can be brought back to life. Mine still doesn't do anything. No LED's no vibrate, nothing.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KBizzle:
How long are you waiting.

And to the OP, charge the phone by a wall charger with the phone off. Give it 30 min and then power on. If it goes to the green arrow screen, let it sit, its trying to finish the radio upgrade. If it isn't bricked, it should automatically go back to the recovery screen when its done. I did the same thing and freaked out but I finally let it sit at that screen and it finished.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calypsoe36:
Holy cow, I was just about to box up the Evo so I could take it back to the Sprint store, and I gave it one more try. Lucky to say, it started right up and went into Fast Boot. It's currently restoring the previous backup.

Sorry to the OP since I was quite bummed, but for any others in a similar position keep pulling the battery. Hopefully you will be able to get into Fast Boot.

Whew! I'll never flash another radio again. :o
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calypsoe36:
Yep, this appears to be a plausible solution, at least in some cases. I certainly didn't wait ~30min between reboot attempts, but it was revived about 30 minutes after it was 'dead'.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomhower:
Good to hear! Glad you got your fixed.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomhower:
I've got it plugged in, I'll let you know in 30 minutes.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KBizzle:
Ok.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calypsoe36:
To follow-up, I restored a previous Nandroid backup, but it was still hanging at the white Evo 4g screen. My backups were all previous to 3.7. I was able to successfully boot after flashing a 3.7 rom (MikFroyo) that was on my SD card. On a side note, at least the radio/pri/nv/wimax are updated. I guess I upgraded the hard way. :p

Good luck OP! Hope your EVO wakes up like mine.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tiffany84:
I had this same problem after rooting months ago and just pulling the battery and letting it sit for awhile finally brought it back to life. Glad to hear u got it going.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbgreen89:
Any luck yet?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomhower:
Lost track of time, no luck. Plugged it in, left it, went back ~45 minutes later and nothing.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KBizzle:
I'm sorry to hear that. If you're getting no response whatsoever, its not looking good.