Re: [PLUG] Android FM Receiver App

[PaulNM <plug@paulscrap.com>]

NextRadio apparently can use built-in FM radios, they have a pretty 
comprehensive list for US phones at 
http://nextradioapp.com/supporteddevices/ as well as lists for Canada, 
Latin America, and Korea.
My Nokia 6 isn't on that list, even though it has a chip that works fine 
with the "FM Radio" app in Nokia's ROM. I tried NextRadio and it 
couldn't see a chip. I don't know if it probed and failed, or if they 
don't even try on phones they don't already know work. I even tried 
powering on the radio inside FM Radio before starting NextRadio.
The bigger issue for you is everything I see online indicates the Moto 
Pure X does not have a hardware FM chip at all.
As for other phones, make sure you have headphones/earbuds in before you 
try, as they're the antenna. Every app I've used won't even work at all 
otherwise.
Another thing to consider is I've heard rumors that in the past some 
carriers have disabled the chip via their ROM, so it might not even work 
at all even if it is there. There are also cases where the "stock" 
board/chipset has the chip, but the OEM ordered custom versions without 
them.
-- PaulNM

On 04/10/2018 07:38 AM, Casey Bralla wrote:
> The Motorola FM App won't appear on the google store on my Motorola Moto 
> Pure X, adn the NextRadio app will only play streaming stations, so I 
> guess I'm outta luck.
>
> My next solution is to encode and stream it myself over wi-fi for my 
> internal station, but I really was hoping to force the phone to be a 
> radio too (just for the geekiness of it).  <sigh>
>
>
>
> On 04/09/2018 11:23 AM, Chris Thistlethwaite wrote:
> > Believe you have to have motorola/lenovo phone for this app to work 
> > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.fmplayer 
> > but that's what I have on my G5 Plus. You might have better luck 
> > finding the apk and sideloading as the play store FM apps are fairly 
> > restrictive to phone hardware.
> > -CT
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 11:18 AM, Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org 
> > <mailto:MailList@nerdworld.org>> wrote:
> >     I am looking for an FM receiver app for my android phone.  I DON'T
> >     want
> >     a streaming FM receiver.  I run a low-power FM transmitter and want to
> >     be able to pick up its signals on my android phone (which I
> >     believe has
> >     a dormant FM receiver.)
> >
> >
> >     All the apps I've fond are actually streaming apps.  None of them
> >     (seem)
> >     to allow me to enter a frequency manually to pick up my own
> >     transmitter.
> >
> >
> >     Anybody know of a good app for this? TIA!
> >
> >     --
> >
> >     Casey Bralla
> >
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