Any confirmation if t-mobile version will have the Wolfenson dac, and FM tuner?
No FM and no Wolfson DAC.
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What a bummer :-( no one listens to FM radio in the US or what?!
No FM radio is flooded with overplayed mainstream bull****. AM radio still has some decent talk radio content thou =)
No I'm not 45 and lonely.... for the same reason I hate apple, I hate FM radio lol
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I have read that the US version will have the Wolfenson DAC but who cares about an FM tuner. There are many apps you can use instead.
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Any confirmation if t-mobile version will have the Wolfenson dac, and FM tuner?
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After reading GSMArena review, they mention FM Radio with RDS in the specs. Cool!
But no Wolfson DAC. You can read about it in the sound part of the review.
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_us_version-review-774.php
I closely watched the app drawer in couple of video reviews of tmobile version on YouTube and that are missing FM radio icon. So i am negative on that. Hope i am wrong though.
Has any US, Tmobile specifically, phone actually had FM radio?
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Has any US, Tmobile specifically, phone actually had FM radio?
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Yes.. the T-Mobile 665 flip phone has fm radio lollol
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Lol thought so...I think fm is a Europe thing only as pretty much every international ver has had it and no us phone has.
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Dang. Was really hoping for Wolfson so there would be Voodoo sound. Is there USB OTG at least?
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Dang. Was really hoping for Wolfson so there would be Voodoo sound. Is there USB OTG at least?
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No one knows for sure about Wolson since GSMArena has been wrong many times in the past but even if not with all the Devs we'll get great sound out of the US version.
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Has any US, Tmobile specifically, phone actually had FM radio?
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HTC Sensation...I think.
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ge3kswag said:
I have read that the US version will have the Wolfenson DAC but who cares about an FM tuner. There are many apps you can use instead.
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In a situation where you have not data or wifi and you need to listen to the radio, the FM radio will come in handy.
clninja said:
Yes.. the T-Mobile 665 flip phone has fm radio lollol
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The G2 also had FM radio
stondec said:
In a situation where you have not data or wifi and you need to listen to the radio, the FM radio will come in handy.
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A lot of the gyms in my area transmit television audio on FM. The lack of FM won't keep me from buying a phone, but I would certainly use the feature.
And we can only hope that the results GSMArena saw are correctable, but I am going to take the cynical view on US audio quality.
1. I can confirm the Sensation has FM. That's my phone.
2. Considering that people already have it in hand, I would expect someone could tell us.
3. If any of the US versions have it, then I bet it is just disabled and the devs will at some point get it working.
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Dang. Was really hoping for Wolfson so there would be Voodoo sound. Is there USB OTG at least?
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Oh noeeeeessss. I wanted Wolfson as well. Lets hope they're wrong.
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3. If any of the US versions have it, then I bet it is just disabled and the devs will at some point get it working.
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No sign of an FM tuner in my T-Mobile S3 (t999).
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And we can only hope that the results GSMArena saw are correctable, but I am going to take the cynical view on US audio quality.
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What do you mean? They said the audio is comparable to the international version regardless of the lack of Wolfson. They also said it performs better at high volumes. I'm not too upset anymore. I never use the FM Radio so I don't really care - but not sure why it's disabled - my Sensation 4G had it enabled.
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Hey guys I am new to the rezound, just got it today!! Anyways, I know on some previous android phones there was an fm radio app available to use with your headphones acting as an antenna. Is there an fm radio apk out there that will work for this phone ?
Thanks
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Hey guys I am new to the rezound, just got it today!! Anyways, I know on some previous android phones there was an fm radio app available to use with your headphones acting as an antenna. Is there an fm radio apk out there that will work for this phone ?
Thanks
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I want to say that FM Radio was for Moto phones only, but I might be completely off on that. I doubt that we'll be able to add any apk's like that to this phone until we get s-off since everything essentially resets right now after reboot. There is an app on the market called Spirit FM radio that quite a few people use. It's supposed to be pretty good. I haven't tried it yet since I just left my X2 for the Rezound and haven't thought about replacing my FM radio.
Oh, and welcome to the Rezound This phone rocks.
I use Tunein Radio works off of the data though. But it has almost any radio station I can look up except one. hope it helps.
I got TuneIn as well and it works well. You can listen to police stuff too which can be interesting... Oh! I should've thought about that when I was driving through Hollywood today since there had been a big shooting incident.
Anyway... free version is good and I think they only thing you get from the paid version is the ability to record stuff but from what I've read it's not worth it. Read that you can't listen to those recordings on anything but phone and it's near impossible to skip around in them.
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I use Tunein Radio works off of the data though. But it has almost any radio station I can look up except one. hope it helps.
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ditto
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Between Tunein and iheart I get all the channels I'm looking for.
~John
After reading this,I pulled the radio app from my droid 3, it did not work. Sooooo either we have no FM radio chip or the software is coded just for the motto droid. I'll have to find the incredible radio app and test that. But in all honesty I do prefer Tune In. I have the pro version (was free on amazon awhile back) I don't use any of the pro features though.
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I use Tunein Radio works off of the data though. But it has almost any radio station I can look up except one. hope it helps.
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Me, too. Works perfectly for me.
I haven't tried it yet but thought I would share.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1523760
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Flashed fine. I'll report back later
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I would be all over this if it improves the audio output quality of the i777. I'm skeptical, and btw I would never buy beats headphones.
Been using it all day and haven't noticed any improvement at all.
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Been using it all day and haven't noticed any improvement at all.
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Don't we need to have specific hardware to make use of this? just like the xperia video mod that came out a few months back that was also a no-go?
It says you don't
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It says you don't
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Because its just an EQ that changes some settings. It may or may not make any difference, but it may be slightly better for some people.
I haven't noticed any difference.
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I haven't noticed any difference.
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Didn't think it would, but apparently its working on the i9100 since 100+ people are very happy with it.
I will never own a Beats product, I'll stick to my Technica for the time being.
It may have made a slight difference, not really sure. Definitely not flooringly awesome
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just my .02 here, this could help with the EQ settings and such but part of the perk with beats audio is some really awesome headphones. be like that 10k Mordaunt-Short setup will sure sound alot better then my 300$ home theatre in a box from phillips.
Supercurio ran some audio tests and confirmed there is no benefit to this. So Sad. I miss my voodoo sound.
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Supercurio ran some audio tests and confirmed there is no benefit to this. So Sad. I miss my voodoo sound.
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Link?
Well then I guess this thread just needs closed.
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Supercurio ran some audio tests and confirmed there is no benefit to this. So Sad. I miss my voodoo sound.
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Good, then I won't have 500 people asking to add it to the rom.
But I am curious, umm Link?
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Link?
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Twitter. Im too lazy to try to link a tweet from my phone.
" @supercurio: Just measured "beats audio port" on #GalaxySII Gingerbread KI3 ROM. No change whatsoever in response. Again, in which setup does it work?"
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I really didn't notice a difference. Winamp is more helpful in my opinion
want a difference? Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23269303#post23269303
Theirs a thread with ics support as well...
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Im closing this as of now, because Beats Audio is owned by HTC and has not made it open source. Also, the main Beats threads have also been closed and will stay that way until a decision is made.
Hi guys, Im new to gs3 but not new to rooting ect, my friend wants to know if beats audio is availble and working on the new s3 on stock ICS. if so can you hook a brother up? im currently using beats audio on my ace
Much love
No, Beats is not supported. However, the audio quality is already very good and Supercurio is also working on his Voodoo kernel which improves the audio quality a lot (much better than Beats).
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Thanks for the heads up
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No, Beats is not supported. However, the audio quality is already very good and Supercurio is also working on his Voodoo kernel which improves the audio quality a lot (much better than Beats).
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This x1,000,000.
The wolfson audio codec in the gs3 is top quality stuff, its already amazing and with supercurio showing it some voodoo magic it will be the ****!
Beats is a gimmick.
The "I want Beats Audio" threads are the only ones where I ever have to restrain myself from coming in and flaming people.
To the OP: rest assured, when the S3 gets Voodoo anyone who isn't near-deaf will forget all about Beats.
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The "I want Beats Audio" threads are the only ones where I ever have to restrain myself from coming in and flaming people.
To the OP: rest assured, when the S3 gets Voodoo anyone who isn't near-deaf will forget all about Beats.
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I agree with your point but the thanks were for the band in your signature!
I wouldn't call S3 sound quality bad but by no means would I call it good, because I've owned a lot of Nokias and the sound quality is just in a different league to Samsung, and I've tried Voodoo on my SGS1&2 but still not even close, and if I want to listen to some music I prefer to dig out my old N95.
Audio quality really depends on a lot of factors: music player, earphones, environment, music file, etc...
Comparing combinations of the above factors is impossible and counterproductive. It's better to compare each part of the "chain" individually.
So far the SGS3 comes very close to what I consider very good. It's not perfect, but then again, I'm waiting for Supercurio's work to be finished. Compared to my HTC Desire and my old iPod nano 2nd gen, it is really good and I hardly dare to ask for more.
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I tried same tracks, same headphones and same equalizer settings and also manually changing them, but my N95 beats it with maximum volume and all through the range, and I just find the S3 sound dull and muted in comparison.
Beat's is completely portable to the SIII.
This feature although controversial will be in our next Warm ROM installment for the SIII.
I just posted a link to the dsp manager app. I like it better than beats because of customization ability.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1709497
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I just posted a link to the dsp manager app. I like it better than beats because of customization ability.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1709497
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I'm using an old version if DSP currently. Do you have v3 in an .apk install version?
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Audio quality really depends on a lot of factors: music player, earphones, environment, music file, etc...
Comparing combinations of the above factors is impossible and counterproductive. It's better to compare each part of the "chain" individually.
So far the SGS3 comes very close to what I consider very good. It's not perfect, but then again, I'm waiting for Supercurio's work to be finished. Compared to my HTC Desire and my old iPod nano 2nd gen, it is really good and I hardly dare to ask for more.
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What headphones/iem do you use?
Any link to a voodoo app for Sgs3?
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Any link to a voodoo app for Sgs3?
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When its built it will be posted by Supercurio.
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I wouldn't call S3 sound quality bad but by no means would I call it good, because I've owned a lot of Nokias and the sound quality is just in a different league to Samsung, and I've tried Voodoo on my SGS1&2 but still not even close, and if I want to listen to some music I prefer to dig out my old N95.
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That's funny considering the S2 never had nor was it capable of voodoo sound.
Just took back the beautiful beast evo lte and I might go with the s3, not sure yet... @ Myn, Samsung got really lucky to have you as a dev this time around, I hope they know that;-)
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What headphones/iem do you use?
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I have some Sennheiser IE80s. Love them
How to get Beats Audio on your SGS3:
1. Use a music player with an equaliser
2. Increase the gain of all low frequency bands to maximum
And voila, instant Beats Audio!
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That's funny considering the S2 never had nor was it capable of voodoo sound.
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He probably means the "Voodoo Louder" app.
I don't know if this is the right form, but I noticed that I need to plug in headphones in my HTC EVO LTE for the FM Radio app to work. Are there any workarounds, especially since I have a pair of bluetooth headphones? Or is there another app that I should look into?
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I don't know if this is the right form, but I noticed that I need to plug in headphones in my HTC EVO LTE for the FM Radio app to work. Are there any workarounds, especially since I have a pair of bluetooth headphones? Or is there another app that I should look into?
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The reason you need headphones to use the FM radio is because the headphones also act as the antenna for the radio to operate. You are not going to hear much without the antenna (unless you happen to be standing under the antenna).
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The reason you need headphones to use the FM radio is because the headphones also act as the antenna for the radio to operate. You are not going to hear much without the antenna (unless you happen to be standing under the antenna).
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Wow - I didn't know that. Thanks for the information. I still like having the FM radio (for use at the gym). I will just have to use some "old-fashioned" headphones. LOL
No problem. You could try Spirit FM Radio app. I believe it allows the radio to operate without the headphones. But again without metal in the air YMMV.
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Use iheart radio or tunein, etc. Tons of radio apps out there, they're just not FM radio apps.
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Use iheart radio or tunein, etc. Tons of radio apps out there, they're just not FM radio apps.
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That's if the station you want to listen to is in a major market, or owned by one of the major broadcast conglomerates. If you want to listen to a small station they will probably not be on iHeart/TuneIn.
You can maybe cut the headphones or just use. Then in settings or something u can switch to speaker maybe that way some how.maybe not dont know
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You can maybe cut the headphones or just use. Then in settings or something u can switch to speaker maybe that way some how.maybe not dont know
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Cutting off the headphones will not work. Once you plug it in the what was once headphones it will get the audio, and BT is disabled.
Has anyone been able to bypass the headphone requirement to use the fm.radio? I know its to be used for the antenna but I.wanna see how good some stations might be without it.
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You could find an old headset and cut the end off and stick it in the headset slot and try that
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Agreed. This is what I would have suggested.
Seeing as I have a half dozen old sets of ear buds lying around I will attempt this method.
Supposably you can switch back to the phone speaker after the headphone jack is in... Will post results later.
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I just plug in my headphones so I have an antenna and then change the output to speaker. Not sure why you would want to bypass. Reception will be worse without some kind of antenna.
Oh wow
Woah.. You say this thing has a radio too?? Oh wow.. It sure does! Thanks
So.. how does one go about accessing the FM radio? I'm looking and don't see anything listed.
EDIT: Nevermind - found it. "NextRadio" if anyone else ends up looking for it.
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So.. how does one go about accessing the FM radio? I'm looking and don't see anything listed.
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It's in your apps sprint featured Folder. . Next Radio
It wouldnt necessarily have a bad reception depending on location. I just wouldnt want to have something sticking out of my phone if I dont have to.
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Has anyone been able to bypass the headphone requirement to use the fm.radio? I know its to be used for the antenna but I.wanna see how good some stations might be without it.
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Sprint GN3 has real FM ?? !
Gee, nobody told me, and I haven't noticed the last month; been too busy with taxes and my Spirit2 app...
On rooted phones, my Spirit FM app can work without headset, but some phones/FM chips are better than others with no FM antenna. Metal phones like HTC One are impossible, but GT-I9300 and International Note2 are decent, with the Silicon Labs FM chip.
Anybody know if the FM chip if the Broadcom FM/BT/WiFi combo chip ? Or Silicon Labs like the older International S/Note class devices ? I'd bet on Broadcom, after they magically re-enabled the FM antenna pin connections to headset jack.