is it possible for phone that uses MSM7201a to remove gps only?
in korea, they recently launched lg incite phone with MSM7201a, but gps is not included. but i thought it wasn't possible for you to remove gps ability from MSM7201a. anyone has the answer?
Yes, it is possible. Producer can not add pinouts for gps, can not add gps antenta to phone, etc. And also GPS module can be blocked itself.
thats really the main difference between the HTC hermes and the trinity. in the trinity the gps antenna is connected
so it that mean that gps chip is there but its just not connected? or is that mean they just took the gps module? cause what i've heard was that gps chip s can not be removed in MSM7201a
Yes, that is mean GPS is there but you can't make use of it. Few pda's have MSM7200 processor without GPS capabilities - HTC Touch Dual, LG KS20 etc.
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Is it possible to use the existing hardware within the TyTNII for receiving FM radio signals? Surely it'd be a case of utilising the same hardware used for WiFi (802.11x = 2.4GHz), but at a lower frequency (FM 88.0MHz-108.0MHz)..
I was disappointed that FM radio was not an included feature of the TyTNII, however I'm happy with just about everything else about it. The only comparable phone that I was considering is the Eten X500+ glofiish which does have FM radio.
If there is already an FM radio application, please hook me up.
Regards,
Scott.
NOPE kaiser does not have fm transmitter ...
if it was simply the case of utilizing the same hardware.......then surely, every single ppc with wifi could be modded to receive fm radio signal. holy cow, you know what i realized, my laptop has wifi too! i'm sooo gonna mod it to receive fm radio
just because they use the same term "radio frequency" doesn't always mean that they're interchangeable. so let's review this... since TyTn II has WiFi radio chip is there any software to turn it into:
satellite dish receiver?
citizen band transceiver?
(hd)tv tuner?
microwave oven?
fm radio? ... maybe not
bluetooth - there's a dedicated component/module for this
GPS - there's a dedicated component/module for this
but who knows if there was a disabled chip that can potentially be activated (as long as the hardware is there and accessible), there might be possibilities
one word: SEARCH!
there is a LONG thread on this in one of the kaiser sections which has long been buried which has determined that the kaiser does not have the proper hardware to receive FM radio signals. the touch cruise can receive them IIRC but the kaiser cannot due to the lack of a needed chip.
wizzi said:
Is it possible to use the existing hardware within the TyTNII for receiving FM radio signals? Surely it'd be a case of utilising the same hardware used for WiFi (802.11x = 2.4GHz), but at a lower frequency (FM 88.0MHz-108.0MHz)..
I was disappointed that FM radio was not an included feature of the TyTNII, however I'm happy with just about everything else about it. The only comparable phone that I was considering is the Eten X500+ glofiish which does have FM radio.
If there is already an FM radio application, please hook me up.
Regards,
Scott.
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Threads like this should be closed the second they are posted. Sorry if i sound like a know it all, but i am a amateur radio operator, hence I have alo't of experience in the radio field. Using a modulated 2.4ghz transciever in impossible to re-modulate it to the am/fm bands. it just wont work.
second. you have to have a on board antenna and a tuner that is resonant on those freq's and the kaiser/tilt does not.
Third. Dutty has been tinkering on a idea of getting it to work, and following what he is thinking it might work, however the reception most likely will be limited.
Fourth. If a radio is such a big deal then buy a am/fm portable radio, or buy a sony w580i,
Fifth. SEARCH, there are plenty of threads regarding this.
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Threads like this should be closed the second they are posted. Sorry if i sound like a know it all, but i am a amateur radio operator, hence I have alo't of experience in the radio field. Using a modulated 2.4ghz transciever in impossible to re-modulate it to the am/fm bands. it just wont work.
second. you have to have a on board antenna and a tuner that is resonant on those freq's and the kaiser/tilt does not.
Third. Dutty has been tinkering on a idea of getting it to work, and following what he is thinking it might work, however the reception most likely will be limited.
Fourth. If a radio is such a big deal then buy a am/fm portable radio, or buy a sony w580i,
Fifth. SEARCH, there are plenty of threads regarding this.
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Sixth. Using wifi or data go to www.thestreamcenter.com/pda and listen to all the FM radio your heart desires
Wow! Thanks for that link.
...or get one of the many internet radio programs available (such as Resco Pocket Radio).
http://www.xperiadepot.com/freedom-keychain-gps-2000/10A95A2869.htm
There are no good description for this product. Does anyone know what they do?
I think this is an ordinary gps modul and description made by someone who does not know there is already a gps receiver built-in in X1.
maybe you use it to help find your keys?
Feezer said:
maybe you use it to help find your keys?
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Right but the description confuses me and it does sound exactly like what jabe said. But I would so buy this if it was key finder.
It just a bluetooth GPS module that fits on a key chain. You don't need it as the X1 already has a built in GPS chip. If you had a smartphone without a GPS chip, then there's be some benefit to it.
Or if you wanted to use GPS stuff on a laptop or something with BT etc.
Suppose your X1 is positioned in your car that way that the GPS reception is bad but you cannot relocate it. You can set it up to receive GPS signals from this external module. The module itself can be put anywhere like near a window or on the car's roof or so.
WTF? Did you even read? "The Freedom Keychain GPS 2000 is the world’s lightest and most compact pocket GPS receiver."
It's an external GPS receiver.
gps is receiving only!
you pick up a signal from several satellites and the device calc your position
this keythingy have gps and bluetooth
bluetooth have a range of 10m so even if it could transmit
it's cords to your phone then you would have to be pretty close to the lost keys
an external gps, my brother has one but of a different brand. his loads really quick and there's no need to wait on finding satellites. i'm not sure how this performs though, but for a keychain it seems promising for other phones without a built-in gps
I actually have one of those. Well, mine is a white Vodafone branded one, but it's the same chip, hardware, box, everything. It's actually still vaguely useful - it's DGPS capable (WAAS/EGNOS), which the X1's GPS chip is not (augmented accuracy within certain systems, WAAS for North America/Canada and out to sea within several hundred miles, EGNOS for Europe etc), and it has apparently far better reception - my X1i couldn't pick up a GPS signal to save its life inside a BA Boeing 777 flight. The bluetooth'd external reciever picked up and held a strong signal for the entire 3500 mile flight at 40k ft. And inside a plane fuselage, that's got to be borderline faraday cage.
i heared that hd7 have no f radio , and also on htc site it lists microsoft internet radio no hardware fm radio
last time I checked WP7 specs consisted of
*1 GHz ARM v7 "Cortex/Scorpion" or better processor
*256MB of RAM with at least 8GB of Flash memory
*Capacitive, 4-point multitouch screen with WVGA (800x480) resolution
*DirectX9 rendering-capable GPU
*5-megapixel camera with flash
*FM radio tuner
*Accelerometer with compass, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor and Assisted GPS
*6 dedicated hardware buttons - back, Start, search, camera, power/sleep and Volume Up and Down
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last time I checked WP7 specs consisted of
*1 GHz ARM v7 "Cortex/Scorpion" or better processor
*256MB of RAM with at least 8GB of Flash memory
*Capacitive, 4-point multitouch screen with WVGA (800x480) resolution
*DirectX9 rendering-capable GPU
*5-megapixel camera with flash
*FM radio tuner
*Accelerometer with compass, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor and Assisted GPS
*6 dedicated hardware buttons - back, Start, search, camera, power/sleep and Volume Up and Down
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Those specs look wrong. It's got a snapdragon and 576 ram.
http://www.htc.com/uk/product/hd7/specification.html
The chances of HTC NOT using the same wifi/bluetooth/fm chip they've used on their past phones this year are very slim.
Meaning, fm tuner is built in hardware wise.
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Those specs look wrong. It's got a snapdragon and 576 ram.
http://www.htc.com/uk/product/hd7/specification.html
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I think you'll find he posted the minimum specification requirements set out by Microsoft, and so no Windows Phone 7 should come without FM Radio, but what do I know - I haven't got the HD7.... yet.
So can any owners confirm if it has hardware fm radio and not just internet radio please?
The HD7 DOES have FM Radio it can be found under the Music & Video Hub
You do need the headphones pluged in though
yeah fm wont work without headphones, says
"No antenna
this phone uses your headphones as and FM radio antenna, To listen to the radio,connect your headphones."
FYI you don't need to plug in headphones to listen to the radio on loud speaker. you can also just plug in any kind of adaptor (without the headphone leads) such as a headphone splitter and it will still work.
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Those specs look wrong. It's got a snapdragon and 576 ram.
http://www.htc.com/uk/product/hd7/specification.html
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ummmmm snapdragon is a scorpion / A8 core
secondly those are MINIMUM specs, 256MB is the MINIMUM not required
thirdly, MS requires this for the Zune application. It's a common basic feature of the OS, it has to have an FM radio in it.
Can you use a stereo bluetooth headset with the FM receiver?
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Can you use a stereo bluetooth headset with the FM receiver?
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Great question - just tried and No, you need to have 'something' plugged into the headphone jack so that the phone thinks there is a cord to use as an antenna.
Most references I see to the chip in the Galaxy S for handling the Bluetooth, WiFi, and FM are listed as a broadcom. I was unable to locate a chipset on broadcoms site that lists support for Bluetooth 3.0, but I did notice nearly all of the broacom chips that support FM radio support it as RX and TX. Is the chip in the Galaxy S a broadcom, and if so has anyone found a way to enable the TX portion? It was more a curiosity question as I'm sure the TX power is low as is the sound quality, but hey if it does offer it, why not exploit it?
Maybe this has already been answered for the Samsungs and I just missed it in my searches. The searches only returned other brand/model phones.
The other question I was wondering is if the FM range is hard coded in the chip, or if it's a soft radio where the RX frequencies could be shifted to say the Weather Band in the US, or some other area near the normal FM radio range? Again, this is all more out of curiosity than anything.
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I found this one that supports BT 3.0 and still lists FM RX/TX
BCM20751 - Bluetooth® + GPS + FM Combination ('Combo') Chip Solution
Well, this is like the only thing I'm missing from my old Nokia N97.. So I would like it.
mstrandbo said:
Well, this is like the only thing I'm missing from my old Nokia N97.. So I would like it.
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Well, after looking at the Samsung source for the I9000, it appears they use the SI4709 chip for FM reception, and that chip doesn't support FM TX, just RX.
Are there any details on what kind of GPS hardware will be on the s10? I am especially looking for the dual frequency GPS.