If you're missing your FM Radio after Lollipop

[EarlyMon]

http://androidforums.com/index.php?posts/6893503

Hope that helps!

 

[EarlyMon]

Sprint users - get the last download in this thread, works great, stock Lollipop.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2732013

 

[kratos]

Sadly, I was missing FM Radio before Lollipop. VZW disabled it completely without root. I even tried side loading the apk on my stock, unrooted VZW M8 and it wouldn't even install. Received errors up the wazoo.... I really wish someone would become a true contender to VZW signal strength and reliability in my area. So far no one can match their coverage where I live, work, play, etc. so I go with VZW since my job requires constant and reliable connection and VZW screws us all on anything that could bypass their money maker dubbed "data".......

That is all...

Kratos

 

[EarlyMon]

Check out "NextRadio - Free FM Radio"

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextradioapp.nextradio

KitKat and Lollipop compatible and claimed to work on all carriers for the M8.

Go to settings, interface to change to basic radio or else you'll get Internet radio.

If it works, try enhanced mode, you'll get a nice set of tiles for all of your local stations.

Unlike the HTC radio, it won't display RDS data.

It does receive it and will use it to give you an ad to buy the song off of the Internet somewhere. I've never tried it.

If you put it back into basic tuner mode after getting the enhanced list from the Internet, it'll work without touching your network data again and the ads go away.

I've confirmed this by gating it in stages through my root firewall.

I find the M8 radio sensitivity is lower than my previous LTEvo.

If NextRadio works for you but you get reception problems, it's not the app.

It seems to perform just the same as the stock HTC radio.

 

[thekingsteven]

Check out "NextRadio - Free FM Radio"

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextradioapp.nextradio

KitKat and Lollipop compatible and claimed to work on all carriers for the M8.

Go to settings, interface to change to basic radio or else you'll get Internet radio.

If it works, try enhanced mode, you'll get a nice set of tiles for all of your local stations.

Unlike the HTC radio, it won't display RDS data.

It does receive it and will use it to give you an ad to buy the song off of the Internet somewhere. I've never tried it.

If you put it back into basic tuner mode after getting the enhanced list from the Internet, it'll work without touching your network data again and the ads go away.

I've confirmed this by gating it in stages through my root firewall.

I find the M8 radio sensitivity is lower than my previous LTEvo.

If NextRadio works for you but you get reception problems, it's not the app.

It seems to perform just the same as the stock HTC radio.

Maybe in wrong but my phone came with next radio out of the box... I can't ever make it work right but mine had it from the start....

 

[EarlyMon]

Maybe in wrong but my phone came with next radio out of the box... I can't ever make it work right but mine had it from the start....

Odd - we've had 3 M8s and so far as I recall, they didn't.

Anyway - what's the problem making it work right?

 

[thekingsteven]

It won't stay on... After my phone stays locked for more then 10 mins it turns it off....
What app should it have had?

 

[EarlyMon]

It won't stay on... After my phone stays locked for more then 10 mins it turns it off....
What app should it have had?

Are you running it as true FM or Internet radio?

These originally came with HTC's FM Radio.

 

[thekingsteven]

Its true FM... And I think sprint must have removed the HTC radio app and replaced it with next radio Cuz when I try to uninstall it, it only removes the updates. It acts like a preloaded app...

 

[EarlyMon]

Its true FM... And I think sprint must have removed the HTC radio app and replaced it with next radio Cuz when I try to uninstall it, it only removes the updates. It acts like a preloaded app...

You're on the latest update?

FM Radio by HTC is back on ours.

 

[thekingsteven]

You're on the latest update?

FM Radio by HTC is back on ours.

I just looked into it and yes sprint traded pre installed next radio.... I checked there pages and such and I'm pretty sure sprint just simply replaced it! Idk if it matters but I'd like to have HTC radio

 

[thekingsteven]

http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-rel...-exclusively-from-sprint-beginning-aug-16.htm

I think this sums up my thinking... They swapped it out for there own app... Which sometimes don't work! Oh well I didn't even realize HTC radio was a thing so I guess it dont matter....

 

[EarlyMon]

NextRadio is an app they cut a deal with.

I still don't get it.

Last we talked, you weren't rooted and you are on the 5.0.2 Sprint update - our /system images ought to be identical.

 

[thekingsteven]

I'm not rooted how ever this not the same phone I've had. My phone was having "issues" after the 5.0 update and HTC decided I needed a new phone... I still have the HTC one HK from sprint Im on the new update too... This phone had next radio out of the box... My old one I think also had next radio too, because I never remember using anything but next radio... I would like to know y I don't have that tho!

 

[EarlyMon]

OK, so it has to be idiosyncratic with something.

My M8 is *way* rooted lol but WifelyMon's is not.

I found out about the issue when I went to use her phone only one day and it had no radio, after some update, so I learned about NextRadio and installed it from the Play Store. (The Play Store discussion at the time was all about getting your missing Sprint radio.) Removed after I gave her the phone back - and noticed during this discussion that she has the HTC radio now.

So my wild guess - Sprint adopted the NextRadio as your press release showed, some phones got it baked in - and I guess the update installer is sensitive to that.

But - hers is a Best Buy warranty replacement since before Lollipop so maybe that's part of her deal and isn't the norm.

Danged confusing.

Maybe someone with a Sprint stock phone with a long history can help clear this up with what they're seeing?

 

[EarlyMon]

I'm an idiot.

I sideloaded the FM Radio for the stock M8 Lollipop from the second link in this thread.

Sorry about that.