Re: Seriously Verizon, no FM radio on the HTC one
commonsense101
Specialist - Level 2

had to make room for the qualcomm chipset.. there are at least 20 good raido apps, use one

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Re: Seriously Verizon, no FM radio on the HTC one
budone
Legend

Common, they DO NOT want to use an app as it uses data.

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Re: Seriously Verizon, no FM radio on the HTC one
B33
Legend

I'm happy with my Slacker, WinAmp, Google Music on my Droids)  When i want to listen to the Local Music stations I just Dial it up on one of my Scanners.. But it was nice when the Fm was built in..

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Re: Seriously Verizon, no FM radio on the HTC one
scarshapedstar2
Enthusiast - Level 3

Right... everyone knows the way you "make room" is you leave the chip in there (as evidenced by the fact that devs have already connected to it, but it just makes static and gives errors) but set a firmware flag to disable it.

I don't think you know what radio actually is. Starting to feel old now. Yes there are plenty of apps that play mp3s - that's what Google Music and Slacker are for.

But there are very few mp3s of live college football games, etc. out there.

Re: Seriously Verizon, no FM radio on the HTC one
AggieT
Enthusiast - Level 3

I never use this feature and my Walkman has it, but I appreciate people asking why do carriers rip off the phones! T-mobile delivers it without headphone! Verizon changes the box and removes the radio ... not acceptable in today's free world!? I do worry about the new tech dictatorship!

I see some comments are edited, so "officials" are reading this topic. Please one of you contact the tech team and be responsible! Is it a technical reason behind it? Was it needed after adding new CDMA bandwidth or LTE capabilities? Is it a marketing decision? Please respect the customers and a have a response for them!

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Re: Seriously Verizon, no FM radio on the HTC one
B33
Legend

One Way to get Local Radio in a Way is through iheart Radio or Tune-IN is a Good Source an XM is another way to find some Nice programming I've used it in the Past..

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Re: Seriously Verizon, no FM radio on the HTC one
demmo86rt
Champion - Level 3

Comments get edited when a user reports it and the moderation team deems it needing editing.

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Re: Seriously Verizon, no FM radio on the HTC one
budone
Legend

B33, They DO NOT want to use data! That is the beef. They know there are options, but those options eat up their data allotment! Which is unacceptable by many.

I see it simply as a money grab by VZW.

Sent from my iPad

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Re: Seriously Verizon, no FM radio on the HTC one
budone
Legend

Looks to me the mods explained the reason for the edits.

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Re: Seriously Verizon, no FM radio on the HTC one
scarshapedstar2
Enthusiast - Level 3

Verizon ends unlimited data: People are using too much data to stream music and not finding creative workarounds to limit their data use like FM radio. If Verizon does it, it must be right.

Verizon ends FM radio: People are being too greedy and expecting every component of their phone to work. They should find creative workarounds like using more data to stream music. If Verizon does it, it must be right.

Think I'm starting to understand how these forums work.>Rude comment deleted. Keep personal opinions of others to yourself<

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