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Re:Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars by RajT88 on Monday October 07, 2024 @09:50AM (#41766005)
I've read that most phones have a built-in FM tuner, but it's disabled for the US market because telcos wanted you to buy music from their store.

It was true at one point - I owned at least one phone with a disabled FM radio.

Some cursory checks on my current phone suggest it's got one (just doesn't work for some reason with FM Tuner apps).

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Re:Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars by Neikius on Monday October 07, 2024 @06:10PM (#41771606)
They usually require headphones plugged into 3.5mm jack...
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Re:Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars by bombela on Monday October 07, 2024 @06:17PM (#41771669)
yep, the headphone cable acts as the antenna!
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Re:Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars by RajT88 on Monday October 07, 2024 @08:57PM (#41772773)
The tuner app says the radio is not present. I am on LineageOS so there is many possible reasons for it not working.

But, there are folks complaining about how Samsung broke FM tuners with an update on this phone a few years back. Who knows what that is about.

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