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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).



They usually require headphones plugged into 3.5mm jack...


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.


yep, the headphone cable acts as the antenna!




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