topic FMTransmitterService running on the phone, does it have a FM Transmitter? in M Series

FMTransmitterService running on the phone, does it have a FM Transmitter?

ykphuah — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 02:23:08 GMT

Found out that there's a FMTransmitterService that is running on my M5, however I can't figure out how to activate this feature, is FM Transmitter a feature on M5??

Re: FMTransmitterService running on the phone, does it have a FM Transmitter?

Phy — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 04:41:55 GMT

There doesn't seem to be supported, but you can contact your local Xperia Support to be sure

http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-M5/FMTransmitterService-running-on-the-phone-does-it-have-a-FM/m-p/1040365

Re: FMTransmitterService running on the phone, does it have a FM Transmitter?

ykphuah — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 02:22:22 GMT

If it is not supported, why is there a service running? Isn't it wasting memory and CPU to have something running that is not supported, can you confirm this?

The local support here is totally useless, everytime I ask a question to them, they will just quote me back sections from the user guide, or some pdf.

Can you connect me to a Sony engineer to clear this up please.

Re: FMTransmitterService running on the phone, does it have a FM Transmitter?

ykphuah — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 02:14:05 GMT

The service is not there anymore after the 1.33 update, so I guess I accept the answer that the hardware is not there and the software probably got included accidentally.

Re: FMTransmitterService running on the phone, does it have a FM Transmitter?

Hampus — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 11:49:54 GMT

I'm not sure why was this listed in the phone, but M5 does not have a FM Transmitter and probably why it has been removed in latest software.