Re: FM Transmitter status menu applet that doesn't hide when FMTX is disabled
 

That's actually the issue, I try to set it to anything else and I get that error.

Re: FM Transmitter status menu applet that doesn't hide when FMTX is disabled
 

Actually the issue seems to be that you cannot disable the FM transmitter if the frequency is set too low. It still can be disabled from the status menu applet by tap & hold.

Well to me this is ok, since my car's radio won't go below 87.5.

Re: FM Transmitter status menu applet that doesn't hide when FMTX is disabled
 

It's not allowing me to change it from 76 to anything else, when I try to set it to 87.5 or 88.1 or any other frequency other than the 76 it's set at, it gives me the 'unable to use FM transmitter'. So, it is stuck at 76...and my car radio doesn't go that low :-(

btw-Thanks for your help with getting the binary copied over, I do appreciate the tutorial as I start to get more familiar with xterm. I'm sure there'll be a way to figure this out, if not, it'll be fun trying :)

With your help on what the commands mean, I was able to revert back to the original binary without an issue.

Re: FM Transmitter status menu applet that doesn't hide when FMTX is disabled
 

I saw that you have the FMTX widget installed and I am assuming FMBoost as well.

I uninstalled these first and rebooted and made sure the transmitter was off before I changed the binary and installed qwerty12's hacked .so file.

I haven't had had the issues you report. Perhaps you can try it again after uninstalling the FMTX widget and FMboost as well as anything else that has been added that calls the chip like the camera driver hack that was posted awhile ago.

Re: FM Transmitter status menu applet that doesn't hide when FMTX is disabled
 

No worries, glad if it was helpful.

Have you tried YoDude's suggestion: uninstall the FMTX widget. I had it uninstalled too, so that may be the reason why you are unable to change the frequency.

Re: FM Transmitter status menu applet that doesn't hide when FMTX is disabled
 

Yep, I did try uninstalling the FMTX widget and FM boost and no go.

When I have time over the next week, I'm going to try reverting to the original .so file and try everything from scratch without the widget and boost installed.

When copying over the binary, I never reverted to the original .so file, just left as-is. Do you think that leaving the new .so file in place when copying the binary over would be a potential problem or does it not matter which order they are done in?

Re: FM Transmitter status menu applet that doesn't hide when FMTX is disabled
 

I don't see any problem as long as you don't use the FM transmitter before all is set.

Re: FM Transmitter status menu applet that doesn't hide when FMTX is disabled
 

I was having the same problem what I did is I installed FMTX Faker from the repos and bamm after that I was able to change the frequency.

Re: FM Transmitter status menu applet that doesn't hide when FMTX is disabled
 

Just wanted to give you guys an update, I haven't had time to check on this yet with work and juggling the newborn at home. Thanks again for the help, when I get back around to this I will update all on how goes it.

Re: FM Transmitter status menu applet that doesn't hide when FMTX is disabled
 

I have a question, would it be possible to hack/replace the connui-bluetooth-status-menu-item.so to have the same short press to bring up the bluetooth control panel and long press for connect/disconnect functionality (basically adding bluzwich widget toggle bluetooth on/off function to the status menu to free up desktop real estate)? i believe it may also a closed program (as it failed to open when i tried to take a peak at it's code, and a google search for a workaround was unfruitful), but that didn't stop this mod from happening. just a though.