Ghost Radio FAQ

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What is Ghost Radio?

Ghost Radio is a paranormal investigation tool designed to facilitate communication with spirits and entities. It uses a sophisticated algorithm to generate white noise and scan through radio frequencies, creating an environment where spirits may communicate.

How does Ghost Radio work?

The app works on the principle that spirits can manipulate electronic devices to communicate. Ghost Radio creates a dynamic audio environment by:

1. Generating white, brown, or pink noise as a background carrier
2. Applying audio filters to enhance potential spirit voices
3. Recording sessions for later analysis

Is Ghost Radio scientifically proven?

While many users report compelling experiences with Ghost Radio, paranormal communication remains outside the realm of conventional science. The app is designed based on theories and techniques used by paranormal investigators worldwide, but results cannot be scientifically guaranteed.

How to get the best results?

For optimal results with Ghost Radio:

• Use in a quiet environment with minimal background noise
• Begin with a clear intention or questions for spirits
• Be patient and allow time for responses
• Record your sessions for later review
• Try different times of day and locations

Can I save my recordings?

Yes! Ghost Radio allows you to save all your sessions. Recordings are stored on your device and can be:

• Replayed within the app
• Analyzed with the built-in tools
• Shared with others
• Exported for external analysis in other apps

Battery usage concerns

Ghost Radio uses several hardware components simultaneously (microphone, speaker, processor), which can drain your battery. For extended investigation sessions:

• Ensure your device is fully charged before starting
• Consider using a portable power bank
• Lower your screen brightness
• Close other apps running in the background

Privacy

We have a strong privacy ethos and likewise Ghost Radio respects your privacy:

• Doesn’t contain any type of analysis, tracking, or advertising
• Only records when you explicitly start a session and have given the app permission to record
• Stores recordings locally on your device until you yourself share them
• Never upload any data anywhere without your permission
• Requires minimal permissions to function

Since the app is so privacy friendly the privacy policy is likewise very clear and simple: The Ghost Radio Privacy Policy

I cannot understand the speech

This app is built using an advanced algorithm for noise to speech. With the processing power of today’s mobile devices, it is therefore not possible to clarify the speech or analyze it further to produce a textual context. The app would then be so slow that it would be unusable for most users and any longer being able to play sound in real-time. It would also require us to do more interpretation in the app and by this introducing more false positives; something that we don’t want.

There are already a lot of apps in this category in all the app stores, and we don’t want to become like them: “random text machines.”

Some tips

• Turn up the volume
• Wait until the app is fully calibrated. The calibration bar is shown at the bottom of the TV screen.
• Have patience! Some users have reported that they get very clear speech, while others experience that they don’t understand anything at all or that they never hear anything. Time and Context seem to be what differ most between these two categories of users. Please give the app a chance and try it out for more than a few minutes. Instead, run it several times (15m+) during a longer period of time.

Version 1.1.7+ of the app has voice-to-text translation based on an approximate algorithm, which means that the app will do its best to understand what is being said and show it on the TV screen. This means that sometimes only a part of the speech is shown.

The translation algorithm is still in development and will be updated continuously.

Three dots ”…” are used to show you the position of the identified part. If no dots are shown, the speech was completely translated.

Beginning: Some characters...
Middle: ...Some characters...
End: ...Some characters
Unable to translate: [?]

Example

Please note that this is only an example and does not reflect actual app content!

Speech: “Cows are green” can lead to each the following interpretations:

Beginning: Cows...
Middle: ...are...
End: ...green
Unable to translate: [?]

What app permissions does the app need and why?

• Photos/Media/Files and Storage → The app recording and speech-to-text log need to save and load files on your device.
• Camera → The app doesn’t use the Camera but needs permission to access the Camera to be able to turn the flashlight on and off if you have this setting enabled Entity Alert Flashlight.
• Control vibration → If you have the setting, Entity Alert Vibrate, the app needs to have permission to vibrate your device.
• Microphone → If you want to be able to record, then the app must have this permission.
• Change your audio settings → Since the app is pretty audio-intensive, this permission is needed in order for us to mute/unmute and change the volume of the app sounds.
• Prevent the device from sleeping → The setting Prevent Screensaver, is used to prevent your phone screen from get turned off while using the app.
• Wi-Fi/Internet connection access → The main functionality of the app doesn’t require Internet connectivity, you can even run it in flight mode. But in the app there is a Promotions screen that users can open to see some of our other apps. The list with these apps is read from our servers, since it makes it possible for us to notify our users of new promotions as they occur. The app also needs an Internet connection for the feedback feature, where users can send messages directly to us, and also for opening this Knowledge base and contacting our support directly from within the app.
• Google Play license check → to prevent piracy, the app uses the Google Play system for license verification on Android devices.

If any of the above permissions are disabled, the app may behave unexpectedly or even crash in some cases.

What is the EMF measurement for?

If your device has a Magnetometer (Compass) sensor, the app will show the measurements on the main TV screen and also use them as seed entropy for the analyzer. This allows even greater external influence over the readings from the app.

The Magnetometer sensor is used to measure the Electromagnetic Field strength (EMF) around your device. Compass apps use this to measure earths magnetic field and identify to which direction north is. But the sensor is extremely sensitive to all electromagnetic fields, not just earth magnetic field. The measurements are read multiple times per second and can detect various forms of Electromagnetism, much the same way as the equipment professional Paranormal investigators use.

Measurement unit

Ghost Radio shows the EMF strength in Mikrotesla (µT) units, but EMF is also sometimes measured in Gauss. Mikrotesla readings can easily be converted to Gauss by dividing the Mikrotesla value by 100, which means that 1 Mikrotesla is the same as 0.01 Gauss.

Normal EMF Strength

Earth’s magnetic field is normally somewhere between 25–65 Mikrotesla (µT). Other things also influence the readings, like the quality of your device sensor, objects around you that emit magnetic fields (other devices, audio speakers, TV screens, etc.), and how much the device itself leaks. From our experience EMF strength between 25–100 should mostly be considered normal, higher than that indicates that there is either something wrong with your device or that something is present that disturbs the magnetic field around your device. Normally, when your device is totally still, the EMF measurements should show reasonably stable readings that only fluctuate a couple of Mikrotesla.

Calibration

To get as good readings as possible, ensure that the Magnetometer sensor in your device is properly calibrated: Google Maps Calibration Guide.

Our EMF Recorder app

We’ve created a free app that relies solely on the Magnetometer sensor that records the EMF measurements over a longer period of time: Paranormal EMF Tracker & Recorder.

What is the in-app Feedback button for?

The Feedback button, which can be found on the Settings screen, is a way for users to quickly send one-way anonymous feedback to us, without even leaving the app. You can write just a couple of words or a longer text, it is up to you.

The only thing we can see is what Operating System your device runs (Android, Amazon OS, or IOS), the message you sent, and when you sent it; nothing else. These messages are only available to our internal staff.

And yes, we read the feedback messages every day! It is always interesting to read, since a lot of new ideas that have been implemented in the app came to us this way.

When is the app calibrated?

To provide reliable results, Ghost Radio must perform a calibration.

The progress of the calibration is represented by a graphical bar in the bottom of the main TV screen. When the progress bar becomes full and reaches the green color, the app has successfully calibrated. The process is fully automatic and does not require any user intervention.

Depending on the current operating environment and the properties of the device, the calibration process normally takes between five and 20 minutes to perform. Currently, this process must be performed each time the radio is turned on, but we are working on an upgrade that will improve the time it takes to calibrate the app.

When fully calibrated, the app will start the speech-to-text translation engine and the speech becomes clearer.

During the calibration process, the app tries to determine the availability, reliability, and maximum and minimum readings of the device sensors, including the magnetometer/compass sensor, Wi-Fi and/or any 2G/3G/4G signal. If none of these are present, the app falls back to randomization using the Mersenne Twister algorithm and the Brownian noise generation.

Recommendations

• It is recommended not to move around the device too much during and after the calibration process, since this can lead to results of low quality.
• Keep a good distance from devices that emit electromagnetic fields, including TV screens, radios, computers, and other mobile devices. The app takes into account the electromagnetic field (EMF) that is produced by the device the app runs on but cannot do this reliably for nearby EMF sources.
• Even if not calibrated, Ghost Radio will perform analysis of the brownian noise signal, but we cannot guarantee the quality of the results before calibration has been fully performed.

White, Brownian, and Pink noise?

We have implemented three different types of audio noise in Ghost Radio:

• Brown -Brown noise is named after botanist Robert Brown, who discovered Brownian motion (random particle motion) in the 1800s. The change in sound signal from one moment to the next is random. Brown noise has a lot more energy at lower frequencies than it does at higher frequencies. Brown noise is sometimes referred to as red noise because it’s somewhat analogous to red light, which has a low frequency.

• White -Gets its name from white light. White light is a combination of all color frequencies, and white noise is similar since it’s a combination of all the different frequencies of sound humans can hear. The noise is the signal (frequency), created when all the different frequencies of audible sound that the human ear and brain can perceive are put together at a similar level. The sound of white noise we hear as humans, therefore, is the sound of all the frequencies between 20 and 20,000 Hertz

• Pink -As with white noise, pink noise contains all the frequencies that are audible to humans, but the way their signal power is distributed among those frequencies is different. White noise has equal power throughout all frequencies, while the power in pink noise decreases as the frequency increases. The pattern of pink noise occurs in a number of natural systems, including your daily heartbeat rhythms, quasar luminosity, and traffic flow.

There are many more types of noise, but the above three are the most commonly used in the Paranormal community, especially White noise.

For more information, there is a good article on Wikipedia regarding this subject: Colors of Noise (Wikipedia).

How can I copy the Recordings from my device to my computer?

On IOS devices, the app supports iTunes file sharing. You can find a good Apple guide here (apple.com).

Another way to transfer the files is by mailing them to yourself or saving them to your Dropbox or similar using the share function on the Recordings screen.

The file names always begin with the prefix “ghostradio_”.

I haven’t purchased the app from Google Play or Amazon

Sadly, we have encountered many cases where users (often unknowingly) have acquired illegal copies of the app. These illegal versions are often distributed for free, while the app is in fact a paid app.

Pirated versions have a number of problems associated with them, including:

• They most likely contain hidden malware or viruses
• They may contain aggressive ads, while the legal version is 100% ad-free
• You won’t get any support from us
• You won’t have access to the latest upgrades
• The app may not run at all, since it incorporates piracy protection features
• You don’t support further development of the app, including new features and bug fixes

The only legal Android versions that currently are available for purchase can be found on the Apple App Store, Google Play and Amazon Appstore.

If you encounter any other download pages than the ones above, we are grateful if you send us the URL so that we can take legal measures, including filing DMCA takedown complaints.

Activation fails

The app uses the Google Play License Verification system to defend against piracy, and should under normal circumstances not prevent paying users from using the app. This system is a service provided by Google.

Below, we have listed the most common ways to resolve problems with the License verification system.

Google Play User

When the app is installed, ensure that you’re using the same Google account in Google Play that you used when you purchased the app when starting the app. The app purchase is connected to that specific account and may not work if you are not using the same account when the app is started.

Google Play Sync

Ensures that your Google Play account data is synced. Sometimes the Google Play app needs to be re-synced for the license check to work properly. Old account data may not include information about your purchase, and if that is the case, it helps to refresh it from Google.

Assuming that your phone is connected to active internet (Wi-Fi or 3G/4G Internet connection), and then follow the below steps:

• Close down Ghost Radio entirely. The app has an Exit button on the Settings screen or uses any other method for closing an Android app.
• Go to your phone Settings and tap on the Account / Account and Sync option (depending on which Android version you have installed on your device).
• Tap on the account that is connected with your device and Play Store.
• Enable the option Sync App Data if it isn’t enabled / or tap Sync Now in the top-right menu.
• Now start Ghost Radio again.

Google Play Cache

Google stores local information on your device to improve performance and offline usage. The cache may contain obsolete information, so ensure that the Google Play cache is fresh and does not contain invalid or old data.

Assuming that your phone is connected to active internet (Wi-Fi or 3G/4G Internet connection), and then follow the below steps:

• Uninstall Ghost Radio.
• In the Settings, go to Applications.
• Now go to Manage Applications.
• Locate the Google Play Store Download Manager app and select it.
• Now press Clear Data and then Clear Cache.
• Then install Ghost Radio from Google Play again and start it.
• Google Play License Verification

If none of the above methods does solve the problem, there may be something wrong with the Google Play Verification system. Most such problems are temporary and are solved within hours, so try again after some time.

Refund

We normally refund purchases if the problem persists. If you want a refund, we need the Google Play order-number that was sent to you by email when you purchased the app.

App Information

• Ghost Radio App Page → Learn more about Ghost Radio, view screenshots, and download from app stores