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There is no general section for android hadrware so i thought i'd ask here, since it's somewhat related.
I own both Samsung Galaxy S and Tab, and being what it it SGS can't record worth s**t. Only caller side can be recorded, which is a pity.
Tab wont be used for this, i havent even tried recording with it.
I used to record calls with my old HTC Touch Pro, no problems. For some reason SGS cant.
So, my question is: which of the highest tier android phones can reliably record both sides of conversation ? Not the speakerphone way, but properly, taking audio from internal hardware...
I'm about to renew my contract and i'd rather pick something that can be used as a recorder...
I don't think any android phone can at the moment.
evilkorn said:
I don't think any android phone can at the moment.
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Incorrect. MIUI ROMs have call recording built in.
MIUI for Galaxy S ? (UK)
5thAgent said:
Incorrect. MIUI ROMs have call recording built in.
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NONSENSE. MIUI cannot make phones which can not by hardware record phone calls magically do so. IE: All or most HTC phones, and according to the OP, Samdung phones.
There are multiple apps out there for this functionality, but it will only record both sides of a phone call on a lot of phones if you use the speaker. It can't record the headset portion of the call, only that coming from the microphone.
well with the htc hero it is possible with a custom kernel
according to leedroid it is with a custom kernel possible with a Desire HD too, but not stable
Hey
There is a Chinese phone out there wich does have it stock. You can actually flash it on the galaxy s.
Don't know if you are afraid of flashing the phone, but darky s rom 9.3 has it integrated. It is still in beta though.
Look in the development section of the galaxy s forum. There is a callrecording topic wich explains it all.
Good luck
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The HTC HD2 with almost any rooted rom will do it. The only problem is that if you make a call from the bluetooth using voice dial (or any 3rd party app) the audio is lost in the speaker or phone if you switch from bluetooth. The only way to ceoorect is to re-boot. Not very practicle, but perfect if you don't bluetooth voice dial.
Desire HD on CM7 nightly and LordMod kernel, see my signature.
Records both sides of the call. Some people report issues. My experience has been flawless.
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Which ROM do you prefer?
And why??
I've been going back and forth between the two flashing countless times.
Personally what I love about cm9 are:
the ability to change dpi without crashing the rom
Status bar completely hides when playing a video
Faster kernel (IMO)
What I love about stock Samsung ICS:
Quick launch of messaging
Im not sure but the screen looks sharper
The feeling of stability that you're using a supported official ROM
Calling someone or receiving a phone call doesn't stretch the picture full screen like in cm9
Reception is a bit better specially mobile data
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Justinhopaolo said:
Which ROM do you prefer?
And why??
I've been going back and forth between the two flashing countless times.
Personally what I love about cm9 are:
the ability to change dpi without crashing the rom
Status bar completely hides when playing a video
Faster kernel (IMO)
What I love about stock Samsung ICS:
Quick launch of messaging
Im not sure but the screen looks sharper
The feeling of stability that you're using a supported official ROM
Calling someone or receiving a phone call doesn't stretch the picture full screen like in cm9
Reception is a bit better specially mobile data
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Months ago i was thinking in doing the move into cm9, but after reading a lot of posts i notice the great potential, but it's still a WIP but i decided to stay with HC Stock even with those weird bugs like "Wifi unable to reconnect after being in suspend mode" and those many random reboot or scary power on.
The lastest ICS stock is really stable (at least for me), no random bugs, and WiFI seems more reliable than on HC, animations are really soft and nice and the overall performance is good enough for me. (Also i can disable those nasty bloatware)
Eventually I will try cm9 just to see if i can share experiences with all of you, but for now I will stay with stock ICS + rooted
CM10.0 stable was released a while ago on the HTC One S (S4). I've used it for a week nown and thought I'd write a review. Basically, I'm trying to create the thread I wish I'd find before I flashed CM10.0 Stable.
I came from stock 4.0.4 with Sense 4.1, so whenever I make comparisons, I compare it to that.
The Good
- Stability. I've really only encountered a single bug. That's actually better than stock for me. Definately stable enough to use as a daily driver. I am really impressed by this.
- Speed and smoothness. Everything flows really well, making the interface a joy to use.
- Battery life. For me, it has been notably but not dramatically better. I get about 3.5 h screen time (I got about 3 h on stock).
- The interface. Everything is prettier than Sense. I could never go back.
- The settings. The number of settings isn't as large as CM7 (which was a bit insane), but larger than stock. You can tweak more or less everything you care about.
The Bad
- A bug making volume wake unreliable. It's on the tracker: http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=6720
This matters a lot for me since my power button is quite unresponsible. But it probably won't matter to most users (although I'd argue that waking the screen up with volume buttons is more comfortable than the power button)
- While it's great that you can cutomize the lock screen shortcuts, you can't move the "unlock". It's always to the right. You can install another lock screen if you want, though. It's a very minor issue.
- The contacts app doesn't seem to work with Facebook, so if you (like me) get all your contacts' pictures from there, you're out of luck. Slightly annoying. Third party apps like Haxsync can fix this though.
- The timer and the alarm are found in two different apps. And the timer app is a bit wierd, coming from stock. But it works.
Other notes
- Camera quality seems good enough. Taking photos is really fast, much like stock, but you can't just hold down the button to do burst mode.
- I don't miss Beats Audio. The DSP Manager, an included app, let's you activate bass boost in three different levels. For me, this gives more than good enough audio quality.
Conclusion
A great rom. Don't stay on stock
If you want me to add anything else, just ask
Us villec2 users are stuck with laggy sense. Really hope that since cm10 on the s4 is now stable, a kind dev would port it out for us. I don't even have 4.0.4 yet!
Awesome review!
Great that CM10 is now good to go!
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Thanks for this great review.
Is it possible to shoot 8mpx widescreen pictures like in the stock rom ?
And is the battery life really better than stock? I've read that some users got a worse battery life on cm..
Did you experienced any wifi/2g/3g connection issues?
NQNH said:
Thanks for this great review.
Is it possible to shoot 8mpx widescreen pictures like in the stock rom ?
And is the battery life really better than stock? I've read that some users got a worse battery life on cm..
Did you experienced any wifi/2g/3g connection issues?
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Sense roms don't take 8mp widescreen shots. To achieve the widescreen, they just crop the photos to something more like 6mp.
Battery life really depends on how you use your phone but for me its better on CM.
Other than the occasional disconnecting from wifi, everything is fine over here
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Sense roms don't take 8mp widescreen shots. To achieve the widescreen, they just crop the photos to something more like 6mp.
Battery life really depends on how you use your phone but for me its better on CM.
Other than the occasional disconnecting from wifi, everything is fine over here
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thanks for your answer, didn't know this cropping thing.
hm, maybe I will switch over to cm too
On Sense, the "8 Mpx" pictures are 3264 x 1840. On CM10, they are 3264 x 2448.
Also, I haven't had any WiFi issues yet on CM10. I did have a few random disconnects on stock Sense, though.
What's this stable cm10 you mention? Don't see it in dev section
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Spastic909 said:
What's this stable cm10 you mention? Don't see it in dev section
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You can get it on get.cm. I don't think there's a specific thread for the stable version here on xda.
Echo
Do anyone of you have noticed that the phone call receiver hears an echo? I do not hear it myself but anyone I call hears the echo and hang up. I switched to stock Sense ROM and the echo disappears.
The echo comes back on CM10, I might try some more ROMs and see
Hello!!
As far as Facebook sync the best next thing is Haxsync in the market... Sooo worth it and it works great on CM10.
Can someone tell me how much the radio take effect on the battery life?
I'm on stock Rom with radio 1.06es now
Or will a new radio be flashed with during the flashprogress of cm 10?
i31us said:
Do anyone of you have noticed that the phone call receiver hears an echo? I do not hear it myself but anyone I call hears the echo and hang up. I switched to stock Sense ROM and the echo disappears.
The echo comes back on CM10, I might try some more ROMs and see
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I've made a few calls from CM10, and nobody has complained about echo.
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Hello!!
As far as Facebook sync the best next thing is Haxsync in the market... Sooo worth it and it works great on CM10.
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I can confirm that Haxsync works really well!
I installed cm10 two days after i received the phone. There are a few annoyances, but i get good battery life, can run almost two days.
gsm and 3g works perfect, call quality is good, 3g speeds are decent, in my area i get about 1.1 mb/s down and 300 kb/s up.
System runs smooth and fast as default.
The things that annoy me is the bug where volume rocker doesn't wake the device, mentioned on first post.
Some sounds are too low, Alarm sounds compared to my Desire are lower, unlock/lock sounds as well.
When playing music, all info on lock screen is hidden, so you can't see time, weather or scheduled plans.
When you pause music from the lock screen, after about 3 seconds of silence, it'll play another 2 secs, then go silent again.
But, overall i'm happy, a few kinks which i'm sure they'll fix. It runs really well which is nice.
I liked using this but something didn't feel right (too buggy for my tastes) and prefer sense, but I love cm on my nexus 7 its amazing on nexus devices
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millowster07 said:
Hello!!
As far as Facebook sync the best next thing is Haxsync in the market... Sooo worth it and it works great on CM10.
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Second that. I think it cost $1. Totally worth it.
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I've been using this for a couple days as well.
Battery life seems worse than the available Sense ROMs but not horrible. Although I can't say for sure that its due to the ROM. I did flash a different radio at the same time.
Also the sounds seem a little lower quality. Not sure if this is due to the lack of Beats Audio or what?
"Snapiness" feels about the same as Sense IMO.
I do agree that this is definitely usable as a DD
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NQNH said:
Can someone tell me how much the radio take effect on the battery life?
I'm on stock Rom with radio 1.06es now
Or will a new radio be flashed with during the flashprogress of cm 10?
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You are not on 1.06es. Check about phone and you will see
How would you compare photo quality between CM 10.0 Stable and Sense 4.1 ROMs? I understand that CM 10.0 cannot access the HTC ImageSense chip because it's proprietary but is there a noticeable difference in taking pictures between the two ROMs?
just installed this.
for some reason the contacts app doesnt have a menu so i cant get in the settings to change my voicemail.
music playes for a few seconds after it has been paused.
currently in the process or wiping and reflashing stable to see if the problem persists
KingofRadiance said:
How would you compare photo quality between CM 10.0 Stable and Sense 4.1 ROMs? I understand that CM 10.0 cannot access the HTC ImageSense chip because it's proprietary but is there a noticeable difference in taking pictures between the two ROMs?
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Yes big difference IMO to me it was unacceptable and switched back to sense but it is what it is, maybe someday the sense camera can be ported
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I just came back to Verizon from AT&T and in the AT&T G2 forums we had a thread like this...
This is NOT a best Rom thread... Just a poll to gauge what roms everyone is using for others to get an idea what's out there... If you select other in the poll please tell us which rom in the thread.
Enjoy! Keep it light and friendly and have fun!
I'll start it off by saying I currently bounce back and forth between stock and CleanRom.
If I forgot any in particular I apologize in advance... Please select other and tell us in the thread!
To the Devs of InsertCoin I apologize for misspelling it in the poll as InsertKoin
Hi my name is thunderbls and I'm a flashoholic... I have tried most every Rom, gpe, aosp on the Verizon forum as well as the general m8 but I keep coming back to viperone.
I'm a flashaholic as well..I switch it up about once a day. A few of my favorites I keep coming back to are insertcoin, clean rom, liquid and renovate. Viperone is a great as well.
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jax187 said:
I'm a flashaholic as well..I switch it up about once a day. A few of my favorites I keep coming back to are insertcoin, clean rom, liquid and renovate. Viperone is a great as well.
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Wow... Thank you so much for sharing jax. Would anyone else like to share? Don't be affraid we are all in this together and you have an excellent group here for support. Lol
thunderbls said:
Wow... Thank you so much for sharing jax. Would anyone else like to share? Don't be affraid we are all in this together and you have an excellent group here for support. Lol
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Anytime..I almost forgot about bad seed customs rom. They did a phenomenal job. One of my favorites as well.
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I use Clear Rom with
HK Mod
Jishnu's Camera
Extreme PS
Updated Adreno Drivers
HBoot red text fixed
My Tweaked Faux Kernel
I use the Stock Rom. Unlocked, S-Off, and Rooted. Run some custom mods. Sense Toolkit, wifi nag removal, Power Saver, Mobile Hotspot fix for Unlimited Data, OTA Killer, with Stock M8 Browser for auto fit to zoom text. The important thing is to use the Rom that you are going to be happy with the most, and I'm the most happiest with stock. I think I'm getting too old and don't want to bother with getting other Roms to work right. Everything just works on stock without any issues or problems. I have thought a lot about trying Google Play Edition Rom, but, correct me if I'm wrong, I would lose slow motion camera, most of the features of dot view including calls, some gestures like voice dialing, htc messaging which I love. But I would gain "ok google" google search, better battery life with minimal apps running, and photosphere.
In short, every Rom has there pros and cons. The important thing is to use the Rom that makes you happy.
I flash a new ROM every few weeks, but so far I keep going to Clean ROM.
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Mine
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I stayed stock for nearly 2 months. It was working great, but with my flashaholic past I just couldn't take it anymore. I read up on my options and was intrigued by GPE but went with CleanROM to keep some of the HTC goodies. However, I use the Google Now Launcher with XGELS to get the GPE feel. I use a combination of Sense 6 Toolbox, GravityBox, and other various mods for additional tweaks.
I've been using Viper for months now...but every now and then I feel the urge to switch ROMS...which I end up deciding against. I guess I'm reluctant to wipe my data, download/install the ROM, etc. (the entire flashing process) since I'm unsure as to whether or not I'll be content with the switch. I'm currently running Theme Launcher on Viper, so things are still going well, but has anyone made the switch from Viper to another ROM and never looked back? I'm not trying to create a post that discusses the best ROM, it would just be nice to hear some ideas I suppose.
ViperOne
Badseed has been everything I wanted. Good bit of mod options and some really cool color choices. I also bounce back to liquid every now and then. Liquid has been the best AOSP Rom for me. Tried a majority of sense rom's out there have been sticking with badseed since it got released.
Back on CleanRom for now still gotta give Badseed and BoneStock a try
for the flashaholics, is there any easier way of restoring settings and everything else? or just doing it manually each time
thanks
infamous84 said:
for the flashaholics, is there any easier way of restoring settings and everything else? or just doing it manually each time
thanks
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Titanium back up with apps and their data works for me. I have been using nova launcher so when I back that up and restore its all the way I want it outside of some system settings. I hope that is what you were asking.
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Titanium back up with apps and their data works for me. I have been using nova launcher so when I back that up and restore its all the way I want it outside of some system settings. I hope that is what you were asking.
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+1 I use titanium for everything but system apps and settings... For home screen layout on stock launcher and settings I use mybackup pro
If I'm feeling brave I'll dirty flash but only over sense to other sense roms... I don't condone it cause it can cause issues but knock on wood not one problem yet doing this on the M8 so far
If you do dirty flash always make sure to have a nandroid and don't expect help from the roms devs as it's too unpredictable
Currently CleanROM. Before that it was BareBones and SkyFall.
I like the nearly stock feel and then either make my own mods, use other's mods or use xposed to customize to my taste; which is a minimal look generally dark with awesome icons and runs smooth.
Viperone
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Using the GPE release right now. Still got an older version loaded but now that i have the broken roaming bandaided I have literly had 0 problems with the rom
With my current phone, I've been turned into a huge fan of heads up notifications. Does the stock rom include this feature? If not, is there anything similar to it? From what I've seen, the stock rom has a lot of nice stuff such as the slick lock screen, but I'd imagine other custom roms don't have that. Also, I've heard reports of sometimes the screen not working. Is that fixed or fixable with one of the custom kernels here?
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With my current phone, I've been turned into a huge fan of heads up notifications. Does the stock rom include this feature? If not, is there anything similar to it? From what I've seen, the stock rom has a lot of nice stuff such as the slick lock screen, but I'd imagine other custom roms don't have that. Also, I've heard reports of sometimes the screen not working. Is that fixed or fixable with one of the custom kernels here?
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Settings>notification drawer >heads up
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