As someone who is on the road a fair amount, call recording was a godsend for going back to make notes. Same for my wife who manages a team of people and her phone calls usually involve details.
Our state allows call recording so long as one of the parties is aware that the call is being recorded. So, we've had a need and we meet the legalities.
Love this droid Charge except that I've yet to find a call recording app. My phone is rooted (so I could do full backups and run LBE Security).
What options do we have on the Droid Charge for call recording?
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@lufc: Fair call.. My fault - sorry.
I would use Google Voice. It allows for in-conversation call recording (Press "4" and GV will announce it is now recording). It's free to setup and will of course allow your GV number to forward and ring simultaneously on your cell as well as office and/or home phone.
I use it every day.
johnfoy said:
As someone who is on the road a fair amount, call recording was a godsend for going back to make notes. Same for my wife who manages a team of people and her phone calls usually involve details.
Our state allows call recording so long as one of the parties is aware that the call is being recorded. So, we've had a need and we meet the legalities.
Love this droid Charge except that I've yet to find a call recording app. My phone is rooted (so I could do full backups and run LBE Security).
What options do we have on the Droid Charge for call recording?
Thanks
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Now that I have successfully rooted my phone, thanks to Wizzrah's Evita toolkit, i'm looking to resolve a problem with call recording.
There are a plethora of call recording apps on the market but they all require speakerphone to record both sides of the conversation which is often not ideal. In the old days of Android version 2, some phones had what they call 'hardware-based" call recording which is reportedly no longer available unless you change ROMs or hack the device, which I now finally have the capability of doing.
The easiest way to see this anomaly in action is to download one of the very best call recording apps here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appstar.callrecorderpro&hl=en and try changing the source. It won't let you because it says the phone doesn't support 'hardware-based' recording.
If anyone knows how to get past this, I would appreciate the help very much!
Hello All,
I am new to this space. Unfortunately, after being forced to update to Android 9, I lost my call recording feature. I absolutely need this feature because I travel all the time. Rooting is not an option for me because I would lose the warranty. Plus, I have accidentally bricked a phone in the past. I saw that people have reported that call recording works in Android 9 in some countries.
I am curious about two things:
1) Do we know which phone models and region will support call recording?
2) Given that we know that XYZ model with Android 9.0 supports call recording, if I buy a phone from another country and use it in the US, will call recording work? Any idea?
I thought of asking everyone on this forum before making an investment in two things a) a $1K phone b) a recorder app. I have tried other options such mic-based call recording etc., but they are not as good as an app doing the call recording.
I am really pissed off with Google for banning this feature.
Regards
Hi,
I'm trying to figure what options there are for robust call recording apps on rooted Pixel 3's.
I'd like to know if a specific call recording application functions on Andriod Pie (or later) after rooting the device.
Here's the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appstar.callrecorder&hl=en_US
If those running a rooted OP6T would install the app and make a few calls I'd appreciate it.
Here's a number to Health and Human Services Office of Civil Right (all prerecorded menus; we won't bother anyone) to do test calls: (800) 368-1019
You may need to do some basic setup. Make sure call recording occurs automatically, or allow the overlay and manually engage the call recording.
For those willing to go to some effort, if at first the app doesn't work, the "Recording Settings" can be tweaked.
I don't know what the difference is between methods, other than that they change how the app tries to get voice data to record.
Can you hear both yourself and the the caller in the recording?
What recording settings were used?
What format did the recording save to (AAC/MP3/Wav?)
What is the sound quality of the recording?
Do any of the above change if you plug in a USB-C earbud/microphone or earbud/microphone attached via USB-C to 3.5mm/TRRS.
(note: bluetooth headsets have compatibility issues even on phones the app works; headset would need to be wired for this test, though info on Bluetooth would be nice if one is so inclined to provide it)
In the applications inbox for recordings, does the number or contact information show up, or is it listed only as "outgoing" or "incoming" call.
Alternatively, I'd be interested in any information/experiences rooted users may have with other call recording software. Such as Another Call Recorder - Unchained (https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/com.nll.acr). In particular, reliability and call recording quality (as good as 'the call').
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Hi,
I'm trying to figure what options there are for robust call recording apps on rooted Pixel 3's.
I'd like to know if a specific call recording application functions on Andriod Pie (or later) after rooting the device.
Here's the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appstar.callrecorder&hl=en_US
If those running a rooted OP6T would install the app and make a few calls I'd appreciate it.
Here's a number to Health and Human Services Office of Civil Right (all prerecorded menus; we won't bother anyone) to do test calls: (800) 368-1019
You may need to do some basic setup. Make sure call recording occurs automatically, or allow the overlay and manually engage the call recording.
For those willing to go to some effort, if at first the app doesn't work, the "Recording Settings" can be tweaked.
I don't know what the difference is between methods, other than that they change how the app tries to get voice data to record.
Can you hear both yourself and the the caller in the recording?
What recording settings were used?
What format did the recording save to (AAC/MP3/Wav?)
What is the sound quality of the recording?
Do any of the above change if you plug in a USB-C earbud/microphone or earbud/microphone attached via USB-C to 3.5mm/TRRS.
(note: bluetooth headsets have compatibility issues even on phones the app works; headset would need to be wired for this test, though info on Bluetooth would be nice if one is so inclined to provide it)
In the applications inbox for recordings, does the number or contact information show up, or is it listed only as "outgoing" or "incoming" call.
Alternatively, I'd be interested in any information/experiences rooted users may have with other call recording software. Such as Another Call Recorder - Unchained (https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/com.nll.acr). In particular, reliability and call recording quality (as good as 'the call').
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I am not going to do all of that, but Boldbeast (paid) is probably your best bet for a nice high quality recording but it requires a bunch of tweaking on a pixel running android 10.
I had absolutely 0 issues using it with my P3 on android 9, but once upgraded to android 10 the only way to get it to work (even with a magisk module they recommended) means losing your "Hey Google" and "Now Playing" auto-detect music feature within the OS (both which I like). So its either stick with Android 9 and have 0 issues, or upgrade to Android 10 and deal with a bunch of BS trying to get the Boldbeast app recorder to work. Google in android 10 is trying to block anyone from using a call recorder all together, they just want it this way. So, I digress.
My previous phone running Android 8 (which I use as a backup) has the app you listed, "Automatic Call Recorder PRO" (paid version obviously) and functions like a dream but its not my daily driver.
If I ultimately had to record a phone call, I swap my sim into that phone and have a nice WAV/MP3 file saved in the cloud.
TLDR; I have no real answer for you :laugh:
Supposedly Google is adding call recording into their phone app. I have not seen it yet.
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Supposedly Google is adding call recording into their phone app. I have not seen it yet.
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"With Google Voice, you press a button to start recording the call and then a voice comes on and announces that the call is being recorded. Everybody can hear the voice, so everyone knows that the call is being recorded."
The whole point to using a recorder app is so that someone doesn't know they are being recorded (this is legal is certain states, such as mine).
With an announcement "You are being recorded" kind of defeats the whole purpose. Unless maybe you are trying to keep questionable people honest over the phone with a .mp3 file/proof.
Maybe a Magisk/root hack would be able to turn off this message if google so-chooses to embed it that into the app.
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"With Google Voice, you press a button to start recording the call and then a voice comes on and announces that the call is being recorded. Everybody can hear the voice, so everyone knows that the call is being recorded."
The whole point to using a recorder app is so that someone doesn't know they are being recorded (this is legal is certain states, such as mine).
With an announcement "You are being recorded" kind of defeats the whole purpose. Unless maybe you are trying to keep questionable people honest over the phone with a .mp3 file/proof.
Maybe a Magisk/root hack would be able to turn off this message if google so-chooses to embed it that into the app.
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That's my conundrum as well. Legal for me to record. Moreover it's better to have an app automatically record all calls, and be able to organize them into a database with call notes to keep track of who and when. Half of my want to find a way to continue using the existing call recording app, is to preserve the existing database.
Rumsfield said:
"With Google Voice, you press a button to start recording the call and then a voice comes on and announces that the call is being recorded. Everybody can hear the voice, so everyone knows that the call is being recorded."
The whole point to using a recorder app is so that someone doesn't know they are being recorded (this is legal is certain states, such as mine).
With an announcement "You are being recorded" kind of defeats the whole purpose. Unless maybe you are trying to keep questionable people honest over the phone with a .mp3 file/proof.
Maybe a Magisk/root hack would be able to turn off this message if google so-chooses to embed it that into the app.
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Right, that would not be legal in my state.
Introduction:
Before Google Dialer took over (mostly in 2021-2022), most Android phones supported discreet call recording out of the box.
However, with Google Dialer taking over, call recording was discouraged/disabled and only allowed in certain regions that Google thought fit. Even so, in those regions, you had to manually press a button to get the recording to start, it would make an announcement to all parties on the call, and lastly exporting the recordings saved by Google Dialer were an absolute pain. To make matters worse, conference calls could not be recorded. To be honest, I am surprised that this is not being talked about, considering how important a feature it is, especially in my industry.
Question:
What phones have out-of-the-box discreet automatic call recording in 2022?
Requirements:
Must not have to install any third-party app
Must not make an announcement to all parties to the call
Must allow recording conference calls, VoWiFi calls
Must have a "record all" option so that I don't have to press a button each time
Must be a 2021-2022 phone preferably running the latest Android version
Any help would be greatly appreciated.