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I have searched almost everywhere, but could not find this. I am surprised no such app for android exists
So should I conclude it is impossible due to some restriction in android OS to record incomming call or to play a message in incomming call, and hence, not possible to make an answering machine app ??
An app that has the features like isecretary has for windows mobile???
Why me and many others like me want this:
we do not have any voicemail service like hullomail, youmail etc available in our country.
voicemail is not free and is heavily charged
also no google service does this in our country afaik
Can any expert android developer tell me in detail as to why making such an app is not possible ??
ps: if it is at all possible I am ready to pay for this project :s
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any1 ??
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Don't wanna multi-post but I really really need this
Can any1 point me in some direction ?? or just a hint maybe :s
Bumping here again after so many days .. hoping somebody might have some knowledge regarding this
Arjs said:
Why me and many others like me want this:
we do not have any voicemail service like hullomail, youmail etc available in our country.
voicemail is not free and is heavily charged
also no google service does this in our country afaik
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bump it up for you. ... . it'll be interesting to have of these apps for android
probably the last hopeless bump .. no1 has any idea about my original question -
So should I conclude it is impossible due to some restriction in android OS to record incomming call or to play a message in incomming call, and hence, not possible to make an answering machine app ??
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probably the last hopeless bump .. no1 has any idea about my original question -
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I'm not so sure many App programers visit these forums. Even something basic would be nice. It would only work on a Rooted phone however.
There are many people on xda with good knowledge about Android and its possibilities.. But as you said, I don't think anyone of them cares about whats going on in this forum.
People are asking questions and same average users are trying to answer their questions by guessing stuff.
Nobody even with a little knowledge is trying to answer the question, as to why is this not possible!!!!
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There are many people on xda with good knowledge about Android and its possibilities.. But as you said, I don't think anyone of them cares about whats going on in this forum.
People are asking questions and same average users are trying to answer their questions by guessing stuff.
Nobody even with a little knowledge is trying to answer the question, as to why is this not possible!!!!
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Probably because between their real job and their families, their free time is taken by developing roms or apps that make your phone awesome, while usually getting very little in return. Whatever time is left over, I hope they spend enjoying themselves or relaxing.
If it's that important, either learn to do it yourself or pm a developer and ask them (nicely!) if it's possible.
It's improbable that such an app would be possible. An internet connection and/or call forwarding would most likely be a requirement, which is not what you're asking for.
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So should I conclude it is impossible due to some restriction in android OS to record incomming call
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This seems to be a problem and a major complain from Android devs. There is no API to control the audio from incoming calls. Google problably doesnt include APIs to avoid privacy issues.
Im not sure about audio from you in a call if there are APIs for it.
The program, in theory with these APIs, is possible as it is very simple.
There is undocumented APIs which people have used to record audio from incoming calls. You need root and someone they dont work.
So if you want this then yes, you are either going to have to pay someone, learn how they have (using root and undocumented APIs) made it possible to record incoming voice from calls, or wait for Google to release call and voice related APIs.
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In SDK 14 this has been added (maybe with workarounds it can be helpful to what you want):
Voicemail Provider
The new Voicemail Provider allows applications to add voicemails to the device, in order to present all the user's voicemails in a single visual presentation. For instance, it’s possible that a user has multiple voicemail sources, such as one from the phone’s service provider and others from VoIP or other alternative voice services. These apps can use the Voicemail Provider APIs to add their voicemails to the device. The built-in Phone application then presents all voicemails to the user in a unified presentation. Although the system’s Phone application is the only application that can read all the voicemails, each application that provides voicemails can read those that it has added to the system (but cannot read voicemails from other services).
Because the APIs currently do not allow third-party apps to read all the voicemails from the system, the only third-party apps that should use the voicemail APIs are those that have voicemail to deliver to the user.
The VoicemailContract class defines the content provider for the Voicemail Provder. The subclasses VoicemailContract.Voicemails and VoicemailContract.Status provide tables in which apps can insert voicemail data for storage on the device. For an example of a voicemail provider app, see the Voicemail Provider Demo.
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Probably because between their real job and their families, their free time is taken by developing roms or apps that make your phone awesome, while usually getting very little in return. Whatever time is left over, I hope they spend enjoying themselves or relaxing.
If it's that important, either learn to do it yourself or pm a developer and ask them (nicely!) if it's possible.
It's improbable that such an app would be possible. An internet connection and/or call forwarding would most likely be a requirement, which is not what you're asking for.
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lol what is your problem dude?? are you some sort of messiah ?
The point of these forums is people helping out each other and sometimes those with more knowledge than the average user, also jump in to the rescue. If those developers didn't have time apart from their daily life, the Q&A thread would never be created in the first place. And there are people, who are not developers, but have a much better android knowledge and are helping people on these forums.
read what I wrote-
I don't think anyone of them cares about whats going on in this forum.
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And there is a reason, I said that, because I have seen threads like mine, on the same issue from more than a year old.. lying without answers. No one is even trying to figure it out. My humble request to you is, if you don't know anything regarding this, and cannot understand our problem, and haven't read other thread like these from the last one year.. just mind your own business please and let us deal with our problem.
We are still here // still posting.. because we still hope someone with knowledge would read these threads someday and reply a meaningful reply.
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This seems to be a problem and a major complain from Android devs. There is no API to control the audio from incoming calls. Google problably doesnt include APIs to avoid privacy issues.
Im not sure about audio from you in a call if there are APIs for it.
The program, in theory with these APIs, is possible as it is very simple.
There is undocumented APIs which people have used to record audio from incoming calls. You need root and someone they dont work.
So if you want this then yes, you are either going to have to pay someone, learn how they have (using root and undocumented APIs) made it possible to record incoming voice from calls, or wait for Google to release call and voice related APIs.
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In SDK 14 this has been added (maybe with workarounds it can be helpful to what you want):
Voicemail Provider
The new Voicemail Provider allows applications to add voicemails to the device, in order to present all the user's voicemails in a single visual presentation. For instance, it’s possible that a user has multiple voicemail sources, such as one from the phone’s service provider and others from VoIP or other alternative voice services. These apps can use the Voicemail Provider APIs to add their voicemails to the device. The built-in Phone application then presents all voicemails to the user in a unified presentation. Although the system’s Phone application is the only application that can read all the voicemails, each application that provides voicemails can read those that it has added to the system (but cannot read voicemails from other services).
Because the APIs currently do not allow third-party apps to read all the voicemails from the system, the only third-party apps that should use the voicemail APIs are those that have voicemail to deliver to the user.
The VoicemailContract class defines the content provider for the Voicemail Provder. The subclasses VoicemailContract.Voicemails and VoicemailContract.Status provide tables in which apps can insert voicemail data for storage on the device. For an example of a voicemail provider app, see the Voicemail Provider Demo.
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I didn't notice this reply was made, when I was typing my previous post.
Thanks a lot, riahc3 for helping us out. Finally someone comes to the rescue xD
Google problably doesnt include APIs to avoid privacy issues.
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yes, I have been reading regarding this lately, but I wasn't so sure until now. So this is a fact now that this is not possible in "normal" case (well, this almost answers my main question) as we don't have the APIs from google to help develop an app which is able to manipulate incoming call. And they do have a good reason for this i agree - privacy issues.
made it possible to record incoming voice from calls
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well, then I guess I have to keep searching and learning more regarding this. I guess i' ll start with the Voicemail Provider Demo.
Thanks a lot again bro.. for finding out so much regarding the issue ..that helps clear out "the big confusion" . and hopefully, as you said, some workaround might be possible using the sdk14...
what arjas and i am looking for
We have an answering machine and voice mail available on the Samsung Start GT-5233A where you can set up the answering machine easily. It plays a greeting when you do not pick up and if he caller wishes, they can record a message as well.
This is a built in application. I believe Arjas and i are looking, trying to find a similar application for android.
I have a galaxy tab 10.1 but no luck so far.
ukayani said:
We have an answering machine and voice mail available on the Samsung Start GT-5233A where you can set up the answering machine easily. It plays a greeting when you do not pick up and if he caller wishes, they can record a message as well.
This is a built in application. I believe Arjas and i are looking, trying to find a similar application for android.
I have a galaxy tab 10.1 but no luck so far.
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check out this post, talking exactly abt your requirement. share some thought so others might find helpful
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22304548&postcount=12
Answering Machine for Android
Though There's no straight app for this, u can combine 2 apps to get the Answering Machine.
1) Auto Call Answer
2)auto call recorder.
of-course there are lots of similar applications too for each type. install both apps from the market.
when ever u don't answer the the call for certain number of rings the 1st app picks the call and plays the voice u recorded for the caller.But it cant record the callers voice.
Thats where the 2nd app comes in handy.It will record all the incoming calls irrespective of whether u lifted or the auto responder lifted.
When ever u find time u can check the recordings which are saved mostly by the number and time.
For the time being this is the only solution we have.
Also mind u,In the calls recorded the callers voice is very low in most of the android devices.Blame google for not giving API for that.So what the apps generally does is it will record from the mic resulting in poor quality.
I also observed that android devices with honkong firmware and arabic firmwares
the recording quality is good.I think the API is buit-in for that firmware.As recording calls in their countries is legal.
Unfortunately in India call recording is not legal.so is in most of the countries.
So the trick is to flash ur cell with honkong(hhkk) or arabic(jpxx) firmwares and u have the rec option right away in dailer options.Then try installing those two apps.
I am using Galaxy Note initially was on Indian firmware now i changed it honkong version and enjoying the rec fecility which is crystal clear.
But as u said when other brands like symbian,windows are offering this app theres no point in google not letting the developers do it. its shame for the owner of a 30k cell phone running the so called great android and not having a fecility that a cheap 3k phone has.
wakeup guys
if not u,who?
if not now when?
What about something like pbxes.org or something like that? The short answer to your original question is "Not right now" for the reasons mentioned by a previous poster. ICS seems to have the appropriate hooks built in, but that isn't the same as having the app.
I can't believe there isn't a SIP provider you could get set up with and manage voicemail over IP. But you would know better than me what you can reach or not. Just thinking there must be some other way to skin that cat.
It would be nice to have an offline standalone answering machine that plays greeting and records voice messages in the SD or phone's memory.
That will save me $7/month, so I am not expecting it for free.
Hi guys, I was thinking the same thing, then I found this thread.
My need is to have an app that answers an incoming call after 3-4 ringing, then it should play a short record and after that start recording the call.
For example when I'm doing shower and friends come my home, they call me, so it will be useful to have an app that auto-answer and say "I'm on shower, take keys under the tree and enter"...:laugh:
I read previous posts, so I will try the 2 apps. Is there something new in the air? ICS is out since June...
I would spend 5 euros or something more for an app like this...
will we ever see that app ?
I hope so
It may be #1 wanted app in android
Anyway don't try to download "Auto call answer" it seems to be a malware
Hello,
I just purchased a Galaxy S II, model SHW-M250S. However, I do not think it came with the voice talk software. Does anyone know why that would be? Any way to add it to the phone (other than vlingo from the app store) I have been trying to figure it out online for a little bit now so I am posing the question to those with a lot more knowledge about phones than myself. Thank you.
You mean a voice command application? Vlingo is the closest you can get right now.
Yes voice commands. I thought the GS2 came with a "voice talk" application preloaded. In videos I have seen users just click applications and it is right but my phone lacks this.
There are three, voice talk, voice command, and voice search. Not sure what are the difference among them as they all seem to do more or less the same thing.
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Hmm, well I have the voice search but it just searches google. It won't open apps or let me dictate messages or anything.
You are right, I got them confused, voice search does google, but the other two more or less do the same thing. They should all be in your app drawer.
I don't think they are I wonder how it got left off the phone? Kinda disappointing. Too expensive of a phone to be missing stuff imo.
I have been searching high and low for an APK that has those, but I have not come up with anything so far... lost it when I flashed a complete WIPE custom rom... I'll be ever so thankful if anybody uploads or directs me to said APK...
omegajester said:
I have been searching high and low for an APK that has those, but I have not come up with anything so far... lost it when I flashed a complete WIPE custom rom... I'll be ever so thankful if anybody uploads or directs me to said APK...
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Bro,
this will solve your problem..
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vlingo.client
enjoy.
grishm said:
Bro,
this will solve your problem..
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vlingo.client
enjoy.
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Thanks for the link, but that's the generic version on Vlingo... I'm looking for the SGS2 customized version, which comes stock...
omegajester said:
Thanks for the link, but that's the generic version on Vlingo... I'm looking for the SGS2 customized version, which comes stock...
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sorry, but i dont have anything for that.. may be you can get it from some other developer...
gtrain83 said:
Hello,
I just purchased a Galaxy S II, model SHW-M250S. However, I do not think it came with the voice talk software. Does anyone know why that would be? Any way to add it to the phone (other than vlingo from the app store) I have been trying to figure it out online for a little bit now so I am posing the question to those with a lot more knowledge about phones than myself. Thank you.
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double tap home button and if its the first time you've done it you will need to click ok to samsung Disclaimer - No need to install another app
Hi All
I am looking for an app that will change your voice, but I want to be able to use it in call. The main change I am looking for is to feminize the voice. There are many apps on the market but none of them are usable in call. Yes, I want the person on the other end to hear the change not my voice. If anyone knows of an app or could make an app similar to MorphVOX that would be awesome. Yes, I have searched the forums and no, I didn't find anything. I have googled this repeatedly and have had no luck. I need it to be compatible with Eris.
Thank you in advance.
I hope you're not a stalker
Just kidding, as far as i know for Android there's no "call voice changer" (yet).
No I'm not a stalker. I just don't like my voice. I hadn't found one yet was just hoping someone knew of one or could create one. I would be willing to donate to their efforts.
I heard there is an own app of Huawei that can record phone calls, but it's been locked?!
Mate 10 has built-in phone record app. Where is it on the Huawei mate 20 pro?
On Android 9 Google has disabled an feature in the Android version so that means other phonerecord app are not working right.
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With my limited knowledge, it's Android Pie that limits call recording.....in other words, you can't at all atm on the M20P
icecoldbeverage said:
With my limited knowledge, it's Android Pie that limits call recording.....in other words, you can't at all atm on the M20P
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I heard that there is on the Chinese version an official Huawei phonecall record app
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With my limited knowledge, it's Android Pie that limits call recording.....in other words, you can't at all atm on the M20P
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Is there news about it?
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On my Chinese version it do come with the call recorder, working fine.
I find it seriously disturbing that people are still asking for call recorders on their phones. I would be pretty p'd if someone recorded me without my permission and I am pretty sure you would need to make it pretty clear to the other person that you're recording them.
This is just creepy people.
Jonathan-H said:
I find it seriously disturbing that people are still asking for call recorders on their phones. I would be pretty p'd if someone recorded me without my permission and I am pretty sure you would need to make it pretty clear to the other person that you're recording them.
This is just creepy people.
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No depends on why you are using it as to whether it's "creepy" or not. Only time I use it is to record calls from businesses especially the ones that say one thing and then say something else the next time you ring. Which I've had alot of times in the past and wished I had this technology back then. I have set mine manually to record certain calls and just use it as backup for phone companies, credit card company's etc.
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jadaress1 said:
Only time I use it is to record calls from businesses especially the ones that say one thing and then say something else the next time you ring. Which I've had alot of times in the past and wished I had this technology back then. I have set mine manually to record certain calls and just use it as backup for phone companies, credit card company's etc.
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+1
Useful also in case of harassment, insults and threats.
Moreover recording is still possible on POTS lines, and even on mobiles if using the speakerphone and a separate voice recorder...
I use phone recorder especially for notes during the phone call business.
I miss this!
How to enable it on the European version?
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aygul12345 said:
I use phone recorder especially for notes during the phone call business.
I miss this!
How to enable it on the European version?
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i miss it too, i always searching for the apk from the chinese mate 20 pro ... no luck
greets, Peter
Google has been actively fighting the ability to record raw audio from phone calls for a while. In North America the laws for 'single party consent' are a nightmare, and totally different from one State to the next in the United States. Recording a phone is never illegal, but in most areas "benefiting from it" is if you act on the knowledge gained and the other person did not consent. Tricky court cases, but the laws have been in place forever. They kind of work like slander/libel, where the grieved party has to prove that they have been 'injured' in some way by what happened.
This is why the games with call recorders, where they have a dozen different ways to record audio. Especially on a rooted phone, it should be child's play to record raw audio from those channels - but it has been a battle for a while. Right now the only thing you will for sure be able to do is to record from the mic, which if the phone is on speakerphone will pick up the other person in the call.
Some people say that the modded .apk for ACR Recorder is able to record proper audio without being rooted, but I haven't tried it. You can search for 'Cube+ACR_v2.2.132 Mod' if you want to look for it.
greddy said:
i miss it too, i always searching for the apk from the chinese mate 20 pro ... no luck
greets, Peter
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Shame someone couldn't extract the apk and share.Could work?
dragona said:
Shame someone couldn't extract the apk and share.Could work?
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The apk is the easy part, a simple Google search will find it for you. The problem is installing it. It won't install unless it's in the system folder. Pretty sure you'd need to be rooted to get it to work.
What a bummer
dragona said:
Shame someone couldn't extract the apk and share.Could work?
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but here is an nice answer
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78821722&postcount=5
Greets, Peter
Could it be possible, that easy? Surely someone would have already tried it?
greddy said:
but here is an nice answer
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78821722&postcount=5
Greets, Peter
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Did he managed with adb shell?, if I go to my explorer I don't see any kind of files there....
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Did he managed with adb shell?, if I go to my explorer I don't see any kind of files there....
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I couldn't find either
dragona said:
I couldn't find either
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Did you do with ADB shell?
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Did you do with ADB shell?
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No, don't know how to
Hi can anyone help me in finding a decent call recorder for the Galaxy S10 please x
salsa1976 said:
Hi can anyone help me in finding a decent call recorder for the Galaxy S10 please x
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If you are rooted, use skvalex call recorder.
salsa1976 said:
Hi can anyone help me in finding a decent call recorder for the Galaxy S10 please x
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Why not use Samsung's inbuilt call recorder?
I use it, and works perfectly as it should be!
Depends. If you have the United States variant, built in call recording isn't even available for us..
Which one will record both sides ?
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Which one will record both sides ?
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Because it is a kernel-related restriction, no application will be able to bypass it. So, the answer is: none.
Except, of course, if you are on custom roms or rooted...
Change you region phone, do not need to root.
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Change you region phone, do not need to root.
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He doesn't work with me that way.
Can you explain the way in detail
.... I don't want root but I want to record calls and I had to work too much root but most bank applications are disabled and can't be put in root skipping at all
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He doesn't work with me that way.
Can you explain the way in detail
.... I don't want root but I want to record calls and I had to work too much root but most bank applications are disabled and can't be put in root skipping at all
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Buy THL (Thailand) sim card, format your phone with sim card inside, and thats all, after that insert your sim card again, and its done.
I have do that and it works, I have native call recorder.
It only work with Multi region rom installed OXM ex: my phone SM-G973F
This one works
I use CubeACR (find it in Play Store).
It bypass the limitations explained above by using the Accessibility options (If I understood well).
Works fine for me (NON rooted, stock Samsung Android 10 ROM, G973F dual SIM EU spec, 8-128 setup).
It records both sides and even Whatsapp and alike calls. The free version has ads (set up a private DNS if you bother that - I do, I would purchase the app but the creators only offer time-based subscriptions and not a lifetime license) and also the free version only record calls in .AMR format, though you can easily convert the ones you want to keep to any other format or simply let them as they are - recording quality is fine anyway.
Just follow carefully the setup wizard when you first start the app.
Give it a try, and you'll see. Hope this heps
Cheers!
Manualeitor said:
I use CubeACR (find it in Play Store).
It bypass the limitations explained above by using the Accessibility options (If I understood well).
Works fine for me (NON rooted, stock Samsung Android 10 ROM, G973F dual SIM EU spec, 8-128 setup).
It records both sides and even Whatsapp and alike calls. The free version has ads (set up a private DNS if you bother that - I do, I would purchase the app but the creators only offer time-based subscriptions and not a lifetime license) and also the free version only record calls in .AMR format, though you can easily convert the ones you want to keep to any other format or simply let them as they are - recording quality is fine anyway.
Just follow carefully the setup wizard when you first start the app.
Give it a try, and you'll see. Hope this heps
Cheers!
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Nope, it doesn't record both sides. I tested this app last year and I tested it now again and it seems they found a better way to record from speakers. The level of background noise is high but you can hear the other voice, so... beter than nothig...
Well, anyway it is as you said. Better than nothing. Certainly I'm using it at home, 'cause I make and receive calls mainly when I'm there. I will try and test outside to see how bad is the surrounding noise. With my old J3 2016 there was much simpler, easy to install TWRP, Magisk etc, and record calls was piece of cake with AOSP Call Recorder. No issues at all. Now, this is a flagship much better phone but... It seems this kind of 'playing' is not that easy. Pity!
Cheers!
tiho5 said:
If you are rooted, use skvalex call recorder.
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Call Recorder - Cube ACR - Apps on Google Play
Call recorder, Record phone calls, Signal, WhatsApp, Viber, Call recording app
play.google.com