[Q] Call recording Nexus 4 ---Please test--- - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I also need to know that the Nexus 4 is capable of recording during a phone call before I buy one.
I've tested the app "Record My Call" with the Sony xperia S, LG Optimus One P500, & Huawei G300, all work acceptably with it, not as well as my Nokia C7 did but OK. I used to use the LG P500 with "TapeTalk" as well, I need to record customers details as I'm a home white goods repairer. Please don't start with all that legal stuff, as in Australia it's not illegal, it's just not admissible in court.
I now have a Nexus S, which is why I ask this, which won't even record my side during a call, if that is the case with all Nexus phones then I'll have to jump ship to a Sony, (the Xperia TX) but I like having a device that gets all the Google goodies, my Nexus S has just updated to CM10 stable & it's great. So if any of you new Nexus 4 owners could install & try Record My Call & report here I would be most grateful.

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wazbits said:
I also need to know that the Nexus 4 is capable of recording during a phone call before I buy one.
I've tested the app "Record My Call" with the Sony xperia S, LG Optimus One P500, & Huawei G300, all work acceptably with it, not as well as my Nokia C7 did but OK. I used to use the LG P500 with "TapeTalk" as well, I need to record customers details as I'm a home white goods repairer. Please don't start with all that legal stuff, as in Australia it's not illegal, it's just not admissible in court.
I now have a Nexus S, which is why I ask this, which won't even record my side during a call, if that is the case with all Nexus phones then I'll have to jump ship to a Sony, (the Xperia TX) but I like having a device that gets all the Google goodies, my Nexus S has just updated to CM10 stable & it's great. So if any of you new Nexus 4 owners could install & try Record My Call & report here I would be most grateful.
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Anybody ???? anybody????? please

I am just waiting for reply by someone

Excited but no cigar
ksavai said:
I am just waiting for reply by someone
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Hi Ksavai, I thought some one who had tried it was getting back, but alas.
Come on guys, be a pal, be a buddy !

Record my Fall worked for my nexus 4!
But it makes a weird noise when i hang up.
I think it has something to do with the app.
Because it uses the mic to record.
When i disable the mic during the phone it does not record the other side,and me of course.

Only one reply, guess I'm in a small minority that are interested in this, surprised.
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wazbits said:
Only one reply, guess I'm in a small minority that are interested in this, surprised.
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Actually you're not the only one! I joined this site just for this thread so here we go...
I own a Nexus 4 and was very surprised to find out that my call recording app of choice, Call Recorder (from Clever Mobile, version 2.0) no longer recorded the other side of the conversation. Just a few weeks ago, I was rockin' it with my Galaxy Nexus (GSM) and recording perfect phone calls left and right. I figured I'd have the same feature on the Nexus 4, but I was all wrong.
Thinking the app might be the cause, I switched over to another free one also called Call Recorder (from Appstar Solutions, version 3.21) and it records only from the MIC, which means it will work on a call when done through speakerphone. However, when you try to change the settings to either "Voice UpLink" or "Voice DownLink" it gives you a message stating that your device does not support this feature. Good thing I figured this out before going Pro ($6.99). This app also makes you go pro if you want to save the recordings and do a bunch of other stuff...which would be more than worth the price if it recorded directly off the phone line. I don't have my Nexus GSM with me at the moment so I can't see if this app works with it or not.
At this time, I can't seem to find any other recording app that works with the Nexus 4. It's possible that Google disabled this feature due to the vast amounts of legal issues this could present to users in certain areas. However, I'm not giving up just yet...

I also am interested in this but have no information to contribute as I don't yet have a Nexus 4.

If we get with Skvalex about his Call Recorder app and possibly start a donation fund to get him a Nexus 4, he'd most likely make this work as he's done for several phones that never had call recorder support before. Here is a link to his app.

I'm interested

ledfrog said:
Actually you're not the only one! I joined this site just for this thread so here we go...
I own a Nexus 4 and was very surprised to find out that my call recording app of choice, Call Recorder (from Clever Mobile, version 2.0) no longer recorded the other side of the conversation. Just a few weeks ago, I was rockin' it with my Galaxy Nexus (GSM) and recording perfect phone calls left and right. I figured I'd have the same feature on the Nexus 4, but I was all wrong.
Thinking the app might be the cause, I switched over to another free one also called Call Recorder (from Appstar Solutions, version 3.21) and it records only from the MIC, which means it will work on a call when done through speakerphone. However, when you try to change the settings to either "Voice UpLink" or "Voice DownLink" it gives you a message stating that your device does not support this feature. Good thing I figured this out before going Pro ($6.99). This app also makes you go pro if you want to save the recordings and do a bunch of other stuff...which would be more than worth the price if it recorded directly off the phone line. I don't have my Nexus GSM with me at the moment so I can't see if this app works with it or not.
At this time, I can't seem to find any other recording app that works with the Nexus 4. It's possible that Google disabled this feature due to the vast amounts of legal issues this could present to users in certain areas. However, I'm not giving up just yet...
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@ledfrog I have neither phone, but from what i read on other forums, the Galaxy Nexus didn't record calls. Can you confirm what ROM you were using to get it to record calls? Or if it was stock?
I have done a lot of work with audio on Android devices and i know from experience that call recording is disabled in the low level code on a lot of handsets. This is due to the how legal it is in various countries.

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@ledfrog I have neither phone, but from what i read on other forums, the Galaxy Nexus didn't record calls. Can you confirm what ROM you were using to get it to record calls? Or if it was stock?
I have done a lot of work with audio on Android devices and i know from experience that call recording is disabled in the low level code on a lot of handsets. This is due to the how legal it is in various countries.
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I can confirm that call recording does indeed work on the Gnex (maguro) with the use of an app called CallRecorder developed by a member here on the forums "Skvalex". It uses another app called Alsa Mixer. Alsa Mixer also needs busybox installed to work.

Thanks for the input, please try the app I mentioned as working on the Xperia s. It works even of speaker, though not as loud but OK in a quiet environment.
I used the LG optimus p500 for a year with just "tape talk" turning it on manually, which have me hope with this nexus made by LG.
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giant22000 said:
I can confirm that call recording does indeed work on the Gnex (maguro) with the use of an app called CallRecorder developed by a member here on the forums "Skvalex". It uses another app called Alsa Mixer. Alsa Mixer also needs busybox installed to work.
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I can confirm this also. I've been using CallRecorder with the Alsamixer for the last 6 months and it works fine on the Galaxy Nexus.

Does the nexus s have a similar solution to make it record calls?

chucky8 said:
Record my Fall worked for my nexus 4!
But it makes a weird noise when i hang up.
I think it has something to do with the app.
Because it uses the mic to record.
When i disable the mic during the phone it does not record the other side,and me of course.
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Record my fall?? link, please.

It's "record my call" available on Google play, just search there then install.
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For those that might be interested click here. This is pointed to Skvalex's Callrecorder app thread.

giant22000 said:
For those that might be interested click here. This is pointed to Skvalex's Callrecorder app thread.
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CallRecorder doesn't work. Not properly. It only records from the microphone - A kernel with the 2 way call recording patch isn't available yet (to my knowledge). And this is something I need, too.

rr5678 said:
CallRecorder doesn't work. Not properly. It only records from the microphone - A kernel with the 2 way call recording patch isn't available yet (to my knowledge). And this is something I need, too.
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I really thought a Nexus phone would be open enough to allow call recording...damn. Is it a kernel feature and can be added? Or is it on some other chip in the phone hardware and we can't do anything about it...
Also I'm surprised that wazbits had it working on a Sony device...my Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc didn't allow call recording either.

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[BUG] call record on 2.2.1 roms ported to vibrant

hi,
i've tried about 5 different 2.2.1 i 9000 roms which ported to vibrant
when i record in the built in call recorder in the dialer it records and saved.
but when play it in the phone's voice recorder or music player and even in the computer i hear some sound of like a dc signal (like hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm)
i wiped all the entrie phone include my sd card
and all the roms i tried it does the same problem
please tell me what i missed
i use overstock kernel which automaticly replaced by flashing one of this 5 roms i tried
anyone can check if it works good on his vibrant?
thanks for helping
i have same problem, never sucesse
Only certain Vibrants that were manufactured more recently are able to use this feature. Several developers have confirmed this.
Some have specific dates, but I don't remember.
Manufactured October and after if I remember correctly
call record
i recently got a new factory refurbished vibrant and it still doesn't work. maybe i should try for another
oka1 said:
Manufactured October and after if I remember correctly
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Doesn't make sense... did they change something? I doubt it otherwise.
1+, I suck somebody's d---- for that, I NEED THIS FEATURE (call recoding) VERY BADLY
Wouldn't be nice to see a demonstration of the call record feature in action?
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please do sonething devs....
please devs guys do something we really need this feature,
'I can guess it's maybe changing the output and the input names of the vibrant's audio module somewhere in code or something can be fixed by kernel mod addition
Who's ready to do this?
Thanks.
Any updates on this?
Oh SNAP! known BUG in da hizzouse I still honestly don't know why you would want this feature: "Oh yes you did say you hate my mother mister,......(looks down at phone searches for recording) LISTEN, snap!"...... but, tru dat. tru dat not werkin here either just checked on Malice2.3.1. Also this guy posted this:
VICosPhi said:
Mine is made in Jan 2011 and call recording does not work
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so we have a known NON werking date of 01.2011
maybe OP can update with any known dates of werkin and NON werking phones. Also maybe a list of werkin and NON werkin ROMs Here i'll start it:
Werkin dates and ROMs: NONE
NON-Werkin dates and phones: Allhaha. Seriously though might be helpful for others.
one way is to flash china unicom modem.
but this modem has different 3g module, so you can just get gsm signal. no 3G
Does call recording has to do with modem driver?
I was able to get call recording to work! Without using the speaker phone!!
Im using Bi-winning v2. I bought my vibrant in september so its manufatured before october (horrible gps). But the combination of Bi-winning and Tape-a-talk from the market and I get to record calls. It also worked when I flashed simply honey using tape-a-talk.
drmsnkys said:
I was able to get call recording to work! Without using the speaker phone!!
Im using Bi-winning v2. I bought my vibrant in september so its manufatured before october (horrible gps). But the combination of Bi-winning and Tape-a-talk from the market and I get to record calls. It also worked when I flashed simply honey using tape-a-talk.
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It is working!
I just recored a call without speaker.
The other party's volume is low but hearable.
Using Tape-a-talk (and also vRecorder worked) , bionix 1.3.1 and tigerblood

UHHHH, no video calls?

Uhhh, whats the point of selling a phone with a front facing camera, if the phone doesn't come with the software right off the bat?? LOL
Anyways, is there a work around for this with one of the ROMS?
Thanks!!
theres tango in the market..qik..and you can google the fring beta for the atrix
Blame google for not having a way to video chat, not Motorola for including it on the phone.
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ssmr2t said:
Uhhh, whats the point of selling a phone with a front facing camera, if the phone doesn't come with the software right off the bat?? LOL
Anyways, is there a work around for this with one of the ROMS?
Thanks!!
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Wow, great. Another person posting a new thread without even looking up anything first.
It's been everywhere, even when you go to the Motorola website and look at the Atrix it has a picture of it using Qik.
http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/U...d-Services/Mobile-Phones/Motorola-ATRIX-US-EN
Oh no...boo hoo!!! Another post on a question that's been asked already?!?!? What will come of this? The intrawebz is running low on available space! Quick! Start deleting stuff!!!
Tango works cross platform.
Mr. Eryozgatliyan said:
Oh no...boo hoo!!! Another post on a question that's been asked already?!?!? What will come of this? The intrawebz is running low on available space! Quick! Start deleting stuff!!!
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For one thing - the sarcasm is childish. Two, if anyone actually READ the forum RULES, it says - SEARCH BEFORE POSTING..... Its not a difficult concept. Third, all this does is CLUTTER the forum with crap that doesnt need to be here.
Tango works, but it's unreliable and compare to facetime it's crap. Google needs to make facetime for android.
Google needs to add video support to Google Talk.
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and if I want to call to someone don't have a smartphone....like samsung f480 without that software
So there is no videocall option? are they serious? not everybody have qik or other software...just a usual videocall over 3g
I think its a probleme with android and not the phone it self...
I already have the dezire z and nexus S and they have a front camera but can't do a video call to another phones without this softwares
motorola wrote a crapy motoblur and was unable to wrote a normal videocall app???
p.s. moto had a super videocall option on their phones - they can even record video!
I see video calling as one of those things that would be great to do someday but for now its just another come on gimmick. Without every single phone being able to video call (not video chat) and being compatible with all the other phones out there I see no real reason for it other than a gimmicky thing. Having said that, my wife has the iPhone 4 and she has been after me to get it also so we can video call. Like the droids, the iPhone 4 can video call but only with another iPhone 4. It may be that when they come out with the iPhone 5 this summer that it may not be able to video call with the iPhone 4.
Now, since ATT saw fit to shove an update on my Atrix that essentially locked it up even more I am seriously considering going to the iPhone 4 and make my wife happy so she can see my pretty face when she calls me. She calls me once a day to ask how I am and give me a shopping list. I can see her calling me several times a day now just so she can video call, Oh joy! And if I don't accept her request to video call I can see myself in the dog house for a while.
we really need Skype Video or Google Video Chat ASAP.
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+1
There seems to be a lot of elitism on xda recently. This place used to be more friendly.
What is a usual video call over 3g? Isn't every video call use some sort of software. I mean I know what you mean but aren't those on really old nokia phones pre 3g? Android has quik Iphone has facetime.. windows has.. Who cares?
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Contact fring support and ask for their atrix beta. I tried posting it on another xda thread but people had problems with it...just contact them, they'll provide a link, installed fine for me.
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lol is this a first android device for some of you? ive had 4 ive never seen what you call " just a regular video call " its always been through software apps downloaded from the market.. tango/fring/qik and the others. one app i forget the name, paltalk i think, aloows for video chatrooms. if u want to video call someone who doesnt have a capable device in the first place, well nevermind. just download the apps and make some friends
the most people have a old phones, or don't have a wifi or 3g plan for internet....but they can do a video call for free...like in portugal...call's and video calls are free with all mobiles....like samsung to nokia, htc to other...withou internet plan or wifi connection....soo....

Recording a call with the Vibrant

Ever since I own the Vibrant, I never managed to record a conversation.
I have been through a lot of ROMs, like Bionix 1.3.1, Simply Honey, Cyanogen, MIUI. Project V and many others.
A few of these ROMs had a recording button built in the dialer app, which never worked (when playing the recording I hear only some static noise).
I have tried all call recording apps from the market, including some paid ones, and I never could actually record a conversation.
Always this static noise.
Is it anything related to the hardware? my Vibrant was produced in July 2010. Actually bought it on March 2011 on eBay but probably it was some old stock.
I know about the law that doesn't allow to record a call, but in my country this law doesn't apply, and when calling a service provider like my ISP I always have to record the call otherwise I can't prove anything if they promise something and then say it never happened.
Any ideas how to record a conversation?
Apparently only vibrants built after a certain date have the proper hardware setup. My first vibrant, bought August of last year wouldn't allow recording. My new vibrant which I got in March does allow. This was using the exact same rom.
In addition the feature only works on froyo. I haven't seen it working on GB.
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I bought my vibrant in July last year. I was able to record conversation using a recording app I paid $7 when I was on froyo, and when I used Simply Honey froyo. Since I upgrade to Gingerbread, nothing work.
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I believe darkys rom had it
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romitkin said:
Ever since I own the Vibrant, I never managed to record a conversation.
I have been through a lot of ROMs, like Bionix 1.3.1, Simply Honey, Cyanogen, MIUI. Project V and many others.
A few of these ROMs had a recording button built in the dialer app, which never worked (when playing the recording I hear only some static noise).
I have tried all call recording apps from the market, including some paid ones, and I never could actually record a conversation.
Always this static noise.
Is it anything related to the hardware? my Vibrant was produced in July 2010. Actually bought it on March 2011 on eBay but probably it was some old stock.
I know about the law that doesn't allow to record a call, but in my country this law doesn't apply, and when calling a service provider like my ISP I always have to record the call otherwise I can't prove anything if they promise something and then say it never happened.
Any ideas how to record a conversation?
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You can use Google voice to record calls just push the number 4 during a call via google voice. It will show up as a voicemail.
compucanton said:
You can use Google voice to record calls just push the number 4 during a call via google voice. It will show up as a voicemail.
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All right, I thought I knew every feature of gv.. I tried to do the research. How did you find this one out, I would have used this soo many times..

Skype with Video - Finally!

New Skype update in the market. We FINALLY get video chat supported on the Xoom! Confirmed working on my Xoom.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.skype.raider&hl=en
The following devices have also been white-listed for video calling in this release:
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (T-Mobile) HTC SHOOTER (KDDI) Sony Ericsson Xperia Live with Walkman Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V Acer Iconia Tablet (A500) LG Optimus Black LANDSCAPE ONLY LG Optimus 3D LANDSCAPE ONLY LG Optimus 2x LANDSCAPE ONLY Motorola Photon Motorola Droid3 LANDSCAPE ONLY Motorola Bionic LANDSCAPE ONLY Motorola Xoom Motorola Atrix
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nice 8D has been waiting for it since i gt my xoom
Skype working perfectly on my XOOM with video
Wiiii!
Wiiiiiiii finally!!!!!!! Just saw the post checked the market, updated ,just made videocall,works great!
Am I the only one who only gets extremely low audio playback volume during calls? The volume buttons don't do anything.
mine is not working, I only have voice call. It is your version 2.5.0.108??? It is probably because of the new Xoom update from today.
FenixSI said:
mine is not working, I only have voice call. It is your version 2.5.0.108??? It is probably because of the new Xoom update from today.
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Have you gone into Skype settings and enabled video calling?
FenixSI said:
mine is not working, I only have voice call. It is your version 2.5.0.108??? It is probably because of the new Xoom update from today.
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Yea, you need to enable it in settings
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Now if only I had someone to talk to. Kidding. This is going to be great when I go on travel.
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I have a Canadian WiFi Model with the USA Stock image, Skype runs fine but I got two issues not sure how to resolve, one the Audio is to loud and the volume buttons do nothing, the other issue is that I see myself on the Xoom and not the other person at the other end, any sugestions ?
i installed last night and made a few test calls. I found that video works great and audio sounds good too. My only gripe is that there seems to be a very noticible echo that I haven't been able to get rid of. I've tried to lower the volume with no luck. I didn't think to lower the "phone" volume ... ill look at that tonight. Definitely smoother than any other video chat options that I've tried. Hopefully they will fix the echos. Does anyone know if it supports Bluetooth?
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Yea, you need to enable it in settings
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Thanks it was just that, I did not know I have to enable it ... it works just fine.
can someone post the.apk?
Market says I'm incompatible. Tried Google and all I could find that would load was the European version, which won't allow me to create my account because of .the
Skype works fine here. I would like to talk via BT headset but that does not work. I can pair the headset but have no sound :-(
Has anyone of you got this work?
arimus said:
I have a Canadian WiFi Model with the USA Stock image, Skype runs fine but I got two issues not sure how to resolve, one the Audio is to loud and the volume buttons do nothing, the other issue is that I see myself on the Xoom and not the other person at the other end, any sugestions ?
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have similar issue - can see the other person but all they can see is my avatar??
Anyone know what is going on there?
cheers..

Best Call Recorder for marshmellow

just curious what everyone uses, if they use one and if they work on our devices
Dont Worry NSA has a copy of all your calls
If you dont trust NSA, try Boldbeast :good:
gd6noob said:
just curious what everyone uses, if they use one and if they work on our devices
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For years I have been a paid user of Call Recorder
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skvalex.callrecorder
I have used it for years on all phones in my sig as well as Nexus 6 and the 6P. I am an IT guy do over 2500 min of support calls for recording my calls for meeting notes/support is huge.
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Dont Worry NSA has a copy of all your calls
If you dont trust NSA, try Boldbeast :good:
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I just tried it and it only records my voice... tried both with speaker on and off
parcou said:
For years I have been a paid user of Call Recorder
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skvalex.callrecorder
I have used it for years on all phones in my sig as well as Nexus 6 and the 6P. I am an IT guy do over 2500 min of support calls for recording my calls for meeting notes/support is huge.
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X2! Simply the best call recorder hands down!
parcou said:
For years I have been a paid user of Call Recorder
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skvalex.callrecorder
I have used it for years on all phones in my sig as well as Nexus 6 and the 6P. I am an IT guy do over 2500 min of support calls for recording my calls for meeting notes/support is huge.
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just tried the trial version and it works awesome.. thanks.. i will be spending money today
gd6noob said:
just tried the trial version and it works awesome.. thanks.. i will be spending money today
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Glad it works for you. Looks like you found how get rid of those icons. I hate them as well in status bar way I roll just let all calls record anyway.
I've used Killer Mobile's TotalRecall app for years now but for the first time its basically broke as hell on a new device of mine. I brought it to their attention, and shortly after they released a minor update that I think actually made it worse. Now, they are telling me two weeks for a fix.
I hate being held captive on support but wouldn't be jazzed about throwing 10 bucks at another app to do the exact same thing. I think the only thing to do is be a complete pain in the ass until it's fixed. I'm being sarcastic. Kind of.
parcou said:
For years I have been a paid user of Call Recorder
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skvalex.callrecorder
I have used it for years on all phones in my sig as well as Nexus 6 and the 6P. I am an IT guy do over 2500 min of support calls for recording my calls for meeting notes/support is huge.
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Does this still work for you? I've been looking for another option since the open source Call recorder for Android doesn't seem to work for Android 6.0.1 on my 6P while it does still work for Lollipop. I've tried a couple of options but it records only the incoming voice and very low, whether using only the device microphone or Bluetooth. If this still works for you it may be worth the purchase.
Thanks in advance.
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Does this still work for you? I've been looking for another option since the open source Call recorder for Android doesn't seem to work for Android 6.0.1 on my 6P while it does still work for Lollipop. I've tried a couple of options but it records only the incoming voice and very low, whether using only the device microphone or Bluetooth. If this still works for you it may be worth the purchase.
Thanks in advance.
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Yes it still is working great I am on 6.0.1 and on Pure Nexus rom. Daily used since I use it in conjunction with work all conference call.

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