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Call Recorder in Android ???

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2117
I know in some Contry its Illegal to Record Call but its not True for every
Country
I am Marketing Executive and drive a lot and in the middle of road i
receive to much call for reporting and rates feed for the Market, i have no
option other then using Nokia Symbinan Based Automatic Call Recording
software and at the end of the day i listen and write down every thing in
my PC for further Action .
I know its Possible through Android to Automatically Record Phone calls or
Atleast a API Support for Developers in SDK to do so.
Unless untill Call Recording don't come in Android all my Top tier Marketing
Team can not use Android At all.
I think Google Should seriously think about API Support in SDK to Support
Call Recording so my Situation can be Handled easily.
Hetal Patel

Nop. It can record your audio, but not the callers:
http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/c2bc85eb60ae2aa5?pli=1
Apps that can record what you are saying: ringdroid and droidrecord. I have the same problem though. Hope they make it possible in FW 1.5.

Yeah +1
Every other phone I've had could do it and I do miss the ability to record and save phone conversations, especially when arguing with warranty returns/call centres.

Yeah +1
Every other phone I've had could do it and I do miss the ability to record and save phone conversations, especially when arguing with warranty returns/call centres.

News?
Somebody know if there're changes about newer android versions? Do Call Recording work now?

There is a new application in Andorid Market called AllCallRecorder. I think it would
help you

http://www.androlib.com/android.application.jp-eguchi-android-callrecording-wzin.aspx works pretty well. Voice from the other end is a little quiet, but I haven't had problems.

Two ways call recording is depending upon hardware construction same like wm and symbian. For example if wm, Asus and Samsung can but HTC cannot, whereas if in symbian case, Nokia can but Samsung cannot. This conclusion comes from my long experience with the aforementioned mobile phones. Have not tested with Garmin Asus android yet as it is not available in my market but believe this one can as Asus make it and assumably using the same hardware design for phone circuit.

We've confirmed that our Total Recall call recorder app for Android is running (ie, recording audio from both the device and the caller audio) on the following devices:
- Acer Liquid 100
- Droid Eris
- G1
- General Mobile DSTL1
- HTC Evo
- HTC Dream
- HTC Hero
- HTC Magic
- HTC Tattoo
- MyTouch
- Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 / Mini
Now, these have been confirmed either through internal tests on our own handsets or via user feedback, which means there's some variables, including OS version, among other things, so actual results on the same hardware may vary, but it's a good start anyways.
We've received feedback from a couple Moto Droid/Milestone users that it was also recording fine (just not showing the clip via our app, but it was available in the SD card), however on our own Droid running 2.1 (and previously 1.6) we never saw it successfully record a call.
Keep in mind the list above is for our own app, which has required about 20 updates to resolve various device specific issues either with recording, storing or showing audio files in the app, over the past few months, so other recorders may or may not actually work for you.
Anyone interested in giving it a go can download it from our website killermobile (dot)com. If you do run into any issues, PM me for a special debug version so we can see if we can get it running on your particular device. If you read this in the next couple days, and you use an EVO or Desire, also PM me for a special version that includes a fix specifically for these devices (official release will come after a bit more testing). We're definitely keen to add to our list of supported devices and will keep updating this thread accordingly.
Cheers!
Josh @ Killer Mobile
Stay Killer My Friend

killer_mobile said:
We've confirmed that our Total Recall call recorder app for Android is running (ie, recording audio from both the device and the caller audio) on the following devices:
- Acer Liquid 100
- Droid Eris
- G1
- General Mobile DSTL1
- HTC Evo
- HTC Dream
- HTC Hero
- HTC Magic
- HTC Tattoo
- MyTouch
- Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 / Mini
Now, these have been confirmed either through internal tests on our own handsets or via user feedback, which means there's some variables, including OS version, among other things, so actual results on the same hardware may vary, but it's a good start anyways.
We've received feedback from a couple Moto Droid/Milestone users that it was also recording fine (just not showing the clip via our app, but it was available in the SD card), however on our own Droid running 2.1 (and previously 1.6) we never saw it successfully record a call.
Keep in mind the list above is for our own app, which has required about 20 updates to resolve various device specific issues either with recording, storing or showing audio files in the app, over the past few months, so other recorders may or may not actually work for you.
Anyone interested in giving it a go can download it from our website killermobile (dot)com. If you do run into any issues, PM me for a special debug version so we can see if we can get it running on your particular device. If you read this in the next couple days, and you use an EVO or Desire, also PM me for a special version that includes a fix specifically for these devices (official release will come after a bit more testing). We're definitely keen to add to our list of supported devices and will keep updating this thread accordingly.
Cheers!
Josh @ Killer Mobile
Stay Killer My Friend
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Hi
Samsung galaxy s dont working
pls. help
thx

what about HTC Touchpro 2 running android from card

Any updates..>?

OMG see this...
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2117#c226

Total recall works on a HTC tattoo
Had to import it to my country
works like a charm
would like something to work on ver 2.0+ android though
Tattoo runs on 1.6 android
Just shows you that it did work and then Google F**** it up.

Nice to know that Total recall works on some phones.
But how well does it really work?.
I always use hands free. Would any of the short listed phones be able to seamless record the other party sound while using a handsfree set?
Thanks

Total Recall works like a charm on Tattoo
I make it pop up afterwords to add caller details and what call was about to the name
I record in mp4 format and found a free mp4 reader to read files
Been using it for 3 months
Worth the money a few dollars

sorry didnt see hands free part
Dont do hands free so cant answer that
Dont like bluetooth radio devices nect to my head

CAll rec software
Cetin said:
Somebody know if there're changes about newer android versions? Do Call Recording work now?
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Now we have bunch of app which will get your calls recorded
just check with laws in your state
Check out these free/trial apps :
Record My Call
RecordCall
Total recall call recorder TRIAL 14 days
All Call recorder
AndRecorder
Call recorder
Call Recorder
Note : File names are taken from Android Market and are placed one per line and will be exact in market so search with same keyword . There is not priority , just check out and use the one you like
PAID apps are also available but you will have to shell some $

out of all these only total recall appears to work and then only on some fones and on version 1.6
2.2 seems curtailed by goole on the voice streams ???

As far as I know it's not an Android issue.
The audio is handled by kernel on /dev.
The problem is really simple here: HTC's last kernels DON'T support this.
It's not an hardware problem, the audio from dmesg is there.
When you attach a bluetooth handset the waveform is sent to (and received from) the paired device.
Someone with free time could download kernel sources and search where HTC put this limitation..
Moreover.. on some kernels the /dev devices are there (but with different names of those supported by mediarecorder) and a symlink on /dev will suffice.
those are my 2 cents.

Skype from a VZW phone - possible?

Is it possible we might be able to receive a Skype APK from any of the VZW android phones ? seems like the Droid Eris might be most compatible seeing as how it's more in line with first/2nd gen devices. Is this possible? Would distributing the APK be illegal/warez due to the exclusive contract between Skype and Verizon (even though the app itself is free?)
Even if we can't use voice features, I'd love to get this app back on my phone. I rely heavily on Skype for communicating with several colleagues and friends, and a mobile offering which provides a sensible single and group chat functionality is in dire need. I know the APK of the old version if floating out there, but loading thousands of lines of chat history is a pain on that version (it literally locks my phone up from doing anything else).
Anyway, any of this possible at all?

[Q] instant messenging fot this phone? is there any?

i love the phone... love the interface... but i do a lot of IM'ing thru yahoo,gtalk, and FBchat and i cant find any app for that...
i thought all phones should have that... and i was surprised the windows7 phone dont have this feature.
so if there is no IM client i can use, i consider this phone FAIL for me. Will return

Yes there is a free IM chat in Windows Phone 7 Market Place. Look for Messenger WP7-2 by Miyowa. It functions very simliar to desktop version of Live Messenger.

But thats only for messenger... I do a lot on yahoo chat and gtalk... Thats why im beginning to hate this phone. I cant use my phone nemore to chat. Im stuck on my laptop for now.
Is there any news on having a universal chat client for this phone?

Yes ... I understand what you are saying. I think those would be developed fairly soon. This is a new Phone OS and the more phones that are sold, the more likely great apps will be developed. That said, some basic items are missing that should have been included in launch.
I wonder if you can get to Google chat through logging into Google account via the browser. I`m going to try that along with Yahoo.

I think the reason for the delay in Chat apps is that WP7 offers no Socket communication at the moment. Everything has to be done with Web Requests. Since most Chatting programs use a TCP or UDP port it may take a while until either someone develops a Web interface for those services or Microsoft update the SDK.

And a quick note... I tried Google Talk via the webrowser. It requires a plugin, but when I tried to download the plug in it says windows phone does not support .exe files.
Yahoo chat was more promising, but Adobe Flash 9.0 needs to be installed. Flash is not supported yet on the phone. It wouldn`t install so web chat through browsers won`t work at this time.
Let`s hope the chat clients are released quickly !

this looks interesting !
http://mim.live.com
I tried it through the phone's IE Browser and it seems to work !

I hope i will be soon... Coz i really need a IM client that works Yahoo and Google

Another interesting note. In my MSN Mobile Canada app, there is also a place to login to IM. Never knew it was there !

hahaha even the zune hd has a messaging app where you can message on Live IM and Facebook chat.

Does Zune HD have Google and Yahoo chat ? If yes, then that would be a good sign Microsoft would bring it over to WP7. Even if there wasn't, I can't imagine that it would be very long before it is available to WP7. They are paying developers big $ so I'm sure there will 1000's more apps and IM clients on the way. What Apple did in 5 years with iPhone, Microsoft will do in half the time if not less.

I really love my HD7 and WP7. Everything that's available just works with nice looking interface.
Like all of you, I need YM, Facebook Chat & GTalk badly. Without these, I could never use my HD7 as my main phone.

I am also enjoying my HD7, it just has to be understood that this OS isn't a month old yet and the development of new apps take time, they cannot just be ported over from previous OSs. I for one like the direction this OS is going....still waiting patiently for a tethering app.

I think people are letting MS off the hook when they say its a new OS that why some thing are missing. The first Pocket pc phone edition that came out in 2000 had MSN messenger. That was 10 (Ten) years ago.

Yes there certainly was a few features missing out of the gate. No doubt Microsoft will fix. Now that they have the phone out in the market we either return it, or find ways to make it work until the app is developed. I know my iphone was missing features when I bought it but Apple finally came around.
As for Yahoo chat, try logging into http://m.yahoo.com/messenger from the browser. It seems to work quite nicely. Again short term work around.

And on the theme of accessing chat clients through mobile browser (two examples provided earlier), here are a number of Web-based (cloud) IM services that are either free or have a small charge for paid service. Seems to be very good solution as many of them integrates all chat clients into one interface (kind of like Fring).
http://im.about.com/od/joiningtheimworld/tp/web-based-chat.htm

alabij said:
I think people are letting MS off the hook when they say its a new OS that why some thing are missing. The first Pocket pc phone edition that came out in 2000 had MSN messenger. That was 10 (Ten) years ago.
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there is a messenger app, what's the problem?

nrfitchett4 said:
there is a messenger app, what's the problem?
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And it was updated over the weekend, a vast improvment over the first version

sutt359 said:
And it was updated over the weekend, a vast improvment over the first version
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the point is, it should be a default on every Phone... Instant messaging should be on of the defaults of this new WIN7 OS
this messenger i think is a third party app...

tux-lover said:
the point is, it should be a default on every Phone... Instant messaging should be on of the defaults of this new WIN7 OS
this messenger i think is a third party app...
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apparently microsoft hired this 3rd party to make the official app.
And if its so important, then why do I not know one single person that uses it???
I think it is a cultural difference. In the USA, we tend to stick to text messaging since most of us have unlimited texting on our smartphone plans.

No Video Calling App!! (not voice over IP)

No Video Calling App!!
i was just about to make a video call in the SNS only to realized we don't have a build in app for that.
on the SGS the stock dialing app have the video call feature.
is there any 3rd party app to do the same?
or perhaps some one can port over the SGS calling app over for SNS ?

Qik, or tango or something like that? Aren't they on the market?

no, i want a non Voice Over IP app
all those mentioned above are voice over ip (Fring, Tango, Yahoo Messenger, Qik, Skype) it requires an account, etc, etc, to work.
i just want the phone to work like a phone, just choose video call instead of normal call
it works like that on the SGS, we are missing the feature on the SNS
you just call another person with a video call capable phone, using the real cell phone number

AllGamer said:
no, i want a non Voice Over IP app
all those mentioned above are voice over ip
i just want the phone to work like a phone, just choose video call instead of normal call
it works like that on the SGS, we are missing the feature on the SNS
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Doesn't exist for the Nexus S as far as I know.
It's a TouchWiz feature. Insert FAQ quote on porting TouchWiz stuff here!

AllGamer said:
no, i want a non Voice Over IP app
all those mentioned above are voice over ip (Fring, Tango, Yahoo Messenger, Qik, Skype) it requires an account, etc, etc, to work.
i just want the phone to work like a phone, just choose video call instead of normal call
it works like that on the SGS, we are missing the feature on the SNS
you just call another person with a video call capable phone, using the real cell phone number
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All video calling apps require at some point a mapping of an IP Address with some unique identifier. Samsung elected to use the phone number (whatever), Skype uses unique usernames, etc. There are TONS of implementations of Video Over Internet Protocol. Don't think the fact that it uses a cell phone number means anything (because it doesn't).
Also, others pointed out it is a TouchWiz deal...since this is a Pure Google Phone, it is _NOT_ included since it is a Samsung modification / program / theme / whatever you feel like calling it.
My point is, its regardless going to be very similar to VOIP as in it uses your data, and two, the fact that it uses a phone number instead of a username is completely irrelevant to begin with.

The sgs has a native app built into the dialer!? Theepic 4g doesn't have it :/ and it also doesn't have a fm radio lol
Anyways, tango uses your number and anyone in your contacts list who have tango will show up and then you can video call em. They can even call you. It'll stay idle in the background and it'll be like youe getting a regular call
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

A_Flying_Fox said:
The sgs has a native app built into the dialer!?
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Anyways, tango uses your number and anyone in your contacts list who have tango will show up and then you can video call em. They can even call you. It'll stay idle in the background and it'll be like youe getting a regular call
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
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but the problem is, the other party will need to have tango installed as well, and using a tango supported phone
the normal Video to Video call, does not require any other software, and it works from any phone to any phone, say from Nokia to Samsung, or Samsung to LG
as long as both phones are video capable, that is the beauty of it.
the video call protocol standard is different than the one applied on the voice over IP apps we know about.
yes, both of them uses data, but one is direct and supported by the phone companies
the other one only supported if you have the app installed, this is the most inconvenient part, as not everyone uses the same app.

Oh I see what you mean.
They have that in europe and japan. I don't think our airwaves can handle that yet lol
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Oh I see what you mean.
They have that in europe and japan. I don't think our airwaves can handle that yet lol
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of course it works in America
Video Chat is one of the reason why Iphone is so hot in USA/Canada
Bell is also pushing this feature in Canada, with the release of Iphone/SGS I9000M

AllGamer said:
of course it works in America
Video Chat is one of the reason why Iphone is so hot in USA/Canada
Bell is also pushing this feature in Canada, with the release of Iphone/SGS I9000M
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I meant across plaforms/carriers
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

seems like you are all missing the point.
the idea is to be able to dial the phone number from the dial pad just like the SGS, you can select video call, or normal call
then you are connected right away, without any 3rd party software.
this is the same on other video calls capable phones.
requiring a 3rd party software defeats the purpose.
and the only reference to the iphone is about the telco pushing it as the main device for video chat, nothing to do with comparing apps used to do the actual video call

what we need is a universal video calling standard, apple initially said that it would make facetime for different platforms but that has yet to happen

Apple stuff aside....
I'll be interested in seeing more Skype development to support Video Chat
Skype integrates neatly with the phone, and it's pretty universal, almost most people i know with a smartphone will have skype installed
at one point skype was trying to position itself as the standard, it'll be nice if they actually make it, but so far seems like they are only 1/4 of the way there.
it's being pushed back by Cell phone companies

I understand where AllGamer is coming from.
Some phones have them by default ... don't need to be a smartphone and don't need for any app or separate software. All you have to have is a phone with a front facing camera.
Back when I did not even have a data line (about 3 years back), I could just call my wife or friend or whoever had this FFC phone, while talking to them over my regular line, I would go into the phone option and switch on the FFC. The person on the other side did the same and we could actually video chat just like we do these days with special apps and phones that supposedly smart
Here, I'm not talking about software or service providers such as skype or tango and am not even talking of requiring data line. True, I would be charged for data, but this was only for the video data as at that time, I could never browse the net or send email given that my connection did not have data enabled.

Paparasee said:
I understand where AllGamer is coming from.
Some phones have them by default ... don't need to be a smartphone and don't need for any app or separate software. All you have to have is a phone with a front facing camera.
Back when I did not even have a data line (about 3 years back), I could just call my wife or friend or whoever had this FFC phone, while talking to them over my regular line, I would go into the phone option and switch on the FFC. The person on the other side did the same and we could actually video chat just like we do these days with special apps and phones that supposedly smart
Here, I'm not talking about software or service providers such as skype or tango and am not even talking of requiring data line. True, I would be charged for data, but this was only for the video data as at that time, I could never browse the net or send email given that my connection did not have data enabled.
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Thank you, that is exactly what I'm talking about.
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and you know what? 1st thing that i did when i got my nexus s was looking for this option. video calling menu lol
is it possibe to get this 3g video calling later? someday?

erikwervo said:
and you know what? 1st thing that i did when i got my nexus s was looking for this option. video calling menu lol
is it possibe to get this 3g video calling later? someday?
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we'll need a universal app that works on all the phone
at the moment only some phones can do this out of the box, like the Galaxy S, Iphone, LG, Sony, etc
Nexus S can use 3rd party apps, unfortunately those are not standard for every phone
Google did not package a cross platform compatible Video Chat due codec and encoding licenses issues
search google vs microsoft re: codecs

Hi, all.
Very interesting discussion. Just bought android phone with front facing camera but found out (after googling the net for 2 days!) that android phone does not support native video call. . I previously use SE K770i and with it I can video call my sister who is using Nokia 6124 - without any need to install any apps or subscribe to any additional provider, just our telco - and we have different telco!
Anyway, my question is, does native video call technology (video call as explain in videophone in wikipedia) is a propriety technology? Why android does not implement it?
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Sorry cannot post link to wikipedia as this is only my first entry. Just go to wikipedia and search for 'videophone'

flippin' 'eck, how'd I miss that one !?
I've had my SNS since Feb and never noticed the video call function wasn't there !
Way back when I had a Motorola V3 I was able to select video call from the dial menu, issue then was whether your carrier supported it (Three network started to lead the way but now all of 'em are video capable) and as Allgamer rightly points out, a massive oversight by Samsung/Google/Android !
Whilst I don't majorly miss the feature, it'd be nice to have it when I need it.
What else am I gonna use my 500mb data allowance on ?

That's how it works in Japan. Their regular phones that have front facing cameras support video chat natively across carriers. If the person you are calling has the support for it on their phone then you can do some video chatting..
I think the problem with the U.S. is that the telco's don't want to work together on stuff like this.

Best way to share a video with iPhone people?

So I have the Nexus 6 and my wife has the iPhone 6. This seems to be something very basic but I can't seem to figure out the best method. Do you guys have a good method of sharing videos between the two devices? I know I can send a Dropbox link (or similar) but is there a way to transfer the video directly? MMS greatly reduces the quality of the video and I don't believe I can send it via Hangouts. Is there another good method that lets me send the video directly without forcing her to clicking a link and then downloading it? Thanks.

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So I have the Nexus 6 and my wife has the iPhone 6. This seems to be something very basic but I can't seem to figure out the best method. Do you guys have a good method of sharing videos between the two devices? I know I can send a Dropbox link (or similar) but is there a way to transfer the video directly? MMS greatly reduces the quality of the video and I don't believe I can send it via Hangouts. Is there another good method that lets me send the video directly without forcing her to clicking a link and then downloading it? Thanks.
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if its smaller than 25mb, you can send it via gmail. any larger size then you will have to upload it somewhere(like youtube for example) and share the link.

Kind of crazy that there isn't a better method. Airdrop with iPhones works great so I'm surprised there is no cross platform similar service.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

If you are trying to share the video with somebody who is nearby, Android's built in Beam should work as well (Android to Android only though). With Lollipop, the Ancdoid Beam has been improved to support all file types.
Personally, I rely on the auto-upload to G+ and share from there (or a manual upload to Youtube and share from there)

jj14 said:
If you are trying to share the video with somebody who is nearby, Android's built in Beam should work as well (Android to Android only though). With Lollipop, the Ancdoid Beam has been improved to support all file types.
Personally, I rely on the auto-upload to G+ and share from there (or a manual upload to Youtube and share from there)
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wont work, hes sharing with an iphone.

NextNexus,
Give this a shot! http://instashareapp.com/
Looks like it may do what you need!

Tell them to come to you and show it to them on your phone. Their iPhone screen is so small, if they look on their phone, they won't be able to see what you want to show them.

Yeah this is the only thing I hate about being an android guy with iPhone friends. But I just utilize messaging apps like WhatsApp or Facebook messenger or email it.

Share it in Drive

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wont work, hes sharing with an iphone.
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True - that's why I wrote "Android to Android only though" in my earlier post
He should be helping his friends by getting them to move over to the better OS :laugh:

Yea i use whatsapp .. it auto compresses the file too.