Is There No Way to Automatically Record Phone Calls Anymore?
I’m still using an old phone (LG G7 ThinQ), and their Phone app has a built-in recording.
If I wanted to use another phone app (or when I upgrade phones), I would lose this feature. And I have looked (albeit not too much) and found that there’s no way to record phone calls unless you root or it has to be built-in on the phone like some Samsung or Xiaomi phones.
It’s a standard feature in GrapheneOS
There’s a Call recorder on F-Droid that is in active development, it’s open source. High quality call recording requires a rooted device.
Not sure if this helps any, but I’m currently using this app on LineageOS (Android version 10) on a Google Pixel 3a.
On my previous Galaxy S5 device I didn’t need root for this, however on my current Android 10 device root is mandatory to record calls ☹️
I’m using this: https://gitlab.com/axet/android-call-recorder
F-droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.axet.callrecorder/Edit: add f-droid link
Best solution is to unlock bootloader, root your device and use Basic Call Recorder Magisk module. Feature-Packed, fast, stable.
I hear ya mate, and not even Samsung now. Definitely not comfortable using a third party either.
Isn’t it illegal?
Only in certain places.
In the US, for example, there are some states that only require consent from one party involved in the conversation to make recording it legal.
Other states require consent from both (or all) parties involved otherwise it would be illegal.
Pretty sure it is. Only third party software and custom ROMs allow it