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dhlizard

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Call Recorder is now available ! :D

https://twitter.com/limneos/status/317208899725971456

License is per device $3.99
Works on iPhone 5 - Speaker and earpiece
Works on iPhone 4S - Speaker only

I have it installed and running on my iPhone 5, 6.1.2

I believe it is a great enhancement to our devices ! :apple:
 

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Menneisyys2

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Call Recorder is now available ! :D

https://twitter.com/limneos/status/317208899725971456

License is per device $3.99
Works on iPhone 5 - Speaker and earpiece
Works on iPhone 4S - Speaker only

I have it installed and running on my iPhone 5, 6.1.2

I believe it is a great enhancement to our devices ! :apple:

wowz!! At last! I can entirely switch to using iPhones from Bada / Symbian (the only two OS letting for true and flawless call recording) at last :) Will purchase it for my iPhone5 ASAP and report back.
 

seanwebb68

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Yeah i brought it and the found out that it only works on speakerphone on the iPhone 4S.

I hope it gets update for both as this was a little disappointing.
 

TriJetHero

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Hope so too, it's workable with the speaker but prefer the privacy of the earpiece.

Besides that an option to disable the warning altogether in line with jailbreak freedom, let the user decide the playback of the warning.
 

Menneisyys2

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Besides that an option to disable the warning altogether in line with jailbreak freedom, let the user decide the playback of the warning.

On Twitter, the dev answered to the question "No answer? It does not fullfill it's purpose at all if "other side" get a notice! And it's legal witout!"

as

"the application has to comply with the laws of other countries too. Its purpose is not wire taping, btw."


That is, he has purposefully built warning beeps you can't disable into the code. We all should point his attention to the following facts:

1. all (better) Symbian call recorders not only don't implement "warning" beeps but even effectively silence them if it's the hardware / OS that generates them, as is the case with, say, the Nokia N95.

2. in many countries you're allowed to record calls even without the other party's knowing it.
 

dhlizard

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Hope so too, it's workable with the speaker but prefer the privacy of the earpiece.

Besides that an option to disable the warning altogether in line with jailbreak freedom, let the user decide the playback of the warning.

I would like the option to use/not use the verbal warning also, but perhaps the developer felt it a requirement to "CYA" the hack.
 

Menneisyys2

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I would like the option to use/not use the verbal warning also, but perhaps the developer felt it a requirement to "CYA" the hack.

He's unnecessarily cautious. No Symbian devs (and also those of Android call recorders) were ever forced to add warnings to their recorders.

Also, the absolutely excellent Skype call recorder, Skype Call Recorder, which has existed in Cydia for almost a year, wasn't forced to do so either.
 

TriJetHero

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Windows Mobile had this option already 5 years ago (the only + for winmo…)

I agree that the legal aspects should be covered, but on by default and a double confirmation of disabling the warning should be enough for a CYA, lets see what Ryan puts out :)
 

Menneisyys2

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Windows Mobile had this option already 5 years ago (the only + for winmo…)

I agree that the legal aspects should be covered, but on by default and a double confirmation of disabling the warning should be enough for a CYA, lets see what Ryan puts out :)

Yup, none of the WinMo recorders beeped either.

Hope Ryan won't be THIS cautious.
 

isostar

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hy guys, i agree it would be nice to have the option to disable the voice message for the other side, maybee there is a way to fix this with Flex in future, i will also ask Elias if he plans to update CallRecorder in future to disable the Voice message.
 

Menneisyys2

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hy guys, i agree it would be nice to have the option to disable the voice message for the other side, maybee there is a way to fix this with Flex in future, i will also ask Elias if he plans to update CallRecorder in future to disable the Voice message.

Thanks, please ask him. Also, you might want to point him to this thread so that he knows the vast majority of call recorders do NOT warn the other party when recording. Even the Skype recorder app in Cydia.

That is, his app will not be banned from Cydia for not warning the other party.
 

Menneisyys2

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Purchased. It must be done directly on the device you plan to activate the license to.

Works great on my iPhone 5 when using its earpiece. (Will later test with BT / wired headset.)

Just trying to "hack" Library/PreferenceBundles/CallRecorderPreferences.bundle/en.lproj/warning.caf to remove the call recording message. Simply deleting or overwriting it with a zero-duration CAF file doesn't work.
 

TriJetHero

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Purchased. It must be done directly on the device you plan to activate the license to.

Works great on my iPhone 5 when using its earpiece. (Will later test with BT / wired headset.)

Just trying to "hack" Library/PreferenceBundles/CallRecorderPreferences.bundle/en.lproj/warning.caf to remove the call recording message. Simply deleting or overwriting it with a zero-duration CAF file doesn't work.

That would have been a nice trick!
I think he is working on it.
 

Menneisyys2

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That would have been a nice trick!
I think he is working on it.

He had protected it quite diligently.

Just overwriting a localized file (e.g., the above-mentioned default US English one) with another one in another language also results in an error message. That is, unless he understands every other major recorder on WinMo / Android / Symbian (/Bada, with its built-in manual call recording support in 2.0) does NOT notify the other party of the call being recorded, the executable itself needs to be hacked.

BTW, some other tips I've come up with: should you want to back up all your calls, they're under
var/mobile/Library/Application Support/UltimateCallRecorder. As with Call Recorder for Skype, the in and output files are separate. Should you want to join them by hands, check out my for example Audacity tutorial (see section "Call Recorder for Skype compliance"). (Note that, with the new call recorder, you won't need to slow down anything, unlike with Call Recorder for Skype when operated with a BT headset.)

The directory also contains an SQLite database with all the metadata also present in the filename:

callrecsqlite.png


Unfortunately, from the GUI, all you can do is mail the individual recordings, which is, to put it mildly, far from easy if you have many recordings.
 

isostar

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"i am consulting legal authorities for this and if its approved it will be optional."

That's what Elias just said so hoping for an update soon cross fingers guys ;)
 

Menneisyys2

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"i am consulting legal authorities for this and if its approved it will be optional."

That's what Elias just said so hoping for an update soon cross fingers guys ;)

Cool! Then, for the time being, I don't continue trying to hack/crack the obligatory audio playback.
 

Menneisyys2

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Recording, while the recording warning is played back and the REC icon blinks (no error message is shown), doesn't work with the wired headset.
 

Menneisyys2

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New version (02-220) out. Did anyone try it?

(BTW, yesterday, I sent the dev a twitter message pointing out all other recorders not only don't play warning messages, but also many of them even suppress hardware-generated warnings. Hope he does remove the obligatory message. If he doesn't, I'll try to crack the protection around his warning callback files.)
 

isostar

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New version (02-220) out. Did anyone try it?

(BTW, yesterday, I sent the dev a twitter message pointing out all other recorders not only don't play warning messages, but also many of them even suppress hardware-generated warnings. Hope he does remove the obligatory message. If he doesn't, I'll try to crack the protection around his warning callback files.)

I tried it but he didn't change anything regarding the message, but its good to hear that you will try to crack it, let me know if I can help you with sumthing, thanks
 
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