Up until the S10 the Exynos was a force to be reckoned with and most customers would insist they at least try to get the Samsung version rather than the Snapdragon. Oh times have changed and not for the good. @Chris577 wrote: See the s10 has a dreaded exynos chip for non USA customers. No calc recording and poorer chip vs snapdragon. What a poor introduction to Samsung first phone was s9 UK.   ... View more

@tomesiek wrote: There is a way... complicated and whithout rooting your phone. Need to change countruy product code (CSC) for a coutry that record calls is legall... If were that easy we would all have done it by now. We are in countries where call recording is totally legal for personal and business purposes.   I'm in the UK with a UK CSC Galaxy S9+. Also call recording is totally legal in the UK for business and personal use with legislative protections set out in RIPA and related legislation, yet what we come up against time and time again is a blanket coverage for all different countries on mainland Europe on the S8, S9 and S10 devices regardless of jurisdiction.   Forgive me if I am sounding harsh, but your suggestion is ridiculous. Please read the entire thread where this issue has been done to death numerous times. It can't possibly ever be overlooked by anyone that actually bothers to read about the issue properly. Please do your homework even if it is just reading this one thread. You'll save yourself the trouble of looking foolish because you couldn't be bothered to do your research on one measly thread by just reading it. ... View more

@ColoradoRicardo wrote: Mr. Rapturoso,   Ok...... so let's beat this dead horse some more...   So you are saying that the recording quality is inadequate or unacceptable and therefore the recording app is no good. Right?   Do you mind if I keep using it since my recordings (even in my vehicle and other non-quiet venues) are all good?   Thanks.   Richard OK, so you don't have a problem so why are you still trying to argue a moot point? It's already been stated that you didn't realise you were not directly recording the remote party and you have admitted that your phone isn't directly recording the voice link digitally and directly.   Also sarcasm isn't welcome here so please don't ask sarcastic questions. It's not clever or funny and just brings the whole mood down. I'm sure people here are far from entertained with your procrastinating insistence for trolling. I'll no longer be feeding you any ammunition as this has now declined into you trolling everyone in this thread. You had what you needed 5 replies ago and were happy with your crippled device then and nothing has changed since, so what are you still doing here? Good bye. ... View more

@ColoradoRicardo wrote: Ryan.... why is it so important that you are able to declare that you are right?   Ok.... if you want to be right then go ahead and proclaim rightness. I don't care.   All I know is that mine works fine anywhere and I get nice, clear recordings wherever I use it, car, shopping, playing, whatever.   That is all. Good night.   Richard   That's all I ask of a recorder.   If  @ColoradoRicardo It's not neccesary to attack other people in this forum just to point out that you're alright with everything and that you're happy to have an artificially crippled product because it suits you to huddle in a quiet corner to make call recordings. People here are complaining about a real issue with their product that wasn't part of the deal at the time of purchase. People rely on being able to make quality legible call recordings for business and legal purposes, or just to remind them if they are forgetful and for other personal reasons. Features have been forcefully removed from the handset without the consent of the owner, notifications that won't go away, annoying, irritating and inconveniencing the customer some months or even years after purchase, features that the phone was bought with. This is tantamount to theft. It is fraud and also a major inconvenience to people who once were able to record without having to resort to finding a quiet room somewhere just to be able to make a mediocre quality call recording.   Lashing out against members here isn't going to change that fact and simply shows that you really don't want to accept that others have a real issue with this. My suggestion is that you cease and dissist your attitude towards other members in this thread who are describing a real issue and also calling you out on it NOT actually working on your handset either. You're obviously trying to get a negative response from others. Please stop unless you have something informative to add, as is with all my replies here. ... View more

@ColoradoRicardo wrote: Okay......    As I've already stated, the recording does not work with Bluetooth. I'm ok with that. If it's a call I want to record I just remove my headset or turn off Bluetooth and my call gets recorded with nice volume and no static.   Stepping back to look at the big picture however... whatever method is used to record my calls is completely irrelevant to me. I just want them recorded so I can save them and use them in the future if I need to. And that is what my phone is doing.   CUBE ACR is not perfect but for me, it is the best game in town. That's the bottom line.   Richard The thing you neglect to mention though and this is a massive deal breaker, is that microphone recording of calls does not work in noisy environments as the caller will not be recorded correctly and will be nearly completely occluded by other conversations and noises going on in the background. The simple fact that it works for you is only because you are trying to record in relatively calm environments. For most usage cases this is unacceptable because most of the audio from the other side will become unintelligible when recording in ralatively noisy environments. ... View more

@ColoradoRicardo wrote: I think I answered this before, but yes, I tried that. It made the other side's voice quieter but even at the lowest volume setting I could still hear what they said.   Richard So there you have it. Direct call recording does NOT work on your phone. You are microphone recording a conversation from the other side that is being played through the earpiece speaker and subsequently recording the speaker with your on board microphone to be able to hear the other side, you are not directly recording the other side. If you were, the volume setting would have no effect on the recording volume. Pretty much useless for all of us that use headsets and Bluetooth.   Try it with a headset, wireless earbuds or anything Bluetooth and I'm sure you will report that you cannot hear the other side at all. Case closed.     ... View more

@ColoradoRicardo wrote: My phone did the most recent update last night. I just made a call to check it out and it still works great.   Richard Richard, have you tried using Cube ACR with the earpiece call volume to minimum? It would be interesting to know your results. ... View more

@ColoradoRicardo wrote: My friend..... all I can tell you is it works and I am happy. I don't need to click on a link to tell me why it does not work.   Would you like for me to take the time to use another phone to make a short video of it working and send it to you? Would that be sufficient for you to believe that what some have been saying blanketly that it does not work on S9+ with Android 9 @Ryan23 wrote: I can't tell you why and it certainly shouldn't due to Google's policy. Click on the link and it gives you all you need to know. may be not totally correct?   I am not trying to pick a fight. I was just trying to be helpful to those who have this phone and need to record calls. I am just baffled by all the stern my-way-or-the-highway comments about it not working but yet mine works.   Thanks.   Richard in Colorado Richard. Turn your call volume all the way down so that you can just about hear the other remote party, then make another call recording with it like that and then get back to us. I'm sure you will find the results rather interesting if you are in fact using exactly the same phone and software that we are talking about. ... View more

I wish people would stop spreading misinformation about the capabilities of call recording in Android 9 Pie.   Let this be a final answer to everyone:   Cube ACR WILL NOT record the remote party directly on any stock Samsung Galaxy phone with Android 9 Pie. However Cube ACR will record indirectly through a microphone when the speaker at the top of the phone is at maximum volume and the other remote party may be heard in the recording, albeit recorded indirectly. This is not call recording, it's microphone recording and is useless when the call volume is set lower than 100%, which is a regular thing for most people. This relies on the speaker always being at 100% volume and therefore is totally inappropriate.   Again Cube ACR WILL NOT record the remote party directly, it records the phone's speaker and tries to optimise through volume tricks and hacks. This is not call recording at all.   Please stop spreading the misinformation.  ... View more

The S9 and S9 Plus came with an Android OS that was fully capable of call recording when it was released. They have done exactly that, removed a feature that was present, paid for and contractually ours, fraudulently removing it with a forced update, so what you are saying it pretty much 100% inaccurate.  ... View more

@Delm0nd0 wrote: I didn't try recording with headphones,  but with a normal call it works.  There is an option in cube acr in recordings Phone calls clarity improvements, i have it set to Max,  it boosts the audio.  Maybe it's recording thgroug the microphone but you can hear the conversation realy good,  it's usable. . Until something else is released. The only other option is to root your phone for now.  Unfrortuately for those who use headsets and Bluetooth, especially those who require confidence and security with important calls that need to be recorded, microphone recording is not an option as the high volume hack of recording the earpiece above the screen with the top microphone opens the call to prying ears, making any microphone recording software unusable. It might be OK for unimportant calls where confidence is not needed but the types of calls that required recording are usually related to contracts, litigation, criminal, civil or other legal matters and this is where microphone recording is unsuitable because of it's insecure nature. ... View more

@Delm0nd0 wrote: I have galaxy s9Exynos chip) with the new android 9 from Romania and i'm using Cube ACR recorder (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.catalinagroup.callrecorder&hl=en). In the app in settings-recordings-phone recording audio source-i have it on Voice call (software)  and it works great.  This software is not recording the call, it's recording the external microphone. If you use it at low volume or with a headset it will not record anything from the other side. Just another microphone recorder like all the rest of those fakers on the Play store. Utter rubbish. ... View more

@Celone wrote: Can someone with android 9 verify this? It would be amazing if Cube ACR found a loophole thanks Delm0nd0! No. Cube does not work with Android 9 Pie on the Samsung Galaxy S9 or S9 Plus. It relies on the external microphone to record the other caller and it's just as bad as all the other apps that do the same thing. ... View more

@finlirarn wrote: (Sorry for asking, but this long thread is a bit ambigious... So here comes a question)   Does S9 plus, with Android pie, have call recording enabled in EU? Either as inbuilt feature or app, and/or with third party apps, such as ACR.  If it is different for different countries , then please let me know which countries where it is working.    I also would like to know if there are any other countries (outside Sweden) where call recording is working (on an S9 plus with Android Pie). If so, which countr/y/ies?   Thanks      No it does not.  Android Pie with the Samsung One UI on the S9 and S9 plus EU version completely disables all call recording features of every programme on the Google Play store including every mode that BoldBeast Call Recorder offers. You  can not record the other party with any app unless you root your phone, invalidate the warranty and open  your phone up to multiple security risks. ... View more

@AndrewL wrote: We haven't announced any of the finer details yet, @Grzegorz79. It is unlikely that this will be touched on during the Unpacked Event, although as it was originally a compatibility issue with third party recording apps this may have been ironed out now. Why not reply to me Andrew and deny that Samsung will use the standard policy that Google aspire to regarding call recording in their Stock Android Pie OS? Are you saying Samsung will actually enable the call recording API that Google has artificially disabled as standard in stock Android 9? If so, why has this been disabled in phones that were originally shipped with this capability intact, when you force people to updated to Pie because of continuous and annoying notifications which will not go away until the software is updated? Surely this issue should be treated on a jurisdiction basis? Samsung can't simply expect us to belive that blanket coverage suits everyone in every juristiction where call recording is concerned and being vague saying that new hardware hasn't been discussed yet just adds to the confusion. This also still doesn't cover older hardware that has been artificially crippled after sale, making the device not fit for the purpose intended, essentially taking away a function that the product was sold with. Any answers to rectify and clarify Samsung's stance on this clear contravention of every UK contract of sale of every S9 variant that's updated with inadequate software via a pretty much forced notification   would be appreciated. It's not enough to just say that Google have removed the capability when it can be easily added back in before releasing the Samsung variant of the firmware update, without the need to use a home brew work around and root the device which compromises security. It's clear that customers don't care for excuses that the underlying OSs creator has disabled direct recording in Pie. This can easily be reenabled in jurisdictions like the UK and Ireland where call recording is totally legal within the RIPA legislation. ... View more

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@Grzegorz79 wrote: Guys I have question, this Samsung s10 snapdragon will be the same blocked like exynos ? Yes of course it will have call recording blocked in the Android firmware as Google don't want call recording to be enabled in Android Pie stock firmware and like good little boys, Samsung will bend over backwards to accommodate that draconian vision. ... View more

I've never had an issue with any 2G, 3G or 4G delay you speak of. That's not normal for any mobile network so you should ask your network to look into that. As soon as you call a number it should start ringing within a second or so, no matter what network technology you are using.   As for you saying my statement is false, no, not at all as all recorders originally designed to record only 2/3/4G voice downlink and uplink sound aren't capable of recording WiFi calls as they simply were never designed to access the correct audio device channels to do so. There may have been some improvements in these types of software in recent times and some standard 2/3/4G call recording software may now support other kinds of recording (including but not limited to WiFi) but as far as standard mobile call recorders are concerned, WiFi calling was never an option from initial release and is still not an option on most 2/3/4G call recording software.   WiFi calling is also relatively new as far as mobile network providers are concerned and only within the last couple of years or so has this been implemented natively on Android devices and fully supported on mobile networks.   In the UK we have zero issues with call delays. Most calls are routed over regular mobile networks but part of the time are calls connected via the HD variant on 4G capable masts. Neither of these have issues being recorded.   If your mobile signal is so bad that you have to keep using a third party Internet connection to be able to make calls over WiFi calling, then your mobile network is doing something very very wrong. I would ditch them and go with another provider that can actually provide a decent service, rather than keep paying the current mobile provider for a non-existent service or a service that won't connect a regular mobile call in a reasonable and timely manner. ... View more

Actually, BoldBeast records all my calls. I don't make any calls over WiFi as my network is supposed to be good enough not to need it. 4G calls, whenever they happen, get recorded regardless, at least that's my assumption as whenever HD calling is present on the top of the screen, there are no recording issues. WiFi calling has never been able to be recorded to my knowledge so why are you even mentioning this? ... View more

Why not just install BoldBeast call recorder and be done with it. I installed it nearly a year ago when a this titting around started with software updates and I have n ever looked back. It works flawlessly on the S9+ Exynos version with default settings.  No need to mess with it. Why are people still messing around? Spend a tiny amount on Google Play, hell it's even cheap enough to us e your Google Rewards pennies and be done with it already. ... View more

WiFi Call recording is currently not possible. You will find that most call recorder software producers will advise that you must disable WiFi Calling to use call recording successfully. Technically it is possible as it's just another sound stream to be captured but currently no call recorder offers this functionality.  ... View more

@Ryan23 wrote: Ok maybe I was out of line but I've gone to a lot of trouble and time to help in anyway possible and when Boldbeast came up I felt quite satisfied that I had one up on Samsung and pleased I could share my experience. ...and that's a very positive thing. I never stated that it wasn't. I just didn't appreciate the immediate downplaying of the point that this may not be an ideal solution and the fact that I was personally attacked soon after, without provocation. ... View more

@Ryan23 wrote: @ok @Rapturoso I don't think it's appropriate you go for other members I've never said it's a permanent fix I've said it's a solution to the problem right now and I've just said it again what more do you want. Maybe an apology for calling me a fruit loop, an I.d.i.o.t. and a smart a.r.s.e. would be a good starting point? ... View more

@John2405 wrote: @Rapturoso    I think from reading your comments you fail to understand what Ryan23 has enabled us with the issue of call recording. I myself use a different 3rd party application however at the moment it doesn't work, because of this thread and Ryan23 I've been able to install Boldbeast and record calls again which is vital to my work. When I purchased my S9+ I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Thanks to Ryan23 he has provided me with a solution which ultimately has stopped the need for me to purchase another phone as I was unable to hand my Samsung back. I find your personal attack at Ryan23 rather grotesque as all he has done is helped, yes he has commented some defensive words but you keep going on about the same thing and have failed to understand his point. @Ryan23 I'm very pleased I found this thread and I'd like to thank you for sharing a way in which has enabled me to use my new S9+ instead of my old S7. I've not failed to see his point at all. In fact I have now stated twice that I've acknowledged his temporary solution. What is there not to understand about that? All I have ever done here is state that this may not last. Acceptance and acknowledgement of that fact is all that is required. If that's too hard for him to be humbled and state that he understands this in no uncertain terms, in the knowledge that other people might want to continue to pursue a more permanent solution, then I can't help the poor soul. I have not been grotesque at all. I initially asked if he was trolling me as he immediately denigrated me and played down the point I was attempting to convey about people seeking a permanent fix rather than a temporary work-around hack solution. Rather than accept that people would actually require this, I was attacked first, branded an i.d.i.o.t., told I was a smart a.r.s.e. and a fruit loop. If this isn't starting a fight then I don't know what is! Why would anyone start a personal attack like this on a public forum? It's ridiculous. ... View more

So your answer is no then? You can't bring yourself to acknowledge and accept other people's experiences with this issue? How sad. ... View more

What would it take to actually bring you to the point where you'll accept that others don't see your solution as viable? You lay claim to the fix? You mean the temporary solution of which you had no hand in creating? How righteous of you! Well done for accepting credit for something that you had no part in creating. You're unbelievable! ... View more

There you go again! You fail to see the point entirely as you keep assuming this is somehow all about you and it is most certainly not! Your self important attitude is astounding!  It's not all about you because in the grand scheme of things you are no more important than any other person dealing with this issue in this thread.   I wasn't belittling your comments at all.  All I was doing was asking you to acknowledge and respect other people's experiences who can't get this to work and respect that others will still want to pursue a proper fix from Samsung in the form of a fully working API implementation in a fresh flashed official ROM from Samsung OTA, not some half baked work-around that may not last another Samsung update.   I have already acknowledged your temporary solution and I have offered a totally unbiased perspective as to why a lot of people will not find this viable. I have not told people not to use Boldbeast call recorder, yet you want to belittle me anyway, accusing me of doing just that! If people want to waste money on a full app that in trial mode does not work then that's their responsibility but I will have no part in that. I will and have as I've already acknowledged and respected your experiences in successfully making it work in your particular case. Everyone has different experiences and whilst yours is not unique, you can't assume that everyone will be the same, that would be short sighted and also very blinkered and opinionated.   Surely anyone can see that all I have done is ask that you simply acknowledge others experiences and wishes, not shoot them down and lay claim to the situation just because you have discovered a temporary solution. You need to accept that and move on, yet you seem to be unwilling to accept that people have every right to continue discussions outside of your limited scope temporary solution. Discussing a permanent fix for this is ultimately the aim of this thread so why are you so against other people discussing it? Goodness only knows.   Grab some tolerance and undersranding then come back, otherwise don't bother. ... View more

@Ryan23 wrote: @Rapturoso  You must be really bored trolling this thread which I started.   I've given anyone who wanted to, a way to use there phones with the facility to record calls again.   I think I can confidently say everyone here has made complaints to Samsung which I've mentioned on numerous occasions from the beginning of this thread.   You coming on here completely trolling everyone with smart a.r.s.e replies doesn't win you a star I'm afraid.   As mentioned in my previous comment feel free to go and start your own thread to continue in your Journey as far as I'm concerned I have found a solution to record calls on the S9 devices.   I have no idea what you want or trying to achieve but you come across like a complete fruit loop and you have brought nothing at all in anyway helpfulor informative to my thread.   Good day to you buddy.   Ps time to move on You're the only person that seems to have a problem with different perspectives. You're the only one on this forum calling people I.d.i.o.t.i.c., smart a.r.s.e., fruit loop.   No one actually cares who started the thread so there's absolutely no star for you there either. It doesn't matter who started this concern over Android API blocking. All that matters is that people are discussing it and providing their own experiences and perspectives on the matter. That doesn't make any one person's perspective any less important, yet you seem to think it's acceptable to publicly belittle other people's perspectives. Grow up for goodness sake. You're communicating in a manner resembling a spoilt only child who is used to always getting their own way and forcing their opinion above all else. This is the real world and that simply is not going to happen for you I'm afraid to say. Not today, nor ever!   I'm not looking for anything in this thread. All I'm doing is stating something basic and simple. It's not hard to understand that should a piece of trial software not be working, even after trying all the things you and others suggest, people aren't going to be willing to throw £10 away just so that the full version can act in just the same way. All you have to do is appreciate and accept this, not denigrate people that have different perspectives to yourself. You've never been offered any harsh words or abuse yet you hurl it at the first sign of someone having a different view and experience to you. I feel it's you that needs to adjust your attitude. You can't have everyone agree with you 100% of the time and then to personally attack them by publicly calling them i.d.i.o.t.i.c., a fruit loop and a smart a.r.s.e. isn't doing you any favours and certainly makes you appear as the embodiment of a keyboard warrior who doesn't know how to take the advice in the quote of the day : "Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it." ... View more

@Ryan23 wrote: @Rapturoso I haven't suggested turning on or off updates. I never said you did. All I said was that it's not great to do so regarding the risk of huge security vulnerabilities. Throughout the thread this has been suggested as a work-around many times. This isn't about you personally as I keep saying so don't take it upon yourself too assume everything I say is aimed at you, it's not, it's for the entire community who have already commented that they are in total agreement with me. @Ryan23 wrote: @Rapturoso The most recent update hasn't affected Boldbeast. Samsung can do what the hell they want if you have a problem with that get rid of your phone and move on. I never said the recent update has made any difference to Boldbeast. Samsung can do what the hell they want, I'm totally in agreement with you there but it doesn't make it a wise choice for Samsung to ignore their customers when they are complaining about something that should not have happened in the first place.   @Ryan23 wrote: @Rapturoso If you don't want to buy Boldbeast because you feel it is exploration don't buy it and stop crying about it. They have a working app and they are a business did you think it would be free. Who's crying? I'm not so I don't understand why you would assume that I am. I'm just saying it's exploitative. There's no need to personally attack me on a public forum and further denigrate me on a subject where I have been backed up already by other users here.   Why would I think it would be free? I never suggested it should be did I? All I said is that it is clearly exploitative considering Boldbeast are well aware that it is totally probable that Samsung will continue to work on patching out their work-arounds, making a purchase of it ultimately pointless.  I have also already purchased a call recorder that was working well on all phones and has now been removed from the compatibility list for the S9+ because of Samsung's wrong doings. I also have support in this forum that states that it shouldn't be necessary to spend another £10 just to purchase yet another piece of software when the trial shows that it's not working for some people here, even after removing Automatic Call Recorder, resetting all settings, clearing caches and removing all app data.     @Ryan23 wrote: @Rapturoso A solution to this whole problem may come in they new phones going forward as far as Samsung fixing this issue is highly unlikely or certainly going to take a long time. However long it takes doesn't really matter here, as long as Samsung are compelled to fix the call recording API and put it back the way it's meant to be so that it is accessible to every professional Google Play store third party call recorder.   Giving up and using this so called solution is only a stop-gap and will just serve to prolong the release of any solution that Samsung will offer. We have to keep up with the continuous and relentless complaints about their wrong doings with regard to Samsung deliberately and artificially disabling the call recording API on Android.   @Ryan23 wrote: @Rapturoso You trolled me in your first comment I think it's safe to say anyone that followed this thread are quite happy with the solution at the moment. I didn't call you p.a.t.h.e.t.i.c I said your I.d.i.o.t.i.c comments. I shall repeat what I said originally please keep them to yourself unless you can bring, as did I something to the table. I didn't troll you at all. Again I will reiterate that I'm just pointing out the errors of your assumption that this is a fix. It's not as there are many people that will not see this as viable, especially when they can't get the trial of Boldbeast call recorder to work on their phones.    Quote of the day: "Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it".   P.a.t.h.e.t.i.c, I.d.i.o.t.i.c, it's all the same here seeing as the system saw fit for it to be censored. Again another personal attack! You're certainly a troll. My comments are far from i.d.i.o.t.i.c., as decreased security of not updating and this solution only being a stop-gap and only for some people that can actually get it to work for however long Samsung allows it, is a serious concern!  I however can't see that you are actually taking this matter seriously now that you seem to have found a solution that, may I add, only works for a subset of people including yourself, with immediate gratification, rather than thinking of the bigger picture and the near future of this so called solution's longevity.   I brought another valid perspective to the table.  I won't keep my valid comments to myself as this is an open forum for the free flow of information, including valid concerns,  so please don't try to silence or belittle me or anyone else who don't happen to agree with you 100%.  Repeat yourself as much as you wish,  it doesn't change the fact that this solution is only temporary and is most definitely subject to any changes that Samsung are likely to make in future updates. Again I will reiterate that we need to keep pushing Samsung, each and every one of us, regardless of what work-around third parties can temporarily hack until it's patched again. Good day to you too! :-) ... View more