Guest pulser Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 See http://www.airrunner.cn/wordpress/?p=7 Requires root, and uses the following privileges:Intercept outgoing callsModify phone stateRead phone statePrevent phone from sleepingAll seems reasonable enough, and it works. Saw a comment saying they didn't trust it as the dev is Chinese, and they seemed to think they were trying to spy on people's calls. I say nonsense! Saves calls to SD card under folder /sdcard/airvoice/ in wav format. Uses 128kbps, and a 1 minute call took up approx. 1MB for me, so not too bad for size. Needs a better UI, but I found it when trawling through 'new' tools in the market. And, best of all... It's free (search for airvoice under tools) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevenz Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 All seems reasonable enough, and it works. Saw a comment saying they didn't trust it as the dev is Chinese, and they seemed to think they were trying to spy on people's calls. I say nonsense! Saves calls to SD card under folder /sdcard/airvoice/ in wav format. Uses 128kbps, and a 1 minute call took up approx. 1MB for me, so not too bad for size. Needs a better UI, but I found it when trawling through 'new' tools in the market. And, best of all... It's free (search for airvoice under tools) If people are worried about them "spying" then they can just turn mobile data off while the app is active, but I'd find it very unlikely. They should be using a gsm codec or somesuch for voice compression, 1mb for a minute of voice is complete overkill, it should be no more than half that. Sounds like a handy app though, good find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 (edited) If people are worried about them "spying" then they can just turn mobile data off while the app is active, but I'd find it very unlikely. Surely the developer could just set the app to send the data once the connection returns? Not that I have any reason to think that people aren't being paranoid because I haven't even clicked the link. (Who knows where it goes....) Edited January 19, 2010 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest keyra74 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 All seems reasonable enough, and it works. Saw a comment saying they didn't trust it as the dev is Chinese, and they seemed to think they were trying to spy on people's calls. I say nonsense so what :) , they can spy on me if they want to ear french and know when i have to get some bread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lemmingzappa Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Nice find, i'll test this out shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lemmingzappa Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Well it works fine for me :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dwattsy21 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Just installed this. Do you have to select it before you make a call, or does it just record every call automatically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pulser Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Just installed this. Do you have to select it before you make a call, or does it just record every call automatically? AFAIK, once you have given it 'always allow' for root, (it asked me also the first time I actually made a call), it will always do so. Before using this properly, I would be inclined to test it first, as I saw mention of features like 'auto answer' which I would choose to learn more about before using (my phone is often in my pocket all day, so I need time to get it out first before call is answered etc.) As for the 'anti-chinese' thing, I can't see any issues with the app. It has no internet permissions whatsoever (presuming the Android apk permissions are actually enforced- I don't know much about this area of the system), so I reckon it's safe. And there would be nothing interesting to hear from me either... Unless they understand broad Scots dialect and the odd bit of German... Oh, and in case it isn't obvious, this app needs root permissions, so really needs a custom ROM. No running on stock, since access to the internal 'incoming' audio seems to need root. Compression is definitely needed! I reckon 32kbps MP3 would be ideal for phone calls, but hardware capabilities could be an issue, since we are talking about a phone here, not a PC! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blackcoffee85 Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 App works, outgoing voice was a little quiet and the options are pretty confusing. If it starts auto answering I'll be removing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pulser Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 App works, outgoing voice was a little quiet and the options are pretty confusing. If it starts auto answering I'll be removing it! I sent the dev some feedback, and an update is on the market. Seems no different, so I wonder if he/she is getting to grips with releasing updates first before changing anything? I'm hoping to give the app a proper test today and check it behaves as it should with respect to not auto answering etc. Just a heads up on the update to say don't get excited yet. It may well do something to outgoing volume, I've not tried it yet :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shaon Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 wheres the download link btw?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pulser Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 wheres the download link btw?? Go to market and search for 'AirVoice' and it's the only result that comes up. Let me know if you still can't find it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pulser Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 App works, outgoing voice was a little quiet and the options are pretty confusing. If it starts auto answering I'll be removing it! I've been in contact with the dev today, and an update has just been pushed out with some UI changes to make it less confusing. Still a little bit of a work in progress, but rest assured that it doesn't answer calls itself- that was a bad translation of a feature you can optionally enable that lets the app function as a voicemail for those without it on their network (ie. you miss call but phone is in signal. It answers, plays the user chosen greeting and records the rest of the call. Just like voicemail, except local). Latest update is V1.11 in market, and that has the UI tweaks. There's one thing still to fix though (one menu option is too long). Dev is aware that incoming calls aren't automatically recorded unless the app is running in background. Hopefully will be fixed next update. In the meantime, don't close the app using taskiller if you need this feature. Any suggestions, reply and I'll pass them on. Dev is brilliant, and is really keen on feedback, and takes it onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Catscrash Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 when first booting up, this app prevents my phone from going to sleep, when i kill it with taskmanager and restart it, everything is fine... besides, great tool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pulser Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 when first booting up, this app prevents my phone from going to sleep, when i kill it with taskmanager and restart it, everything is fine... besides, great tool I've not noticed this personally, but one thing to be aware of is that the dev explained there's no way in Android to intercept an incoming call via. an app. He has to run a service in the background to catch it, so don't kill the app using a taskiller if you want ingoing calls to be recorded. Outgoing ones work fine (there's an event that programs can hook into for outbound). I've suggested he makes a little '2-liner' service thats sole purpose is to raise another intent telling apps that a call is incoming. It would mean we could have the tiny service running, calling the full app in only when necessary. Also, other developers could use the intent as well, enhancing the 'open' nature of Android. So just a heads-up that anyone using this should 'ignore' the application on task killers. It only appears to use a meg or 2 of memory anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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