Actually I have two different issues that are somewhat related...First, i think he's talking about the text message ringer. For example...if i set a ringtone to my text messages(songs that is) and i recieve a text message, there is now way to shut the ringer off...it just keeps playing and playing and vibrating and vibrating....the only thing that will make it stop is a power down or soft reset.....whats even weirder is if i recieve a text message while the first message is ringing it plays the ringtone a second time in the background...so not only can i not stop the first one but there a second one that i cant stop either...PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!....now for the second issue....i downloaded mring for my phone and it allows me to stop the problematic ringer from before by pressin any button on my phone (GREAT!!!!!!!!) no, not great...when i set my text messages to ring and vibrate it rings, but no vibration occurs...and if i have it on vibrate only...it doesnt vibrate either....at first i thought it was problem with my phone, but the vibration on telephone calls works fine...it's only text messages...PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS!!!!!! if anyone can fix the problem im having with mring that would be great cuz i want to continue using that program seeing as how i purchased the product and now that im having that problem its basically useless...
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hi i am fairly new too this stuff and what i think is happening for the first issue may not be happening.....but only a professional can correct tht....when a txt message ringtone plays it basically plays the whole song or ring..before it stops....it almost as if when u recieve a text message windows media player launches in the background and just plays till the end....but it dose not do that for phone calls because any musical content or data service is stopped the second you recieve a phone call...as for the vibration issue i have no idea what too tell you oon that...but what u can try is use small sound files as ringers tht way they wont overlap each othereaside from tht i think there is a registery key tht you can change to achive a limited time ring when a text message is recieved....
as for the reg key you will have to search the forms for tht i believe....
What i do is crop my songs / sounds for text messages. I crop them to about 2 seconds or a little bit more and I dont worry about ongoing sounds playing.
Also you can change the settings on your phone to vibrate and ring, ring, vibrate and so one. See if any of those settings are interfering with your notifications.
Ive tried all of your suggestions in the past..the whole reason im using songs as ringtones is so that im aware of when im recieveing a text...if i wanted a 2 second ringer id use a stock one...guess the problem is unfixable...thanks for th input tho
I love Steve's AOKP PUB Rom but I seem to have one really irritating issue upon using it. I set my ringtone and notification sounds to the ones i always use. Pyxis for Ringtone, and Don't Panic for notifications. Then i noticed that i was not hearing the sounds during incoming phone calls and texts. So i go into the sound setting to see whats up and they both have unrecognized sounds listed. When i try to re-establish the original setting all the choices are gone except for 2 or 3 instead of the usual several dozen. If i use Root Explorer to go into the media folder all the ogg files are still present. Sometimes they come back upon a reboot. Sometimes they dont. Anyone else seen this or know whats happening? Thanks.
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I love Steve's AOKP PUB Rom but I seem to have one really irritating issue upon using it. I set my ringtone and notification sounds to the ones i always use. Pyxis for Ringtone, and Don't Panic for notifications. Then i noticed that i was not hearing the sounds during incoming phone calls and texts. So i go into the sound setting to see whats up and they both have unrecognized sounds listed. When i try to re-establish the original setting all the choices are gone except for 2 or 3 instead of the usual several dozen. If i use Root Explorer to go into the media folder all the ogg files are still present. Sometimes they come back upon a reboot. Sometimes they dont. Anyone else seen this or know whats happening? Thanks.
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Same here. I'm back of AOKPBRAVO at the moment because of the sound issues. One thing that helped me a bit was to disable vibrate with ring and have ring only but it still would lose the ringtone and on calls the screen would light up and i had missed calls because the ringtone wouldn't be recognized.
I have noticed this same issue and believe I have found a work around for the problem. First take off the Vibrate on incoming calls. Then in the root of your sdcard there is a ringtones folder. Make sure that the ringtone is in that folder. With some of these new roms, they will only play ringtones that are in that folder plus the default that the developer chooses. Go into contacts and set the ringtone for the contact. First I would do it as a test ringtone on a number you can call from. If you have the same ringtone for multiple people then you have to make a new copy of that file. It will only play it for the last contact you assign it too. That is how I cleared my troubles with it. Hope this works out for you.
This guide refers to Alex' (skvalex) Call Recorder but it can be applied to, and it should be working with most other available call recorders. I have the Canadian SGH-I337M, stock, odex, rooted but in theory this solution should be working on all SGH-I337(M).
IT DOES NOT WORK WITH AOSP/AOKP BASED ROM's (INCLUDING CM) - IT WILL CAUSE SYSTEM CRASHES!!!
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I have been using this Call Recorder on all my previous Samsung phones and personally, I consider it to be the most reliable, capable and best supported call recorder out there, however as of today, Sep.15.2013, although all the North American versions of the S4 are officially supported, the recorder still yields blank records (0m0s) when used out of the box. The WORKING solution is presented bellow.
There is a trial version but if you like the recorder and need it, I would highly recommend buying it - it's worth every penny.
Method 1
1. Install Call Recorder (or your preferred one).
2. Download the attached flashable zip - it contains the 2 modified files from "system/etc/snd_soc_msm".
3. Flash the zip from recovery. (Optionally, you can backup the original files - before flashing the zip - as indicated in method 2 bellow)
4. Enjoy
Method 2 (manually creating a backup of the original files)
1. Install Call Recorder (or your preferred one).
2. Download the attached flashable zip - it contains the 2 modified files from "system/etc/snd_soc_msm".
3. Extract/save the 2 files in the "system/etc/snd_soc_msm" folder from the zip.
4. Go to the same directory on the phone (system/etc/snd_soc_msm) and make a backup of the 2 original files by adding ".bak" at the end (you'll need root).
5. Copy the 2 files extracted from the zip (in step #3), over here.
6. Set the permissions to 644 (rw-r--r--).
6. Reboot and enjoy.
The recommended settings for the Call Recorder:
- Device: Samsung (your version)
- Recording method: Standard API
- Call recording format: AMR
- Audio source: Voice call uplink + downlink
...others as desired.
Let me know how this solution works for you!
Attached are some generic Call Recorder png icons I have made. Feel free to use/share them - but have the decency to give me the due credit.
Thank you for this. It seems to work very well. I am on an AT&T SGH-I337 S4. One bug I have noticed is under the "Audio Player" in settings. The option to "use proximity Sensor" is very buggy. Basically this setting switches the screen off while listening to recorded calls while listening through the phone's regular speaker (not loud speaker). It turns the screen off fine, but sometimes doesn't turn it back on when the phone is moved away from my face (sometimes it does?). When it doesn't come back on, I have to hit the power button (just like putting the phone to sleep) and then hit it again to turn the phone back onto the lock screen (swipe to unlock it) and it turns back on just fine. The funny thing is, that the recorded message keeps playing throughout the entire process? Even when the screen turns back on like it is supposed to, the touch keys don't light back up with the screen. In order to get them back on I have to put the phone to sleep again and turn it back on. I use the proximity sensor with my phone calls and it works fine so it has to be a bug with the audio player or a bug with the call recorder App. I realize Skvalex is the Dev for the actual Call Recorder APK but I thought I would mention this here just to let you and others know about it and, I was wondering if you could check your phone to see if it has the same issue? Other than that, it all seems to work very nice.
I was also wondering if you know if the "Volume Boost Mods" listed in Jrkruse' thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352797 will work with your "modded" call recorder?
And, if Skvalex updates the call recorder app and I choose to update it from the play store, will I need to reflash your "Dependency" zip or will updating the call recorder apk not effect those files?
Thank you for your hard work.
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Thank you for this. It seems to work very well. I am on an AT&T SGH-I337 S4. One bug I have noticed is under the "Audio Player" in settings. The option to "use proximity Sensor" is very buggy. Basically this setting switches the screen off while listening to recorded calls while listening through the phone's regular speaker (not loud speaker). It turns the screen off fine, but sometimes doesn't turn it back on when the phone is moved away from my face (sometimes it does?). When it doesn't come back on, I have to hit the power button (just like putting the phone to sleep) and then hit it again to turn the phone back onto the lock screen (swipe to unlock it) and it turns back on just fine. The funny thing is, that the message keeps playing throughout the entire process? Even when the screen turns back on like it is supposed to, the touch keys don't like back up with the screen. In order to get them back on I have to put the phone to sleep again and turn it back on. I use the proximity sensor with my phone calls and it works fine so it has to be a bug with the audio player or a bug with the call recorder App. I realize Skalex is the Dev for the actual Call Recorder APK but I thought I would mention this here just to let you and others know about it and, I was wondering if you could check your phone to see if it has the same issue? Other than that, it all seems to work very nice.
I was also wondering if you know if the "Volume Boost Mods" listed in Jrkruse' thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352797 will work with your "modded" call recorder?
Thank you for your hard work.
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You're welcome! Yes, I have also noticed the proximity sensor/screen bug - but for the time being we'll have to live with it. As a temporary work around you can disable this feature and simply toggle manually between loudspeaker and internal speaker from the dedicated button in the upper right corner - no big deal and it does the same thing.
As far as the volume boost, it should be working, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't - however, there are a few things to keep in mind before doing any further changes: originally, the Call Recorder (or any other call recorder for that matter) wouldn't be working (at all) on any N.A. S4's for two reasons: 1) missing audio media mixer, so I have added the missing mixer and 2) the voice call recording audio levels were set so high (very sensitive) that most every recording (anything louder than whispering) would be yielding distorted, literally unusable audio outputs. As such, I have modified (brought down) ONLY the call recording levels (call mic) and I didn't touch any other audio outputs/inputs/mixers (loudspeaker, internal speaker, wired headphones, BT headphones/accessories, voice recorder, VoIP, VoLTE +++ others) because doing so may have a negative impact on other applications and/or hardware not related to voice call recording. Because of the implications, I preferred to stay away from playing around with those - especially since there are tons of variables and not much documentations about all that.
Also keep in mind that while there are many versions of these 2 files out there, in order to insure/increase the compatibility, I have used & modified the ones that came with the original stock ROM. I have also tested the Call Recorder with the latest I337MVLUAMG1 firmware and everything seems to working fine.
Now, the volume booster that you are referring to, alters the exact same files in the sense that it increases (to various degrees - hence, boosting) some audio output levels while leaving the call recording audio levels untouched - it's entirely up to you as a user whether you like it or not and whether you see/perceive any negative impacts (sound distortions). If you decide to try a volume booster, take it for a spin, test it extensively, not just the call recorder, but most other apps that use sound and then you'll be the best judge whether that mod works for you or not. Most likely you won't hurt anything. Careful when you play with the 2 files - setting wrong permissions (or no permissions at all) will result in a boot loop.
Thank you. The phone speaker is plenty loud already, it's just the loud speaker playback of recorded messages that seems a little low...but still OK. Knowing the issues you have resolved and the reasons your resolved them, I think I'll just leave everything the way it is for now (not installing any volume mods). And, so far, further testing I have done hasn't revealed any other problems. I can keep the proximity sensor turned off, I just have to remember not to press the phone all of the way to my face when listening to the recorded messages or switching to loud speaker for playback, and again, that's not a huge issue. Again, thanks.
I installed this, and for the most part it seems to be working.
I installed this, and for the most part it seems to be working.
At first, the incoming voice was really distorted, but I applied the volume mod and that cleared that up.
It only seems to record on incoming calls though. If I call out, there is an entry in the log but it shows 0:00 for the recording time.
So, for soem reason this seems to only work on incoming calls, not outgoing.
I have the settings enabled for record all......
Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?
It's working fine for me here it records on incoming and outgoing calls
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It's working fine for me here it records on incoming and outgoing calls
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Working good here still (Except for the previously mentioned items). I had one instance of the contacts (favorites) going kind of strange, but a reboot fixed it...and it only happened once. The recording starts automatically for me on incoming calls, but I have to manually start it (press the record button) to record outgoing calls. I'm pretty sure it's something in the settings, but it's not a big deal so I haven't tried to change it.
Thanks for this!
billinaz said:
I installed this, and for the most part it seems to be working.
I installed this, and for the most part it seems to be working.
At first, the incoming voice was really distorted, but I applied the volume mod and that cleared that up.
It only seems to record on incoming calls though. If I call out, there is an entry in the log but it shows 0:00 for the recording time.
So, for soem reason this seems to only work on incoming calls, not outgoing.
I have the settings enabled for record all......
Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?
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As always...read, read and read!
1. As I have previously explained, installing any volume mod by jrkruse, REPLACES my files - as such you have NOT used THIS mod
2. If you have call records with 0.00s for the recording time, clearly you are not using neither my mod nor jrkruse's volume boost. Most likely, somehow, you are using the original UNMODIFIED files.
3. At this time the ONLY audio source that works for both incoming/outgoing calls is "Voice call uplink + downlink" - as I have suggested
saywhatt said:
Thanks for this!
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You're very welcome!
scott14719 said:
Working good here still (Except for the previously mentioned items). I had one instance of the contacts (favorites) going kind of strange, but a reboot fixed it...and it only happened once. The recording starts automatically for me on incoming calls, but I have to manually start it (press the record button) to record outgoing calls. I'm pretty sure it's something in the settings, but it's not a big deal so I haven't tried to change it.
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Make sure that you have set it to automatically record all calls, otherwise...there may be a bug I have noticed in the Call Recorder software - related to our S4's. At least in my case, whenever the Call Recorder gets accessed/opened (settings or simply reviewing calls), the next incoming call won't start by itself. Any other subsequent calls, whether incoming or outgoing will be recorded without issues (until the Call Recorder gets accessed again)
I have emailed the dev. about this but...
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Make sure that you have set it to automatically record all calls, otherwise...there may be a bug I have noticed in the Call Recorder software - related to our S4's. At least in my case, whenever the Call Recorder gets accessed/opened (settings or simply reviewing calls), the next incoming call won't start by itself. Any other subsequent calls, whether incoming or outgoing will be recorded without issues (until the Call Recorder gets accessed again)
I have emailed the dev. about this but...
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I disabled the delay on outgoing calls and it now automatically records all incoming and outgoing. The strange thing was that I had the delay set to .01 and it should have automatically started recording after that short delay, however, I still had to hit the button to record before it would start at all. I guess it's just another bug. I would rather have it record all calls anyway because I tend to forget to manually start it on the calls I need to. It's easier just to delete the calls that didn't need recording from time to time.
Here is a question in general, when I newer version of the call recorder APK is released can we just install it from the play store (as usual) or do we need to reinstall the other modded files (from the OP) after updating the APK?
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I disabled the delay on outgoing calls and it now automatically records all incoming and outgoing. The strange thing was that I had the delay set to .01 and it should have automatically started recording after that short delay, however, I still had to hit the button to record before it would start at all. I guess it's just another bug. I would rather have it record all calls anyway because I tend to forget to manually start it on the calls I need to. It's easier just to delete the calls that didn't need recording from time to time.
Here is a question in general, when I newer version of the call recorder APK is released can we just install it from the play store (as usual) or do we need to reinstall the other modded files (from the OP) after updating the APK?
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The 2 modified files are located in "system/etc/snd_soc_msm" - in other words they are system files and most likely they will NOT be touched (modified by an installation), however future releases/versions may be accessing the system resources differently in order to (officially) resolve the current issues.
Are you using CM or an AOSP based ROM? I've seen this happening in CM, just wondering...
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The 2 modified files are located in "system/etc/snd_soc_msm" - in other words they are system files and most likely they will NOT be touched (modified by an installation), however future releases/versions may be accessing the system resources differently in order to (officially) resolve the current issues.
Are you using CM or an AOSP based ROM? I've seen this happening in CM, just wondering...
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Stock, Deodexed AMDL with P-Rom modifications (slightly modified framework). The P-Rom mods didn't effect any of the system sound files or the dialer.
Excuse me!!! Can i use this for SGH I747M?
Carlos6862 said:
Excuse me!!! Can i use this for SGH I747M?
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.. you don't need to. The Canadian S3 is officially supported by the Call Recorder, so all you have to do is install it and set the proper settings.
Thanks for your help!!!
Galaxy S4 MF3
Can you pls let me know if it would work on galaxy S4 MF3 (AT&T).
Thanks!!
kkvo said:
Can you pls let me know if it would work on galaxy S4 MF3 (AT&T).
Thanks!!
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Try and see for yourself...nothing will happen or get lost if you save all the originals. Just follow the instructions and let us know.:fingers-crossed:
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Try and see for yourself...nothing will happen or get lost if you save all the originals. Just follow the instructions and let us know.:fingers-crossed:
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Well Total Recall 2 worked for me.The app has an auto patch for S4 MF3,which makes it run without any problem.Well for anyone interested, i had had posted skvalex on his forum about any solution for MF3 and he send me the below link...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2352797
I have certain ringtones set-up for certain callers and, of course, a generic ringtone as well.
Well, I've had this problem happen SEVERAL times with both the new firmware and the old firmware. A person with a specific ringtone will only get that specific ringtone occasionally. It's really a crapshoot as to whether it will actually play or not.
For example, yesterday I had a friend call and I heard her specific ringtone. We lost signal in the middle of our conversation and 5 minutes later she called me back and I got the generic ring. Called me back from the same phone.
This phone is buggy buggy buggy.
Hope this helps
First off..... put your specific ring tones (Music or whatnot) on the internal storage of the phone. You may run into problems if you don't. Then, go to sounds and ADD the ringtones there. After that is done..... you shouldn't have anymore issues. Hope it helps