Google Pixel Call Recorder (Page 1 of 3)

Can you please click the "Call Settings - Fix Recording Issues - Ask New Parameters" item in Boldbeast Recorder to send hardware log files to me? let us check your log files and other files copied from your ROM, then we can know if root is needed or not.
Thanks.

I checked files copied from the Android 7.1 ROM in your Google Pixel XL, unfortunately Google deleted several important recording parameters from the ROM, as a result all recorders in the market will surely not work well - you can only record your voice, the caller's voice can't be recorded.

So you need to root the phone, then Boldbeast Recorder can fix the problem.

After root the phone, please use these settings in Boldbeast to record calls:
- Record Mode: 1
- Tune Audio Effect: No
- Tune Audio Route: Group3
- Change Audio Controls: Yes
- Change Audio Driver: No
- Start Input Stream: No
- File Sampling Rate: Auto, if the recording sounds like slow motion please change it to 16000

Or use these settings to record calls:
- Record Mode: Alsa
- Record Format: MP3
- Alsa Device: Auto
- Alsa Bits: 16 Bits
- Alsa Channels: 1 Channel
- Alsa Sampling Rate: Auto (change to 16000 for Android 8.0)
- File Sampling Rate: Auto
- Tune Audio Effect: No
- Tune Audio Route: No
- Change Audio Controls: Yes
- Change Audio Driver: No
- Start Input Stream: No

Root
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No matter SuperSU or Magisk, no matter Systemless Root or not, Boldbeast works very well with all of them.

Updated 1
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Some users met this problem: when play back recorded calls it sounds like "slow motion", this is because there is a bug in the audio server inside the ROM that made the problem. In this case please:
- change "File Sampling Rate" to 16000 to fix the problem. Or
- use the Alsa settings above to record calls, it can bypass the bug.

Updated 2
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Google Pixel Android 8.0 Oreo needs root. After root the phone, please:
- update Boldbeast Recorder to the latest version.
- use the Alsa settings above to record calls, and please change the "Alsa Sampling Rate" to 16000, then it records calls crystal clear in two sides.

Updated 3
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Google Pixel Android 9 Pie needs root. After root the phone, please:
- update Boldbeast Recorder to the latest version (currently V11.8).
- use the Alsa settings above to record calls, it records calls crystal clear in two sides.

Update 4
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From users' reports, actually in some market areas the call recording feature of Pixel / Pixel XL is not disabled by Google, in some areas it is disabled.

If the call recording feature of your phone is not disabled it records calls crystal clear in two sides, just install Boldbeast Recorder and go, no root needed, no settings need to be changed. Please click "Set Default Settings" in the app if needed.

Update:

So I've rooted my Pixel XL, and Alsa mode seems working fine so far.  That's enough for me.  If I encounter any more problem I'll post here.

What is the tool you used for rooting Pixel?

Hi there,

I rooted my Pixel, set all as written here, using Alsa and everything works fine even in my car when I perform a hands free - bluetooth call. I bought the PRO version to have an automatic recording possibility. I set it to ask if save or not after each call, but once I press yes/no the whole application starts and I jumps to settings. Then I have to exit it, what I see useless. Is it possible to just choose yes or no and be on the same place as I was before the call?

Thanks.

I rooted my pixel and used the setting suggested and it works fine on cellular calls. When I get a wifi call the caller can't hear my voice. Something in the boldbeast app is blocking it. If I use titanium to freeze boldbeast the call works fine. Any ideas about what setting I can use to change this? The pixel uses wifi calling a lot and I need to be able to answer incoming wifi calls even if they're not recorded. I have phone set to automatically record calls. If I turn this off I can also answer calls.

I'm on the official rom. Start Input Stream was already disabled. The only thing i've done is rooted it. I don't get the message that it can't record wifi or voip calls like I did with other phones or before I switched to alsa in the settings.

When I use record mode 1 it sounds like everything is in slow motion or dragging. I can't understand what's being recorded but it doesn't interfere with wifi calls. I'm on project fi and during the day, when i'm at work, I don't have a cell signal so I use wifi for incoming and outgoing calls. With the incoming calls no one can hear my voice when I answer if I'm using boldbeast. I was hoping to be able to use it to automatically record calls but I can't and still use the wifi calling.

Thanks. I just reset everything and tested at home. I think 16000 will work fine but I will test the other modes and see how they work. I also tried wifi calling and could answer incoming calls.  Seems to be working perfectly. Thanks for your help!

Seems to be working fine now. Thanks again for your help.

Please see the [001] part for the reasons and the solutions in this page http://www.boldbeast.com/android/call_r … oting.html
If the problem is still there please click the "Call Settings - Fix Recording Issues - Ask New Parameters" item in Boldbeast Recorder to send log files to me, let us have a look at them and see what happened.

I checked your log files:

When you used Alsa Mode,
- boldbeast recorded normal calls correctly.
- boldbeast recorded wifi calls correctly, but the caller couldn't hear your voice because the Alsa engine in boldbeast blocked wifi calls.

When you used Record Mode 1,
- boldbeast recorded normal calls correctly,.
- boldbeast failed to record wifi calls because wifi calls blocked boldbeast.

Everything worked exactly as expected.

Please change following settings:
- Call Settings - Incoming Calls - Auto Detect Answered State: No
- Call Settings - Incoming Calls - Auto Detect Max Time (Seconds): 15
- Call Settings - Incoming Calls - Restart Recording Upon Answered: No

I guess for an incoming wifi call if you answer the call within 15 seconds it works well, if you answer the call after 15 seconds the caller can't hear your voice. You can change 15 to another number as your will.

How about it?