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Zeno

Hi, I'm using GrapheneOS on Pixel 6A.
I face some problems.

I ve set my volume of call to half. Now, when a call comes on my phone, the volume AUTOMATICALLY sets to the full everytime.
I ve set my screen of at 15 secs but many a times it doesnt screen off automatically.

And a curious question:
Why dont I have call recorder available while calling ?

Thanks in advance

unwat

Zeno I ve set my volume of call to half. Now, when a call comes on my phone, the volume AUTOMATICALLY sets to the full everytime.

Maybe try changing call volume here: Settings > Sound & vibration > Call volume. Mine's set to ~ 75%, and my calls are usually just a tad too quiet for me. Hopefully setting this before a call can help resolve the problem.

Zeno I ve set my screen of at 15 secs but many a times it doesnt screen off automatically.

You're not the first to report this issue. Here's another thread about it.

This is definitely an upstream AOSP bug. I even found a report of this on their issue tracker that was closed because the reporter couldn't figure out how to reproduce the issue.

Zeno Why dont I have call recorder available while calling ?

This is a contentious issue. You can search for "call recording" using the search function here or look in GrapheneOS's issue tracker. I'll give you a quick summary here:

Google hasn't added call recording to Android. GrapheneOS devs cannot add it to Android because upstream Android development will just break whatever implementation GrapheneOS added. Other apps exist to do call recording, but in order for them to function, they have to break the Android Security Model.

So, call recording won't be available for the foreseeable future.

abcZ

unwat Other apps exist to do call recording, but in order for them to function, they have to break the Android Security Model.

No, they don't actually have to break the android security model. They just have to be installed as system applications in order to gain the needed privileges. The security model is broken by the steps that end users have to take in order to accomplish that system application status (magisk + BCR module), but if it was added as a system application during the build process, then magisk would not be necessary and the security model would remain intact.

Zeno

Hi, thanks for the answer,

Yes I set my Call volume low in Settings > Sound & Virbarion > Call Volume. But still the problem exist.
Can you show me any best solution to record calls? By the way, why do all other OSs do have call recording if they are not available in ASOP?

Thanks again.

alex_herrero

Probably because they have their own version of Android on top of AOSP, and they usually don't focus on security as the Graphene team.

Zeno

abcZ Yes you are right.

Dreadhawk177

Not sure if we can vote on a feature request or anything, but call recording is a major feature for me on my old rooted Oneplus. They had recording built in but disabled by default (you could enable it temporarily via usb, but it would revert). Point is, it's possible. I just hope that the Graphene team can find a practical way for it to happen on major phones like the Pixel