Is There No Way to Automatically Record Phone Calls Anymore?

I’m still using an old phone (LG G7 ThinQ), and their Phone app has a built-in recording.

If I wanted to use another phone app (or when I upgrade phones), I would lose this feature. And I have looked (albeit not too much) and found that there’s no way to record phone calls unless you root or it has to be built-in on the phone like some Samsung or Xiaomi phones.

  • skabbywag02@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I hear ya mate, and not even Samsung now. Definitely not comfortable using a third party either.

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      1 year ago

      Only in certain places.

      In the US, for example, there are some states that only require consent from one party involved in the conversation to make recording it legal.

      Other states require consent from both (or all) parties involved otherwise it would be illegal.

  • Acters@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    asking to transition the conversation to email or just start with email. Calls for me have been simply dumbed down to nothing other than informal conversation. If I have some try to talk to me about professional things, then i ask for an email, and I will email them back. Also, ask for any documentation by email because anything they say to me is on deaf ears unless there an email that can be sent with it. I have given up on phone calling. It is just nothing more than an annoyance for me. Text me or email me. Calling me is useless.

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      1 year ago

      Good Lord, you sound fucking painful to work with. Explaining complex shit over chat is a massive fucking pain in the ass.

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      1 year ago

      This is the kind of thing I would be reporting to management. Emailing back and forth for a week to fix an issue we can fix over the phone in 3 minutes is a massive waste of company time.

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        1 year ago

        If it is an issue that can be fixed in 3 minutes, then I don’t see how that is turning into multiple emails over a span of weeks. Also, most people are not being paid enough to be on call out of work, and I would rather not have a phone call off the clock. I never got reported to management. In fact, more trouble seems to happen from these phone calls where I have to just remember what was said instead of reading an email for when I misremember a task or crucial step.

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          1 year ago

          If it is an issue that can be fixed in 3 minutes, then I don’t see how that is turning into multiple emails over a span of weeks.

          Very easily. People are lazy to respond. Your responses fall into the fucking aether that is in their inbox. They send you back a useless reply and then wait several hours or days to respond. The opportunities are endless.

          Also, most people are not being paid enough to be on call out of work

          I don’t understand what that has to do with this conversation. It might sound crazy but you can actually call people while you’re at work.

          In fact, more trouble seems to happen from these phone calls where I have to just remember what was said instead of reading an email for when I misremember a task or crucial step.

          Or you can just do it while you’re on the phone?

          They’re not the right communication method for every conversation. But refusing them outright is also the wrong choice for every situation.

          Sorry but coworkers and businesses refusing phone calls makes me fucking irate.

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            1 year ago

            Lazy to respond to emails & having a “black hole inbox” seems at least as deserving of being reported to management.

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              1 year ago

              Except I have no control over what shows up in my inbox, and its inherently disorganized. Same goes for many others I’m sure. We should have moved away from email 10 years ago.