Want to record phone calls to understand your customers better and increase sales for your small business, or to comply with legal requirements? You can record both incoming and outgoing calls on your Android phone with the right call recording solution.

There are numerous call recording apps in the Google Play Store. So you might think this is a simple task until you installed and tried several apps just to find out that they do not work at all on your Android phone. The reason for it is that Android is a fast-evolving operating system with one version supporting the call recording functions, and yet the next version completely drops the feature. That causes many inconsistencies between versions of the Android OS. Hence, the call recording app developed for a different version of Android OS does not necessarily work on your Android phone (e.g., Android Pie). To make matters worse, the call recording app works successfully on your Android phone for a while may stop working altogether after your phone auto-updates the Android OS.

Free solutions are available for recording phone calls on Android phones, but they have limitations such as re-routing your existing phone numbers and failure to record outgoing calls (e.g., Google Voice). Alternative call recording apps can also be found in the Google Play Store. These apps generally require you to subscribe to their 3-way calling services and pay a monthly subscription fee to be able to record phone calls. If you want to avoid a costly recurring charge and yet record calls on your Android phone regardless of your Android version, please read our straightforward solution below.

Step 1, please get a mobile phone recording adapter for your Android phone. One of the easiest and inexpensive adapters that we recommend is the Olympus TP-8 Telephone Pick-up Microphone. It costs less than US$15.

Step 2, please download and install EzPhone Recorder - - a software-based phone call recorder runs on your Windows PC as described on the left sidebar of this page. The program connects to the adapter and applies the cutting-edge digital signal processing enhancements when recording calls from your Android phone. You will be amazed by its excellent sound recording quality. The program also allows you to attach memos or notes to all logged calls. Using its built-in search tool, you can quickly retrieve and find these recorded messages.

Step 3, once you have EzPhone Recorder installed, please plug in your recording adapter into the computer microphone jack as shown above. In the diagram, the mobile phone recording adapter has a sound pickup opening at the back of the earpiece. To record phone calls from your Android phone, you move the speaker on the Android phone to cover this opening. What's handy about this solution is that you can use it with any phone including iPhone, BlackBerry, or Windows phone.

Step 4, you can now set up the line devices within the software - EzPhone Recorder. To configure the recording lines, please click the Setup menu on the EzPhone Recorder menubar, and choose the Phone Recording Lines & Devices submenu item. Then, the Setup Phone Recording Devices & Lines dialog is displayed below. Please select a phone recording device for the recording line from its dropdown list on the dialog. Once completed, please click the OK button to save all settings.

Step 5, you are now ready to record phone calls from your Android phone. To start recording when a call comes in, please click the Record (Standard Edition) button, or the Line #1 to Line #5 (Professional/Business Edition) buttons on the EzPhone Recorder toolbar shown below.

All recorded phone calls are stored on your hard drive, and you can export them to other media. There is no length limit on each recording. Furthermore, as long as your hard disk permits, you can record every phone call communications and keep them forever.

NOTE: There are guidelines and laws on phone call recording. When a mobile phone recording adapter is used to record phone calls, no legal announcement is played onto the telephone line. Therefore, it is your responsibility to ensure that you comply with your local, state, or country laws when recording phone conversations.

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