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    [How-To] Record Calls

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        OTA-25 --- You can reinstall, no changes are necessary.

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          domubpkm @Br1
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          @Br1 Given the recent boot problems in RC on which I was, I had to reflash the Volla in RC (using the installer without wipe) on which the first short version of the recorder was installed. The recorder was no longer installed, all the files of the recorder yes.
          I pass steps, but I installed the last version of the recorder: I have to check that it works but I have a doubt since these boot problems... I'll keep you up-to-date.

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            @Br1 So on my Volla in RC, I uninstalled recorder 1.02. I reflashed in RC (without wipe) with the installer, and reinstalled the recorder. Everything seems to be in place, but i confirm no recordings are made. I tried multiple uninstalls and reinstalls and nothing changed. After my first reinstallation, I had the message 'no crontab for root' which never reappeared in my installations after.
            screenshot20230416_180738966.png

            Edit : I retested version 1.01 and no record created either.

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              @domubpkm No crontab? Have you seen

              https://forums.ubports.com/topic/8868/cron-not-installed

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                domubpkm @Ian
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                @Ian All I know is that for me (and for others ?), the recorder hasn't worked since the last RC, whereas it worked very well before: I don't know why. 😉

                Hello @lduboeuf . Do you think something has changed in the latest RCs that could prevent callrecorder from working? Even 1.01 doesn't record calls. Thanks.

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                  @Ian In the past with UT16, I used cron jobs to start Syncevolution on a schedule to sync my contacts (address books) with my CardDav server. However, after I updated to UT20 via OTA and performed a hard reset of the OS, the crontab command is no longer found:

                  048919fa-485f-4ade-96e5-ffca6947c95a-image.png

                  Also, when I search for "cron*", all it finds are the bash tab-completions:

                  11364f03-46a4-49ef-966c-d7ffc0178b3d-image.png

                  It is also my understanding that the scripts in the "/usr/share/bash-completion/completions" folder are provided by the packages that install the commands and utilities they complete. So this would indicate that cron/crontab was initially present but later removed.

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                  Google Pixel 3a XL (20.04 Stable)

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                    RC 64 Volla
                    screenshot20230417_083503805.png

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                      @domubpkm Thank you, but I'm confused. Does this mean that cron is indeed available on UT 20.04?

                      In any case, I asked about cron in one of the Telegram groups just now, and the recommendation I received was to use systemd timers instead of cron jobs. I hope this helps! 🙂

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                        @domubpkm Between ota 25 (xenial) and the RC release there could be many differences ... I will try to adapt call-recorder to Focal OTA-2 Stable, but no promises.

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                          domubpkm @Br1
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                          @Br1 The callrecorder should work for OTA-25. If there is an OTA-26 that fixes boot issues (last 3 RCs), no. Is not it ?

                          Edit : I did : anyway, OTA-25 is no longer installable, the dev channel is installed instead (system parameters). So no more callrecorder.

                          Edit 2 april 18 : i installed dev 1111 (2023-04-18/2) and callrecorder v 1.01 works ! I stay here until a focal that suits me. 🙂

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                            domubpkm @Br1
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                            @Br1 said in [How-To] Record Calls:

                            I will try to adapt call-recorder to Focal OTA-2 Stable, but no promises

                            I just hope your work is progressing as you wish, because all of your scripts are great and will enhance focal environment (as they do for xenial).

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                              Br1 @domubpkm
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                              @domubpkm said in [How-To] Record Calls:

                              I just hope your work is progressing as you wish, because all of your scripts are great and will enhance focal environment (as they do for xenial).

                              I installed it yesterday, seems to work fine ... a few days of testing 🙂

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                                ---- UPDATE OTA-2 Focal ----
                                ---- Stable Channel ----

                                Usual three steps :

                                1 - download callrecorder-ota.2.tar.gz from here : www.spacelinux.it/UTouch/callrecorder-ota.2.tar.gz

                                2 - open file manager, go to Downloads tap callrecorder-ota.2.tar.gz and tap extract archive

                                3 - open terminal, type :

                                sudo Downloads/callrecorder-ota.2/callrec-install
                                

                                and hit enter,

                                type 1 + enter to install

                                type 2 + enter to uninstall

                                and reboot.


                                As in previous versions, install script asks you how many days you want to keep recorded calls, hit enter for default (30 days) if you later decide to change, repeat the installation (in this case reboot not required).

                                Focal required several changes, callrecorder now is a systemd service, to delete older calls there is a systemd user timer .

                                preview of the new version of callrec-install :

                                #!/bin/bash
                                
                                CRSERV=/usr/lib/systemd/system/callrecorder.service ;
                                
                                # Make sure only root can run this script
                                if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
                                   echo "    Must be run as root, you must prepend sudo !" 1>&2 ; exit 1
                                fi
                                
                                echo -e '\n - Install/uninstall CallRecorder :\n' ;
                                
                                PS3='Please enter your choice : '
                                options=("Install" "Uninstall" "Quit")
                                select opt in "${options[@]}"
                                do
                                	case $opt in
                                	"Install")
                                
                                			#   -------------------- already installed section ------------------------------
                                
                                			if [ -f "$CRSERV" ]; then
                                
                                                                        echo -e '\n Recorded calls : auto erase them after' ;
                                
                                                                        read -p " how many days ? (hit enter for 30) : " days
                                
                                					# --------------- default days section --------------------------
                                
                                					#if pressed ENTER set default days
                                					if [ ${#days} -eq 0 ];	then days=+30 ;
                                
                                					# remove + for echo message
                                					myString="${days:1}" ; echo -e "\n  - Will be deleted after $myString days. \n" ;
                                
                                					# replaces the third line
                                					sed -i "3s/.*/days=$days/" /home/phablet/.callrec/rec-remove-sh ;
                                
                                					exit 0
                                
                                					else	# -------- custom days section  -------------------------
                                
                                					echo -e "\n  - Will be deleted after $days days. \n" ;
                                
                                					days=+$days ;
                                
                                					# replaces the third line
                                					sed -i "3s/.*/days=$days/" /home/phablet/.callrec/rec-remove-sh ;
                                
                                					exit 0
                                
                                					fi
                                
                                
                                			fi
                                
                                			#   ----------- end already installed -------------------------------------------
                                
                                
                                			# ------------- new install section ---------------------------------------------
                                
                                
                                			# creates 4 directories
                                			mkdir -p /home/phablet/.callrec ;
                                			mkdir -p /home/phablet/MyRec/{saved,} ;
                                			mkdir -p /home/phablet/.cr_Ram ;
                                
                                			cp /home/phablet/Downloads/callrecorder-ota.2/* /home/phablet/.callrec/ ;
                                
                                			# change the working directory
                                			cd /home/phablet/.callrec ;
                                
                                			# mount root in read/write mode
                                			mount -o remount,rw / ;
                                
                                			# copy callrecorder service and enable autostart
                                                        cp callrecorder.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/ ; systemctl enable callrecorder > /dev/null 2>&1 ;
                                
                                			# roll back root in read only mode
                                			mount -o remount,ro / ;
                                
                                			# copy rec-remove.service/timer and create simbolic link (as user)
                                			su - phablet -c "cd /home/phablet/.callrec ; cp rec-remove.service rec-remove.timer /home/phablet/.config/systemd/user/ ; ln -s /home/phablet/.config/systemd/user/rec-remove.timer /home/phablet/.config/systemd/user/default.target.wants/rec-remove.timer" ; 
                                
                                
                                                                        echo -e '\n Recorded calls : auto erase them after' ;
                                
                                                                        read -p " how many days ? (hit enter for 30) : " days
                                
                                						# --------------- default days section ------------------
                                
                                						#if pressed ENTER set default days
                                						if [ ${#days} -eq 0 ];	then days=+30 ;
                                
                                						# remove + for echo message
                                						myString="${days:1}" ; echo -e "\n  - Will be deleted after $myString days. \n" ;
                                
                                						# replaces the third line
                                						sed -i "3s/.*/days=$days/" /home/phablet/.callrec/rec-remove-sh ;
                                
                                						else  # -------- custom days section --------------------
                                
                                						echo -e "\n  - Will be deleted after $days days. \n" ;
                                
                                						days=+$days ;
                                
                                						# replaces the third line
                                						sed -i "3s/.*/days=$days/" /home/phablet/.callrec/rec-remove-sh ;
                                
                                						fi
                                
                                			echo -e '\n Installed, reboot your device !\n' ;
                                
                                			exit 0
                                
                                		;;
                                
                                	"Uninstall")
                                
                                			# check status
                                			if [ ! -f "$CRSERV" ]; then
                                
                                			echo -e '\n CallRecorder is not installed !\n' ; exit 1
                                
                                			else
                                
                                			# mount root in read/write mode
                                			mount -o remount,rw / ;
                                
                                			# stop callrecorder, disable autostart and remove files
                                			systemctl disable --now callrecorder > /dev/null 2>&1 ;
                                			rm $CRSERV ;
                                
                                			# roll back root in read only mode
                                			mount -o remount,ro / ;
                                
                                			# remove all timer files
                                			rm /home/phablet/.config/systemd/user/rec-remove* ;
                                			rm /home/phablet/.config/systemd/user/default.target.wants/rec-remove.timer ;
                                			rm /home/phablet/.local/share/systemd/timers/stamp-rec-remove.timer ;
                                
                                			# delete scripts and remove directories
                                			rm -rf /home/phablet/.callrec/* ; rmdir /home/phablet/.callrec ;
                                			rm -rf /home/phablet/.cr_Ram/* ;
                                
                                			echo -e '\n Uninstalled, reboot your device !\n'
                                
                                			exit 0
                                
                                			fi
                                
                                		;;
                                
                                        "Quit")
                                			exit 0
                                		;;
                                			*) echo "invalid option $REPLY"
                                		;;
                                    esac
                                done
                                

                                preview of callrecorder service :

                                [Unit]
                                Description=Call Recorder
                                
                                [Service]
                                Type=simple
                                ExecStart=/home/phablet/.callrec/prepare-sh
                                RemainAfterExit=yes
                                
                                [Install]
                                WantedBy=multi-user.target
                                

                                systemd user timer requires 2 files, rec-remove.timer :

                                [Unit]
                                Description=Run every day at 11:00
                                
                                [Timer]
                                OnCalendar=*-*-* 11:00
                                Persistent=true
                                
                                [Install]
                                WantedBy=default.target
                                

                                and rec-remove.service :

                                [Unit]
                                Description=Remove older calls
                                
                                [Service]
                                Type=simple
                                ExecStart=/home/phablet/.callrec/rec-remove-sh
                                
                                [Install]
                                WantedBy=default.target
                                

                                to run daily the script rec-remove-sh :

                                #!/bin/bash
                                #
                                days=+30
                                # delete recordings (except saved directory) older than ... days
                                find /home/phablet/MyRec -type f -not -path '*/saved/*' -mtime $days -exec rm {} \; 2> /dev/null ;
                                

                                . small change, now you can save recorded calls in "saved" folder and will not be deleted

                                . small differences in other scripts (new paths)

                                . as for previous versions callrecorder must be uninstalled before proceeding to ota update.

                                ^

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                                  ATTESA @Br1
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                                  @Br1 I don't know if it is just me, but the download link does not seem to work, I get a Not Found error.

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                                    Br1 @ATTESA
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                                    @ATTESA try direct link : www.spacelinux.it/UTouch/callrecorder-ota.2.tar.gz

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                                      dosolly @Br1
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                                      @Br1 Hallo, thanx a lot for your work, but :
                                      :~/sudo Downloads/callrecorder-ota.2/callrec-install

                                      :~/sudo: callrec-install:command not found

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                                        Br1 @dosolly
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                                        @dosolly
                                        On a hunch I did it again and works ... you have extracted it ?

                                        in Downloads directory there should be "callrecorder-ota.2" subdirectory that also contains "callrec-install"

                                        ^

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                                          dosolly @Br1
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                                          @Br1 Thanks for your help, at least the installation worked. Now I have to test it extensively.

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                                            dosolly @Br1
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                                            @Br1 OK, thx a lot, works now like a charm.

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                                              domubpkm
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                                              @Br1 Hello. Is your OTA-2 work / procedure the same for OTA-3 ? 🙂 Thanks again

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