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[Touch HD Themes and Apps] shahriar5252:
Hi Slothie:

I can confirm that ACR v1.2.3 is working on my CDMA Touch Pro2 (latest wm6.5 stock ROM for Sprint). Thank you for this app.

There is a minor bug, however. No matter what folder I ask it to save the recordings to, ACR is saving it to the default \device folder. That is, I cannot get it to save it to, for example, My Documents folder in either the device or MicroSD card. Any way to fix this?

One more thing, is there any way to build a record item in the HTC dialer so that a user can begin recording a call while he is in the middle of a conversation? That is, when the HTC dialer is on and you click on its "Menu" softkey, can you make an option appear there that says "Start Recording" or "Stop recording"? I really need this for times when I am on a call and someone wants to give me, for example, an address, and my hands are tied and I cannot use both hands to write something down. Recording the other party giving the address becomes very handy but I need to start the recording while I am in the middle of the conversation. I know that ACR has the capability of recording calls automatically, but I don't like to record all calls automatically and have to wait for prompts at the end of a call for whether I want to save it or not. I also don't want to keep going to the folder where the recordings are kept and erase recodings that I did not want at the first place. Enabling the automatic call record feature also takes up a little RAM and is another program at startup that I rather not have. Moreover, allowing the user to start the call recording after the call has started will give the user a chance to ask the other party for permission to record the conversation. Thanks a lot.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ephestione:
acr 1.2.3 is not in development anymore AFAIK, you should try and download the latest build of ACR HD (good for your rhodium as it's WVGA) which is linked in some posts above ours, and see if that solves the folder selection problem (even if I had no problem in either version/release with that).

I think adding a soft button to the HTC incall menu would require too much of an effort for slothie to be willing to do that :)

With a 16GB microsd, I have the opportunity to go in that folder once a month and delete everything if needed, and if a call is "interesting", I can go there right afterwards and save the wav elsewhere in order to keep it ;)

Also, the latest HD version takes 687kb of ram, of the 576MB available in my hd2, and is ready any moment for recording purposes, while activating it at the last moment would require a delay of X seconds before it was operational.

@slothie

BTW, is ACRbase.exe set to run as a service? If it isn't, it should be better to make it to, so it won't be automatically closed by the system if WM decides it needs to shut down apps to save memory. Strangely enough, even with 576MB total, WM here closes apps when I have still ~230mb free
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] luckyuser:
@ephestione

I see you use an HD2 Leo, i read somewhere that ACR 1.2.3 didn't work on an HD2 Leo. Do you have a working version? Are there some special treatments for the Leo? What version do i need.

Thanks in advance.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] adempozhari:
Hello,

1. As far as you have the code to save the filename as it was in the early versions(no date) why dont you make it optional on the app?

2. i just installed ACR HD but i dont get it working... i have the acrask.exe error after a call.... (...you are thinking "why he didnt search the thread before!!!)...

....

....

lol i did it...

the problem is that when i go to chose the contacts i dont have any thing to chose ,only "unknown"... (i have all the contacts on SIM).

i think i will turn back on the version 1.2.3. to bad that it does not have the option to chose the contacts i dont want to record... :(

anyway i love your app.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ephestione:
acr 1.2.3 works wonderfully on the leo... in fact, if comapred to the last HD release in the first post, it works better because it gives no errors and has no confirmation screen at boot. I never ever had any issues with it...

I just prefer latest HD build, http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6263512&postcount=772 because if the better interface, and the fact that slothie is actively developing it

those are known problems, both the unknown solitary entry, and the error after call from unkwon numbers. The program still works tho.

Just download the latest hd build from the link I posted
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Slothie:
Ok just to clear a few things up;

1. I haven’t really looked at ACR since I started to write ACR HD so asking for changes to it is not really going to get any success as the code is already in archive. I will be creating an ACR 1.2.4 version shortly to remove the time bomb that is in it but apart from adding a message to warn people that it is on the device I really didn’t have any plans to change anything. I will, when I get round to it be quite happy to have a few file formats versions as I continually get asked about this though.

2. Why did I put a time bomb in the software in the first place? XDA is a pretty cool place you would have to agree. Places like this are few and far between nowadays especially now that lawyers and accountants rule the internet instead of good ideas and geeks. Anyway I was worried that I might have gotten XDA or myself in trouble with the nature of the program. I apologise to anyone that this inconveniences.

3. You what a button in the phone menu you should look into the HTC call recorder. It does just that. There is no point in me reinventing the wheel.

4. ACRBase.exe as a service. I suck at services on the PC. It’s a pretty poor excuse but it’s the truth. Most things I have made into services I have ended up writing the whole program first and then making it into a service last as debugging services really sucks. It might not be this way nowadays but I was under the impression it was still this way? I will get around to it though but more than likely as a creature of habit I'll do it at the end.

5. ACR version 0.1.0 requires a contact named ‘Unknown’ to work correctly at the moment. I’m sorry I didn’t read back what I wrote in the post. I thought I was clear about this and now I read it again I didn’t even come close? If you add a contact with a fileas name of Unknown then you should not get any more errors as above.

If I missed your qurey/error sorry I kind of speed read/wrote this in my lunch break.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] shahriar5252:
Please don't make the warning about ACR's being on the device come up each time it is used or especially each time a call is made. That would be so annoying I would not want to use it. I think most people also hate warning beeps too. So the option is to have a warning come up each time the device is started up, but if you have a lot of stuff on startup or not enough RAM, this would be problematic for a lot of users and ultimately would take away the utility of the application.

HTC has its own ICR app, and all they do is give beeps while the call is made, but users can disable the beeps anyway with a simple file replacement. My older LG flip phone for Verizon had ICR, and nothing to my knowledge happened to LG or Verizon.

The makers of an app should not be responsible for its misuse by users. There are legitimate uses for call recorder apps, and there are the traditional tape recorders that can record calls anyway. Should the courts allow disgruntled people sue makers of tape recorders because they give people the ability to record conversations over the phone? So please, consider no annoying warnings.

I was not aware that there is a time bomb on this app when I installed it on my phone. What is the nature of the time bomb? Will it crash my phone or just render the ACR inoperable and will ACR still be removable from my device?

I have tried many different versions of HTC's ICR, but so far none of them worked for my CDMA Touch Pro2 (wm6.5 stock ROM for Sprint). If you or anyone else know of a version of HTC's ICR that works on my device, please give me a link.

The closest I have come is using dharvey4651's collection of HTC's ICR files from his old HTC Qilin, but there are so many dll files in various folders in his zipped folder that I was never able to have any luck to get it to work and dharvey4651 has not left much instructions on his post.

Anyway, if it is not too difficult please consider giving the new version of ACR the capablility of recording calls after the call has started. The most convenient way to record calls after they have started is to have a "Start record" button the HTC dialer's Menu softkey like the HTC ICR does. This way, users can ask the other party on the phone about permission to record the conversation.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] AfroSamurai:
ACR – Outlook Import 2007

Hey Slothie, this is a fantastic utility but mine crashes for some reason.

I've attached two screen shots of this if it helps you to debugging this issue.

( I have .net 3.5 installed, OS - Win XP SP3 )

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[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Slothie:
@papacat Device/ROM would help...

@plvigo Sorry mate I must have listed the wrong application. You could try HD Tweak.

@higherbearts/corruptus/regis.stration/nelsonoski1972/tsalta/zjxpot/Zaiaku Thanks mate.

@LiKBeAsT You might try using 44100 instead. I’m pretty sure the HD can’t sample that high so it’s a waste of file space. The difference between the two is one is compressed and the other isn’t, I can’t hear very well but I can’t tell the difference between the two.

@higherbearts It asks you before the call? Thats wierd and shouldn’t be happening at all. Could you share some information on your device and network please?

@maxpain Ok I’ll look into it.

@alfamini I’m pretty sure the Touch Pro has a solution to this but it involves reg tweak and the such. If I run across it I’ll post it in the devices section.

@dobrin.dobrev Ok I’ll add it to the end of the filename. I wouldn’t have thought you would have files with the same duration so I never really came across this problem (I clear the calls every day with the Importer) thanks very much for pointing it out.

@jmsw303 Wow! I’m impressed 200MHz.

@AfroSamurai Mate is that on the newest version (1.2.1 or 1.2) because the Importer doesn’t work with the new version yet? Otherwise if you can wait I’m rewriting the Importer to suit the newer version as we speak. Hopefully I can have a newer Importer finished in about a week or so. One thing to check, are you using Australian date on your device and PC?

@Biker1 Thanks for helping out mate. The more time away from answering questions is more time coding and although I need practice at both I'm very appreciative of any help at all. :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Biker1:
Slothie, I am glad to help out if I can.

Great app and a great job :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] jackielo:
Working great on my HD. Thank!

By the way, Can you add the date and time to the file name?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] AfroSamurai:
hey man, yea I'm using the newest version, so i understand why it doesn't work. yes I have aus date format both on my pc n htc touch hd. I'll wait until your new importer comes out :) btw great peace of software man.. :D gud on ya

Cheers
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] luckyuser:
Same here, working great on my HD with original updated Dutch HTC ROM. Thank you very very much for this great app!;)

Succes with the development!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ja-marcin:
it looks like it works on my diamond but is there a way to record

both

sides loud and clear?

now it`s pretty useles if after reord i can hear only myself:(
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] alfamini:
I had the same ja-marcin, and the big developer answered :

@alfamini I’m pretty sure the Touch Pro has a solution to this but it involves reg tweak and the such. If I run across it I’ll post it in the devices section.

So we have to be a little patient and try the registery-tweak after it had been published in the device-section.

At the end a great tool what I really need due to personal circumstances! Great job!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Slothie:
@alfamini/ja-marcin If you want you could try the attached file. I can't vouch for it as I haven't got your devices and I can't even say you might have to hard reset if you don't backup first but if your brave...

It should be in the windows folder I think.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] alfamini:
Thanks for the fast reply, but.......The wavedev.dll attached makes that there is no sound at all anymore; so not just in your app but complete in generall!

Coreplayer for instance comes up with: wave output device error

Maybe we should have an other wavedev(ice).dll.?????

Last info!!!!!Also after writing back the old DLL and softreset the phone , NO SOUND is coming back to the device, someone knows an solution or I`m gonna hardreset or even try to install a new rom?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] FinalAeon:
@Slothie

Can you explain what the GSM610.CAB actually does? I'm trying to use it on my Diamond. Will it affect the phone application?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Biker1:
It will use much less memory than PCM regarding the Wav file.

See the beginning of the thread by Slothie for more specific information.

I use 610 on my Diamond.

You do not need to download the Cab? as you have a choice between the two in the apps record settings.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Duppsko:
I have an idea;

What about making an "Autosave last XX calls"-option. Ie. it automatically saves the last three calls, so you'll never have more than three .wav-files stored (+ the lastcall.wav or something)

The reason I'm asking is because I'll generally never need more than the last call to be saved. If i'm not using the option "Ask to save call", there will be hundreds of audio-files that I have to delete manually now and then. When I use that option on the other hand, I can just push "No" and the last call is the only one that's saved. That is really what I want, but I figured it might be able to make this work without getting the "ask-for-save"-message after each call..

The short version: Kind of an "auto-push-no-when-asked-if-you-want-to-save-the-last-call-but-you-can-still-get-the-last-call-anyway-in-lastcall.wav" ;)

lol, hope you know what I'm talking about! Just a wish though!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Slothie:
@alfamini I found the file from wading through this thread.

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=58327

Another you might want to look at..

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=667458#post667458

Also reading here it says that the Touch Pro works using the latest official rom?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=496303

You might want to try some of these things before you hard reset.

@FinalAeon Deep_purple reported that this is what he used to gain two way recording on his device. As I don’t have this device I wasn’t able to try it sorry. If you’re not up to doing a hard reset if it stuffs up then I wouldn’t bother.

@Duppsko I’ll look into it mate. Shouldn’t be too hard.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] plvigo:
Outlook Importer 2003??

Hi!

many thanks for your kind suggestion! I tried the HD Tweak and I could solve the problem!!

Any news about the Outlook Importer 2003?? It will sure be really the best for one of the best software I've ever used!!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Slothie:
The new version if I ever get it fixed will work for both 2003 and 2007. Basically the last version of the importer for 2003 worked for 2007 so I will only make the one now.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] pasi:
Installed on my Diamond2. Camera stoped working.

Uninstall did not help, had to make a hard reset.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] korayem:
I installed v1.2.1 on my HTC Tytn II running Official Windows mobile 6.1 from HTC. I have .NET CF 3.5 installed too

An unexpected error has occurred in ACROptions.exe.
Select Quit and then restart this program, or select Details for more information.

Message text unavailable. Resource file 'Microsoft.VisualBasic resources' not found.

-----------------Details----------------
ACROptions.exe
InvalidOperationException
Message text unavailable. Resource file 'Microsoft.VisualBasic resources' not found.

at ACROptions.My.MyProject.MyForms.Create__Instance__[T](ACROptions Instance)
at ACROptions.My.MyProject.MyForms.get_ACROptions()
at ACROptions.ACROptions.Main()

Thanks!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] pashko:
Hi,

I have installed the programme on my T-mobile Vario 3 and it works, however the person on the other end of the line is barely heard. Any one has it working properly on Vario3 (Kaiser - KAIS130)?

Many thanks.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] MACkjam:
Mine only really records my voice. I can hardly hear the other party. I have to enable speakerphone to hear other party.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Slothie:
Well when you can come up with a better Idea to warn users of the software being put on the device then I’m all for it. If you come up with something the popup is as good as dust, but until then it’s there to stay. Why? Mate if only you could see my inbox, it’s full of wack jobs trying to sell my every excuse under the sun why they need to use my software against their wife/girlfriend/employee without their knowledge. It’s really put me on the defensive but as I said I’m open to new ideas to solve this problem.

Will the time bomb crash your phone? No it just renders the recording software useless after 8/8/2010. As I said I will have a version to replace it done well before then. I’m just hoping I or someone else can come up with a better idea than the popup.

As to your last Idea I can think of a simpler way to do this. Say you are using ACR HD and have set all your contacts to don’t record then they won’t get saved. But ACR and ACR HD both have a failsafe feature of the ‘Lastcall.wav’ file. This file is overwritten during a new call but I could rig up a button to recover the details and save the call once pressed. Adding a button into the dialler is to product specific so I would have to write a version for every dialler (never going to happen, I'm way to busy) I could fix ACR to do manual recording but you’d have to do the dialler yourself.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ephestione:
Thanks for the clarity, added a UnknownU contact it's working now (or rather, battclock's CPU% skyrocketed to 100% and it0's been there for a while, no biggie :D at least no error yet!)

Update: worked just fine ;)

man... he just explained why he did what he did with the warning screen.

It's a nuisance for me too, but if you think about it, all it takes is to press a button that takes maybe 2second away at every boot, to exaggerate, and on contrast you get a FREE application which does a great job, no matter HD2's limitations (and by the way I finally managed to disable to fast sleep, now the whole call gets recorded even if way past 2 minute duration)

Also, maybe the programmed SHOULD NOT be sued, but he COULD be sued anyway,and even if he comes clean out of it, it's still a lot of stress, expenses, a very bad feelings... for what? Making happy a few users who wanted the warning screen disabled? Nah ;)

Also, he just stated why he doesn't want to add a soft record key to the call screen :)

Reading is a powerful ability my friend :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ephestione:
eeeek! I can't believe it :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] adempozhari:
hahhaha.... i am sure that most of them are buying a Windows Mobile with ACR installed as birthday gift to theirs wifes.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Slothie:
Latest one in my inbox...

Edit I seriously get way too many of these. I don't answer PM's as its counter productive but I have probably had 100 or more and they don't stop. At one stage I had a warning at the front of the thread saying don't bother sending me this stuff and it got worse I swear. So while I do agree the message sucks you would have to agree this is something that requires some concern and thought.

I did have the idea that as its mostly during restarts that the next version will have the message on delay (30 seconds then it shows) and then after 3 seconds it dismisses itself unless you touch the screen? Any better ideas would be welcome though.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] nspect:
Slothie, thank you for your great app. Like others, I don't think that this screen is required or helpful. However, if it dismisses itself automatically, then it would be a lot better than the current situation, requiring manual interaction.

As you seem set on having the screen, I suggest that you make the message a lot shorter and leave out any suggestion or conclusion. Just say that this program can automatically record calls. Even if someone else has installed it on your phone, it does not necessarily mean that anyone has done something illegal or that someone is spying on you. A friend might merely have done you a favor. Alternatively you might have installed it yourself with a new ROM.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] AceXNew:
thanks.

works ‘Out of the box’ both ways on I-mate 6150.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] adempozhari:
i think its ok and the "3 seconds to dismisses itself" is a great idea for people like me that have automatic phone restarts evry 03:00 am... :p
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ephestione:
Right now, after your reasonings, I don't even mind that much anymore, 3 seconds delay autodismiss or not ;) (which could be useful indeed if you have autobackup schedules or whatever that make your phone reboot every night)

Protecting yourself from any kind of nuisances comes first, no need even to make the message shorter, in the end you just have to press a button anyway.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] luckyuser:
@ephestione

Sorry for my late reaction, didn't had the time to try out app>

But thanks for the support.

Didn't work for me! Can't realy understand/hear the voice from caller!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ephestione:
no wait, if by "works" you mean that it records at full volume the caller's voice... there is NO program now that can do that on the Leo :(

It's not a matter of program, but probably of modified drivers that some developer (I count on it) will release someday that enable full ICR.

By "works" I mean that ACR both 1.2.3 and HD start, record what they "can", and generally do their job ;) Obviously with the ICR limitations that are impsed by the device