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Silent Phone Call

Just a thought, i know that symbian phones have a software which utilize the accelerometer and mutes the phone call when turned over. is it possible to have a software to use the fort facing camera or back camera in our wm6 devices to detect light during the even of an incoming phone call? it doesnt need to be on all the time so it does not drain the battery and just turned on during phone calls. so front facing camera should detect either "dark-light-dark" (when in pocket) or "light-dark" when the phone is already out. hope that make senses.
what do you guys think? is it a good idea?

not sure if camera can be used for that purpose at all. I think u need extra hardware for that.

When a phone call is coming in the device has to take care of the following actions:
-device wake up
- initiate the incoming call screen
- start number identification (compare to address book)
- start ringer
Your idea would add the following actions:
- initiate (front)camera
- wait for camera to detect current lightning conditions
- if lighting is below a certain value mute sound
I would think that it takes to long to go trough the complete cyclus.
When you make a call to a PocketPC it takes about two "normal" rings to make a device ring. If you add the extra feature it might even be 4 or 5. Before you can even react the caller might already be redirected to the voice mail I'm afraid.

i thought of that mccune, but u will need another program to analyze the bringhtness, may be a new library, or tap into camera library, which I dont think it's easy to do.
you are right, it's probably not idea to execute camera function while phone ringing, worst case scenario the phone hang, or the call got disconnected.
but i love to see it works

well i see it that if the front camera activate when there is an incoming video call then wm6 should be able to handle just detecting the light effect without hanging. just a thought, at least its a start for all of us that do not have accelerometer and it can be develop for some other use too.

Video Recording Stops on Incomming Calls

When recoring video on the Incredible, if it receives an incomming phone call it stop the recording. Does anyone know of a setting/method to ignore the call and keep recording?
Recording has already stopped before the accept/decline buttons are displayed.
The only way I have found so far is to put the phone in Airplane mode before recording. Which is a little bit of a pain to have to keep switching back and forth.

mwyrick said:
When recoring video on the Incredible, if it receives an incomming phone call it stop the recording. Does anyone know of a setting/method to ignore the call and keep recording?
Recording has already stopped before the accept/decline buttons are displayed.
The only way I have found so far is to put the phone in Airplane mode before recording. Which is a little bit of a pain to have to keep switching back and forth.
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you really expect any "phone" to prioritize video recording over phone calls, do you really record video that much that you cant do airplane mode everytime you want to record a video withouth being "interrupted" hmm

Yes I do expect my phone prioritize video over a call. It doesn't have to interrupt the recording. You can't always put your phone in airplane mode. I have a 2 year old. When something amazing happens that I want to capture I don't have time to switch into airplane mode. I remember capturing his first steps. Imagine a call ruining that. You act as though a phone is just a phone. I guarantee the average person texts more that they call. The "phone" has evolved into something much more than just taking calls. They can easily make a call banner that appears at the top of the phone and gives you the option to stop what you are doing or not. That's pretty simple. Also with streaming apps on the side how are going to stream and be in airplane mode at the same time? Just because something isn't useful for you doesn't mean everyone shares your opinion. So in short stfu.

Call waiting notification

HI all, my hd2 has a strange problem
Whenever I am in a phone conversation, and a third party dial in, there is no notification other than a beep (which is barely heard when you are in a phone call). Is this normal for your HD2?
Can you make the phone vibrate when there is a third party incoming call??

and another question related to call waiting. if i am calling smbd and that somebody is engaged in a conversation with a third person, i don;t hear in my phone any sound that would inform me that i am on hold and the person might think: WTF, is he stupid or what. any ideas?

with the forst i don't know... with the second i think it is network dependent...
and i have another one... what about when you have a number directed to yours to have a sign or somthg when the incoming call is from that number...

what i was talking about of course it's network depending, but u see, with the same SIM in a samsung or a nokia i can see the notification that i am calling when the line is occupied, with my HD2, and generally, with any other WinMo device, u cannot see it. it was discussed a lot, but i thought may be smbd have a solution already.

[Q] Call waiting, 3-way calling features

I'm a little frustrated.
Seems to me that 3-way calling has different capabilities depending on whether you are initiating a conference call, or a second party calls while you're already in a call with someone else.
I find that if I am in a call, and put that person on hold and call another, I have the "merge" button on the screen, and can bring both parties together into a 3-way call. However, I can't find any way to switch back and forth between the two callers, speaking to each independently. Am I missing something? I'd really like to be able to do this.
Alternatively, if I'm on a call and someone else calls, I get a call-wating ring and caller ID, can answer the call, putting the first party on hold. Then, where the "Merge" button shows in the above circumstance, I instead have a "Swap" button, and can switch back and forth between the two calls. I can't find any way to merge the two calls into a 3-way conference call. Am I missing something? I'd really like to be able to do this.
Finally, when I have two parties, one on hold the other active, if I press "End Call" it hangs up both parties, not just the active one I'm talking to! I can't find any way to hang up just the party I'm actively talking to. Am I missing something? I'd really like to be able to do this.
This all seems rather braindead, and I'm really hoping it's me that's got the dead brain, rather than the designers, and am simply missing something.
Comments?

i noticed that too a few weeks back. i can get over the fact that in order to conference you have to initiate both calls. but i hate how it hangs up both parties when you have one on hold,,, that is just stupid to me lol. wish there was a fix for that. do you know if the other galaxy devices suffer from that also? maybe 2.2 fixes that i hope.

lol this is the same on every epic.. but just to ease the mood for u guys, its not really a solution to the problem but if u get a second call and u put the first party on hold to talk to the 2nd party, when u end the 2nd call to get back to the first call it shows that it ended the call, however, if the 1st party is still waiting on the line then u'll automatically get a call back regardless of the call ending and u can continue to converse without having to call back... technically the 1st party does't call u back, he/she is still waiting on the line.. so its just a weird feature or a network issue lol..

y2bangali said:
if u get a second call and u put the first party on hold to talk to the 2nd party, when u end the 2nd call to get back to the first call it shows that it ended the call, however, if the 1st party is still waiting on the line then u'll automatically get a call back regardless of the call ending and u can continue to converse without having to call back... technically the 1st party does't call u back, he/she is still waiting on the line..
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That's good to know. Functionally then, at least, it works the way it "should" -- it's just a bit delayed and therefore a matter of inconvenience. I always though the other party was getting disconnected and actually calling me back.
Regardless, there must be some technical limitation that has it designed this way. Surely marketing and engineering at Sprint and Samsung aren't this completely moronic, right?

It's a limitation of Sprint's CDMA network and not your phones. Has always been this way with Sprint. I know cause I've been with Sprint 12 yrs.

LordLugard said:
It's a limitation of Sprint's CDMA network and not your phones. Has always been this way with Sprint. I know cause I've been with Sprint 12 yrs.
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Okay then... why the F don't they fix it, the wankers?
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dwallersv said:
Okay then... why the F don't they fix it, the wankers?
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i guess cuz its a limitation and not an issue for them? lol..

I'd bet this is why Google Voice conference calling doesn't work. Sprint doesn't do 3-way calling the same way as most other carriers.
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It's not a limitation
I have to disagree with you. I have had plenty of phones where the 3-way calling worked just fine, and I have been with Sprint for around 8 years. It is a limitation with the phone. CDMA has nothing to do with this. The problem this thread is addressing is not an issue on the HTC Hero, or the HTC Evo, or either of the Touch line of phones. It is a Samsung issue, and whenever I've talked to customer support (Samsung), they have told me that they are working on a fix for it. I just want people to understand that this is not a CDMA issue, it's moreso a Samsung issue.

[REQUEST] Call record soft

Dear all expert,
I'm looking for the call record app for my Atrix 4G but no luck.
I tried many app but they can't record the call (although they work well on Optimus 2x).
Could you please suggest some app for Atrix?
Thanks

Many other threads about this, so far no solution.

WiredPirate said:
Many other threads about this, so far no solution.
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Poor Atrix. May be i will quit playing with Atrix

doccocaubai said:
Poor Atrix. May be i will quit playing with Atrix
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I believe Motorola has loccked down the ability to do this, most likely to avoid legal issues. Only way I can suggest to do this at the moment would be if you can find a private space, make your call on speaker phone, and use another device to record.
On thinking, there is always the possibility you could connect the headphone jack on the Atrix to the audio card on your PC/laptop, then record with your PC. I believe this is possible, but it would take a wee bit of work to make it happen. You would effectively place the call on your phone, and talk/listen through your computer whilst recording audio. Might also be possible via bluetooth or wifi.

Google voice has a built in call recording feature. Not sure if is important that the call comes to/from your att number.
http://www.google.com/support/voice/bin/answer.py?answer=115082

In order to record your call, simply press 4. You can do it when you first accept a call, or any time after it's started. To stop the recording, press 4 again or hang up.
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So... what if I'm recording something like a tech support call and need to press 4 during navigation?

CaelanT could be correct on this one, at least for most of the apps. You really gotta be careful with call recording. It's not necessarily legal to do in some states unless both parties consent to the recording.

Older phones had this feature except it would beep to notify on the other end, my sgs 2 however records silently... like a ninja.
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