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Smartphones nowadays are one of the most commonly used gadgets by the masses for communication and also entertainment, photography, and gaming. Vivo is one of the largest players in the smartphone industry that has several lineups catering to affordable and premium users. The Chinese maker is consistently improving the user experience with its smartphones by integrating the best and newest technologies.

Vivo also provides a secure ecosystem for its smartphones and users. Most Vivo budget smartphones are packed with basic security features such as PIN and password protection. Face Unlock is another common security feature that you will find on Vivo handsets.

If you buy a mid-range or premium range Vivo smartphone, you’ll get an additional physical security feature including a side, rear, or under-display fingerprint scanner. While setting up a Vivo smartphone, you get the option to add any of the aforementioned security layers. You can set up File Safe or privacy app lock for specific apps to safeguard your data.

If you are using a Vivo phone, you can also add a screen lock that can be unlocked using the PIN and password protection. It’s difficult to breach the security layers on Vivo smartphones. This is why it could be a task for you to login into a locked Vivo smartphone. Only a correct password or fingerprint is required to unlock the Vivo phones. But what if you have forgotten the password if you have modified it recently? In that case, you can reset the password by following the steps below:

What To Do If Forgot Privacy Space Or App Lock, File Safe Password On Vivo Phones?

 Step 1: Open the Settings menu on your respective Vivo smartphones. Note, that the steps mentioned here will work for Funtouch OS 3.0 and above versions.

Step 2: Scroll down to the Fingerprint, face, and password option.

Step 3: Click on Security.

Step 4: Tap on Privacy and app encryption.

Step 5: Select the Forget password option.

Step 6: You’ll get the security answer option where you can enter the answer that you must have added while setting up the app lock. Simply verify and reset the password set for apps or file safe. If in case, you don’t remember the security answer, you can follow the on-screen steps to retrieve and change the old password for app lock.

How Can You Unlock Vivo Phones’ Screen Password If Forgotten?

The steps to reset the password on any Vivo handset if you don’t remember it is quite easy.

Step 1: Lock your Vivo phone to launch the lock screen. If it’s already locked and you have forgotten the password, follow the remaining steps listed below.

Step 2: Enter the incorrect password five times. This will take you to the password reset screen.

Step 3: You will see the Forgot password option. Tap on it.

Step 5: The password recovery option will open up. Enter the security answer and reset your password.

How To Reset Vivo Phone Password If You Don’t Remember Security Answer?

Step 1: You can use perform these password reset steps if you don’t remember the security answer on FunTouch OS 3.0 and above versions.

Step 2: Open the Settings menu.

Step 3: Click on the Fingerprint, face password option.

Step 4: Tap Security.

Step 5: Click ‘turn off Lock Screen password and Privacy and app encryption.

Step 6: Reset the security question and use when the next time your device is locked and you don’t remember the password. Notably, these steps will only work if you are able to enter the phone.

Key Highlights

• Call recording is one nifty feature in OnePlus devices
• The audio message notification can be annoying and might affect the secrecy aspect
• Users can turn off the call is now recorded message on their OnePlus 10 series

OnePlus is one of the most advanced players in the Android smartphone market. The brand has earned a high rapport for being a flagship killer with its value flagship phones. The OnePlus 10 series is currently the brand’s latest bid in the flagship smartphone category.

The OnePlus 10R, OnePlus 10 Pro, and the OnePlus 10T 5G are the latest generation premium range 5G smartphones by OnePlus in India and the global markets. Like most of the premium range smartphones, the latest lot is also available with top-tier hardware and firmware.

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OnePlus uses Google’s Android services for both its mid-range premium smartphones and tops it with a custom OxygenOS interface on top. And like most of the OEMs, OnePlus also makes sure to add additional security features to its smartphone lineups. Be it the OnePlus Nord or the high-end OnePlus handsets, you’ll get all kinds of privacy aspects present. The same is the case with the new OnePlus 10 models.

With OnePlus devices, call recording is one nifty feature that can be useful in numerous scenarios. However, as soon as you push the recording key on any OnePlus handset, specifically the recent models, you will get a warning notification saying “this call is now being recorded”. We got this notification while recording calls using the latest OnePlus 10T.

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This audio message notification can be annoying and might affect the secrecy aspect. However, strict guidelines have been issued by the Indian government for recording calls and audio without other user’s concern. Google has also released similar guidelines and removed third-party apps that support call recording from the Play Store.  

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Also, the “call is now being recorded” announcement is not just with the OnePlus 10T but other recent and previous-gen models including the OnePlus 10 Pro, OnePlus 10R, OnePlus 9 series (all models), OnePlus 8 series, and the OnePlus Nord models. Is there any way with which you can turn off the call is now recorded message on your OnePlus 10 series or any of the aforementioned models? We have listed the working way for the same:

Cal Now Being Recorded Message On OnePlus 10 Series And Other Models

Stop OnePlus Automatic Voice Call Recording Message Notification Via Different Text-To-Speech Engine

You can alter the default dialler app engine and start making calls on the OnePlus 10 series and previous-generation models including the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 8 series and also the OnePlus Nord models. TTSLexx is one of the best options for the same. You can download this using the Google Play Store and then follow the remaining steps listed below:

Step 1: Open the Google Play Store and search the TTSlexx app.

Step 2: Once the app is installed go back to the OnePlus 10 and other models’ settings menu.

Step 3: Scroll to the Text-To-Speech option.

Step 4: You’ll see the service engine option. Tap on it and select TTSlexx instead of Google.

Step 5: Now, open the phone’s settings app again and go to the App’s page.

Step 6: Select Google Phone dialler.

Step 7: Clear the cache and storage. If you don’t clean the Google dialler app’s cache files, the TSSlexx wouldn’t function properly.

Step 8: Now, make calls and record audio without notifying the end users on your OnePlus 10 and other recent models.

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Using OnePlus Stock Dialler App

As mentioned above, OnePlus uses Google’s dialler app on all its smartphone lineups. The same is the case with the OnePlus 10 series phone and the previous-gen models. But the stock dialler app isn’t available on the Google Play Store for direct download. You’ll need to download the apk file separately online.

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To do so, you can open any web browser on your respective smartphones and download the stock OnePlus dialler app. We are adding a new link here with which you can easily download the secondary dialler app for OnePlus. Make sure you have allowed outside sources from the settings to complete the installation process. The remaining steps are below:

Step 1: To make a call, open the stock OnePlus dialler app on your respective OnePlus 10 or other models.

Step 2: Make sure you set this app as default to record calls. You can do so from your phone’s setting menu.

Step 3: Now, toggle on the automatic recording option within this app. To do so, click on the app’s setting menu and scroll to the call recording option.
Step 4: Set automatic recording on. With this, the calls will be recorded without any sound as soon as it’s received/made.

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Key Highlights

• Many phones come with Google Phone or dialer as the default calling/dialing app
• Google dialer app comes with a lot of unpleasant features
• The call recording announcement is arguably the most irritating feature

Many Android phones today come with Google Phone or dialer as the default calling/dialing app. The Google dialer app has a lot of unpleasant features. The call recording announcement, however, is arguably the most irritating. As soon as you begin recording a call, the app plays a pre-announcement to both parties saying “This call is now being recorded.” When you end the call recording, it similarly plays “Call recording ended.”

Many individuals assert that if the other party finds out that the call is being recorded while it is happening, what use will it serve to record the call? We have therefore developed a fix for this issue that enables you to turn off call recording announcements. Let’s find out:

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How To Mute ‘This Call Is Now Being Recorded’ Announcement On Vivo Phones?

Method 1: Steps To Turn Off Call Recording Announcement On Google Dialer

Step 1: Open the Google Dialer app, then go to Setting.

Step 2: Next choose to uninstall updates.

Step 3: Download TTSlexx App from the Google Play Store.

Step 4: Open the phone’s settings, and search for text to speech option.

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Step 5: Tap on the preferred engine.

Step 6: Select TTSlexx, it’ll show a caution warning, just let it be.

Step 7: Restart your Vivo phone.

Step 8: You have successfully finished all the necessary actions.

Step 9: Call someone now and try recording the call; it won’t make the previous announcement.

Method 2: Steps To Turn Off Call Recording Announcement Via Third-Party App

Downloading a third-party dialer and setting it as your default dialer on your Vivo smartphone is another approach to stop the announcement. You can covertly record calls with this. The app also allows you to activate the automatic call recording option.

Method 3

Flash the operating system of your smartphone with an appropriate ROM created for your country to permanently disable the call recording announcement. You must do this because, in an effort to avoid being sued, some manufacturers do not include this type of ROM with their dialers.

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