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I need to log how long I spend on the phone. In lollipop this send impossible.

First, the dialer only shows the start time.

Second, if I make multiple calls to one number the logs become inaccessible, as they're grouped and entering the contact record only show's recent'.

Is there a way to see the actual logs?

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  • I don't think there's a native solution. But lot's of third-party-ones: see my list of apps for Statistics for calls, messages, data – Izzy♦ Mar 17 '15 at 19:37
  • No native solution, it's crazy what Google thinks will be too much information for our simple minds... – artfulrobot Mar 17 '15 at 19:57
  • Yeah, but nothing we can do about that, can we? So third-party is the next best thing. If you want a closer recommendation, come over to SoftwareRecs :) – Izzy♦ Mar 17 '15 at 20:49
  • OK, if you want to post a "no you can't do it in stock lollipop, get an app" answer I'll accept it. – artfulrobot Mar 17 '15 at 22:26
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    possible duplicate of How to get exact call time? – Andrew T.♦ Mar 18 '15 at 8:01
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From the phone app, tap the Action Overflow button (...) in the top-right corner, then tap Call History. Tap any entry, then Details, and it will show you the date, time, and LENGTH of call, or calls (individually, in a list) if multiple were grouped together.

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  • Seems not to work that way on all devices. On my O4C (running JB) there's a) no overflow button, b) using the "menu" key, there's no "call history" entry. While it has a separate call-log tab, that doesn't allow for grouping (just filtering, via the "menu" key). So maybe that's device-specific (ad different devices/manufacturers might use different "phone apps") – or was introduced with a later version of Android? – Izzy♦ Mar 18 '15 at 11:55
  • The questioner specified Lollipop, which is what I based my answer on. I don't have a pre-Lollipop device handy to see how they compare, but I feel relatively confident there WERE comparable solutions. But they change the layout of the dialer in ever version. Plus OEMs modify it in all sorts of ways. Sorry I can't be more help on that one. – TurboFool Mar 19 '15 at 0:25
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    Thanks anyway. Of course you're correct that OP asked specifically for Lollipop (and thus will be happy). Was just checking when that might have been introduced. – Izzy♦ Mar 19 '15 at 0:58
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To my knowledge, there is not (and never has been) a native way to achieve this. However, that doesn't mean it's not possible: for most of the details, it's just the frontend that's missing (data is available in the resp. "data providers"). But to investigate the data, you would need a 3rd party app.

There's a manually curated list of hand-picked apps available on my Android website you could chose from: Statistics for calls, messages, data. Depending on what features you favour (how much details you need, how fancy it should look, etc.), different pieces of it might suit you. If you want to investigate only your call logs (as described), Calls Eye seems to be a good choice.

If you prefer to get a few choices introduced closer, head over to SoftwareRecs (the link goes to their rules: SR is quite strict for what questions – or answers – must contain to not be "dropped").

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  • Turns out there is a way after all! Thanks for your help though – artfulrobot Mar 18 '15 at 7:21
  • Thanks for pinging me on that! Unfortunately, that other way doesn't seem to work for me (see my comment on that answer). I just get a list of all calls – no grouping or summary possible. – Izzy♦ Mar 18 '15 at 11:56
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In the 'Recent Calls' list or 'Recents' touch the name of the person/business. NOT the picture or letter icon/initial, which will open the contact - or the phone icon, which will call them again. If you touch the Name itself, it should drop down another menu with "Video call", "Message" AND "History" touch History and you'll have a list of calls made WITH Duration.

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Eslam alykom Here is the solution ( but need root in some cases ) Simply it wasn't showing for me too Even after updating contacts And then i found that contacts in my sister's phone showenter image description here Anway i realize that she had an old version... Even if i deleted the all updates it still older than mine ( by the way both run on pie android one phone ) She send me apk of contacts but i couldn't install it cause it older version so I opened titanium backup and hold press on contacts and turned it into user app then uninstalled it.. then installed the version that my sister sended to me and then you should make it system app again with titanium backup ( or any alternative app that transform system app into user app ) And it worked really well Anyway... The version that show the the time of the call is 3.0.7.210756853 So you should uninstall all updates of the app ( app info then top right corner and uninstall updates ) Then if you have version older than 3.0.7.210756853 then you don't need root or titanium or those stuff... All what you have to do is to download this version and install it But if you uninstalled updates and still newer than 3.0.7.210756853 you should have root and do what I explained above

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