Ambient listening and screen recording detection

[SuperMe]

I have used a few different apps including flexispy years ago and I'm most interested in ambient/surrounding listening and recording as well as camera remote viewing but I've found that on Android 14 that when these features are in use, the target device displays a green mic or camera in use indicator, which makes it detectable. I tried developer mode to disable sensors as well as disabling even possible from Google play protect and still the indicators made the apps detectable. And when I did root the device, they were no longer able to use streaming platforms like Netflix which caused them to get an entirely new phone. 

Is it possible to listen to or view the target device environment (even if u able to record) without indicators appearing and without rooting the device?

These are the only features I must have.. please help 

[MarkM]

On 3/7/2025 at 8:33 PM, SuperMe said:

I have used a few different apps including flexispy years ago and I'm most interested in ambient/surrounding listening and recording as well as camera remote viewing but I've found that on Android 14 that when these features are in use, the target device displays a green mic or camera in use indicator, which makes it detectable. I tried developer mode to disable sensors as well as disabling even possible from Google play protect and still the indicators made the apps detectable. And when I did root the device, they were no longer able to use streaming platforms like Netflix which caused them to get an entirely new phone. 

Is it possible to listen to or view the target device environment (even if u able to record) without indicators appearing and without rooting the device?

These are the only features I must have.. please help 

Hello @SuperMe

Thank you for reaching out. We understand your concern and in order to suppress the indicators when using Ambient Recording, RemCam / RemVid feature without rooting the device is to use the Installation Service. For more details, see Android Indicators guide. 

[Alexander James]

On 3/10/2025 at 6:58 AM, MarkM said:

Hello @SuperMe

Thank you for reaching out. We understand your concern and in order to suppress the indicators when using Ambient Recording, RemCam / RemVid feature without rooting the device is to use the Installation Service. For more details, see Android Indicators guide. 

Thanks for clarifying. I’ll check out the Android Indicators guide you mentioned and see what the Installation Service covers. Just to confirm with that setup, the mic/camera indicators won’t appear at all during ambient recording or remote cam/video on Android 14, even without root?

[Dakota]

On 8/7/2025 at 1:04 AM, Alexander James said:

Thanks for clarifying. I’ll check out the Android Indicators guide you mentioned and see what the Installation Service covers. Just to confirm with that setup, the mic/camera indicators won’t appear at all during ambient recording or remote cam/video on Android 14, even without root?

Hi Alexander,

Yes, that’s correct. If you use the Install Service when setting up FlexiSPY, your device will be configured to suppress those indicators.

However, if the device restarts, the command may need to be re-run, depending on your device. To help with this, we’ve added a feature called Enhanced Stealth Mode. When you request RemCam, RemVid, or Ambient Recording, FlexiSPY will ask if you want to use Enhanced Stealth Mode. If you do, the command will wait until the screen is idle before running—so your child won’t see any indicators.

Hope this helps!
Dakota