A recording is written to your phone's own storage as you make it, inside Junior's private area, not to your camera roll, your files app, or anywhere another app can reach.
It stays there until it uploads. Once Junior has it, the copy on the phone is removed, which is why the upload queue tells you "These recordings will be deleted from this device after they're uploaded."
So there's a window, sometimes seconds and sometimes days if you recorded somewhere without signal, where the recording exists in exactly one place.
What that means in practice
- Upload before wiping or replacing the phone. Nothing in the queue survives deleting the app or resetting the device.
- Deleting a row in the queue is final. There's no copy elsewhere to recover from.
- Storage matters. A long interview is a large file, and a phone with no free space can't record.
Questions
Can I get the raw audio file off my phone myself?
No. Recordings sit in the app's private storage with no export path, so the audio can't be copied off the device by hand. Once a call has uploaded and processed, it's playable from the call itself, on your phone and on your computer.
What if I lose the phone with recordings still queued?
Anything not yet uploaded is lost with the device — there's no second copy to recover from. Uploads retry automatically as soon as the phone has signal.
Does Junior keep the audio after it uploads?
The copy on your phone is cleared once the upload finishes; the recording itself stays with the call, so you can play it back on your phone and on your computer. How long it stays is your firm's decision — some firms set a retention policy that removes call audio after a set period. Your IT or compliance team will know what applies to you.