On Sun, 04 Aug 2019 17:11:43 +0200, Piotrne wrote:
> As I told before, I did it and it works. I can start this
> alternative app, select a contact and make a call.
Hi Piotrne,
Ah, I apologize for not remembering that detail. Sorry. I fell for the same
thing I blame others for doing, which is responding to the request with a
pre-prepared response based on the keywords! Mea culpa.
You _did_ mention that in the op, as shown below.
> Finally, I installed another "Contacts"
> application from the Play store and now at least it is possible
> to select someone and make a call using such a workaround. But still
> the original Phone application does not work.
There's another trick, which I've used many times, but which is a PITA, but
it doesn't have any risk of losing much, which is to uninstall your
recently installed apps, in reverse order. You can generally get the order
that you installed apps from your backup programs, AFAIK, which you may not
have yet installed though.
Then, what you do is back up the APK for each program (which you can do en
masse and save on your desktop since you may need to factory wipe in the
end if nothing else works) - and then you uninstall - one by one - your
recently installed apps in reverse order. You boot frequently, and see if
the phone still crashes when you type a digit.
> But I did not manage to set it as a default contacts app.
Well, you _need_ to export your contacts anyway, although I realize most
people have their contacts stored on the web - if I were you the FIRST
thing I would do if I was contemplating a factory wipe is export my
contacts to a text vcf and or csv file onto my desktop for safekeeping.
(It's also useful to use them on the desktop in Microsoft Excel but you
need a backup anyway since you're contemplating a factory wipe).
As for setting it as the default contacts manager, hhhmmm...... I don't
recall what I did when I put the simple mobile tools contacts on my phone,
but I exported the contacts out of the original contacts app and then
imported them into the new contacts app. I don't even remember if I changed
the default, since both work for me ok. Let me check.
Nougat: General > Apps > Contacts (hmmmm..... in addition to the original
system contacts app, I have two simple mobile tools contacts installed)
SimpleMobileTools Contacts, Version 5.1.1
Permissions: Contacts & Phone
Open by Default: No default set
SimpleMobileTools Contacts, Version 6.2.0
Permissions: Contacts & Phone & Storage
Open by Default: Some defaults set
Other defaults: You've chosen to launch this app by default for some actions.
Since the version 5.1.1 wasn't set as the default, I hit the "Clear
Defaults" button on the version 6.2.0. Then I tried to use the default
"Phone" app that came with the LG Stylo 3 Plus, hoping it would ASK what to
use for contacts, but it just opened up its set of contacts.
Hhmmmm...everything seems to be still working fine anyway, but it won't ASK
me to set the default for the contacts app. Sigh.
My advice?
o My main advice is to temporarily uninstall recently installed apps
o In reverse order (rebooting after each uninstall & testing).
Yes, it's a PITA. But likely less of a PITA than a factory wipe is for most
people (for me, a factory wipe is no big deal but I prepare for it every
day simply by having all APKs and their versions backed up to the SD Card
and all the data set to store on the SD card and even my highly organized
home screen is backed up to the SD card - and then I remove the SD card and
factory wipe with abandon).
Sorry I can't help more - but maybe others can help on the problem with
setting up the defaults for the third-party Contact manager.