easy way to add number to contact list.

[micky]

Seems to me there should be some easy way, if I call someone or someone
calls me, to put the number in my contact list, but I can't find it.

IF you tell me there is one, I'll keep looking.

If you tell me how to do it, I will come and sweep your kitchen floor
for a week.

Android 7.

[Andy Burns]

micky wrote:

> Seems to me there should be some easy way, if I call someone or someone
> calls me, to put the number in my contact list, but I can't find it.

Probably depends on whose 'Dialler' app you're using, but the stock one
works just how you'd like ...

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.dialer>

Maybe google try to limit it to be installed on Nexus/Pixel devices from
the Play store, but you'll find it elsewhere, this seems to be the
latest non-beta

<https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-phone/google-phone-22-0-204206752-release>

> I will come and sweep your kitchen floor for a week.

I won't hold you to that ...

[micky]

In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 16 Aug 2018 16:07:46 +0100, Andy Burns

<use...@andyburns.uk> wrote:

>micky wrote:
>
>> Seems to me there should be some easy way, if I call someone or someone
>> calls me, to put the number in my contact list, but I can't find it.
>
>Probably depends on whose 'Dialler' app you're using, but the stock one
>works just how you'd like ...
>
><https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.dialer>

Interesting. I got "This app is incompatible with all of your devices."
I've never gotten that before.

I've already got Duo, and Block this phone number, but not all of the
features mentioned.

I've got a communist Chinese phone, that's probably the reason.

>Maybe google try to limit it to be installed on Nexus/Pixel devices from
>the Play store, but you'll find it elsewhere, this seems to be the
>latest non-beta
>
><https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-phone/google-phone-22-0-204206752-release>

So this is the same thing but it might work? I'm a bit afraid.

>
>> I will come and sweep your kitchen floor for a week.
>
>I won't hold you to that ...

I appreciate that.

[Andy Burns]

micky wrote:

> Andy Burns wrote:
>
>> Maybe google try to limit it to be installed on Nexus/Pixel devices from
>> the Play store, but you'll find it elsewhere, this seems to be the
>> latest non-beta
>>
>> <https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-phone/google-phone-22-0-204206752-release>
>
> So this is the same thing but it might work?

Yes, you have you enable "install from 3rd party/untrusted sites" but
APM mirror is used by Android Police, so should be trustworthy, disable
the setting again afterwards, then you should get a choice between using
the communist dialler and the capitalist dialler :-)

You need to decide what combination of DPI and CPU your device has to
pick the closest APK to install.

> I'm a bit afraid.

If it doesn't work, you can uninstall it like any other app.

[Andy Burns]

Andy Burns wrote:

> You need to decide what combination of DPI and CPU your device has to
> pick the closest APK to install.

<https://www.howtogeek.com/339665/how-to-find-your-android-devices-info-for-correct-apk-downloads/>

[SC Tom]

"micky" <NONONO...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:d13bndtn3v0irohfl...@4ax.com...

On my S4, under the number that I dialed, or called me, is a "Create
Contact" button (Android 5.0.1). Did they take that away in 7?

If you're looking to add that contact to a distribution list, then create
the contact, edit it, and select the list you created (or want to create)
under Groups.

HTH
--

SC Tom

[Joe Beanfish]

On a Samsung with Android 7...

* During the call the 3-dots menu has an add contact option.

* After the call it gives an add contact button, but only for a few seconds.

* When you type or recall the last number in the dialer the 3-dots menu
has an option to add contact.

* On the recent calls, find the number and tap the details button. The detail
screen has a create contact option.

[Arlen Holder]

Android 7.0, $130 LG Stylo 3 plus, stock phone app which "Applications
Info" reports as com.android.providers.telephony 5.30.51 located in
/system/priv-app/LGTelephonyProvider/LGTelephonyProvider.apk

a. Make call (or receive call) & then go to the "Call logs" tab
b. Tap the log entry, up comes "Create contact" & "Update contact" buttons.
c. Hit the "Create contact" button (edit if desired) & then "Save".
Voila.

PS: "Applications Info" is essential, IMHO), for anyone posting to c.m.a
because it provides the unique name (version & location) for every app.
* com.majeur.applicationsinfo 1.6 (7)
* /data/app/com.majeur.applicationsinfo-1/base.apk
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.majeur.applicationsinfo>

[Arlen Holder]

On 17 Aug 2018 15:45:31 GMT, Arlen Holder wrote:

> Android 7.0, $130 LG Stylo 3 plus, stock phone app which "Applications
> Info" reports as com.android.providers.telephony 5.30.51 located in
> /system/priv-app/LGTelephonyProvider/LGTelephonyProvider.apk

BTW, I just noticed that, while the storage location has "LG" all over it:
/system/priv-app/LGTelephonyProvider/LGTelephonyProvider.apk

The actual unique APK name seems to be "generic" on the LG Stylo 3 Plus:
com.android.providers.telephony 5.30.51

Does anyone know if this is a "special" LG-only phone APK, or if it's just
a generic Google phone APK that anyone can download?

[micky]

In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 16 Aug 2018 17:03:34 +0100, Andy Burns

<use...@andyburns.uk> wrote:

>micky wrote:
>
>> Andy Burns wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe google try to limit it to be installed on Nexus/Pixel devices from
>>> the Play store, but you'll find it elsewhere, this seems to be the
>>> latest non-beta
>>>
>>> <https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-phone/google-phone-22-0-204206752-release>
>>
>> So this is the same thing but it might work?
>
>Yes, you have you enable "install from 3rd party/untrusted sites" but
>APM mirror is used by Android Police, so should be trustworthy, disable
>the setting again afterwards, then you should get a choice between using
>the communist dialler and the capitalist dialler :-)

That would be good. I know they're making a list of everyone I talk to,
and a digital record of what we say.

>
>You need to decide what combination of DPI and CPU your device has to
>pick the closest APK to install.
>
>> I'm a bit afraid.
>
>If it doesn't work, you can uninstall it like any other app.

Okay, if you say so.

[micky]

In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 17 Aug 2018 15:45:31 -0000 (UTC), Arlen

Holder <arlen...@nospam.net> wrote:

>On 16 Aug 2018 07:39:05 GMT, micky wrote:
>
>> Seems to me there should be some easy way, if I call someone or someone
>> calls me, to put the number in my contact list, but I can't find it.
>>
>> IF you tell me there is one, I'll keep looking.
>>
>> If you tell me how to do it, I will come and sweep your kitchen floor
>> for a week.
>>
>> Android 7.
>
>Android 7.0, $130 LG Stylo 3 plus, stock phone app which "Applications
>Info" reports as com.android.providers.telephony 5.30.51 located in
>/system/priv-app/LGTelephonyProvider/LGTelephonyProvider.apk
>
>a. Make call (or receive call) & then go to the "Call logs" tab

I have a Recent "tab" and a Contacts "tab".

>b. Tap the log entry, up comes "Create contact" & "Update contact" buttons.

Short tap just dials the number.

Long tap gives many choices but not the one I want:
Send a message
Edit
Copy
Block
Clear call history
Clear batch

Edit was the closest but tapping that just took me back where I was, to
the Recent list.

>c. Hit the "Create contact" button (edit if desired) & then "Save".
>Voila.

That I can do, but I have to write the phone number down to know what to
put in. Sonmetimes I don't even have paper or pencil, but even if I do,
it's inconvenientn for something that the other guys here have almost
automated. I wanted the phone to copy it over.

>PS: "Applications Info" is essential, IMHO), for anyone posting to c.m.a
>because it provides the unique name (version & location) for every app.
>* com.majeur.applicationsinfo 1.6 (7)
>* /data/app/com.majeur.applicationsinfo-1/base.apk

I'm afraid I don't know what these 4 lines mean.

><https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.majeur.applicationsinfo>

And this didn't help.

But thanks, Arlen, and thanks to Andy, Tom, and Joe.

[micky]

In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 16 Aug 2018 17:12:26 +0100, Andy Burns

Thanks. First I'm trying the other answers to try to find how to do it
now I made a tiny bit of progress with Joe's answer.

[micky]

In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:11:03 -0000 (UTC), Joe

Beanfish <joebe...@nospam.duh> wrote:

>On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 10:39:05 -0400, micky wrote:
>
>> Seems to me there should be some easy way, if I call someone or someone
>> calls me, to put the number in my contact list, but I can't find it.
>>
>> IF you tell me there is one, I'll keep looking.
>>
>> If you tell me how to do it, I will come and sweep your kitchen floor
>> for a week.
>>
>> Android 7.
>
>On a Samsung with Android 7...
>
>* During the call the 3-dots menu has an add contact option.

No 3-dot menu.

>
>* After the call it gives an add contact button, but only for a few seconds.

When looking harder, i did see "Add contact" once with a symbol like
() sphere meaning head
( ) body

I'll keep my eye out for that symbol, but I'm not too hopeful. No, it
was there for a bit!!! But now it's gone

It's hard to test because I don't want to call just any old person and
the people I'm willing to call, myself or a good friend, are already in
the Contacts, so the options will be different. I'm going to look up a
business with a computer switchboard and practice on them.

>* When you type or recall the last number in the dialer the 3-dots menu
> has an option to add contact.

Nope

>* On the recent calls, find the number and tap the details button. The detail
> screen has a create contact option.

Nope. No Details button. No buttons per entry at all.

[micky]

In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 17 Aug 2018 06:30:52 -0400, "SC Tom"

<s...@tom.net> wrote:

>
>
>"micky" <NONONO...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
>news:d13bndtn3v0irohfl...@4ax.com...
>> Seems to me there should be some easy way, if I call someone or someone
>> calls me, to put the number in my contact list, but I can't find it.
>>
>> IF you tell me there is one, I'll keep looking.
>>
>> If you tell me how to do it, I will come and sweep your kitchen floor
>> for a week.
>>
>> Android 7.
>
>On my S4, under the number that I dialed, or called me, is a "Create
>Contact" button (Android 5.0.1). Did they take that away in 7?

It's not there in mine but it's been fiddled with by Xiaomi. Still,
this seems basic and that everyone would want it.

I can't even separate the incoming Recent from outgoing Recent.

>If you're looking to add that contact to a distribution list, then create
>the contact,

I'm trying to avoid having to type in the number. It seems to be too
much work for me, plus I'd have to write it on paper to know what it is
when I'm entering it into contacts.

>edit it, and select the list you created (or want to create)
>under Groups.

I'm not up to Groups yet!

>
>HTH

[Arlen Holder]

On 18 Aug 2018 16:23:02 GMT, micky wrote:

> this seems basic and that everyone would want it.

I agree.
It's basic.
And everyone wants it.

I know my phone has it.
But you have to use the same app.

Mine is com.android.providers.telephony, version 5.30.51.

I don't know how this APK stuff works well enough to tell you whether
that's a Google generic "phone" APK or if it's an LG customized phone APK.

Can others advise the OP?
Is it possible for the OP to download the APK that I have?

If needed, I can upload my APK to a web site for the OP to download.
(I'll give you the hash - but you have to trust me on the APK validity).

[Arlen Holder]

On 18 Aug 2018 16:19:37 GMT, micky wrote:

> I'm afraid I don't know what these 4 lines mean

I can only help you three ways, I think:

1. It will be helpful if you download and install this app from Google:
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.majeur.applicationsinfo>
Then, you tell all of us what that app says about your "phone" app.

2. If we can find an upload/download site, I can give you my phone APK.
It "probably" will work on your phone (only way to tell is to test it).

3. Others who know more than I do can tell you where you can get the phone
app that I have, which is com.android.providers.telephony version 5.30.51.

[micky]

In comp.mobile.android, on Sun, 19 Aug 2018 00:17:34 +0000 (UTC), Arlen

Holder <arlen...@nospam.net> wrote:

>On 18 Aug 2018 16:23:02 GMT, micky wrote:
>
>> this seems basic and that everyone would want it.
>
>I agree.
>It's basic.
>And everyone wants it.
>
>I know my phone has it.
>But you have to use the same app.
>
>Mine is com.android.providers.telephony, version 5.30.51.

In internalstorage\android\data I have folders for
com.android.providers.downloads and ...downloads.ui

I'll keep looking.

Well, couldnt' find any app with telephon... in it, let alone what you
have.

Most of the apps have easy to recognize names, but this one is
probabably hidden so they can transcribe my calls.

[Joerg Lorenz]

Am 19.08.18 um 02:17 schrieb Arlen Holder:

> On 18 Aug 2018 16:23:02 GMT, micky wrote:
>
>> this seems basic and that everyone would want it.
>
> I agree.
> It's basic.
> And everyone wants it.

New news-server?
You cannot escape, dear!


--
De gustibus non est disputandum

[Andy Burns]

micky wrote:

> First I'm trying the other answers to try to find how to do it

Given that the stock dialler can create a contact for a number (or add a
number to an existing contact) I'd be surprised if manufacturer
"skinned" diallers can't do it too, but I have very little exposure to
non-nexus devices.

[SC Tom]

"Arlen Holder" <arlen...@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:pladgk$tkf$1...@news.mixmin.net...

Here's the APK and lots of info about it:
<https://apkfree.com/download/phone-and-messaging-storage-5.30.51>

The site shows the "friendly" name and where it's stored on your phone, and
more.
HTH
--

SC Tom

[Chris]

micky <NONONO...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:11:03 -0000 (UTC), Joe
> Beanfish <joebe...@nospam.duh> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 10:39:05 -0400, micky wrote:
>>
>>> Seems to me there should be some easy way, if I call someone or someone
>>> calls me, to put the number in my contact list, but I can't find it.
>>>
>>> IF you tell me there is one, I'll keep looking.
>>>
>>> If you tell me how to do it, I will come and sweep your kitchen floor
>>> for a week.
>>>
>>> Android 7.
>>
>> On a Samsung with Android 7...
>>
>> * During the call the 3-dots menu has an add contact option.
>
> No 3-dot menu.
>>
>> * After the call it gives an add contact button, but only for a few seconds.
>
> When looking harder, i did see "Add contact" once with a symbol like
> () sphere meaning head
> ( ) body
>
> I'll keep my eye out for that symbol, but I'm not too hopeful. No, it
> was there for a bit!!! But now it's gone
>
> It's hard to test because I don't want to call just any old person and
> the people I'm willing to call, myself or a good friend, are already in
> the Contacts, so the options will be different. I'm going to look up a
> business with a computer switchboard and practice on them.

If you have a landline, delete it from your contacts and use that. You will
be able to make and receive calls for testing.

[micky]

In comp.mobile.android, on Sun, 19 Aug 2018 13:45:13 -0000 (UTC), Chris

Good idea.


Another project today. This one is partially postponed for a while.

[Arlen Holder]

On 19 Aug 2018 04:56:20 GMT, SC Tom wrote:

> Here's the APK and lots of info about it:
> <https://apkfree.com/download/phone-and-messaging-storage-5.30.51>

Thank you for finding that APK for the OP, which seems to be the one I
have.

According to the email address, that app you found is "developed" by LG
where, I suspect, they simply "improved upon" a Google phone app base (but
I'm not sure of that).

If the OP wishes to, he can download and install that APK and then he'd
have the functionality he needs - if - if the APK works on his phone.

[micky]

In comp.mobile.android, on Mon, 20 Aug 2018 03:40:45 -0000 (UTC), Arlen

Thanks to both of you. I may do this, but the work week has reminded me
of other stuff I have to do.

I have to mail a letter to the state governement, so I went to the store
for envelopes and all they have are email envelopes. I touched one and
got a shock.

On Amazon the smallest package is 45, but they sell them 2 packages at a
time, so I may just use one of the left-over envelopes from the electric
bill.

[Joe Beanfish]

When there are no menus around, try long pressing on things, like the
phone number, to see if a menu pops up.

[micky]

In comp.mobile.android, on Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:06:47 -0000 (UTC), Joe

I usually forget that, but I rmemebered and a menu did, but it didn't
have anything that worked. The closest-sounding thing was Edit, but
that just took me back to a screen where I can take that number, modify
it, and dial my call. I posted about this somewhere in this thread.

Thanks

[Arlen Holder]

On 19 Aug 2018 00:21:48 GMT, Joerg Lorenz wrote:

> New news-server?
> You cannot escape, dear!

The moron Joerg Lorenz thinks he's an utter genius for being able to figure
out what is obvious.

And, worse, the moron Joerg Lorenz adds *zero technical value* in each
post.

You're a moron Joerg Lorenz.
You have zero helpful intent.

All you do is waste everyone's time with your unhelpful drivel claiming
that you're a genius for seeing what isn't even hidden in the first place.

Moron.

Every single time you post, Joerg Lorenz, you *prove* you're a moron who
can't add a single iota of technical value to help the OP in his quest.

[Arlen Holder]

On 20 Aug 2018 01:54:28 GMT, micky wrote:

> Thanks to both of you. I may do this, but the work week has reminded me
> of other stuff I have to do.

Don't worry.
We're here to help.

All of us, together, help each other.

Well, exclusion the incredibly stupid morons like Joerg Lorenz, the rest of
us are here not only helping others, but learning all the time from
everyone by standing on their shoulders.

[Anssi Saari]

micky <NONONO...@bigfoot.com> writes:

> I usually forget that, but I rmemebered and a menu did, but it didn't
> have anything that worked. The closest-sounding thing was Edit, but
> that just took me back to a screen where I can take that number, modify
> it, and dial my call. I posted about this somewhere in this thread.

That edit function usually allows for copying the number to the
clipboard so if there's no other way you can then add a contact with
whatever way and paste the number from the clipboard.