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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by JustSomeNobody on Thursday May 04, 2017 @01:43PM (#14266959)
So, out of curiosity, at this point what are his choices?
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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by freeone3000 on Thursday May 04, 2017 @02:21PM (#14267318)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and... . This is the "Google Dialer".

This is one example; there are dozens more.

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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by muppetman on Thursday May 04, 2017 @02:53PM (#14267622)
The Google Dialer only works on Stock Android. Which is a shame.
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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by PascLeRasc on Thursday May 04, 2017 @03:40PM (#14268028)
Only from the Play Store. The APK can be installed on any device with the same architecture as it's built for. I have it on my LG G4.
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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by muppetman on Thursday May 04, 2017 @08:08PM (#14270063)
Ahh, good point, I forgot about sideloading.
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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by bostand on Thursday May 04, 2017 @02:58PM (#14267671)
This could be fixed if Google considers this a problem.

Remember when they added Google calendar to Play to fight Samsungs BS?

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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by djsumdog on Friday May 05, 2017 @01:34AM (#14271331)
To be fair, the "Samsung BS" was them trying to setup a separate ecosystem that was just as good in case they needed to break from Google. I really hope Samsung does this at some point too. I feel there are enough people that don't want eyeProducts that we'd finally see some innovation in 3rd party markets ... or everyone would just install Samsung/Google/Amazon stores ..
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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by jamiethehutt on Thursday May 04, 2017 @04:38PM (#14268570)
>This app is incompatible with all of your devices.

My device is a Wiley Fox Swift.

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