need to change the dialer, but how? - Motorola Photon 4G

I am convinced that the dialer is pooched on our phone. So I downloaded a replacement dialer from the market, but found that it cannot replace the phones dialer. I went into the dialers settings and do go for getting it to clear defaults root or not. So I am going to in list help to try and kill the phones dialer and replace it with another dialer be it one from the matrix or one from another phone, but I am really locking everything down to the dialer.
UPDATE: Not entirely convinced it is the dialer anymore.
I was downloading extra stuff for an app(game) with WIFI on. I did not send/receive txt or calls. once the download was done I turned WIFI off and noticed a few min later that 3G never picked up. Tried to make a call and the dialer sit at connecting but never dialed out. I had 4 bars for signal not 3G icon and the bars were grey. Could not end the call via end call button as the dialer seems to have locked up. hit the home button and the notification bar at the top flashed green. pull down notification bar and tried to click on the dialer and nothing just closes the note bar. go into setting/applications and tried to FC the dialer and no go it stayed open. Then FC'd dialer storage and the dialer died, then radio bars dropped totally and had an x in them with the lock screen saying "no service". airplane mode would stay a transparent blue and never actually complete. Had to reboot phone to get 3G/voice back.
So has no-one else seen this. And BTW this has been happening since day one, and on all updates including the 198_6. And no no other apps are installed when I have seen this and it happens almost 100% of the time but before I thought it was only leaving the wifi are that did it.

bump, new stuff, see OP. I am really trying to see if this is just my phone or other peoples phones as well.

I had go dialer installed with no problems, but I love the stock dialer so I scrapped it. Worked fine though.
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21productionz said:
I had go dialer installed with no problems, but I love the stock dialer so I scrapped it. Worked fine though.
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That was one I installed, but I could never make it the default dialer. Was it set as your default dialer? meaning when the phone rang Go dialer opened and not the built in dialer? because mine would always be the default dialer.

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[Q] cant stop 2nd message notification

I recently started having this problem where I keep getting 2 notifications for texts after using 2.1
I use handscent sms and turned off all notifications from the default messaging app but they both still notify me of a new text. Its annoying itll vibrate twice, ringer twice. plus I cant even get the default sms thing in the notification bar to go away unless I manually clear it. Never had this problem for the months I had this phone before the update.
Anyone come across this or know how to fix it?
(oh and I tried a search but the xda search engine is down, it's down like 50% of the time I try to use it, so please no harsh remarks about a repeat post if this is one)
Pepper67 said:
(oh and I tried a search but the xda search engine is down, it's down like 50% of the time I try to use it, so please no harsh remarks about a repeat post if this is one)
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Google always works.
google brought me right to this post. so at least the next guy with this problem will be able to fix it if anyone has an answer....? I cant be the first one with this stupid double notification.
seemingly, after disabling notifications, removing the messages shortcut from the homescreen does the trick, although i havn't tried this myself.
you wont loose the messaging its still in your APPS list.
just tried it and it does work
Pepper67 said:
google brought me right to this post. so at least the next guy with this problem will be able to fix it if anyone has an answer....? I cant be the first one with this stupid double notification.
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I had the problem for the longest time. I eventually found out that it was the SMS widget in Beautiful Widgets that was causing the problem, even though you hadn't activated it. Uninstall Beautiful Widgets and see if it works.
hush66 said:
I had the problem for the longest time. I eventually found out that it was the SMS widget in Beautiful Widgets that was causing the problem, even though you hadn't activated it. Uninstall Beautiful Widgets and see if it works.
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yep it was the beautiful widgets sms thing thanks a lot man. I didnt have to uninstall it I just went in to the options and turned it off.
Simply open messaging and select setting by pressing menu key...
Disable notifications...!!!
Worked for me. ;-)
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i had the same problem a while back too. and by disabling the notifications it still didn't work. what i ended up doing was clearing the SMS center number under network settings and retyping it in manually. worked like a charm
kloud_ said:
Simply open messaging and select setting by pressing menu key...
Disable notifications...!!!
Worked for me. ;-)
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10chars.

[Q] Do you like stock dialer?

I like the actual dialer itself, the buttons are nice and big and easy to hit, but there are a few things about it i wish were a bit more intuitive. For one, i believe on my old phone, when you start punching letters/numbers it would tend to pull up the most expected result...so if you call a number a lot that would be above say someone you don't ever call. but this doesn't do that so i am constantly seeing the same random contact at the top when i punch the first FOUR digits for one of my top dials. Which brings my next point, i don't like that you only get one choice to start, my old phone i could see like 4 or so contacts then touch the one in the list from there. on this dialer, i always have to hit the thin bar where it tell how many matches you have, and it's easy to miss that with your finger. I also wish that when you come into the dialer it listed more than just your last single connection.
I may try out something else, any suggestions?
Dillsnik said:
I like the actual dialer itself, the buttons are nice and big and easy to hit, but there are a few things about it i wish were a bit more intuitive. For one, i believe on my old phone, when you start punching letters/numbers it would tend to pull up the most expected result...so if you call a number a lot that would be above say someone you don't ever call. but this doesn't do that so i am constantly seeing the same random contact at the top when i punch the first FOUR digits for one of my top dials. Which brings my next point, i don't like that you only get one choice to start, my old phone i could see like 4 or so contacts then touch the one in the list from there. on this dialer, i always have to hit the thin bar where it tell how many matches you have, and it's easy to miss that with your finger. I also wish that when you come into the dialer it listed more than just your last single connection.
I may try out something else, any suggestions?
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Try typing the digits that correspond with the first few letters in the name of the person you are trying to call
That is what I am doing now
Dillsnik said:
I like the actual dialer itself, the buttons are nice and big and easy to hit, but there are a few things about it i wish were a bit more intuitive. For one, i believe on my old phone, when you start punching letters/numbers it would tend to pull up the most expected result...so if you call a number a lot that would be above say someone you don't ever call. but this doesn't do that so i am constantly seeing the same random contact at the top when i punch the first FOUR digits for one of my top dials. Which brings my next point, i don't like that you only get one choice to start, my old phone i could see like 4 or so contacts then touch the one in the list from there. on this dialer, i always have to hit the thin bar where it tell how many matches you have, and it's easy to miss that with your finger. I also wish that when you come into the dialer it listed more than just your last single connection.
I may try out something else, any suggestions?
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I hate the stock dialer bc it ONLY shows ONE name/number when you start dialing. I'm used to seeing at least 4 names/numbers on that screen. I use GO Dialer instead. It's an ugly shade of blue, but the keypad is transparent translucent, and also goes away when you scroll the list of names/numbers.
I like the stock dialer
I looked at some alternatives but I like the stock one better.
The only gripe I have with the stock dialer is that I can't get it to work in landscape mode. Any one out there know how to get it to rotate automatically. I can't find any settings for it to make it rotate.
the only dialer that i consider very good is the one from MIUI
everything else doesnt compare in my book
Go Dialer is pretty good. First one I actually find acceptable. All of the "Go Dev" apps are quite good, and updated constantly. Plus they actually tell you what they updated, and on what date.
SpeeDemon said:
Go Dialer is pretty good. First one I actually find acceptable. All of the "Go Dev" apps are quite good, and updated constantly. Plus they actually tell you what they updated, and on what date.
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I found Go contact right b4 I saw your post too lol
I was going to come here and update this thread
but yea
Go contact + sms + launcher has been awesome
I can't use the stock dialer cause I changed my LCD density (210) and that breaks the stock dialer. Was trying to get used to go dialer but it doesn't transfer numbers from Google maps, ie if I do a search on maps and click the dial button, go dialer comes up blank. That alone was a dealbreaker for me. I use dialer one, very functional, fast, and looks like stock. I also was not a fan of the weird blue shade of go dialer.
joeryu said:
I can't use the stock dialer cause I changed my LCD density (210) and that breaks the stock dialer. Was trying to get used to go dialer but it doesn't transfer numbers from Google maps, ie if I do a search on maps and click the dial button, go dialer comes up blank. That alone was a dealbreaker for me. I use dialer one, very functional, fast, and looks like stock. I also was not a fan of the weird blue shade of go dialer.
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Newest update is supposed to fix the numbers from other apps thing in Go Contacts.
Diviance said:
Newest update is supposed to fix the numbers from other apps thing in Go Contacts.
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nope
didnt fix it
uninstalled
I don't mind the stock dialer, I only mind that the stock contacts app doesn't allow you to filter your contacts at least to phone only on the bell version. the contacts tab does that for you (for obvious reasons) but it makes the contacts app useless to me as it shows everyone I have emailed on gmail as a contact.
I use dialer one. Its very good and similar to sense dialer
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i was about to post a thread looking for some dialer and contacts app. i gave up on the stock one, so not intuitive. my last phone was windows mobile, and the way you find contacts using the dialer is so much better than the stock android. so i tried Go Dialer and Dialer One as suggested here to test both. any more options out there is appreciated

Quick Q&A Problem

So I rooted my Atrix the other day and it's now running version 1.57. Everything is running smoothly expect for 2 things. First, the text messaging. When I receive a text, I'll be notified, but I'll go to the default app and it'll just be an orange circle rotating like it's trying to load. I figured it might just be the app so I installed Handcent and GO SMS Pro...same thing...my notifications will pop up, but when I go to my inbox or to a list of my previous texts I received, NOTHING IS THERE. How in the world do I fix this? I tried looking for a "Default Application" setting thinking that maybe I can clear the default one that came with the phone, maybe that's the issue, but I have no idea where or how to change that setting. The customization I once had on the Android OS seems to be gone.
Also, when I installed the ADW Launcher, I noticed it gave me a completely new keyboard, which is fine and all, but the default keyboard that came with the Atrix would actually rotate with the screen and become bigger if you turned the Atrix sideways...I'm trying to figure out how to get it back or change this setting as well.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[APP ] ICS/CM9/MIUI- Official Sprint ICS Visual Voicemail

Finally!! Sprint VVM for ICS is here. This apk was ripped from the leaked Epic touch 4g ICS ROM.
I've fully tested this apk, and it's working, there's some screen tearing /redraw problems in settings menu but regardless, we now have sprint vvm.
This is what I did and worked first time. YMMV
1. Download attached Sprint VVM apk, Install like any other downloaded APK
2. Using Root explorer, go to 'data/app' folder and find the newly installed sprint vvm
3. Select the VVM app and MOVE it to your 'system/app' folder. (permissions should already match because it was installed, but make sure it matches all other apps in system/app folder) 4. Boot into Recovery, Clear 'Cache'/ 'Dalvik Cache', then 'FIX PERMISSIONS', next 'Reboot system'
5. Once booted up, open the Sprint VVM app and click on compose.
The recipient will be '[email protected]'
Record about 15-20 secs just incase, then send the message.
You should receive a notification saying that your phone is provisioned.
6. Tap to compose another message and this time send one to yourself, wait about 5 mins and and you should receive a new vvmail notification.
7. (Optional) Do a backflip and say 'fkn A right Doggy'
http://epiccm.blogspot.com/2012/03/customization-guide.html
moonzbabysh said:
There still isn't an easy permanent solution for the 'Ghost vmail notification' but for now, go to manage apps, scroll to 'Phone' and press 'clear data'. * this Will have to be done after every reboot.
Another thing that I do because even if you remember to do it right away after a reboot, the icon itself may bother you so I downloaded 'ROM Toolbox' and changed the Vmail notification icon in the status bar with the dark blue one they have. I'm a little OCD sometimes so not having a vmail gray icon there really helped too. I'll show you what I mean in the screenshots
screenshot shows what I mean about the dark blue icon.
NOTE: Even if the "Ghost vmail icon" is present, if you receive a notification of an actual new Vmail, it will show as its own "new vmail notification". The ghost vmail notification and icon are independent of the Actual vmail notification process.
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This is probably a stupid question but I'm guessing this is only for sprint?
Sent from my CM9 Electrify.
roundeye1987 said:
This is probably a stupid question but I'm guessing this is only for sprint?
Sent from my CM9 Electrify.
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Its Kool bro. Yes, you are correct.
MoPhoACTV Initiative
Um maybe you should remove the number
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awesome about to try on miui
works and provisions but looks like the cwm that rom manager put out blurry tried post screenie but xda says wrong file type
MIUI/ICS for the Photon
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
anyone know how to clear the counter to remove the notification for it some folks having it hang in the notification bar without a way to clear it
MIUI/ICS for the Photon
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
spleef said:
anyone know how to clear the counter to remove the notification for it some folks having it hang in the notification bar without a way to clear it
MIUI/ICS for the Photon
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
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There still isn't a permanent solution but for now, go to manage apps, scroll to 'Phone' and press 'clear data'. * this Will have to be done after every reboot.
Another thing that I do because even if you remember to do it right away after a reboot, the icon itself may bother you so I downloaded 'ROM Toolbox' and changed the Vmail notification icon in the status bar with the dark blue one they have. I'm a little OCD sometimes so not having a vmail gray icon there really helped too. I'll show you what I mean in the screenshots
1st screenshot show which app needs the data cleared
2nd screenshot shows what I mean about the dark blue icon.
NOTE: Even if the "Ghost vmail icon" is present, if you receive a notification of an actual new Vmail, it will show as its own "new vmail notification". The ghost vmail notification and icon are independent of the Actual vmail notification process.
MoPhoACTV Initiative
Thank You!!
Its working 100%.
nsantiago said:
Its working 100%.
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its blurry as hell...any idea how to fix this?
TexasRebel said:
its blurry as hell...any idea how to fix this?
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+1 on this, just did this to my cm9 set up and when i scroll it blurs everything.
It works for me but it is very blurry. any fix for that? also you may want to post this here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514963 so more people see it.
I installed this today on Shift Deck prebeta4 ICS. It provisioned successfully, and I can send voicemails, however, it seems to have a problem playing the voicemails. I hit play and the slider doesn't move at all. No sound or anything. And then the play button turns into a pause button shortly after. For instance, if I have a 15 second voicemail, I will play it, it will do nothing for 2-3 seconds, then the pause button turns back into a play button. Anyone else having this problem? I followed the instructions closely.
This happens even if I try to play the "stock" voicemails that introduce you to Sprint's visual voicemail?
FWIW, I'm on Shift Deck prebeta4, which may have some issues, but it seems alright so far.
I have the same issue as well, the voicemail messages do not play. I am using Decks evo 4g ics pre beta 5. It also does not pick up voicemails. If I send myself one using compose within vvm I get the voicemail just fine (still won't play but I get it). But if I call my cell from the house phone and leave a message vvm is oblivious to it and shows no pending voicemails.
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I have it up and running. It does blur a little but it still works good. Is there anyway to stop sprint from sending a text message every time I get a new message? VVM notifies me, so I don't need the text from sprint anymore .
Thanks in advance
Sent from my CM9 Photon using SwiftkeyX on xda premium
DJPrelude said:
I have it up and running. It does blur a little but it still works good. Is there anyway to stop sprint from sending a text message every time I get a new message? VVM notifies me, so I don't need the text from sprint anymore .
Thanks in advance
Sent from my CM9 Photon using SwiftkeyX on xda premium
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blacklist them with gosms disable notifications from stock messager think they are 9016 you will still have to delete them but they wont pop up any more use a one click cache cleaner of your choice makes deleting them a non issue
MIUI/ICS for the Photon
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1536161
Works well with AOKP Build28
OK, I tried it this morning, but everytime I click on it, it crashes my launcher and the VM. Now, in the app drawer instead of the regular icon it's a green android icon. Any ideas? I'm using the gummyworms ICS ROM.
EDIT: Got it. I just uninstalled, then used root explorer to find where the apk was downloaded, reinstalled it, and skipped all the other steps. blamo, works perfect. Took a while for the voicemails to roll in, but it's all just fine. Thanks!
Help
as soon as i have it installled it say error v30 voice messages will be delievered as soon as service is available. And this only happens on the 5.2.1.8 verison from march 5 2012. when i install the 5.2.1.0 from feb 8 2012 and any verison lower all i get is the i have pending voicemail delievery. Any suggestions
Anybody else having redraw issues with this?
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Looks like ****..but it does work

Nova Launcher Issue

Something I noticed about a week ago, and that I've yet to figure out the cause of, is that trying to switch the app drawer icon's image while running Nova is no longer working. It does when you first install Nova, or after clearing the data, however it eventually stops working. Instead, holding down the icon's image in the edit pop-up makes the screen hang for a second (like it's going to open the icon preview screen) then revert back to the edit pop-up. A few others mentioned this over on Droid Life, so thankfully I don't appear to be the only one.
Any idea what may be causing this little glitch over time?
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Tillmorn said:
Something I noticed about a week ago, and that I've yet to figure out the cause of, is that trying to switch the app drawer icon's image while running Nova is no longer working. It does when you first install Nova, or after clearing the data, however it eventually stops working. Instead, holding down the icon's image in the edit pop-up makes the screen hang for a second (like it's going to open the icon preview screen) then revert back to the edit pop-up. A few others mentioned this over on Droid Life, so thankfully I don't appear to be the only one.
Any idea what may be causing this little glitch over time?
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Hmm that's strange.. No problems at all here with Nova Prime. I've switched the app drawer icon many times and doesn't happen.
Maybe try clearing cache/Dalvic for the entire phone not just Nova data, may help may not
- Tapatalked from the G3
Been running Nova since day 3 so 3 and a half weeks at least (later upgraded to Nova Prime) and no such issue...
If it were happening constantly I think it'd be a little easier to pinpoint an issue. Best I can tell though, it only crops up after changing the icon pack a few times. Also, adding another app drawer shortcut to the home screen does not alleviate the problem either. Something is causing it to randomly lock up, and I believe it may have something to do with LG's stock software. Granted the only evidence I have to back that up stems from never having issues with any of my other devices and the fact that there is little to no reference of this in conjunction with Nova to be found on the web.
Tillmorn said:
Something I noticed about a week ago, and that I've yet to figure out the cause of, is that trying to switch the app drawer icon's image while running Nova is no longer working. It does when you first install Nova, or after clearing the data, however it eventually stops working. Instead, holding down the icon's image in the edit pop-up makes the screen hang for a second (like it's going to open the icon preview screen) then revert back to the edit pop-up. A few others mentioned this over on Droid Life, so thankfully I don't appear to be the only one.
Any idea what may be causing this little glitch over time?
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Search is your friend
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/help/change-app-launcher-icon-nova-t2826053
droidkevlar said:
Search is your friend
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/help/change-app-launcher-icon-nova-t2826053
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This is what I get for posting a topic after not searching for another answer since mid July when I first noticed it xD. Curious that it would require moving back to stock. That makes me believe it really is something in the code on LG's part that is causing it. Hopefully Nova can find a workaround for it.
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