Whats up XDA,
I just got my xperia z2 and rooted it. I love most everything, but the dialer app is very annoying.
Frequently when I make calls the app wakes up the screen, senses a touch from my cheek, then it presses digits.
I tried installing an alternate dialer, but it seems that dialer apps are basically contacts apps. Nothing changes the actual app responsible for calls.
Does anyone know of a good alternative?
Its something with the proximity sensor,maybe faulty unit or software update can fix it or u put a bad screen protector that hide the proximity sensor.
I have exactly the same problem. Very annoying.
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ExDialer worked for me
apollostees said:
Whats up XDA,
I just got my xperia z2 and rooted it. I love most everything, but the dialer app is very annoying.
Frequently when I make calls the app wakes up the screen, senses a touch from my cheek, then it presses digits.
I tried installing an alternate dialer, but it seems that dialer apps are basically contacts apps. Nothing changes the actual app responsible for calls.
Does anyone know of a good alternative?
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I had same issue with my Xperia Z2. But ExDialer is working well for me now.
Can you try it? Search Play Store for "com.modoohut.dialer" and you will get it.
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Finally! Someone made a great dialer app where you can make the phone keys huge. No more fiddling around with dialer one to search for a contact when in the car!
Check out angeldialer... it is super fast and free.. and you can make the buttons huge
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/upgrade-your-smartphones-dialer-with-angel-dialer-for-android/
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Been using this for a while after discovering that the stock dialer did not search contacts using the keys as letters - a la HTC.
Not the best looking dialer but very practical.
Ray Dialer is working well on my Streak. Big buttons, T9, contact photos, fast.
Ray dialer FTW
thanks!
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Rocket Dialer is good.
Go contact is best
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also using go contacts/dialer
Is there a way to completely disable the stock dialer with any of these? I used one a few weeks ago, and when I hung up the phone call, it was on the stock dialer. If I am forced to still see the stock one, I'll just continue to use it... I hate being on the phone as a phone (hence, i buy one i can text on and use for email and internetting), so it's not a big enough problem to use the stock one.
I know you used to be able to make a different dialer the default, but after 2.1 I'm fairly sure you have to remove the stock one completely if you want to replace it. Don't know how to do that though, will have to look around.
I am interested in this too. I installed some custom dialers and some of them are very nice, but I don't like going back to stock dialer after finishing call...
I guess, you can remove stock dialer with Titanium backup (requires root), but I am not sure if you can do that. I guess, you should not remove it.
Don't uninstall phone.apk. I tried that. Had to restore my phone. It's not a funny, haha problem that you can just restore in titanium from a backup. It cripples your phone.
cbass said:
Don't uninstall phone.apk. I tried that. Had to restore my phone. It's not a funny, haha problem that you can just restore in titanium from a backup. It cripples your phone.
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Are there any replacements for phone.apk? I am assuming this is the phone itself, which occasionally crashes on me. Fortunately while hanging up the call most of the time, but still...
i think phone.apk is built only for ur phone, it handles the antenna and such
I love that app. Thanks krad!
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Revin said:
I am interested in this too. I installed some custom dialers and some of them are very nice, but I don't like going back to stock dialer after finishing call...
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Not Call Log
I tried No Call Log and it didn't work.
It still goes back to the hideous default Streak dialer.
donalgodon said:
I tried No Call Log and it didn't work.
It still goes back to the hideous default Streak dialer.
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Free version only works for incoming calls. Did you run the app and check the settings? I have mine set to go to the home screen after both incoming and outgoing calls and it works. I have tried other options such as last activity.
Yes, that was it. I used the free version.
I found this:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.brosix.callend&feature=related_apps
Combining On Call End and Ray Dialer has made me happy.
donalgodon,
Thanks for sharing the free alternative. The return to the phone app after a call is an Android behavior that should be user selectable.
Thanks for the free app suggestion. It works great have mine setup to go back to home page.
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Is there a way to turn off the SMS delivery notification sound but keep the SMS received notification sound?
Not sure on the stock app, on handcent all the sounds/notifications can be modified or removed.
I use SMS Go Pro and it allows you to turn off SMS delivery notifications. That's the beauty of Android. Don't like the SMS app? Get a different one!
Anyone else?
I want to keep stock SMS app.
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Anyone else?
I want to keep stock SMS app.
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I too want to know this. Perhaps its possible to edit the code for the app itself just like the camera app has been modified?
Yeah, it can be tough on some of the stock android software since development minded folks seldom want to mess with something that already has multiple fully fleshed out apps to replace it. I kinda like touch wiz once its dewizified but there is almost nothing out there that you can add on to it or use to modify it. I did think of one thing though, they added some new setting adjustments into the messaging app in CM7. You might want to consider grabbing that and seeing if it brings this to the table. I cant recall all the changes in it as I didn't use it. That would be kinda stock messaging.
*BUMP*
Has anyone come up with a solution to this, or are we forced to use another app for SMS? I really like the stock app, but are very annoyed by the fact that I cannot change this sound or remove it.
My problem is completely the opposite, I am trying to turn the notification on with no luck.
neither sms go pro or stock are responding, ticked all boxes i.e. sounds, sms options...etc with no luck.
any ideas...running ics 4.0.4 on sg3
I have seen a lot of posts that says lag in dialer app - takes 4-5 seconds to load etc
In my s3 I have the same problem, but in addition to that when I try to access call logs of particular person from logs tab by touching records, it does not open when I turn off the phone, take the battery out for 4-5 seconds then I am able to access it, after a day or two the same problem shows up.
what to do? any permanent solution?
I am on rooted stock 4.0.4 ics
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Sometimes even the call history doesn't gets saved.
please help guys sometimes i get important calls and i can't even see from which number did i got the missed call.
P.S. this only happens once in a while. But It is very frustrating, i cant even see the people who called me, miss calls or whom i call.
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I also have this lag... quite annoying since everything else is really smooth I gave up and installed a 3rd party dial-er app exDialer
swapniltiwari said:
I have seen a lot of posts that says lag in dialer app - takes 4-5 seconds to load etc
In my s3 I have the same problem, but in addition to that when I try to access call logs of particular person from logs tab by touching records, it does not open when I turn off the phone, take the battery out for 4-5 seconds then I am able to access it, after a day or two the same problem shows up.
what to do? any permanent solution?
I am on rooted stock 4.0.4 ics
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Sometimes even the call history doesn't gets saved.
please help guys sometimes i get important calls and i can't even see from which number did i got the missed call.
P.S. this only happens once in a while. But It is very frustrating, i cant even see the people who called me, miss calls or whom i call.
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ExDialer is your friend. Install it after the first run its always pretty smooth and lag free.
been using exdialer for some time now and it is a fantastic app... thanks all
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I use Swipe Dialer from play store,
Its just like stock asop nice and fast...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mb.swipedial
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I think the only solution is to MOD contacts app so that it can be kept in memory permanently so it can load faster.
I dont know about programming, is it possible to port AOSP contact in Samsung S3 with JB ROM?
Exdialer is the best replacement.
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Hi,
I have been playing with my xperia z2 for over a month now, i have 2 major issues.
1. When i am in facebook playing video, it will then show up a message saying "Sorry, but an unknown error occurred while trying to play this video"
i have tried clearing the cache or uninstall facebook. The best result is for those video that cannot be played in the beginning, it now can play but problem switched to another video
2. when talking on the phone, background noise is always higher than my voice no matter if i turned on the enhancement to reduce the background voice. It will get even worse if it is off.
any solutions to that?
I agree with you about facebook video playback. It really gets on my nerves!!! But also if u r using streaming videos on ur browser also. Same problem. I hope they fix this stupid problem.
Also proximity sensor bug. The phone sceen blackens during a call but u actually accidently click things while ur phone is on ur ears.
One lousy bug is the sound. The phone's sound volume is very loud but at sometimes all of a sudden it becomes muffled by itself and gets so low!
The one i hate most is a bug with messaging. Sometimes it doesn't becomes sooo delayed when u try opening a msg or even doesn't want to open at all.
Another one is the hotspot. Sometimes it doesn't want to be enabled. U have to restart the phone to enable it.
I have an htc one m8 and it's more stable concerning software, but i really love my Z2.
I hope they fix these bugs esp. video and msg bugs!!!
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Forgot to mention this bug on restart. :s
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sevoflurane said:
Forgot to mention this bug on restart. :s
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SwiftKey?
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LenAsh said:
SwiftKey?
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Actually i am using swiftkey. Could this be the problem?
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just replying to my search,
to prevent the video playback issue.
Just disable the xperia for facebook. then the problem is gone. I have not seen the issue again.
However, during the phone call, back ground noise is always louder than my voice still persist.
My issues are the soft key buttons on screen. Doesn't matter what I do the home button and the recent apps button lag horribly!
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muffed sound issue here.
Been using an Handsfree for awhile, sadly i cannot talk normally on the phone as i get important work calls.
I havent been able ti use my camera since the start of times... I gave me "unfortunately, camera has stopped error", stupid thing is I'm in no shape to return this piece of junk, because I world in a jungle with EGDE internet, and I can't go back to civilized world for another month... I've tried a reset, factory reset, uninstall updates, flashing firmwares from other countries... so, I reached a conclusion, that Sony can't manufacture smartphone...
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I havent been able ti use my camera since the start of times... I gave me "unfortunately, camera has stopped error", stupid thing is I'm in no shape to return this piece of junk, because I world in a jungle with EGDE internet, and I can't go back to civilized world for another month... I've tried a reset, factory reset, uninstall updates, flashing firmwares from other countries... so, I reached a conclusion, that Sony can't manufacture smartphone...
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my friend had this camera issue before, he have done all the things you have done before.
the only option is to return the phone to Sony for repair, it takes less than 4 hours even on sunday (local agreement of repairing)
so it wasn't that bad...
Issue was he dropped the phone and the connection from camera to the board is broken(this is was sony said)
Hi Guys,
I'm new to XZ2, I have it just for few days and already found a problem.
I do not receive any notification whats so ever from apps like Gmail, Snapchat or Whatsapp (Sometimes).
When I restart my phone yesterday, I was receiving notifications from whatsapp for a moment, then when Z2 fall a sleep, they've stoped after waking it up.
I've no idea what's wrong, I haven't have a problem with CM11 on my XL like that, Stamina is off, auto-sync is on and still I have to go to app in order to see if there's anything new inside app.
I'm running stock Vodafone Ireland rom, 4.4.2 with build number 17.1.2.A.0.314 (No update for it, check it already).
My model is D6503.
Any idea guys? I've already tried already turning on/off the auto-sync and restarting the phone.
Maybe you're using some app killer and that's the reason
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No, nothing like that. I don't even have Clean Master installed which I used to have on my XL.
I don't receive notification from whatsapp sometimes either.
Everything stock z1.
Probably app problem, not phone.
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But in my case, it happens to 3 apps and I didn't have a problem on CM11 on my XL.
damian01211 said:
But in my case, it happens to 3 apps and I didn't have a problem on CM11 on my XL.
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Well i dont use snapchat, and gmail i dont use often. So i cant speak about that two apps.
It looks like Gmail is only giving me notification of new emails when phone is plugged into the charger, for Snapchat, I have no idea. Will try the original Snapchat app, not the 3rd party and will see if that worked.
Any1 have an idea with that? Gmail and Whatsapp are the only apps causing the problem and by that I missed important massages to me.
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damian01211 said:
Any1 have an idea with that? Gmail and Whatsapp are the only apps causing the problem and by that I missed important massages to me.
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Setting > Personalization > Notification center
is that alright?
if these apps are allow in this center this can be issue with firmware (bug in notification center) so try to repair firmware by PCC
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Geeks Empire said:
Setting > Personalization > Notification center
is that alright?
if these apps are allow in this center this can be issue with firmware (bug in notification center) so try to repair firmware by PCC
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Repair the firmware using PCC, working perfectly well (expect my internal memory being deleted during repair)
Thanks guys for a help!