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Any dialer apps for Android that don't suck? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 week ago by Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to c/foss@beehaw.org
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I've been using Fossify Phone since Simple Phone went south, but it's been such an inconsistent experience.

Calls will come in, and the notification panel will disappear, so I can't actually take the call.

Then while I'm on a call, the UI that allows me to control the call will go away, so I can't hang up, mute, etc... basically has it navigating the call list again. Trying to click on the dial pad button during a call brings me to a list of contacts.

Stock dialers have always been flawless, but I really don't want to use spyware.

I don't need any fancy features, but it needs to be reliable.

Any suggestions?

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[-] infeeeee@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Wdym spyware? Isn't the stock dialer comes from aosp and it's open source? Or your rom doesn't use that one?

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Samsung and Google dialers that come with the phone collect far too much data.

I disable them and use Fossify phone, but it's not a good app and would like to switch to something more reliable. Stock OnePlus ROM, not rooted.

[-] infeeeee@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Wouldn't it be better to replace the full rom at this point? You trust other parts but not the dialer?

What I'm trying to say, if you think your built in dialer is a spyware, it's very likely other components of the rom could be spyware as well, and you don't gain too much by replacing only this component.

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Rather unfortunately, my phone doesn't have good custom ROM support, but I generally don't have a problem re: worrying about spyware for a few reasons:

  1. It's been pretty easy to replace stock apps with privacy-friendly and/or FOSS alternatives.
  2. Nearly all stock apps on my phone can be disabled, which I've done for essentially all google/Oneplus apps.
  3. I run a tracker blocker (Adguard) on my phone, and it blocks anything built into the OS. And, for apps like Google Photos, I can block all internet access and use the app "offline" for the features I need.
  4. I'm happy with the user experience I get out of my phone, so I'm not motivated to really change the entire OS.

That said, I'm happy to hear that LineageOS is still a thing! I was using it many years ago, and I'm sure it's only gotten better since then.

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