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Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness

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On 10/11/2016 5:56 pm, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 11/10/2016 08:32 AM, Bob Henson wrote:
>> On 10/11/2016 3:44 pm, The Real Bev wrote:
>>> Moto G #2, android 6.0
>>>
>>> Yesterday I needed to make a phone call (a rare occurrence).  When I
>>> chose the number from my contacts list, hangouts insisted on attempting
>>> to make a wifi call.  I have no data plan and had no accessible wifi.  I
>>> tried several times, but was unable to use the actual PHONE to make the
>>> call.
>>>
>>> I can stop or uninstall hangouts and/or the hangouts dialer, but not
>>> merely disable it.  There seems to be no way to tell the phone to
>>> actually USE THE GODDAM PHONE.
>>>
>>> What am I missing?
>>
>> Maybe you have Hangouts set as default dialler? I'm not sure if you can
>> do that - but try going to settings > apps > Hangouts and see if it has
>> any defaults set. If it has, clear them and try again.
> 
> It said I had some but wouldn't tell me what they were.  I certainly 
> wouldn't have deliberately done that.  Bastards. I cleared them, which 
> seemed to allow me to use the 'phone' part.  I wonder if I'll have to do 
> this process again if I choose to use the hangouts dialer again... 
> Probably :-(
> 

Not unless you let it. If you use Hangouts and want to dial someone it
will (I'm guessing as I don't use Hangouts  - but it's normally what
happens) ask you which app you want it to dial with and if you want to
use it once or every time. Tell it once, and it won't set a default. It
could also happen from elsewhere - if you tell it to dial a contact from
within your contacts file and it asks your which app to use don't tell
it to use Hangouts, tell it to use the normal dialler and to use it
every time. It's certainly something along those lines, anyway.

> I really hate the way google insists on controlling everything.  I want
> different accounts for different purposes, but it really WANTS me to do 
> everything with one account and I have to go to a lot of trouble to NOT 
> do that.

I run several different accounts on my tablet - some from my own domains
and not with Google at all - without difficulty. I do stick to one
account on the phone, purely so if anyone wants to e-mail me whilst I'm
out and about they know which one to use. If you have multiple Google
accounts you can have them all together in one log-in and just select
which one you want to use - there's an "add another account" facility
which lets you select which one to use each time you log in to Google -
maybe that's the way to go?

> I know, how much did I pay for it blablablabla...
> 

I'm not impressed by that argument - free or paid for, it should still
be configurable to do what you want - not what they want. If often
doesn't work that way though and, like you, I find it quite irritating
to be lectured by someone along those lines :-)

-- 
Bob
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England

I went for a medical and asked the doctor, "How do I stand?" He said,
"That's what puzzles me too!"

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Google hangouts dialer nastiness The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-11-10 07:44 -0800
  Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness Bert <bert@iphouse.com> - 2016-11-10 16:15 +0000
    Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-11-10 09:27 -0800
      Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-11-10 19:49 +0100
      Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness Bert <bert@iphouse.com> - 2016-11-10 19:04 +0000
      Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2016-11-11 18:09 +0000
  Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness Bob Henson <rh547477@gmail.com> - 2016-11-10 16:32 +0000
    Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-11-10 09:56 -0800
      Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness Bob Henson <rh547477@gmail.com> - 2016-11-10 18:36 +0000
        Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-11-10 11:15 -0800
          Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness Bob Henson <rh547477@gmail.com> - 2016-11-10 19:36 +0000
            Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-11-10 13:52 -0800
              Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-10 18:34 -0500
                Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-11-11 14:38 +0100
                Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-11 10:41 -0500
              Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-11-12 04:11 -0500
                Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-12 08:24 -0500
                Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-11-12 23:43 -0500
                Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-13 00:26 -0500
                Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-11-14 02:47 -0500
        Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2016-11-11 14:35 +0000
          Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-11-11 07:58 -0800
            Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-11 11:44 -0500
            Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-11-11 10:18 -0800
            Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2016-11-14 14:21 +0000
  Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-11-10 18:36 -0600

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