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Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness

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On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:36:24 +0000, Bob Henson wrote:

> 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.

Yes, I used to use the "one time" option a lot. Now, unfortunately, that's
not available for some platforms. e.g. on S6 with android 6 it just asks
"ok" then sets the default app. No option to do one time. Suuuper annoying.

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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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