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Re: Google hangouts dialer nastiness

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On 11/11/2016 07:58 AM, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 11/11/2016 06:35 AM, Joe Beanfish wrote:
>> 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.
>
> I get NO choice about which dialer to use.  I may have cleared the
> google dialer as default (which I never chose), but I don't trust it to
> come back again.
>
> Which dialers do you guys like?

I just installed Drupe.  It gives me a choice, but not quite as easily 
as it claims.  Supposedly you swipe from your contact to the symbol for 
the darrier/app you want to use, but when I do that the 'phone' switches 
to hangouts.  If I tap the 'phone' icon it throws up my favorite 
contacts, which works ok.  Gotta find out how to get ALL contacts...

> Are you by any chance related to another Joe xxxfish?

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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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