Idk why I never heard of this one before but it got an update recently so it appeared in my Droid-ify feed and now I’m sharing it. Hopefully someone finds it useful.

  • merde alors
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    21 days ago

    you probably heard of “simple dialer”. Fossify apps are forks of simple (because simple is sold to an advertisement company)

    long story short 👆

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        21 days ago

        at least push one last update that warns the users

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          20 days ago

          On a side note, if anyone uses Omnivore, I discovered yesterday that they have sold out as well (to an AI startup). We got a 2 weeks notice to export our stuff because accounts will be deleted.

          Details here

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          I don’t believe that the lack of a warning was an honest mistake. 😉

          Best we can do is remember the name “Tibor Kaputa” and avoid his apps that might pop up in the future. 🕳

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      21 days ago

      Damn, I didn’t know! When did that happen? By the way, I’ve just noticed that the Simple apps haven’t been updated for about a year.

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        21 days ago

        Fdroid version is old because their newer versions are not open source anymore. So don’t use them

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          21 days ago

          Oh, so theycve abandoned the open source version :( I’m switching all my simple apps to Fossify.

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            20 days ago

            export from simple, import to fossify

            at least the switch is easy :)

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    21 days ago

    I used this for a while, but every time my phone rang I had to type in my pin to answer it which was a deal breaker for me.

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        21 days ago

        Could be. I do remember trying to get it to work a number of ways at the time. If you’re telling me that this isn’t the case for you though, I might try it out again.

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            20 days ago

            Well I just tried it again, and while it won’t let me take a screen shot on the lock screen, it’s definitely still the case for me. It just sits there ringing with the pattern lock on the screen and a little “Return to call” button at the bottom of the screen.

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    21 days ago

    Is there some obstacle to writing them? Special SDK privileges or anything like that? Seems like a good thing to degoogle if possible.

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    21 days ago

    Or you can try The calyxOS Dialer. It’s little bit different than AOSP Dialer. To get it add calyx institute Fdroid repo on droid-ify and install it from there.

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    21 days ago

    What bothers me is that there is no way to answer a call using the phone when BT earphones are connected. It’s 2024, how’s that possible? It happens that I leave them in another room and I may forget that they are connected and when I answer I don’t ear anything, damnit!

    By the way, even though I’ve always wandered why changing the dialer, I’m gonna try it!