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?

  • infeeeee@lemm.ee
    2·
    1 年前

    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.caOP
      6·
      1 年前

      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·
        1 年前

        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.caOP
          4·
          1 年前

          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.