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Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:

I have a new Xaiomi Redmi A5 which does give me VoLTE and VoWifi on
spusu. It only cost -u58.45 so I'm fairly happy. :-)

However I have hit one annoyance, there are no Widgets in the Contacts
app so I can't make 'direct dial' icons for my most used numbers. I've searched a bit on the web but there doesn't seem to be a quick and
easy workaround for this.

I **think** it's because the Contacts app on the phone is a cut down
or custom version. It certainly doesn't appear to be the default
Google Contacts app, see:-

On phone Contacts app: version 1.0.3.2, com.android.contacts

App Store Contacts app: version 4.72.5.xxxxx

Can I safely install the version from Google Play Store? Version
4.72.x does provide widgets on my old phone.

com.android.contacts is the open-source contacts app from AOSP. It's pretty basic. You should be able to install Google Contacts with no problems.

As an aside, I'm running com.android.contacts v1.7.34 so you version is also ancient.

Theo
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:

Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:

I have a new Xaiomi Redmi A5 which does give me VoLTE and VoWifi on spusu. It only cost -u58.45 so I'm fairly happy. :-)

However I have hit one annoyance, there are no Widgets in the Contacts app so I can't make 'direct dial' icons for my most used numbers. I've searched a bit on the web but there doesn't seem to be a quick and
easy workaround for this.

I **think** it's because the Contacts app on the phone is a cut down
or custom version. It certainly doesn't appear to be the default
Google Contacts app, see:-

On phone Contacts app: version 1.0.3.2, com.android.contacts

App Store Contacts app: version 4.72.5.xxxxx

Can I safely install the version from Google Play Store? Version
4.72.x does provide widgets on my old phone.

com.android.contacts is the open-source contacts app from AOSP. It's pretty
basic. You should be able to install Google Contacts with no problems.

Thanks. Will Google Contacts replace the open-source one or will I
have two Contacts apps? I guess nothing awful will happen if I just
try it! :-)

... and it does "just work", installing Google Contacts has added the
required Contacts widgets and I can add the direct-dials that I want.

The old Contacts app is still installed but it doesn't seem to cause
any problems, as it's tiny (1.74Mb) it's not worth removing.

So, thank you again.
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Chris Green
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> wrote:

... and it does "just work", installing Google Contacts has added the required Contacts widgets and I can add the direct-dials that I want.

The old Contacts app is still installed but it doesn't seem to cause
any problems, as it's tiny (1.74Mb) it's not worth removing.

It's likely part of the OS image, so you can't remove it. You can disable
it, which doesn't save any space but stops it running and stops it
cluttering up your app drawer.

Theo
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