I am setting up a new Moto G7 Power (1955-2) running Android Pie. My current phone is an LG Stylo 3 with Android 8.
On the LG I made liberal use of the direct dial widget to have a page of one-touch dial icons for people I regularly called. The nice thing was that the DD widget icon shows 'Mobile", or, "Home", or, "Work" directly on the icon with the person's name as the label. That way, I could have multiple numbers for the same person side-by-side on the page and easily distinguish which icon to touch to dial. Works really well.
Now, on the Moto G7 Power with Android 9, the same direct dial widget icon process results in an icon that shows a handset object on the icon with no indication of which number is programmed. So, there is no way to tell the difference for mobile, home, and work DD widgets for the same person.
Any suggestions on how to get the same functionality on my new G7?
Your thoughts are greatly appreciated!
jlsatt4 said:
I am setting up a new Moto G7 Power (1955-2) running Android Pie. My current phone is an LG Stylo 3 with Android 8.
On the LG I made liberal use of the direct dial widget to have a page of one-touch dial icons for people I regularly called. The nice thing was that the DD widget icon shows 'Mobile", or, "Home", or, "Work" directly on the icon with the person's name as the label. That way, I could have multiple numbers for the same person side-by-side on the page and easily distinguish which icon to touch to dial. Works really well.
Now, on the Moto G7 Power with Android 9, the same direct dial widget icon process results in an icon that shows a handset object on the icon with no indication of which number is programmed. So, there is no way to tell the difference for mobile, home, and work DD widgets for the same person.
Any suggestions on how to get the same functionality on my new G7?
Your thoughts are greatly appreciated!
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Can you specify which app exactly you use? I can't find "direct dial widget" ...
Go to a home page with some open space.
Press and hold. The screen will pop up with choices.
Select widgets.
Scroll down to Contacts. There should be at least three choices for contacts. Direct Message, Direct Dial, and, Contact.
Press and hold on Direct Dial. Drag it to an open spot on the page.
A list of contacts and their numbers will pop up. Chose one.
The widget will be on the home page.
jlsatt4 said:
Go to a home page with some open space.
Press and hold. The screen will pop up with choices.
Select widgets.
Scroll down to Contacts. There should be at least three choices for contacts. Direct Message, Direct Dial, and, Contact.
Press and hold on Direct Dial. Drag it to an open spot on the page.
A list of contacts and their numbers will pop up. Chose one.
The widget will be on the home page.
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yes, it got it - maybe the only fix of the problem is to have different names for each number for the contacts you want in the widget :>
Right now, the best solution I can find is to link to the complete contact record instead of a single number for that contact. So, instead of a quick, direct dial for a person, I touch the contact icon first, and then chose the telephone number I want to dial.
I wonder if changing to another launcher, like Nova Launcher, would give more options.....?
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Hi,
Assumming you have multiple numbers assinged to a contact, (home, work mobile etc...) can anyone tell me how to set/change the default number used for a contact in the HTC touch Cruise (Polaris)?
Also, according to the manual when using the TouchFlow Cube to dial a contact there's supposed to be an icon in the top left corner of each contact to tell me which number is currently the default - this isn't appearing in mine. No biggie, just wondering if anyone has it.
Thanks!
Open Contacts, highlight the contact in question and press left/right on the d-pad to cycle through all the numbers you have for them - the one displayed is the default.
exactly what I needed - thanks mate!
and just to answer my own second question!
In order to get the icons to appear in the top left corner of a contacts picture, you need to have added the same contact twice in touchflow. When you add a contact, you have to choose which number to assign. Add a contact twice using a different number and the icons appear to distinguish them.
Hi,
I have a little annoying problem. One of the contacts in the favourite list has the default action set to "Send Message" (I'm talking about the little icon just below the photo and name).
The problem is that all (but one) of my favourites have the default action set to Call Contact (the little earpiece icon) except this one.
I want to have every action set to "Call Contact" but I can't find any option where to change it.
It's the only phone number I have for this contact and it is filed under Mobile.
Can anyone help me with this?
scroll down to the contact, then press right or left
I think he is talking about the favourite contacts and not the contacts app. only way i know to do that is to delete the contact and then add them again and you will be able to choose between send message and call
It's really odd and I can't figure out how to change it. When widget locker is enabled and I get a new text, I scroll down (captivate btw) and click to read message........and the last message the person sent me shows up. None of the arrows to move to the new message work, and when I click 'open' it takes me to the normal captivate lock screen.
My best method so far is to scroll down, open message, see the old one, close the text box, unlock the phone with widget locker, and then open my messaging again....which is a fail IMO.
Help if you can!
Coming from an old (but still capable Note 3) ....
I used to be able to create more than one Direct Dial widgets from the same contact ("Wife Home#" and "Wife Mobile#" for example).
When creating them for the S8, it doesn't give me the option to choose - it just creates one for the default phone number.
Tried this on the Edge slider and the Home screen, but neither allows you to select. ?????
Am I missing something?
The purpose of this widget is to make it easier for elderly people to make phone calls and read SMS.
You can download it from the site: https://easyjoin.net/index.html#otherapps
There are various applications like this, but none were as simple and essential as I needed it, so I decided to create one. I share it in case it's useful to others.
Unlike other solutions this is a widget and not a launcher. The widget shows a dial panel, icons to show contacts and SMS and you can have buttons for a quick dial contact and device flashlight.
You can configure the widget from the application.
It is recommended to use a launcher that allows you to remove any other item from the home page and that allows you to lock the home page so as to prevent the person using the phone from removing the widget.
Personally I have used Nova but I would like to know if there are other launchers that can offer the above features in a better way.
The Neo-Launcher home page lock is great and is what I currently recommend.
It needs Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) or newer.
Uses the following permissions:
android.permission.CALL_PHONE: to initiate a phone call. If you don't give this permission the application will open the default dialer app with the selected telephone number.
android.permission.READ_CONTACTS: to read the contacts to be displayed.
android.permission.READ_SMS: to read the SMS to be displayed.
android.permission.CAMERA: to use the flashlight.
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Thanks. I have been looking for a good widget for my mom's phone. I like the clear numbers in boxes. There are a couple of changes that I think will make this more usable. The spaces to the left and right of the 0 button should have star and number sign buttons. Also, isn't the Android hang up button built into the Android calling screen? It seems this widget's hang up button is just for clearing the typed numbers? If so, it would be simpler for a senior to see this visually as CLEAR or something like that, or turn it into a backspace button .
The way I have set up my mom's phone is that her few contacts are shortcuts on the screen so there is no need to see the contacts icon. You have the option to disable the sms icon in the dialing window which is great, but an option to remove the contacts icon would be good to have also.
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Also, maybe remove the keep alive service which is just for getting back into the settings? Just have the settings as a one and done when you add the widget since there aren't many options.
Thank you. Simplicity.
Simple and Clean is the way that this dial pad makes my grandmothers phone work.
Update 1.0.1
- Enabled default tick sound on a button's press.
Update 1.1
It has been removed the permission to create a service in foreground and the relative notification.
It has been removed the permission to listen to the arrival of new SMS.
Permission to make phone calls has become optional. If it is not given, the default phone application with the selected phone number will open.
The icons for contacts and SMS are displayed only when corresponding permissions are given to the app.
The contact list is automatically updated when the device contacts are changed.
The icon to cancel the choice of number and/or contact has been replaced by the one with an "X" - it is no longer the one with the handset down.
The icon to close the contact and SMS list has been moved to the bottom.
Update 1.2
The dial and cancel buttons are visible only when a phone number has been typed/selected.
You can set the name and phone number of a contact to get a speed dial button.
It is possible to have a button to turn on the phone flashlight.
For devices using Android M and newer, the buttons and icons you see in the widget depend on the permissions given to the app. For Lollipop and older devices there are switches to decide what you see in the widget.
Update 1.3
You can view SMS and contacts with a smaller font.
Installed but only goes to set permissions screen.
Thanks