S3 Mini, Missing phone app

[AC Question]

I have an S3 mini that i'm trying to fix for someone I know. The phone app is missing from the application drawer and homescreen. It's in the application manager though. The device has not been rooted. I can receive phone calls just fine, but clicking on missed call notifications won't take me to the phone app.

 

[Rukbat]

Contacts is there but Phone doesn't show an icon? Have you looked to see if there's a way to hide icons in that launcher's app drawer?

You might have to install another phone app to get a phone icon on the dock.

 

[Ibraheem Nofal]

The contact data is there, so if someone calls it will show their contact name, but the app isn't. It's not a missing icon like most people experience, the app just isn't there. I've checked and there's no way for me to hide icons.