I tried everything under the sun after reading blog after blog. Finally, I downloaded another phone app - TRUE PHONE. I'm not working for them, trust me. But I like the app. In it, favorites are favorites. Your list of recents is always in the home screen (plus the dial pad), so you don't need to move to history to find your recents. Favorites is an easy tab on top of the screen. I'm liking it. The frequents creeping in my favorites was a featured I detested in my old phone app. By the way, I have a Moto X with Lollipop.