Lost my dialer

[mtdewed]

I have an Evo 4g Lte, that I only use as a wifi device. Cellular isn't activated on it. Anyway ... I removed the Dialer from the homepage, thinking I could always replace it from the apps or whatever. The problem is ... I used the dialer to turn off the cell radio, by dialng *#*#4636#*#* ... But after actually powering down the device. I turned it back on and the cell radio is back on. I expected that part. But now I don't have access to the dialer.

The only thing I can think of at this point is a factory reset.

Any ideas?

 

[Vysse]

Go to app drawer then find the app named phone.

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[mtdewed]

Thanks Vysse. I don't have one though.

 

[Vysse]

Thanks Vysse. I don't have one though.

Are you rooted? If so your kind of sol for now.

Edit: Actually if your rooted you should be able to permanently set it like that.

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[TonyLibations]

try downloading quick shortcut maker

 

[mtdewed]

I'm not rooted. I tried QuickShortcutMaker. It did make the shortcut, complete with the right icon. But when I tried it, all I got was an error message. Thanks for the suggestion though. I never heard of that one.

Looks like I'll have to do a factory reset. I was hoping to get around it.

 

[TonyLibations]

I'll cross my fingers for ya.

 

[Vysse]

I'm not rooted. I tried QuickShortcutMaker. It did make the shortcut, complete with the right icon. But when I tried it, all I got was an error message. Thanks for the suggestion though. I never heard of that one.

Looks like I'll have to do a factory reset. I was hoping to get around it.

Screenshot the error

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[newboyx]

How did you remove it?

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[mtdewed]

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii89/Dewed/Screenshot_2012-08-18-09-25-51.png

I removed it by holding and sliding the dialer up to (Remove) at the top of the screen. I thought that would just remove the shortcut. But I'm starting to think it actually deleted the dialer.

 

[newboyx]

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii89/Dewed/Screenshot_2012-08-18-09-25-51.png

I removed it by holding and sliding the dialer up to (Remove) at the top of the screen. I thought that would just remove the shortcut. But I'm starting to think it actually deleted the dialer.

Go into settings - apps - all apps
And find all apps/processes with dialer or phone in the name and click on them to make sure that none of them are disabled.

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[mtdewed]

In Settings - Apps - All ... Both Phone and Dialer are enabled and running.

I tried the quick shortcut maker, which found quite a few things to link to. But all of them either came up with that same error, or said ... Sorry, you can not launch this activity from this app.

 

[malikshuman]

Did you try going to the people app and clicking on the dialer from there?

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[mtdewed]

Did you try going to the people app and clicking on the dialer from there?

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Thanks ! That worked ... I didn't know there was a dialer there. I tried some dialers from the market, but those didn't access the cell radio info.

 

[mtdewed]

Turns out I had the People app disabled, which in turn disabled the phone. Cause now my Phone app is back. Also, I used QuickShortcutMaker to go straight to that info screen. Which saves a lot of dialing.

Anyway, Thanks for your help everyone. I really appreciate it