Android Update 2.3.3 Contact/Dialer Duplication

[IonicMatador]

The update, on the whole, is welcomed.  The main problem:  stationary icons cannot be changed or deleted.  In particular, the Dialer and Contacts icons perform the same function.  I would like to get rid of the All Apps icon.  Is help on the way?

[Cody21 · Accepted solution]

If you mean you wish to change the defaul Icon on the bottom tray, you simply LONG-PRESS on the Icon and you can change the Application it's associated with.  Long-Press and a pop-up comes up that says "ADD TO DOCK" - select which App you want it to be.  The only one you can NOT change is the APP DRAWER on the far right ...

[IonicMatador]

Thanks.  The Apps Drawer (far right) is the one I wanted to change.  The Dialer icon seems to be linked to the Contact icon to the right of it.  If I open the Dialer, close it, and reopen it, the dial pad is ready for use.  If I open the Contact icon, close it, then open the Dialer icon, the contacts are ready for use.  I think the Dialer icon should open on the dialer and the Contact icon should open in contacts.  Contacts opens appropriately;  Dialer does not.

[p38flnp38fln]

You can't get rid of the all apps icon - how else would you access your apps?

Seems to be a minor bug with the phone tab opening the contacts tab - it just opens the dialer without telling it which tab to go to, so it just shows the last tab that was open.  If you push any of the tabs on top in the dialer, and then press home and then the phone button again, it will go back to the same tab that you were on instead of to the phone tab.

[Cody21]

Yea, unfortunately that's the way it works - it remembers you last choice from the Dialer.

[pigletag]

This bug really needs to be fixed. Both the buttons work the same way. The system default was Contacts (which for me includes about 200 out of 500 that don't have phone numbers--just emails or addresses. But it doesn't have the green phone icons showing the 300+ that HAVE phone numbers.)  Switching the Display Options (left button when phone list is open) to "Only Contacts with Phones" fixes that, but it switches for both buttons. To see the full Contact list you need to switch that setting back--rather inconvenient! [You can, however, still bring up non-phone contacts by searching the name with the hour-glass icon in the phone list.]

Overall, the upgrade has many positive features and seems faster. I LOVE the fine-tunig tab for dragging the cursor letter by letter within a word! Enhanced Gamil features are awesome. A quick push on the Home button AT the Home screen gives you a quick selsct view of all 7 pages. Dragging icons between screen is much easier than before. It took me a while to notice the Trash now appears at the top of the screen.  It sure would be nice if this kind of upgrade came with a What's New doc!