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Hello, I recently starting degoogling a motorola razr 50 and I overdid it.

My approach was to use 'adb' and uninstall packages. I started with the obvious ones, and then I started going a bit too far. I realise now I should have taken a backup of the apk to restore it after. Well, too late now.

I removed com.android.dialer and com.android.phone. I thought i would not need them since i installed some Fossify app alternatives. My guess is that they are more libraries than apps, and still needed by the Fossify apps (messages and phone). I'm not able now to send/receive calls/sms, and I'm wondering if I could download the apk from somewhere and restore it.

I tried to get some from the interwebs, but I get the following exception when trying to reinstall them: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE: Existing package com.android.dialer signatures do not match newer version; ignoring!]

The last resort would be to do a factory reset, but I would prefer to avoid it.

Anyone knows how I could fix it?

Thanks

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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dude, seriously? Don't tell a user to do a factory reset unless you actually know what you're talking about jfc.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

No idea what "jfc" means, but you're right. Just because I compulsively backup so for me a factory reset is the easiest "fix-all", it doesn't mean everyone else functions like me. I spoke out of place, and I'm sorry. Thanks for pointing it out, I'll be more careful moving forward.

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can be proud of yourself for admitting you were wrong. It doesn’t happen a lot on the web or in the world.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

More than pride, I feel great someone took the time to tell me I'm wrong. We're all growing until the day we die, and we all need others to call us out when needed for us to rethink our ways and then try to make changes for the better.

TheTechnician27 displayed care for others enough to do his part in stopping misinformation, that's something we sorely need more off in the world.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

jfc means Jesus Fucking Christ.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 2 points 21 hours ago

Ah, OK. Thanks. I just learned something new.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Entirely fair; sorry for blowing up.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 2 points 21 hours ago

Nah man. It's all good. I appreciate how you care about correcting wrong information that might affect others. Your heart is in the right place. Thank you for calling me out.