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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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (7 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (6 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

jfc means Jesus Fucking Christ.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

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

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