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You don't need to hack your firmware to install other dialers. There are dozens on the android market.

Edit: Dialer One's release notes for v1.2 say that an issue was fixed regarding United States emergency numbers. Not sure if that pertains to this issue, though.




That's correct.

You do need to hack the firmware though to not be able to access the default dialer (which he had done).

I just tried on my phone: even if I install Dialer one, I can always go to all applications and run the default phone app.

Without the modified firmware, he could have realized the 3rd party dialer had a bug and immediately switched to the default in seconds.




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