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Absolutely nothing to do with my Windows 11 PC, but I hope the smart
people here know the answer or can direct me.[1] I`ve spent a couple
of hours Googling, and while I found lots of copies of the same few
answers, none of them worked.[2]
MY SETUP: Samsung Galaxy A54 phone, a couple of weeks old. I`m using
the default Samsung-supplied Phone app. I don`t like the UI in the
default Contacts app, so I downloaded the Google Contacts app from
the Play Store, since that`s what I used and liked on my old phone.
It works just fine, and can connect to the Samsung Phone and Messages
apps to make calls and send texts.
MY QUESTION: How can I make the default Samsung Phone app open Google
Contacts (when I press "Contacts" in the Phone app) instead of
opening Samsung`s default Contacts app? I looked at the various
places for default apps in Settings and in the Phone app itself, but
couldn`t find anything to do this.
Please note: the question is not how to access my Google contacts
list through the Samsung Contacts app; I know how to do that but I
don`t want the Samsung Contacts user interface.
[1] Samsung`s support method is through Samsung Members, which means
creating an account and getting into a whole ecosystem I don`t want
to mess with. And getting actual help that way seems unlikely anyway:
several of my Google results were from answers to my question in
Samsung Members, but they didn`t work for my phone.[2]
[2] "Didn`t work" means that the directions told me to tap menu
settings that existed in their screenshots but not on my phone. Where
there was a possibly similar wording, I tried it but that was always
a false lead.
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Stan Brown, Tehachapi, California, USA
https://BrownMath.com/
Shikata ga nai...
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