Quick Post – Not Call Log

Soon we’re going to write up some cool accessory reviews, but I didn’t want to go too long between posts, so I thought I’d write up one of my must-have apps that’s almost invisble, but super-handy. It’s called “Not Call Log“.

The reason for this app is simple – when the phone defaults to the Call Log after you hang up from a call, all kinds of bad things can happen, like accidentally calling someone from work in the middle of the night after chatting with a friend because your hand brushed against the phone icon for a call you made earlier that day. Yeah, annoying.

I was tired of accidentally auto-dialing people, and also just rarely needed the call log after making a call and always had to hit the home or back button, so I searched for a solution. Not Call Log is it. All it does is exit to the homescreen after you hang up the phone.

The only time it gets in the way is when you call someone at one number and they don’t pick up, and you want to immediately open their contact and dial another number, but your phone is now set up to exit instead of having the log stay open. However, when that happens you can just hit your phone icon to get back into the phone interface, so it’s not a big inconvenience. [Edit: It appears the new version allows you to set a lag time so the call log will stay visible for a few seconds before exiting in case you need to access a contact, so yet another problem solved!]

I wish the Android Settings menu had the option to direct the phone what to do after hanging up, but since there’s no obvious built-in way to do it, we have a need for simple but effective workaround apps like Not Call Log. Check it out!

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