XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.freeware   
   From: arlenholder@newmachine.com   
      
   On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 13:07:12 +1000, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:   
      
   > Please try to be accurate about things.  Saying that an internal door   
   > without a lock is insecure when it relies on the external door(s) being   
   > lockable only makes you look foolish.   
      
   Hi Gary,   
      
   Thanks for that purposefully helpful advice...   
   o Where I'm all about enacting a general purpose working solution.   
      
   I don't disagree with you on being more precise about the problem set.   
   o If you have a _better_ working solution to the problem set, I'm all ears.   
      
   Even so, yours is good advice, particularly since we're trying to figure   
   out how to have an empty default sqlite contacts database and _still_ get   
   caller id display.   
      
   While one possible approach to the problem is to (somehow) "protect" the   
   default sqlite contacts database, the approach I'm first taking is to   
   simply eliminate that default sqlite contacts database.   
      
   If you, or anyone else, knows how to "protect" that default sqlite contacts   
   database, I'm all ears, as that would work even better than having an empty   
   default sqlite contacts database, simply because a _lot_ of important   
   programs _expect_ the default sqlite contacts database to not be empty.   
   a. The "Phone app" uses it, by default, to display known contact caller id   
   b. The "SMS app" uses it, by default, to display known contact caller id   
   c. Even the "Dialer app" & "Contacts app" use it, by default.   
      
   Luckily, I've solved the lack-of-protection problem simply by wiping out   
   the default sqlite contacts database, and then installing non-Google apps   
   that don't use that default sqlite contacts database...   
      
   But if you have a _better_ working solution to the problem, I'm all ears.   
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