So I tried to replace the Phone.apk with the one from v1.1 since this AOSP version does not have speed dial. I did an adb push and to my surprise no changes at all still AOSP dialer. Any ideas how to revert the dialer back to v1.1?
I'm not a fan of the AOSP dialer either. I was just successful in replacing the AOSP dialer with the one from eclipse v1.1. I am in no way an expert on this, but I'll outline what I did to get it to work. I
believe that the phone dialer and contacts are integrated, so you can't change one without the other. I may be wrong here so if I am, please step in and make that correction. There also seems to be several "helper" files that are needed for both the dialer and contact apks. Here's how I got it to work:
Before starting, I backed up all the files listed below to my sd card. After completing that, I went into manage apps, cleared data and force closed the following:
ContactIce.apk
Contacts.apk
ContactsData.apk
ContactsProvider.apk
ContactsSync.apk
Phone.apk
PhoneAddons.apk
PhoneConfig.apk
After clearing data and forcing closed those apks, I deleted them all and re-booted the phone. After the re-boot, I copied all the above files from eclipse v1.1, placed them in the /system/app folder and clicked on each apk to install. The Phone.apk and Contacts.apk came back with an error message 'unable to install' at this point. No worries, I just did another reboot and the v1.1 dialer was there. All seems to be working correctly.
I'm not certain that all the listed files need to be swapped, but that is what worked for me. One additional note, swapping the phone and contacts for the v1.1 version returns the In case of Emergency contact for anyone who is interested in that. As always, YMMV, proceed at your own risk.