Dumbphone

Dumbphone Free App

Rated 2.37/5 (71) —  Free Android application by Bozhidar Bozhanov

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About Dumbphone

If you are addicted to your smartphone and keep looking at it without a particular need, even when you are out with friends, dumbphone is the win-win solution - you can disable all smartphone features for a period of time, so you won't be tempted to look at it and you'll be able to enjoy seeing your friends at the pub, the nature, and the world.

Dumbphone blocks internet connection and disallows running applications, effectively turning your smartphone into a plain old feature-poor phone - only calls and sms.

In case you really need to use your smartphone features before your planned dumbphone time has elapsed, you can still do it (though not immediately, but rather with a delay of several minutes), and that is recorded in the log, so that you constantly see the number of times you have shown weakness and have succumbed to your addiction.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Dumbphone version 1.0 on your Android device!
Downloaded 1,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: bg.bozho.dumbphone, download Dumbphone.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
added support for enabling dumbphone for multiple days

What are users saying about Dumbphone

K70%
by K####:

Interesting concept but doesn't work as it keeps crashing

K70%
by K####:

Doesn't work sadly

K70%
by K####:

Doesn't work. Immediately stops when trying to open the app. Xperia z3, on marshmallow

R70%
by R####:

Notice keeps popping up every few seconds even though I'm not touching anything or trying to use any app. Then it takes 3 minutes to get your smartphone back. No thanks.

K70%
by K####:

Not terribly useful, unfortunately.

K70%
by K####:

Thank you so dam much

G70%
by G####:

It does it's job. However 2 problems i encounter. 1 if you use hangouts as your sms app then you will have to deal with constant pop-ups while trying to text. 2 sending/receiving group messages or picture messages is impossible w/o data. Could you please update and allow apps like hangouts and other sms apps to not be badgered by pop-ups

T70%
by T####:

Great idea. I would love to use this app but unfortunately it didn't work on my phone. I imagine that Google probably makes it difficult for an app like this to work ;)

Q70%
by Q####:

Super excited to use this for night time but as soon as I tried to use it it crashed and have never gotten it to work...

T70%
by T####:

I can't use it because it crashes when I enter the hours. Useless for me.

T70%
by T####:

The app crashes every time I click the button

M70%
by M####:

Keep crashing, not working for my rooted moto g1

T70%
by T####:

...every time I hit the button.

T70%
by T####:

Hi, doesn't work on my Galaxy S5

T70%
by T####:

But I can still quite happily use most apps, including the camera. and additionally the dumbphone warning constantly appears (turning the screen on!) - perhaps triggered by background processes?

A70%
by A####:

They are very Dumb Blocking My Auto Correction they should be Removed By NOTCH

T70%
by T####:

Doesn't work. Immediately stops when trying to open the app. Xperia z3, on marshmallow

T70%
by T####:

Doesn't work at all, force closes

T70%
by T####:

Does not work on Samsung Note 3. Waste of time.

H70%
by H####:

Doesn't work

M70%
by M####:

Absolutely love it that I can control my smartphone addiction. As a nice side benefit my battery least for days now.

Z70%
by Z####:

I like it when it's on for when I set it to be dumbing down my phone, but when the timer runs out, instead of disabling dumbphone mode, it just starts counting into negative hours and minutes, still making you wait 3 minutes if you want to use the internet. In that respect, it's a pain.

D70%
by D####:

I need an android app that converts my smartphone into a dumb phone whenever I'm making a call. I hate having my phone screen disappear during a call leaving me unable to even hangup until I can weed through whatever features or apps have taken over my screen. I want an app to automatically lock a smartphone into dumb phone mode during calls, and then release the lock when I hangup. This app will help, but it's not what I need.

H70%
by H####:

I was really excited to try this but as soon as I tried to start using it (set the time period to have my phone be a dumb phone and hit go) it said it had stopped. Tried a few more times, same thing. Doesn't seem to work.

U70%
by U####:

Can you fix please

M70%
by M####:

This app has helped me find it. (And boy, is it better than the one I was in!)

M70%
by M####:

Fantastic idea and simple design. Currently not working. Would really like this-but it says that it has stopped as soon as I activate it. This is on Moto X 2.

M70%
by M####:

I desperately want this to work on my S5, but it crashes every time I open it...

M70%
by M####:

Very cool... would love to be able to exclude apps.. like my own sms app and bible app

W70%
by W####:

It's a nice idea... But need to make this more strict and not allow apps to open except the dumbphone

M70%
by M####:

its a dumbapp poping up every time with some stupid message...uninstall nice try, tough its not even near to what samsung have in galaxy s5 .

M70%
by M####:

But I can still quite happily use most apps, including the camera. and additionally the dumbphone warning constantly appears (turning the screen on!) - perhaps triggered by background processes?

M70%
by M####:

Quite a decent App, could be great if you could add a few features. 1. Disable the frequent pop ups that comes when the app is activated. 2. Instead of #1 give a simple notification in the top bar that the app is active.. Like i was using the calculator and the frequent pop ups are quite an irritant while using it.

I70%
by I####:

I have a galaxy s5. When I start the timer,the app crashes. Time interval made no difference.

C70%
by C####:

Failed on several attempts. A piece.

M70%
by M####:

Hate it


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