Contacts
You can save and organise your friends' phone numbers, addresses, and other contact information in the People hub. You can also get in touch with your friends through social networking services.
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Add a new contact
Keep your friends with you. Save their phone numbers, addresses, and other info to the People hub.
Tap
People , and swipe to all .
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Tap
> new contact . -
If you're signed in to several accounts, tap the account to which the contact is linked.
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Tap a contact detail, fill in the boxes, and tap
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When you have added the details, tap
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Tap the contact and
, and edit or add details.
Tap the contact and
> delete .
The contact is deleted both from your phone and, with some exceptions such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, from the online service where it's stored.
The contact is deleted both from your phone and, with some exceptions, from the online service where it's stored.
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Save a number from a received call
Have you received a call from a person whose phone number is not yet saved in the People hub? You can easily save the number in a new or existing contact list entry.
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Tap
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In the call history list, tap a phone number and
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Tap
, edit the phone number and phone number type, and tap
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Edit other contact details, including the name, and tap
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Save a number from a received message
Have you received a message from a person whose phone number is not yet saved in the People hub? You can easily save the number in a new or existing contact list entry.
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Tap
Messaging . -
In the conversations list, tap a conversation.
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At the top of the conversation screen, tap the phone number and
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Tap
, edit the phone number and phone number type, and tap
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Edit other contact details, including the name, and tap
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Search for a contact
Need to contact your friends quickly? Rather than scrolling through all your contacts, you can search, or jump to a letter or character in the contacts list.
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Tap
People , and swipe to all . -
Tap
, and start writing a name. The list filters as you write. Tip:Pin your most important contacts or contact groups to the start screen. Tap and hold a contact, and tap pin to Start .
Tap any letter in the contacts list on the left, and in the following menu, tap the first letter or character for the name you want. You jump directly to that point in your contacts list.
Tap
> settings > filter my contact list , and tap the check boxes of the accounts from which you want contacts to show.
Link contacts
Do you have separate entries for the same contact from different social networking services or mail accounts? You can link multiple contacts so that their info is in a single contact card.
Tap
People , and swipe to all .
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Tap the main contact you want to link to and
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Tap choose a contact and the contact to be linked.
Tap the main contact and
, and tap the contact to be unlinked and unlink .
Copy contacts from a SIM card
If you have contacts stored on your SIM card, you can copy them to your phone.
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Tap
People . -
Tap
> settings > import SIM contacts .
Create, edit, or delete a contact group
You can create contact groups, and send a message to several people at the same time. For example, you can add family members to the same group and reach them quickly with the same message.
Tap
People , and swipe to all .
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Tap
> new group . -
Write a name for the group.
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Tap add a contact and a contact. To add another contact, tap add a contact again.
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Tap
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Tap the group and
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Tap the group name, and write the new name.
Tap add a contact and a contact.
Tap the contact and remove from group > Remove .
Tap the group and
, change the info you want, and tap
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Tap the group and
> delete .