Page 1. Manage Contacts

Manage Contacts

Touch Apps > Contacts .

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Create Contacts

Touch the "create contact" button and select the location/account you want to add the contact to. The fields available when creating the contact depend on the location/account you select. We will cover adding a new contact to Phone . When you add contacts to Phone, they will not be synchronized to your Exchange ActiveSync^® or online accounts, such as your Google™ Account.

The following default options are available when creating a contact:

• Contact photo: This picture will be shown when you receive an incoming call from the contact and during interactions with certain applications, for example, a chat application that interacts with your contacts list.
  • Image: Retrieve a previously stored picture from your Gallery and assign it to this entry. Touch a picture to assign the picture to the contact, then touch Done.
  • Take picture: Use the camera to take a new picture and assign it to this entry.
  • Tagged picture: Use a picture tagged in any of your added accounts.
• Contact name options are Name Prefix, First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, and Name Suffix. Touch next to the Name field to display all name fields.
• Phone: This field has several label options. You can choose from Mobile, Home, Work, Work Fax, Home Fax, Pager, Other, Custom, or Callback by touching the label field (by default, this will show Mobile). Touch to add more phone number fields or touch to delete a field.
• Groups: Assign the contact to a group. The default groups are Not assigned, ICE - emergency contacts, Co-workers, Family, Friends, My Contacts, or Starred in Android. Touch Create group to add a new group.
• Ringtone: Personalize the ringtone your device will play when you receive a call from the contact. Choose from Default, Ringtones (select from the preloaded device ringtones), or Go to My files (select an audio file you have added or downloaded to your device).
• Message alert: Personalize the notification alert your device will play when you receive a message from a contact.
• Vibration pattern: Personalize the vibration pattern your device will play when you receive a call from the contact. You can also Create your own custom vibration pattern.
• Add another field:
  • Phonetic Name: Add phonetic name information to the contact info.
  • Organization: Add organization information for the contact, such as a company name.
  • Email: Add an email address for the contact.
  • IM: Add a field containing an Instant Message service contact name.
  • Address: Add a physical address field for the contact.
  • Notes: Add other important info about the contact, such as spouse or children's names, favorite food, or favorite flower.
  • Nickname: Add a nickname for the contact. The nickname is not displayed when calls are made to or received from the contact.
  • Website: Add a website address for the contact. This could be their personal blog or even their company website. You'll be able to quickly access the link from the contact later.
  • Internet call: Add an internet call contact field to use when making an internet call using an internet calling service.
  • Events: Add an event for the contact.
  • Relationship: Add information about this contact's relationship to you.

Touch Save at the top of the screen to save the new contact.

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Delete Contacts

1. Within the Contacts list, touch and hold a contact you want to delete.
2. Touch Delete on the displayed list, and touch OK.

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Edit Contacts

When editing an existing contact, you can touch a field and change or delete the information, or you can add more fields to the contact's list of information.

1. Open the contact you want to edit, and then touch Edit at the top of the screen.
2. Touch any of the fields to add, change, or delete information. Touch or Add another field to add a new field or touch to delete a field.
3. Touch Save to update the changes or touch Cancel to exit without saving any changes.

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Using Contacts

Initiate Communication with Contacts

Once you have added contacts, you can initiate a phone call, chat, message, or email from the Contacts app. You can quickly call anyone in your contacts list by touching the contact and sliding your finger to the right side of the screen.

You can quickly create a text message by touching the contact and sliding your finger to the left side of the screen.

Also, you can touch the contact name you want to communicate with and then:

• Touch a stored number or the green phone icon to initiate a phone call.
• Touch the messaging icon to create a new text or picture message.
• Touch an email address to open a new email message to the contact.
• Touch the contact photo for quick access to the contact's information.
  

Finding a Contact

1. Touch the Search box at the top of the contacts screen and begin typing the name of a contact. Your device will search all name fields and display matches as you type. You can hide the keyboard by touching Back .
2. Within the Contacts list, touch a letter on the right side of the display to quickly jump to the contacts beginning with that letter.

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Joining Contacts

Joining Contact Information

Your device can join your contacts with multiple accounts, such as Facebook^®, Corporate email, and Google. When you synchronize your phone with these accounts, each account creates a separate entry in the Contacts list.

If one of your contacts, like Ruth Davidson in the image below, has a contact maintained in Gmail™, and also has an entry stored in Phone, you can join the two entries together.

The information is still kept separate in the two locations, but only one entry will be shown in your contacts list. The next time you synchronize your phone with your accounts, any changes made to the joined contact in either location will automatically update in your contacts list.

1. Touch the contact you want to join to another contact.
2. Touch Menu > Join contact.
3. Touch the contact you want to join this contact with.

Unjoining a Contact

1. Touch the contact you want to edit.
2. Scroll to and touch the Connections section.
3. Touch next to the entry you want to unjoin.
   

Marking a Contact's Default Preferences

When a contact has multiple options in a field, or when joined contacts present multiple options, such as two phone numbers, you can set default contact preferences.

1. Touch a Contact name.
2. Touch Menu > Mark as default. The "mark as default" screen displays radio buttons next to the contact's caller ID image, name, phone numbers, or email addresses of all the linked contacts.
   
3. To change the default contact, touch the radio button next to the entry you want to be the default (the radio button will turn green), and then touch Done.

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Contacts Options

Options in Contacts

From the Contacts tab, touch Menu , and the following options display:

• Delete: Delete one or more of your contacts.
• Import/Export: Import and export your contacts to your device's USB storage or an optional SD card. Or you can choose Share namecard via and select one or more namecards to send via Bluetooth^®, Email, Gmail, Messaging, or Wi-Fi Direct™.
  Note: Additional sharing options may be available on your device. The options may vary based on applications installed and features you have activated.
• Merge with Google: Merge contacts stored in the Phone location with your Google Account.
• Accounts: Add and manage mobile accounts such as Samsung account, Email, Facebook, Google, LDAP, or Microsoft^® Exchange ActiveSync. Touch the account type, and then follow the on-screen instructions.
• Speed dial setting: Set up speed dials.
• Send email: Send an email using your email or Gmail account(s).
• Send message: Send a text or picture message.
• Contacts to display: Define which contacts your device should show when you open the Contacts app.
• Settings:
  • Only contacts with phones: Display only contacts with phone numbers.
  • List by: Select the order your contacts will be sorted in.
  • Display contacts by: Select how your device will show your contacts.
  • Contact sharing settings: Define how your device should send namecards by default.

Options from Selected Contact Screen

Open a contact and touch Menu for the following options:

• History: View your communication history with the contact.
• Edit: Edit the contact details.
• Delete: Delete the contact from your Address Book.
• Join contact: Join the contact with other contacts.
• Separate contact: Separate joined contact cards. Available only when viewing a joined contact.
• Mark as default: Select the contact's default information that applications should use when accessing contact info.
• Share namecard via: Send the contact's information via Bluetooth, Email, Gmail, Messaging, or Wi-Fi Direct.
  Note: Additional sharing options may be available on your device. The options may vary based on applications installed and features you have activated.
• Print contact info: Use a Samsung printer to print out the contact information.
• Add shortcut to home: Add a Contact shortcut with the selected contact information.

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Groups

Creating New Group

1. Touch Groups > Menu > Create.
2. Name the new group and select the Group ringtone and Vibration pattern for the group.
3. Touch Add member to select contacts that are part of the group.
4. Touch Save.

Adding an Entry to a Group

1. From the contacts list, touch and hold the contact name you want to add to a group.
2. Touch Add to group.
3. Touch the group name you want to add the contact to.
4. Touch Save to save.

Removing an Entry from a Group

1. From the Groups tab, touch the group you want to remove a member from.
2. Touch Menu > Remove member.
3. Mark all of the contacts you want to remove from this group, and then touch Done.

Editing a Group

1. From the Groups tab, touch and hold the group you want to edit, and touch Edit group.
2. Make modifications to the Group Name, Group ringtone, or Vibration pattern fields.
3. Touch Save to store your changes.

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Adding Pauses and Waits to Contact Numbers

When you call some of your contacts, you may need to enter an extension number. For instance, you might have a recurring conference call you need a conference ID for when you dial in.

Instead of manually entering the numbers each time, you can store the numbers in your contacts along with special characters called pauses and waits. A pause will stop the calling sequence for two seconds, and then send any additional tones. A wait will cause the dialing process to stop and wait for you to enter a number or touch a key on the dial screen before it sends any additional tones.

1. To add a pause or a wait to a contact, open the contact you want to add the information to, and touch the Edit button.
2. Touch the phone number you want to add the pause or wait to, and adjust the position of the cursor.
3. Touch Sym from the Samsung keyboard or touch *#( from the Swype keyboard.
4. Touch Pause to add a two-second pause or touch Wait to add a wait, and use the keypad to enter the additional numbers. A pause will be displayed as a comma (,) and a wait will be displayed as a semicolon (;).
   Note: If more than a two-second pause is required, add multiple pauses as necessary.
5. Touch Save.

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Personal Contact Profile

You can set up a personal contact profile to share your contact details easily with others. When you open Contacts, you will see either the name you entered when you first turned on your device, or Set up profile at the top of your contacts list under ME.

Note: If you have opened Google+™ and are a member of the service, your Google+ profile will be shown under ME.

Touch your name, then Edit or Set up profile to add or edit the details of your profile. Your personal contact profile allows you to enter the same details you can for a contact.

If you want to share your profile with someone, open your profile and touch Menu > Share namecard via.

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