Contact Management

Adding a New Contact:

  1. Access the "People" app located on the home screen or in the app drawer
  2. Go to the "People" tab and press the "+" button
  3. Tap the "Name" field, and enter a name for the contact
  4. Select the contact type in order to determine which account you wish the contact to sync with
  5. Enter any additional contact information in the appropriate fields, and tap "Save" when ready

Editing a Contact:

  1. Access the "People" app
  2. Go to the "People" tab
  3. Press and hold the desired contact and tap "Edit contact"
  4. Edit the information as desired, then tap "Save"

Importing Contacts from the SIM card:

  1. Access the "People" app and go to the "People" tab
  2. Press the "Menu" icon and select "Manage contacts"
  3. Tap "Import / Export contacts"
  4. Tap "Import from SIM card"
  5. Assuming that you have a Google or Exchange ActiveSync account, select the type for the imported contacts
  6. Select the contacts that you wish to import
  7. Press "Save"

Importing a Contact from an Exchange ActiveSync Account:

  1. In the "People" app, go to the "People" tab
  2. Type in the contact's name or email address in the "Search" box
  3. Tap "Search contacts in your Company Directory"
  4. Select contact that you wish to import to your device
  5. Tap "+" to import the contact

Copying Contacts from One Account to Another:

  1. Go to the "People" tab in the "People" app
  2. Tap "Menu" and select "Manage contacts"
  3. Tap "Copy contacts" and then select the contact type or the online account you wish to copy the contacts from
  4. Select a contact type or account that you wish to save the contacts to

Accepting Contact Link Suggestions:

In order to avoid duplicate entries, your device will suggest the merging of contact information gathered from different sources, such as social networks

  1. On the "People" tab, press the Link suggestion notification (if available)
  2. In the list of suggested contacts, select the one that you wish to merge

Note: to disable contact link suggestions, press the "Menu" icon while on the "People" tab, tap "Settings" and clear the "Suggest contact link" check box

Merging Contact Information Manually:

  1. Go to the "People" tab and select the name of the contact that you wish to link
  2. Press the "Menu" icon and tap "Link"
  3. Perform one of the following steps:
    • Tap the link icon under "Suggest link" to link the contact to an account
    • Tap one of the options to link to another contact, under "Add contact"

Breaking a Contact Link:

  1. In the "People" tab, tap the name of the contact that you wish to break the link to
  2. Press the "Menu" icon > "Link"
  3. Under "Linked contacts", press the "link" (chain) icon to break it

Sending Contact Information:

  1. Access the "People" app and go to the "People" tab
  2. Perform one of the following steps:
    • To send someone's contact information: press and hold the name of the contact, then tap "Send contact as vCard"
    • To send your contact information: press and hold "My profile", and then "Send my profile"
  3. Select the method of sharing the vCard
  4. Select the type of information that you wish to send
  5. Tap "Send"

Sending Multiple Contact Cards:

  1. On the "People" tab, press the "Menu" icon and tap "Send contacts"
  2. Select the contacts that you wish to share
  3. Tap "Send"
  4. Select the method of sharing the contact cards

Contact Group Management

Creating a New Contacts Group:

  1. Open the "People" app and go to the "Groups" tab
  2. Tap the "+" button
  3. Enter a name for the group > tap "Menu" and then tap "Add contact to group"
  4. Select the contact(s) that you wish to add to the group, then tap "Save"
  5. Press "Save" to create the group

Editing a Group:

  1. On the "Groups" tab, tap and hold a group
  2. Tap "Edit group" and then perform one or more of the following steps:
    • Change the group's name. (Note: you can rename only groups that you have created)
    • To add more contacts to the group: Press the "menu" icon > "Add contact to group"
    • You can rearrange the group members by tapping and holding the icon depicting three horizontal lines, and dragging it to a new location
    • You can select the contacts that you wish to remove
  3. Tap "Save" to apply the changes


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