Managing your contacts
You can create, edit and synchronize your contacts in a few simple steps. You can
select contacts saved in different accounts and manage how you display them in the
phone.
If you synchronize your contacts with more than one account, you can join contacts in
your phone to avoid duplicates.
Some synchronization services, for example, some social networking services, do not allow
you to edit contact details.
To view your contacts
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From your Home screen, tap , then tap . Your contacts are listed here.
To select which contacts to display in the Contacts application
1
From your Home screen, tap , then tap .
2
Press , then tap Filter.
3
In the list that appears, mark and unmark the desired options. If you have
synchronized your contacts with a synchronization account, that account
appears in the list. You can tap the account to further expand the list of options.
When you are finished, tap OK.
To add a contact
1
From your Home screen, tap , then tap .
2
Tap .
3
If you have synchronized your contacts with one or more accounts, select the
account to which you want to add this contact, or tap Local contact if you only
want to use this contact in your phone.
4
Enter or select the desired information for the contact.
5
When you are finished, tap Done.
If you add a plus sign and the country code before a contact phone number, you can use the
number when you make calls from other countries.
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To edit a contact
1
From the Home screen, tap , then tap .
2
Touch and hold the contact you want to edit, then tap Edit contact.
3
Edit the desired information. When you are finished, tap Done.
To associate a picture with a contact
1
From your Home screen, tap , then tap .
2
Touch and hold the contact you want to edit, then tap Edit contact.
3
Tap and select the desired method for adding the contact picture.
4
When you have added the picture, tap Done.
You can also add a picture to a contact directly from the Xperia™ Gallery application.
To view your communication with a contact
1
From the Home screen, tap , then tap .
2
Tap the contact you want to view.
3
To view your communication with the contact for different media, tap or flick
through the filter items at the bottom of the screen.
To delete contacts
1
From your Home screen, tap , then tap .
2
Press , then tap Delete contacts.
3
Mark the contacts you want to delete, or tap Mark all if you want to delete all
contacts.
4
Tap Delete > OK.
To edit contact information about yourself
1
From your Home screen, tap , then tap .
2
Touch and hold Myself at the top of the contact list, then tap Edit contact.
3
Enter the new information or make the changes you want.
4
When you are done, tap Done.
Avoiding duplicate entries in the Contacts application
If you synchronize your contacts with a new account or import contact information in
other ways, you could end up with duplicate entries in the Contacts application. If this
happens, you can join such duplicates to create a single entry. And if you join entries
by mistake, you can separate them again later.
To link contacts
1
From your Home screen, tap , then tap .
2
Touch and hold the contact you want to link with another contact, then tap Link
contact
.
3
From the list that appears, tap the contact whose information you want to join
with the first contact, then tap OK to confirm. The information from the first
contact is merged with the second contact, and the first contact is no longer
displayed in the Contacts list.
To separate linked contacts
1
From your Home screen, tap , then tap .
2
Touch and hold the linked contact you want to edit, then tap Edit contact.
3
Tap Unlink contact.
4
Tap OK.
Favorites
You can mark contacts as favorites so that you can get quick access to them from the
Contacts application.
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To mark or unmark a contact as a favorite
1
From the Home screen, tap , then tap .
2
Tap the contact you want to add to or remove from your favorites.
3
Tap .
To view your favorite contacts
1
From your Home screen, tap , then tap .
2
Tap Groups, then tap .
Groups
You can assign contacts to groups to get quicker access to them from within the
Contacts application.
To assign a contact to a group
1
In the Contacts application, touch and hold the contact that you want to assign
to a group.
2
Tap Edit contact, then tap the bar directly under Assign to group.
3
Mark the checkboxes for the groups to which you want to add the contact, then
tap Done.
4
Tap Done.