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Contacts
Get Started with Contacts
Before using Contacts, it’s best to learn the basics.
Access Contacts
► Touch
—or—
>
Contacts
Touch Dialer > Contacts
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Tip: To search the list, begin typing a name.
► Touch Menu to display options:
Add contact : Create a new contact entry.
Display options : Filter and sort your contact list.
Accounts : Touch Add account to add another account from which to use contacts, or touch an account, and then touch Remove account to delete it from your phone.
Import/Export : Import or export contacts from a memory card.
Share name cards : Begin typing to search for a contact to share; touch Done ; select the information to share; select how you want to share the information; and then select a recipient for the information.
More :
• My info : View your own contact information.
• Settings : Touch Display suggestions to show suggested Groups and Favorites or touch Contact storage to choose where to store new and imported contacts.
Add a Contact
Note: Before entering contacts, you must set up at least one email account on your phone.
See Complete the Setup Application
or Setting Up Messaging Accounts .
1. Touch
>
Contacts > Add .
2. Choose an account for storing your contact.
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3. Fill in as much or as little information as you'd like.
4. When you’re finished, touch Save .
Save a Phone Number
You can save a phone number directly from the dialpad.
1. Touch Dialer .
2. Enter the phone number and touch Add to Contacts .
3. To add the number to an existing contact, touch Existing . To create a new contact for the number, touch New .
4. For an existing contact, touch the contact name, select a number type for the new number, and then touch Save .
—or—
For a new contact, enter the first and last name and any additional information, and then touch Save .
Edit a Contact
After you add a contact, you can add or edit it, assign a caller ID picture, customize with a unique ringtone, and more.
1. Touch
>
Contacts .
2. Touch a contact, touch Menu > Edit contact .
To edit the contact : Touch any field you want to add or change. When you are finished, touch Save .
To assign a stored picture to a contact : Touch the picture icon at the top of the entry, and then touch Change icon . Touch Select photo from Gallery . Select Files
(for a picture in internal storage, memory card, or shared network folders) or Gallery
(for a picture in your gallery). Then touch a photo to select it.
To assign a new picture to a contact : Touch the picture icon at the top of the entry, and then touch Change icon . Touch Take photo . Your camera opens. Touch
the
Shutter icon to take the photo. Touch Done to continue. (Touch and drag the square to crop the picture.) Touch Save to assign the picture.
3. To assign a ringtone to a contact , touch the contact, touch Menu > Options .
Touch Ringtone to select a tone. Then touch OK .
4. To delete a contact , touch the contact, touch Menu > Delete contact . Then touch
Delete .
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Sync or Transfer Contacts
When you change one of your contacts, your phone automatically updates your other social networking accounts. Also, your phone updates your contacts and social networking account whenever you change a friend in your social networking accounts.
Get all your contacts, all in one place. Here’s a few helpful hints:
● Use Gmail™ : All your Gmail contacts are automatically synced to your phone. Various computer applications for mobile phones and email accounts allow you to export your contacts as a “ .CSV
” file. You can then use Gmail to import the file. For details, see motorola.com/transfercontacts or log in to your Gmail account on your computer and select “
Help
”.
● Use a microSD card : You can transfer contacts from your old phone to your new
Motorola phone using a microSD card. See Transfer Contacts Using a microSD Card .
● More : Find other methods and tools to help you at motorola.com/transfercontacts .
Transfer Contacts Using a microSD Card
1. On your old phone, copy all the contacts to your microSD card. (They'll be copied as a
VCard file.)
2. Insert the microSD card in your new phone. See Optional microSD Card .
3. To import the contacts from your microSD card, touch
Import/Export > Import contacts from: SD card .
>
Contacts > Menu >
Share Contacts
You can share contacts via Bluetooth, email, Gmail, or text messaging.
1. Touch
—or—
>
Contacts
Touch Dialer > .
Contacts .
2. Touch a contact, touch Menu > Share .
3. Select the information that you want to share, and then touch OK .
4. Select the method you want to use to share the contact:
Bluetooth
to use a Bluetooth connection. See Bluetooth® Connections for details
about pairing and sharing.
Email to send the information as an email attachment. If prompted, select an email account. Address the message, add a subject and a message, and then touch the
Send
icon. See Email for details about sending email.
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Gmail to send the information as a Gmail attachment. Address the message, add a subject and a message, and then touch the Send
Messaging to send the information in a text message. Select a contact or enter a wireless phone number or email address, enter any additional information, and then touch the Send
icon. For more information on text messaging, see Text Messages and MMS .
Call or Text Contacts
1. Touch
—or—
>
Contacts
Touch Dialer > Contacts .
2. For View contact , Call contact , Text contact , or other options, touch and hold the contact.
Make Groups
You can set up groups in Contacts for Group Connect calls or for quick messaging.
1. Touch
>
Contacts > Groups > Add .
2. Select the group type:
Group Connect for Direct Connect calls.
Message Group for messaging recipients.
3. Enter a name for your group and touch OK .
4. Select names from your contact list.
5. When finished, touch Done .
Note: You may see different options based on the information you have for the contact.
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