Dell Streak 5 User Manual

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To  m a k e  a  c a l l
1Touch to select a contact from your Favorites contact list.
• Touch   next to a contact to call the contact directly.
• Touch a contact and then touch   to call, touch   to text 
message, or touch   to e-mail the contact.
2Touch to select a contact from your Contacts list. Touch a contact and 
then touch   to call, touch   to text message, or touch   to e-
mail the contact.
3Touch to view the call log.
4Touch to open the on-screen dialpad.
5• Touch to...

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6Type the number to call using the on-screen dialpad.
7Touch to call your voicemail box.
NOTE: If no voicemail number is stored on your SIM card, you will be 
prompted to enter a number. Touch Add number to enter and save your 
voicemail number.
8Touch to call the typed number.
9Touch to clear an incorrect number; touch and hold to clear all the 
entered numbers.
10Touch to make a call using voice commands.
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To use the call log
To call a number with an extension
1Type the number to call using the on-screen dialpad.
2Touch and hold the asterisk key on the dialpad until “p” appears.
1
• Touch a contact and then touch   to call, touch   to text 
message, or touch View contact to view the information of the 
contact.
• Touch a phone number and then touch Add to contacts to save the 
caller in Contacts.
• If a caller entry shows the number of calls, touch the caller to view all 
the...

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3Type the extension.
4Touch   to make a call.
To make an international call
1Touch and hold the number 0 key on the dialpad until "+" appears. 
2Enter the country code, area code, and phone number.
3Touch   to make a call.
To listen to your voicemail
To u c h   or touch and hold the number 1 key on the dialpad to call 
your voicemail box.
 NOTE: If no voicemail number is stored on your SIM card, you will be 
prompted to enter a number. Touch Add number to enter and save...

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Controls during a call
2Drag left to reject an incoming call.
1
• Touch to hold an active call. To resume a held call, touch  .
• Touch   to swap between active and held calls.
2
• Touch   to bring up the dialpad and make another call. The first 
call is placed on hold automatically.
• Touch   to connect active and held calls to have a conference 
call.
3Touch to accept calls using a Bluetooth headset when a Bluetooth 
headset is connected to your device. For information on...

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Adjust Call Settings
You can change call settings to suit your personal needs, or enable the 
call services available from your network service provider.
Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ Call 
settings.
5Touch to turn the speaker on or off.
 
WARNING: Ensure that you turn off the speaker before you hold 
the device close to your ear as this could damage your hearing.
6Touch to open the dialpad for dialing.
7Touch to end an active call or cancel dialing.
Fixed...

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Other call settings•Call forwarding: Diverts incoming calls to a 
designated phone number when your device is 
busy, unreachable, does not answer, or if you want 
to always forward calls.
To enable call forwarding, enter the number to 
divert to or touch 
 to select a contact from 
your Contacts list. Then touch Enable.
NOTE:Your device can use Call forwarding only if 
the Call forwarding function is supported 
by your network service provider.
•Call barring: Blocks certain...

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Managing Contacts
To view and manage your contacts:
•Touch Contacts
 
•Touch →  Contacts.
To add a new contact
1Touch the Menu button → New contact.
2Select the account where you want to add this contact, such as 
your Gmail account.
1This area shows the account in which the new contact is stored.
2Touch to take a photo or select a photo from the Gallery application to 
use as the contact’s visual caller ID.
3Enter the contact information using the on-screen keyboard. Scroll the...

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To find a contact
1To locate a contact, you can either:
• Flick the contact list until you find the contact.
• Touch the Menu button → Search, and then type either the 
contact’s full name or only the first letters of it into the Search 
contacts text box. The screen displays the matching contacts.
2Once the contact is located, touch the contact’s entry to view the 
contact’s details.
To call, e-mail, or send a message to a contact
• From the Contacts list, select a desired...

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• When viewing the contact details.
 NOTE: For information about composing and sending SMS and MMS, 
see Messaging. For information about using the e-mail applications, see 
Gmail and E-mail. 1Touch an action you want to do with the contact.
2
Touch the Menu button   to edit the contact details or share the 
contact info with your friends through e-mail or Bluetooth. To designate 
a ringtone for the contact’s incoming calls, or to let your device 
automatically send the...