Samsung Galaxy S2 Owners Manual

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Section 5: Contacts and Your Address Book
This section allows you to manage your daily contacts by storing 
their name and number in your Address Book. Address Book 
entries can be sorted by name, entry, or group. Y
Note: When storing an Address Book entry into your SIM card, note that only 
the name, phone number, group, and slot location are initially offered 
as fields (some SIM cards may allow an address as well). Although you 
may add additional fields to a...

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Ta p   next to the Last name field to display additional 
name fields.
5.Ta p  t h e  Phone number field.
The numerical keypad is displayed.
The 
Mobile button   initially displays next to the 
Phone number field. If you want to add a phone number 
that is not a mobile number, tap the 
Mobile button and 
select from Mobile, Home, Work, Work fax, Home Fax, 
Pager, Other, Custom (add your own label), or Callback.
6.Enter the phone number.
Ta p  
 to add another Phone number field or tap  to 
delete a...

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Tap any of the following fields that you want to add to your 
new contact:
 Groups: assign the contact to Family, Friends, or Work group.
: adds a field used to assign a message tone that will 
sound when messages are received from this contact. Choose 
between Default ringtone, Select sound from My files, or Phone 
ringtone.
 Postal Address: adds a field used to assign a physical 
postal address for this entry.
 Organization: adds an organization field for...

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Editing an Existing Contact
When editing an existing contact, you can tap a field and change 
or delete the information, or you can add additional fields to the 
contact’s list of information.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts . Ta p  t h e  
Contact that you want to edit.
2.Ta p  Edit.
3.Ta p   to add a new field and tap  to delete a field.
4.Tap any of the fields to add, change, or delete information.
5.Ta p  Save to save the edited information.
Using Contacts
Dialing or Messaging from...

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Tap the phone icon to make a phone call or tap the 
message icon to send a message.
For more information, refer to “Creating and Sending 
Messages”  on page 86.
Tip: From the Contact list, sweep right over a listing to make a call. Sweep left over a listing to send a message.
Joining Contacts
Joining Contact Information
Many people now maintain multiple email accounts, social 
networking logins, and other similar account information. For 
example, a Facebook...

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Press  ➔ Join contact.
The contact list is displayed.
4.Tap the second contact entry (the entry in which to join). 
The second contact is now joined with the first and the 
account information is merged into one screen.
Note: The information is still maintained in both entries, but displays in one record for easier viewing when you join the contacts.
5.Ta p  t h e  joined contacts bar to view the contact information 
you joined. The contacts and information displays with an 
icon next to the contact...

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Synchronizing Accounts
From the Accounts menu you decide if you want applications to 
synchronize, send, and receive data at any given time, or if you 
want the applications to synchronize automatically. After 
determining how you want the accounts to synchronize, indicate 
which account to synchronize with your Contacts list.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts .
2.Press   then tap More ➔ Accounts.
3.Determine which type of account information you want to...

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screen instructions. For more information, refer to “Synchronizing 
Accounts”  on page 61.
–Accounts: allows you to add and manage mobile accounts on 
Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace. You can also add Corporate or Google 
accounts. Tap Add account and then follow the on-screen instructions.
–Speed dial setting: allows you to set up speed-dialing. For more 
information, refer to “Making a Call Using Speed Dial”  on 
page 41. 
–Send email: allows you to send an email using your Google account.
–Send...

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Removing an Entr y From a Group
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts  ➔ 
Groups .
2.Tap a group entry.
3.Press  ➔ Remove member.
4.Tap all of the contacts you want to remove from this group. 
A green checkmark will appear next to their name.
5.Ta p  Remove.
The contacts are now removed from the group.
Creating a New Group
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts  ➔ 
Groups  ➔  ➔ Create.
2.Ta p  t h e  Group name field and use the on-screen keypad to 
enter a...

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Adding Favorites to your Address Book
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts .
2.Within the Contacts list, touch and hold a contact that you 
want to add to your favorites list
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3.Ta p  Add to favorites on the displayed list.
4.A gold star will appear next to the contact in the Address 
Book.
Removing Favorites from your Address Book
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts .
2.Within the Contacts list, touch and hold a contact that you 
want to remove from your favorites list. Contacts in your...