Sony Xperia Z User Guide

To Add a New ICE Contact
1 From your Homescreen, tap 
, then tap .
2 Tap  ICE – In Case of Emergency , then tap 
.
3 If you have synchronized your contacts with one or more accounts and you are
adding a contact for the first time, you must select the account you want to add
this contact to. Alternately, tap  No backup if you only want to use and save this
contact on your device.
4 Enter or select the desired information for the contact.
5 When you are done, tap  Done.
The ICE contact must have at least a...

To assign a contact to a group
1 In the Contacts application, tap the contact that you want to assign to a group.
2 Tap 
, then tap the bar directly under  Groups.
3 Mark the checkboxes for the groups you want to add the contact to.
4 Tap  Done .
Sending contact information To Send Your Business Card
1 From your Homescreen, tap 
, then tap .
2 Tap  Myself .
3 Tap 
, then tap  Share.
4 Select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen instructions.
To Send a Contact
1 From your Homescreen, tap...

To export contacts to a SIM cardWhen you export contacts to a SIM card, not all information may get exported. This is due to
memory limitations on SIM cards.
1 From your Homescreen, tap , then tap .
2 Press 
, then tap  Export contacts  > SIM card .
3 Mark the contacts you want to export, or tap  Mark all if you want to export all your
contacts.
4 Tap  Export .
5 Select  Add contacts  if you want to add the contacts to existing contacts on your
SIM card, or select  Replace all contacts  if you want to...

Messaging and chatReading and sending messages
The Messaging application shows your messages as conversations, which means that all
messages to and from a particular person are grouped together. To send multimedia
messages, you need the correct MMS settings on your device. See 
Internet and MMS
settings
 on page 33 .
The number of characters that you can send in a single message varies depending on the
operator and the language you use. The maximum size of a multimedia message, which
includes the size of...

To read a received message
1 From your Homescreen, tap 
, then find and tap .
2 Tap the desired conversation.
3 If the message is not yet downloaded, tap and hold the message, then tap
Download message .
All received messages are saved by default to the device memory.
To Reply to a Message
1 From your Homescreen, tap 
, then find and tap .
2 Tap the conversation containing the message.
3 Enter your reply and tap 
.
To Forward a Message
1 From your Homescreen, tap 
, then find and tap .
2 Tap the...

Calling from a message
To Call a Message Sender
1 From your Homescreen, tap 
, then find and tap .
2 Tap a conversation and tap 
, then tap .
To Save a Sender's Number as a Contact
1 From your Homescreen, tap 
, then find and tap .
2 Tap 
 > Save .
3 Select an existing contact, or tap  Create new contact.
4 Edit the contact information and tap  Save.
Messaging settings To Change Your Message Notification Settings
1 From your Homescreen, tap 
, then find and tap .
2 Tap 
, then tap  Settings.
3 To set...

Email
Setting up email Use the email application in your device to send and receive email messages through
your email accounts. You can have one or several email accounts at the same time,
including corporate Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts.
To set up an email account
1 From your Homescreen, tap 
.
2 Find and tap  Mail.
3 Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to complete the setup.
For some email services, you may need to contact your email service provider for information
on detailed...

To Read Your Email Messages
1 From your Homescreen, tap 
.
2 Find and tap  Mail.
3 If you are using several email accounts, drag the left edge of the screen to the
right and select the account you want to check. If you want to check all your email
accounts at once, drag the left edge of the screen to the right, then tap  Combined
inbox .
4 In the email inbox, scroll up or down and tap the email message that you want to
read.
To Create and Send an Email Message
1 From your Homescreen, tap 
, then find and...

To Search for Email
1 From your Homescreen, tap 
, then find and tap  Mail.
2 If you are using several email accounts, drag the left edge of the screen to the
right and select the account you want to search. If you want to search all your
email accounts at once, drag the left edge of the screen to the right, then tap
Combined inbox .
3 Tap 
.
4 Enter your search text, then tap 
 on the keyboard.
5 The search result appears in a list sorted by date. Tap the email message you
want to open.
To View All...

1View a list of all Gmail accounts and folders2Search for email messages3List of email messages4Write an email message
To Learn More About Gmail™
• When the Gmail application is open, drag the left edge of the screen to the right,
and then find and tap  Help.
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