Blackberry P'9981 manual Phone options, Switch the active phone number

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If your SIM card supports more than one phone number, you can make calls using your active phone number only, but you receive calls to all phone numbers. If you're already on a call, you receive calls to your active phone number only, and any calls that you receive to your other phone numbers receive a busy signal or are sent to voice mail.

If your wireless service provider has set up your smartphone to support more than one phone number, you can make calls and receive calls using your active phone number only. Any calls that you receive to your other phone numbers receive a busy signal or are sent to voice mail.

If your wireless service provider has provided you with a phone number, and your organisation has provided you with a BlackBerry MVS Client phone number, you can make calls using your active phone number only, but you receive calls to all phone numbers. If you're already on a call, you can receive calls to all phone numbers.

If your wireless service plan supports text messaging, the first phone number that appears in the drop-down list at the top of the screen in the phone application is the phone number that you use to send and receive text messages.

You can change call waiting, call forwarding and voice mail options for each phone number associated with your smartphone.

Switch the active phone number

1.From the Home screen, press the key.

3. Click the phone number that you want to set as the active phone number.

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Turn on or turn off dialling from the lock screen

1.From the Home screen, press the key.

2.Click Security > Password.

3.Select or clear the Allow Outgoing Calls While Locked check box.

4.Press the key > Save.

Sort phone numbers or contacts on the phone screen

1.From the Home screen, press the key.

2.Press the key > Options > Call Logs and Lists.

•To sort phone numbers or contacts by frequency of use, change the Phone List View field to Most Used.

•To sort contacts alphabetically by contact name, change the Phone List View field to Name.

•To sort phone numbers or contacts by most recent use, change the Phone List View field to Most Recent.

3.Press the key > Save.

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