4If you selected Custom in step 3, use the following controls to review your current custom greeting:

Table 2. Voicemail greeting playback controls

Icon Description

Play the greeting. Pause playback.

Listen to playback through your smartphone's speakerphone. Tap again to listen to playback through the earpiece.

Move forwards or backwards. Tap and hold the slider and then drag it right to move forwards or left to move backwards.

5To record a new greeting, tap Record a new greeting. Use the following controls to record your greeting:

Table 3. Voicemail greeting recording controls

Icon Description

Begin recording. Stop recording. Review your recording.

Pause playback while reviewing.

Listen to playback through your smartphone's speakerphone. Tap again to listen to playback through the earpiece.

Move forwards or backwards. Tap the screen to display the slider. Tap and hold the slider and then drag it right to move forwards or left to move backwards.

Keep this greeting.

Discard the greeting. Tap Re-recordto confirm the deletion and start recording again.

TIP If you discard your greeting but then decide you want to keep it, tap Keep existing record on the confirmation screen.

What can I do during a call?

Your smartphone offers many advanced telephone features, including call waiting, conference calling and call forwarding. These features depend on your service plan. Contact your wireless service provider for more information.

While you're on a call, info about the call appears on the call screen. When you're on a call, you can open other applications and work in them, and you won't lose your call. See Use another application while on a call.

If you created a reminder in the contact info of a caller, the reminder appears as a notification when you make a call to or receive a call from the person. See Assign a reminder message to a contact.

NOTE If you hold the smartphone up to your ear while you're on a call, the screen goes dark to prevent you accidentally tapping an item on the screen. This is normal behaviour. See Why the screen goes dark for more information.

Manage a call

Do any of the following:

•Put the call on speakerphone: Tap .

•Mute the microphone so you can't be heard: Tap .

TIP You don't need an on-hold button to put a call on hold. Just tap the mute icon to mute your end of the line.

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