Sony ST26i, ST26a manual Avoiding duplicate entries in the Contacts application

To add a contact

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Tap .

3If you have synchronized your contacts with one or more accounts, select the account to which you want to add this contact, or tap Phone contact if you only want to use this contact on your device.

4Enter or select the desired information for the contact.

5When you are done, tap Done.

If you add a plus sign and the country code before a contact's phone number, you do not have to edit the number again when you make calls from other countries.

To edit a contact

1From the Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Touch and hold the contact you want to edit, then tap Edit contact.

3Edit the desired information. When you are finished, tap Done.

To associate a picture with a contact

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Touch and hold the contact you want to edit, then tap Edit contact.

3Tap and select the desired method for adding the contact picture.

4When you have added the picture, tap Done.

You can also add a picture to a contact directly from the Xperia™ Gallery application.

To view your communication with a contact

1From the Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Tap the contact you want to view.

3To view your communication with the contact for different media, tap or flick through the filter items at the bottom of the screen.

To delete contacts

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Press , then tap Delete contacts.

3Mark the contacts you want to delete, or tap Mark all if you want to delete all contacts.

4Tap Delete > OK.

To edit contact information about yourself

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Touch and hold Myself at the top of the contact list, then tap Edit contact.

3Enter the new information or make the changes you want.

4When you are done, tap Done.

Avoiding duplicate entries in the Contacts application

If you synchronize your contacts with a new account or import contact information in other ways, you could end up with duplicate entries in the Contacts application. If this happens, you can join such duplicates to create a single entry. And if you join entries by mistake, you can separate them again later.

To link contacts

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Touch and hold the contact you want to link with another contact, then tap Link contact.

3From the list that appears, tap the contact whose information you want to join with the first contact, then tap OK to confirm. The information from the first contact is merged with the second contact, and the first contact is no longer displayed in the Contacts list.

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