To edit contact information about yourself

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Tap Myself, then tap .

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 synchronise 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 .

2Tap the contact you want to link with another contact.

3Press , then tap Link contact.

4Tap 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.

To separate linked contacts

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Tap the linked contact you want to edit, then tap .

3Tap Unlink contact.

4Tap OK.

Favourites

You can mark contacts as favourites so that you can get quick access to them from the Contacts application.

To mark or unmark a contact as a favourite

1From the Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Tap the contact you want to add to or remove from your favourites.

3Tap .

To view your favourite contacts

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Tap .

Groups

You can assign contacts to groups to get quicker access to them from within the Contacts application.

To assign a contact to a group

1In the Contacts application, tap the contact that you want to assign to a group.

2Tap , then tap the bar directly under Assign to group.

3Mark the checkboxes for the groups to which you want to add the contact, then tap Done.

4Tap Done.

Communicating with your contacts

To search for a contact

1From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

2Tap and enter the first few letters of the contact name in the Search contacts field. All contacts beginning with those letters appear.

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Sony XPERIA S Communicating with your contacts, Avoiding duplicate entries in the Contacts application, Favourites, Groups