Sony Xperia XA1 - Adding and editing contacts

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Adding and editing contacts

To Add a Contact

1

From your

Home screen, tap , then tap .

2

Tap .

3

If you 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 the

contact to. Alternatively, tap

Phone contact 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

SAVE.

Once you save a contact to an account, that account will show as the default account to save

to the next time you add a contact. If you want to change which account a contact is saved to,

you need to create the contact again and save it to the correct account.

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 abroad.

To Edit a Contact

1

From your

Home screen, tap , then tap .

2

Tap the contact you want to edit, then tap .

3

Edit the desired information.

4

When you are done, tap

SAVE.

Some synchronization services do not allow you to edit contact details.

To Add a Picture to a Contact

1

From your

Home screen, tap , then tap .

2

Tap the contact you want to edit, then tap .

3

Tap , then select a method for adding the contact picture and edit it as desired.

4

After you add the picture, tap

SAVE.

You can also add a picture to a contact directly from the

Album application. If you want to add

a picture that is saved to an online account, you must download the picture first.

To Personalize the Ringtone for a Contact

1

From your

Home screen, tap , then tap .

2

Tap the contact that you want to edit, and then tap .

3

Tap >

Set ringtone.

4

Select an option from the list or tap to select a music file saved on your device,

then tap

DONE.

5

Tap

SAVE.

To Send All Calls to Voicemail for a Contact

1

From your

Home screen, tap , then tap .

2

Tap the contact you want to edit, then tap .

3

Tap , then mark the

All calls to voicemail checkbox.

4

When you are done, tap

SAVE.

To block a phone number

1

From your

Home screen, tap , then tap .

2

Tap , and then tap

Blocked numbers.

3

Tap

ADD A NUMBER, then enter the phone number that you want to block calls

and texts from.

4

Tap

BLOCK.

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To Delete Contacts

1

From your

Home screen, tap , then tap .

2

Touch and hold the contact that you want to delete.

3

To delete several or all contacts, mark the checkboxes beside the contacts that

you want to delete.

4

Tap , then tap

Delete contact.

5

Tap

DELETE to confirm.

To Edit Contact Information About Yourself

1

From your

Home screen, tap , then tap .

2

Tap

ME, then tap .

3

Enter the new information or make the changes you want.

4

When you are finished, tap

SAVE.

To Create a New Contact from a Text Message

1

From your

Home screen, tap , then find and tap .

2

Tap the icon next to the phone number, then tap

SAVE.

3

Select an existing contact, or tap

Create new contact.

4

Edit the contact information and tap

SAVE.