Sony Xperia E5 - Adding and editing contacts

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Adding and editing contacts

To Add a Contact

1

From your Homescreen, tap , then tap .

2

Tap .

3

If you have 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

this contact to. Alternately, tap

No backup 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.

After you select a synchronization account in step 3, that account will show as the default

account offered the next time you add a contact. When you save a contact to a particular

account, that account will show as the default account to save to the next time you add a

contact. If you have saved a contact to a particular account and want to change it, you need to

create a new contact and select a different account to save them to.

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

1

From your Homescreen, tap , then tap .

2

Tap the contact that 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 Associate a Picture with a Contact

1

From your Homescreen, tap , then tap .

2

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

3

Tap

, then select a method for adding the contact picture and edit 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 Homescreen, tap , then tap .

2

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

3

Tap >

Set ringtone.

4

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

then tap

Done.

5

Tap

SAVE.

To Delete Contacts

1

From your Homescreen, tap , then tap .

2

Touch and hold the contact you want to delete.

3

To delete all contacts, tap the downward arrow to open the drop-down menu,

then select

Mark all.

4

Tap , then tap

Delete.

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To Edit Contact Information about Yourself

1

From your Homescreen, tap , then tap .

2

Tap

Myself, then tap .

3

Enter the new information or make the changes you want.

4

When you are done, tap

SAVE.

To Create a New Contact from a Text Message

1

From your Homescreen, tap , and then find and tap .

2

Tap the icon next to the phone number, and then tap

Save.

3

Select an existing contact, or tap

Create new contact.

4

Edit the contact information and tap

SAVE.