Samsung Galaxy S2 Owners Manual

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Section 5: Contacts and Your Address Book
This section allows you to manage your daily contacts by storing 
their name and number in your Address Book. Address Book 
entries can be sorted by name, entry, or group. Y
Note: When storing an Address Book entry into your SIM card, note that only 
the name, phone number, group, and slot location are initially offered 
as fields (some SIM cards may allow an address as well). Although you 
may add additional fields to a SIM entry; if you move that same SIM 
card to another model phone, it is possible that only the basic 
information will be transferred.
AT&T Address Book Activation
When you access the AT&T Address Book, the network backup 
service, contacts are automatically synchronized between your 
phone and online address book. The changes you make are 
automatically saved and if you ever upgrade, damage, or lose 
your phone, you can easily restore your contacts onto your new 
phone.
To activate the AT&T Address Book:
From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts .
Your Address Book is displayed.
Your AT&T Address Book is Ready to Use. You can now make a 
call or send a message through your Address Book.You can also manage your Address Book on the web 
at 
http://www.att.com/addressbook.
Adding a New Contact
Use the following procedure to add a new contact to your 
Address Book. 
Saving a Number from the Home screen
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts  ➔ .
2.Tap the image icon and assign a picture to the new entry 
by choosing one of three options:
 to retrieve a previously stored image from your Pictures 
folder and assign it to this entry. Tap an image to assign the image 
to the contact, then tap 
Save.
 Take photo to use the camera to take a new picture and assign it to 
this entry.
 Remove icon although not an option with a new entry, deletes any 
previously assigned image on an existing contact.
3.Ta p  t h e  First name and Last name fields and use the on-
screen keypad to enter names for each entry. For more 
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Ta p   next to the Last name field to display additional 
name fields.
5.Ta p  t h e  Phone number field.
The numerical keypad is displayed.
The 
Mobile button   initially displays next to the 
Phone number field. If you want to add a phone number 
that is not a mobile number, tap the 
Mobile button and 
select from Mobile, Home, Work, Work fax, Home Fax, 
Pager, Other, Custom (add your own label), or Callback.
6.Enter the phone number.
Ta p  
 to add another Phone number field or tap  to 
delete a field.
7.Ta p  t h e  Internet call field and use the keypad to enter an 
internet address.
8.Ta p  t h e  Email address field.
The keypad is displayed.The 
Work button  initially displays next to the Email 
address
 field. If you want to add an Email address that is 
not a Home email address, tap the 
Work button and select 
from Work, Home, Mobile, Other, or Custom (add your own 
label).
9.Enter the Email address.
Ta p  
 to add another Email address field or tap  to 
delete a field.
10.Ta p  t h e  IM field.
The QWERTY keypad is displayed.
The 
Google Talk button   initially displays next to the 
Instant msg field. If you want to add an instant message 
address that is not 
Google Talk, tap the Google Talk button 
and select from Google Talk, AIM, Windows Live, Yahoo!, 
Skype, QQ, ICQ, Jabber, or Custom (add your own label).
11.Enter the IM address.
Ta p  
 to add another Instant msg address field or tap 
 to delete a field.
Mobile
Work
Google Talk 
						

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Tap any of the following fields that you want to add to your 
new contact:
 Groups: assign the contact to Family, Friends, or Work group.
: adds a field used to assign a message tone that will 
sound when messages are received from this contact. Choose 
between Default ringtone, Select sound from My files, or Phone 
ringtone.
 Postal Address: adds a field used to assign a physical 
postal address for this entry.
 Organization: adds an organization field for this entry.
: Tap  to add the following fields:
–Notes: adds a field that allows you to jot down notes.
–NickName: adds a field that can be used to enter a nickname for the 
entry. The NickName is not displayed when calls are made to or 
received from the contact.
–Website: adds a field for the contact’s Web site URL.
–Birthday: adds a field for the contact’s birthday.
–Anniversary: adds a field for the contact’s anniversary.
13.Ta p  Save to save the new contact.
Note: By default, your contacts are automatically saved to your phone. To 
change where your contacts are saved to, from the main Contacts 
screen, press 
 ➔ More ➔ Settings ➔ Save new contacts to. Select Always ask, Phone, or Account. 
Adding Pauses to Contact Numbers
When you call automated systems, you are often required to 
enter a password or account number. Instead of manually 
entering the numbers each time, you can store the numbers in 
your Contacts along with special characters called pauses and 
waits. A pause will stop the calling sequence for two seconds 
and a wait will pause the calling sequence until you enter a 
number or press a key.
To add a pause or a wait to a Contact:
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts , and 
then tap the name or number to open the Contact.
2.Ta p  Edit.
3.Tap the phone number field.
4.Tap the screen at the position where the pause or wait 
needs to be added.
5.Ta p  .
6.Ta p  Pause to add a two-second pause or tap Wait to add a 
wait, and use the keypad to enter the additional numbers. 
A pause will be displayed as a comma (,) and a wait will be 
displayed as a semi-colon (;).
7.Ta p  Save to store your changes.
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Editing an Existing Contact
When editing an existing contact, you can tap a field and change 
or delete the information, or you can add additional fields to the 
contact’s list of information.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts . Ta p  t h e  
Contact that you want to edit.
2.Ta p  Edit.
3.Ta p   to add a new field and tap  to delete a field.
4.Tap any of the fields to add, change, or delete information.
5.Ta p  Save to save the edited information.
Using Contacts
Dialing or Messaging from Address Book
Once you have stored phone numbers in the Address Book, you 
can dial them easily and quickly by either using their SIM card 
location number or by using the Search field to locate the entry. 
From the Address book, you can also send messages.
Finding an Address Book Entr y
You can store phone numbers and their corresponding names 
onto your SIM card and phone’s onboard memory. The two 
locations are physically separate but are used as a single entity, 
called the Address Book.Depending on your particular SIM card, the maximum number of 
phone numbers the SIM card can store and how they are stored 
may differ.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts .
2.Within the Contacts list (sorted alphabetically), tap a letter 
on the right side of the display to quickly jump to the 
contacts beginning with that letter. 
3.Tap the contact you wish to call or message. 
						

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Tap the phone icon to make a phone call or tap the 
message icon to send a message.
For more information, refer to “Creating and Sending 
Messages”  on page 86.
Tip: From the Contact list, sweep right over a listing to make a call. Sweep left over a listing to send a message.
Joining Contacts
Joining Contact Information
Many people now maintain multiple email accounts, social 
networking logins, and other similar account information. For 
example, a Facebook account login name might differ from a corporate email account login because they are maintained 
separately and for different groups of people.
This device can synchronize with multiple accounts such as 
Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Corporate email, and Google. When 
you synchronize your phone with these accounts, each account 
creates a separate contact entry in the Contacts list.
If one of your contacts (Amy Smith, for example) has a regular 
email account that you maintain in Gmail, but also has a 
Facebook account under her maiden and married name, as well 
as a Yahoo! chat account, when you merge these accounts into 
your Contacts list you can join all of her entries and view the 
information in one record.
The next time you synchronize your phone with your accounts, 
any updates that contacts make to email account names, email 
addresses, etc. automatically update in your contacts list.
For more information about synchronizing accounts, see 
“Synchronizing Accounts” on page 62.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts .
2.Tap a contact name (the name you want to join to another 
entry). 
Note: typically this is the same contact with a 
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Press  ➔ Join contact.
The contact list is displayed.
4.Tap the second contact entry (the entry in which to join). 
The second contact is now joined with the first and the 
account information is merged into one screen.
Note: The information is still maintained in both entries, but displays in one record for easier viewing when you join the contacts.
5.Ta p  t h e  joined contacts bar to view the contact information 
you joined. The contacts and information displays with an 
icon next to the contact name to indicate what type of 
account information is contained in the entry.
Unjoining a Contact
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts .
2.Tap a contact name (the account name from which you 
want to unlink an entry). 
Note: typically this is the same 
contact with a different name or account information.
3.Ta p  t h e  joined contacts bar.
4.Tap the minus sign  next to entry in which you want to 
unjoin. The contact is now separated and no longer 
displays in the merged record screen.
Marking a Contact as Default
When you use messaging type applications, the application 
needs to know which information is primary (default) in a contact 
entry list. For example, you may have three different contact 
records for John Smith, so the application will be looking for the 
“default” number or entry.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts .
2.Tap a Contact name.
3.Press  ➔ Mark as default. The Mark as default screen 
displays radio buttons next to the contact names or phone 
numbers of all the linked contacts. The radio button next to 
the default contact will be green.
4.To change the default contact, tap the radio button next to 
another entry that you want to be the default. The radio 
button will turn green, then tap 
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Synchronizing Accounts
From the Accounts menu you decide if you want applications to 
synchronize, send, and receive data at any given time, or if you 
want the applications to synchronize automatically. After 
determining how you want the accounts to synchronize, indicate 
which account to synchronize with your Contacts list.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts .
2.Press   then tap More ➔ Accounts.
3.Determine which type of account information you want to 
synchronize with your Contact list. Selections are:
 Background data: (applications that sync, send, and receive data 
any time).
 Auto-sync: allows applications to automatically synchronize.
4.Ta p  Add account.
5.Tap an account type to add.
6.Follow the on-screen instructions. The selected account 
type synchronizes with your Contacts list.
Address Book Options
You can access Address Book options while at the main Address 
Book page or while in the details page for a specific entry.
Options in Address Book
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts  then 
press .
2.The following options display:
 Delete: allows you to delete 1 or more of your contacts.
: allows you to set up a profile for yourself. The 
information will be the same that you can add for a new contact. 
For more information, refer to 
“Adding a New Contact”  on 
page 56. 
 Sync contacts: allows you to sync your contacts with your 
accounts.
 Merge with Google: allows you to merge your contacts together 
with your Google account contacts.
: allows you to move contacts to or from your 
memory card. You can also send a namecard via Bluetooth, Email, 
Gmail, or Messaging.
: the following additional options are displayed:
–View SNS Friends: allows you to get contacts from your friends on 
Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace. You can also get contacts from 
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screen instructions. For more information, refer to “Synchronizing 
Accounts”  on page 61.
–Accounts: allows you to add and manage mobile accounts on 
Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace. You can also add Corporate or Google 
accounts. Tap Add account and then follow the on-screen instructions.
–Speed dial setting: allows you to set up speed-dialing. For more 
information, refer to “Making a Call Using Speed Dial”  on 
page 41. 
–Send email: allows you to send an email using your Google account.
–Send message: allows you to send a text or picture message.
–SIM Management: allows you to copy contacts from your phone to 
your SIM card or from your SIM card to your phone.
–Display options: You can choose to only display contacts that have 
phone numbers, sort by first or last name, display contacts by first name 
first or last name first, display contacts stored on your phone, and/or 
display contacts stored to other accounts. Tap a selection and tap Done.
–Settings: allows you to choose where to save your new contacts, 
display or edit your own numbers, display or edit your service numbers, 
or access the AT&T Address Book so you can sync your contacts.
Options at Selected Contact Screen
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts .
2.Tap a contact and at the contact’s display screen, press 
.
3.The following options are displayed:
: allows you to edit the selected contact’s information.
 Delete: allows you to delete the contact from your Address Book.
 Join contact: allows you to join contacts with other contacts (only 
displays when contact is saved to SIM).
 Mark as default: when you have multiple contacts linked together, 
you can mark one of them as default (only displays when contact is 
saved to the phone). For more information, refer to 
“Marking a 
Contact as Default”  on page 61.
 Send namecard via: allows you to send the contact’s information 
via Bluetooth, Email, Gmail, Messaging, or Wi-Fi.
: displays the following additional options:
–Add to reject list: allows you to add this contact to your reject list. If 
they call, the call will be sent directly to voice mail.
–Print namecard: allows you to print the contact’s namecard to a 
Samsung printer using Wi-Fi.
Groups
Adding an Entr y to a Group
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts .
2.Press and hold the contact name that you want to add to a 
group.
3.Ta p  Add to group.
4.Tap a group entry.
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Removing an Entr y From a Group
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts  ➔ 
Groups .
2.Tap a group entry.
3.Press  ➔ Remove member.
4.Tap all of the contacts you want to remove from this group. 
A green checkmark will appear next to their name.
5.Ta p  Remove.
The contacts are now removed from the group.
Creating a New Group
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts  ➔ 
Groups  ➔  ➔ Create.
2.Ta p  t h e  Group name field and use the on-screen keypad to 
enter a new group name. For more information, refer to 
“Entering Text”  on page 51.
3.Ta p  Ringtone to choose an audio file for assignment to this 
new group. Choose from 
Default ringtone, Select sound 
from My files
, or Phone ringtone. 
4.Ta p  Add member to add contacts to the new group.
5.Ta p  Save to store the new Group category.
Editing a Caller Group
To edit a Group entry, there must be at least one member as part 
of the selected group.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts  ➔ 
Groups .
2.Tap a group entry.
3.Press  ➔ Edit group.
4.Make modifications to the Group Name or Ringtone fields. 
5.Ta p  Add member to add more contacts to this group.
6.Ta p  Save to save your changes.
Address Book Favorites
Once you have stored phone numbers in the Address Book, you 
can add them to your Favorites list.
To view your Favorites list:
From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts  ➔ 
Favorites .
Groups
Groups
Groups
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Adding Favorites to your Address Book
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts .
2.Within the Contacts list, touch and hold a contact that you 
want to add to your favorites list
.
3.Ta p  Add to favorites on the displayed list.
4.A gold star will appear next to the contact in the Address 
Book.
Removing Favorites from your Address Book
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts .
2.Within the Contacts list, touch and hold a contact that you 
want to remove from your favorites list. Contacts in your 
Favorites list will have a gold star.
3.Ta p  Remove from favorites on the displayed list.
4.The gold star will no longer appear next to the contact in 
the Address Book.
Managing Address Book Entries
You can copy, delete, and view the memory status for the Phone 
and SIM entries on your phone.
Copying an Entr y to the SIM Card 
Note: When storing an Address Book entry into the SIM card, note that only 
the name, phone number, group, and slot location are initially offered 
as fields (some SIM cards may allow an address as well). To save 
additional information for a particular contact, such as other phone 
numbers, or e-mail, it is important to add new fields to that Contact 
information. It is also important to note that if you move the SIM card to 
another phone that does not support additional fields on the SIM card, 
this additional information may not be available.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Contacts  ➔  
➔ More ➔ SIM Management.
2.Ta p  Copy Contacts to SIM.
The phone then displays a list of your current phone 
contacts.
3.Tap the contacts to place a checkmark adjacent to those 
entries you wish to have copied to the SIM card. 
Repeat this step for all individual entries you wish copied to the SIM 
or tap Select all to place a checkmark alongside all entries.
4.Ta p  Copy. 
5.At the Copy Successful display, tap OK.
The selected numbers are copied to the SIM card.