Section 2F

Contacts

• Adding a New Contacts Entry (page 65)

• Finding Contacts Entries (page 67)

• Contacts Entry Options (page 68)

• Deleting Contacts Entries (page 70)

• Adding a Phone Number to a Contacts Entry (page 71)

• Editing a Contacts Entry’s Phone Number (page 71)

• Assigning Speed Dial Entries (page 72)

• Editing a Speed Dial Entry (page 74)

• Selecting a Ringer Type for an Entry (page 74)

• Dialing Sprint Services (page 75)

• Sprint Mobile Sync (page 76)

Your device’s Contacts list helps you stay in touch with family, friends, and colleagues by keeping track of all their contact information. This section explains how to use your device’s Contacts list.

Adding a New Contacts Entry

Your device can store up to 600 Contacts entries. Contacts entries can store up to a total of 4200 phone numbers, and each entry’s name can contain 64 characters.

1. Press and touch Contacts ().

2. From the upper-left of the Contacts page, touch
   to begin creating a new Contacts entry.

3. Touch the image icon and assign a picture to the Contacts entry by choosing one of three options:

4. • Take Picture to use the camera to take a new picture and assign it to this entry.

   • My Photos to retrieve a previously stored image from your My Photos folder and assign it to this entry.

   • Downloads to access the Downloads folder and then assign a previously downloaded image.

4. Touch the Enter Name field, use the onscreen keyboard to enter a name for the new entry, and press Done. (See “Entering Text” on page 35.)

5. Touch the Add Number field, use the onscreen dial pad to enter the phone number for the entry, and press Done.

6. Touch a label for the entry (Mobile, Home, Work, Pager, or Others).

7. Use your fingertip to scroll up and down the screen and touch any of the remaining fields to update their information and press Done. Available fields consist of:

8. • Add Number to add a phone number to the entry. (See “Adding a Phone Number to a Contacts Entry” on page 71.)

   • Add Email to add an email address to the entry.

   • Enter Address to add a mailing address to the entry. (Capitalize the two character abbreviation for the state in the mailing address so that it can be recognized by applications other than those on your Instinct.)

   • This information can be used to locate this contact’s address via the built-in GPS Navigation feature. See “GPS Navigation” on page 204.

   • Set Ringer to assign a custom ring tone to the entry. This custom ring tone will be played when an incoming call from this entry is announced.

   • Enter URL to add a Web site’s URL to the entry.

   • Enter Memo to add a note, street address, or other information.

8. Touch Done to save the number. Once saved, the new Contacts entry is displayed within the Contacts page. (See “Contacts Entry Options” on page 68.)

To save a number from standby mode:

1. Press and touch Dialer ().

2. Enter a number and touch Save.

3. Touch either New Contact or Existing Contact.

4. Touch a label (Mobile, Home, Work, Pager, Others).

5. Touch the Enter Name field and use the keyboard to enter the new contact name.

6. Touch Done to store the new name.

7. Enter information into any of the other desired fields by using the keyboard/dial pad.

8. Touch Done to save the new entry.

To save a number from the end-of-call screen:

After you have received or made a call, the device displays end-of-call options.

1. Touch and slide to the right to end the current call.

2. Touch Save.

3. Follow the onscreen prompts to save the number.

4. Touch Done to save the new entry.

To save a number from the History screen:

1. Press and touch History ().

2. Touch adjacent to an entry.

3. Touch Save.

4. Follow the onscreen prompts to save the number.

5. Touch Done to save the new entry.

Finding Contacts Entries

You can find a Contacts entry in the alphabetical listing of the names in your Contacts. Follow the steps below to find Contacts by name.

Finding Contacts by Name

1. Press and touch Contacts ().

2. Scroll down through the list by sliding your fingertip up or down on the screen.

3. – or –

   Press and then slide the Power Search tab to the letter range corresponding to the first letter of the entry’s first name. (The list is alphabetized by the first letter.)  

   

4. Touch the entry to dial its default phone number.

Contacts Entry Options

To access the Contacts entry's options page:

1. Press and touch Contacts ().

2. Touch an entry to display its available options page where you can edit the Contacts entry, send a new text message, view specific calling history or share information via Bluetooth.

   

Editing a Contacts Entry

1. From the options page, touch to edit the Contact entry’s information.

2. Touch a field and make changes to the information on this page.

3. Touch Done to save the new updates. See “Adding a New Contacts Entry” on page 65.

Using the Phone Number Options

1. From the options page (page 68), touch to access the New Text Message screen where you can begin sending an SMS text message to a selected phone number. See “Entering Text” on page 35.

2. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Reviewing a Contacts’ Calling History

• From the options page, touch the contact’s history button to view a list of those calls and text messages made and received from this entry.

• This history list is specific to this entry and includes calls and text messages to and from all phone numbers used by this entry.

Sending Contact Information via Bluetooth

Prior to using this feature, Bluetooth must first be enabled (). See “Turning Bluetooth On and Off” on page 125.

1. From the options page, touch the Send Contact button to begin searching for any visible and available Bluetooth device within your communication range.

2. Touch an available Bluetooth device entry from the list.

3. Note	To be detected by the Instinct, an external Bluetooth device must be both active and visible.

4. Touch Send to begin the upload process. Follow the onscreen instructions. See “Bluetooth” on page 125.

5. • This history list is specific to this entry and includes calls to and from all phone numbers used by this entry.

4. The recipient must then accept the incoming contact card.

• Accepting places a copy of the incoming entry into the person’s Contacts entry list.

Deleting Contacts Entries

To delete selected Contacts entries:

1. Press and touch Contacts ().

2. Touch () to open the Delete menu.

3. Touch those Contacts entries you wish to delete. Selected entries are then highlighted in blue.

4. Touch and drag to the right.

Adding a Phone Number to a Contacts Entry

1. Press and touch Contacts ().

2. Touch an entry to display the entry’s options page. (See “Contacts Entry Options” on page 68.)

3. From the options page, touch > Add Number.

4. Enter the new phone number and touch Done.

5. Touch a label for the number (Mobile, Home, Work, Pager, or Others.)

6. Repeat the previous steps to add additional numbers with the Add Numbers field.

7. Touch Done to update the Contacts entry and save the new numbers.

Editing a Contacts Entry’s Phone Number

1. Press and touch Contacts ().

2. Touch an entry to display the entry’s options page. (See “Contacts Entry Options” on page 68.)

3. From the options page, touch and touch a number field.

4. Touch to clear one digit at a time, or press and hold to erase the entire number.

5. Use the dial pad to re-enter or edit the number.

6. Touch Done and select a label for the number.

7. Touch Done to save your changes and return to the previous screen.

Assigning Speed Dial Entries

Your device can store up to 99 phone numbers within the Speed Dial list. You can also rearrange these existing speed dial entries to appear in any desired order within the Speed Dial list.

(For details on how to make calls using the Speed Dial list, see “Using Speed Dialing” on page 35.)

To add a phone number to the speed dial list:

1. Press . The Speed Dial () screen appears by default.

2. To begin adding an existing number, touch either or the onscreen Tap to add button.

3. Use your fingertip to scroll through the available list of Contacts entries.

4. Touch the name of a Contacts entry you wish to add.

5. • If the entry has more than one number, the Assign a Speed Dial page then displays a list of available numbers for the entry from which you can then choose.

     

5. Touch to select a phone number and assign it to an available location on the Speed Dial list.

• The icons to the left of the phone number correspond to their previously selected label.

• Although the same name will appear in the Speed Dial list, the icon adjacent to the entry’s name indicates which phone number was assigned.

Finding Speed Dial Numbers

1. Press . The Speed Dial () screen appears by default. See “Assigning Speed Dial Entries” on page 72.

2. Scroll down through speed dial entries by sliding your fingertip up or down.

3. • Speed dial numbers are displayed in the order in which they were added but can be reorganized to appear in any order.

3. Touch the entry to dial the entry’s default phone number.

Arranging Speed Dial Numbers

1. Press . The Speed Dial () screen appears by default.

2. Scroll through the list of entries to locate a desired entry.

3. Touch and hold the entry until it detaches from the page, then in a single motion, drag it to a new position in the list.

To delete an entry from the Speed Dial list:

1. Press . The Speed Dial () screen appears by default.

2. Touch .

3. Touch next to those entries you wish to delete. Selected history entries are then deleted from the list.

Editing a Speed Dial Entry

1. Press . The Speed Dial () screen appears by default.

2. Touch to access the Contacts entry options page (page 68).

3. Touch and select the information you wish to edit (Name, Number, Ringer, etc.).

4. Touch Done to save your changes.

Selecting a Ringer Type for an Entry

Assign a ringer type to a Contacts entry so you can identify the caller by the ringer type. (See “Ringer Types” on page 39.)

1. Press and touch Contacts ().

2. Touch an entry from the list and touch .

3. Scroll through the page by sliding your finger up and down on the screen until you locate the Set Ringer field.

4. Touch the entry within the Set Ringer field and scroll through the list of available ringer sounds.

5. • Touch to play a sample of the current sound file.

5. Touch a ringer name to assign it.

6. Touch Done to save the new ringer type.

Dialing Sprint Services

Your Contacts list is preprogrammed with contact numbers for various Sprint services.

To dial a service from your Contacts:

1. Press and touch Contacts ().

2. Touch the onscreen Services button and select an available service:

3. • Account Information, Customer Service, Sprint Operator, Community Information, Non Emergency, Directory Assistance (Sprint 411), Traffic Information, Repair Service, TRS, or One Call Service.

3. Touch an entry from this list to automatically dial the service.

To dial a service from unlock screen using your dial pad:

1. Press and touch Dialer ().

2. Enter the appropriate service number:

• Customer Service – and touch .

• Sprint 411 – and touch .

• Account Info. –   and touch .

• Sprint Operator – and touch .

Sprint Mobile Sync

All of your contacts can be added and edited online using the Sprint Mobile Sync service. With Sprint Mobile Sync you can:

• Synchronize and back up your contacts. Save all the contacts information from your device in a secure location and automatically synchronize new information from the computer to the device and from the device to the computer.

• Transfer contacts to a new phone. When you activate a new device, your existing contacts information is sent to the device upon activation.

• Erase contacts information from a lost device. If your device is lost or stolen, you can use Sprint Mobile Sync to remotely remove all the contacts information. You can then send the information to your replacement device.

• Import and export contacts with online address books. Import or export contacts information from or to your Outlook or other compatible database.

Activating Sprint Mobile Sync

To activate Sprint Mobile Sync:

1. Press and touch Main () > Settings > Mobile Sync.

2. Touch and drag the slider to the On position.

Accessing Sprint Mobile Sync Online

1. Sign on to your My Sprint page at www.sprint.com.

2. Click My Online Tools > Sprint Mobile Sync.

3. Follow the onscreen instructions to add, edit, and manage all of your contact information.