User's Manual

T-Mobile G1 User Manual 46 May 27, 2009
To change the contact’s default phone number
The default phone number of a contact appears below the contact’s name in the contacts list. The
default phone number is used when you initiate a call or send a text message from the contacts list (by
touching and holding a contact). You can change the contact’s default phone number.
1 In the contacts list, touch the contact to open the contact details screen.
2 Touch and hold the phone number you want to use as the contact’s default phone number, then
touch
Make default number. The default phone number moves on top of the list and appears
after the phone number.
3 Press
BACK when you are done.
Communicate with your contacts
From the contacts list you can quickly call or send a text or multimedia message to a contact’s default
phone number.
However, to view all the information you have stored for a contact, and to initiate other types of
communication with that contact, open the contact details screen.
To open the contact’s details screen, touch the contact name in the contacts list.
To call a contact
Do one of the following:
• In the contacts list, use the
TRACKBALL to navigate to the contact you want to call, then press the
CALL button. The contact’s default phone number is dialed.
• To dial a different number for the contact, touch the contact’s name in the contacts list to open
the contact details screen, then touch a phone number.
To send a text or multimedia message to a contact
The contact must have a mobile phone number in their contact details for you to send them a text or
multimedia message.
Do one of the following:
• When the contact’s default number is a mobile phone number, touch and hold the contact’s
name in the list, then touch
Send SMS/MMS on the options menu.
• Touch the contact in the list to open the contact details screen, then touch
Text mobile, Text
work
, or another text option.
A compose screen opens for your message.
Default phone
number