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HTC EVO Shift™ 4G
Calls and Contacts
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- From the home screen, tap Phone.
- Begin entering the first few digits or characters by tapping the keys on the phone keypad. As you enter digits or letters, the panel displays any numbers and names that match the keys you tapped. (If you enter a wrong digit, tap
to erase that digit. To erase the entire number, press and hold.
- Tap
to close the phone keypad and to see if there are more matching numbers or contacts. To browse through the filtered list, flick through the list or slide your finger up or down the list slowly.
- To place a call, do one of the following:
- If there are no matching contacts in the list, enter the whole number and tap Call.
- Tap a phone number or contact from the list.
- To call a different phone number associated with the contact, tap at the right side of the contact name. On the contact details screen, tap the number you want to call.
- If the display is on, tap Answer.
- If the display is off, the display will turn on showing the lock screen. Drag the bar down to answer the call.
When you're on a call, Call Waiting alerts you to incoming calls by beeping. The screen will let you know that another call is coming in and displays the caller's phone number if it's available.
To respond to an incoming call while you're on a call:
- Tap Answer to accept the second call, and to put the first call on hold.
- Or -
Tap Decline to send the call to voicemail.
- To switch between callers, tap the person you want to talk to on the screen.
- To end the current call and return to the other call, tap End call.
- From the home screen, tap
> People.
- On the All tab, tap Add contact at the top of the screen.
- Tap any field and use the keyboard to enter the name, phone number and other contact details. Tap
next to the name to add a photo.
- Under Contact type, select which account (for example, Google or Exchange ActiveSync) you'd like to add the contact to. Or select Phone to just store the contact on your phone.
- When you're done, tap Save.
You can search your contacts by name.
- From the home screen, tap > People.
- Press
.
- Enter the first letter or letters of a contact. (The more letters you enter, the more specific the search.) All contacts matching the entered letters will be displayed.
- Tap a contact to display its details.