Alcatel Idol Mini User Manual

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3.3.6

Contacts importing, exporting and sharing

This phone enables you to import contacts from a SIM card/microSD card
and export contacts to a microSD card which can then be used to back
up your information.

From the Contacts screen, touch

to open the options menu, touch

Import/Export, then choose to import/export contacts from/to SIM
card, Phone, SD card, Phone storage, Accounts, etc.

To import/export a single contact from/to a SIM card, choose an account
and target SIM card(s), select the contact you want to import/export, and
touch to confirm.

To import/export all contacts from/to a SIM card, choose an account and
target SIM card(s), touch Select all and touch to confirm.

You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending the
contact's vCard to them via Bluetooth, Gmail, etc.

Touch a contact you want to share, touch

and Share from the

contact details screen, then select the application to perform this action.

3.3.7

Displaying contacts

You can configure which group of contacts, for each account, you want
to display in the Contacts list. Touch

and then Contacts to display

from the contacts list screen, then you can choose which contacts to
display.

By touching

and then Settings, you can Sort list by Given name

or Family name, as well as View contact names as Given name first or
Family name first.

3.3.8

Joining/Separating contacts

To avoid duplication, you can add any new contact information to existing
contacts in a single action.

Touch the contact which you want to add information to, touch

and

then Edit, then touch

in the edit screen and touch Join.

Then, you will be required to select the contact whose information you
want to join with the first contact. The information from the second
contact is added to the first one, and the second contact will no longer be
displayed in the Contacts list.

To separate contact information, touch the contact whose information
you want to separate, touch

and then Edit, then touch

in the

edit screen and touch Separate, touch OK to confirm.

3.3.9

Synchronizing contacts in multiple accounts

Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from multiple
accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone.

To add an account, touch on the Quick setting bar to get to Settings,
then touch Add account.

You are required to select the kind of account you are adding, like Google,
Corporate, etc.

As with other account set-ups, you need to enter detailed information, like
username, password, etc.

You can remove an account and all associated information from the
phone. Open the Settings screen, touch the account you want to delete,
touch

and then select Remove account, then confirm.

Sync
You can synchronize an account on the Accounts screen. Touch an
account in the list, then touch

and select Sync now.

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