Backing up contacts – Sony XPeria XZ F8331 User Manual

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To send a contact

1

From your

Home screen, tap , then tap .

2

Tap the contact whose details you want to send.

3

Tap , then tap

Share.

4

Select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen instructions.

To send several contacts at once

1

From your

Home screen, tap , then tap .

2

Touch and hold a contact then mark or unmark the checkboxes beside the

contacts that you want to share.

3

Tap , then tap

Share.

4

Select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen instructions.

Avoiding duplicate entries in the Contacts application

If you synchronise your contacts with a new account or import contact information in

other ways, you could end up with duplicate entries in the Contacts application. If this

happens, you can link such duplicates to create a single entry. If you link entries by

mistake, you can unlink them again later.

To link contacts

1

From your

Home screen, tap , then tap .

2

Tap the contact that you want to link with another contact, then tap .

3

Tap , then tap

Link.

4

Tap the contact whose information you want to join with the first contact. The

information from the first contact is merged with the second contact, and the

linked contacts are displayed as one contact in the Contacts list.

5

Tap

SAVE.

To separate linked contacts

1

From your

Home screen, tap , then tap .

2

Tap the linked contact that you want to edit, then tap .

3

Tap , then tap

Unlink > Unlink.

Backing up contacts

You can use internal storage, a memory card or a SIM card to back up contacts. See

Transferring contacts on page 78 for more information about how to restore contacts

to your device.

To export all contacts to a memory card

1

From your

Home screen, tap , then tap .

2

Press , then tap

Import/export > Export to .vcf file.

3

Tap >

SD card.

4

Tap

Save.

To export contacts to a SIM card

When you export contacts to a SIM card, not all information may get exported. This is due to

memory limitations on SIM cards.

1

From your

Home screen, tap , then tap .

2

Tap >

Import/export.

3

Tap

Export to SIM card.

4

Tap

OK.

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