How To Use Contacts On Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

Nov 12, 2012

—

by

Store contact information for your friends, family, and colleagues to quickly access information or to send a message on your Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.

To access Contacts:

From a Home screen, touch Apps > Contacts.

Creating Contacts on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

From a Home screen, touch Apps > Contacts > + add icon.
Touch Device or an account.
Touch the Photo ID to set up a photo to identify the contact.
- Picture: Choose a photo from the Gallery.
- Take picture: Display the Camera and take a photo of the contact.
Touch contact fields to display the keyboard and enter information:

Note: Touch the screen and swipe up or down to display additional fields or touch Next on the keyboard to move to the next field.

Name: Enter a first name for the contact. Touch to enter a Name prefix, First name, Middle name, Last name, and Name suffix.
Phone: Enter a telephone number, and then touch the Label tab to choose a label from Mobile, Home, Work, Work Fax, Home Fax, Pager, Other, Custom to create a custom label, or Callback.
Email: Enter an email address, and then touch the Label tab to choose a label from Home, Work, Other, or Custom to create a custom label.
Address: Enter an address, and then touch the Label tab to choose a label from Home, Work, Other, or Custom to create a custom label.
Events: Touch + add icon to display an event label and field. Enter the event date, and then touch the Label tab to choose a label from Birthday, Anniversary, Other, or Custom to create a custom event. Touch + add icon to add additional events.
Groups: Touch this field to display the Select group screen. To assign the contact to one or more groups, touch the check box next to each group. When enabled, a check mark appears in the check box.
Touch + add icon to add additional fields. Touch minusicon to remove an unused field.
Touch Add another field to add these additional fields:
Phonetic name, Organization, IM, Notes, Nickname, Website, Internet call, and Relationship.
Touch Back to remove the keyboard.
When you finish entering information, touch Save.

or

Touch Cancel > OK to cancel and discard changes.

Note: Display a contacts record and touch the Email field to send an email, touch the Address field to display the address on a map, or touch the Website field to link to the website.

Updating Contacts on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

To update an existing contact:

From a Home screen, touch Apps > Contacts.
Touch a contact in the Contacts list to view its information.
Touch Menu > Edit in portrait mode.

or

Touch Edit in landscape mode.
Continue entering contact information.

Deleting Contacts on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

To delete a contact:

From a Home screen, touch Apps > Contacts.
Touch a contact in the Contacts list to view its information, and then touch Delete. At the prompt, touch OK.

Managing Photo IDs on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

To remove or update a contacts Photo ID:

From a Home screen, touch Apps > Contacts.
Touch Menu > Edit in portrait mode.

or

Touch Edit in landscape mode.
Touch the Photo ID, then touch Remove, Picture, or Take picture.

Note

This article will work on both Samsung Galaxy Tabs; including Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1.

Tags:

Android, Contacts, Galaxy, Galaxy Tab 2, Samsung

Amarnath Natarajan

I am a freelance programmer and tech enthusiast. In my spare time, I contribute to this website.

Help Us Grow

If you like this post, please share it with your friends.

You are free to copy and redistribute this article in any medium or format, as long as you keep the links in the article or provide a link back to this page.