How To Use Groups – Samsung Galaxy S5

How To Use Groups - Samsung Galaxy S5

Learn how to use Groups on your Samsung Galaxy S5. You can add contact to a group, remove contacts from a group, and create new group.

Adding a Contact to a Group

  • From the Home screen, tap Contacts icon.
  • Tap the Contact that you want to add to a group.
  • Tap Edit icon to edit.Tap Groups.
  • Tap the group that you would like to add the contact to. You may select as many groups as you like.
  • Tap Save.
  • After returning to the main edit screen, tap Save again. The contact is added to the group.

Removing a Contact From a Group

  • From the Home screen, tap Contacts icon > Groups icon.
  • Tap a group entry.
  • Press Menuicon > Remove from group.
  • Tap all of the contacts you want to remove from this group. A green checkmark will appear next to their name.
  • Tap Done. The contacts are now removed from the group.

Creating a New Group

  • From the Home screen, tap Contacts icon > (Groups icon) > + (Create group).
  • Tap the Group name field and use the on-screen keypad to enter a new group name. For more information, refer to Enter Text
  • Tap Group ringtone to choose a ringtone for assignment to this new group. Tap a ringtone to hear how it sounds, then tap OK.
    or
    Tap Add to select a ringtone from your music files.
  • Tap Group message tone to choose an alert tone for assignment to this new group, then tap OK.
  • Tap Group vibration pattern to choose a vibration audio file for assignment to this new group, then tap OK.
    or
  • Tap Create and follow the on-screen instructions to create your own vibration pattern.
  • Tap Add member to add contacts to the new group.
  • Tap each contact you want to add to create a checkmark. You can also tap Select all.
  • Tap Done.
  • Tap Save to save the new Group category.

Editing a Caller Group

To edit a Group entry, there must be at least one member as part of the selected group.

  • From the Home screen, tap Contacts icon > Groups icon.
  • Tap a group entry.
  • Press Menu Key > Edit group.
  • Make modifications to the Group name, Group ringtone, Group message tone, or Group vibration pattern fields.
  • Tap Add member to add more contacts to this group.
  • Tap Done.
  • Tap Save to save the edited Group category.

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