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Chapter 4 : Phone 53
1 If a phone number appears as an underlined link, tap the number. This
displays the dial pad with the number already entered.
2 Tap to dial.
Receive calls
If you want to answer calls, your phone must be on. This is different from
having only the screen turned on (see Turn the phone on/off). When your
phone is off, your calls go to voicemail.
Answer a call
Do one of the following:
• If the screen is on when the phone starts ringing, tap .
• If the screen is off, drag up to unlock the screen and answer the call.
Silence the ringer on an incoming call
When you silence the ringer on an incoming call, you can answer the call or
let it ring through to voicemail.
Do one of the following:
• Press power .
• Press volume up or volume down.
• Slide the ringer switch off (red means off). This silences the ringer and
any notification sounds. These sounds remain off until you slide the ringer
switch back on. Other sounds, such as music and video playback, are not
affected by sliding the ringer switch off.
Ignore a call
To send a call immediately to voicemail, do one of the following:
• Tap .
• Press power twice.
To reply to a caller who is in your Contacts list after you ignore a call, tap the
ignored call notification. This opens the caller’s contact entry, where you can
select a reply method. To reply to a caller who’s not in your Contacts list, go
to your call history (see View your call history).
TIP You can pick the ringtone for incoming calls (see Select the ringtone for
incoming calls). You can set a ringtone for individual contacts as well (see Add
a ringtone to a contact).
DID YOU KNOW? If you are playing music or a video on your phone and a
call arrives, playback pauses automatically and resumes when you hang up or
ignore the call.
TIP You can see a photo of the person calling you by assigning a caller ID
photo. See Add a photo to a contact.