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Does anyone know how to change the deault phone number for a contact
initially its possible to chosen between home and mobile number as the default for a contact but now i want to change this setting
can't find anywhere in contacts that allows me to do this
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In x10, when your contact has many numbers, you can long press one number and choose USE AS DEFAULT, then a "Check" will appear beside that number.. the purpose of this is, when you call that contact, phone will automatically dialled the checked number.
in arc, I don't see this setting as default feature. This isn't necessary because when you long press your contact (in CONTACTS page) there is no DIAL button (unlike in x10), you can only choose EDIT NUMBER BEFORE DIAL.. when you choose EDIT NUMBER BEFORE DIAL, it will show you all numbers of that contact.. The only thing to do is check REMEMBER THIS SELECTION.. and tap the desire phone number.. this will set that number as "Default"
Question, what if you don't want it to be the default anynore?
Answer is...
Edit contact
Delete the "Remembered" phone number
Save it
Edit again
Then add the number you deleted a while ago.
Next time you EDIT NUMBER BEFORE DIAL, it will show you all the numbers again
You clicked the "Remember my selection" option the first time you tapped the green phone icon?
I took a quick look and it doesn't seem like you can change this, you'd have to re-enter the contact details.
In x10, when your contact has many numbers, you can long press one number and choose USE AS DEFAULT, then a "Check" will appear beside that number.. the purpose of this is, when you call that contact, phone will automatically dialled the checked number.
in arc, I don't see this setting as default feature. This isn't necessary because when you long press your contact (in CONTACTS page) there is no DIAL button (unlike in x10), you can only choose EDIT NUMBER BEFORE DIAL.. when you choose EDIT NUMBER BEFORE DIAL, it will show you all numbers of that contact.. The only thing to do is check REMEMBER THIS SELECTION.. and tap the desire phone number.. this will set that number as "Default"
Question, what if you don't want it to be the default anynore?
Answer is...
Edit contact
Delete the "Remembered" phone number
Save it
Edit again
Then add the number you deleted a while ago.
Next time you EDIT NUMBER BEFORE DIAL, it will show you all the numbers again
Cheers an2ny79
That's sorted the problem
Thought there must be a way of doing it without having to delete contact and then re-inputting
Very clear instructions as well
Thanks again
nic.c
In Sony Xperia, the long press on the default number now gives you the option to clear the default, edit the number before a call and copy to clipboard. Longpress on any of the other numbers allows the option to set as default. You no longer have to edit, copy, delete, save, edit paste, set as default. Thank you Sony for fixing that! But in the Quick guide I don't remember seeing anything about a long press to get options. Previously, I only knew about the 3 dots menu.