Add contacts

Add contacts automatically

When you add an account – such as Google or email – to your phone, the contacts for that account are available on your phone automatically.

Add contact with Contacts app

  1. Open the Contacts app.
  2. Touch .
  3. If you're using more than one account, the account that will be synced with your new contact appears at the top. To change accounts, touch .

  4. Touch a text box to type the name and details. Fill in as much or as little information as you like.

    Tips
    • To add a photo, touch . Choose a photo you've saved or take a photo and crop it.
    • You can assign a custom ringtone for calls from that contact.
    • If you have multiple accounts on your phone and want to change the default account for new contacts, go to Contacts > > Settings > Default account for new contacts.

Add contact from text message

You can easily create a new contact or add a new number for an existing contact when you receive a text message from an unassigned number.

  1. Open the Messages app.
  2. In the message list, touch & hold the number, then touch .
  3. Touch Add Contact.

  4. Do one of the following:

    • To add to an existing contact, start typing the contact's name in the search field, then select it.
    • To set up a new contact, touch Create new contact and add contact details.
  5. Touch or Save.

Other ways to add contacts