Dialer Question - Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)

In the dialer, under the keypad selection, if you type in a person's name you are only give the option of their default number. Is there a way to select an alternate number??

yes under the specific contact you can change the default number.
otherwise when you type the name there is a little arrow to the right, select that and it gives you more options related to what you entered

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How to add mulitple numbers to one contact?

As title really, how do I do it? If I go into edit contact, I have one space for their number and I cant see anyway of adding more?
MAGIC user but give this a try -
go to contact. LOng press on contact - choose edit contact.
in Phone numbers section at the end of the number you already have, should be a green plus and red minus. Pressing the green plus allows you to add another number I think. Pressing the minus deletes a full number.
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thecremeegg said:
As title really, how do I do it? If I go into edit contact, I have one space for their number and I cant see anyway of adding more?
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I believe you edit a contact. then when in the edit screen, there is a button labeled 'Add' 'add more information' (at the bottom)
This allows you to add more phone numbers
You better have all the contacs in the phone memory and not on your sim card then you can edit them and add more info

[Solved] How do you add another number for a contact on the phone?

Sprint Hero
Firmware 1.5 (stock)
I have searched for it, and I see no answers....
Problem: I have a contact in "people" named "john smith". "john smith" has a number (or two, or three) entered in for his contact already, let say his "mobile" number. "john smith" calls me and I say "hey where are you calling from?" he tells me he is calling from home. So now I would like to add that number to his contact. I cannot find a way to do this.
I have tried going into "people" then finding the contact, and going into "edit", I've tried pushing and holding everywhere to hopefully find a menu, i've looked in the "menu" and the "add" button looks promising but no go.
The manual says:
1. Display the entry in People
2. Scroll down the screen and tap: ADD>PHONE
3. Tap the type of phone number you want to add (for example, HOME or WORK)
4. Enter the phone number and tap: SAVE
...This sounds great, but when you click on MENU and then click on ADD it asks you to "select a default action".
I know I could add this in my contact entry for "john smith" through gmail, but you would think that I could also do this through my phone, it woould make more sense.
Thanks in advance for any insight.
-AndyS-
If you go in via the people widget, and you select a particular contact - one way is to select the three parallel bar button at the bottom of the widget - you can then select the person from the list after this (it defaults to the list). Selecting the contact should show the details for that person. From there, if you hit physical "menu" button, it will present options including "edit". Click on the "edit" option on screen, scroll to the bottom and click on "Add details".
thanks bluehawk, I had forgotten that I posted this.
and forgotten to thank you.

[Q] Calling someone on your contact list

Hey Folks,
I've got a question about calling someone on your contact list. I've only found two ways to make a call:
1) Go to your phone book and press down on the contact for a second. This brings up a menu where you can select the option to modify the number before making a call. From there, just hit the call button.
2) Go to your phone book and tap on the contact and that takes you to an Info page. From there, you can tap the number and it will call. Not to complain about it, but this requires a bit of finesse. There's a TON of space on the screen to have a call button.
Is there something I'm missing? Neither of these options is any good.
1. Press the contact pic n you get a mini menu option to call, txt, it email
2. Download a dialer app-personally, I'm using dialer one. On contact list it has a green button by the name to call instantly. Also has smart dial function; so u can spell contact name using number pad and find contact
3. Create shortcut on home screen for ur fav contacts
1. Long press on homescreen
2. Choose shortcuts
3. Direct Dial
4. Choose the contact you want
5. If you want to call them, just tap on that shortcut from your homescreen directly
I put a bunch of my direct dial contacts in a folder so i can call them with 2 taps essentially

Tip for those experiencing low voice quality

Here's a suggestion that might help out those who are experiencing low quality with calls:
DISCLAIMER: Only change the settings described here. Changing any others in the service menu might cause you to have a phone-less phone.
First you'll need your MSL number. If you don't have it, use the procedure outlined here to obtain:
How to retrieve MSL number
1. Dial ##DATA# from the phone dialer.
2. Select 'Edit Mode'
3. Enter your MSL number
4. Select 'Advanced'
5. Change 'EVRC-B' from 'Disabled' to 'Enabled'
6. Change 'Home Orig' to 'EVRC-B' (You can change 'Roam Orig' to 'EVRC-B' also if you like)
7. Hit the menu key, then select 'Commit Modifications'
8. The phone will reboot
Hopefully, this will improve your call quality.
A little bit more about EVRC here: Enhanced Variable Rate Codec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alternatively, you can change 'EVRC' to 'Voice 13K' instead if you don't notice any improvement and see if that helps.

Clear Default Phone Number

I mistakenly set my wife's cell number as her "default" number. Therefore, that number is automatically dialed when I click on her contact widget.
Question #1: Is there any easy way to CLEAR that default number setting so that I am given the list of all of her numbers when I click her contact widget again?
<As a workaround, I am aware that I can delete her cell number and retype it. Just looking for an easier way!>
Question #2: Is it possible to have the default text phone number be different from the default dialing phone number?
Press and hold the number that you want to make default. A menu should popup saying "Mark As Default", click on it.
As for Default Text Number, I'm not sure that it exsists....
Good Luck!
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deedscreen said:
Press and hold the number that you want to make default. A menu should popup saying "Mark As Default", click on it.
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Thanks, I know I can do that but my goal is to clear the default number and NOT set another one as the default.
1 widget does both
it is not hard to just delete the widget then long press on screen select widget then select contact quick task select contact (your wife),then on home screen click the + button for phone, select her name, pick which number you want it to dial then hit done, then do the same for text click the + button for which text number(can even be a different phone number) you want to text to, hit done and you will have a widget that you can do either phone or text her from the home screen.

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