Overview of Smart Dialing

Smart Dialing is a program that makes it easy for you to dial a phone number. When you start entering numbers or characters, it automatically search and sort the contact entries on the SIM card, in Contacts, and the phone numbers in Call History (including incoming, outgoing, and missed calls). You can then select the desired number or contact from the filtered list to dial.

Note

Smart Dialing is activated by default on your device, and it is launched automatically when you start dialing a number. To deactivate Smart Dialing, tap Menu > Smart Dialing Options on the Phone screen; deselect Enable Smart Dialing and tap OK. Doing so the system resumes the standard behavior on the Phone screen while you dial numbers.

Start Smart Dialing

Open the Phone screen, then tap the keys on the Phone keypad that correspond to the phone number or contact you want to call. Alternatively, you can use the hardware keyboard to input.

To call the highlighted name/number, Do one of the following:

When the correct contact is selected, tap Talk or press the TALK button to make a voice call.
To make a video call, tap Video or press the VIDEO CALL button.
To call a different phone number associated with the selected contact, tap and hold the selected contact, and tap the phone number you want to call.

To send a text message to the selected contact, tap and hold the contact, and tap Send Text Message.

Tips on using Smart Dialing

Smart Dialing starts looking for numbers or contacts that match the sequence you have entered. Below are some tips on how to use Smart Dialing to quickly find a desired phone number or contact.

To find a phone number

Simply enter the first one or two digits to find a phone number in Call History.
Enter the first three digits or more if you want to find a phone number from the saved contacts on your device and SIM card.

To find a contact name
You can just enter the first letter of a contact's first name or surname. Smart Dialing will search for the letter starting from the first character of a contact name as well as from the character that appears after a space, dash, or underscore in a contact name. For example, if you tap number "2" which is associated with [a, b, c] on the Phone keypad, contact names such as the following will be considered matches: "Ben Miller", "George Adams", "John-Carter", "Carter, Ellen", "Dixon, Allan", "Thomas_Clark", "JaneCampbell".

Set up Smart Dialing

Tap Menu > Smart Dialing Options on the Phone screen to open the Smart Dialing Options screen. It allows you to customize the following settings for Smart Dialing:

Select the Automatically expand selected contact check box to enable a contact's name and phone number to be displayed when the contact is selected in the matching list.
Select the Enable drag-scroll check box to scroll in the matched list by dragging.
Select the Enable double-click for dialing check box to make a voice call by double-clicking the item in the matched list.
Select the Expand panel when using hardware keyboard check box to automatically expand the Smart Dialing panel when you are using the hardware keyboard to input.
In Scroll unit, you can set the amount of scrolling when tapping the arrows or .

Overview of Smart Dialing

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Start Smart Dialing

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Tips on using Smart Dialing

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Set up Smart Dialing

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