Avoiding Duplicate Entries In The Contacts Application; Backing Up Contacts - Sony Xperia Z4 User Manual

To Send a Contact
1
From your Home screen, tap
2
Tap the contact whose details you want to send.
3
, then tap Share.
Tap
4
Select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen instructions.
To Send Several Contacts at Once
1 From your Home screen, tap
2
Touch and hold a contact then mark or unmark the checkboxes beside the
contacts that you want to share.
3
, then tap Share.
Tap
4
Select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen instructions.
To Send All Contacts
1 From your Home screen, tap
2
, then tap Import/export > Share all contacts to start exporting all your
Press
contacts.
3
Drag the status bar downward. When the export is complete, tap the notification.
4
Select an available transfer method and follow the on-screen instructions.

Avoiding Duplicate Entries in the Contacts Application

If you synchronize your contacts with a new account or import contact information in
other ways, you could end up with duplicate entries in the Contacts application. If this
happens, you can link such duplicates to create a single entry. If you link entries by
mistake, you can unlink them again later.
To link contacts
1
From your Home screen, tap
2
Tap and hold the contact that you want to link with another contact.
3
Tick the checkbox beside the contact that you want to link.
4
, then tap Link. The information from the first contact is merged with the
Tap
second contact, and the linked contacts are displayed as one contact in the
Contacts list.
5 Tap Link to confirm.
To Separate Linked Contacts
1 From your Home screen, tap
2
Tap the linked contact that you want to edit, then tap
3 , then tap Unlink.
Tap
4 Tap Unlink to confirm.

Backing up Contacts

You can use internal storage, a memory card, or a SIM card to back up contacts. See
Transferring contacts on page 79 for more information about how to restore contacts to
your device.
To Export All Contacts to a Memory Card
1
From your Home screen, tap
2 , then tap Import/export > Export to SD card or internal storage (.vcf
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file).
3
> SD card.
Tap
4
Tap SAVE.
To Export Contacts to a SIM Card
When you export contacts to a SIM card, not all information may get exported. This is due to
memory limitations on SIM cards.
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