Receiving calls
To answer a call
To decline a call
To mute the ringtone for an incoming call
- When you receive the call, press the volume key.
Using the answering machine
You can use the answering machine application in your device to answer calls when you are busy or miss a call. You can enable the automatic answering function and determine how many seconds to wait before the calls get answered automatically. You can also manually route calls to the answering machine when you are too busy to answer them. And you can access messages left on your answering machine directly from your device.
| Before using the answering machine, you must record a greeting message. |
To record a greeting message for the answering machine
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From your Home screen, tap
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- Find and tap Settings > Call > Answering Machine > Greetings.
- Tap Record new greeting and follow the on-screen instructions.
To enable automatic answering
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From your Home screen, tap .
- Find and tap Settings > Call > Answering Machine.
- Mark the Answering Machine checkbox.
| If you don't set a time delay for the automatic answering of calls, the default value is used. |
To reject a call with the answering machine
- When an incoming call arrives, drag Response options upwards, then select Reject with Answering Machine.
To set a time delay for automatic answering
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From your Home screen, tap .
- Find and tap Settings > Call > Answering Machine.
- Tap Pick up after.
- Adjust the time by scrolling up and down.
- Tap Done.
To listen to messages on the answering machine
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From your Home screen, tap .
- Find and tap Settings > Call > Answering Machine > Messages.
- Select the voice message that you want to listen to.
| You can also listen to answering machine messages directly from the call log by tapping |
.Rejecting a call with a text message
You can reject a call with a text message. When you reject a call with such a message, the message is automatically sent to the caller and stored in the Messaging conversation with the contact.
You can select from a number of predefined messages available on your device, or you can create a new message. You can also create you own personalised messages by editing the predefined ones.
To reject a call with a text message
- When an incoming call arrives, drag Response options upwards, then tap Reject with message.
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Select a predefined message or tap
and write a new message.
To reject a second call with a text message
- When you hear repeated beeps during a call, drag Reject with message upwards.
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Select a predefined message or tap and write a new message.
To edit the text message used to reject a call
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From your Home screen, tap .
- Find and tap Settings > Call > Reject call with message.
- Tap the message that you want to edit, then make the necessary changes.
- Tap OK.
