Samsung Galaxy S User Manual

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Contacts List

The default storage location for 
saving phone numbers to your 
Contacts List is your phone’s 
built-in memory.  

If existing Google and Corporate 
email accounts have been 
synchronized to your phone, 
these will be made available to 
your device during the creation 
of new entries. These new 
Contacts entries can be 
assigned or saved to synced 
accounts such as Phone, SIM, 
Google, or Corporate.

Your phone automatically sorts the Contacts entries 
alphabetically. You can create either a Phone, SIM, T-Mobile 
Contacts Backup, Google, or Exchange contact.

Note: Before you can save a contact to the Phone, Contact settings must be 

set to Save new contacts to Phone. 

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Phone contacts are stored locally on the device.

Note: If the phone is ever reset to its factory default parameters, contacts 

stored on the phone can be lost.

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SIM contacts are stored within the SIM Card. 

Note: SIM contacts only store the Name and Phone number for an entry.

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T-Mobile Contacts Backup contacts are stored remotely on the 

T-Mobile servers and can later be retrieved even if your phone has 
been damaged or reset.

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Google contacts are shared with your existing Google account and can 

also be imported to your phone after you have created a Google Mail 
account.

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Microsoft Exchange (also known as Work or Outlook) contacts are 

those contacts that are intended to be shared with either an Exchange 
Server or from within Microsoft

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Note: When storing an entry into your SIM card, note that only the Name, and 

Number are saved. To save additional information for a particular 
contact, such as notes, email, dates, etc., it is important to save that 
Contact into your phone’s onboard memory.

From the Home screen, tap 

 (Contacts).

Tap 

 to create a contact.