How To Make Calls – Sony Xperia Z1
Learn how to make calls on your Sony Xperia Z1.You can make a call by manually dialling a phone number, by tapping a number saved in your contact list, or by tapping the phone number in your call log view. You can also use the smart dial feature to quickly find numbers from your contact list and call logs.
- Open your contacts list
- View your call log entries
- View your favourite contacts
- View all contact groups saved to your device
- Delete number
- Dialpad
- Hide or clear the call log
- Call button
- Hide or show the dialer
To make a call by dialling
- From your Home screen, tap Apps icon.
- Find and tap Phone.
- Enter the number of the recipient and tap Call icon.
To make a call using smart dial
- From your Home screen, tap Apps icon.
- Find and tap Phone.
- Use the dialpad to enter letters or numbers that correspond to the contact you want to call. As you enter each letter or number, a list of possible matches appears.
- Tap the contact you want to call.
To make an international call
- From your Home screen, tap Call icon.
- Find and tap Phone.
- Touch and hold 0 until a + sign appears.
- Enter the country code, area code (without the first 0) and phone number, then tap Call icon.
Showing or hiding your phone number
- You can select to show or hide your phone number on call recipients’ devices when you call them.
To show or hide your phone number
- From your Home screen, tap Apps icon.
- Find and tap Settings > Call settings > Additional settings > Caller ID.
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.
Rejecting a call with a message
- You can reject a call with a predefined message. When you reject a call with such a message, the message is automatically sent to the caller and saved on your device.
- Six messages are predefined on your device. You can select from these predefined messages, which can also be edited if necessary.
To reject a call with a predefined message
- Drag Reject with message upward, then select a message.
To reject a second call with a predefined message
- When you hear repeated beeps during a call, drag Reject with message
To edit the message used to reject a call
- From your Home screen, tap Call icon.
- Find and tap Settings > Call settings > Reject call with message.
- Tap the message you want to edit, then make the necessary changes.
- When you’re done, tap OK.
Ongoing calls
- Open your contacts list
- Turn on the loudspeaker during a call
- Mute the microphone during a call
- Enter numbers during a call
- End a call
To change the ear speaker volume during a call
- Press the volume key up or down.
To activate the screen during a call
- Briefly press Power Key.