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To place a Direct dial widget on your Home screen
1. Touch and hold an empty area on your Home screen.
2. Tap the Widgets icon .
3. Tap Contacts and then touch and hold Direct dial and drag it to the
desired location on the Home screen.
4. Tap the contact in your Contacts list.
Answering or Rejecting Calls
When you receive a phone call, the Incoming call screen opens with the
caller ID and any additional information about the caller that you’ve saved in
the contact's entry. All incoming calls are recorded in the Recent tab.
To answer a call
Drag the Answer icon in any direction to answer the call.
NOTE To silence the incoming call ringer, press either of the Volume buttons.
To ignore a call and divert it to Voicemail
Drag the Ignore icon in any direction to ignore the call.
NOTE To silence the incoming call ringer, press either of the Volume buttons.
To ignore a call and send a text message
To display the Ignore with message option on the Incoming call screen,
enable it in the Phone app's Call settings menu.
1. Tap the Home button > the Phone icon > the Menu icon >
Call settings.
2. Tap Call blocking & Ignore with message > Allow ignore with message
switch to toggle it On (blue).
TIP Tap Allow ignore with message to manage your text message choices.
NOTE This feature can only be used to send a message to another mobile phone. It's not
applicable to incoming landline calls.