Zte Illustra, User Manual

You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize 

them with the contacts in your Google account or other 

accounts that support contact syncing.
To see your contacts, press the 

Home Key

 > 

. From 

there, you can tap the tabs on the top to quickly switch 

to Dialer, Call Log, Contacts, Favorites, or Groups.

Importing and  

exporting Contacts

You can import or export contacts from/to your SIM 

card or microSD card. This is especially useful when you 

need to transfer contacts between different devices.

Import Contacts from the SIM Card 

or export to the Card

1.    From the Contacts Screen, press the 

Menu Key 

> 

Import/Export

.

2.   Choose to import or export contacts. Your phone will 

automatically display the contacts. 

3.   Tap the contacts you want to import or export. Or, 

press the 

Menu Key

 > 

Mark all

.

4. Tap  .

Import Contacts from the microSD 

Card or export to the Card

1.   Press  the 

Menu Key

 > 

Import/Export

 from the  

Contacts Screen.

2.  Choose to import or export contacts. 

•    For export, the phone will prompt you with the name 

of the vCard file. Tap 

OK

 to create the file in the 

microSD card.

•    For import, you should have vCard files saved on the 

microSD card. If there’s more than one vCard file, 

you need to select the vCard file and tap 

OK

.

Sharing Contacts 

Information

1.    From the Contacts Screen, press the 

Menu Key

 > 

Import/Export 

> 

Share visible contacts

. Your 

phone will export all information of the contacts in 

the Contact Screen to a temporary vCard file.

2.   Choose how you want to send the vCard file. You 

can either send it via 

Bluetooth

 to another device,  

or as an attachment in an MMS, an email or a  

Gmail message. 

Creating a Contact

1.   From the Contacts Screen, tap 

 or press the 

Menu Key

 > 

New contact

.

2.   Tap 

Contact type

 to choose where to save  

the contact.

3.   Enter the contact name and phone numbers, emails, 

IM accounts, postal addresses, etc. 

4. Tap 

Done

 to save the contact.

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Adding a Contact to Favorites

1.   From the Contacts Screen, press and hold the 

contact you want to add to Favorites.

2. Tap 

Add to favorites

 from the pop-up menu.

TIP:

 You can also tap a contact and then tap 

next to the contact’s name to add it to Favorites. 

Searching for a Contact

1. Tap   at the bottom of the Contacts Screen.
2.  Enter the contact name you want to search for.
The contacts matched will be listed.

Creating a New Group

1.  Tap the 

Groups 

tab from the Contacts Screen.

2.   Tap 

 at the bottom of the screen.

3.  Enter the group name and tap 

.

4.   Tap the new group and tap 

 to add  

group members.

5.   Tap the check boxes next to the contacts you want. 

Then tap 

.

To send messages to the group members, you can tap 

 next to the group and select message recipients 

from the listed group members.
 

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