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Sony A1032051 User Manual

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Contents

Getting Started ................... 5
Assembly ........................................ 5
Turning on the Phone ..................... 6
Making and Receiving Calls ........... 7
Help in your Phone ......................... 7
Charging the Battery ....................... 8
Phone Overview .............................. 9
Menu Overview ............................. 11
Navigation ..................................... 13
Shortcuts ...................................... 15
Activity Menu ................................ 15
File Manager ................................. 15
Phone Language ........................... 18
Entering Text ................................. 18
Calling ............................... 19
Making and Receiving Calls ......... 19
Emergency Calls ........................... 19
Contacts ....................................... 20
Groups .......................................... 22
Call List ......................................... 22
Speed Dial .................................... 23
Voicemail ...................................... 23
Forwarding Calls ........................... 23
More than One Call ....................... 24
Conference Calls .......................... 25
My Numbers ................................. 25
Accept Calls .................................. 25
Restricted Dialing ......................... 26
Fixed Dialing ................................. 26
Call Time and Cost ....................... 26
Business Cards ............................. 27
Messaging ........................ 27
Text Messages ............................. 27
Picture Messages ......................... 29
Templates ..................................... 30
Voice Messages ............................ 31
Email ............................................. 31
My Friends .................................... 34
Area and Cell Information ............. 35
Imaging ............................ 36
Camera ......................................... 36
Transferring Pictures .................... 37
Pictures ......................................... 38
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Entertainment ................... 39
Stereo Portable Handsfree ........... 39
Walkman® Player ......................... 39
Transferring Music from
a Computer ................................... 41
TrackID™ ...................................... 42
Radio ............................................ 42
PlayNow™ .................................... 43
Ringtones and Melodies ............... 43
MusicDJ™ .................................... 44
Sound Recorder ........................... 44
Video Player .................................. 45
Games .......................................... 45
Applications .................................. 45
Connectivity ...................... 46
Settings ......................................... 46
Using Internet ............................... 46
RSS Reader .................................. 48
Bluetooth™ Wireless
Technology ................................... 48
Using the USB Cable .................... 50
Synchronizing ............................... 52
Update Service ............................. 53
More Features .................. 54
Gesture Control ............................ 54
Alarms ........................................... 55
Calendar ....................................... 55
Tasks ............................................ 57
Notes ............................................ 57
Timer, Stopwatch and
Calculator .................................... 58
Code Memo .................................. 58
Profiles .......................................... 59
Time and Date .............................. 60
Themes ......................................... 60
Locks ............................................ 60
IMEI Number ................................. 61
Troubleshooting ............... 62
Common Questions ...................... 62
Error Messages ............................. 63
Important Information ...... 65
Guidelines for Safe and
Efficient Use .................................. 67
Limited Warranty .......................... 71
FCC Statement ............................. 73
Index ................................. 74
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Sony Ericsson W380a
GSM 850/1800/1900 This User guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB or its local affiliated company, without any warranty. Improvements
and changes to this User guide necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB or its local affiliated company at any time and without notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of this User guide. All rights reserved.
©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2007
Publication number: 1206-2583.1 Please note: Some of the services in this User guide are not
supported by all networks. This also applies to the GSM International Emergency Number 112. Please contact your network operator or service provider if you are in doubt whether you can use a particular service or not. Please read the Guidelines for safe and efficient use and the Limited warranty chapters before you use your phone.
Your phone has the capability to download, store and forward additional content, for example ringtones. The use of such content may be restricted or prohibited by rights of third parties, including but not limited to restriction under applicable copyright laws. You, and not Sony Ericsson, are entirely responsible for additional content that you download to or forward from your phone. Prior to your use of any additional content, please verify that your intended use is properly licensed or is otherwise authorized. Sony Ericsson does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any additional content or any other third party content. Under no
circumstances will Sony Ericsson be liable in any way for your improper use of additional content or other third party content. Bluetooth is a trademark or registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG Inc. and any use of such mark by Sony Ericsson is under license.
The Liquid Identity logo, PlayNow, TrackID and MusicDJ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.
Sony, Memory Stick Micro, M2, WALKMAN and the WALKMAN logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation. Ericsson is a trademark or registered trademark of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. Adobe and Photoshop are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.
TrackID is powered by Gracenote Mobile MusicID™. Gracenote and Gracenote Mobile MusicID are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gracenote, Inc.
Microsoft, Windows, Outlook and Vista are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
T9™ Text Input is a trademark or a registered trademark of Tegic Communications. T9™ Text Input is licensed under one or more of the following: U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,818,437, 5,953,541, 5,187,480, 5,945,928, and 6,011,554; Canadian Pat. No. 1,331,057, United Kingdom Pat. No. 2238414B; Hong Kong Standard Pat. No. HK0940329; Republic of Singapore Pat. No. 51383; Euro.Pat. No. 0 842 463(96927260.8) DE/DK, FI, FR, IT, NL, PT, ES, SE, GB; and additional patents are pending worldwide.
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End-user license agreement for Sun™ Java™ J2ME™. Restrictions: Software is confidential copyrighted information of Sun and title to all copies is retained
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Export Regulations: Software, including technical data, is subject to U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Act and its associated regulations, and may be subject to export or import regulations in other countries. Customer agrees to comply strictly with all such regulations and acknowledges that it has the responsibility to obtain licenses to export, re­export, or import Software. Software may not be downloaded, or otherwise exported or re-exported (i) into, or to a national or resident of, Cuba, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Libya, Sudan, Syria (as such listing may be revised from time to time) or any country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods; or (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nations or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Denial Orders.
Restricted Rights: Use, duplication or disclosure by the United States government is subject to the restrictions as set forth in the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software Clauses in DFARS
252.227-7013(c) (1) (ii) and FAR 52.227-19(c) (2) as applicable. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. All illustrations are for illustration only and may not accurately depict the actual phone.
Instruction Symbols
The following appear in the User guide.
Note
Tip Warning A service or function is network-
or subscription-dependent. Contact your network operator for details.
> Use a selection or navigation
key to scroll and select. See Navigation on page 13.
Press the navigation key center. Press the navigation key up. Press the navigation key down. Press the navigation key left. Press the navigation key right.
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Getting Started

Assembly
Before you start using your phone, you need to insert a SIM card and the battery.
To insert the SIM card
1 Remove the battery cover. 2 Slide the SIM card into its holder with
the contacts facing down.
To insert the battery
1 Insert the battery with the label side up
and the connectors facing each other.
2 Replace the battery cover.
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Turning on the Phone
To turn on the phone
1 Press and hold down . 2 Select a mode:
• Normal – full functionality.
• Flight Mode – limited functionality.
3 Enter your SIM card PIN, if requested. 4 Select a language. 5 Select Yes to use the setup wizard.
If you make a mistake when you enter your PIN, you can press to delete numbers from the screen.
SIM card
The SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card, which you get from your network operator, contains information about your subscription. Always turn off your phone and detach the charger before you insert or remove the SIM card.
You can save contacts on the SIM card before you remove it from your phone. See To copy names and numbers to the SIM card on page 21.
PIN
You may need a PIN (Personal Identification Number) to activate the services in your phone. Your PIN is supplied by your network operator. Each PIN digit appears as *, unless it starts with emergency number digits, for example, 112 or 911. You can see and call an emergency number without entering a PIN.
To delete numbers from the display
• Press .
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If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, PIN Blocked appears. To unblock it, you need to enter your PUK (Personal Unblocking Key). See SIM card lock on page 60.
Flight mode
In Flight Mode the network and radio transceivers are turned off to prevent disturbance to sensitive equipment.
You can use the Bluetooth™ function in Flight mode.
Startup screen
The startup screen appears when you turn your phone on. See pictures on page
Standby
After you have turned your phone on and entered your PIN, the name of the network operator appears on the screen. This is called standby.
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Using
Making and Receiving Calls
You must turn on your phone and be within range of a network.
To make a call
1 From standby enter a phone number
(with international country code and area code, if applicable).
2 Select Call.
To answer a call
• Select Answer.
To reject a call
• Select Busy.
Help in your Phone
Help and information is available in your phone at any time. See Navigation on page 13.
To use the setup wizard
1 From standby select Menu > Settings
>the General tab > Setup Wizard.
2 Select an option.
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To view information about functions
• Scroll to a function and select Info, if
available. In some cases, Info appears under More.
To view the phone demonstration
• From standby select Menu
> Entertainment > Demo Tour.
Settings download
You can download settings to your phone. These settings let you use functionality that require Internet accounts, for example, picture messaging and email.
To download settings
• From standby select Menu > Settings
>the General tab > Setup Wizard > Settings Download.
Contact your network operator or service provider for more information.
Charging the Battery
The phone battery is partly charged when you buy it.
To charge the battery
2.5 h.
1 Connect the charger to the phone. It
takes approximately 2.5 hours to fully charge the battery.
2 Remove the charger by tilting the plug
upwards.
You can use your phone while it is charging. You can charge the battery at any time and for more or less than
2.5 hours. You can interrupt the charging without damaging the battery.
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Phone Overview
1 Screen 2 Walkman® player control 3 Selection key 4 Connector for charger,
handsfree and USB cable
5 Back key
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Memory card slot (under the cover)
7 Internet key 8 Selection key 9 Clear key 10 Navigation key 11 Activity menu key 12 On/off key 13 Silent key
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14 Gesture control light 15 Camera 16 Music key lock 17 Volume, camera digital zoom
buttons
18 External display 19 Fast forward (music key) 20 Play/Pause/Stop (music key) 21 Back (music key)
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Menu Overview
PlayNow™* Internet* Entertainment
Online Services* Games TrackID™ Video Player MusicDJ™ Record Sound Demo Tour
Camera Messaging WALKMAN
Write New Inbox Email RSS Reader Drafts Outbox
File Manager** Contacts
Calls** Organizer
All Answered Dialed Missed
Sent Messages Saved Messages My Friends* Call Voicemail Templates Settings
Alarms Applications Calendar Tasks Notes Synchronization Timer Stopwatch Calculator Code Memo
Radio
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Settings**
General
Profiles Time & Date Language Update Service Gesture control New Events Shortcuts Flight Mode Security Setup Wizard Phone Status Master Reset
* Some menus are operator-, network- and subscription-dependent. ** You can use the navigation key to scroll between tabs in submenus. For more information, see Navigation on page 13.
Sounds & Alerts
Ring Volume Ringtone Silent Mode Increasing Ring Vibrating Alert Message Alert Key Sound
Display
Wallpaper Themes Startup Screen Screen Saver Brightness Edit Line Names*
Calls
Speed Dial Forward Calls Switch to Line 2* Manage Calls Time & Cost* Show/Hide My No. Handsfree Open to Answer
Connectivity
Bluetooth USB Connection Synchronization Device Mgmt. Mobile Networks Data Comm. Internet Settings Accessories
12 Getting Started
Navigation
The main menus are shown as icons. Some submenus include tabs.
To navigate the phone menus
1 From standby select Menu. 2 Use the navigation key to move
through the menus.
To scroll between the tabs
• Scroll to a tab by pressing the
navigation key left or right.
Key
Go to the main menus or select items
Scroll between the menus and tabs
Select options shown immediately above these keys on the screen
Go back one level in the menus. Press and hold down to return to standby or end a function
Delete items, such as pictures, sounds and contacts. Press and hold down to mute the microphone during a call
Open the Walkman® player
Open the browser
Turn the phone on/off
Open the activity menu
Press and hold down to call your voicemail service (if set)
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- Press and hold down a number key to reach a contact beginning
- Press a number key and select Call to speed dial
with a specific letter
Press to turn off the ringtone when you receive a call. Press and hold down to set the phone to silent. The alarm signals even if your phone is set to silent
Press to change letter case when writing a message. Press and hold to toggle T9™ Text Input on and off when writing a message
Turn the Walkman® player on or off, pause and play. Start and stop the radio.
Skip to the previous track when using the Walkman® player. Search for radio channels.
Skip to the next track when using the Walkman® player. Search for radio channels.
View status information in standby. Increase the volume during a call, or when you use the Walkman® player. Increase brightness when you use the camera. Press twice to reject a call
Decrease the volume during a call, or when you use the Walkman® player. Decrease brightness when you use the camera
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Shortcuts
You can use keypad shortcuts to go directly to a menu. Menu numbering starts from the top left icon and moves across and then down row by row.
To go directly to the seventh menu
• From standby select Menu and
press .
To use navigation key shortcuts
• From standby press , , or
to go directly to a function.
To edit a navigation key shortcut
1 From standby select Menu > Settings
>the General tab > Shortcuts.
2 Scroll to an option and select Edit. 3 Scroll to a menu option and select
Shortcut.
Activity Menu
The activity menu gives you fast access to certain functions.
To open the activity menu
• Press .
Activity menu tabs
• New Events – view missed calls and
new messages. These can also be set to appear as pop-up texts.
• Running Apps – applications that are
running in the background.
• My Shortcuts – add your favorite
functions to access them quickly.
• Internet – your Internet bookmarks.
To select pop-up texts
• From standby select Menu > Settings
>the General tab > New Events > Popup.
File Manager
You can use the file manager to handle items saved in the phone memory or on a memory card.
You may have to purchase a memory card separately.
Memory card
Your phone supports Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) memory card adding more storage space to your phone. It can also be used as a portable memory card with other compatible devices.
15Getting Started
To insert a memory card
To remove a memory card
1 Remove the battery cover. 2 Insert the memory card with the
gold-colored contacts facing down.
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1 Press the edge to release and remove
the memory card.
2 Replace the battery cover.
To view memory card options
1 From standby select Menu > File
Manager >the On Memory Stick tab.
2 Select More.
Handling files
You can move and copy files between your phone, a computer and a memory card. Files are saved on the memory card first and then in the phone memory. Unrecognized files are saved in the Other folder.
You can create subfolders to move or copy files to. When you handle files, you can select more than one or all the files in a folder at the same time for all items except Games and Applications.
If the memory is full, delete some content to create space.
File manager tabs
The file manager is divided into three tabs, and icons indicate where the files are saved.
• All Files – all content in the phone
memory and on a memory card.
• On Memory Stick – all content on
a memory card.
• In Phone – all content in the phone
memory.
To view information about files
1 From standby select Menu > File
Manager.
2 Scroll to a folder and select Open. 3 Scroll to a file and select More
> Information.
To move a file in the file manager
1 From standby select Menu > File
Manager.
2 Scroll to a folder and select Open. 3 Scroll to a file and select More
> Manage File > Move.
4 Select an option.
To select more than one file in a folder
1 From standby select Menu > File
Manager.
2 Scroll to a folder and select Open. 3 Select More > Mark > Mark Several. 4 Select Mark to mark the files.
To delete a file from the file manager
1 From standby select Menu > File
Manager.
2 Find the file and press .
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Phone Language
You can select a language to use in your phone.
To change the phone language
1 From standby select Menu > Settings
>the General tab > Language > Phone
Language.
2 Select an option.
Entering Text
You can use multitap text input or T9™ Text Input to enter text. The T9 Text Input method uses a built-in dictionary.
To change text input method
• When you enter text, press and hold
down .
To shift between capitals and lower-case letters
• When you enter text, press .
To enter numbers
• When you enter text, press and hold
down – .
To enter periods and commas
• When you enter text, press .
To enter text using T9™ Text Input
1 From standby select, for example,
Menu > Messaging > Write New
> Text Message.
2 If is not displayed, press and hold
down to change to T9 Text Input.
3 Press each key only once, even if
the letter you want is not the first letter on the key. For example, if you want to write the word “Jane”, press ,
, , . Write the whole word
before looking at the suggestions.
4 Use or to view suggestions. 5 Press to accept a suggestion.
To enter text using multitap
1 From standby select, for example,
Menu > Messaging > Write New
> Text Message.
2 If is displayed, press and hold down
to change to multitap text input.
3 Press – repeatedly until the
desired letter appears.
4 When a word is written, press
to add a space.
To add words to the built-in dictionary
1 When you enter text using T9 Text
Input, select More > Spell Word.
2 Write the word using multitap input
and select Insert.
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Calling

Making and Receiving Calls
You need to turn on your phone and be within range of a network.
To make a call
1 From standby enter a phone number
(with international country code and area code, if applicable).
2 Select Call.
You can call numbers from the contacts and call list. See Contacts on page 20, and Call List on page 22.
To make international calls
1 From standby press and hold down
until a “+” sign appears.
2 Enter the country code, area code
(without the first zero) and phone number.
3 Select Call.
To re-dial a number
• When Retry? appears select Yes.
Do not hold your phone to your ear when waiting. When the call connects, your phone gives a loud signal.
To answer a call
• Select Answer.
To reject a call
• Select Busy.
To change the ear speaker volume during a call
• Press or .
To mute the microphone during a call
1 Press and hold down . 2 Press and hold down again to
resume.
To turn the loudspeaker on during a call
• Select More > Turn On Speaker.
Do not hold your phone to your ear when using the loudspeaker. This could damage your hearing.
To view missed calls from standby
• Press and scroll to the New
Events tab and select a number.
• If pop-up is set: select Calls and scroll
to the Missed tab and select a number.
Emergency Calls
Your phone supports international emergency numbers, for example, 112 and 911. These numbers can normally be used to make emergency calls in any country, with or without the SIM card inserted, if a network is within range.
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In some countries, other emergency numbers may also be promoted. Your network operator may therefore have saved additional local emergency numbers on the SIM card.
To make an emergency call
•
From standby enter 112 (the international emergency number) and select
To view your local emergency numbers
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts. 2 Select More > Options > Special
Numbers > Emergency Nos.
Contacts
You can save names, phone numbers and personal information in Contacts. Information can be saved in the phone memory or on the SIM card.
Default contact
You can choose which contact information – Phone Contacts or
SIM Contacts – is shown as default.
If Phone Contacts is selected as default, your contacts show all the information saved in Contacts. If you select SIM Contacts as default, your contacts show names and numbers saved on the SIM card.
Call
.
To select default contacts
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts. 2 Scroll to New Contact and select
Options > Advanced > Default Contacts.
3 Select an option.
Phone contacts
Phone contacts can contain names, phone numbers and personal information. They are saved in the phone memory.
To add a phone contact
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts. 2 Scroll to New Contact and select Add. 3 Enter the name and select OK. 4 Enter the number and select OK. 5 Select a number option. 6 Scroll between tabs and select the
fields to add information.
7 Select Save.
To add an item to a phone contact
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts. 2 Scroll to a contact and select More
> Edit Contact.
3 Scroll between the tabs and select
Add.
4 Select an option and an item to add. 5 Select Save.
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If your subscription supports Calling Line Identification (CLI) service, you can assign personal ringtones to contacts.
To copy names and numbers to the SIM card
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts. 2 Select More > Options > Advanced
> Copy to SIM.
3 Select an option.
When you copy all contacts from your phone to the SIM card, all existing SIM card information is replaced.
To call a phone contact
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts. 2 Scroll to a contact and select Call.
To go directly to a contact, from standby press – . See Speed Dial on page 23.
To call a SIM contact from phone contacts
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts
> More > Options > SIM Contacts.
2 Scroll to a contact and select Call.
To automatically save names and phone numbers on the SIM card
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts. 2 Select More > Options > Advanced
> Auto Save on SIM.
3 Select an option.
SIM contacts
SIM contacts can contain names and numbers only. They are saved on the SIM card.
To add a SIM contact
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts. 2 Scroll to New Contact and select Add. 3 Enter the name and select OK. 4 Enter the number and select OK. 5 Select a number option and add more
information, if available.
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Select Save.
To copy names and numbers to phone contacts
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts. 2 Select More > Options > Advanced
> Copy from SIM.
3 Select an option.
To call a SIM contact
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts. 2 Scroll to a contact and select Call.
Deleting contacts
To delete a contact
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts. 2 Scroll to a contact and press .
To delete all phone contacts
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts. 2 Select More > Options > Advanced
> Delete all contacts.
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Sending contacts
To send a contact
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts. 2 Scroll to a contact and select More
> Send Contact.
3 Select a transfer method.
Make sure the receiving device supports the transfer method you select.
Memory status
The number of contacts you can save in your phone or on the SIM card depends on available memory.
To view memory status
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts. 2 Select More > Options > Advanced
> Memory Status.
To save contacts on a memory card
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts. 2 Select More > Options > Advanced
> Back Up To M.S.
Synchronizing contacts
Contacts can be synchronized with your computer and some Web applications. For more information, see Synchronizing on page 52.
Groups
You can create a group of phone numbers and email addresses to send messages to. See on page 27. You can also use groups (with phone numbers) when you create accepted callers lists. Accept Calls on page 25.
To create a group of numbers and email addresses
1 From standby select Menu > Contacts
> Options > Groups > New Group.
2 Enter a name for the group and select
Continue.
3 Select New to find and select a contact
phone number or email address.
4 Repeat step 3 to add more phone
numbers or email addresses.
5 Select Done.
Messaging
See
Call List
You can view information about most recent calls.
To call a number from the call list
1 From standby select Calls and scroll
to a tab.
2 Scroll to a name or a number and
select Call.
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