Sony Xperia L - Call handling

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Call handling

You can make a call by manually dialing 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.
When you make a call, your device's main microphone works together with the second

microphone to suppress noise and background sound.

Do not cover the second microphone while you make a call.

To make a call by dialing

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Phone.

3

Enter the number of the recipient and tap Call. To delete a number, tap .

To make a call using smart dial

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Phone.

3

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.

4

Tap the contact you want to call.

To end a call

Tap .

To make an international call

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Phone.

3

Touch and hold 0 until a “+” sign appears.

4

Enter the country code, area code (without the first 0), and phone number, then

tap Call.

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To answer a call

Drag to the right across the screen.

To decline a call

Drag to the left across the screen.

To reject a second call

When you hear repeated beeps during a call, tap .

To change the ear speaker volume during a call

Press the volume key up or down.

To turn on the loudspeaker during a call

Tap .

To mute the microphone during a call

Tap .

To activate the screen during a call

Briefly press .

To enter numbers during a call

1

During the call, tap . A keypad appears.

2

Tap the numbers you want to enter.

To mute the ringtone for an incoming call

When you receive the call, press the volume key.

Recent calls

In the call log, you can view missed , received , and dialed calls.

To view your missed calls

1

When you have missed a call, appears in the status bar. Drag the status bar

downwards.

2

Tap Missed call.

To call a number from your call log

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Phone.The call log view appears on the upper part of the screen.

3

To call a number directly, tap the number. To edit a number before calling, touch

and hold the number, then tap Edit number before call.

You can also call a number by tapping > Call back.

To add a number from the call log to your contacts

1

From your Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap Phone.The call log view appears on the upper part of the screen.

3

Touch and hold the number, then tap Add to Contacts.

4

Tap the desired contact, or tap Create new contact.

5

Edit the contact details and tap Done.

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