Phone Calls
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access to satellite signals, it may take up to 30 seconds or more to determine and report your
approximate location.
Important:
Always report your location to the 9-1-1 operator when placing an emergency call.
Some designated emergency call takers, known as Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs),
may not be equipped to receive GPS location information from your phone.
Receive Phone Calls
The following information lets you know how to answer incoming calls, mute the ringer on
incoming calls, reject incoming calls, and more.
When you receive a phone call from a contact, the Incoming call screen appears and displays
the caller ID icon, name, and phone number of the calling party. When you receive a phone call
from someone who is not stored in Contacts, only the default caller ID icon and phone number
appear on the Incoming call screen.
Note:
If your phone is turned off, all calls automatically go to voicemail.
Answer an Incoming Call
■ Swipe the answer call icon
in any direction to answer the call.
Mute the Ringing Sound
To mute the ringer without rejecting the call, you can do any of the following:
●
Press the volume button down.
●
Place the phone face down on a level surface. You must set the
Silence incoming calls
option in the Gestures menu.
Reject an Incoming Call
■ Swipe the decline call icon
in any direction to reject the call. The call will be sent
directly to voicemail.
Reject a Call and Send a Text Message
You can reject an incoming call and automatically send a text message to the caller.
■ Drag the
Decline with message
icon up from the bottom of the screen. Touch
Send
next to one of the reject messages to send it to the caller.
You can edit the reject messages through the Call settings menu. From the dialpad,
tap
>
Call settings
>
Decline with message
and edit or create the reject
messages.
