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# Contacts

The Contacts app lets you add, view, edit, and sync your contacts from your email accounts, Facebook, and other Amazon devices and services. From the Contacts app, you can tap a phone number, email address, or address in order to call, text, or email a contact, or map their address.

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Search for a contact | Tap the Search icon.
Add a contact | Tap the + icon.
Edit a contact | Tap on a contact, and then tap the Edit icon. Tap the checkmark when you're finished editing, or tap x to cancel.
Delete a contact | Tap on a contact, and then tap the Delete icon.
Join contacts | Press and hold a contact, and then tap Join. From the Join Contacts screen, tap the contact you want to combine with the selected contact.
Share a contact | Press and hold a contact, and then tap Share. Select an app installed on your phone to share your contact with, such as the Messaging app.
Change ringtone for a contact | Tap on a contact, and then tap the Edit icon. Under Phone Ringtone and Text Ringtone, tap to choose the ringtone played when a call or text are received.
Add a contact to your VIP list | If you have an important or favorite contact, you can mark them as a "VIP". From the All Contacts screen, tap on a contact’s image, and then tap Add to VIPs. From an email message, Recent Calls, Visual Voicemail, or Messaging, tap the image next to the phone number or sender, and then tap Add to VIPs. Tip: You can quickly access your VIPs in the right panel of the Contacts app and Phone app.
Import your contacts | From the All Contacts screen, access the left panel, and then tap Import/Export: Import from SIM card Insert the SIM card with the contacts into the Fire phone. Open the Contacts app. Open the left panel. Tap Import/Export. Tap Import from SIM. Contacts will be pre-populated in a list. Tap the overflow menu in the top right corner. Select Import All. Note: You must import all contacts on the SIM. Import from storage - Import contacts from a .vcf file. You can transfer .vcf files from a mail account on your computer to your phone using a USB cable. From the Left Panel, you can also tap Settings, and add an email account to import your email contacts. Note: Fire phone automatically imports contacts to the default account for the Contacts app.
Export your contacts | Export to SIM card Note: A SIM card can only hold around 200 contacts. If you have more than 200 contacts, see Export to Storage below. Insert a SIM card into the Fire phone SIM tray. Open the Contacts app. Open the left panel. Tap Import/Export. Tap Export to SIM. Contacts will automatically begin exporting to the SIM card. Export to storage Open the Contacts app. Open the left panel. Tap Import/Export and then Export to storage. Tip: You can export your contacts in a .vcf file. Then, you can transfer .vcf files from your Fire phone to your computer using a USB cable.
Filter your contacts | From the left panel, tap to view All Contacts, Amazon contacts, contacts you added to your Device Only, or contacts from any email accounts you have set up on your phone, such as Gmail.
Sync your contacts | From the left panel of the Contacts app, tap Settings, and then tap Contacts Settings. Synchronize contacts - Tap On to automatically sync Amazon contacts across Amazon devices and services. Sync Facebook Contacts - Tap On to sync with your linked Facebook account. You will be prompted to link your Facebook account if you haven’t already. Sync other third-party contacts, such as from a Gmail or Exchange email account - From the left panel of the Contacts app, tap Settings. If you already added an email account, tap the account name from the list. Toggle the switch next to Sync Calendar and Sync Contacts.

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