Calling and Texting

Calling

To call someone, you need a service provider or connection to a WIFI source. You need a WIFI or a signal strength symbol in the notification bar. There are a few ways to call someone.

WIFI Signal Strength

Dial the number. Go to the keypad and enter in the phone number. Press the call button at the bottom of your screen. The keyboard button is the icon at the bottom right of the screen with the ten dots.
Call an existing contact. Open up your contacts and find the person that you want to call. Tap on the contact you want to call, then tap the headset icon. You can do this by either tapping on contacts in the tool bar or opening the contacts app.
Accept an incoming call. Tap answer or swipe the accept icon (often green) to the right. Your screen will change to display the phone app if you accept the call.
Decline incoming calls. Tap decline or swipe the red icon at the bottom of your screen to the left. The call should stop as soon as you do this.
Hanging up. Press the button at the bottom of the screen. It should be red. Or you can wait for the person you called to end the call.

Cool Tricks to Try

Block numbers. If you want to block a specific number, start by opening the phone app and go to that phone number. Then either tap block number or the three dots, then add to call reject list.

Calling 911. You can always call 911 from any phone even if it doesn’t have a service provider.

Texting/Messaging

The same requirements apply to texting as to calling. You need either service or WIFI.

Text a new number. Tap the button that resembles a pen or a plus. As soon as you click this, it should bring up a blank message. Now you can either enter in a number, or the name of the contact that you want to text. To make a group chat, just type in all the people that you want. Make sure that each number/contact is entered one at a time. Tap the compose button. Then type into the box at the bottom and send the text by tapping on the send button.
Text someone you have already texted. When you open up the app, it comes up with a list of people that you have already texted. Here you can click on the person you want to text with. Type in your message and send it.
Attach photos, videos, audio, etc. to your texts. To do this, click the paperclip or plus icon next to your message. It will come up with a pop up menu and you can choose from the options what you want to attach.

Cool Tricks to Try

Add Emojis. To add emotions to your texts, consider adding these little stickers. You can find them on your keyboard. After you tap on the smiley face icon, a whole bunch of emojis will pop up, and you can choose from the options.

Read Receipts. You can check if someone has read your message by looking above the time stamp, which is to the left of your message. If it says read, that means that the person has read your message. If it says delivered, it means that their phone has received your text, but they haven't read it yet. However, you only see these receipts if your have the same type of phone (Samsung, Motorola, etc.) as the person that you are texting.

Video Calling

If you want to see the person you are talking to, video calling is a great idea. You can use a wide variety of different apps to video call people such as Skype, Google Hangouts, or Whatsapp. These apps also include a way to text people. It is very similar to the messaging app from above. However, it will have a few differences.

Skype

Download the app. Go to your app store and download the app.
Set up your account. If you already have a skype account, sign in. If you don’t, follow the instructions and create a new account.
Add friends. Tap the menu button, then ‘add people’. You then can search by Skype name, profile name, email address, or phone number. Tap on the person you want to add, then add contacts.
Make a call. Tap on the contact that you want to call. Then tap the phone (call) or camera (video-call) button at the top of your screen. Skype will immediately start to call the person as soon as you tap one of these. When answering, tap on the phone or video call
To text the person. This is very similar to how you text in your messaging app. You type into the bottom box, then tap the send arrow button to send a message. You can attach emojis (tap on the smiley face), pictures or videos (tap on camera icon at the bottom of your screen, tap and hold to record a video), audio recording by tapping the microphone, and all sorts of things (if you tap on the plus button). When you are ready to send your message don’t forget to tap the send button.

Go to this link to install Skype: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skype.raider&hl=en

Cool Tricks TO Try

Split Screen while calling. You can split your screen by dragging the picture in the upper right hand corner down to the plus sign that appears when you start dragging.

Subtitles while calling. If you tap on the plus sign at the bottom of the screen a menu will pop up. Then tap ‘turn subtitles on.’

Share photos while calling. Tap on the plus sign at the bottom of the screen, then tap on gallery. Tap on add a photo, then choose the photos you want to share. And tap the send arrow at the bottom. It will also send the photos in the chat section.

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