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[not.plugged.in]

hi everyone, ive joined the club and am a new android user and am loving the inc. however i have noticed one thing that is rather annoying to me. Whenever i am to make a call i just press the phone button and scroll through the contacts on that screen but if i have called them recently the person is placed at the top of the list and not alphabetical. I seriously spent 10 minutes searching through my entire list for someone a bit ago only to find them at the very top (i'm a noob i guess ) but yeah anyone have any solutions for getting rid of this recent thing?

Thanks a bunch

 

[Dokk]

If you know the person's name, when you bring up the call screen, start typing their name and it will come up. The phone tells you this if you go to dialing tips.

But to sum it up, say your looking for Joe. You would enter 5(JKL)-6(MNO)-3(DEF)

 

[woop]

Use the smart dialing feature where the phone will recognize the keypad letters. Works amazingly well.