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Favorites, Call forwarding, call waiting, and caller id, Call forwarding – Apple iPhone iOS 5.1 User Manual

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Favorites

Favorites gives you quick access to your frequently used phone numbers.
Add a contact’s phone number to your favorites list: Tap Contacts, then choose a contact. Tap
“Add to Favorites.” Choose a phone number or email address (for FaceTime calls). On iPhone 4 or
later, choose whether to save as a voice or FaceTime call.

To call a favorite, tap Favorites and choose a contact. If appears next to a name, iPhone makes
a FaceTime call.

Add a contact to favorites from
the recents list

Tap Recents and tap

next to the contact’s name, then tap “Add to

Favorites.”

Delete a contact from your
favorites

Tap Favorites and tap Edit. Then tap

next to a contact or number and

tap Remove.

Reorder your favorites list

Tap Favorites and tap Edit. Then drag next to a contact to a new place in
the list.

Call forwarding, call waiting, and caller ID

Call forwarding

You can set iPhone to forward incoming phone calls to a another number.

Note: FaceTime calls are not forwarded.
Turn on call forwarding (GSM): Go to Settings > Phone > Call Forwarding and turn on Call
Forwarding. On the “Forward to” screen, enter the number you’re forwarding calls to.
Turn on call forwarding (CDMA): Enter *72, followed by the number you’re forwarding calls to,
then tap Call.

To turn off call forwarding (CDMA), enter *73, then tap Call.

With GSM, the Call Forwarding icon ( ) appears in the status bar when call forwarding is on. You
must be in range of the cellular network when you set iPhone to forward calls, or calls won’t be
forwarded.

Call waiting

Call waiting gives you the option to take an incoming call when you’re already on the phone.
You can:

Ignore the incoming call

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Put the current call on hold and answer the incoming one

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End the current call and answer the incoming one

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If you’re on a call and call waiting is turned off, incoming calls go directly to voicemail. See “Second
calls
” on page 58.
Turn on call waiting (GSM): Go to Settings > Phone > Call Waiting.

With CDMA, call waiting is on by default, but can be disabled for a single call.
Disable call waiting for a call (CDMA): Enter *70, then dial the number.

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