Contacts shortcut on homescreens

[#1]

Please can anyone help?

A while ago I saw a tip for a way of adding multiple numbers to the contacts shortcut on the homescreen - I did it on a couple! Now I want to do this for another contact & I can't remember how to do it and despite searching the site I can't find anything here. To try to explain, when you long press and select a shortcut for a contact when you then press the green call button on the left to call them, you get a list of numbers to select from. I just can't figure out what you do to achieve this.

Many thanks.

[slimshaddy]

Long press on a homescreen , select shortcuts > contacts > select the contact you want to add..

The contact will appear..clck on it and you will get 3-5 options.. Tap the green call button..multiple numbers will appear..

Select it and call if you want to call a particular number tjen select , before calling , remember this selection..and then everytime you will press the green call button..it will call to that particular number only..

[slimshaddy]

You can also add a widget of your favorites contact..

I mean those contacts which you used the most..

Long press the homescreen amd select widgets.then seoect favorites call and call log..something like that

[#4]

Hi!

Thanks for your reply, but I am not getting any options after the long press, it's driving me nuts! There must be something you do to the contact first to get more than 1 number to display when you press the green phone symbol to dial out. Could the ability to do this have been lost with the latest software updates?

[#5]

Super cool! Thanks for the tip!

[slimshaddy]

hmm

[slimshaddy]

lindafarc wrote:
Hi!
 but I am not getting any options after the long press, it's driving me nuts! 

which long press are you talking about..??

make sure you have more than 1 number in your contact

otherwise it will directly call the number..

[#8]

Thank you for trying to help me.

The one on the home screen.

This is what is wierd - I have a contact with 3 numbers (1 home, 1 work mobile & 1 mobile) but it is still directly calling the mobile number without showing the others first....

[slimshaddy]

So you mean..you dont get options of shortcuts , widgets , wallpaper etc..?? Does the phone vibrate when you long press...mke sure you are pressing an empty space on the homesxreen otherwise option will not show up..

Ome more thing..just make a random contact with random nimbers and see if it shows multiple numbers or not..

You can check this by pressing the 3 heads in the contacts itself..there wil be a 3 head imAge besides all the contacts..press it , press the green cal button and see if you are getting multiple numbers or not..

[Sam]

This is happening because you chose to add a direct dial and not a shortcut to the contact. When you are adding the shortcut make sure you choose "contact" not direct dial.