Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Remove or Rearrange Contacts in the Priority Senders List in the Stock Email App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

If you want to easily manage your favourite contacts in the stock Email app, you can add them to your priority senders list so that you can have a separate inbox for their email messages and a separate settings for them. However, if needed, you can edit the contacts you have added to the priority senders list, for instance: remove contacts from the list or rearrange their positions in the list.

How to remove or rearrange contacts in the priority senders list in the stock Email app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Email app.
2. Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the Email app menus.
3. Tap Priority senders. All email addresses or contacts with email addresses you have added to the priority senders list will be displayed here.
4. Long tap on a contact within the priority senders list and then select Edit list of priority senders. To remove contact from the list go to the step #5, while to rearrange contacts in the list go to the step #6.
5. Remove a contact from the priority senders list:
• Tap at the required contact you want to remove from the list.
• Tap Done button.
• The selected contact has been removed from the list.
6. Rearrange contacts in the priority senders list:
• Tap and hold the the required contact and then drag it to the desired position.
• Release to place the contact in the new position.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Change Default Email Account in the Stock Email App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

As we all know that the stock Email app has the ability to manage multiple email accounts so that you can add more than one email account to this app. When you have added two or more email accounts, you can set one of them as the default so that the app will automatically use this account as the default sender when you're composing a new email message from the combined inbox or from other apps.


How to set an email account as the default in the stock Email app?
You can set an email account as the default by using some methods. But, as the example, we'll do so by using two different methods: when adding an email account and from the email account settings menu.

Method #1: When adding an email account
When you add another email account to your phone, either from the general settings menu or from the Email app itself, within the process you'll be provided with an option to set the email account as the default. You can see the steps to add an email account here.

Method #2: From the email account settings menu
This method can be used to set the email account that has been added to the stock Email app as default. Use the following steps to do so:

1. Open the stock Email app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Tap Manage accounts.
4. Tap the required account you want to set as default.
5. Check the box next to Default account to enable this option.
6. The selected email account has been set as the default.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Change Email Message Tone in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Change the ringtone for incoming email messages is the best way that can be done to help you recognize that you have new email messages. If needed, you can set different tones for different email accounts(if you have multiple accounts) so that you can easily know to which account the email message is sent for, or set different tone for your priority contacts so that you can easily know that you have email messages from contacts you have marked as priority senders.


How to change email message tone?
You can change the email message tone by using three different methods: from the general sound settings menu, from an email account settings menu and from the priority sender settings menu.

Method #1: From the general sound settings menu
This method can be used if you have set the "Default notification sound" as the email message tone. But, you have to remember that this method will change the notification tone for other apps that also use the default notification sound as the notification tone. See the following steps to do so:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top of the screen to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the Sound and display section and then tap Sound .
3. Tap Notifications.
4. Select the required notification tone.
5. Tap OK button.
6. The general notification sound has been changed.

Method #2: From an email account settings menu
FYI, this method can be used to change the email message tone for a single account only. Thus, if you have multiple email accounts, you have to set email message tone for each account separately if you want to use different tones for different accounts. See the following steps to change email message tone for certain account:

1. Open the stock Email app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Tap Manage accounts.
4. Tap the required email account you want to change its tone.
5. Make sure to check the box next to Email notifications to enable this option so that you can receive notifications when new email messages arrive.
6. Now, tap Notification sound.
7. Select the required tone. FYI, if you select Default notification sound then it'll use the tone that has been selected in the general notification sound (see method #1).
8. Tap OK button.
9. The email message tone for the selected account has been changed.

Method #3: From the priority sender settings
If you have set some email addresses or contacts with email addresses as priority senders, then you can set different tone for them separately by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Email app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Tap Priority sender settings.
4. Make sure to check the box next to Email notifications to enable this option so that you can receive notifications when new email messages from priority senders arrive.
5. Now, tap Notification sound.
6. Select the required tone. FYI, if you select Default notification sound then it'll use the tone that has been selected in the general notification sound (see method #1).
7. Tap OK button.
8. The email message tone for priority senders has been changed.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Add an Email Account to the Stock Email App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Sending or receiving email messages is one of the most popular ways that can be used to communicate with others. It may be the reason why most of smartphones available today, including with Samsung Galaxy S5, always have an Email app as one of the stock apps. You have to add an email account first to your phone before you can use the stock Email app to send or receive email messages.


How to add an email account to the stock Email app?
Assuming that you have an existing email account, then you can add this account to your phone by using two different methods: from the stock Email app and from the settings menu.

Method #1: From the stock Email app
You can add an email account directly from the stock Email app by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Email app.
2. If it's the first time for you use this app, you'll be provided with the set up email screen directly. If you have added an email account previously, tap at the top right corner of the screen then tap Settings then tap Manage accounts then tap at the top of the screen to add another email account.
3. Enter the email address (if yours is a Yahoo email account then it'll be like this: xxxxxxx@yahoo.com) and the password in the provided fields. FYI, you can check the box in the left side of the Show password option to help you make sure that you have entered the right password.
4. Tap Next button.
5. If needed, you can adjust the email account options available here according to your needs, e.g: period to sync, sync schedule, etc. Once done, tap Next button.
6. If needed, you can change the email account name (it will be used as the email account name in the stock Email app) and your name for the email account (it will be displayed in outgoing email messages) in the provided fields.
7. Tap Done button.
8. The email account has been added and the stock Email apps will display inbox of this email account.

Method #2: From the settings menu
You can add an email account from the general settings menu by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top of the screen to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the User and backup section and then tap Accounts .
3. Tap Add account.
4. Tap Email.
5. Enter the email address (if yours is a Yahoo email account then it'll be like this: xxxxxxx@yahoo.com) and the password in the provided fields. FYI, you can check the box in the left side of the Show password option to help you make sure that you have entered the right password.
6. Tap Next button.
7. If needed, you can adjust the email account options available here according your needs, e.g: period to sync, sync schedule, etc. Once done, tap Next button.
8. If needed, you can change the email account name (it will be used as the email account name in the stock Email app) and your name for the email account (it will be displayed in outgoing email messages) in the provided fields.Tap Done button.
9. The email account has been successfully added.
10. Now, you can open the stock Email app and you'll see this app displays inbox of the email account you have added.

As a note, the stock Email app has the ability to manage multiple email accounts therefore you can add more than one email account to this app by using two methods above.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Use Notification Readout Feature in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Notification readout is a feature available in Samsung Galaxy S5 which will let your phone reads aloud notifications when you have incoming calls from favourite contacts, when you have text or email messages from priority senders, when S Planner event alarms sound as well as when the regular alarms sound. Given the function, this feature is designed to help you easily know the notifications even before you see the notifications in your phone.

How to use the notification readout feature?
To be able to use this feature, you need to enable the notification options within the notification readout menu by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top of the screen to go to the settings menu.
2. With the settings menu is displayed in grid view, scroll down to the System section and then select Language and input .
3. Scroll the screen to the very bottom.
4. Tap Notification readout.
5. Now, you'll be provided with the following options that you can enable according to your need:
• Calls from favourite contacts: enable this option if you want your phone reads out callers' information when you're receiving calls from all contacts you have marked as favourites.
• Msgs from priority senders: enable this option if you want your phone reads out senders' information when you're receiving new messages from all contacts you have set as priority senders in the stock Messaging app.
• Emails from priority senders: enable this option if you want your phone reads out senders' information when you're receiving new email messages from all contacts you have set as priority senders in the stock Email app.
• S Planner event info: enable this option if you want your phone reads out event information when S Planner event alarms sound.
• Alarm info: enable this option if you want your phone reads out alarm information when alarms sound.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Set Contacts as Favourites in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

I do believe that from the entire of your contacts list in your Samsung Galaxy S5, you have some favourite contacts that you tend to communicate with frequently, those you call over and over again. Instead of have to find them through the entire of your contacts list or the call histories which is can be time consuming, it will be easier for you to find them by adding those contacts to your favourites list so that you can place them in a single list and separate them from the entire of your contacts list.


How to add a contact to the favourites list?
You can add the required contact to your favourites list by using three different methods: from the favourite contacts list, from the contacts list and from the Starred in Android contacts group.

Method #1: From the favourite contacts list
You can set contacts as favourites from the favourites contacts list by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. Tap the Favourites tab.
3. Tap to add contacts to your favourites list.
4. Select the required contacts.
5. Tap Done button.
6. The selected contact have been added to the favourite contacts list.

Method #2 : From the contacts list
You can set a contact as favourite while viewing the contact's detail information by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. Tap the Contacts tab. All of your contacts will be displayed here.
3. Tap the required contact.
4. Tap at the top of the screen to set the contact as favourite. The icon will turn yellow as a sign that the contact has been set as favourite and added to the favourite contacts list.

Method #3: From the "Starred in Android" contacts group
FYI, Samsung Galaxy S5 has some default contacts groups, one of which is the Starred in Android contacts group. Adding contacts to this contacts group will automatically add them to the favourites list as well. See the following steps to do so:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. Tap the Contacts tab.
3. Tap to go to the contacts groups list.
4. Tap Starred in Android.
5. Tap to add contacts to the selected contacts group.
6. Select the required contacts.
7. Tap Done button.
8. The selected contacts have been added to the Starred in Android contacts group as well as to the favourite contacts list.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Set Email Addresses or Contacts as Priority Senders in Email App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

As same as the priority senders feature in the stock Messaging app, the priority senders feature in the stock Email app also lets you to set contacts that you communicate with frequently as priority senders. By adding email addresses or contacts with email addresses to the priority senders list in the stock Email app, you cannot only have a different inbox to help you manage email messages from priority senders with more easily, but also adjust settings for them separately, for instance: set different tone for incoming email messages from priority senders, set the app to show the priority senders inbox whenever you open the stock Email app, etc.

How to set an email address or contact as priority senders in the stock Email app?
You can do so by adding the required email address or contact to the priority senders list in the stock Email app by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Email app.
2. Tap at the top left corner of the screen to open up the menus.
3. Tap Priority senders.
4. Tap to add a new priority sender. To add an email address to the priority senders list manually go to the step #5, while to add an email address from the existing contact to the priority senders list go to the step #6.
5. Adding an email address to the priority senders list manually:
• Tap Enter email.
• Enter the required email address.
• Tap OK button.
• The email address has been added to the priority senders list.
6. Adding an email address from the existing contact to the priority senders list:
• Tap Contacts to go to the contacts list. Here you'll be provided with the list of contacts that have email addresses.
• Tap the required contact.
• Tap Done button.
• The selected contact has been added to the priority senders list.