Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Edit or Remove a Name Tag in a Photo in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Face tag is a neat feature that can be found in the stock Gallery app which will let you to tag a name or a contact to the detected face in a photo. However, in case you have accidentally tagged a wrong contact to a face within a photo then you can correct it by editing the name tag so that you can tag the right contact to the face. If needed, you can also remove the name tag from the face with ease.

How to edit or remove a name tag in a photo?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Gallery app.
2. Tap an album and then tap the required photo.
3. Tap the name tag and then tap .
4. Editing a name tag:
• Tap Edit tag.
• Select the required contact you want to tag to the selected face.
• If you'd like to set the face as the caller ID of the selected contact, tap OK button and then follow the on-screen instructions. If not, you can tap Cancel button.
• The selected contact has been tagged to the face.
5. Removing a name tag:
• Tap Remove name tag.
• The name tag of the selected face has been removed.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Remove White Frames Around Faces Within a Photo in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Face tag is a Facebook-like feature that can be found in the stock Gallery app. This is a neat feature that will let your phone scans your photos using facial recognition to detect faces within the photos. When a face has been detected, a white frame will be appeared around the face to let you tag a contact or name to the face. But, as same as other features, this feature is loved by some but hated by other. Thus, if you're distracted with the white frames around the faces when viewing your photos then you can easily get rid those frames from your photos by disabling the face tag feature in the stock Gallery app.

How to turn off the face tag feature in the stock Gallery app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open the stock Gallery app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Scroll the screen to the very bottom.
4. Clear the checkbox next to the Face tag to disable it.
5. The face tag feature has been disabled and the white frames around the detected faces within pictures will be removed.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Use Face Tag Feature in the Stock Gallery App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

The stock Gallery app in Samsung Galaxy S5 has a Facebook-like feature named face tag which will let your phone to scan faces in a photo using facial recognition. If your phone recognizes the face, a white frame will be appeared around the face to let you tag a name or contact to the face. If you have tagged a contact to the face, you'll be given with the option of calling, texting or emailing the contact when you tap the face tag.

How to enable the face tag feature in the stock Gallery app?
Before tagging a face in a photo, make sure the face tag feature in the stock Gallery app settings is enabled. If needed, you can use the following steps to turn on the face tag feature in the stock Gallery app:

1. Open Gallery app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Scroll the screen to the very bottom.
4. Check the box next to Face tag to enable it.
5. The face tag feature has been enabled.

How to tag a contact to a face in a photo in the stock Gallery app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Gallery app.
2. Tap an album and then tap the required photo.
3. Here you'll see a white frame appears around the recognized face. FYI, your phone may fail to recognize a face in a photo due to the face angle, face skin, skin colour, facial expression, light conditions or object's accessories(e,g: glasses, hat, etc)
4. Tap the face and then select from the following options:
• Me: select this option if the recognized face is you.
• Add name: select this option to tag the required contact to the face.
5. The selected face has been tagged. You can tap the face tag to use some additional options, e.g: call the contact, send a text or email message to the contact, etc.

As a note, once the face tag feature is enabled, your phone will automatically learn to recognize faces in the photo therefore if you have ever tagged a contact to a face in the past then your phone will suggest the contact name when you tag the same face in other pictures.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Add a Wait Into a Contact in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Samsung Galaxy S5 has two features that can help you to call number with extensions with more easily: pause and wait. If a pause will set your phone to wait for 2 seconds before dialing the extensions number once the call is answered, while a wait will set your phone to wait your action before dialing the extensions number. By adding a wait into a contact, once the call is answered, a pop up with the extensions will appear to ask you whether you want to dial the extensions number now. This pop up will remain on the screen until you decide to dial the extensions number or cancel it. Given the function, you can use a wait if you're going to call somewhere that requires you to listen to the entire automated message before you can select any menu or extension.

How to add a wait into a contact?
As the example, say that you're going to call your friend whose phone number has extensions. The regular phone number is 1234567899 and the extension is 231. You can add a wait and the extensions number after the regular phone number so that you can set your phone to dial the extensions number at the time you want. See the following steps to do so:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab to view your contacts list.
3. Tap the required contact.
4. Tap to edit the selected contact.
5. Tap the phone number field to edit it and display the on-screen keyboard.
6. Tap and then tap . It'll insert a semicolon (;) after the regular phone number.
7. Tap and then enter the extensions number.
8. Now, your friend's phone number will look like this: 1234567899;231
9. Tap Save button to save the changes.
10. Tap next to the phone number to call the selected contact.
11. When the call is accepted, a pop up will appear to ask you whether you want to dial the extensions number now. Tap Yes button to let your phone dials the extensions number, or tap No button to cancel it or remove the pop-up from the screen.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Automatically Call Contacts with Extensions in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

If you often make a call to a contact whose phone number has extensions, instead of entering the extensions number manually each time you call him, you can make it simpler by setting your phone to automatically call the extensions. All you have to do is by adding a pause or a comma(,) after the regular phone number and then add the extensions number. By doing this, once the call is answered, your phone will wait for 2 seconds before dialing the next set of the extensions number after the pause or comma(,).

How to add a pause into a contact for auto dialing extensions?
As the example, say that you're going to call your friend at his company. Your friend's company phone number is 1234567899 and the extensions is 231. You can set your phone to automatically call the extensions by adding a pause and the extensions number after the regular phone number by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab to view your contacts list.
3. Tap the required contact.
4. Tap to edit the selected contact.
5. Tap the phone number field to edit it and display the on-screen keyboard.
6. Tap and then tap to insert a pause or comma(,) after the regular phone number.
7. Tap and then enter the extensions number.
8. Now, your friend's phone number will look like this: 1234567899,231
9. Tap Save button to save the changes.
10. Tap next to the phone number to call the contact.
11. When the call is accepted, your phone will automatically call the extensions number after waits for 2 seconds.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Share Contacts via Bluetooth in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Samsung Galaxy S5 has been equipped with some connectivity features that can be used to transfer or share contacts to other devices, one of which is by using Bluetooth. By utilizing Bluetooth, you can send a single contact or multiple contacts at once to another Bluetooth-enabled device with ease.


How to send contacts via Bluetooth?
There are some methods that can be used to transfer or share contacts via Bluetooth, but this time I'm going to show you how to do so from the Contacts app by using two different methods.

Method #1
This method can be used if you want to send a single contact via Bluetooth. See the following steps to do so:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab to view your contacts list.
3. Tap the required contact.
4. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Share name card.
5. Tap Bluetooth.
6. If Bluetooth is off, you'll be asked to turn it on. Tap the Turn on button to turn on Bluetooth.
7. Tap the required device you want to share with. FYI, the device that receives the file may need to confirm to accept the file first before the file can be sent completely.
8. The selected contact has been sent to the selected device.

Method #2
This method can be used if you want to send multiple contacts at once via Bluetooth. See the following steps to do so:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab to view your contacts list.
3. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then tap Select.
4. Select the required contacts you want to share via Bluetooth.
5. Tap and then select Bluetooth.
6. If the Bluetooth is off, you'll be asked to turn it on. Tap the Turn on button to turn on Bluetooth.
7. Tap the required device you want to share with. FYI, the device that receives the file may need to confirm to accept the file first before the file can be sent completely.
8. The selected contacts have been sent to the selected device.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Add or Remove Contact From the Reject List in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Auto reject numbers is a call rejection feature in Samsung Galaxy S5 that will allow you to block unwanted calls from certain phone number. When this feature is enabled, incoming calls from all phone numbers that have been added to the reject list will be rejected automatically. Aside from managing contacts in the reject list from the call settings menu, you can also add or remove the required contact from the reject list with ease from the Contacts app.

How to add a contact to reject list?
You can easily add a contact to the reject list from the Contacts app by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab to view your contacts list.
3. Tap the required contact.
4. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Add to reject list.
5. Tap OK button to confirm.
6. You'll see this icon is displayed next to the phone number as a sign that the selected contact has been added to the reject list and incoming calls from this contact will be blocked. If the contact has multiple phone numbers, then all of them will be added to the reject list.

How to remove a contact from the reject list?
You can easily remove a contact from the reject list via the Contacts app by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab to view your contacts list.
3. Tap the required contact.
4. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Remove from reject list.
5. This icon will be removed from the phone number as a sign that the selected contact has been removed from the reject list.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Add a Contact Shortcut to Home Screen in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

You may have some contacts that you communicate with frequently. To help you communicate with them, Samsung Galaxy S5 has provided you with some features that will allow you to access those contacts with ease, one of which is by letting you create a shortcut to the required contact in home screen. By creating a contact shortcut, you can easily reach the contact from home screen and then do the required action, e.g: call the contact, send a message, see the contact's detail, etc.


How to add a shortcut to a contact in home screen?
There are some methods that can be used to create a contact shortcut in home screen. But, this time I'm going to show you how to do so by using two different methods: from the Contacts app and from the home screen.

Method #1: From the Contacts app
When you're viewing a contact's detail page, you can create a shortcut to this contact to the home screen by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab to view your contacts list.
3. Tap the required contact.
4. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Add shortcut to home screen.
5. A shortcut to the selected contact has been created in home screen. If you have added a photo to the contact, then the shortcut will display the photo contact.

Method #2: From the home screen
You can create a contact shortcut in home screen with a widget by using the following steps:

1. Long tap on the blank area of the home screen or long press the Recent apps key and then tap Widgets .
2. To find the widget with ease, you can use the search function by tapping and then select Search widgets.
3. Key in "contact" in the search field and all contact-related widgets will be displayed shortly.
4. Tap and hold the Contact 1x1 widget and then drag it to the blank area of the home screen. Release to place the widget on home screen.
5. Select the required contact you want to create its shortcut.
6. A shortcut to the selected contact has been created in home screen. If you have added a photo to the contact, then the shortcut will display the photo contact.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Edit Existing Contact in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

When you add a new contact, you probably only add primary contact's information, e.g: name and phone number. Next time, if you have some additional information of a contact and need to add them then you can easily do so by editing the contact and then change or add the required information.

How to edit an existing contact?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab to view your contacts list.
3. Tap the required contact.
4. Tap to edit the selected contact.
5. Now, you can edit the required contact's information, e.g: name, phone number, picture, email, etc.
6. If needed, you can also add more contact's information by using the following steps:
• Tap Add another field button.
• Select from following fields: Phonetic name, Organisation, IM, Address, Notes, Nickname, Website, Internet call, Events, Relation, Message tone or Vibration pattern.
• Tap OK button.
• The selected fields will be added to the contact.
• Now, you can enter the required information or value for the fields you have added to the contact.
7. Tap Save button to save the changes.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Export Contacts to Device Storage in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

For some reason, you will probably need to export your contacts list as .vcf file, for instance when you need to backup your contacts list or when you need to send your contacts list to other phones, etc. Fortunately, the stock Contacts app lets you export your contacts list as .vcf file, either to the SD card or to the device storage.

How to export contacts list as .vcf file to the device storage?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab.
3. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
4. Tap Contacts.
5. Tap Import/export.
6. Tap Export to device storage to export your contacts list as .vcf file to the device storage.
7. Tap OK button to continue exporting contacts.
8. The contacts list will be exported shortly as .vcf file and will be saved in the device storage. You'll be notified in the notification panel when the process is completed.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Import Contacts From Device Storage in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

A contacts file is usually saved as .vcf file. By using the import/export menu in the stock Contacts app, you cannot only import .vcf files from the SD card, but also from the internal storage. You can import a single contact file or multiple contacts files you have saved in the internal storage to your contacts list at once.

How to import .vcf file in the device storage to your contacts list?
Basically, you can import .vcf files to your phone contacts list or other accounts (e.g: Google account or Samsung account), but as the example, we'll try to import .vcf file that has been saved in the internal storage to the phone contacts list by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab.
3. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
4. Tap Contacts.
5. Tap Import/export.
6. Tap Import from device storage.
7. Tap Device to add the contacts in the .vcf files to your phone contacts list.
8. If you only have a single vcf file in your internal storage then the file will be imported directly. If you have some vcf files in your internal storage then you'll be provided with the following options:
• Import one vCard file: select this option if you want to import a single .vcf file in the internal storage to your phone contacts list.
• Import multiple vCard files: select this option if you want to import more than one .vcf files in the internal storage to your phone contacts list at once.
• Import all vCard files: select this option if you want to import all .vcf files in the internal storage to your phone contacts list at once.
9. Tap OK button.
10. If you have chosen to import one or multiple vCard files then you'll need to select which .vcf files you want to import and then tap OK button. If you have chosen to import all vCard files then all .vcf files in the internal storage will be imported directly.
11. The selected .vcf files have been imported to your phone contacts list.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Export Contacts to SD Card in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Exporting contacts list to SD card as .vcf file is one of the way to backup your contacts. If needed, you can import the .vcf file later to re-add the contacts to your contacts list, or you can send the .vcf file to others to share your contacts.

How to export contacts list to SD card as .vcf file?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab.
3. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
4. Tap Contacts.
5. Tap Import/export.
6. Tap Export to SD card. FYI, this option only available if you have inserted a SD card into your phone.
7. Tap OK button to continue exporting your contacts list.
8. Your contacts list will be exported shortly as .vcf file and will be saved in the SD card. You'll be notified on the status bar or notification panel if the process is completed.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Import Contacts Files From SD Card in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

There are some conditions when you will probably need to import contacts files or .vcf files in your SD card to your contacts list, for instance when you need to add some contacts in .vcf file that has been sent by others to your contacts list, or when you have backed up your contacts list as .vcf file in your SD card and need to re-add them to your contacts list. Fortunately, the stock Contacts app has the feature which will let you import a single contact file or multiple contacts files in your SD card to your contacts list at once.

How to import vCard files from the SD card to the phone storage?
Basically, you can import vCard files or .vcf files in your SD card to your phone storage or other accounts(e.g: Google account or Samsung account), but as the example, we'll try to import .vcf files from the SD card to the phone storage by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab.
3. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
4. Tap Contacts.
5. Tap Import/export.
6. Tap Import from SD card. FYI, this option only available if you have inserted a SD card into your phone.
7. Tap Device to import the contacts files from the SD card to the phone storage.
8. If you only have a single vcf file in your SD card then the file will be imported directly. If you have some vcf files in your SD card then you'll be provided with the following options:
• Import one vCard file: select this option if you want to import a single .vcf file in the SD card to the phone storage.
• Import multiple vCard files: select this option if you want to more than one .vcf files in the SD card to the phone storage at once.
• Import all vCard files: select this option if you want to import all .vcf files in the SD card to the phone storage at once.
9. Tap OK button.
10. If you have chosen to import one or multiple vCard files then you'll need to select which .vcf files you want to import and then tap OK button. If you have chosen to import all vCard files then all .vcf files in the SD card will be imported directly.
11. The selected .vcf files have been imported to the phone storage.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Export Contacts to a SIM Card in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Copying contacts list to a SIM card is one of the ways to backup your contacts or to move your contacts to another phone with ease. But, you have to remember that since a SIM card has a limited storage therefore you will probably not be able to copy all of your contacts to a single SIM card. In addition, the SIM card also only lets you to add a single phone number and a single name for a single contact therefore if a contact that you're going to copy to the SIM card has multiple phone numbers or names then only the phone number or the name that have been set as the default preferences that will be copied to the SIM card, and if the contact has another additional information, e.g: email address, address, etc then these information won't be copied to the SIM card.

How to export contacts to a SIM card?
You can copy contacts from your phone storage or other accounts(e.g: Google account or Samsung account) to the inserted SIM card by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab.
3. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
4. Tap Contacts.
5. Tap Import/export.
6. Tap Export to SIM card. FYI, this option only available if you have inserted a SIM card into your phone.
7. Select the required contacts you want to export to the inserted SIM card, or tap Select all to select all contacts.
8. Tap Done button.
9. A window will appear to warn you that some information within the contacts might be lost when they're copied to the SIM card.
10. Tap OK button to continue exporting selected contacts to the SIM card.
11. The selected contacts will be copied to the SIM card.

As a note, if you own S5 with other model number and don't have the option to export contacts to SIM card then you can alternatively do so by using a third-party app from the Play Store that has the ability to transfer contacts to the SIM card.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Import Contacts From SIM Card in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

For some reason, you will probably need to copy contacts within a SIM card to your phone, for instance when you have a new phone and need to copy contacts that you have saved in a SIM card or when you want to get more options for your contacts. As we all know, when you save your contacts in SIM card, you're only allowed to add a single phone number and a single name for a single contact, but if you save your contacts in the phone storage then you will get more options for your contacts, such as: you can add multiple phone numbers for a single contact, add other additional contact's information, add photo to contacts, etc.

How to import SIM Card contacts to the device storage?
Basically, you can copy your SIM card contacts to your phone storage or other accounts, e.g: Google account or Samsung account. But, as the example, we'll try to import SIM card contacts to the phone storage by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab.
3. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
4. Tap Contacts.
5. Tap Import/export.
6. Tap Import from SIM card. FYI, this option only available if you have inserted a SIM card to your phone.
7. Tap Device to import SIM card contacts to your phone storage.
8. Select the required SIM card contacts you want to import, or tap Select all to select all SIM card contacts.
9. Tap Done button.
10. All selected SIM card contacts will be copied to your phone storage.

As a note, since the steps above is written based on my SM-G900H, if you have a S5 with other model number and don't have the option to import SIM card contacts, then you can alternatively copy your SIM card contacts to your phone storage or other accounts by using a third-party app from the Play Store that has the ability to copy SIM card contacts.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Clear Contact's Default Preferences in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Marking an entry within a contact as the default preferences will help your phone to know which the primary entry that should be used if the contact has multiple entries in a field, e.g: phone number, name or email address. However, for some reason, you may want to clear the default preferences of an entry within a contact, for instance if you have accidentally marked a wrong entry as the default preferences.

How to remove the default preferences of an entry within a contact?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab.
3. Tap the required contact.
4. Long tap the entry that has been set as the default preferences (e,g: phone number or email address) and then select Clear default.
5. The default preferences of the selected entry has been cleared and the checkmark will be removed.