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

When you have a contact that has multiple entries in a field or when you have linked contacts so that it has multiple entries in a field(e.g: name, phone number or email address) then you can set one of the entries in that field as the default. The entry within a contact that has been set as the default preferences will be used automatically when you use it in other apps, for instance when you're going to send a message to a contact that has multiple phone numbers then the stock Messaging app will automatically use the default phone number as the recipient.


How to set the default preferences of a contact?
To make it easier, as the example, we'll try to set the default phone number in a contact that has multiple phone numbers by using three different methods as you can see below.

Method #1: From the Contacts app

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab.
3. Tap the required contact.
4. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Mark as default.
5. Tap the required phone number you want to set as the default. The radio button next to the phone number will turn green when it's selected.
6. If needed, you can also set default preferences for another fields (name or email address) here.
7. Tap Save button to save the changes.
8. The selected phone number has been set as the default and will have a checkmark .

Method #2: From the Contacts app

1. Open Contacts app.
2. If needed, tap the Contacts tab.
3. Tap the required contact.
4. Long tap the required phone number you want to set as the default and then select Mark as default.
5. The selected phone number has been set as the default and will have a checkmark .

Method #3: From the Messaging app
This method lets you easily set the default phone number when you're going to send a message to a contact that has multiple phone numbers.

1. Open the stock Messaging app.
2. Tap to compose a new message.
3. Tap to select contact. If the contact has multiple phone numbers, you can set one of them as the default by checking the box next to Remember this choice and then tap the required phone number.
4. The selected phone number will be set as the default and will be used as the message recipient.