Help Why can't i simply type a number and call?

[BlimeyChief]

It seems the world has gone mad after all.

At the end of the day these smart devices are PHONES.

I simply want to type a number and press "call" why the heck do I have to create a contact??

 

[Sydney99]

you dont

press phone

there's a bar at the top that scrolls left to right - if you've got logs, contacts, favs, groups across the top, drag left to right and press on keypad

 

[ironass]

It seems the world has gone mad after all.

At the end of the day these smart devices are PHONES.

I simply want to type a number and press "call" why the heck do I have to create a contact??

I can type in a number and just call... why can't you?

You can download the full Samsung Galaxy SII User Manual from here:-

http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/d...EU&prd_mdl_name=GT-I9100&srchword=Galaxy+S+II

Contains lots of really useful information on how to use your phone.

 

[Sydney99]

a mate of mine had his GS2 for 2 weeks before he found the keypad!!!! it was coz he dint realise about the slidey bar.

 

[BlimeyChief]

Nice one cheers!

 

[ubergrog]

I can type in a number and just call... why can't you?

You can download the full Samsung Galaxy SII User Manual from here:-

Support for Galaxy S II SAMSUNG

Contains lots of really useful information on how to use your phone.

[OT]
That's what the world has come to where you have to read the manual to figure out how to place a call . Reminds me of my Bunns coffee maker, first time I had to read a manual to make a freakin' cup of coffee!
[/OT]

 

[shenfrey]

To be honest, It took me a while to figure out I could scroll the phone tab across, its not really apparent. Either way, welcome to the Android forums : )

 

[matttye]

One of the first things I did was add a shortcut to the dialler to the dock at the bottom

 

[speedsheep]

Here you go.

Enjoy.

 

[Saeidj]

That's everyone's problem. I have been looking for the dialer for couple of hours when I bought this phone. Look mate there is a slide bar you just need to scroll it left and right.

 

[Gearu]

Mine already was set showing the dialer out of the box, didn't know it could slide until someone had this problem.

 

[bonerp]

press and hold the left hand menu button then start typing - it gives you the option to ring or create a contqct etc

 

[TobesEtc]

I too had this issue a couple of weeks ago...and I got my phone the day it was released in April and STILL hadn't realised that slidey bar was slidey! Not the most intuitive piece of software. (But I love it)

 

[heshanj]

Mine already was set showing the dialer out of the box, didn't know it could slide until someone had this problem.

mine too. so i never had to complain that my phone was too smart for its own good

 

[BlimeyChief]

[OT]
That's what the world has come to where you have to read the manual to figure out how to place a call . Reminds me of my Bunns coffee maker, first time I had to read a manual to make a freakin' cup of coffee!
[/OT]

Same, I bought some toilet roll only the other day and...

 

[skimminstones]

there is not a facepalm picture on the internet big enough to express my feelings on this thread

 

[lotus49]

This issue of not noticing that the bar slides across has been raised over and over again on this forum.

The first time it came up, I pointed out what a crap bit of UI design it was and how Apple would never have made a schoolboy error in their UI. I was shot down in flames for sticking up for the evil empire but I stick by my original opinion now supported by numerous threads like this; it's a bad bit of design.

 

[MJC UK]

Ive used launchers since the day i got it, along with GoLauncher i use GoDialer. It just works...

 

[loony]

i have GOlauncher and smspro, tried the dialer/contacts but just didnt get into it. like the stock better.

 

[JDMasFCK]

You don't have to create a contact, tap phone and on the top it says "keypad" type the phone number and hit the "green phone" to dial...

 

[Clayton1]

I guess I dont understand the problem? From main screen I hit the Green phone icon (the one with the pic of a phone on it...) and then I type number i want to dial.... about as easy as any and every other phone ive had from day 1.

 

[Sixel]

Just tap Phone, then dial on the Keypad then the Green call button. How do people miss this? ::

 

[Gearu]

^ There is a blue luminence on the right side of that bar in Phone, this signifies it can be slid left/right but it's not the easiest thing to notice.