Creating contacts on your iPhone 5 is a really easy way to have access to the phone numbers and email addresses that you need to use on a regular basis. But it is certainly possible to have too many contacts on your iPhone 5, making it difficult to quickly find the contact information that you need more frequently. This is where the option to set certain contacts as favorites can be helpful. You can learn how to set a contact as a favorite on your iPhone 5 by following the steps below.
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Set a Contact as a Favorite on Your iPhone 5
Another good reason to set contacts as favorites is if you use the Do Not Disturb feature on your iPhone. You can configure the settings on Do Not Disturb so that it only allows text and calls to come through if they are from a contact that is on your Favorites list. So if setting contacts as favorites on yoru iPhone 5 seems like a good idea, follow the tutorial below.
Step 1: Touch the Phone icon.
Step 2: Select the Contacts option at the bottom of the screen.
Step 3: Touch the name of the contact that you want to set as a favorite.
Step 4: Scroll to the bottom of the screen, then touch the Add to Favorites option.
Step 5: Touch the contact option that you want to set as a favorite. In the example image below I have a choice between a mobile phone number and a home email address.
Step 6: Select the contact option that you want to add to your favorites for the selected phone number or email address.
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Matthew Burleigh has been writing tech tutorials since 2008. His writing has appeared on dozens of different websites and been read over 50 million times.
After receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science he spent several years working in IT management for small businesses. However, he now works full time writing content online and creating websites.
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