no dialer shortcut on contacts page

[MyAliasIsGary]

hi all

on the Phone page on lollipop, there's a shortcut at the top to Contacts, yet if you go straight into Contacts, there's no corresponding shortcut to take you to the Phone (i.e. the recent calls/call log/dialer app).

This strikes me as a an odd omission. I know that I've wanted to jump from Contacts to the call log and all I can do is goto the home screen and then back into Phone.

Surely it would be simple to put a shortcut in on Contacts to the mirror the equivalent on the Phone page?

Thanks,

Gary

[Phy]

If you open the phone then open contacts you can press "Back" and will take you back to the call log.

[MyAliasIsGary]

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@Phy wrote:
If you open the phone then open contacts you can press "Back" and will take you back to the call log.

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Thanks for the response Phy.

Your solution obviously works but completely ignores the obvious omission of a single, simple link from Contacts to Phone. There are times when I go into Contacts first. I shouldn't need to go from Phone to Contacts, just so I can get back to Phone, as necessary.

All I'm saying is that it's just weak UI design for this to have been missed out (unless there's a good technical reason for it, which I can't imagine there is).

Regards,

Gary

[Qatrium]

In what case you need to go from Contacts to Phone? You can always tab a contact number and you'll be forwarded to phone automatically for call, or long press a number to select "Edit before dialing" and it will also forward you to phone with number typed in dialer.

[MyAliasIsGary]

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@Quester wrote:

In what case you need to go from Contacts to Phone? You can always tab a contact number and you'll be forwarded to phone automatically for call, or long press a number to select "Edit before dialing" and it will also forward you to phone with number typed in dialer.

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I've been using the Contacts list (to look up some info) and then had a separate phone call to make, unrelated to my use of Contacts. For example, returning a recent call, not stored in Contacts.

For the sake of putting a tiny "phone" button in the same place as there's a contact icon on the Phone page - it's not tricky and provides functionality.

[Qatrium]

Then use the "Recent apps" feature to swap between apps. Anyways it's always worth to forwards your suggestions directly to Sony:

http://support.sonymobile.com/global-en/contactUs/