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3. Press the right soft key to accept the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and continue.
4.
Ensure your country is displayed above the Phone number box and enter your phone number.
In case a country other than your own is displayed, press the up navigation key to highlight the
country, press
, search for and highlight your country, press
, and enter your phone number.
5.
Press the right soft key and then press
to confirm the phone number and receive the
verification code via SMS.
6. Enter the 6-digit verification code you received and press the right soft key to continue. If you
didn't receive the code, you can select Resend SMS or Call me to have the automated system
call you with the code. Note: This step may complete automatically, in which case you may proceed
to the next step.
7. Enter your name and press
to complete the setup. The name limit is 25 characters. You can
press the right soft key to add emojis to your name.
Once you have set up WhatsApp on your phone, you will stay signed in for future use.
Notes:
- WhatsApp can only be used with one phone number on one device at a time. After you successfully
register your phone number on WhatsApp, anyone who might be using your account is automatically
logged out and your account is protected.
- For more tips about using WhatsApp, see https://faq.whatsapp.com/kaios.
16.2 Adding contacts
Before you can send messages or make voice calls with WhatsApp, you must add a contact.
Note that you can add only those contacts who have already registered their phone numbers on
WhatsApp.
To add a contact when no contact appears on the Chats tab of the WhatsApp home screen, follow
the steps below:
1. From the Chats tab of the WhatsApp home screen, press
.
2. Select Phone memory or SIM memory.
3. Enter the new contact's name and phone number and press
to save the contact.
4.
The new contact should automatically appear on the Chats tab. If the contact doesn't appear,
press keys to select New chat > Options > Reload contacts.
To add a contact when there are already contacts on the Chats tab of the WhatsApp home screen,
follow the steps below:
1. From the Chats tab of the WhatsApp home screen, press the left soft key , and then press the
right soft key and select Add new contact.
2. Select Phone memory or SIM memory.
3. Enter the new contact's name and phone number and press
to save the contact.
4.
The new contact should automatically appear on the Chats tab. If the contact doesn't appear,
press keys to select New chat > Options > Reload contacts.
16.3 Starting a chat
Once you have started a chat, you can send text messages, voice messages, or other types of
content.
To start a chat, follow the steps below:
1. From the Chats tab of the WhatsApp home screen, press the left soft key to select New chat.
2. Press the down or up navigation key to highlight a contact to chat with and press
.
3. Enter a message in the Message box using the keypad or Voice Assistant.
4. Press
to send the message and start chatting with the selected contact.
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