How to cancel a call with nexus 4?

[Red Squirrel]

I noticed it's very easy to accidentally call someone with the nexus 4 because simply touching the wrong part of a contact when trying to edit will initiate the call. In some cases it just starts to call with no warning and no way to cancel. If you try going to home screen then you're really done for since the call STILL continues! Is there a way to stop it in that instance? It just happened now, thankfully it was just my house...

Sucks when I'm editing contacts in middle of night and it happens and it wakes somebody up... Even a simple warning like "you are about to call xyz, proceed?" would be nice... Is there an app for that? :awe:

 

[lopri]

Installing an app seems like an overkill. How about editing them on a PC and copy/paste? Or sync via your Google account?

 

[richierich1212]

my suggestion is to edit them on the google contacts webpage.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Installing an app seems like an overkill. How about editing them on a PC and copy/paste? Or sync via your Google account?

How would I do that? Would definitely make it easier. As long as I stay out of the contacts section unless I plan to make a call I should be able to hopefully eliminate the accidental calls.

 

[richierich1212]

How would I do that? Would definitely make it easier. As long as I stay out of the contacts section unless I plan to make a call I should be able to hopefully eliminate the accidental calls.

https://www.google.com/contacts/

 

[Puddle Jumper]

I'm not on AOSP but isn't there a giant end call button on the screen when it is calling? Going to the home screen doesn't end a call because of multitasking but there should be a button for it on the call screen.

 

[lopri]

In Windows, go to your name (personal folders) -> Contacts. From there you are able to edit contacts. Window's default save format is .contact which Android doesn't recognize, so export it as vCard (.vcf) format. Export it somewhere else on the disk and you can copy it over to Android.

 

[Red Storm]

I'm not on AOSP but isn't there a giant end call button on the screen when it is calling? Going to the home screen doesn't end a call because of multitasking but there should be a button for it on the call screen.

This. There is a giant red end call button when you call someone...

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I always liked the press power button to end call option.
Very handy

 

[shabby]

Turn on airplane mode when editing contacts.

 

[Red Squirrel]

https://www.google.com/contacts/

Hmm that's kind of neat, did not know about this.

Only thing, since they now have all my contacts, is there the possibility they start getting lot of telemarketing calls? Or does Google actually not sell the info anywhere?

Good to know about airplane mode too, never even thought of that.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Turn on airplane mode when editing contacts.

That works too