BlackBerry Q5 - Answer or decline a call

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Answer or decline a call

Do one of the following:
• To answer a call, touch and hold the circle in the middle of the screen and slide your finger to the left. Release your

finger when the circle covers

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• To decline a call, touch and hold the circle in the middle of the screen and slide your finger to the right. Release your

finger when the circle covers

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Use Reply Now to send a message to a caller

You never have to excuse yourself from a meeting or conversation to answer the phone again. With the Reply Now feature,
you can send a caller a brief message instead of answering an incoming call. By default, if the caller is a BBM contact, the

User Guide

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Reply Now message is sent as a BBM message. If the caller isn't a BBM contact, the Reply Now message is sent as a text
message. Depending on the recipient of the Reply Now message, additional text messaging charges might apply.

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When you receive an incoming call, tap

or

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Do any of the following:
• To send one of the default Reply Now messages, tap a message.
• To compose a new message, tap Custom Message. Type a message and tap

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Silence the ring tone when you receive a call

If you receive a call while your sound or vibration notifications are turned on, you can quickly silence your ring tone and stop
your device from vibrating. When you silence the ring tone, you can still answer or decline the call.

When you receive an incoming call, tap

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