[Q] How to send an SMS through Contacts app?

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If I click on the photo (or the default icon) while on the contacts list, a small window pops up with a few communications options depending on the stored contact information (Call, Gmail, G+...etc).

However, I can't find any way to sms a contact either while in Contacts list or after I open the contact item even though the phone number stored in that contact has been set as Mobile.

The only way to sms someone is through the Message application.

Am I missing something?

There's the pic that looks like a text bubble on the right hand side of each phone number when you hit the contact pic. That's to sms the person. If you have more than one sms program, it'll ask you to choose a default one first. At least that's what I got. Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Darthbull

There's the pic that looks like a text bubble on the right hand side of each phone number when you hit the contact pic. That's to sms the person. If you have more than one sms program, it'll ask you to choose a default one first. At least that's what I got. Hope this helps.

Now you just confirmed what I was suspecting. I think I have set the "Call" action as the default.

I just went to Settings->Apps and found out that only the "Phone" app has "clear default" option. I cleared it but it didn't solve the problem. Whenever I click that little icon, the phone dials the number right away.

So when you tap the icon in my pic, your phone calls the number?

There used to be another way, allthough I'm not sure wether it was Samsung-, or Android related:
Open the contacts-app.
Scroll to the contact you need.
Put your finger in the (horizontal) center of that contact.
Slide slowly to the left and the sms-option will appear.
Slide to the right and you can make a call.

I hope it works for you.