topic Re: Notification Ringtone in XPERIA archive

Notification Ringtone

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:58:54 GMT

Hi guys,

Im a UK Xperia user (Orange is my provider); Can i assign my own personal ringtones to Text messages or am i stuck with the defaults on the phone ? I cant find a way of assigning personal music files to text messages, only ringtones.

Any help gratefully received!

Cheers

Re: Notification Ringtone

suze — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:12:24 GMT

Hello there.

You have a couple of options, you could download Handcent SMS app free from the market which gives you the option to select a ringtone from either Android tones on your phone or any music file you have saved on your SD card. Or yuo could download Zedge from the market free again, and this gives you loads of ringtones and wallpapers.

Re: Notification Ringtone

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:43:04 GMT

Many thanks for the help, ive just downloaded both your recomendations. Neither work unfortunately, im still limited to using the phones default ringtones for some reason

Re: Notification Ringtone

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:49:53 GMT

If you hook up your phone to your pc via USB and mount your sd card,

Next on your PC, click on the computer option.

Then locate and click on the Phone Card option, (this should open up your phones sd menu)

Next have a look in your menu for a folder listed as audio, if you don't have one, create a folder by right clicking your mouse select new folder and name it audio, if you do have one, open this up and create 3 new folders inside, to do this just right click your mouse and select new folder

and they should be named

1/ alarms

2/ notifications

3/ ringtones

This is what I've done and all I do if I want a new ring tone, is to drag and drop it to it's relevant folder.

When creating your folders just use the name. eg: alarms (and don't use the number as I listed above)

Re: Notification Ringtone

suze — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:53:08 GMT

In the handcent app if you go into settings which is the star at the top right of the screen, then select settings and then notification settings, scroll down to notification sound and select you should then be given two options android or select music. If you select music it should give you any music on the phone.

If you have downloaded a ringtone from Zedge then when you go into the same menu on Handcent you will also have an option of Zedge on there.

Tell me whats going on when you try and change your notifications.

Re: Notification Ringtone

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:01:39 GMT

Hi,

Ive downloaded Handcent app...when i open the app there are no stars, the screen opens up more or lessthesame as the phones own sound screen

Re: Notification Ringtone

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:02:36 GMT

thanks for this, ive tried this approach, and i can indeed save files to my SD card, but my phone looks to the phone for the notification ringtone and not the SD card

Re: Notification Ringtone

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:08:32 GMT

Have you actually created the folders as I said, as the phone has to have a specific place to look for the tones to play.

Re: Notification Ringtone

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:17:55 GMT

I have indeed, the ringtones work as ringtones no problems, but arent accessible when i want to assign them as a notifiation tone...

Re: Notification Ringtone

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:23:56 GMT

you need to put em in the notification folder as well mate, it's a nuisance I know, but it's a different OS system and it's supposed to make life easier.

Re: Notification Ringtone

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:27:58 GMT

If you havehandcent sms then tap the app to open it, then press the menu button (left key) and tap settings>notification settings> tap notifications to enable it then tap notification settings and set it all up from there,

when you tap notifications sound you will have 2 options Android System or Select Music, tap select music and find the tuse you want to use.

Only thing is it will look for music in yout music folder on your SD card so put your music in that folder

Re: Notification Ringtone

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:49:16 GMT

Creating a notification folder on my SD card has done the trick ! Thanks V much everyone for your help, got there in the end!

Cheers!

Re: Notification Ringtone

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:51:28 GMT

Creating a Notification folder on my SD card has resolved this problem.

Many thanks