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Password & MP3 ring tone under WMP10

Hi everyone,
I have two issues with my XDAIIs, ROM version 1.40.00 WWE.
First I use the four digit password because I don't wan't anyone to use my XDA at work (at least someone who doesn't know how to use it). Often when I've got an incomming call I'm able to answer but then the screen get stuck on the phone pad and I can't use it because it is waiting for the password. I've to reset it to unfreeze it. :?
Second issue: I've put a MP3 ring tone in the ring repertory and it was working but then the next day my XDA doesn't play it anymore and none of the MP3 seem to work as ring tone anymore. :?
Any idea?
Sorry for my English, I'm a frog living down under
Thanks.

bruno33 said:
Second issue: I've put a MP3 ring tone in the ring repertory and it was working but then the next day my XDA doesn't play it anymore and none of the MP3 seem to work as ring tone anymore. :?
Any idea?
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It should normally work with your Rom ... now I may have an answer for that one: do you have PocketZenPhone or any other soft that would manage your profiles (... and rings !) ?
bruno33 said:
Sorry for my English, I'm a frog living down under
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You are bloody lucky mate, I used to live in Sydney and this was GREAT. Guess you've heard about www.francedownunder.com.
c ya!

I Toche,
Thanks Mate for your reply.
Do you think PocketZen phone could correct my problem with MP3 ring tones?
And you're right, I'm bloody lucky to live in Australia!!!
We just love it! it's such a great country, people are so relax, polite and multicultural. Almost perfect!
thanks again mate!
Anyone for the password issue????? :?

bruno33 said:
Do you think PocketZen phone could correct my problem with MP3 ring tones?
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Actually no :roll: , in a few words PZP (not the latest version) could have been a reason for your XDA not playing an MP3 file as ringtone.
If you have chosen an MP3 ring with the parameters>private>phone>... menu (and don't have any profile manager) then I really don't see why it's not working :evil: That SHOULD work... (really).
Re the password issue, I don't know if it a "known issue" but for sure I've already read the same pb elsewhere. Why not try desactivating and install another third party software that would do the same (sorry I can't thing about one right now...) just to test?

Hi,
Ok, cause wasn't working with MP3 format, I decided to convert my CD to WMA format and put it in the Rings folder and now my XDA is accepting it without a problem!!! (until now).
This solution is ok for my CDs but not for my MP3 on my PC... 8)
Anyway thanks for your help, I'm going to look for a password soft for PPC and see if it solves my problem. :?
I'll let you know anyway. :wink:
Thanks again.

bruno33 said:
cause wasn't working with MP3 format
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Aargh, strange :evil:
bruno33 said:
I decided to convert my CD to WMA format and put it in the Rings folder and now my XDA is accepting it without a problem!!! (until now). This solution is ok for my CDs but not for my MP3 on my PC... 8)
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Look for a (free) convertor for your MP3, at least Audacity can convert your MP3 into WAV (but siiiiiiiiiize !), I don't know about WMA :roll:

simple text message tone question

when your getting a call you can press the scroll button and the sound will stop...is there anyway to do this for when you get a text message? thanks in advance

Hi,
I posted a similar question a few months ago relating to this on my XDA IIi, Orbit & Vario as I like to have lengthy MP3's as my incoming text ringtones but sadly nobody gave me an answer...
I did get round it by installing PhoneAlarm & when a text comes through you can either press the incoming text icon which will make the tone stop & take you to the text message or press the mute icon which will obviously make the tone stop...
Cheers
JAY

Jay-La-Funk said:
Hi,
I posted a similar question a few months ago relating to this on my XDA IIi, Orbit & Vario as I like to have lengthy MP3's as my incoming text ringtones but sadly nobody gave me an answer...
I did get round it by installing PhoneAlarm & when a text comes through you can either press the incoming text icon which will make the tone stop & take you to the text message or press the mute icon which will obviously make the tone stop...
Cheers
JAY
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thanks alot my friend....i cant believe there is so few interest in this topic...i mean this as far as i know is a windows mobile wide issue....and im pretty sure me n u arent the only ones using mp3's for our text messages....haha but thanks man ill try phonealarm out

Hi,
Yeh, I thought a lot of peeps use MP3's for text tones and would get a few answers but neve mind also forgot to say that I downloaded the New Carbon skin to get this to work for PhoneAlarm, there are a few other skins but this was the one I liked...
http://www.pocketmax.net/smf/index.php?topic=2328.0
http://www.pocketmax.net/pal_skins.html
Cheers
JAY

why are you using a full song if you won't want to play it. How about chopping the head off the song and using it?

Probably the same reason I do - when I'm at home, I leave the phone wherever. Can't hear a short message tone from across the house!

rjlynn said:
Probably the same reason I do - when I'm at home, I leave the phone wherever. Can't hear a short message tone from across the house!
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Would be more convenient to take ur phone with u. I leave the phone around me, not neccessarily in my pocket but on a table or a bed or a sofa near by.

Lack of true in-built profile control is one of the remaining, glaring issues of WinMob.
That's why the first thing I install on every new phone - and the first thing after any hard reset is phoneAlarm.

ChumleyEX said:
why are you using a full song if you won't want to play it. How about chopping the head off the song and using it?
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Hi,
I am not using a full MP3 as a tone, I pick my fav MP3 tracks then cut out about 30-40 seconds of the part I want to use as my tone, then If I am in the house but not near my phone I can hear when a call or text arrives, but if I am out with my phone on me I can then cut the incoming tone as I mentioned with PhoneAlarm, I am happy with this set up, the standard tones that come with the phone usually only last for about 3-5 seconds...
JAY

ring tone randomizer

I was wondering if there is a program out there that would randomly select a new ring tone as calls come in, or if someone knows how to write one? I have alot of great rings but hate having indiviual rings for people or being stuck with one at a time. Thanks for the help

if you do a search through google you should be able to find it... one i had found is called "call surprise" see if that will work for you!

Thanks for the info, I am installing it know and will let you know.

I know this reply is long overdue but thats call suprise was exactly what I was looking 4

whats the name of the program?

I found the program but i can`t install it.
The hone says it can`t recognize the file

Are you running "Call Surprise.CAB" from your phone's file explorer? Make sure you downloaded the right file; it installed fine here.

idea
hi eckstei4
your query seems innovative in a way, but would not such programme confuse you... everytime you hear a ringtone you will think its you!! so maybe if some would write the programme could set a parameter for vibrate too in association with the programme... would that be a valid request.
eckstei4 said:
I was wondering if there is a program out there that would randomly select a new ring tone as calls come in, or if someone knows how to write one? I have alot of great rings but hate having indiviual rings for people or being stuck with one at a time. Thanks for the help
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Ohh.. i tryed to install some other app, But that did not work..
The installation of call surpriser vent ok, But now i can`t start it because I need a newer version of .NET compact framework. but when i try to update windows it does not find any updates

text message custom tones?

hey all~
so this is my first post here, hope this is in the right thread (if not i apologize and ask the admins to plz move it?)
anyhows, i has a tytn2 (at&t tilt of course) its all upto date and all. i was wondering....i know i can set custom ring tones for contacts for when they call, is there any way (free way) to set custom tones for when somebody texts?
i had my old phone (motorolla rokr z6) set to do that and would like to have my new phone set that way too but i can't find how to or if its even possible anywhere....
thanks all
~j

ubuntujason said:
i know i can set custom ring tones for contacts for when they call,
is there any way (free way) to set custom tones for when somebody texts?
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Ok, I think I got two questions out of that test. J/K
1. Edit: Sorry about that. I didn't read properly.
2. To assign notification sounds. Start>Settings>Personal>Sounds&Notifications>Notifications. Open the Event: drop down, find the event, Open the Ring tone: select the sound, turn on Play sound, finished.
Notification sounds reside in the \Windows\ root folder of the device. I like to put ring tones into the \Windows\Rings\ folder. They work in other folders but I find the Rings folder neater than the root for example and thats what the Rings folder is meant for anyway.
Hope that works for you.

U cant assign different ringtones for text messages to contacts. For that u will probably need some 3rd party application.

hey all~
hurm, okay well if i can't then does anyone know of any 3rd party app that can do it? i know pcm can NOT do it for text's (but they can for calls) . . .
thanks for the help guys and gals
~j

try mortring. you can personalize rings for calls and sms according to individual or category.
although it's been slightly buggy since i upgraded to 6.1, it still does the job well enough.

somynex~
thanks ill google it right now
~j

Try photo contacts. You can assign text tones to individuals on it

hey all~
so igrabed mortringand installedit buthad no luck with it working :-( so i guess ill look into that other suggested program....
like i said it's not a big deal, just something i would likes (it shouldn't surprise anyone as my screen name should imply i'm a linux guy [ubuntu is a linux distro.] and i love everythiing tweaked as much as possible lol)
~j

sorry to hear that mortring didn't work. in WM6 and before it seems to intercept the call and then change the ring.
But in WM6.1 it seems to have to change the ringtone for each contact/category according to the ring i set it to, which can take a long time. the first time after i set the rings, thought my phone froze up. but actually it was just taking its time setting the rings for each contact (and takes a long time when one has a lot of contacts/categories).
anyway after the first couple days of freezes, it seems to work fine now and hasn't froze up on me since.

somynex~
maybe i'll give it another go then....i tried with my brothers contact info. changed his txt tone then had him txt me....maybe i needed to let it sit for longer to 'finish the change' . . .
thanks for the extra info
~j

Mikulec said:
U cant assign different ringtones for text messages to contacts. For that u will probably need some 3rd party application.
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OOOPS, I guess that teaches me to read the questions a bit more carefully. Sorry about that

WillardZ said:
OOOPS, I guess that teaches me to read the questions a bit more carefully. Sorry about that
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No problem mate.

Here's a post of mine from almost 4 years ago that you can use with Mortring (free) to make custom notifications for your contacts.
Okay I figured out how to create a custom notification/ringer.
1: go to http://public.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
And type in what you'd like for the notification or ring to say and then
download it after picking a voice. (keep in mind sometimes you have to purposely
misspell certain word to get them to be pronounced correctly. For example for DJ
I had to spell it as d j).
2: rename that file you downloaded into something you'd like.
3: move that .wav file to your devices /windows directory.
4: go to start - settings - sounds & notifications - notifications (select the
event you'd like to change the ring for and select the respectable audio file).
If using Mortring in step 4 assign that .wav for your contact(s).

dj~
wow thanks, from 4 years ago...kewl that u looked it up fo rme i appreciate it and will be off to create
~j

Of course.. then there's always Electricpocket Ringo. It lets u assign ringtones and sms tones individually, or to groups. The best I've used so far.

J_Kirk said:
Of course.. then there's always Electricpocket Ringo. It lets u assign ringtones and sms tones individually, or to groups. The best I've used so far.
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Free? I tried Ringo over a year ago and it slowed down my phone a lot.

hey all~
i got mortRing working! seems pretty good, works for sure. one thing though...it seems that everytime i get a text from someone whos got a personalized tone, that wmp opens to try to play the wav file (and go figure, wav=windows audio video...wmp says it can't play wavs lol)
i think i may have fixedn it with a registry tweak, have to wait till someone with a custom tone texts me back lol
~j

hey all~
ok so this question is probably for those who have or have used mortRing....everytime a custom notification comes my media player opens :s
i went in the registry and undid the default wmp handling of wav files (as the ringtones...err text tones lol that mortRing recognizes are wav's) but then it opened a dialouge saying it didn't know how to handle the wav file (nvm it played lol) ii changed the default to mort player but it still opens whenever one of the custom contacts text me....at least mort closes quicker then wmp...but still would be nice to get it to stop...
so any ideas? a registry hack (i'm comforatable doing that, even though im a linux guy i work on peoples win-slows computers....a LOT) anything?
thanks
~j

I have an older version of Mortring that doesn't have that problem.

DJ~
do you happen to know what version number you have? thanks
~j

Ring tone changer for phone htc touch pro

hey have or now of a ring tone changer for the touch pro one that you can give it folder with ringtone in it or audio and it will give you the option to change at random your ring tone and you can tell it to change like everyday or something like that

And this is what passes for english these days, simple marvelous!!!!!

slave13 said:
hey have or now of a ring tone changer for the touch pro one that you can give it folder with ringtone in it or audio and it will give you the option to change at random your ring tone and you can tell it to change like everyday or something like that
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Lol, wow. Have you ever seen stuff like , and .?

Wil Badger said:
And this is what passes for english these days, simple marvelous!!!!!
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If you're going to make a smart comment about someone's English how about you don't mess up your own comment. I think you meant simply.

lol , damn missed that. But see I have no problem laughing about a simple mistake of missing an e for a y . My sentence was still understandable.
Now I do understand that there are people from all over the world coming here for info and to share what they have found. I can usually still make out what most poeple are looking for. I understand that most countries don't structure sentences like here in the US so somethings are understandable.
Here being nice......to OP
He is looking for a program that will change the ring tone randomly from files in a particular folder.

Wouldn't that really SUCK as an application? I mean imagine you've got specific ringtones for people set for when they call and bam all of a sudden this is completely undone. Would be pretty bad if you were picking up the phone thinking by ringtone it was your girlfriend and it instead turns out to be your boss?

sanjsrik said:
Would be pretty bad if you were picking up the phone thinking by ringtone it was your girlfriend and it instead turns out to be your boss?
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Or worse.. Your wife..

You're supposed to be helping the dude not ridiculing him. That's what this community is about.