Sound Tweak!!! - Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General

Ok so this is probably an easy question so let me make this as specific to what I need as possible:
I'm trying to change the sound you hear (if this is a good description) as soon as your phone locates your SIM Network (it's kind of a ringing sound) for example, the phone starts/HTC menu begins to pop up with "No Service"/then replaces "No Service" with "T Mobile" and RING RING that freaking SOUND!!!
So I wanted to know WHERE exactly in the registry that particular sound is located, and if I can replace it...
I'm fairly registry savvy, so just point me in the right direction, and I can MAYBE figure out the rest...
If someone has already done this particular task, then just spill the beans, I'm sure I'm not the only one that would appreciate it lol

Oh...
And just to be double secret extra sure everybody know what I mean:
I'm talking about when the HTC Home Plugin loads up on the Today Screen, and as soon the phone gets the Network Service (changes from "No Service" to "T Mobile" in my case) the little clip of sound that plays, sort of like a jolly ringing noise lol...
I need that jolly ringing turd noise gone and replaced with my own fresh scent...I mean sound....
Got it???

What ROM are you using?

I'm using the standard WM 6.1 ROM...
I already changed my animated gif and my splash screen, but I'm having trouble trying to change that certain sound.
ALSO:
I'm aware that you can replace the "3G_Up" files located in the /Windows folder into another sound for the animtion startup screen but for some reason I can't get it to work...

Big Foot said:
I'm using the standard WM 6.1 ROM...
I already changed my animated gif and my splash screen, but I'm having trouble trying to change that certain sound.
ALSO:
I'm aware that you can replace the "3G_Up" files located in the /Windows folder into another sound for the animtion startup screen but for some reason I can't get it to work...
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Try looking in Settings/Sounds & Notifications, click on Notifications Tab. I think your looking for the "Connection Established" notification, once you find it, you can change the sound and sample it before implementation.

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Tilt - Stupid a$$ ATT 3G Splash Screen audio...

When I have my phone set to silent or vibrate, I usually have it that way for a reason. However, if I soft reset my phone for whatever reason, that stupid AT&T 3G flash movie thing plays with the loud-a$$ audio and all, no matter whether my phone is set to silent, vibrate, or volume on. I hate AT&T, but it sure hurt my wallet a lot less to get the Tilt from them.
I'm sure there's probably not a way to silence that stupid thing, so if someone could tell me how to just remove it without screwing up my phone, I'd be OH-so grateful!
Sorry to rant, but AT&T is worse than laptop sellers when it comes to the amount of crap/bloatware they put on their hardware!
stpete111 said:
When I have my phone set to silent or vibrate, I usually have it that way for a reason. However, if I soft reset my phone for whatever reason, that stupid AT&T 3G flash movie thing plays with the loud-a$$ audio and all, no matter whether my phone is set to silent, vibrate, or volume on. I hate AT&T, but it sure hurt my wallet a lot less to get the Tilt from them.
I'm sure there's probably not a way to silence that stupid thing, so if someone could tell me how to just remove it without screwing up my phone, I'd be OH-so grateful!
Sorry to rant, but AT&T is worse than laptop sellers when it comes to the amount of crap/bloatware they put on their hardware!
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You can flash a different splash screen. I think wiki has something on it.
You could also flash the HTC ROM. This would also get rid of all the bloatware. However this ROM vibrates when you reset, but not as bad as the ATT ROM.
There's a way to turn it off via a registry setting floating around here. Search for it.
And AT&T sure gacked up this product. Seems each new HTC phone they carry gets more and more bloatware.
can be found in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\StartupAnimation
just set the enabled value to 0 and that will get rid of THE most annoying startup animation/sound ever
Thanks a ton Doug.
Cripwalk, as much as I really do want to flash the HTC Rom, I had so many issues with call-dropping issues on AT&T with my original Tytn with the HTC Rom. AT&T Roms don't exhibit the call-dropping behavior and that's enough for me to stick with it, even though I DESPISE everything about how they do business.
>8o|
Get the best of both worlds then: flash the TyTN II OS image only. Leave the AT&T radio in place. I'm having good results with this strategy so far. The TyTN II HTC logo animation is very cool btw but it wastes startup time so I disabled it using the above mentioned reghack..
Or, just edit the registry to do it without flashing anything.
Sleuth, interesting call. So you believe that only the radio has anything to do with the calls, and the OS rom is totally independent? I mean, I know that you can flash them exclusive of each other, but I didn't think it was just the ATT Rom that allowed it to work well.
Also, did you have issues on your regular Tytn as I explained? Or did you always use a Cingular radio rom?
Thanks.
stpete111 said:
When I have my phone set to silent or vibrate, I usually have it that way for a reason. However, if I soft reset my phone for whatever reason, that stupid AT&T 3G flash movie thing plays with the loud-a$$ audio and all, no matter whether my phone is set to silent, vibrate, or volume on. I hate AT&T, but it sure hurt my wallet a lot less to get the Tilt from them.
I'm sure there's probably not a way to silence that stupid thing, so if someone could tell me how to just remove it without screwing up my phone, I'd be OH-so grateful!
Sorry to rant, but AT&T is worse than laptop sellers when it comes to the amount of crap/bloatware they put on their hardware!
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install Kaiser Tweak available on this site on one of the thread... Its wounderful... You can not only shut the startup animation but do many more things...
if you liked Kaiser Tweak, try this too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2534516
mineshkp said:
install Kaiser Tweak available on this site on one of the thread... Its wounderful... You can not only shut the startup animation but do many more things...
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Seriously? This thread is 10.5 months old. Looks like someone is trying to raise their post count...
Hey, well this actually helped me
Remove the AT&T 3G Starup Sound
Tired of that annoying sound and want a simple solution?
1. Create a wave file you like or create a blank .wav file. To create a blank file, right-click your desktop and select New Text Document. Rename the file to 3G_Up_Soft.wav (you'll need to make sure that you can see the file extension). You should end up with an empty wave file on your desktop.
2. Using ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Manager, save the file you made to your Tilt (storage card works nicely).
3. Copy that file into the \Windows directory on the Tilt.
4. Using File Explorer on the Tilt, rename the file you created within the \Windows directory to 3G_Up.wav. (It should allow you to do this without warning or issue, even though a file of that name already exists!)
5) Soft reset and enjoy the new sound or no sound at all!
Mitchel Hudson
Hudson Computer Services
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
Microsoft Small Business Specialists
mitchelhudson said:
Tired of that annoying sound and want a simple solution?
1. Create a wave file you like or create a blank .wav file. To create a blank file, right-click your desktop and select New Text Document. Rename the file to 3G_Up_Soft.wav (you'll need to make sure that you can see the file extension). You should end up with an empty wave file on your desktop.
2. Using ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Manager, save the file you made to your Tilt (storage card works nicely).
3. Copy that file into the \Windows directory on the Tilt.
4. Using File Explorer on the Tilt, rename the file you created within the \Windows directory to 3G_Up.wav. (It should allow you to do this without warning or issue, even though a file of that name already exists!)
5) Soft reset and enjoy the new sound or no sound at all!
Mitchel Hudson
Hudson Computer Services
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
Microsoft Small Business Specialists
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Or
1. download Advance config
2. get rid of startup sound and animation
denco7 said:
Or
1. download Advance config
2. get rid of startup sound and animation
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Where can I find "Advance Config"??
ALCO4SALES said:
Where can I find "Advance Config"??
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Here is your freebie .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=418151
In future, a simple search is encouraged.
Awesome thread. Just a tip that I don't know if you'll find elsewhere in the forum. Being pretty much a noob, I found this user-friendly registry editor:
http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/ceregedit_setup.exe
It connects through ActiveSync and let's you edit the registry from your desktop (pretty much like regedit in Windows) - very convenient.

Keyboard Slide out Sounds....Change

Does anyone know where the sounds are for the slide out keyboard, when you slide it out there is sound EX. Piano, Wind Chimes etc. Where is the sounds located in the phone, Windows? Because it would nice to change it to what you want, or have your own sound and convert it to the sounds that would work when you slide out your keyboard. Anyone know where it is?
rico002 said:
Does anyone know where the sounds are for the slide out keyboard, when you slide it out there is sound EX. Piano, Wind Chimes etc. Where is the sounds located in the phone, Windows? Because it would nice to change it to what you want, or have your own sound and convert it to the sounds that would work when you slide out your keyboard. Anyone know where it is?
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Got this from another thread a while back - was going to just link to it, but couldn't find it so I attached the file here.
I actually turned mine off in the end though.
thanks so much, i probably will turn mine off too, but if you can get like an mp3 song that you like and just get a clip or something or like record your own voice that would make it lot better, and where is it in the phone though? someone needs to tell me how to create cabs.
I haven't tried the cab changing the sliding sound is a bit of a process.I only just figured this out and i had some inspiration from a post on Modaco.
The opening and closing sounds are wav files stored in the \windows directory on the phone. There are three files total and the naming convention of the existing files are: 1.wav; 1_in.wav, 1_out.wav. 1_in is the sound of the slider closing while 1_out is the slider opening. I'm not sure if you have to keep this convention or not and you'll understand why in a second.
Using a registry editor navigate to: HKLM>software>HTC>SlidingSound. Here you'll find the keys for the existing slider sounds (0-2 on an ATT Tilt rom). Inside each key are three values: default, in and out. If you check the properties of each value you'll find the name of the sound and the filename for the in and out sounds.
All you have to do at this point is to copy the entries into a new key with values to match your filenames. I kept the numerical sequence (0,1,2, 3).
The more I think about it I don't think you need the 1.wav file at all just the in and out wav files but that's the info I got from the Modaco form topic about changing the slider tone for the VOX. I'll have to try and see what happens. Hope this helps.
Oh yea it does, even though i might not be able to do its great to understand or know something about it, thank you so much
OK, ive created the wav files ( default, in, out) created the new key and new string value but i dont know how to create the value data which is where i think after i get i can create a cab, but i dont know where the numbers and letters lead.
just download the attached, and the sounds will show up in the drop down. just like that.
Interesting...volume control is done through the main settings volume menu?
Hmm, I've installed that .cab posted above, but I can't find it anywhere...
I've don this a couple of times but never used a cab to get it done. using a registry edit (phm, etc...) is much easier. put the .wav file in the phone windows folder on your phone and then use the editor to write the paths. do a serch for a link to detailed steps.
thanks
thanks for the sound cab for the sliding open and closed it worked really well, just a shame the lightsabre opening clip isnt long enough, seems to stutter then nothing,as for closing it sounds perfect

delay on first ring & menu font size

i got a couple of issues:
- when someone calls, the phone seems to stutter and cutoff the first ring a bit. doesnt inspire confidence at all. the ringtone is the same file i used to have on my wizard and worked perfectly for years, so its not the file.
- the menu font size if ridiculously huge! i managed to make it smaller by changing the following registry keys:
HKLM\System\GDI\SYSFNT\Ht (from 1000 changed to 700)
HKLM\System\GWE\Menu\Barfnt\Ht (from 1000 changed to 700)
HKLM\System\GWE\Menu\Popfnt\Ht (from 1000 changed to 700)
and that brings the font size down, however the font glyphs like arrows/checkmarks/circles remain the same huge size. i attached a picture to explain.
how do i change the size of those glyphs?
HKLM\System\GDI\Ht (from 1000 changed to 700)
I can not find this value!!!!! I found the other 2, but not thus one.
oddball1 said:
HKLM\System\GDI\Ht (from 1000 changed to 700)
I can not find this value!!!!! I found the other 2, but not thus one.
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it should be:
HKLM\System\GDI\SYSFNT\Ht (from 1000 changed to 700)
sorry about that, i corrected the original post as well.
come on, i can not be the only one whos bothered that an $800 device can not do its most basic job of RINGING PROBABLY!
no one else has that problem with first ring stuttering? the phone seriously seems to have trouble loading the phone app quickly enough when a call comes in, sometimes it even says "unknown caller" first before recognizing the number and showing the contact name.
Yeah, bit sluggish, thanx WM ?
I don't mind very much, I am not looking at phone waiting for it to ring My ringtone works fine btw?
Try this tweak for ring delay
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sounds\RingTone0\Sc ript - Change apw3r to apr
Descripion:
a = allow
p = play sound
w3 = wait/delay 3 seconds
r = repeat
f = backlight aan (f1)
v = trillfunctie aan (v0,v1,v2)
Credit should go to Oppainter for finding it
ATMinotaur said:
Try this tweak for ring delay
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sounds\RingTone0\Sc ript - Change apw3r to apr
Descripion:
a = allow
p = play sound
w3 = wait/delay 3 seconds
r = repeat
f = backlight aan (f1)
v = trillfunctie aan (v0,v1,v2)
Credit should go to Oppainter for finding it
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Doesnt work on my Diamond even after a soft reset...
ATMinotaur said:
Try this tweak for ring delay
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sounds\RingTone0\Sc ript - Change apw3r to apr
Descripion:
a = allow
p = play sound
w3 = wait/delay 3 seconds
r = repeat
f = backlight aan (f1)
v = trillfunctie aan (v0,v1,v2)
Credit should go to Oppainter for finding it
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This has been mentioned and tested many times in other threads. It does NOT work.
xwaiz said:
This has been mentioned and tested many times in other threads. It does NOT work.
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Fair enough, didn't see posts saying it doesn't work (or I just didn't read those posts properly), and I hadn't properly tested it either.
I have the same problem with the ringtone. I use my own .wav file. I hope someone comes up with an answer, it is a pain ;(
pulp said:
come on, i can not be the only one whos bothered that an $800 device can not do its most basic job of RINGING PROBABLY!
no one else has that problem with first ring stuttering? the phone seriously seems to have trouble loading the phone app quickly enough when a call comes in, sometimes it even says "unknown caller" first before recognizing the number and showing the contact name.
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Yes i have the same problems as you, more specifically:
1. Sometimes it rings just once and goes into "missed call" before I can pick up, and the caller tells me it rang many times and I didn't answer!
2. Unknown caller before the name is identified
3. HUGE fonts of the email header (From, Subject, etc).... I mean they take up half the freakin' screen. WTF?
1st ring cut off prob
gaz_az said:
I have the same problem with the ringtone. I use my own .wav file. I hope someone comes up with an answer, it is a pain ;(
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If you are having problems that the first ring sounds a bit cut off, try converting the ringtone to MP3. I had the same problem with my ringtone (which was WAV). Then I converted it to MP3. The file now has become alot smaller in size (thus faster to load I think) and now my first ring sounds "whole" so to speak. Try it if you use WAV.
Please note that this problem does NOT solve the ringtone delay (it solves the 1st ring cut-off prob for me at least). The ring delay problem still exists after ringtone convertion to MP3 and as far as I know there hasn't been a solution for that yet.
ok, i have managed to get rid of the ringtune stuttering by converting it from .wav(150kb) to .mp3(30kb)
strange thing is i used the same exact .wav ringtune for a couple of years on my old Wizard and there was zero delay. which doesnt make any sense.
however, it still shows "unknown caller" sometimes before recognizing the contact name.
i am starting to think that the HTC phone skin is the culprit here, its simply making everything slow. i tried disabling it with Advanced Configuration but that renders the whole phone app unusable.
pulp said:
ok, i have managed to get rid of the ringtune stuttering by converting it from .wav(150kb) to .mp3(30kb)
strange thing is i used the same exact .wav ringtune for a couple of years on my old Wizard and there was zero delay. which doesnt make any sense.
however, it still shows "unknown caller" sometimes before recognizing the contact name.
i am starting to think that the HTC phone skin is the culprit here, its simply making everything slow. i tried disabling it with Advanced Configuration but that renders the whole phone app unusable.
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I'm glad the file conversion worked for you too. That's right, it's not the wav file that is corrupt, I also used mine for years on my old PPC. It's that the Diamond somehow does have difficulties starting up certain "tasks" when someone calls. It could very well be the TFL3D interface... Even with all the performance tweaks, the problems exist...
Maybe you can try to use the phone option of WM instead of TFL3d? I dunno if this works (haven't tested it myself) but maybe if you remove the tick of the TFL3D in the Start -> Settings -> Today (Items tab) and then soft reset, maybe the TFL3D interface won't start. This way you can try if you have the same delay problem with the phone interface of Windows Mobile... This way we know for sure the HTC TFL3D interface causes the problem here.
pulp said:
ok, i have managed to get rid of the ringtune stuttering by converting it from .wav(150kb) to .mp3(30kb)
strange thing is i used the same exact .wav ringtune for a couple of years on my old Wizard and there was zero delay. which doesnt make any sense.
however, it still shows "unknown caller" sometimes before recognizing the contact name.
i am starting to think that the HTC phone skin is the culprit here, its simply making everything slow. i tried disabling it with Advanced Configuration but that renders the whole phone app unusable.
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i can confirm that changing from wav to mp3 remove/resolve the stattering.
no more breaks after first ring...
pulp said:
i got a couple of issues:
- when someone calls, the phone seems to stutter and cutoff the first ring a bit. doesnt inspire confidence at all. the ringtone is the same file i used to have on my wizard and worked perfectly for years, so its not the file.
- the menu font size if ridiculously huge! i managed to make it smaller by changing the following registry keys:
HKLM\System\GDI\SYSFNT\Ht (from 1000 changed to 700)
HKLM\System\GWE\Menu\Barfnt\Ht (from 1000 changed to 700)
HKLM\System\GWE\Menu\Popfnt\Ht (from 1000 changed to 700)
and that brings the font size down, however the font glyphs like arrows/checkmarks/circles remain the same huge size. i attached a picture to explain.
how do i change the size of those glyphs?
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Hello,
did anyone fpund a solution to bring ont glyphs like arrows/checkmarks/circles to a smaller size?
Greets, Peter
"HUGE fonts of the email header (From, Subject, etc).... I mean they take up half the freakin' screen. WTF?"
Same here: Any one have an idea how to change this?
SK TOOLS check it out, everything you need
zmob123 said:
SK TOOLS check it out, everything you need
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My problem with the menu symbols else?
Peter
zmob123 said:
SK TOOLS check it out, everything you need
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i have looked at http://s-k-tools.com/index.html?sktools/m_feat.html there is nothing about font sizes, am i missing something?
@Tolar
i still have not found a way to make those glyphs small either, hopefully someone will figure it out eventually.

Cannot Use Ringtones On WM6.1

I finally got WM6.1 installed and ran into a little issue. I tried to customize the device with my old ringtones from WM6.0.
The issue is that they do not show up in the Incoming Calls area of the ringtone section. I moved them into various FOLDERS hoping that WM6.1 would see them but this didn't work. I did notice that the ringtones were showing up in the area for RECEIVED TEXT MESSAGES and other types of the sound notifications.
How can I get the ringtones that were working perfectly fine on WM6.0 to work on the latest WM6.1?
Thanks!
Did you try putting them in the "Rings" folder. That worked for me.
I have tried the following FOLDERS without any luck:
/dev/My Documents/
/dev/My Documents/Ringtones
/dev/storage card/My Documents/
/dev/storage card/My Documents/Ringtones
/dev/Windows/Rings/
Seven ringtones (mp3) that worked perfectly on W6.0 are no longer visible as choices for the "Phone: Incoming Call" area. The only options are two WAV files I use for messages being received. However, those mp3 ringtones are visible and are options under all of the send/receive notification tone menus.
I don't get why I can't choose them as phone-call ringtones...
Any thoughts?
mine is doing the same. However, my song still rings even though it does not show being the ringer selected.
/dev/Windows/Rings/
That's where I have mine.
I had the same problem and the only solution that I found was from which ever folder you music is in just press and hold down on the song, and set as ring tone. Now your phone will ring with that song, but if you go in settings/sounds/notifications it still wont come up.
crypted said:
I finally got WM6.1 installed and ran into a little issue. I tried to customize the device with my old ringtones from WM6.0.
The issue is that they do not show up in the Incoming Calls area of the ringtone section. I moved them into various FOLDERS hoping that WM6.1 would see them but this didn't work. I did notice that the ringtones were showing up in the area for RECEIVED TEXT MESSAGES and other types of the sound notifications.
How can I get the ringtones that were working perfectly fine on WM6.0 to work on the latest WM6.1?
Thanks!
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I assume you are on an AT&T Tilt? If so, I had the same problem as well. It turns out that it has something to do with the file size. There's some limit ~400k for the file for it to show on your notification lists for ringtone.
I had to chop off the end of my song, and get it to 300k and then it showed/worked just fine. I'm sure this will get fixed soon.
There's a cab that enables this function. You install it and voila all your mp3's can be set as ringtones. As soon as i find the link again Ill post it. I used it and it works great.
The Fix:
Install the .cab then move the desired MP3 File to Device\My Documents\My Ringtones and you should be able to see them in your Sounds & Notifications settings program.
Source: MikeFordMustang.com, Tiltmobility.com
Okay so I may not post it since someone beat me to it. LOL
http://mikefordmustang.com/downloads/NoRingtoneLimit.cab
I've got all mine on the root of the storage card and it works just fine - can have any size ring-tone you want...
Yo what a difference a .cab can make. I was racking my brain trying to figure out the solution to this issue. I was trying to convert .mp3 to .wma, I was downgrading the audio quality of my songs trying to get their filesize down, all with no positive results. Then I find this thread install the .cab and presto it works. To the creator and posters of this fix THANK YOU!!!!!!! You saved me from a downgrade back to 6.0. :-D
Hi,
I transferred the cab file to my xda ii, has a wm6.1 rom and it just seemed to open an html internet page with the commands in.
I see my ringtones now BUT i can't find ringtones for text.
Basically I want set my own ringtone for incoming calls and then set a differnt one for my incoming sms texts... but it just shows default when I go to look in incoming sms...
If that makes sense can someone help?
I should also mention when i extract the file it is .xml - i tried chaning the file ext to .exe or .cab but no luck... im probably being stupid but all help is appreciated,
thank you
wow, thank you
WM 6.1 registry edit for ringtone file size
I upgraded from WM 6.0 to 6.1 and now my custom ring tones that are over 500Kb do not show up in the pull down menu in order to select them for contacts. This fix is to edit the registry.
- Go into HKEY_Current User > ControlPanel > Sounds
- Delete the key of FileSizeLimit
- Done, You should now be able to set any MP3 as your ringtone.
Alan
Thanks for that .cab it was driving me insane as well not being able to have any of my old ringtones that I used for 6.0 work in 6.1 Thanks a ton!!
Thank you!!! This is just what I was looking for.
Happy Holidays!
I did not want to start a new thread for this secondary issue. I loved when my Nokia bar phone made that BEEP sound with vibration. I could hear it from a distance as it was so distinct even at low volume.
This new Windows based phones suck when it comes to rings and how they sound.
Does anyone have a very distinct beep / similar ring tone that is heard well from Tilt's loudspeakers? That would be appreciated.
New registry keys display list of ringtones.
This is my first post to these fantastic forums. I think I finally found something that merits a post.
Note: I am using WM6.1 AT&T build for Blackjack II. This may not apply here if you use a custom ROM, in which case the chefs may have already remove these keys. If not, here's how you get to see your ringtones, etc. from the Settings/Sounds menus.
In WM6.1 the registry key,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sounds
have 2 new keys:
AllSounds
Ringtones
Each of these keys is a collection of sound files, obviously the ones shipped with the original rom. Use a registry editor to delete both keys. The time to display the list of sounds will increase if you have many sound files.
If you have a set of custom tones, you could put this list into the registry instead and the list will display much faster.
I hope this saves someone some time and frustration.
skaterx2
Can you tell me how to install the NoRingtoneLimit.cab to my phone. This is new to me thk u.

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.
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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

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