How can I use a custom ringtone for my text messages on my mogul?
 

Is this possible?

Ringtone? Do you mean a .mp3 or .wav file as a text message recieved notification?

I have my sounds linstalled on my storage card. Then I go to Start\Settings\Sounds & notifications\Notifications...

In "Event", slide down to Messaging:New text message...

then select a tone/sound/clip from the list...

Ringtones
 

Downloaded ringtones. They wont show up on the drop down list. I have mine saved on the MY RINGTONES folder. They seem to show up on the PHONE:INCOMING CALL drop down list but no on MESSAGING: NEW TEXT MESSAGE

convert it to a .wav file and place it in the windows folder first

I have all mine installed on my storage card. No folder or dir... just smack onto the storage card and my Messaging: New Text Message drop down see's them. I do not have tones or sounds installed anywhere else except for the stock one's in the \windows dir.

It's most likely because the song you want to use is in the My Rintones directory on your phone. I don't believe that it will recognize the file it is it there. I would also suggest doing the reg hack to let your ringtones play from your SD card to save space on your device. Here is the registry hack.

Allow Ringtones from Micro SD Card
HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring\Directory:\ Windows\ => \Storage Card\
** Need to create a folder on your SD card, named “My Ringtones” (Thanks for dakrnguy4u). Otherwise it won’t work

... after I did the hack my device recognized the files as "ringtones" in all of the sound and notifications directories. If you don't want to do that (cuz messing around in the registry can mess things up if you don't know what you're doing)... just plug in your phone. Open up Activesync and find one of the sounds that is available to be your text tone and then just copy the song you want in there. It should work after that.

Hopefully that may work for jonathan_v9008.

But I have no registry hack enabled on my phone and even after a hard reset my phone automatically recognizes the mp3's, .wav's, midi's, etc on my storage card.

I wonder if the tones are copyrighted? If they are copyrighted or require a license they may not work...

Good point. I never thought of that. I have had my device recognize them before when they were in the main directory on my storage card, but it didn't like to play them very efficiantly so I did the hack. Not to mention, I try to be super organized so I like having a seperate directory for them and the registry pointing to that location now. :)

They are not copyrighted but is there any way it can detect them while in MY RINGTONES folder.

If they are copyrighted, I have no idea lol.

I'm sure they have to be in \Windows versus \Windows\Rings

Text message notifications are not considered 'radio related' in the WM OS. They are just like a popup. And where do popup sounds come from? The \Windows directory in the .wav format :wink:

Does it have to be a certain type to detect them?

.wav .wav .wav. wav .wav .wav .WAV!

LOL! You can use a free program called 'Audacity' to convert mp3's to .wav. Its very easy to use, and a simple google search should bring it up for you!

Haha.. I just recommended that program to someone like 30 minutes ago lol.

I can select .mp3s as text notifications (or reminders, etc.) just by dumping them in \Windows. No need to convert.

The alerts for text messages must be in *.wav format

Edit: Besides, long ringtone for text alerts will become very annoying when you have an ongoing convo because they play all the way through, you cant stop them.

Very true. With audacity, you can clip them. So choose a nice part of the song, preferably 5 seconds long.

What works for me...

I download clips from www.myxer.com. When they are downloaded, I then install them straight to my storage card (no folder,etc)... uncopyrighted and in mp3, .wav; any various format.

From the storage card, my Sounds & Notifications menu automatically recogizes everything on my storage card. No hacks or reg edits. If I set a mp3 song for a text alert it will play the entire song when I recieve a text message unless I cancel the song or pre-clipped to 30 secs.

Myxer has many clipped tones & songs for mobile devices that are ready for instant download and even straight to your phone. You may have to initialize a setting on your phone to get your storage card recognized. Otherwise you may have to drop them into the \windows dir but like I said... they are automatically found on my storage card.

Is there any way to have different txt msg notification alert for different contacts?! Like we do with the ringtones, so I will be able to know who is txting me without looking to the phone?!!!!!! I'm just curious!

3B i don't think that is an option but it is a very good question,

I hope some one will come up with a cab file or something :)

cab and all this stuff? dude just take your audio clip created with audacity(i've had this program for yrs glad to see people on here using it too)

AND PASTE IT IN YOUR WINDOWS FOLDER AND WALLA..

I have the t-mobile text messaging sound on my phone its sweet

There is no way to have individual text alerts at this time and probably never will be, I don't even think the DUMB phones can do that


EDIT: LOLLLLL @ cab file for ringtones!!!!

Care to post that sound Mark? Never heard it and now you have peaked my interest.

yea, I would like to try this one too!

What I meant to say is a cab file that will do a tweak or a hack to enable different tones for different contact entry as that for the ring-tone!

But I guess these DUMB phones will not be able to do it!
:silent:

WM6 certainly falls short on some of users basic requests. We need a competitor!!!

And the answer is ....
 

Photo Contacts Pro can add rintones (MP3s) to each contact or to groups of contacts. Used it for a while and it worked well. Has a neat today plugin, too.

here's a link ...

http://www.pocketx.net/products/photocontactspro_ppc/

I don't know of a way to get different tones/notifications for text messages, only contacts.


The ring tones I use for individual contacts I copy to my phone after editing them:
I put my .mp3 files in the \Windows\ directory and in the \Windows\Rings directory depending on what I'm using it for.

You can then set different ringtones for different contacts by editing the contact and choosing your ringtone from the drop-down field "Ring tone:"

I'm sure everyone is aware of this, but threw it in here just in case.

they can be in either mp3 or .wav i just checked my phone and it recongnizes mp3, but as someone stated before if you are going to use mp3 or any sound format make sure it is short cause you can't stop it once it gets going.

All I had to do was copy a ringtone I wanted and paste it in my windows folder. Then I can access it from the notifications menu. I have a bunch left over on my storage card from my Voyager, not sure what format there in.

Re: How can I use a custom ringtone for my text messages on my mogul?
 

I have the HTC touch pro (the sprint version of the mogul) and to get the custom ringtones, forget about the .wav converters. Just copy the mp3 and paste it into your windows folder. Go to Start-programs-file explorer. Under, My Device, open the Windows folder and paste the mp3 in there. It should make it an available ringtone for your texts.
I will tell you to crop it though. There's no way to stop the ring while talking on the phone, so if you set the whole song as your ring, it will play the whole song in your ear while you're on the phone.