SMS Alerts

[marto_martin]

Greetings all,

Am loving my new O2 xdaII mini but am trying to come to grips with using functions which are unlike my mobile...

I have a bucket load of questions but will start easy on you guys :wink:

Can I change my SMS alert? I always miss my incoming texts :cry: and can I put in my own mp3's as ringtones?

Cheers all
marto

[Xilicon]

hey this is pretty basic stuff and both answers to your questions can be found within both in the "help" function in your Magician and in the handbook that comes with it.

quick & dirty answers:

yes you can change the alert, START -->SETTINGS-->SOUNDS & NOTIFICATIONS -->(on the bottom of the screen you can see 2 tabs "sounds" and "notifications) CHOOSE "NOTIFICATIONS"

in the "EVENT" drop down box select the event, then select sound in the drop down box nex to the "PLAY SOUND" check box.

the notification only detects ".wav" files so if there's a midi or an mp3 you wish to use here you must convert it first.

THIS IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH YOUR RINGTONE! MP3z can be used for your ringtone, just not for alerts - i don't know why maybe someone has found a fix to this. Remember that whatever wav you use it will play the entire length so pick something appropriate, you wouldn't want the entire length of a song to play out everytime you get a sms.

To use a MP3 as your ringtone, place the mp3 in the MY DEVICE --> WINDOWS --> RINGS folder.

then following the same instruction as above to change your alerts, you can select you "incoming call" ringtone. Once you moved your mp3 that you want to use as your ringtone into the "rings" folder you should be able to select it from the "sounds & notifications" list. If not, try a soft reset then try again.

check out the manual, it's pretty useful and you won't have to wait for someone to reply.

[marto_martin]

Cheers for that,

I had seen the "sounds" and "notifications" but the choices are really basic and wanted to put my own in. Will give your instructions a go :D

Thanks for your help.

[marto_martin]

Ok I got the ringtones working and my downloaded .wav files are on the list but when choose "Messaging: New text message" under events the downloaded .wav files are no longer on the list??

Tried a soft reset aswell...

[marto_martin]

Just in case anyone else was having similar issues, I found that on my PC if I dropped the .wav file into the "My Device -> Windows" folder it then comes up in the list.

Thanks for you help with getting me started Xilicon :lol: