New here - How to set Ringtone for whole categ. ?

[Thomas1234]

Hallo everyone!

I am new in the forum and new in the PDA world :) , my last phone that I used was Nokia 6630, and now I have Qtek 9100 , but I am still confused and hope for some help from you..

1- I was setting a ringtone for contact group, when anyone from any group calls me, I can hear a ringtone then I know that this person is from that group, is it possible to do that in my Qtek 9100 ( WM5 ) ?

2- I am using Voice Command, when I recieve a call, the woman says the number, is there any possibility to disable the Voice Command only for the recieved calls and leave it enabled for other functions ?

3- I miss some of applications that were installed in my Nokia Smartphone, like an application for changing the cm to inches or kilogramms to pounds etc.. , is there such application already installed in Wizard ? Or do I have to install it myself ? If yes, what is the name of such appliction ?

4- If I want to install an application, what is the better way, installing it in Memory card or in the Phone memory itself ? Is there any differences if I install it in MC or in the Phone itself ?

I have much more questions, but right now I am trying to figure out the rest myself..

Thanks in Advnce!

[meschle]

No setting for a group but you can set for each contact - in the contact fields - option for ringtone.

there is the free converterce for conversions see here http://www.freewareppc.com/calculator/converterce.shtml

Most of the time best to install to storage card to keep program memory free on the device. Although some applications like notem etc.. need to be installed on the device memory to work properly.

[Thomas1234]

Thanks alot for your answer.

But what about the Microsoft Voice Command ? Can't I just disable it when I reciev a Call ? because it annoys me when the woman mentions the number, I want to disable it from that function and leave it enabled for all other functiones.

[csterns]

Start>Settings>Voice Command

Select Phone>Options>uncheck announce incoming calls

[Thomas1234]

Thanks csterns for the answer.

new question claimed in my head.... Can I restart the phone without turning it off ? Just Restart and not turning off... Any idea how to do that ?

I appreciate any comment.

[csterns]

I'm not sure if you a referring to "resetting" vs "restarting". To reset the phone it does shut down and does shut down (soft reset)

[cmarti]

To soft reset you can use this:

[Keitaro]

Or if you are not using a protective case which covers up the sides of the device then get the stylus and simply poke it in the hole just beneath the infra-red receiver on the righthand side.

[Thomas1234]

Thank you all for your replies.. But I was actually meaning "Restarting" and not "resetting".

But does the "Resetting" do the same as "Restarting" does ? As much as I know, if I do the "Soft Reset" I'll loose any datas or programs that have been saved or installed before, is that right ?

And isn' there a way to only "Restart" the WM5 instead of doing a "Soft Reset" ? Like in the Windows XP for PC, if you click on "Start" then "Turn off Computer" you'll notice there is a "Restart" button.

[Keitaro]

Everything that has been mentioned so far (including the hole and the stylus) is known as a soft reset. This is exactly like restarting your Windows based PC. Nothing is lost, all your programs and data are still there. "Soft reset" is the correct terminology when talking about PDAs, not a "restart".

A hard reset is where you will lose data. A hard reset can only be performed through a combination of button presses OR by going to Start -> Settings -> System tab -> Clear Storage. Once there it will ask you to confirm you want to hard reset. There is no way you can do it accidentally unless you are really silly! :)

[Thomas1234]

Aha, thanks Keitaro for your answer. Well that means "Restarting" in PC is the same as "Soft Reset" on PPC, what about any settings I changed, will they be back to default when I do the reset ? I mean like Volume or any settings that I changed in the WM5.

[Keitaro]

what about any settings I changed, will they be back to default when I do the reset ?

Settings such as volume etc does not get affected by a soft reset.

If you are really worried about understanding what does and does not happen during a soft reset then all you have to do is this...

1) Use your backup program to perform a FULL backup and store the image somewhere other than the device itself, eg storage card. This is only so you can be safe that you go back to where you started if goes wrong. However, I can guarantee you that nothing bad will happen so you won't even need this backup file but do for your piece of mind...

2) Make some random changes, eg volume, today theme, ringtone, documents.

3) Perform a soft reset

4) Check all the changes you just made before the soft reset and you will see that they are all the same as before - nothing has changed

5) Delete the backup because it's not needed :)

[Cardcaptor_RLH85]

Actually...if you've made any recent (last 30 seconds or so) changes to the registry and then do a 'reset button' soft reset those registry changes may be lost. However this problem doesn't exist for the 'hold standby button down for 3 seconds' soft reset. However, I doubt that you are doing any registry changes right now just remember this for the future.

[Keitaro]

I doubt that you are doing any registry changes right now just remember this for the future.

If he's only just beginning to understand the difference between a hard and soft reset, and what each do and don't do, then he'd better hope he's not fugging about with the registry! :D

[Thomas1234]

Thanks too much, Keitaro, for this great post.

And I appreciate Cardcaptor_RLH85's post too..

Well to be honest, I knew about "Hard Reset" and "soft reset" before, but what I was fearing is loosing datas and settings after the soft reset, I really didn't know that Restart = Soft Reset, I thought "Soft Reset is usefull when a programm hangs or a problem shows up and I never know that it is exactly the same as Restart for PC.

About Registry Edit, yes I still didn't change anything in Registry, well only 3 days is this baby in my hands.. But I have read here in this forum much about editing the Registry to solve some problems and issues, I really don't fear the editing, because I did this many times in my PC :) I don't think PPC is more complicated than a PC.

Thanks for you all.