Setting custom sliding keyboard open/close sounds

[TalynOne]

It requires some registry editing, so as usual, mess with this at your own peril.

Here are the steps:

1.) Prepare/get two sounds files. One will be used for the sound when your keyboard slides open, and the other closing the keyboard. I'm not sure what sound files formats are acceptable. The ones that I used, which work fine, are 22khz 8bit mono PCM .wav files.

2.) Name the closing sound #_in.wav and the opening sound #_out.wav (where # is any number greater then 2 because 0 1 and 2 are taken up by the default sounds). I am assuming you can add as many as you want, and just keep them in the numerical sequence. You might be able to name the sounds files anything you want also, as long as they have a corresponding entry in the registry, but again I haven't tested that assumption.

3.) Copy the sound files to the \Windows folder on the Mogul (not in a sub folder below Windows!).

4.) Using a registry editor navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\SlidingSound.

5.) Create a new key with value of the next available number (eg. 3)
----A.) In this new key, set the (Default) string value to a friendly name for your sound (eg. Star Trek Communicator)
----B.) Create a new String named in with a value set to name of your sliding in sound file (eg. 3_in.wav).
----C.) Create a new String named out with a value set to name of your sliding out sound file (eg. 3_out.wav).

6.) Close the registry editor, and go to Start->Settings->Personal tab, and tap on the "SlidingSound" icon to pick and test your new sliding sound set.

Here's a link to several slider sounds I put together:
Rapidshare Link to Mogul Sliding Keyboard Sounds (http://rapidshare.com/files/44871786/Sliding_Keyboard_OpenClose_Sounds.zip.html)

Included are a long and short transformers sound set, and a light saber sound set. The light saber set is courtesy of PDAPhoneHome forums member Wizzums. The long Transformers sound set I made by downloading it off a website, and reversing it in a audio editor for the closing sound. I thought the sound was too long, so I made shortened/sped up version. I also included .reg files you can import, for those too lazy/scared to create the registry entries themselves.

Sources:
PDAPhoneHome.com Forums (http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-6800-xv6800/90021-replace-your-slide-open-close-sounds.html)
PPCGeeks.com Forums (http://www.ppcgeeks.com/how-to-add-your-own-slider-sounds-t6096.html)

[dragon_76]

AWESOME. Love the Tformers sound.

[XmentalX]

if you look at the ppc geeks thread you can see where i also posted a shotgun sound set too :-)

im glad you enjoy that hack i got bored one day and was browsing the registry and saw that set, fiddled a bit (just used logic mostly) and it worked

[captspaulding1000]

how about this for the sliding sound?

[teckn1caLity]

how do you install/use PHM edit?

[teckn1caLity]

please explain how :[

[klyons538]

im new to this forum thing. but i have the sprint 6800 & im trying to do this sliding sound thing. but how do i do the registry thing? where do i go for that? is it in the phone or something i have to download? please help!

[zcink]

1. Set your Sliding Keyboard to Wind chimes sound. 2. ActiveSync. 3. Copy and Paste these two files into the Windows directory. It will ask you if you want to replace/overwrite the ones that are already there. Now when you open and close the Keyboard you will hear The Star Trek Original series Sliding door sound. No registry editing needed. Its really cool.

If you want to save the Wind Chimes for later use just copy and paste the files with these two names out of your Windows directory to a file on your PC.

Enjoy!

[zcink]

You can also go into the Registry afterward and change the name from Wind Chimes to Star Trek Door or whatever you want and it will show in the menu on your Keyboard Sliding App.

Also you can change the other two default sounds and rename them.

[zcink]

Here is a zip file to replace all 3 default sounds on your wing just copy and paste these into the window directory on your phone and replace the default sounds.

You can rename all three

HKLM\Software\HTC\SlidingSound......

0 = change to Star Trek Door
1 = change to Whistle
2 = change to Transformers

Enjoy!!!!

[5.0stang]

I did this a while ago when it was 1st posted over on ppcgeeks. My problem though is I can only add one set of sounds when i try to add a 5th sliding sound it wont come up on the sliding sounds menu just the stock 3 plus my star trek doors ive done. can there be more the 4 choices or am i gonna have to copy over one. Ive done the same reg edits that i did to make the doors work

[defaultdotxbe]

I did this a while ago when it was 1st posted over on ppcgeeks. My problem though is I can only add one set of sounds when i try to add a 5th sliding sound it wont come up on the sliding sounds menu just the stock 3 plus my star trek doors ive done. can there be more the 4 choices or am i gonna have to copy over one. Ive done the same reg edits that i did to make the doors work
i have 6 on mine, stock 3 plus 3 custom

make sure you are adding a new (and unique) reg key for each set of sounds you want

[DoulaVal]

Has anyone figured this out for WM6? I had changed my sliding sounds before I upgraded the ROM, and now when I try to put it all back, the registry isn't the same. Help?

[DoulaVal]

Gah nevermind I'm a blind doofus. :) Carry on!

[ChumleyEX]

If your placing the sounds into the windows folder doesn't it get over written every boot? I've tried to make this work with my tilt using the sounds from this side. I can preview them but I can't get the noise to happen when I slide it. There is no noise at all infact unless I pic the old ones.

[(V)eGa]

I also have custom sounds at my website. I can also make your sounds into a cab installer that will install and un-install the sounds. I have made a few so far. Check it out.

MeGa

PS - Info is in my sig

[DancherBoi]

This same process works for the HTC TYTN II/AT&T Tilt.

This is what I put on mine. It's the shotgun reload sound from Half-Life. There is a short and long version. Short for the open, and long for the close.

[Delgreco13]

cool excellent work guys.... i was actually just thinking of doing that the other day... I have a good 1 to add to the list. Whos a FINAL FANTASY FAN HERE LOL.... Victory sound that would be GREAT to add !! =)

[envy174]

1. Set your Sliding Keyboard to Wind chimes sound. 2. ActiveSync. 3. Copy and Paste these two files into the Windows directory. It will ask you if you want to replace/overwrite the ones that are already there. Now when you open and close the Keyboard you will hear The Star Trek Original series Sliding door sound. No registry editing needed. Its really cool.

If you want to save the Wind Chimes for later use just copy and paste the files with these two names out of your Windows directory to a file on your PC.

Enjoy!

hey wats good i fallowed ur step by step instruction the the wing but i get an error saying cannot copy slider0_in be certain that thurs enough memory(witch i have)that the destination is not write protected and that the file is not currently in use please tell me wat needs 2 b done

[timothydonohue]

this is the one i use...
door opens for out
door closes for in

i made star trek files as well, but the bridge door wav that has saturated the intertubes doesn't reverse well (sounds the same), likewise with the light saber.
i thought about getting the simpsons sounds where ralph is playing with the flag on a mailbox...up = laugh (or out, for us), in = cry (in, for us) but everytime i start going through wav sites, i end up spending too much time downloading things for ringtones and alerts, lol. i have a jetsons messaging notification, and oodles of ringtones and alert sounds now...

[dinfinity]

Basically a collection of the sounds posted here and there and a set of the original Doom sounds (which always give me that special feeling :-), including an importable registry file for HTC phones.

[aarogon]

will this work for hermes dopod 838 pro?

[GBodyTek]

I got a xv6800 a few days ago, and since then I've been reading all about tweaking my Titan/Mogul/6800 on here, HowardForums and PPCGeeks. That first day I decided I wanted to change the sounds, but it's not as simple as on my Kyo7135 or Treo 650 & 700.

I followed these instructions to the letter, but all 3 default sounds show as hidden/system/archive files. If I try to paste the new files in, it says "Access Denied: Make sure you have memory, not READ-ONLY and that you have permission". Since they are read only....

So I tried the PHM Reg Edit program. It only displays the programs I've already added, and shows nothing new to add in the software loader. I thought this may be something VZW did to prevent issues like they had with the Treo 700wx, so I used the Titan Unlocker. That worked as described, but after the soft-reset, it still fails to copy the files.

So, what am I doing wrong with the PHM or is there another way I can remove the 'Read-Only' label from the originals. (Yes, I checked the properties tab, they are all 'greyed out', preventing a change.)

BTW, I'm using OEM ROM 2.09.605.8 from 08/03/2007 with over 20GB of program memory free.

I appreciate your help, since I'm not much of a coder and am really new to all this.

[GBodyTek]

It turns out the problem I had was with the Reg Edit program... I searched around some more & found BestRegEditor. I loaded it and after tweaking the file names on the waves, it works like butter!!

Sorry for the slight panic and I look forward to future tweaks.

[GoldenGlove]

3.) Copy the sound files to the \Windows folder on the Mogul (not in a sub folder below Windows!).

I'm just trying to see how this works before setting out and getting my own sounds. I can't find \Windows on my Mogul. Do I add this?

[Mr Nur]

I made these my self, "out" is the sound of a gun cocking, "in" is the sound of a gun shooting 3-4 time's,

Enjoy:D

[awandkk]

You gotta post the Jetsons messaging notification.... You just gotta, please...

[mech_supernova]

There is a Mario one out there somewere too and I want it LOL so far I have 8 lol I dont think there is a limit to it.

[lucky644]

Can I request the star trek communicator thing sound? :D

[mipstien]

http://gh.ffshrine.org/soundtracks.php

just a place that i get all my video game ringtones and such. might be helpful for a few of you.

[squarerootz]

I found the thread for this over @ ppc geeks. I have been toying with it for a little while now. I have done the directions exactly but I can still only get2 or 3 sounds in the list to work. I used a registry editor to get this done and added the correct names/numbers to the sounds in the windows directory on my mogul. The only wavs that work are the ones I D/L from here or ppcgeeks that you guys have posted. Any wavs I make never work. What am I doing incorrectly?:confused:confused:

[GhettoBSD]

hahaha i did the transformers sound, but i think it needs to be faster, like the cartoons. I like, thanks.

[chelboed]

1. Set your Sliding Keyboard to Wind chimes sound. 2. ActiveSync. 3. Copy and Paste these two files into the Windows directory. It will ask you if you want to replace/overwrite the ones that are already there. Now when you open and close the Keyboard you will hear The Star Trek Original series Sliding door sound. No registry editing needed. Its really cool.

If you want to save the Wind Chimes for later use just copy and paste the files with these two names out of your Windows directory to a file on your PC.

Enjoy!

I can't seem to replace the 0_in or 0_out sounds b/c it's a "read only" file. How can I give myself access to replace?

[topdawgn8]

I found the thread for this over @ ppc geeks. I have been toying with it for a little while now. I have done the directions exactly but I can still only get2 or 3 sounds in the list to work. I used a registry editor to get this done and added the correct names/numbers to the sounds in the windows directory on my mogul. The only wavs that work are the ones I D/L from here or ppcgeeks that you guys have posted. Any wavs I make never work. What am I doing incorrectly?:confused:confused:

I'm having the same problem :mad:

[scortch9823]

Will this work for Verizon's SMT5800 does anyone know? I've been trying to get these to go, and nothing is working. I couldn't find the original sound files to begin with though.

[scortch9823]

OK i got a reg editor and im following the path, but when i get to the HTC, there is no slidingsound. anyone have any ideas here what im doing wrong?

[overhaulengines]

OK i got a reg editor and im following the path, but when i get to the HTC, there is no slidingsound. anyone have any ideas here what im doing wrong?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/HTC/slidingsounds
sliding sounds should be right after ringtone and before smartdialing.
try 1 more time.

[brandirena86]

I can't get it to work either. 1st I tried making my own Key file and did it all to the letter, and it doesn't show up in the sliding sound program. Now when I copy and paste the String Value's it shows up but then the sound doesn't work. Is there something I'm missing? I also tried the replacing one of my original sounds with the new one and it gives me the "make sure you have enough memory" or the you cannot copy over this file because it's write only or something like that. So no matter how I go about doing it, it doesn't work. Can someone help me out here lol, this is driving me crazy. :(

[squarerootz]

I gave up trying to do this and just did a search for cabs with this already done. If this is frustrating you too, that what I suggest. Although I think my new challenge is now to try and create a cab and put my own sounds in it and see if that works. Wish me luck. If I get it to work I will post it up here and ppcgeeks. :D

[tunde25798]

SOMEONE PLEASE POST THE SUPER MARIO BROS. SLIDING SOUND!!!!!!!!! I'd make my own but I can only find a wav file for the Power UP (when he eats the mushroom and gets bigger). I cannot find the one when he looses the power up (when he gets hit by a bad guy and gets smaller or looses his fire flower ability)

[MiZi666]

SOMEONE PLEASE POST THE SUPER MARIO BROS. SLIDING SOUND!!!!!!!!! I'd make my own but I can only find a wav file for the Power UP (when he eats the mushroom and gets bigger). I cannot find the one when he looses the power up (when he gets hit by a bad guy and gets smaller or looses his fire flower ability)

hi,
i just made it. works fine on my hty kaiser, i like it so much! ;)

hope you guys like it, too :o)

greetinx

[_Mac_]

is there a cab file for OEM_HTC_SlidingSound
for the xv6800 ?

[SimpTheChimp]

I have everything set right in the registry, but I have NO sliding sounds item in my Settings...Personal control panel. I'm using DCDs latest ROM/phone. Therefore, even with the registry settings I have no sliding sound whatsoever.

How can I get the control panel applet so I can set my sliding sounds?

Chimp (Tom)

[Protonus]

Same problem as above... can a geek get a cab yo? :-D

[worwig]

I have everything set right in the registry, but I have NO sliding sounds item in my Settings...Personal control panel. I'm using DCDs latest ROM/phone. Therefore, even with the registry settings I have no sliding sound whatsoever.

How can I get the control panel applet so I can set my sliding sounds?

Chimp (Tom)


DCD did not include the sliding sounds.
There is a cab called Tiermann "SlideSound.cab" somewhere that you can download. Try a search, I'm sure you'll find it.

[kidnamedAlbert]

why dont you guys just use this program?
http://tiermann.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2:slidesound&catid=2:PPC%20Apps&Itemid=2

[_Mac_]

I quit using the Tiermann "SlideSound.cab" because It kept giving me errors:

SlideSoundService.exe
Win32Exception

at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithShellExecuteEx (ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()
at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
at SlideSoundService.Module1.launchapp(String inOut)
at SlideSoundService.Module1.slideInOut(Object sender, ChangeEventArgs args)
at Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status.SystemState.Registr yState_ChangeOccured(Object sender, ChangeEventArgs args)
at Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status.RegistryState.notif icationWindow_Changed(Object sender, ChangeEventArgs args)
at Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Status.NotificationWindow. WndProc(Message& msg)
at Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms.MessageWindow._WndProc(M essage& msg)
at Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.Yield()
at SlideSoundService.Module1.Main(String[] cmdArgs)


What I am wanting to do is go back to the stock slidesound, just didn't think it would be this hard.

[chgotina]

I was stuck like many of you but i found this and it works great!! After all is put on device, do a soft reset and you will be on your way!! Thanks to ppcgeeks :)

http://ppckitchen.org/misc/SlidingControl.exe

[flyers2114]

Yep very easy to use

[Protonus]

I was stuck like many of you but i found this and it works great!! After all is put on device, do a soft reset and you will be on your way!! Thanks to ppcgeeks :)

http://ppckitchen.org/misc/SlidingControl.exe

Thank you very much for this! No extra programs running with this, etc, just works great!