Notifications

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Hi all,

I've looked through both this board and the one for the G1 but can't find answer yet, which surprised me. Anyway, quick question.

I want to use an mp3 for my sms tone/notification! This should be easy but HTC seem to have made it difficult again. I know on old phones like the touch you had to put the file on the phone, in the sounds folder in system directory. Then you could pick it from standard list. Painful, but not a problem.

Unfortunately on my magic, I am unable to copy the file into the standard notifications folder as (when looked at using filedroid) the folder is shown as write only.

Thought I'd be able to remove the write only by plugging into computer, but that only seems to give me access to the sd card.

I have downloaded some applications that manage it, but it's all a bit of a faf. Is there a way to put it somewhere, or get phone to look at folder on sd card?

Bit long winded, sorry.
Thanks for any help.
Steve

Create a folder on your sdcard called "notifications" - any mp3s in there should then show up for selection.
Likewise "alarms" for custom alarm tones and "ringtones" for custom ringtones.

Nope. Tried that to no avail. It's really weird. I have since found an application called Rings Extended that seems to manage it without any real messing around. So I guess I will just have to carry on using that for now.

Sorry Codemonkey, please scratch my last comment. Although the rings extended works well, you appear to be correct in your response. Unfortunately I didn't realise the need to reboot the phone after creating the folder, and after each subsequent addition of tracks/sounds etc. It only seems to update when phone turns back on.

Thanks for your response.

As you've been so helpful, I wonder if you can help out on something else.

I now have my notifications set up the way I want, with the exception of email. At present it puts a notification icon up, which is fine and dandy. But it also sends out a noise, seemingly the same notification used for SMS. Is there a way to disable the noise, just for email?

Originally Posted by spookydownunder

Is there a way to disable the noise, just for email?

For both GMail and e-mail when in the app press Menu -> Select ringtone -> Silent

Why thank you very much. You are a treasure.

Originally Posted by BigRD

For both GMail and e-mail when in the app press Menu -> Select ringtone -> Silent

Helpful people, please help again. The email notification (now thankfully silent) is set to show in the status bar.....perfect. But....it also flashes the LED, can I turn off the flashing just for email. I like having the visual status bar, so when I have unread email I know it, but as emails are always popping in, the phone is nearly always constantly flashing. Really annoying. I don't mind it flashing for SMS, but sometimes you just want to ignore email

I know it can be done on th Hero. Thanks in advance.