WP 7.5 & Ringtone & Outlook 2010

[tsaenger]

Hello,

im using WP7.5 and i would like to know if it is possible to Manage the Ringtone with my Exchange 2010 and Outlook 2010 client.

I would like to change the ringtone for many kontakts.
Can i do this with Outlook 2010?

Thanks a lot

Tobias

 

[adiliyo]

you need to use the zune software to manage ringtones

 

[tsaenger]

Hi,

Im am using zune, but how can i manage the rintones?

Thanks

Tobias

 

[Sneakyghost]

Hi,
currently the only known way to transfer custom ringtones to the phone is to have them in your zune library and the "Genre" field tagged as "Ringtone". then synchronize with phone and they will appear as ringtones, but not in your music library on the device. then you can go to contacts and assign individual tones for contacts. no batch assigning tho.

No way to externally "manage" your ringtones (e.g. assigning ringtones to contacts). As far as i know you cannot access wp7 ringtones with outlook.

 

[tsaenger]

OK Thanks for the answer.
But at the moment i figured out, that if i am using my own rintone my phone only vibrate 1-3 times and after that i am hearing only my ringtone. Is there a possiblity to change this?

german translation:
Vielen Dank.
Im moment habe ich festgestellt, dass bei abspielen des eigenen Klingeltons das Telefon nur 1-3 mal vibriert. Der Sound läuft weiter, aber es vibriert nicht weiter. Kann ich das irgendwo umstellen?

Thanks a lot.

Tobias

 

[Sneakyghost]

Not sure. You might want to try the "AdvancedConfig 1.4.0.0 Mango beta" from Julien Schapman of TouchXperience. It might offer some additional settings, altho i rather think that vibration-behaviour must be some kind of bug.

 

[ilordvader]

can we sync contacts in WP7 with outlook

like we did in WM6.5
& then clean wipe the device
& then re sync & restore all contacts

Thanks

 

[snickler]

can we sync contacts in WP7 with outlook

like we did in WM6.5
& then clean wipe the device
& then re sync & restore all contacts

Thanks

Not that I've seen.. Technically if you have an Exchange 2007/2010 account, you can see those custom contacts you create whenever you add that Exchange account on to the phone. Since you'd be using Outlook primarily... there's your Outlook sync . Basically syncing on WP7 is limited to contact management from e-mail services. This takes away a layer of responsibility from the manufacturer and M$ by making it the up to the user to manage his or her contacts online. This prevents the "Crap I lost my contacts, etc etc".

 

[Sneakyghost]

There's a way to achieve Outlook sync, alltho that is not very nice and also just a "workaround", but still offered by Microsoft. So its sorta reliable.

What you have to do is:

1. Download MS Office Hotmail Connector (32 or 64 bit depending on your version of Outlook, NOT the version of OS!)
2. Install, setup the Hotmail Connector to the same account as the one you are intending to use with your phone (live-id)
3. In outlook, in the folder view pane on the left hand side, you now see the hotmail account like a regular account. Now copy all contacts from your previous accounts contacts-Folder to the contacts-Folder of the Hotmail Account.
Depending on your preferred way to work you can now manually keep the two contacts-folders in sync (e.g use hotmail as a backup) or delete the Contacts from your main Email account and just keep the Hotmail-Copy. The latter is easier because you cannot automatically sync the two folders from what i gathered, yet it is safer to keep both, one as a backup.

Note 1: i keep both, because i run android (using gsyncit to sync outlook to the google account) and i rund WP7 (using hotmail connector to sync to ms account). it is a little hard to track changes and keep both in sync manually tho. I am still looking for a solution for this scenario - anyone?

Note 2: When i set up my live-ID back in the days i was able to use my regular gmail-adress as live-ID. I am not sure wether that is still possible. Anyhow, i can log into Hotmail Connector using that gmail-Live-ID just fine. A bit weird tho, it brings me straight to my Hotmail-Account (which doesn't have it's own Email) and syncs all contacts up to the MS Cloud, right from the Google Cloud, going all the way round my Outlook via a manual "sync". I actually admire that well working complexity, but still, it is not the ideal solution since the step inbetween, the sync of hotmail and google contacts folders in Outlook is not automated. And its not a straight sync either.

 

[ilordvader]

So whats a better or Safer way to backup contacts
Without loosing them ?

I just want to make sure if i loose my Phone or
want to clean my device to factory setting
I can reinstall my contacts & dont loose my Contacts

Please

 

[Sneakyghost]

Have your contacts on hotmail obviously. Keep them up-to-date with the hotmail connector. If you ever happen to lose your phone our want to reinstall then you will have your contacts back in no time.that works really well. The only problem is the Outlook-internal sync between two accounts.you can only avoid this issue of you jump ship to hotmail completely and give up your main email and contact provider, which is of course what ms world like you to do anyway.

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[flygeani]

http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/

A lot of ringtones here

 

[MJCS]

So whats a better or Safer way to backup contacts
Without loosing them ?

I just want to make sure if i loose my Phone or
want to clean my device to factory setting
I can reinstall my contacts & dont loose my Contacts

Please

They are stored to the cloud if you add a hotmail account.

 

[forelli]

http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/

A lot of ringtones here

Do it yourself: www.audiko.net I used to use it back in the symbian (nokia) days!
f.

 

[faboytier]

thank you very much

 

[epedrocost]

thanks

works great for me