On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:54:27 GMT, Spookytooth wrote:
> "Holly, in France" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:1i0bckqe9nh7t.1uo1fpxunqjtz$.dlg@40tude.net.. .
> > Anyone know if it's possible to turn off the message received alert on
a
> > V800 please? Other than putting it in silent mode? Or, if that's not
> > possible, how/where to find the message received 'ringtone/sound file'
so
> > that it can be replaced with something else, a ringtone containing no
> > sound
> > (which I could make myself) or the little click for example? It's
possible
> > to turn off the message alert, but not as far as I can see to turn of
> > the
> > message received alert. Or am I missing something?
> >
> > I see that someone else has a problem with the vibrating alert on a
K750i
> > not going off for an alarm when in silent mode. My V800 vibrates for an
> > alarm or for an appointment in the calender. Rhetorical or real
question
> > if
> > anyone knows the answer - why do they make the setup and software so
> > different for phones of a similar brand and spec?!
> >
> > Holly
> > --
>
> AFAIK it's not possible to assign non standard sounds to the sms received
> event on most or maybe all recent SE handsets, so your homemade silent
> .mp3/.wav isn't the solution. I could be wrong though...
Hi, thanks, I had almost given up on getting any replies. I realised after
I had posted that I hadn't explained myself well. You are absolutely right
about the sound which is made when *I* receive a message, there doesn't
seem any way to get at the files to change that. But at least I can turn
that sound off or just use the little click which is pretty unnoticeable to
others. Same with the ringtone, I can use something almost unnoticeable for
that too.
The one that causes the difficulty is when someone else receives a text
that I have sent. Mobile signals are dodgy around here so it can sometimes
be hours until someone is in signal and receives their message. So if I
have sent a message and then need the phone to be quiet the only way to
avoid the sound, which is quite a loud ding -dong sort of tone, is to put
the phone into silent mode. Even the vibrating alert produces quite a buzz
which sometimes I would rather weren't produced! Or else I have to just
delete the sent message but then I don't have a way of knowing if it has
ever been received!
So *that* is the tone I was asking about turning off. Or finding the
relevant file and deleting/replacing it. But I suspect that's not possible
either - grr!
Thanks again
Holly
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Sony Ericsson V800 turning off 'message received' sound 
Linear Mode
