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Custom Text message alert sound (without jailbreaking)
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well it's kinda moot now that custom SMS and Email tones are in iOS5, i'm rocking them now since beta 3, just wait a month and a bit and there you go
You are you putting custom tones into iTunes? I can add a specific tone to each contact, but only the iOS defaults and expanded ones, nothing I create.
What format are they in? Been rocking per-person since Beta 1 but... nothing on making my own.
They are the same as the existing ringtone format, if they show under ringtones, they show under SMS and email tones. Check that they are properly synced, they are in a list under alert tones, heading for them is ringtones.
anyone know where I can get a silent text tone? I am jailbroke but cant find one. I do have a silent ringtone. in my business my customers call and text 24x7 and I cant shut my phone off because my kids may need a designated driver or bail money!! just kidding but I do need it. Thanks
When I go to Settings>Sounds>Text Tone I see an option for "None". Is that what you want?
I wish it was that easy. I tried that first. that will shut off all text alerts so you wont get any from anyone. I want to make a silent one as default and then use a normal one for my family and friends.
it is that easy, you can set each contact to have the "none" option for sms tones you dont need to create a custom blank sound, I just looked at the option to do that.
you must not have tried it. thats the first thing I did but when you activate that it shuts all text tones off. I still need to hear a tone for when my kids text me
If you go into settings and into sounds then it will shut all off but if you go into contact, edit the contact and set it for the individual contact, it will only do it for the contact.
I really appreciate your help but please read my post. if you turn the sound in the text setting to none then it will override all of the individual settings. I tried this before asking. in theory you should be correct but in actuality your not! I have tried this on many different phones.
I need the ability to have NO incoming text tone for all text messages except for about 5 family members. with my job I get shift workers calling and texting me 24x7. I cant turn my phone off because my kids may need to get in touch with me.
I need the ability to have NO incoming text tone for all text messages except for about 5 family members. with my job I get shift workers calling and texting me 24x7. I cant turn my phone off because my kids may need to get in touch with me.
It sounds like you're not understanding what we are saying. You do it in the sound setting. You do it in the individual contact.
I just set my brother to silent in my contact for him and got him and my dad text me and no sound for or brother and sound for dad.
thanks but you guys are not paying attention to me............please read one more time!
I want all text sounds to be silent
I want only 5 to make a sound
99% of the text messages I get are not in my contact list they are people I have never talked to. so I need my default text sound to be silent. NOT none! then I can go to the individual contacts and make them audible. I cant say it any clearer than that. there is no other way it can be done. I just need a silent text sound. I already have a silent ringtone for all incoming calls.
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when you put the text alert to "none" it overrides all individual contact settings. thats why it has to be an actual silent text alert or tone. because none means none!
I want all text sounds to be silent
I want only 5 to make a sound
99% of the text messages I get are not in my contact list they are people I have never talked to. so I need my default text sound to be silent. NOT none! then I can go to the individual contacts and make them audible. I cant say it any clearer than that. there is no other way it can be done. I just need a silent text sound. I already have a silent ringtone for all incoming calls.
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when you put the text alert to "none" it overrides all individual contact settings. thats why it has to be an actual silent text alert or tone. because none means none!
we understand you quite clearly, how many contacts do you have? can you not set all but the suppossed five to none?
please dont respond because its obvious you cant read. its not my contacts. I only have about 350. its for the people not in my contacts list like you! I dont want to hear you text me at 3am. but I do want to hear my wife, my 2 daughters, or my son. and thats it. so default tone must be set to silent. and the individual alerts can be set to chime. setting to none sets all to none with no individual override capability. I just need a silent text tone. and I am jailbroken so that doesnt matter.
now see that makes more sense, and I do not recall you ever saying anything about people who are not in your contacts list period.
well it was definitely in post 65. but to be honest when I said all text alerts except for about 5 of my family I really thought that was enough explanation. but I guess I should have taken it further.
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so........anyone know where I can get a "silent text alert/tone"?
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so........anyone know where I can get a "silent text alert/tone"?
I made one in GarageBand for you. Let me know if you can download and use it:
http://melodicmovement.com/testing2/silent ringtone.m4r
or
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/902857/silent ringtone.m4r
http://melodicmovement.com/testing2/silent ringtone.m4r
or
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/902857/silent ringtone.m4r
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ok I played them and they are definately silent! I played them from my phone but how do I get them to download?
Thanks a bunch!
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nevermind I think I figured it out!
Yea if you had said that in the first place wouldn't have had the polava
Text tones are ringtones. All tones show up in one list when you go into ringtones, or text tones or email tones.
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Well then how do you get the text alert to use it. Cause they are separate on the iPhone. SMS has a few to choose from and ringtone had several to choose from but one cannot acces the others or so it seems!
Well then how do you get the text alert to use it. Cause they are separate on the iPhone. SMS has a few to choose from and ringtone had several to choose from but one cannot acces the others or so it seems!
If you go into text tone, you'll have a list with 2 sections, alert tones and ringtones. The custom one you import should be under ringtones, which is right at the bottom. That's here mine are. If its not there then check you have imported it right.