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Notification & Alarm sounds

On WM2003SE you could disable most of the sounds, but have things like the text message alert still sound.. WM5 appears to not allow this: turn off Notifications and new incoming text messages are also disabled.
This is really irritating because it means you either have sounds on, and get irritating bleeps WHENEVER you hit ANY button (it seems) - including the start button and any program you hit in the menu..... OR you have no sounds when using the device - but no warning of incoming texts.
Can this be solved??

start>settings>sound&notifications>notifications tab then untick the "play sound" box

budo*85 said:
start>settings>sound&notifications>notifications tab then untick the "play sound" box
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If you mean the page with the drop down list of events..... there isn't an option for "Start menu"...
Currently trying (on the 'Sounds' Tab)
Events - unchecked
Programs - checked
- Notifications - checked
Screen Taps - unchecked
Hardware Buttons - unchecked
I THINK this is the way it should be for what I want: silent machine unless there's a message/call incoming.

Hi,
Check Sound Schemes and Waveform Audio registry settings @Microsoft (see below)
Works from CE4+. I use an empty sound scheme. Use tascal TRE for editting those REGSZ_MULTI's. Keep 21 lines (events in the scheme (even if the lines are empty!
Or set HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Volume\Mute to 0x03.
Only use only WAV-files in \Windows. Sound schemes can be fun.
Why has nobody vere made a Sound Scheme Editor for Windows CE4+?
Should be easy to make.
Cheers
Tweakradje
Platform Builder for Microsoft Windows CE 5.0
Hiding System Sound Events
The following system sound events are available through the shell:
Asterisk
Close
Critical
Default
Empty
Exclam
Infbeg
Infend
Infintr
MenuPop
MenuSel
OpenProg
Question
Netbeg
Netend
Netintr
Startup
WindMax
WindMin
RecStart
RecEnd
The Wceshellfe.reg file contains a mask you can use to hide system sound events that do not apply to a target device. The following registry key allows you to set the mask to disable sound events.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Snd\Event
".Scheme"=".DefaultSounds"
"EventMask"=dword:FFFFFF
"EventCache"=dword:300
;Scheme descriptions
".NoSounds"=multi_sz:"","","","","","","","","","","","", "","","","","","","","",""
".DefaultSounds"=multi_sz:"Asterisk","","critical","default","","exclam","infbeg","infend","infintr","","","","question","Netbeg","Netend","Netintr","startup","","",""
".AllSounds"=multi_sz:"Asterisk","Close","critical","default","Empty","exclam","infbeg","infend","infintr","MenuPop","MenuSel","OpenProg","question","Netbeg","Netend","Netintr","startup","WindMax","WindMin","RecStart","RecEnd"
;
In the registry key, the Scheme setting specifies the current sound scheme. The NoSounds, DefaultSounds, and AllSounds schemes are defined, and DefaultSounds is specified as the current scheme.
The EventMask allows events that do not apply to a target device to be hidden. The mask is a DWORD initially set to FFFFFF, which means all sounds are enabled. The following example shows show to set EventMask to disable Asterisk.
"EventMask"=dword:FFFFFE
The EventCache setting specifies the cache menu popup and menu select.
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remove sounds on events as the first tab in sounds and notifications.
I only have the second one down, the first disable screen taps and menu activations
i dont even like the phone tap sounds. i only have programs and notifications, but not events, screen taps or hardware buttons.
then i can control the sounds via the notification tab to choose custom sounds for every event i want.

My ringtones are seriously messed up (Possibly a registry problem)

I was setting things in the registry yesterday (On my Cingular-branded 8125, aka the Wizard/HTC P4300), and my BT stopped working. And it wouldn't connect via IR, USB, or anything else, either. So I cleared the storage and installed everything back, and put everything back where it was. Then, I app unlocked it and changed five other registry keys (To make it keep CABs after installing, remove the SMS sent notification, change my ringtone directory from \windows\ to \Windows\Rings\ [which worked before], to change my camera sound to \windows\Canon EF Shutter Sound.wav, and to reassign the Contacts softkey to PocketCM). Now, it shows two copies of all of the default ringtones in Start > Settings > Sounds & Alerts and Start > Settings > Phone. Also, when I go to File Explorer and go to \Windows\Rings\ to set an .mp3 file as my ringtone, it says that it was copied to \Windows\Rings\ and set as my ringtone. But when my phone actually rings, it plays the wrong file. So what registry keys or files do I need to move/copy/edit/delete/create to fix this? The police siren it set itself to is starting to get annoying...
*Pasted from this thread over at Brighthand.

ok, this may be a dumb question, but did you go in under settings, and set it to the ringtone that you want?

Yup. I set it in Sounds & Alerts and under Phone in the Start > Settings menu. Then I also tried setting HKCU>ControlPanel>Sounds>RingTone0>SavedSound to "\Windows\Rings\[name of my ringtone, ends in .mp3]" Without the quotes and a real file in place of the statement enclosed in brackets. I also set the same value to "">Sound. And it still plays a random ringtone from \Windows\. If I use File Explorer to set my ringtone from \Windows\Rings\, it sets the same value for the same file, but for some strange reason it plays an entirely different .mp3 (also in \Windows\Rings\) when it actually rings. So what the crap is up with my ringtones?!? It's weird.

It's fixed! I had to delete HKCU>Control Panel>Sounds>Sound, restart, delete every ringtone that appeared in Start > Settings > Phone, change the ringtone directory in the registry, then restart. Now it shows all of the sound files in the root of my card. I'll have to remember this for the next time my ringtones mess up.

registry problem
Here I have a good recommend for you: Tuneup360 and Norton system work, but the latter one is a little bit difficult. For the beginners, Tuneup360 is a good choice.

Repetitive warning sound when battery low

Need a repetitive loud warning sound (Wav.) when my battery needs recharging.
I do have the freeware Batti 2.4 however this only gives me a single warning sound at Battery-low and one further single warning at critical, and then only when it’s not asleep. As I often leave my Diamond on my desk at home for two or three days at a time without even going to it (unless someone rings me) I forget to check if it needs re-charging, previously it has gone flat and turned itself off without me realising.
By playing with the registry I did manage to make visible under Sounds & Notifications /Event: the Low Battery warning settings (which has since disappeared again?) however when it was there I set a loud sound and checked repeat, but then the sounds at first come every few seconds (most annoying) when the battery had droped to 10% with their frequency gradually diminishing and then desisting after about 15 minutes (no good to me if I’m not in earshot during that 15 minutes) I would prefer them to continue indefinitely until I interact on the low battery warning.
Can anyone either help with the Reg Settings or suggest something to help please?

How to control the Low Battery warning
This should be a fairly coherent way of displaying/controlling the Low Battery warning on a Windows-6 PPC
1. Search for the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications\{A877D663-239C-47a7-9304-0D347F580408}\.
2. If you find this key, within it create a new String value, name it Default and set its value to Low battery warning.
3. Set Available Options to decimal (31)
4. Set Options to decimal (9) for a single warning, (25) for a repeated warning.
5. Now move to Start -> Settings -> Personal tab -> Sounds & Notifications applet -> Notifications tab, choose Low battery warning value from the Select an event drop-down menu and set whatever you want.
However the repeated warning is rubbish as at first it repeats annoyingly every 20 seconds tapering off to a final 5 minutes and then totally ceases. If someone could tell us how to amend this to repeating a warning perhaps only every 4 minutes this would be superb.

richardsoffice said:
This should be a fairly coherent way of displaying/controlling the Low Battery warning on a Windows-6 PPC
1. Search for the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications\{A877D663-239C-47a7-9304-0D347F580408}\.
2. If you find this key, within it create a new String value, name it Default and set its value to Low battery warning.
3. Set Available Options to decimal (31)
4. Set Options to decimal (9) for a single warning, (25) for a repeated warning.
5. Now move to Start -> Settings -> Personal tab -> Sounds & Notifications applet -> Notifications tab, choose Low battery warning value from the Select an event drop-down menu and set whatever you want.
However the repeated warning is rubbish as at first it repeats annoyingly every 20 seconds tapering off to a final 5 minutes and then totally ceases. If someone could tell us how to amend this to repeating a warning perhaps only every 4 minutes this would be superb.
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Thanks a lot !!!
That works fine.

Outstanding!
Thanks

[Q] Where do I find these (registry?) settings!?

I'd like to back them up into my settings cab file for when I flash my phone again. Where can I find these settings:
- Screen backlight brightness
- Ringtone settings (ring type, what sound file etc.)
- T9 settings (auto complete words etc.)
Thanks!

Hey dude, I think this is the backlight setting:
HKLM\System\GDI\Drivers\BacklightDefault

Angelusz said:
- Ringtone settings (ring type, what sound file etc.)
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HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sounds\RingTone0
Script
a - show notification
f - backlight on: f1, f0 = off.
p - time to start.
c - loudness: C50, c100, c150, c200.
v - vibration. vX, X = vibration time X=0 - vibrate till end of script
w - pause/wait. wX = X seconds.
r - repeat.

Thanks, I'll try those!
I'm not sure about the backlight one, can't seem to change the settings by changing it.
The ringtone key at RingTone0 looks like the right thing, what's the first key for though? (HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring)
And then there's always the t9 settings.

Angelusz said:
The ringtone key at RingTone0 looks like the right thing, what's the first key for though? (HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring)
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sry, what do you mean?
HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring -> Directory (here the ringtones dir, for example \sdcard\)
then copy the ringtones to "Rings" on the card, then write all file-names in HKCU\ControlPanel\Sounds\Ringtones ->you can choose them in settings (you should... did not try that)
could be not very important if you let your ringtones in \windows...

Ah alright, thanks. About the script for the ringtone, I recognize the script I set in settings and tried to modify it through the registry. It wouldn't accept those changes though. Is there a way to make a script that's not one of the basic scripts (as can be set through the settings menu)?

Angelusz said:
It wouldn't accept those changes though.
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interesting, it works actually... as far as i know its the only way to write own scripts. There is also a prog to edit the vibration settings - VAlert.

How strange. I'll test with it a bit, see if I can get it to work.
Anyone know where the T9 settings are stored?
And how the backlight settings work?

Ring delay registry script

I found this on the hermes forum. I have a few questions related to the registry entry to be made to change the vibration sequence.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-278171.html
Now it was mentioned that the script for vibrate and ring is by default
in the entry HKCU\Control Panel\Sounds\RingTone0
script = av0pw3r
i tried changing it to av1w1v1w1pw0r
Now what happens is, the ring starts without any delay, but then the vibration sequence starts, finishes then the ringtone starts... How do i change the script such that both the vibration sequence and the ringtone happen at the same time?

search for vibro tweak in the forum possibly it'll help you

Install HDtweak 0.5.4
Launch it. Go to Phone -> ringtype and set it to "vibration and ring"
I use french HDtweak so I don't know the right english name...

I checked the registry tweak that this program makes too.
it is v1w1v1w1v1w1pw0r
This is, it will vibrate thrice, then play the music... doesn't serve my purpose, sorry.