Guest Paul [MVP] Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 TotW: Say Goodbye Call-Initiate Sound Following on from last week's positive feedback, here's another tweak from the 'oh-my-god-does-that-really-bother-you' department ;) This tweak is tested only on Smartphone devices, but who knows, it may work on Pocket PC Phone Edition devices too :D What does it do? It's a nice simple one this week. You know how when you initiate a call, there is an annoying loud 'beep' in your ear (even when on Silent)...? Not any more :D This tweak will rid you of it! How difficult is it? This tweak involves Registry editing. So, it's pretty straightforward if you are comfortable editing the Registry, maybe not so easy if not. Disclaimer: As with all registry changes, you should be very careful when applying this tweak. Edit the wrong thing, and you could break something pretty bad :D Of course, don't be too scared, you can always Hard Reset if you REALLY break something :D What do I need to do it? To apply this tweak, you need a tool that can edit the Registry on your phone. I recommend (in this order...) Mobile Registry Editor - This (free) application lets you edit your phone Registry from your PC - Click Here for details Resco Explorer - This fantastic little (commercial) utility provides a top notch File Explorer on your phone, plus the all important Registry Editor - Click Here for details PHM Registry Editor - This (free) utility is a standalone Registry Editor for your device - Click Here for details How do I do it then? Right! First of all, spark up your Registry Editor of choice. I have included screenshots below using 'Resco Registry' on the Smartphone, but you'll see pretty much the same thing whatever you are using. You will be presented with a screen that looks like the following: Here you see a list of the 'Hives' in the Registry. The Registry has a 'tree like' structure, which you can navigate by scrolling and clicking, and go back by hitting, well, back :D So... where is the all important location for this tweak? Navigate yourself to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sounds\Dialing This key, as the name suggests, is where the settings are held for the 'Sounds', for when you are 'Dialing' On the screen you now see before you, you'll see a number of values. The value we need to edit is called 'Sound'. In this screenshot it is set to 'callStart.wav'. Click the value to change it, change the value to '*none*', hit OK, and you're done! And Finally... All Done... Check back next Monday for another 'Tweak of the Week'! :D P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dade Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 This method works perfectly on Pocket PC Phone Edition devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 here's another tweak from the 'oh-my-god-does-that-really-bother-you' department ;) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Say no more! Can we make requests? What about a "faster startup" tweak? I've done the "faster shut down tweak", but the other way round would be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Sure, requests are welcome (within the realms of possibility of course), but i'll look into that one ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spider Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 geeeee, that was a nice tweak...does this also work on the SPV classic? I got rid of my SPV classic for this reason (as well as many others) but if I had only known this nice little tweak.... The funny thing Orange did not know how to solve this problem (as well as many others) and told me that it was a feature...come on I said....if this is the case, then give me another phone..(as I don't want to damage my ears when I am answering or making phone calls)..and so they did..after some struggle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest merguez Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Don't need to tweak the registry !!! simply go to settings, accessibility, and put "incoming call alert" OFF . that's all !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Er, that turns off all sounds in-call tho... P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 A quick sneak peek at the registry shows that the 'In Call' group includes: - Busy Tone - Call Drop Tone - Call Waiting Tone - Congestion Tone etc. etc. ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Yeah, I had mine set wrong and never got the busy tone - I couldn't understand why some calls just did nothing, until I realised they were engaged when I fixed the setting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 So it's a good tweak right? ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Yeah, OK! ;) "IT'S A GOOD TWEAK" There. I said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yamskie Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 cool tip thanks! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bull227 Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 Can we use this tweak to our Tanager? :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Should work, yeah! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest extravagant Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 great mine works too! far better like this. At least they should have disabled it autmoatically when ur on silent mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snowgoon Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 Just checking - is this the really loud "BONK" noise you get when you select a contact to dial? or is that a different one? If so, that'd be a good tweak, I get it when selecting a contact to add to an SMS. REALLLY loud noise and you can't turn it off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Touch Screen Junkie Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 Hiya thanks for that. Just wondered if it's possible to choose custom sounds for sms alerts on the M2000? You know, can you choose any .wav file as the new message alert? Please forgive me if I missed something, but I can't find any specific info on this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mkent_barbados Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Yeah the hugely loud *DOINK* noise I would love to turn off too, especially when holding down # to get the symbols... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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