Stop sound alert from playing

[Guest jimmel]

I used to be able to do this, but with my new phone (Audiovox SMT 5600), I cannot. When I receive an alert (VM, txt, etc.), the associated WAV file palys all the way through to completion, with no way to silence it, other than turning the phone off or covering the speaker On a different phone, I could stop the file from continuing by pressing any key. Anyone know of a tweak to fix this?

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

You need to select a shorter sound for your messages as the command is being given to play a file and so there is not a way to stop this short.