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Dial tone heard by caller

I recently came across something I have never heard before. When I call this one number, which is a normal mobile number, instead of hearing the standard 'ring ring' tone I hear music. Quite literally, a song.
I don't know the person who I was calling, it was through work so I can't really ask them how they did it.
I was hoping someone on here might know how this is possible? Maybe its setup through the network provider.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

kaotix said:
I recently came across something I have never heard before. When I call this one number, which is a normal mobile number, instead of hearing the standard 'ring ring' tone I hear music. Quite literally, a song.
I don't know the person who I was calling, it was through work so I can't really ask them how they did it.
I was hoping someone on here might know how this is possible? Maybe its setup through the network provider.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
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Hi kaotix, this is a orange feature..only discovered this myself a few days ago. orange allow you to change the ring ring to a list of songs, voices or whatever they have. You can then assign this new caller tone to individuals or to everyone who calls you.
check it out if your on orange that is...
http://www1.orange.co.uk/entertainment/callingTunes/

ATT/Cingular has had this for quite a while. They call theirs Answertones.
http://www.answertones.wireless.att.com
Q. What are Answer Tones?
A. Answer Tones let you replace the standard ringing sound that a caller normally hears while they wait for you to answer your phone. Answer Tones may be an audio clip of a popular song, celebrity voice, joke or quote. There are emotional categories and many genres to choose from.
Q. Are Answer Tones different than Ringtones?
A. Yes, Answer Tones are different than Ringtones.
Ringtones are what you hear from your phone when someone calls you. Answer Tones are what your caller hears when they call your phone, in place of the standard ringing sound.
Ringtones are downloaded to your phone and stored within the handset. Answer Tones are stored on the AT&T network in a personal "library" that you can access and manage via the web or Media Net. And because your Answer Tones are stored on AT&T's servers (rather than downloaded to your handset), you can move your SIM card to another phone and your callers will still hear the Answer Tone you've selected for them.
Each Answer Tone will have an expiration date associated with it. As an Answer Tone's expiration date approaches, we will alert you via a free text message so that you may re-purchase another Answer Tone.
Because the Answer Tones service is provided on the AT&T network (unlike Ringtones), there is a monthly fee for service.
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T-Mobile US has it available also, for an extra fee of course.

Blocking incoming call notification

I have to write code to block incoming call notification in Windows Mobile 5.0. I have read on various forums that it can be done by pausing the threads cprog.exe process. But despite pausing all the threads, the notification is still persistant. Please help urgently.

Do you only want to block notifications or the calls themselves? There is a program called Call Firewall that might help you.

Hi
I would like to to the same thing:
if someone calls the number of my devices, I want to suppress the "incoming call notification" and accept the call with an own application.
Acception the own stuff should work very good, but the notification coming from the operating system is annoying.
Any ideas?
thanks in advance for a clue,
regards
mx roadster

showaco said:
Do you only want to block notifications or the calls themselves? There is a program called Call Firewall that might help you.
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I need to do both in different situations. Can you please tell me how I can do that using TAPI? Specifically, how can I monitor a line and get the handle to an incoming call, so that I can check the caller's number and act accordingly?

HELP - no ringtones on incoming calls

Hi all,
I was trying to install some custom dialpad skins (which didn't work) and now non of my incoming ringtones work. I have them all selected in notifications and can play them back there but incoming calls make no sound.
I think I remember reading this could happen somewhere and there was a regfix you had to do but I don't know what it is.
Any help appreciated
Joel

NO sound on incoming phone call
Hey Pal, Same here. I loaded the HTC dialer on wm 6.5 v23620. It worked fine for 2 days but thereafter there's been no sound. Can somebody send the cab file or a link to fix this bug.

[Q] Ringtone for numberless text message

Hey guys,
I've looked everywhere but I really haven't been able to find a solution to this problem. I've signed up for a service called AED alert which we have here in the Netherlands. You get a text message whenever there's a resuscitation going on near your house/work place. I've been trying to install a custom ringtone so I can keep my phone on silent except for when it's a resuscitation alert. I know you can do this with contacts with actual numbers. The problem is that AED alert doesn't have a number as it's sent from a server. All these custom sms tones are number based. Is there any way I can work around this?
thanks in advance
Mathew

I do hope the question is clear enough?

overrule silent setting 4

Hi fellow tweakers,
I'm trying to solve the following problem.
At night I always disable the audio on my S4 because my GF sleeps light so
does not want to hear any sounds from my phone..
But I have some linux servers running and when i get an sms alert if anything
is going wrong with those servers, I would like then to overrule the silence with some custom audio alert.
Anybody has any idea how I can arrange the above or has a better approach?
best regards,
TreMain
Amsterdam / Netherlands

tremain said:
Hi fellow tweakers,
I'm trying to solve the following problem.
At night I always disable the audio on my S4 because my GF sleeps light so
does not want to hear any sounds from my phone..
But I have some linux servers running and when i get an sms alert if anything
is going wrong with those servers, I would like then to overrule the silence with some custom audio alert.
Anybody has any idea how I can arrange the above or has a better approach?
best regards,
TreMain
Amsterdam / Netherlands
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Try playing with the Block Mode by blocking all calls and sms except for a list of accepted numbers which should include your SMS alert number.