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[Q] How to set unique ringtone to different contacts

I actually meant notification sound. So when I receive a txt fro Bob, my phone will play one sound. When I receive a txt from George, my phone will play a different sound. How do I do that?
Thanks.
[Solved] I downloaded Handcent SMS app for free from the market, it allows you to set different notification sound to different contacts.

simple u go on contacts,click Bob or George.Menu,edit,scroll down to ring tone and choose whatever u want.This doesn't work with imported contacts thou

stevm said:
simple u go on contacts,click Bob or George.Menu,edit,scroll down to ring tone and choose whatever u want.This doesn't work with imported contacts thou
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Thanks for the reply. I have just tried that. But I found out that only works with phone calls, but not receiving SMS.
BTW, what do you mean it doesn't work with imported contacts?

[Q] Noob Coming over from Blackbery needs Help

Hello:
On my old Blackberry 9700 each contact has a separate ringtone for the phone number and their email address.
Is it possible to have separate ringtones for someone's phone an email address on the Skyrocket without putting a separate entry in the contact for each one?
If there is a way can someone enlighten this noob?
Thanks.
Spring

Download the app on the market called ringdroid its free. It will also allow u to use any music you have downloaded as a ringtone. And lets u choose how long the ringtone is, and what parts of songs u want to use

Thanks silver03wrx.
Ringdroid sounds like a ringtone making app.
I have the ringtones on the sd card. I just don't see a way to use separate tones for a single contacts phone number and a different tone for their email address without entering a separate contact for the phone number and another for the email address in my contacts. A lost of extra work.
I like to know when someone is calling me or emailing me. I can then choose to answer right away or not.
Spring

Ringdroid does allow you to assign a ringtone to a specific contact look at the attached picture

Yeah i dont think that allows you to seperate the email sound for the same contact though

Hi Silver:
I don't think it does either because I have CNN updates in the contacts with an email address along with a certain ringtone assigned to it & every time an update comes over it plays the default email tone.
This is a bummer because I like to know when family emails me since we're so far apart. Had each one of the siblings on a different tone so I knew right away who it was.
I guess blackberry will always have everyone beat when it comes to handling emails with ringtones.
Thanks for trying Silver.
Spring.

Try WhoIsIt in the market place. I think it might do what you want.

Hello:
Whoisit didn't get very good reviews.
I also found Enhanced SMS & Caller ID, and Ringo Pro out there that might bridge the gap. Gonna do more research tomorrow morning.
Thanks all.
Spring

I understand your frustration, I am also a former 9700 user. The thing I miss most is the centralized Sound Profiles, it's hard / impossible afaik to have profiles setup which will in turn change the alerts and notifications for all installed apps collectively.

Hi Promise:
I'm using Ringo Pro right now. It will ring a tone for phone calls & msgs.
Haven't found anything safe that will do different tones per contact for all three yet.
Will keep looking.
Spring

[Q] different ring tones for dirrerent events

Hey is there a way I can have a diferent ring tone for some event events but not others? Like when I get a text it is the same ring tone as when I set a reminder for something. I would like to have 1 ring tone for text and one for reminders, one for calendar events, one for gtask and so on . . .

Yes it is.
plz give more informations about your phone and rom

Ok within each app like gmail or messages u can pick which notification u wantfor that app, even for every contact, for conctacts i use Go Contacts, fortexts i use go SMS pro, just today i downloaded something that while the phone its ringing the soundu picked for a certain person, it also says the name of the person app its called speaking ring
so basicly what u need is
zedge - download ringtones and notifications, - FREE
Go SMS pro - set up customs SMS notifications to every single contact - FREE
Go contact - custom rintones - FREE
Speaking Ring - A ''computorized'' says the name of the person calling you - FREE
when setting notifications and ringtones, dont use system,use zedge instead
hope that was helpfull. if so thnaks are welcome. wanted to post some stuff on other threads but couldnt untill i have 10 post argggghhh

Arcanium said:
Ok within each app like gmail or messages u can pick which notification u wantfor that app, even for every contact, for conctacts i use Go Contacts, fortexts i use go SMS pro, just today i downloaded something that while the phone its ringing the soundu picked for a certain person, it also says the name of the person app its called speaking ring
so basicly what u need is
zedge - download ringtones and notifications, - FREE
Go SMS pro - set up customs SMS notifications to every single contact - FREE
Go contact - custom rintones - FREE
Speaking Ring - A ''computorized'' says the name of the person calling you - FREE
when setting notifications and ringtones, dont use system,use zedge instead
hope that was helpfull. if so thnaks are welcome. wanted to post some stuff on other threads but couldnt untill i have 10 post argggghhh
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free?

aaronisaacm said:
free?
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wow!!

85gallon said:
wow!!
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I mean all apps are free on market

Arcanium said:
I mean all apps are free on market
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You had the word "free" with a question mark behind it. Which means you were asking if they were free and the guy had FREE behind every app he suggested. That is why I said wow. Maybe it is a language barrier. Not sure where you are from.

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[Q] Ringtone assigned to individual contact does not work>

I apologize if this has been asked before - I spent hours googling this with no success.
I have a new Nexus 5 (4.4.2) and I'm still customizing it.
I would like to be able to assign a specific ringtone to an individual contact.
I know how to do it and tried it many times - no dice. No matter what ringtone I assign to a specific contact, the phone always rings with the default ringtone.
I use the stock People app and display Contacts from Microsoft. I did try it with Contacts from Gmail - it changed nothing when it came to the ringtone assignment.
Thank you.

Is the ringtone in MP3 format? I know Android can handle a few other formats natively but you're always safe with a compressed MP3
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Liskrig said:
Is the ringtone in MP3 format? I know Android can handle a few other formats natively but you're always safe with a compressed MP3
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At this point, I tried it only with the ringtones that come with the phone.
I assign a particular one to a contact, i can see my selection sticks in the contact record, but it rings with the general default ringtone...

BUMP?
Anybody?!

I'm not used to having specific rigntones for my contacts but here is below what I did and it works. I have the stock People and Dialer apps.
1. In People app I choose a contact > Menu > Set ringtone > Multimedia storage > "X" ringtone > OK.
2. That's it.
All my contacts are sync with my GMail account. Did you try with several contacts? What happens if you try with a new contact?

Primokorn said:
I'm not used to having specific rigntones for my contacts but here is below what I did and it works. I have the stock People and Dialer apps.
1. In People app I choose a contact > Menu > Set ringtone > Multimedia storage > "X" ringtone > OK.
2. That's it.
All my contacts are sync with my GMail account. Did you try with several contacts? What happens if you try with a new contact?
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I do the above and have had no issues assigning ringtones to contacts (I have two custom ones for my girlfriend and best mate)

Egg on my face
Well, aren't I a goose! I had a think about this and thus a revelation. I don't have Caller ID. In Canada this means that the provider actually goes to the trouble to strip ALL the information that comes down the line - yes, they are vicious here. Therfore, even if I'm called by somebody who IS in my Contacts, all I see is "Unknown".
My heartfelt apologies and thank you for trying to help.

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Well, aren't I a goose! I had a think about this and thus a revelation. I don't have Caller ID. In Canada this means that the provider actually goes to the trouble to strip ALL the information that comes down the line - yes, they are vicious here. Therfore, even if I'm called by somebody who IS in my Contacts, all I see is "Unknown".
My heartfelt apologies and thank you for trying to help.
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i got the same issue and my plan has caller id....
hmm

Oh, no! I'm sorry for you. I suggest you email Google Support - I did and received an answer quickly, not that it solved my problem.
Go here: https://support.google.com/nexus/?hl=en#topic=3415518
and select "Contact us" at top right.
Much luck and please come back here and let us know what happened.

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bartito said:
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Thank you for the app!! I am getting a Registration key is not valid message however.
EDIT: mia culpa....seems like my copy didnt get the entire thing

Hidden Numbers
May seem like a dumb question but just wondering if the blocking of hidden numbers is "all hidden numbers" or a hidden number recognized by the app after you have received and blocked it?

it works
cmh714 said:
Thank you for the app!! I am getting a Registration key is not valid message however.
EDIT: mia culpa....seems like my copy didnt get the entire thing
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Tried, key works! Quite confusing with "1" and "l"...

Thanks, bought it, can't stand ads.

Working very good so far , Using Galaxy S5 Duos and working great for both SIM , no ringing is heared while calling just direct busy which is very good since other applications gives a tiny normal calling tone then busy
will support by buying the app , please keep it good and updated
showing numbers by name while picking it from the call log or while checking the blocked call list instead of just the number will be good
ability to hide app icon from app drawer will be good addition also
auto add a number to blacklist if user canceled it for xx times ( if possible to do this feature )
app icon needs another color and a little bit more pro touch for the design
thanks for this great app :good: hoping that it will always working good

nativeridge said:
May seem like a dumb question but just wondering if the blocking of hidden numbers is "all hidden numbers" or a hidden number recognized by the app after you have received and blocked it?
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Hidden numbers refers to calls that are not providing the from number.
In spanish are "número oculto" and I have translated directly. Please, let me know if in english has other name.

Hey are you the dev for "root call blocker" ?

Hi, couldn't really test the app yet, since I can't add phone numbers from contacts to Whitelist. I always get the message "None of your contacts has a phone number".
Using Galaxy Note 4 with 4.4.4.
P.S.: Also missing a translation when using "Picking a number" - the three options regarding the whole number or only a part of the number are in Spanish.

TheLoverMan said:
Hey are you the dev for "root call blocker" ?
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Not.
This app don't needs root permissions

Admiral Stipe said:
Hi, couldn't really test the app yet, since I can't add phone numbers from contacts to Whitelist. I always get the message "None of your contacts has a phone number".
Using Galaxy Note 4 with 4.4.4.
P.S.: Also missing a translation when using "Picking a number" - the three options regarding the whole number or only a part of the number are in Spanish.
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Translation issues will be corrected in the next release. Sorry.
Are your contacts synced with Google? I'm using the immutable id of the contacts in order to allow backup/restore operations (not jet implemented).

No, I'm not synching contacts with Google (would make to much mess in my phone due to number of google contacts )). My contacts are only stored locally (in the phone) and a copy of them on SIM card. So there is no solution for this (yet ) unless I sync with Google?

Cool no worries just making sure, dont want him to have any of my money.
Will have a look thanks mate

Admiral Stipe said:
No, I'm not synching contacts with Google (would make to much mess in my phone due to number of google contacts )). My contacts are only stored locally (in the phone) and a copy of them on SIM card. So there is no solution for this (yet ) unless I sync with Google?
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No problem.
I will solve in next release.
Not in my home now

What is difference b/w this app and sams built-in block app?

Can you please add the function to block groups?
I have a group for business and want to add the entire group in the holidays.

@bartito or anyone else used the app - I have a question
What is the blocking method of this app?
Blocks the call at system level. No ringtone or screen wake
Rings for few seconds & then the app rejects it
Picks the call & immediately rejects it

Re calls blocker app
Cheer'z for this app! and the pro activation key it's working fine thanks!
gonna buy it after ive tried it out its only £1.07 to remove the adds, which i think is well worth the £££ :good:

tried to call my phone using another carrier , you can hear the ring for a sec then busy tone