Default Notification sound overwriting custom sounds

cerebralcow · January 29th, 2011, 03:42 PM

I just got a new vortex and I have set my notification sound for SMSs and emails to different sounds (not the default sound) but it still plays the default sounds for everything. It does it with my own custom sounds and the sounds that came on the phone.

cerebralcow · February 1st, 2011, 10:29 AM

anyone got any suggestions?

derson69 · February 17th, 2011, 08:11 PM

I'm having the same problems...guess no one knows anything

HartsWorld · February 19th, 2011, 08:10 PM

I have been trying to find the answer all day as I am tired of having my Vortex giving me the same sound notice for emails and texts, Hope someone has an answer for us

cerebralcow · February 27th, 2011, 04:50 PM

I tried to fix this with tasker but every script I tested that had sound the sound would get overwtitten by whatever the default notification sound was at the time.

bogiedogie · March 5th, 2011, 02:41 PM

i am having this issue too. i used zedge to get some tomes, and i suspected the app. i now suspect it might be profile valet app. i am going to test that now by disabling that andsee what sounds come up

cerebralcow · March 5th, 2011, 03:18 PM

I've never had either of those apps

bogiedogie · March 6th, 2011, 07:45 AM

follow up - i disabled both zedge and the profile manager, profile valet, and that didn't do anything to help it. i was able to create folders on the media card, then move the files from the zedge to the ones i created. this allowed the files to be picked form the individual apps, but the overall setting on the main screen seems to take priority.

i thought i had it, i was getting diff notices for e mail and sms, but not calendar. when i tried to make adjustments for that, i started getting the calendar notification for e mail and sms.

arrrgghh!

please someone help us!!!!

cerebralcow · April 9th, 2011, 03:33 PM

someone working at Verizon wireless told me I should try the Audiko app but that just changed the ringtone for all of my notifications. I have emailed verizon CS directly so if they give me a solution that works I will post it here.

StormyWeather · November 5th, 2011, 04:08 AM

Just got a new Galaxy S2
Found similar problem.
Could change the sounds at first but then I couldn't
All due to default email app vs gmail app and default SMS app vs GO SMS Pro
One seems to take precedence over the other as I suppose it has to or you would get multipe sounds playing simultaneously or sequentially. You can change the notification sounds in both and probably should just in case you get rid of one at some point.
Don't recall which took precedence now, I just set both the same.
I use a different sound for each email account though - Had to set that twice also (once for each app).

StormyWeather · November 5th, 2011, 06:52 AM

I got confused, Sorry.
Custom email sounds don't work as everyone said.
Custom SMS sound does work
All email notifications play the custom SMS sound also.
So at least I was able to replace the default sound.

StormyWeather · November 11th, 2011, 12:42 AM

Solved the problem
Was unable to successfully change the default email sound in the default email app (i.e. the selected ringtones would not play to indicate which account the email was coming from).
Found there is a way to change the ringtone in the gmail (it is just deeply buried in the menu structure). Once changed there it works for the default email app as well.
Go figure.

Using K-9 mail and changing the ringtones for each account in that also works but then you will get two notifications unless you turn off the notifications for gmail and the default mail app.