New to Forum & New to S3

wylie_crush · November 16th, 2012, 10:37 AM

Hey Everyone,

Just got my S3 & I'm not very tech savvy, was wondering if anyone can help me out on a couple of things I'm confused about?? I have an mp3 ringtone as my sms notification but if I'm on a call & an sms comes in the ringtone plays so both myself & my caller can hear it, I've never had that happen with past phones?? Also when I'm writing an sms message quite often it will change from the sms format to the mms format, I don't know why it's doing this but I don't know how to change it back either?? Anyone out there who can explain both of these things & how I can rectify them please???

SUroot · November 17th, 2012, 05:29 PM

sms convert to mms if more than x (10?) recipients or more than x (possibly 3?) standard sms in length.

as for the notification, if its loud i guess the caller would hear it. there are settings for notifications during a call but my phone isnt with me so cant look it up. not sure if its in messaging, sound or call settings

Heisenberg123 · November 17th, 2012, 06:47 PM

yes like SUroot says its in Phone/Call Settings/Call alert

wylie_crush · November 21st, 2012, 01:18 PM

Hey Dude,

I tend to find some things out by continually fiddling with the phone till I work it out but some things have me stumped??? I will give this a go though, thanks for the suggestion, appreciate it

SUroot · November 21st, 2012, 01:24 PM

No probs. I'm a hardcore user and without my phone I could only narrow it down to one of three places so its all good