Help Q&A about the Xperia X10

[blaze_dave]

Hi guys,

still playing around with mine but just got some things I can't do and wonder if you could help please

Ringtone
I have put my music on my phone, but can't assign one of those as a ringtone. Any ideas how or do I have to download an app?

Solution:
Play the track in mediascape, press the menu button and set as ringtone is there.
davethorp

Messagetone
Like the ringtone, I want to put a special one which I have also imported into my music.

Solution:
Or you can download an app called Tone Picker or Rings Extended, which lets you select any audio file for alarm, notification, ringtone etc.
ameinild

Pictures
I can't seem to tranfer pictures on to the phone. They go into Media Go but won't let me put it into the phone! Help please!

Solution:
I think I sorted this one! Go to My Documents > Pictures > Media Go folder and ut the photos you want in there. Then go to the Media Go software and it should be in your Photos section. Then select those pictures in the photos that you want to put on your phone, right click your mouse and click Transfer to PHONE CARD. It should be in your Photos on your phone

Birthdays
Can you assign birthdays with your contacts or can oyu only do it on the calendar now?

Solution:
I think I have sort of solved this. Go to your Sony Ericsson Sync Support thing online. Go to contacts and you should be able to edit a birthday and other stuff like a website.

But I don't think it transfers those on to the phone! So may have to use the calendar...

Thanks!

 

[davethorp]

Ringtone

Play the track in mediascape, press the menu button and set as ringtone is there

Can't help on the rest

 

[pontuszaar]

in mediascape, choose the song, then press the left buton and then use as ringtone!
That works for the message signal to ? i think i had to restart the phone to get it on the message ringtone list.
If it doesnt work let me know beacuse i managed to get it as a message signal somehow

 

[blaze_dave]

Thanks guys for the ringtone helped, yay.

I'll restart my phone in a bit, still playing with it lol. And will try then

 

[blaze_dave]

No luck on the message/notification tone

But think I have found the Birthday thing. You can edit the contacts on the Sony Ecrisson website when you sync up. It allows you to put a birthday/note. Yay.

 

[kersey]

No luck on the message/notification tone

Same here...have tried to move my desired message tone using Astro to the 'system/media/audio/notification' folder where all the other tones are but it won't let me copy anything there...there must be a way

 

[pontuszaar]

Ok, try this for the message signal.

I connected my x10 to my computer. Through the computer i copied the song from media/sounds(or something like that) folder to notification folder(i think)

hm, sorry i cant remember the name of the folders i copied and pasted between. But try make some copies and put in different folders. Restart the phone... It worked for me

 

[ameinild]

For alarms, notifications and ringtones, you have to put them here to work:

SD Card/Audio/alarms
SD Card/Audio/notifications
SD Card/Audio/ringtones

Or you can download an app called Tone Picker or Rings Extended, which lets you select any audio file for alarm, notification, ringtone etc.

 

[kersey]

...Or you can download an app called Tone Picker or Rings Extended, which lets you select any audio file for alarm, notification, ringtone etc.

Just tried Tone Picker...an excellent recommendation, have now got my notifications almost perfect except when I receive a message I get a slight default tone before my custom one kicks in...it's just as the notification appears on the top screen bar.

Any idea how to disable this guys???

Edit: Found how disable the top bar notification in 'Messages' settings

 

[blaze_dave]

For alarms, notifications and ringtones, you have to put them here to work:

SD Card/Audio/alarms
SD Card/Audio/notifications
SD Card/Audio/ringtones

Or you can download an app called Tone Picker or Rings Extended, which lets you select any audio file for alarm, notification, ringtone etc.

Ooh will check those out now. Are these free or have to buy? If free, what category is it under?

Thanks man

EDIT: Sorry me just being dumb, found it and works a treat! No problems now yay.

 

[BlueboyJake]

When I receive a new text message (SMS) in the notification bar, it scrolls the text content of the message before closing. How can I hide the text notification in the notification panel? Is there a way of doing this in the settings menu?

 

[Smoggiedave]

Is there no way to pause when making a video? I loved the cyber shot facilities such as best pic which also appear to have gone too.

 

[Smoggiedave]

Is there no way of getting a standard mobile phone 0-9 keyboard either? the number pad is far too small for my fat fingers! I notice on the previous sony ericsson you can change the keyboard to numeric. I think I've messed up big time picking this phone and i'm stuck with it for 2 years!

 

[rosered]

Is there no way of getting a standard mobile phone 0-9 keyboard either? the number pad is far too small for my fat fingers! I notice on the previous sony ericsson you can change the keyboard to numeric. I think I've messed up big time picking this phone and i'm stuck with it for 2 years!

Do you mean the dialer for phone calls, cos the keys are huge on that or do you mean on the qwerty keyboard when texting/emailing etc?

If it the latter then try installing the HTC_IME keyboard, one of the options is the old style T9 alpha numeric keyboard. There is a how to install guide on the X10 Guide sticky at the top of the forum.

 

[Smoggiedave]

QWERTY keyboard when texting. I have to turn my phone sideways for a slightly bigger keyboard which is a pain. The previous SE you could just press options and have 0-9 keys as you would text on old style phones.

 

[rosered]

Ignore the colour which I appreciate won't be to your taste but is this what you are looking for...

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If so then have a look at this thread...

http://androidforums.com/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10/195479-how-install-htc-keyboard-step-step.html

It may look daunting but actually its really simple to install and gives you the old style number keypad for texting.