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- 09-22-2004, 10:55 AM #1Gregg HillGuest
Hello!
My wife just got service with Sprint and got a Nokia 3588i phone. Every time
she turns it on, it goes through a loud musical tone for several seconds.
Sprint may think it's cute, but she thinks it is obnoxious. I have been
through all the phone's menus and cannot find a way to turn off the tone.
Any suggestions?
Thank you for your help!
Gregg Hill
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- 09-22-2004, 11:30 AM #2Bob SmithGuest
Re: Stupid tone when turning on phone
"Gregg Hill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello!
>
> My wife just got service with Sprint and got a Nokia 3588i phone. Every
time
> she turns it on, it goes through a loud musical tone for several seconds.
> Sprint may think it's cute, but she thinks it is obnoxious. I have been
> through all the phone's menus and cannot find a way to turn off the tone.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
> Gregg Hill
I'm not familiar with the menus on the Nokias, but under the Sanyo 5300, I
can go into Settings, then Sounds, then Others, and there is on option for
the Power Off sound, to use a particular sound file or to turn it off.
Bob
- 09-22-2004, 11:55 PM #3Frank HarrisGuest
Re: Stupid tone when turning on phone
On some phones, setting the ring volume to silent or vibrate only
(before you power it off) also disables the power-on tune. On the old
Samsung 3500, setting the keybeep volume to off disabled the power-on
tune. I have no idea if any of this applies to the 3588i.
--
Frank Harris in San Francisco with an A620
- 09-23-2004, 11:56 AM #4Gregg HillGuest
Re: Stupid tone when turning on phone
Hello, Frank!
I would prefer a solution that just lets me turn off the sound completely,
but if needed, the silent profile might work. I tried the keypad tone on
silent last night with a Sprint rep, and it had no effect on the power-on
tone. I may be able to change it using their PC Suite tools, but we don't
have the connection cable yet.
I emailed Nokia and I am waiting for their response to this question.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Gregg
"Frank Harris" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On some phones, setting the ring volume to silent or vibrate only (before
> you power it off) also disables the power-on tune. On the old Samsung
> 3500, setting the keybeep volume to off disabled the power-on tune. I
> have no idea if any of this applies to the 3588i.
>
> --
> Frank Harris in San Francisco with an A620
- 09-25-2004, 07:57 AM #5Annorax O' KrenimGuest
Re: Stupid tone when turning on phone
Bob Smith wrote:
> "Gregg Hill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Hello!
>>
>>My wife just got service with Sprint and got a Nokia 3588i phone. Every
>
> time
>
>>she turns it on, it goes through a loud musical tone for several seconds.
>>Sprint may think it's cute, but she thinks it is obnoxious. I have been
>>through all the phone's menus and cannot find a way to turn off the tone.
>>Any suggestions?
>>
Why not just leave it turned-on all of the time. ;-)
Anno
- 09-25-2004, 07:57 AM #6Annorax O' KrenimGuest
Re: Stupid tone when turning on phone
Bob Smith wrote:
> "Gregg Hill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Hello!
>>
>>My wife just got service with Sprint and got a Nokia 3588i phone. Every
>
> time
>
>>she turns it on, it goes through a loud musical tone for several seconds.
>>Sprint may think it's cute, but she thinks it is obnoxious. I have been
>>through all the phone's menus and cannot find a way to turn off the tone.
>>Any suggestions?
>>
Why not just leave it turned-on all of the time. ;-)
Anno
- 09-25-2004, 04:54 PM #7Gregg HillGuest
Re: Stupid tone when turning on phone
Because it may ring at her work and they highly frown upon cell phones
ringing there.
I found a sort of workaround a few minutes ago. I can go into the Normal
profile and turn off warning tones, which also kills the startup tone. What
other warnings are killed, I do not know.
Gregg Hill
"Annorax O' Krenim" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Bob Smith wrote:
>> "Gregg Hill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>Hello!
>>>
>>>My wife just got service with Sprint and got a Nokia 3588i phone. Every
>>
>> time
>>
>>>she turns it on, it goes through a loud musical tone for several seconds.
>>>Sprint may think it's cute, but she thinks it is obnoxious. I have been
>>>through all the phone's menus and cannot find a way to turn off the tone.
>>>Any suggestions?
>>>
>
> Why not just leave it turned-on all of the time. ;-)
>
> Anno
- 09-25-2004, 08:38 PM #8Bob SmithGuest
Re: Stupid tone when turning on phone
"Gregg Hill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Because it may ring at her work and they highly frown upon cell phones
> ringing there.
>
> I found a sort of workaround a few minutes ago. I can go into the Normal
> profile and turn off warning tones, which also kills the startup tone.
What
> other warnings are killed, I do not know.
>
> Gregg Hill
On most, if not all phones, the ringer volume can be adjusted from the
rocker button on the side of the phone.
Bob (The original Bob, and not the one who replied before)
- 09-26-2004, 01:03 AM #9Gregg HillGuest
Re: Stupid tone when turning on phone
Bob,
The startup tone is a fixed-volume tone regardless of where you have the
ringer or call volume set. I want it OFF, period, but there seems to be no
way to do so aside from killing the "warning tones" setting or setting the
phone to Silent, which is unacceptable.
Gregg Hill
"Bob Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Gregg Hill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Because it may ring at her work and they highly frown upon cell phones
>> ringing there.
>>
>> I found a sort of workaround a few minutes ago. I can go into the Normal
>> profile and turn off warning tones, which also kills the startup tone.
> What
>> other warnings are killed, I do not know.
>>
>> Gregg Hill
>
> On most, if not all phones, the ringer volume can be adjusted from the
> rocker button on the side of the phone.
>
> Bob (The original Bob, and not the one who replied before)
>
>
- 09-26-2004, 12:08 PM #10Lee GrupsmithGuest
Re: Stupid tone when turning on phone
Actually I tried the tip entered below and it worked for me. Apparently the
tune at start-up is considered a warning tone/. And turning them off
eliminates it. Try it on the Normal profile and see what happens.
..
"Gregg Hill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Bob,
>
> The startup tone is a fixed-volume tone regardless of where you have the
> ringer or call volume set. I want it OFF, period, but there seems to be no
> way to do so aside from killing the "warning tones" setting or setting the
> phone to Silent, which is unacceptable.
>
> Gregg Hill
>
>
> "Bob Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "Gregg Hill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> Because it may ring at her work and they highly frown upon cell phones
> >> ringing there.
> >>
> >> I found a sort of workaround a few minutes ago. I can go into the
Normal
> >> profile and turn off warning tones, which also kills the startup tone.
> > What
> >> other warnings are killed, I do not know.
> >>
> >> Gregg Hill
> >
> > On most, if not all phones, the ringer volume can be adjusted from the
> > rocker button on the side of the phone.
> >
> > Bob (The original Bob, and not the one who replied before)
> >
> >
>
>
- 09-26-2004, 12:27 PM #11Gregg HillGuest
Re: Stupid tone when turning on phone
Lee,
I am the one who posted the original "turn off warning sounds" tip. I am not
sure what other warnings get killed, though.
Gregg Hill
"Lee Grupsmith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Actually I tried the tip entered below and it worked for me. Apparently
> the
> tune at start-up is considered a warning tone/. And turning them off
> eliminates it. Try it on the Normal profile and see what happens.
> .
>
>
> "Gregg Hill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Bob,
>>
>> The startup tone is a fixed-volume tone regardless of where you have the
>> ringer or call volume set. I want it OFF, period, but there seems to be
>> no
>> way to do so aside from killing the "warning tones" setting or setting
>> the
>> phone to Silent, which is unacceptable.
>>
>> Gregg Hill
>>
>>
>> "Bob Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> >
>> > "Gregg Hill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> > news:[email protected]...
>> >> Because it may ring at her work and they highly frown upon cell phones
>> >> ringing there.
>> >>
>> >> I found a sort of workaround a few minutes ago. I can go into the
> Normal
>> >> profile and turn off warning tones, which also kills the startup tone.
>> > What
>> >> other warnings are killed, I do not know.
>> >>
>> >> Gregg Hill
>> >
>> > On most, if not all phones, the ringer volume can be adjusted from the
>> > rocker button on the side of the phone.
>> >
>> > Bob (The original Bob, and not the one who replied before)
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
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