About Ring Tones

About Operator Logo

About Picture Message

 

Ring Tones FAQ:

WHAT'S THE BUZZ ABOUT RING TONES EXACTLY?
The phone companies have introduced a new feature in their phones: the possibility to compose one's own ring tone directly on the phone or to send it to the phone, from a computer. Many web sites now offer pre-coded ring tones. That way, phone users can have a broader variety of ringing tones to choose from.


WHY CAN'T ERICSSON, SIEMENS, MOTOROLA AND OTHER PHONES RECEIVE RING TONES BY SMS?
For a long time, only Nokia supported smart messaging. But cellular operators have been lobbying manufacturers so that they would add that functionality in their phones and things have started to change quickly by the end of 2001.Currently, many new Motorola phones include either a built-in ring tone composer or the ability to receive ringbones by SMS.


MY PHONE DOES NOT HAVE A COMPOSER. HOW DO I GET RING TONES INTO MY PHONE?
You have 3 options:

CAN I SEND RING TONES TO MY PHONE FROM THE RING TONE CONVERTER?
No, unfortunately you can't. The Ring tone Converter only converts ringbones between different formats. If your Nokia mobile phone has a Composer built in then you can use the program to type in the key presses directly in your mobile.


IS THERE A WAY TO CONVERT WAV OR MP3 FILES TO RING TONE FORMATS?
Not using the ring tone converter. This is technically a very difficult thing to do if not impossible. I haven't seen any program that does this successfully.


HOW TO SAVE A RING TONE - NOKIA?
Once the ring tone arrives, your Nokia will tell you that a ring tone has been received. Press OPTIONS and the following menu options will appear: PLAYBACK, SAVE, DISCARD. Select PLAYBACK and press OK to listen to the ring tone. Press QUIT to stop listening to the ring tone. This will return you to the previous three options, i.e. PLAYBACK, SAVE and DISCARD. Select SAVE and press OK to save the ring tone. The ring tone will be added to the list of ring tones available on your cell phone. To activate the new ring tone, select the Profile menu and personalize it with the new ring tone. Remember that only one ring tone can be saved.


HOW DO I ADD A RING TONE TO MY NOKIA PHONE?
It depends on the Nokia model that you have since Nokia uses 3 different systems to transfer ring tones to their phones Each phone uses one or two of these systems so you will first need to check with the Ring tones Compatibility List and see which Nokia format your Nokia phone uses. Then, depending on the format you need.



HOW MANY RING TONES CAN I CARRY IN MY PHONE?
Older Nokia phones have only one memory slot available for a customizable ring tone, but the latest models have up to five. If your phone has only one customizable slot, each time you download a new ring tone, it will replace the previous one if you decide to keep it. In other phones, the number of customizable ring tone memory slots varies. Check your owner's manual. Ring tone, Ringer Tone, Melody, Tune, what's the proper term exactly?


HOW DO I USE THE RING TONE OR LOGO ONCE IT HAS ARRIVED?
Once this special message has arrived on your mobile phone, a message will be displayed on the phone screen saying "New Logo/Logo Received". You can either save this directly to your phone (press options > Save) or if you prefer it is possible to listen/view first (press options > playback/view). In order to activate your new ring tone you need to locate the profiles or options menu on your phone and select your new ring tone as the one the phone should use.

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OPERATOR LOGO FAQ:


THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOGOS - WHAT ARE THEY?
There are 4 different types of logo messages:
Operator Graphics:
Operator Graphic replacement: - where the existing operator icon (typically text such as Network) is replaced with a Logo or picture.
NOTE: Once a logo has been replaced it is not possible for the user to revert back to their original logo without a special message being sent to the phone.

Group Graphics:
Group Graphic pictures: - Pictures can be assigned to phone numbers on some models. When that number calls and it is recognized the graphic will appear on the screen.

Picture Messages:
Pure Picture messages: - The ability to send messages which include a picture from one mobile phone user to another. This is supported by the latest Nokia phones (e.g. Nokia 3330& 8310) and allows users to send a picture (graphical image) and some text to another user.

Animated Screensavers:
Screen Saver Pictures: - Picture Messages from this site can also be used as screen savers on the new Nokia 3330. The 3330 screen saver feature is based on the Nokia Picture Message format. Any received Picture Message can be displayed as screen saver. The timer for the screen saver can be set to 5sec.-10min, meaning that when the 3330 has been idle or inactive for this user-defined length of time, the screen saver is activated. These days PCs have screen savers, but we expect this to migrate to mobile phones too, and the Nokia 3310 is the first and so far the only phone to allow this.
* Please Check Compatibility for a list of Phones that can receive Animated Screensavers



WHAT IS AN OPERATOR LOGO?
Nokia® 51xx, 61xx, 8810, 9110, 3210, 3310, 8210, 8850, 7110, 6210, 6250 and 8890 support an Operator-Logo. Usually only one line with the name of your operator is displayed when phone is idle, but it is possible to save exactly ONE logo to the phone, which gets displayed instead of the name of the selected operator. An already existing logo will be overwritten only if you save the new logo. If you go abroad, you will see the normal operator-text there. This allows you to identify your phone at a glance. There are some funky graphics available!


HOW DO I RESTORE MY ORIGINAL OPERATOR LOGO?
One method of removing an existing operator LOGO and replacing it with the original network provider's operator LOGO is to order any LOGO from our number and when asked for the network provider details the user should select an option which is not their network provider. They will then receive an operator LOGO. They should then attempt to save this, however their phone should display a message indicating that the network provider details were incorrect and the phone will then have displayed the original network provider's operator LOGO.



HOW TO SAVE AN OPERATOR LOGO - NOKIA ONLY?
Once the operator logo arrives, your Nokia cell phone will tell you that a new operator has been received.
You will then be given the option to preview the picture (press the show key) and then to save the picture (press the save key).
To discard the picture, press discard or the 'C' key twice.


TO RESTORE AN OPERATOR LOGO?
You may restore your original operator logo whenever you want. Simply request another icon for your phone, but this time deliberately selects a network operator other than the one you get your service from. When the icon arrives, save it onto your mobile phone. Your original operator logo will be restored.

 

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PICTURE MESSAGE FAQ:

WHAT IS A PICTURE MESSAGE?
Picture messages are like caller group icons and operator icons in so much as they display graphics on your phone. Picture messages are larger than caller group icons and operator icons and they can be sent from your phone to other compatible phones, you also have the option to add text to the picture. There are some funky picture messages available!

HOW DO I SAVE MY PICTURE MESSAGE?
When your picture message arrives you will have the option to view the picture message, once you have viewed the picture message you will then have the option to save the picture message. If you have no space left to save your picture message you will need to overwrite one of your existing picture messages.


HOW DO I FORWARD A PICTURE MESSAGE TO A FRIEND ONCE I HAVE RECEIVED IT?
When you browse your picture messages you will have the option to forward your picture message, you will be asked to enter the phone number of the phone to forward the picture message to, once you have entered the number and pressed send the picture message will be sent to the number you specified.


HOW DO I SAVE MY PICTURE MESSAGE AS A SCREEN SAVER?
Nokia 5510 & 3330: From the Screen Saver option on your phone you will be able to browse all of the saved picture messages on your phone. You can then select any of the picture messages to be used as your screen saver.
Nokia 5210: From the Profiles menu, scroll to the Profile that you are using (usually General) and then select Personalize. Scroll to Profile Logo and press Select. Scroll to Profile Logo and press OK. You can then scroll through the screensavers to select the one you just downloaded. Click OK to select it.

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