by jimlau
Use a short sound for text message alert.
I didn't like any of the default ringers to use as my text message alert, because all I wanted was a short sound like smartphones do. I found a way to do this that's a little non-obvious, so I thought I'd share it here. To make the alert for text messages (and/or voicemail or picture mails) a short sound instead of the built-in ringers: Go to the Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Sounds ➔ Volume ➔ Advanced ➔ Text Message and choose "Separate volume" and set the volume to...