Text and email sound notifications...........no options?

Incredible2 is my first smart phone so maybe I'm missing something here. Can't  I customize the text and email alerts with my own sound or am I stuck with the options that are on the phone? Even with the volume turned up all the way I can't hear any alert unless the phone is out of my pocket and sitting right next to me. Any suggestions?

crusher wrote:
Incredible2 is my first smart phone so maybe I'm missing something here. Can't  I customize the text and email alerts with my own sound or am I stuck with the options that are on the phone? Even with the volume turned up all the way I can't hear any alert unless the phone is out of my pocket and sitting right next to me. Any suggestions?
You can set a custom ringtone for text messages, email, gtalk, gmail, etc. by going into each app, press the menu button and select settings.  There will be an option to change the ringtone.
For your own custom ringtones, place the mp3 or audio files in the following on the sd card.  The "SD carddrive" is the root of the sd card or drive letter when it is plugged into the computer.
SD carddrive:\media\audio\ringtones
SD carddrive:\media\audio\notifications
SD carddrive:\media\audio\alarms
Once the files are in those folders, the phone will automatically found the files and list them in the ringtone selection list.  You might have to reboot the phone to force a rescan of the sd card.

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