How mental is that.
When people ring you instead of getting the "ring ring" sound in their ear, they get the tune (or indeed mind twisting sound effect) of your choice.
I know it's not a n95 thing, but still, I'd never heard of it.
(note: it's not free)
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davecozens wrote:How mental is that.When people ring you instead of getting the "ring ring" sound in their ear, they get the tune (or indeed mind twisting sound effect) of your choice.
I know it's not a n95 thing, but still, I'd never heard of it.
(note: it's not free)
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Surely they have to have the software installed? It must run from the calling phone, not the receiving one yes?
I believe it's a network function so no software required at either phone!
How do you change it then?
what is this then ?
Yup. It's a network function.
For t-mobile -
http://www.t-zones.co.uk/en/t_music/30caller_tunes/flash/index.jsp
For orange -
http://www1.orange.co.uk/entertainment/callingTunes/
I'm not sure if voda, o2 & 3 can do it...
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Lynchy wrote:what is this then ?
When someone calls your number, the network plays a tune on top of the "ring ring" sound.
Not done from your phone, done at network level
Yeah, I've never come across this when calling someone here in the UK, but it's extremely popular in China, where most people I've been calling seem to have this enabled.
they were designed to replace the ring ring originally with a say dog barking the rings. It took the logical step originally and went to kak music which they then overlayed over the ring ring because people were thinking it was voicemail and hanging up.
I find them irritating tbh I dont want to be subjected to mika or the callers kak taste in music and more often that not changingit costs money so you end up with not only a bad song but ones thats about 8 months old.
Unplugged wrote:they were designed to replace the ring ring originally with a say dog barking the rings. It took the logical step originally and went to kak music which they then overlayed over the ring ring because people were thinking it was voicemail and hanging up.I find them irritating tbh I dont want to be subjected to mika or the callers kak taste in music and more often that not changingit costs money so you end up with not only a bad song but ones thats about 8 months old.
+1
It initially sounds cool but when you think about it, not that great. The 'thinking it's voicemail and hanging up' thing, I can see happening a lot.
EDIT: Just looked into it and t-mobile charge £1 a month plus £1.50 per tune! Rip off
yeah, Its a rip and a waste of time IMHO. I have friends in the far east who have it and it drives me insane listening to japanese hip hop or whatever the hell they had last time! I sincerely hope it doesnt catch on here... its been around for a while now, so I guess its not ?? *fingers crossed* 😉
We have it in Emirates .. monthly fees are 0.8Punds .. and choosing good song ring tune cost same too .
Yes there are such programs for S60 phone. I have used once in my previous 6680.
They were two similar programs they were called Caller tone or else I have forgotten and background music which play music softly during phone conversation.
I deleted both programs right after I switched to Nokia 6120 because they did not work there. I switched to 6120 mainly because 6680 internal memory so small can not multi task these two nice programs.
And now I am using N95 and I haven�t found such program that work with N95.
Anybody knows such programs I am interested to have them again in my N95.
oly730 wrote:Yes there are such programs for S60 phone. I have used once in my previous 6680.
They were two similar programs they were called Caller tone or else I have forgotten and background music which play music softly during phone conversation.I deleted both programs right after I switched to Nokia 6120 because they did not work there. I switched to 6120 mainly because 6680 internal memory so small can not multi task these two nice programs.
And now I am using N95 and I haven�t found such program that work with N95.Anybody knows such programs I am interested to have them again in my N95.
how does that worh then the phone must answer first surely to send sound over the line?
Liam548 wrote:how does that worh then the phone must answer first surely to send sound over the line?
They don't send sound.
What do they do is converting caller tone which is normally just trgers the speaker to sound tuut tuut tuut to play a music at your choice.
So when a caller tone is received instead of sounding a tuut tuut, the program convert it to play a music.
This network service had been available in my country years ago. We call it Ringback tones. I subscribed for a few months, but eventually realized it was a total waste of money. ;P
oly730 wrote:They don't send sound.
What do they do is converting caller tone which is normally just trgers the speaker to sound tuut tuut tuut to play a music at your choice.
So when a caller tone is received instead of sounding a tuut tuut, the program convert it to play a music.
so when someone rings a phone is it the phone playing the ringing tone down the line rather than the network? if thats the case every phone in the country has exactly the same sound?
Its all over Kuwait; very annoying and quite distracting. What is wrong with 'ring ring' or 'beep beep' ??
Now they have another service 'talking SMS' -- whatever tha heck that is??
Our Child Minder had that on her phone cant remember what the music was just remember it was poor quality and not to my taste.
Got a new Child minder now 🙄
Liam, you pay for your own phone callers to hear the tone, its played to your caller when they dial you. Its not something that is placed on the entire network, just your call ID.
The other thing I though is that you choose a song you like, but you are never gonna hear it! You'd end up choosing something boring and inoffensive and then you might as well not bother
kontraband wrote:Liam, you pay for your own phone callers to hear the tone, its played to your caller when they dial you. Its not something that is placed on the entire network, just your call ID.
i realise this. It was the other chap who said you could download an app that would so the same? I mean if the phone answers it and plays a song then the call is answered isnt it without you having to answer it. It cant play the song without answering the call first
Liam548 wrote:so when someone rings a phone is it the phone playing the ringing tone down the line rather than the network? if thats the case every phone in the country has exactly the same sound?
I think there is a misunderstanding here about caller tone.
If A calls B, before B pick up the call, a calling tone is heard in A� cell phone normally just tuut , tuut.
Some operators offering a calling tone subscription.
In the above sample when B subscribes those calling tone then from A�s cell phone music will be heard. In this case B does not hear the tone/music but pays the subscription fee.
The third option is what I mentioned in my previous posting.
A installed such program in his cell phone and when he calls out, instead hears tuut sound he will hear music at his choice. I have installed this program in to my 6680 and it was free.
oly730 wrote:I think there is a misunderstanding here about caller tone.
If A calls B, before B pick up the call, a calling tone is heard in A� cell phone normally just tuut , tuut.Some operators offering a calling tone subscription.
In the above sample when B subscribes those calling tone then from A�s cell phone music will be heard. In this case B does not hear the tone/music but pays the subscription fee.The third option is what I mentioned in my previous posting.
A installed such program in his cell phone and when he calls out, instead hears tuut sound he will hear music at his choice. I have installed this program in to my 6680 and it was free.
argg so its the owner of the phone who will here the tune not the person who calls the phone. That was why i had confusion with this. I wondered how a program could play music to someone who rings from elsewhere
its all this tuut ttuuttt tuuut... confusing as well!! 😉
I still dont get it though, why the hell do you want to listen to 2-15 seconds of a track?? WTF!??