[jealous soul]

without jailbreaking. jailbreaking 1.1.1 is more of a pain in the *** than I'd like to deal with, but I was wondering if anyone has looked into modifying the SMS alerts. any thoughts?

[CyberGreg]

Mine works...




more info to follow....

Okay, here's the easy way...

The file for the name change is here:
/Applications/Preference.app/English.lproj/Sound.strings



Now, what .caf file do you change? I picked Horn (who the heck wants a horn to sound when you get a text message???) Anyhow, you can change ANY of the sounds listed, just replace the appropriate text in the Sounds.strings file.

So how do you find out which file is which? Well actually they go in order, so just put your new renamed .caf sound file on your iPhone.

Here's the file that lists the names of the SMS sounds.
/Applications/Preference.app/Sounds.plist



Here's what your new SMS sounds, located in the same location look like:
(Location: /System/Library/Audio/UISounds



Please note that the numbering is off by one! So, if you want to replace say item #1, Chime, you need to replace sms-received2.caf file. If you look at this screenshot you can see that even though the name is #2, it's actually number 3 in the left side. In my example for Horn, I replaced sms-received4.caf.

[jealous soul]

don't like teasers. do tell.

[darrinpruitt]

where do I find something to see the files, I assume are on the phone

[leobabe04]

Originally Posted by CyberGreg

Mine works...




more info to follow....

Okay, here's the easy way...

The file for the name change is here:
/Applications/Preference.app/English.lproj/Sound.strings



Now, what .caf file do you change? I picked Horn (who the heck wants a horn to sound when you get a text message???) Anyhow, you can change ANY of the sounds listed, just replace the appropriate text in the Sounds.strings file.

So how do you find out which file is which? Well actually they go in order, so just put your new renamed .caf sound file on your iPhone.

Here's the file that lists the names of the SMS sounds.
/Applications/Preference.app/Sounds.plist



Here's what your new SMS sounds, located in the same location look like:
(Location: /System/Library/Audio/UISounds



Please note that the numbering is off by one! So, if you want to replace say item #1, Chime, you need to replace sms-received2.caf file. If you look at this screenshot you can see that even though the name is #2, it's actually number 3 in the left side. In my example for Horn, I replaced sms-received4.caf.

Hello is there a program for windows i can use to edit the Sounds.strings file i dont have Mac please let me know thanks!!

James

[marktang]

yup i want to know how to do it for windows as well.

[djsmookie]

how can i edit the plist & string file?

is there anyway of putting more sms tones without replacing the old one like puting sms-received7.caf , sms-received8.caf and so on??

I just want to add more not replace the ones i have.

Can this be done?

[madpatelq]

ho can io access my iphone files like you did........

[jarthurs1981]

All you guys with windows, use iphonebrowser1.4 It works great for me.
I have vista by the way.

[Uko]

what is that .caf extension?????

[msbab]

Hi!
afaik CAF stands for coded audio file. Just convert an mp3 or wav to aiff using Quicktime (pro for Windows) an then rename the ending to caf. That'll do.

However, I am still looking for a program to adapt the plist and strings files in Win XP. Up to now, I tried Notepad, Notepad2, eclipse Java Development Kit, jEdit, Word and a hex editor but none worked.
Do I have to recompile the file after having changed it? Or is this just plain text changing?

EDIT: ok, it's easy: Use the strings to XML decode which can be found here somewhere (here: http://140.124.181.188/~khchung/cgi-bin/plutil.cgi)
Then use jEdit (download from sourceforge) to edit the new XML file.
In sounds.plist you can change the following part:

<key>validTitles</key>
<array>
<string>NONE</string>
<string>DEFAULT</string>
<string>ALTERNATE_1</string>
<string>ALTERNATE_2</string>
<string>ALTERNATE_3</string>
<string>ALTERNATE_4</string>
<string>ALTERNATE_5</string>
<string>ALTERNATE_6</string>
</array>
<key>validValues</key>
<array>
<integer>0</integer>
<integer>1</integer>
<integer>2</integer>
<integer>3</integer>
<integer>4</integer>
<integer>6</integer>
<integer>7</integer>
</array>
</dict>

You can add a line <string>ALTERNATE_7</string> here and also <integer>8</integer> a little below.

In the file sounds.strings you can edit the following part:

<key>ALTERNATE_5</key>
<string>James Bond</string>
<key>ALTERNATE_6</key>
<string>Test</string>

As you can see, I added a "Test" string which is also shown in the "New Text Message" Sound menu.

The only thing which does *not* work up to now, is adding a new caf sound file (being named sms-received7.caf) so that it will also be played when clicking on "Test".

If anyone happens to know a solution....I am waiting for it.

Cheers
Marc

[lm0ntj04]

I was wondering how to make this work with 1.1.2 ?

[DarkoNova]

Originally Posted by djsmookie

how can i edit the plist & string file?

is there anyway of putting more sms tones without replacing the old one like puting sms-received7.caf , sms-received8.caf and so on??

I just want to add more not replace the ones i have.

Can this be done?

Yeah, I just want to add more not replace the current ones.

Matt

[msbab]

I repeat: It *is* possible to add another list entry in your SMS-Sounds menu. The iPhone won't just play the sms-received7.caf.

*Be sure to save your original files if something goes wrong*

In sounds.plist you have to change the following part:

<key>validTitles</key>
<array>
<string>NONE</string>
<string>DEFAULT</string>
.....
<string>ALTERNATE_5</string>
</array>

Add <string>ALTERNATE_6</string> here.

<key>validValues</key>
<array>
<integer>0</integer>
.....
<integer>7</integer>
</array>

I'm not sure if this is the original config, just add an additional integer.

In the file sounds.strings you will have to edit the following

part:<key>ALTERNATE_5</key>
<string>James Bond</string>
<key>ALTERNATE_6</key>
<string>Test</string>

One sound is now renamed "James Bond" and there will be another, additional entry named "Test".

I also added an additional file named sms-received7.caf but clicking on "Test" won't play anything. So this is the point which has to be worked on.

If you did something wrong while changing the files, you will not be able any more to access the "SMS-Sounds" submenu! (undo this by uploading your original config files).


Cheers
Marc

[scr4p]

Originally Posted by lm0ntj04

I was wondering how to make this work with 1.1.2 ?

This procedure works the same on 1.1.2.

-Steve