Ring tone for tect message

[opalloyd]

Hi, I have had an Xperia Z3 compact for about 18 months and it has been an excellent phone. I have a different ring tone for text messages. When I first got the phone I only got this ring tone for text messages. Now I get it for emails and app updates. I am not young and do not fully understand all the settings so I may have done something to cause this. Can anyone tell me how to get the ring tone only for text messages. I do not want it for emails etc as they are not usually important.

[MarlonUk1]

you can set a specific notification sound only for messages

1.) go to messaging app

2.)tap on the 3 buttons on the upper right corner

3.)select settings

4.)select notification sound

5.) choose your sound specific to the messages only

[opalloyd]

Thank you for your quick reply. I can follow through to No5. but all I get is the connection to selct stored sounds. I can't see how to choose a sound for messages only?

[MarlonUk1]

when you select a sound, that sound will only ring for the messages, not for other notifications,,,

so you'll have a different tone for messages , is that what you are looking for?

or you don't want to sound notification when you receive email.?

this depends on what email client are you using, are you using gmail?

[opalloyd]

The same sound happens for text messages, emails and app updates. I only want it for text messages. It used to be like that. I was using Hotmail but have recently changed to Gmail. The sound I want for text only sounded with Hotmail and does the same with Gmail.

[MarlonUk1 · Accepted solution]

ok i see, the thing is all notification will use the defualt notifcation sound, so we need to go the every app to change it to something different.

I do not know how to change the notification for app, but you can disable it,

google play store>swipe the left edge in>settings>uncheck apps updates available

for gmail

Go to gmail app> swiple left edge in>settings>click on your account>tap on inbox sound and vibrate>sound> then select other tone

[opalloyd]

Yes, thats fixed it or almost. I just selected a very short quiet sound for the gmail. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. I now won't be woke up at night with emails from another part of the world where they are awake but I am sleeping..