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Old 01-11-2013, 14:53
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Hya.

Just upgraded to a Galaxy S4 mini and I've been trawling google looking for ways to change my settings to what I need, as sometimes with this handset it isn't very clear, so I thought I'd ask all my questions on here in the hope that someone has already addressed all the issues...

How do I permanently change the alarm tone? I keep setting to to one tone in particular on the alarm screen, but when it goes off it defaults to the same crappy one.

Is there anywhere online I can find more ring/alert/alarm tones? The ones included are terrible!

Can I set individual passwords for each app, like email, facebook and twitter?

Umm, I'm sure there was more but I appear to have had a brain fart....
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Old 01-11-2013, 19:07
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Go onto Google Play on your phone. On there download a free App called Zedge . There are many hundreds of different tones you can download for free .
They go straight into the sounds folder on your phone . So you can pick a different one for a text , and a different one for alarms etc .
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Old 01-11-2013, 19:08
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Passwords wise just don't leave yourself logged in to the apps you mention
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Old 01-11-2013, 19:20
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Go onto Google Play on your phone. On there download a free App called Zedge . There are many hundreds of different tones you can download for free .
They go straight into the sounds folder on your phone . So you can pick a different one for a text , and a different one for alarms etc .
That's brilliant. I've downloaded some alternative alert files, but I can't find a working driver for my mac to let me in there & install them....
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Old 01-11-2013, 20:57
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That's brilliant. I've downloaded some alternative alert files, but I can't find a working driver for my mac to let me in there & install them....

Wait wait wait . What has a Mac go to do with anything
This is a phone which runs Android . You access Google Play store direct from the phone .
You then select required tone in the phone settings .

There should be no involvement of a Mac at all .

Unless I'm barking up the wrong tree .
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Old 01-11-2013, 20:58
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That's brilliant. I've downloaded some alternative alert files, but I can't find a working driver for my mac to let me in there & install them....
Zedge is an app on your phone, it downloads tones, notifications, wallpapers etc directly to your phone. There is no need to connect it to a computer.

Not sure what you mean about passwords, surely you already have different passwords for Twitter ,Facebook etc ?
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Old 01-11-2013, 21:02
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Zedge is an app on your phone, it downloads tones, notifications, wallpapers etc directly to your phone. There is no need to connect it to a computer.

Not sure what you mean about passwords, surely you already have different passwords for Twitter ,Facebook etc ?
Yep. Got Zedge on there now, thanks. My individual passwords are pretty complicated and lengthy, and I tend to stay logged in. Thought you may be able to pass protect them from the phone, so I could enter a simpler password for all of them...
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Old 01-11-2013, 21:09
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Yep. Got Zedge on there now, thanks. My individual passwords are pretty complicated and lengthy, and I tend to stay logged in. Thought you may be able to pass protect them from the phone, so I could enter a simpler password for all of them...
So let me get this right . You have lengthy different passwords that you want to protect with one simpler password .

Seems legit
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Old 01-11-2013, 21:12
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So let me get this right . You have lengthy different passwords that you want to protect with one simpler password .

Seems legit
Haha, I know, when you put it like that it sounds a bit mental, but if I were to leave it unattended for a minute or two, I'd like to stop people being able to see my shit

Nevermind lol
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Old 01-11-2013, 21:38
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Haha, I know, when you put it like that it sounds a bit mental, but if I were to leave it unattended for a minute or two, I'd like to stop people being able to see my shit

Nevermind lol

What you need then is to activate your SCREEN LOCK with a PIN. This can be done from your settings . I set mine to lock after 5 mins inactivity . This is in case I leave it on my desk and someone wants to browse my stuff.

I set the PIN to the same as my bank card , easy peasy
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Old 01-11-2013, 21:40
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What you need then is to activate your SCREEN LOCK with a PIN. This can be done from your settings . I set mine to lock after 5 mins inactivity . This is in case I leave it on my desk and someone wants to browse my stuff.

I set the PIN to the same as my bank card , easy peasy
got that already lol
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Old 02-11-2013, 08:46
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got that already lol
So to want a password to protect your accounts (which already individually have a password) should someone defeat the PIN needed to get into your phone?

Sort of begs the question, how many levels of password do you consider secure?
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