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....

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 .

Passwords wise just don't leave yourself logged in to the apps you mention

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 .

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...

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

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

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?