HOWTO: Adding sliding sounds for your Sprint Mogul

From Bellybuttonporn

If you have a Spring Mogul (Verizon XV6800, etc.) you have no doubt noticed that it can make sounds when you slide it open and closed. You may have also noticed that the ones it comes with...kinda suck.

You will need:

1. The afore-mentioned phone.
2. A registry editor for your phone. PHM Regedit is the gold standard.
3. two short sound files in 44.1khz PCM .wav format. If you're a transformers fan, you want this.

Okay, so first, install PHM Regedit if you haven't already. It installs just like any other application.

Next, prepare your audio files. If you downloaded my zip file, they're ready to go. Otherwise, make sure they're in .wav format, and pretty short. While it's not strictly required, you probably want to rename them something like 3_in.wav and 3_out.wav. Or 4, 5, 6, etc. If you are adding a bunch of sounds.

Now put the audio files into your \Windows directory. You can do this while your device is synced to your computer by browsing to it, emailing it to yourself and getting your email on your phone, etc.

Here's the hard part. Open PHM Regedit. Tap "My Device" so that it is highlighted. Tap "Tools" at the bottom of the screen, then tap "Find...". In the "Find what" box, type "piano". That's right; piano. Put a checkmark in each of the three boxes, and click Find.

You will have 1 result, which is a subkey of "SlidingSound". Click the "X" on the search bar to close it. Now click on "SlidingSound" to highlight it. Tap "Edit" then "New Key". Give it a number that is 1 higher than the highest one you've got there. If you've never done this before that means you should enter "3". Hit enter.

Your new key should be highlighted. Tap "Edit" again, but this time go to "New String Value". For "Value Name", replace the text with "Default" (I'm pretty sure capitalization counts). For "Value data" put the name you want to call your sound. If you grabbed my zip file, something like "Transform". Tap the "OK" button. Since your phone is probably open to type, you'll have to scroll down to find the "OK" button.

We're going to do it 2 more times. Tap "Edit" again, and go to "New String Value". For "Value Name", replace the text with "in" (I'm pretty sure capitalization counts). For "Value data" put the file name of the sound you want to play when you close the phone. If you grabbed my zip file, type "3_in.wav". Tap the "OK" button.

Do it again, but this time the name is "out" and the value is "3_out.wav" (or whatever yours is if you don't use my files).

Now you're done with PHM Regedit. Tap "Tools", then tap "Exit". Wait 30 seconds. Hit the power button to put your phone to sleep. Wait 1 minute. Hit the power button to wake your phone up. Now use your stylus to hit the reset switch to soft-reset your phone. You have to do this little dance to make sure the changes you made to the registry are actually saved.

PHM Regedit is very handy for making a lot of changes to your phone. I suggest you leave it installed.

When your phone is back up, Tap the start menu, go to settings, and finally to Sliding Sound. Open the drop-down list. Your new sound should be in there. Select it and hit the little play button next to it to verify the sounds. You should hear both sounds, one right after the other. Assuming everything worked, hit the OK button to close the settings.

Now, slide your phone open. :)

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