The notification sound my Android device was making every time I received an email message was annoying. I had to change the ringtone. Here’s how it’s done.
Stock Email App
- Open the “Email” app.
- Select the “Menu” button located at the upper-left corner.
- Choose “Settings“.
- Select the email address associated with the account for which you want to modify notifications.
- Do any of the following:
- Check “Email notifications” to enable notifications or uncheck it to disable all notifications.
- Select “Choose ringtone” to change the sound that plays when an email arrives.
- Check or uncheck “Vibrate” to enable or disable vibration when an email arrives.
Gmail App
- Open the “Gmail” app.
- Select the “Menu” button located at the upper-left corner.
- Choose “Settings“.
- Select the email address associated with the account for which you want to modify notifications.
- Do any of the following:
- Check “Email notifications” to enable notifications or uncheck it to disable all notifications.
- Select “Inbox sound & vibrate” to set “Sound” and/or “Vibrate” when an email arrives.
Jeff Silverman says
This is almost but not quit what I want to do. I want to upload a sound that says “You have E-mail” or “You have a text message” or “There is a something in your calendar that you have to do”. I can connect my android phone to my linux computer and I can see the file system, or most of it, anyway. But I don’t see where in the file system these files go.
Enlighten me, please.
Kevin says
Thanks for posting this, it’s just what I was looking for. I kept looking in the general phone settings, not the email settings.