Changing ringtones and alerts on sony satio

your phones alert tone was set to beep once, to change this go to profile settings then open the activated profile such as general>personalize>message alert tone then now choose the ring tone you want to use as message alert tone..

Instead of changing the ringtone settings, tap the message alert tab (in the top centre of the display).
A set of message alert settings appears . You can change the Message alert type, if you want to, by tapping the panel and choosing the appropriate option.
To change the Message alert tone, press the Message alert tone panel .
In the menu that appears, press Change.
Then choose one of the options Use effect tone (one of Samsung's pre-loaded effects) or Use my alert tone (allowing you to choose from your own sounds) .
In this example, press Use my alert tone.
Press the Sounds option. In a similar way as changing ringtones (above) you now have the choice of choosing from your Music files, Ringtones that are loaded onto the phone, or My voice clips .
In our example, we'll again choose a file from our Music folder.
Press the Music option. A list of suitable MP3 tracks appears.
Tap the one you want in order to highlight it.
Press Options, then tap on the Select menu option to install it as your message alert .
You are now taken back to the Normal profile settings, where the Message alert tone has changed .
To save this change, press Options and then Save .
Alternatively, press Back and you will be asked whether you want to Save? Press Yes

menu>settings>personal>profiles>whatever profile u use eg normal>personalise>message alert! what a rigmarole eh lol

yes go to menu, settings,personal, profiles pick the profile u r using tap on it pick personalise and pick message alert hope this happls

I believe that you go into settings/personal/profiles. There you can highlight an existing profile or create a new profile. When you highlight a profile you can select option button, then tap personalise and this with give you options to change ringtones, ring type, message alerts etc. Hope this helps

it seems to be quite a common problem for all W890 owners. Mine has the same problem...........frustrating. Sony Ericsson should provide a recall or free repair through its Agents.

can i change my message tone to alert tone

After going through the manual and talking to an AT&T rep, I found that it is not possible to set your own ringtone as a message alert tone. You can only use your own ringtones for calls and ringer ID's. We're stuck with the 10 pre-loaded rings for the message alerts. :(

Sadly this phone does not support this option I'm afraid it only supports downloaded ring tones, this i have been told by Sony, sadly the salesperson told me i could chose my own message tones on this phone, she lied.

sorry but with the shine you can not customize the ringtone or msg.