Noob help: ringtones for text message notifications?

[Heartlostangel]

Seeing as my husband and I are both having this problem, or rather, inability, on our phones(ones a samsung double time, the others a motorola something) I figure it is a general question

How do we set a text message ringtone? When we text, all we get is a goofy little chime and the phones vibrate. I'll never hear that thing in my purse.

I went to settings>notifications and set a soundbite I want to use after transferring it to the media>notifications folder, and when I get e-mails, it worked. But not for texting.

Also, what forum do I use for the double time? I cannot find one on here for it, lol.

What is rooting, and do we need to do it? We got the phones through AT&T and they work fine so far.

Also, we have wifi at home- does that still count against our 3g plan when we're using that to access the market while trying to figure this out?

 

[dbareis]

How do we set a text message ringtone? When we text, all we get is a goofy little chime and the phones vibrate. I'll never hear that thing in my purse.

I went to settings>notifications

You can change the default notification there but generally you change the tone in the relevant application's settings...

Also, we have wifi at home- does that still count against our 3g plan when we're using that to access the market while trying to figure this out?

No, thats the main reason you use it