Disable "Droid" sound during bootup

[Dilbert]

Any way to disable the welcome sound of "droid" when the phone first turns on....this is annoying and embarrassing!

 

[brina042]

The way I did it is by rooting with the app "Z4root" located in the market and then I downloaded "root explorer" from the market. In root explorer go to system>media> then I renamed the "droid.ogg" file to "droid.old"....NO MORE annoying droid sound )

 

[Johnly]

You can change it without rooting the phone, too.

 

[Dilbert]

You can change it without rooting the phone, too.

How ???

I really don't want to have to root my phone just to do such a simple thing...

 

[Johnly]

Just go to menu, settings, sounds, notification, and un check droid.

 

[Johnly]

If you don't want sound, put a sound less fine in the notification folder. Astro file manager is great for that.

 

[Dilbert]

Just go to menu, settings, sounds, notification, and un check droid.

Well if it were that simple I could've figured it out. Not sure what android you're running im on froyo 2.2 and those options don't exist.

 

[Johnly]

Well if it were that simple I could've figured it out. Not sure what android you're running im on froyo 2.2 and those options don't exist.

What? I am running the same software, on a droid X. What options do you see under sounds.

 

[Dilbert]

I'm on an Android Pro. I have the following:

Menu/Settings/Sound (not Sounds)

Under Sound I have and an entire screen of options:
Silent Mode (on)
Vibrate
Volume
Phone Ringtone
Notification Ringtone
Audible Touch Tones (on)
Audible Selection
Screen Lock Sounds (on)
Media audio effects
Haptic feedback (on)
SD Card notifications
Emergency Tone
Call connect
Network Lost tone
Roaming tone
Software update alert
Battery full notification

 

[Johnly]

I'm on an Android Pro. I have the following:

Menu/Settings/Sound (not Sounds)

Under Sound I have and an entire screen of options:
Silent Mode (on)
Vibrate
Volume
Phone Ringtone
Notification Ringtone
Audible Touch Tones (on)
Audible Selection
Screen Lock Sounds (on)
Media audio effects
Haptic feedback (on)
SD Card notifications
Emergency Tone
Call connect
Network Lost tone
Roaming tone
Software update alert
Battery full notification

Perfect. Change the notification ring tone. That works on the X, don't know why it would be diffrrent on the D2. let us know if that works on your particular device.

 

[dwaynewilliams#WN]

It does work. I just changed mine on the D2. Thanks for the tip.

 

[Johnly]

Glad it works on the D2 also. The drooooooid sound does get old after awhile

 

[Johnly]

And pro, lol!

 

[Dilbert]

No such luck on my Pro. I have the notification ringtone currently set to pixiedust, so this setting doesn't appear to be the bootup 'droid' notification.

 

[tucsonstan]

You can go into the market or app brain and use Silent Boot.

 

[patotong#AC]

thanks, tucsonstan for the tip ... like jwgraves62 i do not see that one.....i downloaded the silent boot app, turned off the phone then power up, and the sound is still there :-(

 

[brina042]

thanks, tucsonstan for the tip ... like jwgraves62 i do not see that one.....i downloaded the silent boot app, turned off the phone then power up, and the sound is still there :-(

yep, silent boot doesn't work...

 

[tucsonstan]

Maybe a battery pull would jump start it, don't really know why it would not work for you guys. Sorry about that

 

[Dilbert]

Well I successfully ran Z4ROOT, twice. It says I have root access. I have installed Astro file manager but when I try renaming droid.ogg it tells me 'insufficient access'. I have also downloaded Droid Explorer to my PC (amazing program) and it also will not allow me to rename this file.

How can I confirm that I do or do not have root?

 

[brina042]

Well I successfully ran Z4ROOT, twice. It says I have root access. I have installed Astro file manager but when I try renaming droid.ogg it tells me 'insufficient access'. I have also downloaded Droid Explorer to my PC (amazing program) and it also will not allow me to rename this file.

How can I confirm that I do or do not have root?

If you have the app "superuser" then you are rooted. You have to download "root explorer" from the market and system>media>and then rename the droid.ogg file....I changed the name to droid.old (also at the top make sure you click "mount R/W" or you won't be able to change the name) Hope this helps