recurrent notification

[delgriffith]

Hello, I'm very new to smart phones but trying to make the leap into this new 2008 technology. Hoping someone here can help me get my phone to do what I need. I have to get the phone doing certain things for work purposes. The phone is an Atrix running 2.3.6 Gingerbread.

Is there any way to get text messages to set off a recurrent, frequent, loud tone that goes off until acknowledged? I could switch to e-mail if there is an e-mail app that would handle this need better. I'd prefer if it only did this when the sms / e-mail came from a certain source but I'd put up with it if it was just a general setting for all sms / email

Is there anyway to have voice mails set off this recurrent notification also?

Lastly, I need this phone to wake me up if it goes off while I am sleeping or hear it ring if I'm in a loud environment. Any recommendations on getting the volume cranked up and the best tones for waking and/or hearing in loud environments? I haven't been totally convinced using the factory volume and tones that it's up to the task. I tried volume+ and it made the phone quieter.

I could change phones if there's a better phone for these needs.

Thanks for any help,
Dave

 

[delgriffith]

I just noticed that the free version of volume+ is limited on the volume boosting, which was probably why it got quieter. I got the pay version just now and it made the phone ring a little bit louder than factory maximums. Might be enough if I can get a particularly piercing ringtone loaded.

 

[delgriffith]

Ok, so I downloaded the Notifications Plus app and reduced the notification repeat to 15 seconds (wish I could go a little shorter) then uploaded a volume boosted ring tone to the notifications folder on the phone and I'm now getting pretty close to what I was looking for. The only drawback is that I would prefer not to have the repeating panic tone go off for all notifications, just the ones coming from work. Looking at Tasker to maybe pull that off...

 

[dbareis]

You want light flow, it great if you have a multicolor LED as you can set a color for each of the major notifications so you can see at a glance what you haven't seen before without even turning on the phone.

It also has repeating notification tones, vibration etc, one of my favourite must have apps.