diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index bfa63a9..7943434 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -81,4 +81,10 @@
      -->
      <string name="description_voicemail_button">voicemail</string>
 
+
+    <!--  The string used to describe a notification if it is the default one in the system. For
+          example, if the user selects the default notification, it will appear as something like
+          Default sound(Capella) in the notification summary.
+          [CHAR LIMIT=40] -->
+    <string name="default_notification_description">Default sound (<xliff:g id="default_sound_title">%1$s</xliff:g>)</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/src/com/android/phone/common/util/SettingsUtil.java b/src/com/android/phone/common/util/SettingsUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a5bd1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/android/phone/common/util/SettingsUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License
+ */
+
+package com.android.phone.common.util;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.SharedPreferences;
+import android.database.Cursor;
+import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException;
+import android.media.RingtoneManager;
+import android.net.Uri;
+import android.os.Handler;
+import android.os.Vibrator;
+import android.preference.Preference;
+import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
+import android.provider.MediaStore;
+import android.provider.Settings;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
+
+import com.android.phone.common.R;
+
+import java.lang.CharSequence;
+import java.lang.String;
+
+public class SettingsUtil {
+    /**
+     * Obtain the setting for "vibrate when ringing" setting.
+     *
+     * Watch out: if the setting is missing in the device, this will try obtaining the old
+     * "vibrate on ring" setting from AudioManager, and save the previous setting to the new one.
+     */
+    public static boolean getVibrateWhenRingingSetting(Context context) {
+        Vibrator vibrator = (Vibrator) context.getSystemService(Context.VIBRATOR_SERVICE);
+        if (vibrator == null || !vibrator.hasVibrator()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return Settings.System.getInt(context.getContentResolver(),
+                Settings.System.VIBRATE_WHEN_RINGING, 0) != 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Queries for a ringtone name, and sets the name using a handler.
+     * This is a method was originally copied from com.android.settings.SoundSettings.
+     *
+     * @param context The application context.
+     * @param handler The handler, which takes the name of the ringtone as a String as a parameter.
+     * @param type The type of sound.
+     * @param preference The preference being updated.
+     * @param msg An integer identifying the message sent to the handler.
+     */
+    public static void updateRingtoneName(
+            Context context, Handler handler, int type, Preference preference, int msg) {
+        if (preference == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        final Uri ringtoneUri;
+        boolean defaultRingtone = false;
+        if (type == RingtoneManager.TYPE_RINGTONE) {
+            // For ringtones, we can just lookup the system default because changing the settings
+            // in Call Settings changes the system default.
+            ringtoneUri = RingtoneManager.getActualDefaultRingtoneUri(context, type);
+        } else {
+            final SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
+            // For voicemail notifications, we use the value saved in Phone's shared preferences.
+            String uriString = prefs.getString(preference.getKey(), null);
+            if (TextUtils.isEmpty(uriString)) {
+                // silent ringtone
+                ringtoneUri = null;
+            } else {
+                if (uriString.equals(Settings.System.DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_URI.toString())) {
+                    // If it turns out that the voicemail notification is set to the system
+                    // default notification, we retrieve the actual URI to prevent it from showing
+                    // up as "Unknown Ringtone".
+                    defaultRingtone = true;
+                    ringtoneUri = RingtoneManager.getActualDefaultRingtoneUri(context, type);
+                } else {
+                    ringtoneUri = Uri.parse(uriString);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        CharSequence summary = context.getString(com.android.internal.R.string.ringtone_unknown);
+        // Is it a silent ringtone?
+        if (ringtoneUri == null) {
+            summary = context.getString(com.android.internal.R.string.ringtone_silent);
+        } else {
+            // Fetch the ringtone title from the media provider
+            try {
+                Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(ringtoneUri,
+                        new String[] { MediaStore.Audio.Media.TITLE }, null, null, null);
+                if (cursor != null) {
+                    if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
+                        summary = cursor.getString(0);
+                    }
+                    cursor.close();
+                }
+            } catch (SQLiteException sqle) {
+                // Unknown title for the ringtone
+            }
+        }
+        if (defaultRingtone) {
+            summary = context.getString(R.string.default_notification_description, summary);
+        }
+        handler.sendMessage(handler.obtainMessage(msg, summary));
+    }
+}