Can someone tell me if you can put the ringtones out of the windows directory? This probably is a repost, but I can't find the right thread...Thanks
Just create a folder on your storage cards My Docs called My ringtones and drop you files in there.
Your phone should see them without a problem and you should be able to use them
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Dave
Hello
You purpose is "My Docs/My ringtones" Right ?
On my phone I have "My Documents/Mes sonneries" (did you guess I'm french ?)
The "phone sound manager" find this folder and I can use it.
But the others "sound managers" (for instance alarmclock, sounds & notifications, etc) don't find the folder
So What's the problem ?
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Ok, I'm very sorry if this is a total noob question... I suspect it is. I searched on several occasions to find posts about it but came up with nothing.
I have a Cingular 8525 and I am currently enjoying the cooked Cingy Black rom. My problem is with Media Player. I have a 100 or so mp3 files on my storage card and I would love for them to show up in Media player but they do not.
From the Library screen I choose "Menu" > "Update Library". It searches for files and finds the ones I want... shows that it is "Adding files..." but when it is finished there still isn't any music available. I can browse and select files but I can't create playlists and so forth.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
Despiadado1 said:
Ok, I'm very sorry if this is a total noob question... I suspect it is. I searched on several occasions to find posts about it but came up with nothing.
I have a Cingular 8525 and I am currently enjoying the cooked Cingy Black rom. My problem is with Media Player. I have a 100 or so mp3 files on my storage card and I would love for them to show up in Media player but they do not.
From the Library screen I choose "Menu" > "Update Library". It searches for files and finds the ones I want... shows that it is "Adding files..." but when it is finished there still isn't any music available. I can browse and select files but I can't create playlists and so forth.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
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Were these non-DRM mp3 files? Or were you using something like Napster to sync them before?
If they were DRM, when you flashed the ROM windows no longer has the DRM licenses for the songs. If so, You just need to sync again. Deleting the old DRMed mp3s
I have the same problem and they are not drm files.
all song names have to be in english
matrix33 said:
all song names have to be in english
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Try MORTPLAYER. That is what I use to get around...
does it support bluetooth playing and when i press the "next" button on the headset it goes to the next song?
I am sure you guys have done this, but if your mp3 are on storage card, make sure you select "Storage Card" instead of "My Device" under the menu/Library pull up. By default it's set to My Device which will turn up empty list.
I had a problem with this once before as well. Its weird because on my moms and brothers 8525 you can choose in the storage card as an option to view files where mine requires me to go to the menu (bottom right) and select open file. You can locate your storage card and playlists. I just got the moto s9's and they work awsome and I can control from headset.
also make sure you didnt delete the METADATA folder on your storage card because thats used by WMP to see the files on the card. Make sure you have "view all files" checked off on file explorer.
You may have a corrupt playlist - this happens to me a lot. Try deleting the folder "MSMETADATA" from your storage card (you'll need to select "show all files" in File Explorer's Menu to see this directory), then go back into media player and rebuild your library.
mlekas said:
You may have a corrupt playlist - this happens to me a lot. Try deleting the folder "MSMETADATA" from your storage card (you'll need to select "show all files" in File Explorer's Menu to see this directory), then go back into media player and rebuild your library.
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This is _exactly_ what has been happening to me. Never had an issue with TCPMP or MortPlayer. But I have to use WMP10 to play my new DRMed Napster tracks (what can I say, all-you-can-eat is sweetness).
This is what I did to fix (for now) the problem. It happened after about...a week after uploading some tracks:
1. Shut down WMP. (Start>Settings>System>Memory>Running Programs>)
2. Delete MSMETADATA folder on storage card through file explorer.
3. Open WMP and Menu>Update Library.
If I don't do step 3 WMP doesn't have the option of using the storage card.
Thanks for the help!
i had this problem before...
fix: file explorer > storage card > DELETE the folder MSMETADATA nd then reupdate...should work...always does for mee at least
Im not sure If Im just not that smart... but one day I needed to charge my dash, It synced up at work when I plugged in the mini usb, and the next thing I know, I lost my ringtone I picked out, and I dont see a folder anywhere named ringtone or anything like it. I have a custom kavana rom posted here, and its been great. Can I just make another folder for my ringtones somewhere? Where is supposed to be?? What would it be named?? Please help! Thanks!
I always put my ringtones in the folder named "My Documents" on the phone memory.
I always put all my rings/phone sounds that I am currently using in the \Application Data\Sounds directory. Also, every ROM I ever used has this directory and when you want to set a sound/ring they are always in the drop down list in Settings->Sounds. Then delete the stuff im not using any more or move it to the storage card, to free up device storage.
What I do is put them on a folder on my storage card, use the audio manager to copy whichever I want to my ringtones folder on the device, so if something happens, like how vbittnv lost his folder, I'll still will have them on my storage card, and you don't want to fill the device's storage with unecessary stuff.
roloracer said:
and you don't want to fill the device's storage with unecessary stuff.
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I consider my ringtone necessary
SvB4EvA said:
I consider my ringtones necessary
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Yes but to keep down storage on device memory being used up, you can just keep your sms tones on root of storage and with the ringtones i use music to which is stored on storage card and just like roloracer use AudioManager "only thing used for"to copy them to \My Documents\My Ringtones then delete the old one in the folder.
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Yes but to keep down storage on device memory being used up, you can just keep your sms tones on root of storage and with the ringtones i use music to which is stored on storage card and just like roloracer use AudioManager "only thing used for"to copy them to \My Documents\My Ringtones then delete the old one in the folder.
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Couldn't have said it better myself, I only keep a small amount of ringtones on my phone's memory, the rest on my card.
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Yes but to keep down storage on device memory being used up, you can just keep your sms tones on root of storage and with the ringtones i use music to which is stored on storage card and just like roloracer use AudioManager "only thing used for"to copy them to \My Documents\My Ringtones then delete the old one in the folder.
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Yea, I only have one ringtone on my phones storage at a time. The rest of my junk is on my SDHC.
I just looked at my original post and I can see why you guys are saying what you are. I meant something different. I meant all my current sounds that are being used are on device storage. And like I said, the rest of the junk I have is on my SDHC.
If you create a folder on your storage card called My Ringtones there is no need to store them in device memory. It must be Root so it would be /Storage Card/My Ringtones
Works with every ROM I have ever used
mini sd card best place to keep all music ringtones videos, well true if you want to add a ringtone to a contect or song as one, it has to be on the main memory so thay say not true, just dont make a ringtone file and just let them run free on sd card this well alow them to be added to any of your contacts or sound apps for your phone, works for me, ringtones on a file on your sd card well run on main ringtone sounds and for myfaves contacts only out of file on sd card well work with all,
I folllow the steps like these:
to set our own sms tones
copy the mp3 or wma file to My Documents
do the following reg edit to set the new sms tone
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sounds\SMS]
"Sound"=String:\My Documents\test.mp3
test.mp3 is the file copied to my documents folder
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but,tones is nothing
I don't know where is the mistake
sorry for my poor English.
device:HD7
help me
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Hi,
The way I do it is as follows:
1. Make sure your phone is unlocked (Chevron unlocker)
2. Choose your tone and convert it to WMA format and rename it Alert-01
3. Use Chevron ringtone installer to convert it to a xap file and then install it
either with the microsoft tools or Tom Xap installer.
4. Install Touchexplorer xap to your phone.
5. Now when you go into the menus you will see Chevron ringtones, click on this
and it will show the ringtones installed, your will show here.
6. Go into Touchexplorer and navigate to "My Documents" and then MyRingtones"
7. Copy these files and navigate back to the "Windows" folder (takes a short while
to open)
8. When it opens paste the files in the folder, it will ask to overwrite the
existing one,but as you don't like them it won't make any difference.
9. Now when you go to "Settings" you will be able to choose the alert you
installed, just remember what number you gave it.
The same method can be done for Alarms.
This has been posted before but I can't remember exactly where in the threads as it took me a while to find it, but thanks to the original poster (you know who you are)
Hope this helps, and I have got the details right.
midazhang said:
I folllow the steps like these:
but,tones is nothing
I don't know where is the mistake
sorry for my poor English.
device:HD7
help me
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In the seetings it would show nothing but the custom tone is assigned.
When u receive any sms u will hear the custom tone which u set eventhough it shows nothing in settings.
Hey guys, I hooked my brand new HTC One X up to my PC after a strange picture appeared in my gallery, it looks like a system picture like part of the phones OS. Anyway its a .db ( database file ) and its called "thumbs" i do know it belongs to the data folder on the phone but theres other files within and i dont know which the " Thumbs " file resides in usually. After hooking my Sensation up to the PC also and navigating to .data > navigator > Data > htc i find that there is also a "thumbs " file in there, am i right in thinking i can just follow the same path on my One X and place the " Thumbs " file in there?? Its a brand new phone and i didnt wanna screw around with it too much without asking someone in the know first just incase i am wrong. Any help would be much appreciated thanx in advance
Oh dear
Just delete it, it's the file windows creates when it generates thumbnail images.
It sounds like your PC is set to show hidden and system files. As mattman83 said, you can just delete the file, but next time you browse to that folder from your PC Windows will recreate it.
You might also want to turn off the option to show these files in Windows Explorer. Go to My Computer, The click on the Organise menu and choose "Folder and search options". Go to the view tab and make sure "Don't show hidden files" and "Hide protected operating system files" are both selected (see screenshot).
If you want to stop Windows from creating these files in the first place, there's a good how-to guide here:
http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_turn_off_thumbsdb_in_windows_7.html
THANKYOU!!
Thanx guys to both of you, I thought I'd maybe highlighted it and moved it by mistake. I have seen these folders before so I guess your right about my system settings but I've never actually been able to view it as a picture in my gallery.
I haven't seen this topic discussed here on the M8 Q&A so I applogize if this has been answered.
I just got my M8 yesterday and didn't want to transfer everything over using HTC's transfer tool (going from and HTC Vivid) as I used my Vivid for 2 years and it was kind of cluttered.
Anyway, I copied all my stuff off my old phone and save it on my PC. I moved all the stuff I wanted using Windows Explorer to my M8. A ringtones folder showed up in Windows Explorer under my M8's internal storage so I copied my ringtones I wanted to that folder. They don't show up under setting/personalize. I used root browser to copy the files to system/media/audio/ringtones but the operation failed (I think it's because I'm not rooted). This is the folder that I see the HTC default ringtones in. If I press the + in personalize/ringtones to add new ringtones it takes me to the music folders. I moved the ringtones from the first location into a folder in my music folder named ringtones. They still didn't show up until I removed the .nomedia file. I was able to add them to the list and I assigned them to the contacts I wanted. I don't want to see the ringtones when playing music so I placed the .nomedia file back in the folder. After doing that the ringtones don't show up anymore. What am I doing wrong or can anyone help with this. Really don't want to root at this point.
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No one knows?
Guess I'll have to root.
I am rooted and still confused. I always thought you could put ringtones, notifications, and alarms under media-->audio on your SD Card (or user storage in this case)—OR create a separate folder for each: ringtones, alarms, notifications on the root of user storage.
But none of these show up in my lists in personalize or under settings-->sound. I don't want to add all of these custom ringtones I've made to the system partition under system/media/audio/ringtones which is where the ringtones that do show up under "sound" or "personalize" actually reside.
What's up with this... Further, a few months ago before some updates, this was working just fine.
have you rebooted? itll show up once you reboot
No.... That's not it. I have been using HTC phones for 5 years. I know how the ringtones/sounds work. This is something else.
If I and maybe the individual who initially created this post above are the only two, then it's just something wonky with the set up.
Could someone just verify it for me?
Take an .mp3 or an .ogg file from your Windows or Linux desktop (I am just going through the steps that once worked perfectly, but now don't work at all), and throw it into Dropbox. Then download it from Dropbox, and stick it into your /sdcard/media/audio/ringtones folder.... Then reboot.
If you see that file when you are in Settings or elsewhere when you are selecting a ringtone, then it's totally my problem. I have not deleted anything from stock, but I have disabled a lot (but things I wouldn't expect to affect ringtones)...so that could be it.
Also, I had disabled CarrierIQ using a bash script that worked quite nicely...But now am wondering if that could have caused it.
All I know is that in the first few weeks of October, I could put any .mp3, .flac, or .ogg file in the above mentioned folder, and after a restart they were all there.
I am also concerned that maybe the 4.4.4 update might have changed something.
Anyway...whoever can help, I very much appreciate it!
SOLVED:
I read this a couple of other places, but I guess this happens some times with certain folders on your SD Card or personal storage.
Sometimes just deleting and recreating the folder will go the trick. This didn't work for me.
So the next solution is to connect to your laptop, confirm everything is working correctly (HTC Sync needs to be installed which is a nuisance). But then I simply copied my media folder from the phone to my Windows desktop.... And then deleted it in the phone. Then I created an empty folder called "media" on the phone... Then copied the contents of the media folder in my Windows desktop, to the media folder I just created, and then, unplugged.
After reboot, all my ringtones, alarms, and notifications were in the list to choose from.