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[Q] Ringtone, Alarm, Notification Hierarchy?

I had this set on my sdcard at one point, but i know you can set the R.A.N. hierarchy to where it will allow you to choose from any mp3 you have in the bottom folder of the hierarchy.
I think it's /sdcard/media/ringtones/alarms/notifications/*.mp3
but if i'm wrong can someone please correct me...

I don't know about that method but rings extended in the market lets you use any mp3 you want for notifications, alarms, and ringtones
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How to make custom default ring tones?

So I have a few customer ring tones that I transfered over from my EVO 4G. They are in the Mp3 format and I am able to set the ring tone on an individual level, but I cant set it as a default ringtone.
So how does one set a customer ringtone that is an MP3 as the default ringtone?
Notifications as while?
Much Obliged for all of your help in advance.

Go to settings, then sound. You'll be able to set phone ringtone as well as notification ringtone.

I should have said that I have already tried that. There is no option that lets me pick the sounds that are on my SD card.
For example when I go into my contacts list and go to ringtone, there is three options, Default Ringtone, Select sounds from My Files and Phone Ringtone.
Now when I go to Sounds it just gives me a bunch of generic sound files. Nothing from my selection.

you just move the sound file to the /media folder using any file manager app. Then it should show up in the list of sounds when you set your ringtone. The same steps can be done for notification sounds. If you're confused, there's plenty of youtube video tutorials showing you step by step information.
I do it this all the time, I create custom ringtones with Audacity (cut out the chorus and fade the track in and out so it sounds cleaner). Right now I have the Jetsons door bell as my notification sound

Just a wild guess that you didn't put your custom ringtones in the proper file location on your SD card.
You need to create a folder called "media" (no quotes). Inside that folder create a folder called "audio". Inside that folder create 3 separate folders called "alarms", "notifications" and "ringtones".
Place your custom ringtones in the ringtones folder, reboot (not sure if that's necessary) and your customs will show up.
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Thanks alot guys. That was exactly my problem, I did not have the media folder.
Wasn't exactly sure where it should have gone so I used ringdroid to create another Ringtone and it place the media folder along with the Ringtone folder on my SD card.
Always amazes me how simple a problem can be resolved if you have one price of information.
Thanks again. You are the best.
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Mship said:
Thanks alot guys. That was exactly my problem, I did not have the media folder.
Wasn't exactly sure where it should have gone so I used ringdroid to create another Ringtone and it place the media folder along with the Ringtone folder on my SD card.
Always amazes me how simple a problem can be resolved if you have one price of information.
Thanks again. You are the best.
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DO I have to have the same ringtones on all the folders so I can place custom ringtones in say text email etc..?
thanks
if not where are the text ringtones located at? I did a search by name and nothing came up though I have ring tones to choose from
thank you again

You can always download RINGDROID from the market. It lets you "trim" your mp3's and set them as default/contact ring tone or notification.

So far that is the best way I found to work in my phone.

[Q] Set ringtone

According to FAQ thread, I need to use 3rd party app to set an mp3 as a caller ringtone. Can't I use the native android music player and "set as" just like any other android phones? If this is the case then Imma go pee pee on electric fence... *sad face*
Anyone can confirm this?

Go into People app, click menu button, select Set ringtone...
... it's that simple!
Edit: Well, it's that simple if the mp3 you want is in the ringtone directory - it doesn't pick up ones from your regular music dir.

jabok said:
Go into People app, click menu button, select Set ringtone...
... it's that simple!
Edit: Well, it's that simple if the mp3 you want is in the ringtone directory - it doesn't pick up ones from your regular music dir.
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So you're saying that in music player, there is no "set as " option? Well, that is silly :/

Another alternative is to install GoSMS Pro (free from the market) which ids a great sms app.
The added bonus is that when you go into your contact and select 'set ringtone' you can choose GoSMS instead of Android System. You can then choose between default ringtone, current ringtone, system ringtone or MUSIC which will let you select any mp3 file from your music folder on your phone.
Mark.

In pre-ICS Android, one could place a file Media in de sd-card. Within that file you made the file "Audio" and in that one you made 3 other files: "notifications", "alarms and "ringtones". In those last 3 files you put the mp3's.
Does that strategy still work in ICS, or can you only put custom mp3's as e.g. ringtone, via a third-party app?

Sweerts said:
In pre-ICS Android, one could place a file Media in de sd-card. Within that file you made the file "Audio" and in that one you made 3 other files: "notifications", "alarms and "ringtones". In those last 3 files you put the mp3's.
Does that strategy still work in ICS, or can you only put custom mp3's as e.g. ringtone, via a third-party app?
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You can just stick mp3's in the pre-existing Ringtones folder. The "problem" is that when you pick a ringtone through the standard interface, it only looks there and NOT in the Music folder.

Does anyone have any sensible explanation as to why they remove "set as" option in music player?

vosszaa said:
Does anyone have any sensible explanation as to why they remove "set as" option in music player?
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Anyone can explain this?

vosszaa said:
Anyone can explain this?
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Ask google?
Mark.

Sweerts said:
In pre-ICS Android, one could place a file Media in de sd-card. Within that file you made the file "Audio" and in that one you made 3 other files: "notifications", "alarms and "ringtones". In those last 3 files you put the mp3's.
Does that strategy still work in ICS, or can you only put custom mp3's as e.g. ringtone, via a third-party app?
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Unfortunately, in ICS, this only lets you add audio files for the ringer. The added files do not show up when trying to select a notification sound for SMS and e-mail. I still haven't found a way to use custom notifications for these things yet.

Drop your mp3 ringtones into /sdcard/Ringtones and reboot your phones. They will then be available in Settings/Sounds/Phone ringtone

vosszaa said:
So you're saying that in music player, there is no "set as " option? Well, that is silly :/
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The music player is for playing music and not setting ringtones. Doesn't seem silly to me.
Plus not many people want a ringtone that's as long as a song. (3 to 5 minutes)

ringtones go in the ringtones folder, notifications in the notifications folder, alarms in the alarms folder, tis easies!
But...
has anybody noticed custom ringtones only play once?
i have a ringtone that's 3 seconds long...plays it once and then stops :| bit annoying...
EDIT: After googling around a bit i've found the solution to that myself!
I feel like I can be helpful for once. It will loop ringtones if you convert the mp3 to OGG format, and in the file info (you can edit this in Winamp for example), create a field called ANDROID_LOOP and set the value to TRUE.
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bleets said:
has anybody noticed custom ringtones only play once?
i have a ringtone that's 3 seconds long...plays it once and then stops :| bit annoying...
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I always use audacity to loop my ringtones myself

how to change text message ringtone to custom mp3 ?

i downloaded and edited a sound clip which is an mp3 but cant seem to set as it as a notication, only alarm, contact or default ringtone show up...anyway to do this?

Go to your music and press and hold the song you want as your ringtone. The menu that comes up will give you the option of using the song as a ringtone. That will make the song the ringtone for your phone for the moment and also put it in the list of ringtones that are available to you in the future.

husker apollo said:
Go to your music and press and hold the song you want as your ringtone. The menu that comes up will give you the option of using the song as a ringtone. That will make the song the ringtone for your phone for the moment and also put it in the list of ringtones that are available to you in the future.
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that didnt work for my text message ringtone selection..

dirtyglove said:
that didnt work for my text message ringtone selection..
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try this... put the custom ringtones or sounds on the sd card in the notifications folder in the media folder.

The op clearly asked for notification ringtones lol.
Never done it. But id assume moving it tion media+audio+notifications folder would do the trick
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just read up on that, thanks homie!
To use custom ringtones for your phone ringtone, your alarm or your text message notification, simply copy an MP3 file to one of the following folders:
/sdcard/media/audio/ringtones
/sdcard/media/audio/alarms
/sdcard/media/audio/notifications
If they don't already exist, then create a new folder.
The file will then show up when you want to change your ringtones.
For Ringtones go to Settings - Sound - Phone ringtone
For Text Messages go to - Settings - Sound - Notification ringtone
For Alarm, set the sound when you add a new alarm

You don't want a song for texting. Goddddd that is so annoying
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AVAH0LIC said:
The op clearly asked for notification ringtones lol.
Never done it. But id assume moving it tion media+audio+notifications folder would do the trick
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lol i realized after... i was too overzealous to attempt to help.
glad we worked it out

AVAH0LIC said:
You don't want a song for texting. Goddddd that is so annoying
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i got a clip that says "kissssssss my asss"..its my dad yelling at my brother lol

Can't find downloaded notification sounds.

I have downloaded some new notification sounds, but can't find them in Personalize > sounds to allocate them as email and text notifications. I'm sure I'm being dim - can someone please tell me how I can do this? Ta!

there in ur download folder on ur sd card, move them to notifaction folder to use them

could be in music. not a guarantee, because i downloaded a ringtone from at&t which never appeared anywhere, but something else i downloaded through the play store ended up in my music player, which actually seems logical, since the player has the capacity to create a ringtone.