I know that you can place MP3s in the respective folders for notifications and ringtones. There are some sounds that I like to use for both ringtones and notifications, but don't want them to be copied into both folders. It seems like there would be a less space wasting method to do it?
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does anyone know the folder structure for making sure, if i store sounds on the storage card, that any alerts are purely for short sounds, and custom rintones selects a folder full of just my ringtones?
meaning:
Custom Ringtones -------> ring tone only (no short sounds) folder on storage card (Storage Card/My Ringtones)
Custom Alerts ------> short sounds only (no rintones) folder on storage card (Storage Card/???)
Custom Alarms --------> ringtones and alarm sounds (Stoage Card/???)
??? i thought i had it right but my custom ringtones options (all ringtones on the storage card are stored under storage card/my ringtones) ALWAYS brings up all my short sounds too (which are stored in storagecard/my documents).
all my alerts options bring up short sounds only. which is ok for the windows alerts, but when i click my top clock sliding panel for alarms, all the alarms sounds that i can pick are just whats in my Storage Card/My Documents folder.
does anyone kind of have this going on their phone in the same way im trying to describe??
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lol at myself for that last statement haha
thanks
You should be able to drop everything in the My Ringtone folder on SC. When you are picking the sound clip in Sounds, I think it filters it by extension.
Mikey1022 said:
You should be able to drop everything in the My Ringtone folder on SC. When you are picking the sound clip in Sounds, I think it filters it by extension.
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if it filters by extension which extensions are fo rwhich types of files
i.e.
ringtones = .mp3
alerts = .wav
alarms = .???
i searched in this forum and the closest answer i found was a senior member advising creation of a my ringtones folder on storage card. i tried it and it worked fine till i figured i wanted to ge tmore detailed with filtering.
not possible
Unless you rename the wav's
alarm_ding_sing.wav
SMS_ding_sing.wav
In the list it will group them
They should not show up in for being applied to a rington.
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not possible
Unless you rename the wav's
alarm_ding_sing.wav
SMS_ding_sing.wav
In the list it will group them
They should not show up in for being applied to a rington.
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but they do
so this renaming to alarm_*** , ringtone_***, alert_*** this should at least group them? hmmm ill try it out post results.
renegadedj said:
but they do
so this renaming to alarm_*** , ringtone_***, alert_*** this should at least group them? hmmm ill try it out post results.
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Another way would be just put 01. infront of alarms 02. Ringtones 03. alert
Then they will stay in an order.
eg.
01. alarm horn
01. alarm bell
Can I use MP3s for alarms and SMS tones.
I thought these kind of features where standard on modern smart phones?
Or is there an app for that
i think theres a special app for that i have seen it somewhere on the cyrket website
dj kav said:
Can I use MP3s for alarms and SMS tones.
I thought these kind of features where standard on modern smart phones?
Or is there an app for that
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Have you tried setting it as a ringtone within the music app? Then from there you might be able to choose it in the alarms and notifications?
make a folder on your SD card (the root of it) called "Notifications" and "Ringtones" then copy your ringtones into one and notifications (SMS and Alarms) into the other. Then they appear in the menus. I had to google about to find this myself!
Alternatively you can set it through the music application!
You need to create specific folders on the SD. I have alarms on the SD root for my alarm tone and notifications for my message tone!
evildead4eva said:
make a folder on your SD card (the root of it) called "Notifications" and "Ringtones" then copy your ringtones into one and notifications (SMS and Alarms) into the other. Then they appear in the menus. I had to google about to find this myself!
Alternatively you can set it through the music application!
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/sdcard
/sdcard/Media
/sdcard/Media/Notifications
/sdcard/Media/Ringtones
/sdcard/Media/Alarms
That is how I have it setup so I only have one folder in the sdcard root for all of my alarms, notifications and ringtones.
Mine are set as...
/sdcard
/sdcard/Media
/sdcard/Notifications
/sdcard/Ringtones
/sdcard/Alarms
Thx, I will give it a go
Why can't they make things simple these days
SOrry to jump in, but cant someone just run over what i may be doing wrong.
On my SD Card i have the following folder setup :
sdcard/
sdcard/media
sdcard/media/audio
sdcard/media/notifications
sdcard/media/alarms
sdcard/media/ringtones
and within the notifications folder i have put an MP3.
BUT it doesnt show up in SETTINGS > SOUND & DISPLAY > NOTIFICATION SOUND
Nor does it show up in ChompSMS or SMSPopup.
I have alos tried to create the folders in the root, with no luck.
I know im beign blind, what am i missing.
Nice one, was wondering how to do this.
hot-fuzz I have the exact same set-up as you, works perfectly for me.
Have you tried with a different audio file?
Just download 'Ringdroid' from the marketplace and you can edit your mp3's in the fly and gives you the option to save as tone/notification etc..
OK, sorted it.
The file will only show up if i put ".mp3" at the end of the file, otherwise it doesnt show up.
Thanks for the headsup on Ringdroid, might give that a bash.
I had some problems but at last it is working with the format
sdcard/
sdcard/media
sdcard/media/audio
sdcard/media/notifications
sdcard/media/alarms
sdcard/media/ringtones
I noticed there was a similar layout in the phone's ROM
system/
system/media
system/media/audio
system/media/notifications
system/media/alarms
system/media/ringtones
system/media/ui
There was some Facebook mp4 file in that ringtones folder.
Has anyone figured out how to use your own audio files for all of the different types of notifications? I have a few .mp3 files that I've used on all of my previous Android phones that I'd like to continue using. I put them in the "Ringtones" and "Notifications" folders that were initially on the phone. After I did that, I was able to select them as ringtones for the ringer, but they don't show up as options for SMS and e-mail notifications. Any ideas?
Try converting the ones in the Notifications folder to m4a files, they work for SMS and email notifications for me. Could also be the length of your files.
harolds said:
Try converting the ones in the Notifications folder to m4a files, they work for SMS and email notifications for me. Could also be the length of your files.
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or just install zedge from the market. Thats not your own ringtones, but there are good ones too..
Ringdroid is a nice application for this, it works quite well and you can just uninstall once you convert your audio files to notifications, ringtones, or alarms.
Thanks for the tips. The files are very short, so it's not the length. I also looked for Ringdroid, but I can't find it in the market. There's something called "Ringdroid (Social Edition)," but this doesn't look like it's the right thing. When I get a chance I'll try converting the files and seeing if that works, although I do find it strange that my mp3s (they were from a pack a downloaded a while ago called "RCP Ringtones) are seen when selecting ringtones for the ringer, but not for notifications.
Wow, this is maddening! I've read a lot of threads about ringtones and sounds but none seem to acknowledge what is happening on my VS986 11a phone. I have put custom notification and ringtone files in the appropriate system folders. In fact, I put the same files in both ringtones and notifications folders. The files appear there and will show up when I try to change the notification sound for a specific app. I can select and hear them as ringtones but not as notification sounds. When you select one of the custom sounds for an app, it plays the system default sound, Crystal.
I initially put them in as mp3 files. I noticed that all system sounds are ogg files, so I changed them to ogg. Still no joy. When I play the files from the system folder with SE Music Player, the files play just fine. They simply won't play as app notification sounds. What gives?
Hello everyone,
I am wondering if you all have the same issue as I do.
I have my music in "Music" folder, and my ringtones set in "Ringtones" folder, but when I want to set a local ringtone, I can see ALL my music and ringtones shown together in one huge never ending list due to amount of music present on my phone.
Is there a way to display only ringtones set in "Ringtones" folder?
Thank you in advance.