I'm wondering if anyone else has this problem, anytime I set a ringtone for anyone they never (or VERY rarely) work...it still just plays the default ringtone all the time. This has been going on since I got my slide, even before I rooted...anybody else? Anyone know of a fix?
-BMFC
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I've noticed that almost every time I plug the slide in as a disk drive, it resets to default ringtones (if I had it set to custom ringtones from the SD card). I think all Android phones do this, since the phone cannot access the SD card when it's mounted by a computer. The Slide doesn't seem to revert itself gracefully to the custom ringtones when it's unplugged.
beartard said:
I've noticed that almost every time I plug the slide in as a disk drive, it resets to default ringtones (if I had it set to custom ringtones from the SD card). I think all Android phones do this, since the phone cannot access the SD card when it's mounted by a computer. The Slide doesn't seem to revert itself gracefully to the custom ringtones when it's unplugged.
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I know that, that's just a side effect of the way android mounts as mass storage...
Its more than that...I have a ringtone set for my g/f who calls me like 20 times a day, and it always rings the default ringtone instead of her ringtone...its not just while its plugged in, default is the only ringtone I ever hear anymore...
I'm just trying to see if anyone else has this problem or if its just me...
-BMFC
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App
Does your caller ID still work properly? Also, I'd try saving the phone number EXACTLY as it shows up in caller ID. IE: If the caller ID displays 252-555-1234 and you have the number saved as 555-1234, I've seen some phones not recognize it as a saved contact.
Fake Edit: You are referring to ringtones save to a specific contact, right? Or does this happen when setting the default ringtone to the phone as well?
as far as i know caller ID is fine...my g/f's name and picture show up, it just rings with my default tone. so you know my ringtone is one i made with ringdroid and its on my sdcard and if i plug in usb and mount as disk drive, then it will play whatever it is set to be in the ROM when someone calls, but any other time itll play the default tone i set, its the only one i set that WILL play. its the ringtones i set for individual contacts, they dont play, it just plays the ringtone that i have set to default. ill take a look at my numbers formatting and see if that'll fix anything...
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hi everyone ,can some one tell me how to make a custom notification tone ?i use the mp3 trimer to make my reg ringtone.but i can only use it in phone ring tones.it don't show up under notification/alarm tone, just ring tones!i have sounds on my sd card.but i don't know were to move them to or how to. so i can use them i figure file manger can move them or threw active sink on my computer.well thankyou for all your help !
after trimming your MP3 media, place it here
My Device > Application Data > Sounds
You can also place them on the Storage Card, but if the phone is in USB Drive mode, you'll lose the use of these files and the phone resets to default media and ringtones if and when the phone wants to use it and can't find it.
sweet ,thankyou very much. have a good new year!!!!!!
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thanks for the info i now have custom text tones. my question is.. is there a way to set the tone that rings for a specific contact to sound when they text?
Hi!
I also had this problem on my older Desire Z, but then it just kept changing all notification / ringtones sounds to ramdom .mp3 files on the SD card. Not when connecting in Mass Storage mode, but without any intervention from my part.
Now it will change some or all sounds (ringtones, notifications, alarms) to "Unknown ringtone". You can see it in the screenshot. When I try to change them back to something, in the list where I should choose the file, no sound will play when I tap on them (usually, you can preview the sound before accepting). After I choose the file I want, the Personalize menu will still show "Unknown ringtone". The only way to get it back to normal is a phone reset, and then all my ringtones will get back to the ones I've chosen initially.
I should note that I use only custom ringtones, all of them are on the Mass Storage memory in "Audio/Ringtones", "Audio/Notifications" and "Audio/Alarms". I don't use any ringtone app (like Ringdroid etc.) and I only have "normal" apps installed (some games and popular apps from known developers).
This thing happens at random, at least once a day, I don't connect the phone in Mass Storage mode, it just sits on the table and suddenly the ringtones are gone. The worst part is that nothing will play, so I won't receive sound notifications for alarms or incoming calls, only vibration if it is set so.
I searched and read a lot of threads on diffeent forums, a lot of people have this problem on other phones and Android versions, but nobody had an explanation or a solution. Could it be an app I use? I can make a list of everything I installed...
I'd appreciate any help, this problem is very annoying.
After a lot of testing and cursing the phone, I think I found the problem. I re-converted all my mp3 ringtones to 96kbps, mono, no ID3 tag, no embedded album picture, just plain .mp3. It now seems to work fine for two days.
I think the random change happens only for big mp3 files or for mp3 files with album art. Hope it helps, if somebody will have the same issue.
check the setting of you profiles. see if it has the same ringtones.
I put one mp3 on my phone. This is the second or third time this has happened now. It just disappears. Where does it keep going? I had no idea I had an incoming call because the phone was going do dee doot some stupid internal ringtone when I have a kick ass song of my friends bands that's supposed to play.
I don't have the song with me because I am at work, so I have to remote into my home computer, send the file to myself.
Seems to disappear out of nowhere too. The problem is I might not notice when it happens right away since I don't receive phone calls very often. I might only receive 2 or 3 calls a month, if that.
But I can say I've not changed anything.. only really install a few games.
Does the ringtone appear in the list of available ringtones after changing? Make sure you put the ringtone in your 'ringtone' folder in the internal storage.
So this problem I have had I am assuming since the first day I bought the phone. Everytime I try to change the ringtone, no matter what ringtone I change it to, it somehow always defaults to this "kimchee" ringtone. It would sometimes ring to the ringtone I change it to but for the most part it would ring to the "kimchee" ringtone. The odd thing about it is that I can't find this "kimchee" ringtone anywhere on my phone. It's nowhere to be found, so I dunno how it's ringing to that ringtone. I am not rooted so I can't look too deep in the system files. I've tried a hard reset and clearing the media storage cache and none of those options work. Clearing the cache worked for a day and then somehow went back to the "kimchee" ringtone when I get calls. Anyone have this happen to them or have a fix? Thanks.
No one else has run into this problem?
I read your post yesterday and to be honest, it was rather amusing reading your post. I don't really know how you got this kimchee ringtone. By the way u know what kimchee mean?? Its a traditional Korean side dish which is chilly pickled cabbage lol... Maybe u got that ringtone specially made for you by LG??
This is a strange one.
I have uploaded some songs onto my phone's memory (not SD card) and set one of them to be my ringtone for all contacts.
It works OK for a while, and then suddenly when someone calls me, I hear the default ringtone of the device (instead of the one I set)...
Then, when I go to the device's Sound & Notifications settings, I see that the ringtone that's displayed as the selected one is still the one I manually selected, but when i try to play it, it plays the default phone ringtone instead.
I can only get the real song to play after i remove it from the list and re-add it.
Any ideas?
I already turned the Ringtone ID setting off, and I have no SD card installed on the device.
bushaaya said:
This is a strange one.
I have uploaded some songs onto my phone's memory (not SD card) and set one of them to be my ringtone for all contacts.
It works OK for a while, and then suddenly when someone calls me, I hear the default ringtone of the device (instead of the one I set)...
Then, when I go to the device's Sound & Notifications settings, I see that the ringtone that's displayed as the selected one is still the one I manually selected, but when i try to play it, it plays the default phone ringtone instead.
I can only get the real song to play after i remove it from the list and re-add it.
Any ideas?
I already turned the Ringtone ID setting off, and I have no SD card installed on the device.
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try and see if the contact who called you is not a favorite contact(go the contact ticket and you will a star at the top see if he is checked)
lg does diffrent ringtone to favorite contacts...
xzfzx said:
try and see if the contact who called you is not a favorite contact(go the contact ticket and you will a star at the top see if he is checked)
lg does diffrent ringtone to favorite contacts...
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It happened both when saved contacts and unsaved numbers called me.
Thing is that when I go to the Sound & Notifications settings, my selected ringtone now plays the default ringtone instead of the correct song. -:0
My selected ringtone is called "Stone the Crow".
When I go to the Sound & Notifications settings I see that this song is still selected, but when I click to play it, it plays the default device ringtone instead of Stone the Crow...
bushaaya said:
It happened both when saved contacts and unsaved numbers called me.
Thing is that when I go to the Sound & Notifications settings, my selected ringtone now plays the default ringtone instead of the correct song. -:0
My selected ringtone is called "Stone the Crow".
When I go to the Sound & Notifications settings I see that this song is still selected, but when I click to play it, it plays the default device ringtone instead of Stone the Crow...
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well that is really weird i have no clue but maybe...its the format of the song? have you tried another song with another format?
xzfzx said:
well that is really weird i have no clue but maybe...its the format of the song? have you tried another song with another format?
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The songs are standard mp3 format, but I'll give it a shot and notify -
Ok, so I think the issue is solved, following your suggestion.
There are several possible reasons, in case any one else ever has the same issue.
My original files' extensions were in caps (MP3) and were transferred to the phone via Airdroid to the Music folder.
My fix was that i converted my MP3 to a FLAC file and saved it without caps. I also saved the file in the download folder instead of the music folder.
For now it has been over 24 hours without the ringtone being reset, so I'm guessing it was either the MP3 format, the extension or the music folder...
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