This is starting to get annoying and I am hoping there is an easy solution. I have some ringtones and notification sounds that I like and have used on my last couple of phones. I created a folder called media on the internal sdcard. In that media folder I created another one called audio. I then put a ringtone folder and notification folder containing my audio files in that folder. Standard thing I have done on previous phones. I went into contacts and was able to assign one of these custom ringtones. I was also able to assign a custom notification sound as well. Everything seemed to be working. However, when I restart my phone, all of the ringtones and notifications I just assigned have reverted back to default and none of the custom sounds show up in the selection list. Anybody else experience this or know what it causing it and how to fix it. I have reset and reflashed my phone a couple of times and it is the same every time.
I have tried using root explorer and copying the files to the /system/media/ringtones folder and it still happens.
Problem solved. I was using the rescan media app to stop the media scanning so it wouldn't find the media files that I was using.
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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've got a number of MP3 ringtones saved in the media/ringtone folder on my SD card.
Once upon a time, I could assign one of these as a primary ringtone and that's what I'd get when someone called. For the past few months, however when I assign an MP3 in Settings/Sounds/Phone Ringtone it reverts to a stock ringtone--''Windchime" I think it's called. Not unpleasant, but not what I want to hear.
I don't have the same problem with notifications or alarms, although I use the same MP3 files for those--can anyone help me sort it?
Make a folder on your sd card and name it Ringtones and all tones you put inside your phone will recognize as ringtones from settings.
Do the same for alarms and ringtones.
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nlooooo said:
Make a folder on your sd card and name it Ringtones and all tones you put inside your phone will recognize as ringtones from settings.
Do the same for alarms and ringtones.
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Thanks nlooooo, but I've done that and my MP3 files reside in just such a folder on the SD card. When I set a custom ringtone, either in Sounds or by long pressing music and designating the ringtone I want, the selected ringtone will work once, maybe twice, but a couple hours later is back to the Windchime.
How can I add my own Notification sounds without root?
I noticed when changing your ring tone there is an ADD button. But there isn't one for notifications. I would like to change the sounds based on the app, different sound for email and another for texts and facebook and so on. Except I want my own sound I've created on my PC. I reied with Root Explorer but it says I'm not rooted so I can't ad to the notification folder.
I did a search and I've noticed the link below but I'm not sure how that helps. The notifications are deep in the folders in the storage not on the sd card.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1082468
You can download this app
http://apps.audiko.net no root needed just need to have open source. It let's you search for ring tones or notification sounds. If they don't have the sound you're looking for you can go to that Site on your computer upload the sound clip and it will turn it into the format you need for your phone, then click download on your computer, plug in your phone to your computer, open your phones folder, find the notification folder, drag and drop that sound file, close and check your notification sounds on your phone and its should be there.
This worked for me when I was taking a sound from my I phone and putting it on this phone. If the sound says, .caf just rename it to mp3 snd upload it to that site.
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1) Encode the sounds to the ogg format
2) connect your phone to your PC and open the phone (not sdcard) folder
3) If it doesn't already exist, create a folder called "Notifications"
4) Drop your new .ogg format sounds in that Notifications folder.
That's it - Assuming they are valid files, they'll now be available for selection when using the system's media picker for notification sounds.
Hi, I bought this device yesterday.
I have one (not so big) issue.
System can't see my notification sounds. I copied them as usual to "Notifications" folder, but when I try to change sound in preferences or in Gmail I don't see my mp3 files. When I copied them to "/system/media/audio/notifications/" then is OK.
Not sure if I'm just not doing something right, but I have been unable to load my wife's previous ring and notification tones onto her new Nokia 5.1
It is running Android 9 like my Samsung 9+, but when connected to a PC the file structure is very limited on the Nokia. The only difference seems to be hers runs Android One. File manager on the phone shows the same structure when viewed from the PC.
I have converted her ring tone from mp3 to ogg, but wherever I put it the phone won't see or use it.
In Ring or Notification tones I press "+" to load a new tone and it takes me to Music. But can't load Music either. The folders are empty.
The phone is stock and not rooted.
tony_eyles said:
Not sure if I'm just not doing something right, but I have been unable to load my wife's previous ring and notification tones onto her new Nokia 5.1
It is running Android 9 like my Samsung 9+, but when connected to a PC the file structure is very limited on the Nokia. The only difference seems to be hers runs Android One. File manager on the phone shows the same structure when viewed from the PC.
I have converted her ring tone from mp3 to ogg, but wherever I put it the phone won't see or use it.
In Ring or Notification tones I press "+" to load a new tone and it takes me to Music. But can't load Music either. The folders are empty.
The phone is stock and not rooted.
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Just reboot,you will solve it
dugu1248 said:
Just reboot,you will solve it
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I had rebooted many times.
In the end I had to factory reset it. That solved the fault