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[Q] Can't get ringtones to work with XDAndroid OS

I'm using xdandroid 2.2 and can't hear when my phone rings due to the very popular issue that there are no ringtones besides "Silent". I tried deleting everything off of my internal storage except for the andboot folder and a music folder containing one mp3 which has no special characters, then rebooted, yet it still doesn't find my internal storage card.
In windows 7 it shows up as fat32 so I didn't bother reformatting it with the hp usb formatting tool, but I wouldn't have been able to even if I wanted to because it didn't have my phone listed in the dropdown of possible options to reformat, even though it shows up fine in My Computer.
I can't see how special characters in folder or file names could be an issue unless there is an issue with the andboot folder, which I even looked over and didn't see any abnormal symbols in the names. The character scanner program could browse the folders and files on my phone but when I select the internal storage drive (or any drive/folder on the phone) the OK button is dimmed out so I can't select it to scan it.
Someone please help, I've tried everything...

I fixed this by backing up my internal storage and then formatting it with the HP disk format utility. FAT32 and do a full format, not quick. Took a while.
Now copy your backed up files back to your internal storage and your ringtones, wallpapers, etc should show now.

Thanks for the reply but you missed a part of my post:
In windows 7 it shows up as fat32 so I didn't bother reformatting it with the hp usb formatting tool, but I wouldn't have been able to even if I wanted to because it didn't have my phone listed in the dropdown of possible options to reformat, even though it shows up fine in My Computer.
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I ended up getting this to work by:
1. In Windows Mobile, go to settings > system > clear storage and clear the internal storage.
2. Plug phone into USB and it'll prompt you to connect via activesync or file transfer mode, choose file transfer mode.
3. Now the internal storage of the phone will show up as a separate drive in My Computer rather than it showing up as "Touch Diamond Device". Use the HP USB tool to reformat the drive as FAT32, which will now see the internal storage as a drive.
4. Copy andboot back over to internal storage, reboot into droid, can now select ringtones!

Wtf *please help** all data on sd erased

I plugged my phone into my pc and the connection shows as MTP connected.
I then created a folder called Media. I placed my DCIM folder (which was on my external SD card) into Media... AND IT ERASED ALL THE PICTURES...
Has this happened to anyone else?
When I look at my disk space, it's showing as if it was erased (29gb free, it had 26gb free).
This same thing happened with my music (8gb).
Can anyone please help.

Same thing happened to me. I thought it was the AEMod flash I did from CWM right afterwards but yeah, I moved a folder full of apk's I've accumulated over the course of owning Android phones to the external_sd folder using Nautilus (Gnome's file manager).
When I Connect USB Storage to my workstation I get two mounts: 12GB and 16GB. The file manager works fine with the external_sd folder underneath the 12GB mounted device so I didn't think anything of it, but I wonder if you're supposed to only use the 16GB device?
Sux4sure.

I'm really pissed.
Luck I have most of the pics saved on my laptop, but still, makes no sense why if you move folders on your 32gb card intoa different folder on your sd card that it would wipe
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Accessing Microsd on phone

Hi, I recently got the CDMA (Virgin Mobile US) One V, and am having issues accessing the microsd folder using file explorers on the phone.
Using astro, if I go "up" as far as possible to /, the options are
mnt
proc
root
sbin
sdcard
sys
system
vendor
On my TF101, removable storage is under sdcard. But if I go under there, the options read
Android
DCIM
Download
LOST.DIR
Notifications
tmp
My question is, do you need root access to access removable storage? And if not, where is it? And yes, the SD card is recognized under settings.
EDIT: When I connected the phone to windows computer, it showed up as one drive, namely just the microsd card's space, and not anything about the phone. Does this mean everything besides apps, like videos/photos taken with the camera and files downloaded, is automatically stored on the microsd card?
Sorry if this is long, first post.

The answer to one of your questions is "yes" the phone does save your downloads and pics/videos to sdcard. I believe the PC only shows your sdcard when you have your phone in drive mode.
No you don't have to be root to access your sdcard.

dobbs69 said:
The answer to one of your questions is "yes" the phone does save your downloads and pics/videos to sdcard. I believe the PC only shows your sdcard when you have your phone in drive mode.
No you don't have to be root to access your sdcard.
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Thanks, I think I figured it out. Just hope this remains the same after switching ROMs.

Asteradragon said:
Thanks, I think I figured it out. Just hope this remains the same after switching ROMs.
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under /mnt/sdcard

[Q] ringtones

Any way to "lock" my ringtones to contacts, so they don't disappear when i pull the extsd card or reboot? Thanks.
P.S. I'm rooted.

lost ringtones
grunt0300 said:
Any way to "lock" my ringtones to contacts, so they don't disappear when i pull the extsd card or reboot? Thanks.
P.S. I'm rooted.
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Try putting them in the ringtone folder on the internal memory. I just use file explorer. Its easy to use. That way you contacts will not lose their association with the chosen file.

Walknmemfs said:
Try putting them in the ringtone folder on the internal memory. I just use file explorer. Its easy to use. That way you contacts will not lose their association with the chosen file.
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Thanks for the reply. I use FX File Explorer w/root, and i was just wondering how "deep" into the internal memory do i have to go? I can get into the system settings, if i have to. Right now, all my ringtones & notification tones are on my extsd card. Can i just move both of those folders to wherever you suggest? My problem happens when i unmount the extsd card. Everything goes back to "default". I really appreciate your help. Thanks, again.:good:

You can also place them in the /system/media/audio folder. Remember though, if you have a copy of them in any other folders or on your internal memory or sd card, when you reboot they will show up twice when you are selecting them for your contacts etc.

jp2396 said:
You can also place them in the /system/media/audio folder. Remember though, if you have a copy of them in any other folders or on your internal memory or sd card, when you reboot they will show up twice when you are selecting them for your contacts etc.
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Thanks. I put them in the internal memory. Internal memory had two folders labeled "ringtones" and "notifications". I also deleted them from the extsd card, and now it's all good. Thanks for the help.:good:

Photo recovery

Hi! I have htc 10 with 128 gb sd card formatted as internal memory. I was transferring a photo folder from phone to laptop using USB cable and USB connection in media transfer mode. The folder seemed to be transferring alright but the pasted folder in laptop is empty. Since I didn't understand photo sync in Google photos I don't have any backup...desperately seeking to restore that folder. Need all the help

I'd avoid using the SD as internal, sounds great in principle but can cause issues if there's an interrupt..
For apps I'd use folder mount, needs root but it's simple to use and doesn't affect internal memory.
In regards to the images, did you cut the images? Copy or simply drag them, a drag would be a copy. So the original should have remained. If you cut them then they'll have been in limbo and will then be marked for deletion.
In future always use copy instead.
If the photos are no longer in the phones memory then they'll have been marked for deletion, a data recovery app on Windows and or your mobile may help but not sure.. Have had a lot of luck on SD cards when plugged into Windows but never scanned a phone as it's a live OS and I imagine it would need complete read access.
If the photos were on the SD card and are no longer visible, connect the SD card up to your computer because if they're marked for deletion and the OS decides to use those clusters, it'll be overwritten which will make it harder for recovery.

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