I can pretty consistently flash new boot animations with CWM. The context of the zip was pretty easy to get a handle on. That being said, I've run into a problem with certain sounds being used as the boot sound.
I've renamed them with the appropriate PowerOn.wav name, but some work and some don't.
The ones that don't, show an odd behavior. The boot animation plays fine, the sound that I've selected plays normally, but then the looping part of the boot animation just loops indefinitely.
The phone itself has actually finished booting, since I can unlock it, and can navigate blindly, hearing the appropriate noises. I can power it off by guessing where the buttons are onscreen, but I can't see anything aside from the boot animation.
Changing the power on sound file fixes the problem, but doesn't give me the sound I would like to have for my boot.
The length of the file doesn't seem to matter, some shorter ones work, some longer ones work.
I'm wondering if possibly the encoding of the files may matter, but I can't seem to figure out a difference between what works and what doesn't...
Thoughts?
Mods, please feel free to move this to either General QA or themes, if one of those would be more appropriate.
No takers?
I can post some example sound files, if anyone thinks it would help...
I'm not sure what you tell you, man. I don't flash my boot animations. I simply add .bak to the end of the current bootanimation.zip file and replace it with one I found and liked. As for the sounds, I did the .bak on the current one and then replaced the .wav with an mp3 I found for a boot sound. I don't know what either one are encoded in. They simply worked.
Well, I get the same problem when I manually replace them as you do.
As far as I can tell, the problem is pretty much exclusively due to the sound files.
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Okay. I"m using the boot animation that has the little droid that waves and while he waves, you hear an R2D2 like sound on each wave and then the robotic "Droid." Only thing is, I switched ROMs to try our Fresh ROM.
So, after I noticed that the boot animation was in a different place (/system/audio) and the audio file was named different (android_audio.mp3), I moved the android boot animation there and renamed it's audio accordingly.
So now the droid animation boots properly. Only thing is the sound is a bit off sync and you don't hear the first R2D2 like beeps until the second wave is nearly over.
It would be easy enough for me to pull the mp3 into a sound editor and remove about 1-2 seconds of silence from the beginning to get it to where it runs in sync with the animation. But, before I bother, is there some script file I can tweak that impacts the timing of the boot up animation? This would be handy to know because even though it only takes a minute or 2 to edit the audio, it's even quicker to edit a config file if one exists.
Does anyone have an answer?
Hey there,
I got here by searching for the solution to a similar problem on my Motorola Razr (retail GSM, EU) with Android 4.0.4. Perhaps this solution to my problem works for you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28726345#post28726345
The files and folders may have other names as you already stated above. Perhaps your problem is not this one. But perhaps it my work, since you also use a Droid-animation...
Good luck!
I know you are probably wondering why would someone want to increase the amount of time it takes to boot up their Epic. This is not the case, I simply want to increase the amount of time given before the lock screen appears for the boot animation to continue playing. When my phone stops playing the boot animation and goes to the lock screen it is still not completely up and running. So I'd rather watch the boot screen animation continue to run rather then go to the lock screen where when I unlock it still shows widgets loading and such.
Thanks for help.
Sent from Epic running ViperRom.
Even if it wad possible the phone doesn't start doing the media scan until the screen comes on. I know its slow but if u have a lot of stuff on your sd card that doesn't need scanned at first put a .nomedia in the folder and it will scan faster.
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Even if it wad possible the phone doesn't start doing the media scan until the screen comes on. I know its slow but if u have a lot of stuff on your sd card that doesn't need scanned at first put a .nomedia in the folder and it will scan faster.
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and the .nomedia file is just a text file with that name correct?
It's just a file named .nomedia with anything you don't want scanned inside of it.
Tried the .nomedia, did not seem to make any noticable difference. Did find a nice app on the Market called StudioKUMA .nomedia Manager which easily adds .nomedia files to any folder you want. Even went to excess and tagged everything on my sdcard with .nomedia, then had fun undoing that and resetting my ringtones and notification tones.
Now I'm just gonna try going with a new ROM since I'm ready for something new so I'll just clear and start fresh again.
Not sure if this has been posted before, but I became extremely annoyed when, at about 4am, my Epic 4G Touch would wake me up with a really loud beeping sound declaring that it had been fully charged. Also, the phone makes a nice loud annoying sound when you even plug in the charger. I found a way to make these annoyances go away.
Assuming you're already rooted, use Super Manager (from the android market), go to File Manager, go up a few levels until you reach the root folder ( / ) , then go to System, switch to R/W, go to media, audio, ui. In this folder you can alter these files and it will disable certain sounds. PLEASE DON'T BLAME ME IF YOU F*** UP YOUR PHONE FROM DELETING OR RENAMING THESE FILES. Find the file you want to change, long press, and choose Rename. I personally renamed mine by putting the word OLD_ in front of the original file, just in case I needed to rename it back. Here are the files I renamed:
Charger_Connection.ogg <---Disables the initial noise when charger is plugged in
TW_Battery_caution.ogg <---Disables the loud beep when the battery fully charged
TW_Low_Battery.ogg <---Disables the loud beep when the battery is low
Hope this helps a few people.
I finally get to remove those annoying sounds
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
Hi,
just installed Maximus 3 rom for my M8 dual sim and noticed that the usb connected sound is the camera click
and its REALLY LOUD
i just know that is going to cause problems in the office if i have to charge it. its embarrassing now just sitting at home...
does anyone know where the settings are for the usb connect/disconnect sounds?
thanks.
hmm, nobody?
any apps out there to change the sound then?
otherwise i will have to remove the camera click sound from audio
Use a root explorer like ES File Explorer, go to system/media/audio/ui and see if there is a file that matches with the "unwanted" USB connection sound. If you find it, rename it (such as adding .bak to the end), and see if that helps.
I'm not on Maximum, and not sure if that is where the particular sound is stored. But its worth a try, anyway.
hmm, i was hoping for something a bit more scientific
renamed /system/media/audio/ui/camera_click.ogg and at least its stopped people looking round when i plug the phone in
thanks anyway...
gazzacbr said:
hmm, i was hoping for something a bit more scientific
renamed /system/media/audio/ui/camera_click.ogg and at least its stopped people looking round when i plug the phone in
thanks anyway...
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Interesting, I haven't messed around with a huge number of custom ROMs, but I've never used one that played a sound when connecting USB.
I was thinking (hoping) there was a sound file more specific to the USB connection; as I assume that renaming the camera click also disables the actual camera shutter sound when taking photos in the stock camera app. Not ideal I suppose; but on the other hand the camera shutter noise isn't really all that necessary.
There must be something in the ROM that points to that sound file when connecting to USB. But I can't think of what, or how to change it.
what i have noticed in the past (previous HD2) is that my Alarm Clock Plus will sometimes lose the alarm settings. i think its when i change the alarm tone and happen to pick a sound file on the sd card.
(i usually would have the sound file on the external card first before copying it to the phone)
if i remove the card the alarm will not work even if i have the same named file on the phone, it will show a number instead of the alarm sound and not play.
maybe its similar and somehow the usb connection is linked to the file but not by name.
this is annoying me now, not knowing how to solve what should be a simple problem
EDIT: ok, so found this on modaco:
Adjustment : build.prop ........... find local\system
Add: new line under #Additional: persist.adb.notify=0
To edit build.prop, you need to be rooted .
which i havnt tried yet but i am sure it would work.
i dont want to actually disable the sound, just change it to something that isnt camera_click...
Bumping my own thread, but it happened again. the sound went away before when the camera 'click' file was deleted.
Now the usb disconnect sound changed to 'Mum' which is nice enough but goes on really long.
Once again, its gone away by deleting that file. Which is not ideal.
Anyone have any better solution? I have heard different sounds on custom roms before on my old HD2 so the file name or link must be in a data file somewhere?
I still don't know what caused it to happen again anyway.
Hi - I've got an inexpensive Android One phone in which I can easily set the message alert sound to one of my mp3 sound files. I would like to do the same thing to my much more expensive Pixel 3a XL, and I cannot figure out how to do this. The Pixel 3a XL has many already installed notification sounds, but nowhere can I find where I can set my own alert sound. Surely this phone can do what my inexpensive Android One can. Can someone please help.
Thanks in advance.
Go into the app and open it's options, notifications, sounds. In the resulting menu select my sounds and your local notification tones will be there. You need to of course have the notification sound on the phone and you must grant the app permission to access storage so that it can use it.
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Hi krabman
First of all, thank you for trying to help me with my problem concerning assigning a custom music file to my message notification. It is appreciated.
However, either I am missing something (quite possible) or we have different OS software. When I open the messaging app, go to settings, notifications and sounds, I am faced with six different menu selections, each containing about a dozen different notification sounds. These menus are labeled: My Sounds, Pixel Sounds, Classical harmonies, Minimal Melodies, Reality Bytes and Retro Riffs.
But nowhere can I find any place in which I can assign my own music file. So if you (or anyone else) has any ideas, I would appreciate them. I know that this is not really a big deal, but for some reason it is to me and will affect whether I buy one another one of these phones. Thanks Again.
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Hi krabman
First of all, thank you for trying to help me with my problem concerning assigning a custom music file to my message notification. It is appreciated.
However, either I am missing something (quite possible) or we have different OS software. When I open the messaging app, go to settings, notifications and sounds, I am faced with six different menu selections, each containing about a dozen different notification sounds. These menus are labeled: My Sounds, Pixel Sounds, Classical harmonies, Minimal Melodies, Reality Bytes and Retro Riffs.
But nowhere can I find any place in which I can assign my own music file. So if you (or anyone else) has any ideas, I would appreciate them. I know that this is not really a big deal, but for some reason it is to me and will affect whether I buy one another one of these phones. Thanks Again.
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My Sounds will display files in a few different folders, like Notifications and Ringtones, you should place your sounds there. If you want something from somewhere else, try using an alternative file manager like Solid Explorer and it will be an option when you try select a sound... It will allow to see files in most of the phone, like Downloads and Music.
Create a folder called 'audio' in the root of your SD card (internal only in the case of this phone)
Within that folder create three subfolders: ringtones, notifications, alarms
Place your files in the appropriate folders, and they should show up. Notification sounds will show under "My Sounds" in this case.
My media should find any media that isn't behind a .nomedia flag. However the fellow above is correct in that it is much easier to back up and restore if you use the ringtones, notifications, and alarms folders which are already on the root of your drive to store your tones.
You do not have a different OS or software, make sure you have the media downloaded, store it as described, select it as described, make sure your specific app has storage permissions, and it will work. Not might, will.
Edit, if you're trying to use a full song as a ringtone those may be getting filtered out depending on your settings, cant help you with fixing that; not because I don't know how but because it's incredibly irritating when people somehow think that everyone wants to listen to their entire 3 minute ringtone because they're so awesome.
Finally; Success!
I put the mp3 file I wanted to be used for messaging notification into the internal memory\notifications folder and it then appeared in the messaging\setting\notifications\My Sounds listings. I then enabled the radio button and pressed (the incredibly small) Save button. I thought that I was home free, but when tested it still used the default messaging notification sound. I then went to the OS\Settings\Sounds\Notifications\Advanced and saw that despite having changed the messaging sound from the app, it still listed the default one. Once I changed it there, Bingo! It works. So what I’ve learn:
1) That custom sounds on a Pixel are chosen from the My Sounds menu.
2) The in order to get your sound there it must be in the proper folder, such as internal memory\notifications or internal memory\ringtones.
3) That simply setting this custom sound on the actual application may not be enough, that it also may need to be set at the OS level.
I am a long time Windows phone user (and sad this is coming to an end) so this is my first Android phone. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped me fix this problem. I could not have done it without your help.
Thanks again.
Jim
Avroarrow201 said:
I put the mp3 file I wanted to be used for messaging notification into the internal memory\notifications folder and it then appeared in the messaging\setting\notifications\My Sounds listings. I then enabled the radio button and pressed (the incredibly small) Save button. I thought that I was home free, but when tested it still used the default messaging notification sound. I then went to the OS\Settings\Sounds\Notifications\Advanced and saw that despite having changed the messaging sound from the app, it still listed the default one. Once I changed it there, Bingo! It works. So what I’ve learn:
1) That custom sounds on a Pixel are chosen from the My Sounds menu.
2) The in order to get your sound there it must be in the proper folder, such as internal memory\notifications or internal memory\ringtones.
3) That simply setting this custom sound on the actual application may not be enough, that it also may need to be set at the OS level.
I am a long time Windows phone user (and sad this is coming to an end) so this is my first Android phone. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped me fix this problem. I could not have done it without your help.
Thanks again.
Jim
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BTW, if you install Solid Explorer, or any other app that can register as a file selection app (most file managers can) you can select it as an option to pick the tone, then browse to any file on the phone and it will apply and work (just tested it with a random MP3 in a random folder with the .nomedia tag). So the limitation here is the built in Sounds picker app.