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YEAH!!! MP3 RINGTONES for the XDA IIs users

http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=17164
anyone tried this?? it claimed to work

There is no need to buy this program just put any MP3 files in your "rings" folder in the windows folder on your PPC Phone and then they will come up in the ring tone list when you pick ringtones. It's then free. We all love FREE.

seal said:
There is no need to buy this program just put any MP3 files in your "rings" folder in the windows folder on your PPC Phone and then they will come up in the ring tone list when you pick ringtones. It's then free. We all love FREE.
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in case you dont know, MP3 format cannot be supported as incoming ringtones for the XDA II, XDA IIs

I have an XDAII and was able to use MP3 as ring tones without any issues, either with 1.72 or 2.20 ROM.

no, the IIs does NOT support MP3 in the phone ringer app. The device can play MP3s via media player etc, but they are not supported as ring tones.
WMA is supported as ring tones.
No major biggie for me as I don't wanna use the full bitrate MP3 as a ring anyway - just conver to a Mono 22Khz 48bps WMA instead and only convert the 30 secs - 1 min that the phone would actually ring for.

tde said:
I have an XDAII and was able to use MP3 as ring tones without any issues, either with 1.72 or 2.20 ROM.
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can i know how you managed to do it??
thanks a million
wished my XDA IIs can play MP3 ringtones too

tde said:
I have an XDAII and was able to use MP3 as ring tones without any issues, either with 1.72 or 2.20 ROM.
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How come? Please assist me ... thx

guys... just use a free prog (I use audacity) to convert to wma.
You generally don't want all of a stereo mp3 as a ring anyway.
I just take the bit of the mp3 I want as a clip in audacity, and convert it to mono mp3 with a low bitrate. I generally turn the db up as high as it will go (without clipping) as well as you want a ring loud. Audacity will also loop a clip and let you trim it to get it to loop just right.
Then just pop the wma in the rings folder and viola !

evilc said:
guys... just use a free prog (I use audacity) to convert to wma.
You generally don't want all of a stereo mp3 as a ring anyway.
I just take the bit of the mp3 I want as a clip in audacity, and convert it to mono mp3 with a low bitrate. I generally turn the db up as high as it will go (without clipping) as well as you want a ring loud. Audacity will also loop a clip and let you trim it to get it to loop just right.
Then just pop the wma in the rings folder and viola !
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How do you get Audacity to convert to .wma??? it only does .wav, .ogg, and .mp3 - as far as I can see..... :?

Mamaich's new WMP10 rom (found in the Blue Angel upgrading forum) gives the XDAIII mp3 ringtone support.

On MS website (Windows Media downloads section) there is a free down load that will convert MP3 to WMA, will even do Bulk folders if you want

TheLastOne said:
Mamaich's new WMP10 rom (found in the Blue Angel upgrading forum) gives the XDAIII mp3 ringtone support.
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Pls tell me how to set MP3 file as ringtone, I successfully upgraded that rom. Thanks a lot.

Yes you can upgrade your rom to 1.33.51 for mp3 ringtones and wmp 10.
i had upgrade two days ago, and worked it in my IIs

ardy45 said:
Yes you can upgrade your rom to 1.33.51 for mp3 ringtones and wmp 10.
i had upgrade two days ago, and worked it in my IIs
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Yes, I did, and WMP10 run smoothly on my PPC, but how to set MP3 file as ringtone?

mp3 ringtones
copy your mp3 ringtones to directory windows/rings in your device.
and setting your notification phone call with them.
or you can install patch englishmp3ringtone.cab (find this file in ftp xda developer)

HKCR\wavefile\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\
copy the key "{E88B4A18-6F77-Abb6-8E0D-DCD4B1F8F1DA}"
under the key (create)
HKCR\mp3file\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\
Thank's to http://www.newsmobile.it
Italian do it better :lol:

Thanks, but I can set one MP3 ringtone only, and cannot select other MP3 files in \Windows\Rings from Sound & Notifications settings. In addition, my MTUX ringtoneX 2.0 does not work with MP3 ringtone. Any suggestion? Thanks in advance.

hung_ng said:
ardy45 said:
Yes you can upgrade your rom to 1.33.51 for mp3 ringtones and wmp 10.
i had upgrade two days ago, and worked it in my IIs
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Yes, I did, and WMP10 run smoothly on my PPC, but how to set MP3 file as ringtone?
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Hi, I'm from Malaysia. I've already upgraded my XDA IIs rom to version 1.33.51 also. But my device also cooked with IA Caller ID version 1.20.
I can assign any ringtone to any contact including mp3 format using the program (Caller ID 1.20). Try it. Thanks.

DJaYKaY said:
HKCR\wavefile\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\
copy the key "{E88B4A18-6F77-Abb6-8E0D-DCD4B1F8F1DA}"
under the key (create)
HKCR\mp3file\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\
Thank's to http://www.newsmobile.it
Italian do it better :lol:
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care to explain more?

david beckham said:
DJaYKaY said:
HKCR\wavefile\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\
copy the key "{E88B4A18-6F77-Abb6-8E0D-DCD4B1F8F1DA}"
under the key (create)
HKCR\mp3file\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\
Thank's to http://www.newsmobile.it
Italian do it better :lol:
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care to explain more?
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David,
Use PHM registory or Resco registry for accessing the registry on your device.
HKCR\wavefile\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ (Where HKCR is the HK Current User)
copy the key "{E88B4A18-6F77-Abb6-8E0D-DCD4B1F8F1DA}"
Then go to HKCR\mp3file\Shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\
and create a key by pasting the above.
Voila there is your mp3 ringtone. Check and let us knowl.
Hemant.
Then go to this folder

anyway to use mp3 files as ring tones?

i have just changed to an XDA IIs from my k750i and so far i have found londs of things the XDA wont do that the K750i could to..
like play mp3 files as ring tones for instance. i transfered them all across and the XDA wont find them as ringtones.
anyway around this apart from converting the files!?
thanks in advance

They just need to be in the \Windows folder.
Edit: OK, just tried it. You could try converting to WMA format.

just copy your ring tones to windows/rings and you'll be able to see them in phone settings...
however, there is a registry hack to change rings path to Storage instead of RAM.. it works fine with me ( Magician )
Cheers :wink:

could u please post the registry hack here...would love to have my sd card songs all as ringtones ......also is there a reg hack to play .mp3 as a ringtone instead of converting it to .wma and then play as a ringtone...its quite annoying to convert them first and etc etc.....

MP3 Ringtone Bitrate to battery power ratio.
I'm guessing from owning an iRiver iHP-140 Personal Media Player that the MP3s Bitrate will have a bearing on the battery power usage. Going on other Forums tests 128 kbps mono/stereo 44khz will be the best bitrates for battery consumption. look forward to reg hack as well, upgrading rom to PDA2K 140.0 iMate ROM for my o2 UK xda2s, wonder if this makes a difference, will report if it dose.

if you have wm10 you get mp3 as ring tones
and to get wm10 you need a rom which include it
wm2005 does
2003SE chinese version does

Well i got this file and installed it onto my xda iis and it works. It adds a set as ringtone option in the menu that shows when u hold ur stylus on the mp3.

Soory newbie here with XDA
Could you tell me how can i install the cab file posted by you.
Thanks

Anybody have info on the reg hack to change the ringtone location from \windows\rings to your storage card??

medowance said:
Soory newbie here with XDA
Could you tell me how can i install the cab file posted by you.
Thanks
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just copy it to ur pda usin active sync...tap on it to run or install....

fingery said:
Anybody have info on the reg hack to change the ringtone location from \windows\rings to your storage card??
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i am also waitin for this hack so that i can use my sd card to good....

jedi-knight83 said:
i have just changed to an XDA IIs from my k750i and so far i have found londs of things the XDA wont do that the K750i could to..
like play mp3 files as ring tones for instance. i transfered them all across and the XDA wont find them as ringtones.
anyway around this apart from converting the files!?
thanks in advance
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Place your *.mp3 file to \storage card\My Documents. You can choose that *.mp3 file as ringtone. The more free space on your storage card, the more mp3 ringtones. Cheers.

zyxer_raffy said:
Place your *.mp3 file to \storage card\My Documents. You can choose that *.mp3 file as ringtone. The more free space on your storage card, the more mp3 ringtones. Cheers.
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But when you right click the mp3 and 'set as ringtone', it still gets copied to \windows\rings :?

Select it (*.mp3) the usual way, i.e., Start>Settings>Sounds & Notifications. There you will see the mp3 file you placed in \Storage Card\My Documents\. Also applicable for *.wmv files.

Correction: Applicable to *.wma files too.

Doesn't work on the XDA Exec

It has worked in an Universal with WM6

SMS tones and WM6

I'd like to ask for your advice. I did do a search prior. Any way to use external SMS tones (mp3, wav, wma etc.) with WM6. I placed them in all different imaginable folders (windows/rings; windows; my documents) but they do not show up when i select "new text message" under start/settings/notifications.
I have my mp3 ringtones working great using the native contact ringtone function in WM6 (I placed the ringtones in the windows/rings folder)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

sms tones should only be wav files.
you should copy tham to the windows folder and thats it - not to other folders.

Phonealarm (see its thread) can use other sound types for SMS, email, ringtones et cetera. Its almost ready for primetime.

daniel76 said:
sms tones should only be wav files.
you should copy tham to the windows folder and thats it - not to other folders.
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Thank you. Will try that.

My personal favorite is PhotoContactsPro: http://www.pocketx.net/products/photocontactspro_ppc/index.html
You can assign wav, mid, mp3 and wma sounds to ringtones and sms and its also possible to create callfilters and profiles.

gerald_s said:
My personal favorite is PhotoContactsPro: http://www.pocketx.net/products/photocontactspro_ppc/index.html
You can assign wav, mid, mp3 and wma sounds to ringtones and sms and its also possible to create callfilters and profiles.
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I tried it once. It appears that you always have to let it run in the background (cannot x out of it for it to work) and it uses up a lot of resources, Has it been working well for you on WM6?

Currently I'm using an older version (4.03), this one works without any problems, tried it with Black and Dutty's.
Concerning resources: my version needs 1,4 MB memory but the newest should need less. If you need it only for sms and ringtones then its too much but I need it because of profiles and call filtering so its ok for me.

BTW, has anybody noticed weird behavior with MMS notification and WM6. I cannot get any notification functions (sound, vibrate) to work under "New MMS message", but all the functions work under "MMS downloaded" in "start/settings/notifications". So, the only way for me to get notified about a new MMS, is to have the alarm functions for "MMS downloaded" enabled which I guess works, but is weird.

daniel76 said:
sms tones should only be wav files.
you should copy tham to the windows folder and thats it - not to other folders.
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Just wanted to post a CORRECTION to this post. Sound files can also be mp3 or wma format. They must be placed in the Windows folder of your device.
Make sure you set your computer to view all hidden files. Using acitvesync click the explore button and browse through your phones directory. Place the file in the Windows folder.
*To save space, and better quality, i would suggest doing mp3 or wma format. Sound files are only required to be .wav files if you are going to use it as an alarm. The alarm settings only accept wav files, while mp3s can be used for other notifications.
ENJOY!
As for ringtones, you can save space by putting them in the ROOT/MAIN directroy of your storage card. By doing this, you can see your ringtone song in the dropdown list, and it stream off your card rather than wasting space on your phones main storage. Once again, i would suggest you make them mp3 or wma (no use wasting space doing wav files). You might also want to try Inesoft Address book. A great device that helps you group people to ringtones, set your general ringtone, and inidividual ringtones.

GermanGuy said:
I'd like to ask for your advice. I did do a search prior. Any way to use external SMS tones (mp3, wav, wma etc.) with WM6. I placed them in all different imaginable folders (windows/rings; windows; my documents) but they do not show up when i select "new text message" under start/settings/notifications.
I have my mp3 ringtones working great using the native contact ringtone function in WM6 (I placed the ringtones in the windows/rings folder)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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I got my sms tones in mp3. Just put your mp3 ringtones in My Documents under the storages.
CHeers

marscandybars said:
Just wanted to post a CORRECTION to this post. Sound files can also be mp3 or wma format. They must be placed in the Windows folder of your device.
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I placed a wma sound file in the windows directory, but it does not show up in "start/settings/notifications/New text message - play sound directory"

Then you are probably not putting it in the windows directory. Make sure you computer is set to show all hidden files and folders(VERY IMPORTANT). Connect your phone via activesync and click explore.
Then click My Windows Mobile Device icon > Windows (folder)
Then drag the files there. Once the files are there you will see the files in the sound dropdown menu.

I finally converted my WMA file to a MP3 file, put it in the windows directory, and, voila, it is showing up in the drop-down menu. I don't think wma files are supported for SMS tones with the native notification settings.

SMS tones
I found a new free app (new for me at least) that allows your to set ringtones and sms tones for each contact or catagory. called mortring
http://www.sto-helit.de/index.php?module=download&action=view&entry=63
made for wm5 but seems to work ok on 6

You can create a My Documents folder in SD card, and put every SMS and phone ringtones in this folder - no need to be put into the Windows directory. Then the phone will detect these files when you select different rings.
This also work for WM5 (but not work for SMS rings), for WM6, both work.

Agree with leochan2005.
However, does anyone of you have problem with dismissing the tone? I am using wma files and discovered that the tone kept on playing even after I have dismissed/replied/close the application.
Appreciate any reply!
Thanks!

You need to place the tones in your
DEVICE\Application Data\Sounds
folder
they will then show up as an option for a ringtone, or a notification sound
one problem is that, if you say read the SMS, the tone continues to play out, so i wouldnt recommend using a song or a like 15sec file, because it plays out the whole thing every time, unless someone knows of a workaround for this?

no MP3 ringtones sound

I downloaded some ringtones as mp3 or mp4 but no sound when selected as ringtones. It works if I select it to play in windows media player.
I have 3VO series rom on WM6.5.

check your settings, and make sure you have the ringer on loud and your system all the way up on the slide. hopefully this works.

i was using ringtones downloaded from myxer and they were in mp3d format and would never work. so now i just cut my own songs and make my own shortened mp3's and they work fine everytime.
check the file format on your computer and see what they are.
ignore what i said earlier it is invalid. my problem stemmed from the newest 3vo rom. dont know how to work it out.

purplemonkey0 said:
I downloaded some ringtones as mp3 or mp4 but no sound when selected as ringtones. It works if I select it to play in windows media player.
I have 3VO series rom on WM6.5.
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Are the files you are trying to use high-quality, or better quality? If so, then try to use ones of lesser quality, since you don't need a HQ sound coming from your cell phone on RING...chances are that loading up that sound (if it is of a higher quality) takes up a decent amount of processing power/RAM, that at one point it just can't process the ring anymore.
I am using the 3vo 2.5 as well...if you want to send me the file, i can see if i figure out what the problem is...(you can email me it, just click my name and send me an email)

[Q] WP7 MP3 as Ringtone

There MUST be a way in WP7 to set a MP3 as a ringtone. I used the a thread here to gain access to the device from the PC but all i see are the music folders. No ringtones, etc. Has anyone found a way yet? Thanks.

at this point you have to write an app that will do that .

Ringtones are most likely in the root folder and may only be in wma or wav format. Until we have access to the Windows folder or wherever the default ringtones live, we won't know if mp3 is an acceptable format.

To me, this is the most bizzare, mystifying Version 1 ommission in WP7. Surely, it can't be THAT complicated.... right?

Very simple, sync the music you want as a ring tone with zune.
Use touchexplorer and go to my documents /zune/..... there you find a folder which contains files like **.mp3.
Play till you have the right song, and then copy it to my documents ringtones. rename it if you want, close explorer and go to sound settings. now you can select the ringtone.

Wait up. Is touchexplorer actually out now?
I want it simply to make custom ringtones and alarms. Would I also need to jailbreak with chevron or is touchexplorer by itself enough. And if so, link?

I am not sure i undersand. sorry for being so slow here. I thought you couldnt get to a "file explorer". Is that what Touch Explorer does for you? Can you point me to the download please? Also, is this something you have working?

http://forum.touchxperience.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=582&p=2310

touchexplorer needs the phone to be jailbroken I think and can mess up the device.

This does work actually. The easiest way to find the song your after in touchexplorer is to find it by size. I knew my ring tone i made was 2 meg so i just looked through the folder 0100 (on mine it has 3 subfolders) till i found one at that size. It saves playing every Mp3 on your phone anyway. Oh and by the way it will play Mp3 as ringtones.

Use ChevronWP7 Custom Ringtone Manager for custom ringtones. WP7 doesn't support MP3 for ringtones, so you will need to convert your MP3s to WMA first, then use the Ringtone Manager to deploy them to your device. Easiest way to convert to WMA is with this free converter for PC. Make sure you convert to 48Khz WMA or WP7 might not recognize the file once you deploy it.

Is there any way we can choose tone for sms/email?

brainstorm123 said:
Is there any way we can choose tone for sms/email?
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Overwrite the existing Alarm-##.wma or Alert-##.wma files in the \Windows folder using TouchXplorer or any of the other file exploring solutions.

Need to convert in Wma. no mp3

can;t convert in 48khz
thesecondsfade said:
Use ChevronWP7 Custom Ringtone Manager for custom ringtones. WP7 doesn't support MP3 for ringtones, so you will need to convert your MP3s to WMA first, then use the Ringtone Manager to deploy them to your device. Easiest way to convert to WMA is with this free converter for PC. Make sure you convert to 48Khz WMA or WP7 might not recognize the file once you deploy it.
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convertor not working can you tell me howmuch sample rate and bitrate

HTC USERS
the easiest way, imo, is to unlock phone and deploy TouchXplorer. put your ringtone, in mp3 format, into zune and sync it with your phone. then you can enter TouchXplorer and navigate to where all the music is stored on your device. once found, copy the mp3 and navigate back to my documents and then my ringtones, and paste the mp3 there. then go back to the main screen, go to settings, ringtones & sounds, click on the ringtone part and you should now be able to see your ringtone

YES- MP3 files are able to be ringtones
Just download the RingRing7v1_1.zip. found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990022
Make sure you extract all files to use the application
The file will then change from RingRing7v1_1.zip to RingRing7v1_1
READ THE README.txt first. you have to add ffmpeg.exe file into the RingRingv1_1 in order for the application to work. SOURCE-http://sourceforge.net/projects/mplayer-win32/files/FFmpeg/git-c9e16a9/FFmpeg-git-c9e16a9.7z/download
Click and drag the ffmpeg.exe file to the RingRing7v1_1 file to add.
After that, you should be able to open the application called RingRing7.exe
Pick any song, every song is then converted to the required wma format by itself, drag the song to empty bar next to Name, pick a start time for your ringtone and keep the duration to 30, its just a good duration time for a ringtone, but it can be changed.
Make sure the start time is like this 00:00:42.824
the 42 is seconds and the 824 is milliseconds.
PREVIEW the ringtone duration to make sure it where you want the ringtone to start on. It should preview on your zune software program.
If you like the ringtone.
Make sure your phone is on and your live tiles are showing, zune software is up, and the phone isn't syncing anything, and then DEPLOY.
The RingRing7 application should pop up on your phone, after it says SUCCESS. hit the menu button, and your custom ringtone should be added to your list of ringtones in settings!!!
Hint I found: Change the name of your song on the application if you want you ringtone to show up in alphabetical order. The name should pop up with the track number with it. Ex-"02SongTitle" Get rid off the track number before the song, then the phone will display only "SongTitle". Add the artist too if you would like.
ONE THING YOU SHOULD KNOW- Right now, there is no way to delete the added custom ringtones on your phone, only way is to do a hard reset or restore your phone to your previous update.
And that is how you add mp3 songs as ringtone without reformating every song to the dumb 48 Khz, and .wma formats. Also formats any other audio files too.