I searched but haven't seen anyone posting this question specifically for the GNexus.
I copied 2 MP3 files into the /sdcard/Notifications folder and it does not show up in the Notification sounds picker. I noticed that hangout_ringtone.m4a is there, and that works.
When I rename or delete the Notifications folder, it comes back, along with the hangout_ringtone.m4a folder.
Does the file need to be in mpa format? I thought it works with MP3 as well.
Please advise. Thanks.
naddie said:
I searched but haven't seen anyone posting this question specifically for the GNexus.
I copied 2 MP3 files into the /sdcard/Notifications folder and it does not show up in the Notification sounds picker. I noticed that hangout_ringtone.m4a is there, and that works.
When I rename or delete the Notifications folder, it comes back, along with the hangout_ringtone.m4a folder.
Does the file need to be in mpa format? I thought it works with MP3 as well.
Please advise. Thanks.
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Ringtones must be placed at media-audio-notifications
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Herman76 said:
Ringtones must be placed at media-audio-notifications
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Thanks, but that didn't work either.
naddie said:
Thanks, but that didn't work either.
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Ringtones have to be put into the "Ringtones" folder
Notifications have to be put into the "Notifications" folder
If it still does not show up, just reboot your phone, and im pretty sure it will be there.
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If that does not work and you are rooted, just rename your mp3 to .ogg (ex. xxxx.ogg) and move it to /system/media/audio/notifications and reboot your phone. This will definitely work.
I understand that Ringtones need to be in the Ringtones folder, and Notifications go into the Notifications folder.
Still not recognizing them. I was stock 4.0.2 (Maguro, yakju), but decided to try a different ROM because stock was laggy. I'm now on AOKP build 21 (4.0.3). Nice ROM except for the pink unicorn.
Still the same problem though. It does not recognize anything in:
/sdcard/Notifications
/sdcard/media/audio/Notifications
However, it works in /sdcard/Ringtones except that I can't pick any custom "ringtones" as notification sounds for my calendar alerts and text message notification sound. It's specifically for the VoIP and phone call ringtones.
What the heck is going on here?
naddie said:
I searched but haven't seen anyone posting this question specifically for the GNexus.
I copied 2 MP3 files into the /sdcard/Notifications folder and it does not show up in the Notification sounds picker. I noticed that hangout_ringtone.m4a is there, and that works.
When I rename or delete the Notifications folder, it comes back, along with the hangout_ringtone.m4a folder.
Does the file need to be in mpa format? I thought it works with MP3 as well.
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Worked for me just fine dragging+dropping 2 different MP3s into Notifications and 1 into Ringtones. Stock 4.0.2 and OSX.
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Quick question: is it possible to add custom sounds to stock notification panel? By that I mean add a song to the alarm choices... I know how to do this on my X but I'm asking for a friend who is a Evo user TIA
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I'm looking through my system directories right now to figure out where these sound files are located. If I can find them, I bet we can replace them.
EDIT: One easy way is to just drag your MP3 of choice to /media/audio/notifications on your SD card. It will show up in the list of sounds for notifications, so you can set a custom text message or email sound. Still working on the alarm.
EDIT 2: From another thread:
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Media>Audio>Alarms Place your MP3 there and you should be good to go.
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Trying it now.
EDIT 3: Yup, that did it. Just make a new folder called "alarms" on your SD card under /media/audio and put your MP3 in there. Thanks, I had been wondering about this as well.
Thanks you fckin RAWK just KNEW I was gonna get flamed for this post on the DROID devices it's pretty simple to add sounds but, I have no knowledge of Evo but wanna help a bigger "n00b" than me if I can
SilverZero said:
I'm looking through my system directories right now to figure out where these sound files are located. If I can find them, I bet we can replace them.
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Just to cover my bases, check my edited post above, it does work.
That's how it's done on DROID basically... So it adds to alarms also on Evo?
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Yes, I put a new MP3 in my new "alarms" folder and it showed up in my alarms options list for a new alarm. I also put one in "notifications" and was able to set it as my default notification sound (texts, voicemail, email, etc). But they are independent of each other - having an MP3 in "notifications" does not put it in the alarms menu.
I added some ringtones to the phone and when I use the music player, it's picking them up and playing them. Anyway to hide these? I also had a voicemail play too. That was bizarre. I had an older phone on Froyo and tried .nomedia but then the ringtone wouldn't work. Will it work on Gingerbread? Thanks!
I have my music and videos on my external SD card... and my internal stuff like ringtones on the internal SD card. That does the trick for me although I don't use the Music and Video apps that come with the phone.
Very simple. Create an empty file and name it ".nomedia" and put it in the directory that you want to hide. It will also hide any folders within that folder. For example, I put the .nomedia file in the root directory of the internal SD card. Rebooted the phone and ran gallery and everything on that card was invisible. It just tells the program to not scan here and anything deeper. It works for audio files too.
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Very simple. Create an empty file and name it ".nomedia" and put it in the directory that you want to hide. It will also hide any folders within that folder. For example, I put the .nomedia file in the root directory of the internal SD card. Rebooted the phone and ran gallery and everything on that card was invisible. It just tells the program to not scan here and anything deeper. It works for audio files too.
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Thanks but when I tried that on Froyo, it hid the files so completely that I couldn't even choose them as ringtones! Is that fixed on GB?
frankquattrone said:
I added some ringtones to the phone and when I use the music player, it's picking them up and playing them. Anyway to hide these? I also had a voicemail play too. That was bizarre. I had an older phone on Froyo and tried .nomedia but then the ringtone wouldn't work. Will it work on Gingerbread? Thanks!
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Find the ringtones and move them to the media folder. Place the ringtones in the correct folder in media. There's 3 folders in that one folder ringtones, notifications, and record. Make sure you place them in the correct one. For example if you put a ringtone in the notification folder when you try to set ringtone it won't be in the list of ringtones but in the notification list and would only be available to be set as a notification. Hope that helps!
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RayTrue04 said:
Find the ringtones and move them to the media folder. Place the ringtones in the correct folder in media. There's 3 folders in that one folder ringtones, notifications, and record. Make sure you place them in the correct one. For example if you put a ringtone in the notification folder when you try to set ringtone it won't be in the list of ringtones but in the notification list and would only be available to be set as a notification. Hope that helps!
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100% correct. Way Togo Ray. Was just going to answer but ya beat me to it.
move off root of sd.
RayTrue04 said:
Find the ringtones and move them to the media folder. Place the ringtones in the correct folder in media. There's 3 folders in that one folder ringtones, notifications, and record. Make sure you place them in the correct one. For example if you put a ringtone in the notification folder when you try to set ringtone it won't be in the list of ringtones but in the notification list and would only be available to be set as a notification. Hope that helps!
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Thanks! That's brilliant. So easy too. Worked great. I didn't have those folders so had to create them. Would have been nice if Android would automatically create them so you know where to put stuff. Or did it and I deleted them?
Indrid Cole said:
100% correct. Way Togo Ray. Was just going to answer but ya beat me to it.
move off root of sd.
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No prob lol
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frankquattrone said:
Thanks! That's brilliant. So easy too. Worked great. I didn't have those folders so had to create them. Would have been nice if Android would automatically create them so you know where to put stuff. Or did it and I deleted them?
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More than likely you deleted it. Its automatically created by Android
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+1
thanq for the help
I'm fully on-board the Nexus wagon. Just got phone from the Play Store, while setting up the thing, I noticed that “Ringdroid” doesn’t work; any suggestion regarding an app that plays my mp3 silly ringtones?
I'm using zedge and am happy with that (allows you to download whichever ring tone you want)
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An app that plays them? Or do you mean you want to use them a ringtones?
Look on your "sdcard"... There is a folder called Ringtones and another called Notifications. Just put them in their respective folders then they will show up in the list of stock tones when you're setting them.
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Ryjabo said:
An app that plays them? Or do you mean you want to use them a ringtones?
Look on your "sdcard"... There is a folder called Ringtones and another called Notifications. Just put them in their respective folders then they will show up in the list of stock tones when you're setting them.
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Thanks, but I meant ringtones you create, (used Ringdroid to do that but has not been updated to JB yet); I’m searching for another app that does the same.
knut150 said:
Thanks, but I meant ringtones you create, (used Ringdroid to do that but has not been updated to JB yet); I’m searching for another app that does the same.
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http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
EDIT: Dammit. I had 666 posts. This was #667.
Ideally I'd like to change my ringtone to a song and I'd like to make my text message notification the brief piano intro to outkast's roses. Is there any easy way to go about doing this?
Thanks!
in your sd card there are folders called 'Notifications' and 'Ringtones.' put the respective sound files (they should be in m4a format) where they belong. reboot and they should appear in the settings under sound.
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Btonic said:
Ideally I'd like to change my ringtone to a song and I'd like to make my text message notification the brief piano intro to outkast's roses. Is there any easy way to go about doing this?
Thanks!
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if you have the .mp3 file i suggest using ringdroid then edit the music file to where you want it to start and stop :good:
Ringoid
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Zedge maybe has what your looking for.
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MP3 ringtone maker works great for me. It's free, lets you search and download songs within the app and has a great editor for cropping in/out points. What more could you ask for?
if you need the ringtone to repeat, I believe it has to be in ogg format and you need to add a parameter to it in the id3tags to tell it to repeat. I did this on my ex's Galaxy Nexus S. I am sure there is more info on this in the general section of the android forums.
Here is a link to the topic I was talking about:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22551348&postcount=2
I've always used audacity on my pc to make the ringtone, then copy over to ringtones/notifications folder
BYOBret said:
I've always used audacity on my pc to make the ringtone, then copy over to ringtones/notifications folder
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but did you use the ogg format and add the metadata???? I know this works as I used it for the opening bars of Linkin Parks Numb for my ex and it works awesome.
I don't really like selections of ringtones and notification sounds that come on this device. I found a file containing all the stock Android ringtones and notification sounds, and they are all in the .ogg format like the files on the phone already. After rooting and copying the files over to the media folder the files don't seem to play. I tested the files on my PC and they play fine. Do i have to do any type of conversion to make this work?
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I got the sounds for this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1162919
Did you trying giving them the same permissions as the original ringtones?
malinois16 said:
Did you trying giving them the same permissions as the original ringtones?
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Thanks that did it.
You shouldn't need to convert it. I use ring droid social to edit ringtones from music I have on SD card and DL notifications from websites
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