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.
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hi everyone ,can some one tell me how to make a custom notification tone ?i use the mp3 trimer to make my reg ringtone.but i can only use it in phone ring tones.it don't show up under notification/alarm tone, just ring tones!i have sounds on my sd card.but i don't know were to move them to or how to. so i can use them i figure file manger can move them or threw active sink on my computer.well thankyou for all your help !
after trimming your MP3 media, place it here
My Device > Application Data > Sounds
You can also place them on the Storage Card, but if the phone is in USB Drive mode, you'll lose the use of these files and the phone resets to default media and ringtones if and when the phone wants to use it and can't find it.
sweet ,thankyou very much. have a good new year!!!!!!
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thanks for the info i now have custom text tones. my question is.. is there a way to set the tone that rings for a specific contact to sound when they text?
I copied a group of .wav files that I use for custom rings and txt message sounds and such to my SD card. The files show up as options when I set the "notification" sound, but do not show up when I try to set the phone ringtone. Am I missing something here? Is there a special place I have to copy the files in order to use them as "phone" ringtones?
Just find the file in the music app, open the file you want, hit menu and select "set as ringtone"
Thanks! It's weird that you have to do that in such a roundabout way.
how are you setting them for text message tones?
try Rings Extended app
lets u choose any audio file on your card to set for a ringer or anything else
havent used ring extender, but ringdroid lets you take clips out of your music as well and then save them as whatever type of notification you want.
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.
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.
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.