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Hey guys,
Before rooting, I could get all my audio files to show up whenever I wanted to use on for a contact's ringtone, or a notification or anything. Now, I can't see them. Am I supposed to put them somewhere so the phone will detect them?
Also, I'm wondering why the ROMS for 2.2 Froyo on the mt3gs have ADW launcher on them. Is that because we don't have an official T-Mobile or HTC Sense launcher yet? Or am I totally off with what I'm saying?
tinpanalley said:
Hey guys,
Before rooting, I could get all my audio files to show up whenever I wanted to use on for a contact's ringtone, or a notification or anything. Now, I can't see them. Am I supposed to put them somewhere so the phone will detect them?
Also, I'm wondering why the ROMS for 2.2 Froyo on the mt3gs have ADW launcher on them. Is that because we don't have an official T-Mobile or HTC Sense launcher yet? Or am I totally off with what I'm saying?
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You can still select your songs as your ringtone. You just need to go to you music app and select it as such through there. I personally use ringdroid and that makes my song clip a ringtone to be bundled with the ringtones available.
and yes, there isnt a sense launcher 2.2 yet so therefore it can not be included in a mts rom. There are other home launchers you can use however.
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I just tried to go to individual songs and it only allows me to set them as the the phone's ringtone but not as contact specific ringtones.
I'm on the cyanogen ROM, if it matters.
tinpanalley said:
I just tried to go to individual songs and it only allows me to set them as the the phone's ringtone but not as contact specific ringtones.
I'm on the cyanogen ROM, if it matters.
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Go to said Contact, Press menu, options, ringtone.
It doesn't show MY tracks that I put on the SD card. It only gives me the default track as an option.
Could this be a bug in the ROM?? I gotta be able to use my tracks for different people. Where should I put the tracks?
Oh, ok. You want each contact to have a diff ringtone. Download ringdroid from market and make your ringtones there. The newly made ringtones will appear with the default.
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Ok, cool, I'll try that. I just found it so weird that it was so simple on 2.1 but now with the 2.2 ROM it doesn't seem to work. I'll try ringdroid. I was thinking it might work if I copied the ringers I have into the folder on the phone that holds all the stock ringers. Thought maybe that might work. I like to try to run things with as few apps as possible to help the battery.
Thanks!
tinpanalley said:
Ok, cool, I'll try that. I just found it so weird that it was so simple on 2.1 but now with the 2.2 ROM it doesn't seem to work. I'll try ringdroid. I was thinking it might work if I copied the ringers I have into the folder on the phone that holds all the stock ringers. Thought maybe that might work. I like to try to run things with as few apps as possible to help the battery.
Thanks!
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That'd definitely work. Push them to system/media/audio/ringtones
Hmm, weird...
Astro won't let me paste or move to the phone. Any ideas?
Use adb to put the files there. None of the root explorer apps ever worked for me.
Any idea where I can get commands to do that kind of copying? I have no idea how to use adb other than the instructions in rooting.
Not sure if this is an AOSP or CM problem but... the built-in alarm allows you to set an application to run when the alarm is triggered. But, for that application to run you have to dismiss the alert dialog for the alarm. There's an option in the alarm settings to hide this dialog but it doesn't work. So, if you wanted to have music play for your alarm you would set the ringtone to silent, select your music app, hide the notification window. It would all work great if that setting to hide the dialog would work.
EDIT: Also, not sure if this is just a CM7 issue or if it's been around longer. I've only been on CM7 since RC3.
I had alarm issues a number of months ago, where it ended up being Advanced Task Killer. Being new to Android I did some reading/research, and after uninstalling that it fixed my issue. I use Alarm Clock Plus. It lets you select your ringtone/audio or open another app. I think they have a free one, and I paid like $1 or $2, never missed an alarm again.
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I had alarm issues a number of months ago, where it ended up being Advanced Task Killer. Being new to Android I did some reading/research, and after uninstalling that it fixed my issue. I use Alarm Clock Plus. It lets you select your ringtone/audio or open another app. I think they have a free one, and I paid like $1 or $2, never missed an alarm again.
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I don't use task killers(that's an argument for another thread) and alarms works fine. It's just the "Hide dialog" setting that doesn't work. There are a lot of alarms in the market but when the built-in one does everything I want (if it worked) I'd rather use that.
Understandable. I will have to try it since I am using CM7 RC4 to see what happens, and let you know what I see.
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Understandable. I will have to try it since I am using CM7 RC4 to see what happens, and let you know what I see.
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that would be great, thanks.
Hmmm...that checkbox is grayed out and I cannot make it highlight to check/uncheck it. So I am not sure if that's normal or not. I am afraid I cannot offer any other insight, but I'll dink around with it to see and let you know if that changes.
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Hmmm...that checkbox is grayed out and I cannot make it highlight to check/uncheck it. So I am not sure if that's normal or not. I am afraid I cannot offer any other insight, but I'll dink around with it to see and let you know if that changes.
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You have to set the "Ringtone" of the alarm to 'Silent' for that checkbox to be enabled.
Any update on this issue? I've been having the same problem. The dialog button pops up regardless of the checkbox setting.
Still an issue in the Stable release of CM 7
Still not fixed in 7.0.2
mtown_cyclone said:
Not sure if this is an AOSP or CM problem but... the built-in alarm allows you to set an application to run when the alarm is triggered. But, for that application to run you have to dismiss the alert dialog for the alarm. There's an option in the alarm settings to hide this dialog but it doesn't work. So, if you wanted to have music play for your alarm you would set the ringtone to silent, select your music app, hide the notification window. It would all work great if that setting to hide the dialog would work.
EDIT: Also, not sure if this is just a CM7 issue or if it's been around longer. I've only been on CM7 since RC3.
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so im not sure if this is what your asking for or not but you want to play a mp3 as you alarm right???
if so i might have found a "work around" for you. using root explorer or any file manager that has root access. take a copy of your mp3 that you want to use. and move it to /system/media/audio/alarm or make an "alarms" (has to be spelled the same way in low case) folder on you sd card and the phone will pick it up and have everything you want in there useable for alarms. both have been tested and it works.
you will have to restart the phone after making the folder and placing the mp3s in the folder, on your sd card before the phone will find it. just click "android system"
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so im not sure if this is what your asking for or not but you want to play a mp3 as you alarm right???
if so i might have found a "work around" for you. using root explorer or any file manager that has root access. take a copy of your mp3 that you want to use. and move it to /system/media/audio/alarm or make an "alarms" (has to be spelled the same way in low case) folder on you sd card and the phone will pick it up and have everything you want in there useable for alarms. both have been tested and it works.
you will have to restart the phone after making the folder and placing the mp3s in the folder, on your sd card before the phone will find it. just click "android system"
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Actually, I wan't to start Slacker so I can listen to the news. I just used music as an example. Thanks for the suggestion though.
mtown_cyclone said:
Actually, I wan't to start Slacker so I can listen to the news. I just used music as an example. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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oh. sorry. i dont know how to get that to work. at least you made me figure out how to use different ringtones for my alarm... im kinda tired of that dam rooster and wanted something new but never took the time to figure it out.
Thank you
synisterwolf said:
so im not sure if this is what your asking for or not but you want to play a mp3 as you alarm right???
if so i might have found a "work around" for you. using root explorer or any file manager that has root access. take a copy of your mp3 that you want to use. and move it to /system/media/audio/alarm or make an "alarms" (has to be spelled the same way in low case) folder on you sd card and the phone will pick it up and have everything you want in there useable for alarms. both have been tested and it works.
you will have to restart the phone after making the folder and placing the mp3s in the folder, on your sd card before the phone will find it. just click "android system"
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I signed up to XDA just to thank you
makarooney said:
I signed up to XDA just to thank you
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And to revive a two year old zombie thread. But I guess cm 7 is a relevant ROM on the incredible still and most android phones are one gingerbread.
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I was wondering if somebody could create a guide to create ringtones that won't cause my phone to FC. It does not FC with some of the system Ringtones but it does FC on some of the larger files.
jamice4u said:
I was wondering if somebody could create a guide to create ringtones that won't cause my phone to FC. It does not FC with some of the system Ringtones but it does FC on some of the larger files.
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You can put any mp3 file on your phone's sd card and click on it and choose use as ringtone. Or download any one of a number of apps to make ringtones like Ringdroid.
Do you BONSAI?
kennyglass123 said:
You can put any mp3 file on your phone's sd card and click on it and choose use as ringtone. Or download any one of a number of apps to make ringtones like Ringdroid.
Do you BONSAI?
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Yes I do? I am running Bonsai 4.1.0.B9. But anyways what ringtone maker are you using when I try to create a ringtone I get FC. I am using Ringdroid.
The soluation to my problem convert your mp3 file to ogg files.
What I did is I converted mp3 into ogg files. They are the sound files that are native to android. Ogg file work a lot better than mp3 files. I download a free program from cnet called FreeMp3WmaOggConverter to covert my mp3 to ogg files. Now my phone does not FC anymore now I have to find a program to edit my ogg files.
I've used sharetones on the market. U can make your own ringtones
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jamice4u said:
Yes I do? I am running Bonsai 4.1.0.B9. But anyways what ringtone maker are you using when I try to create a ringtone I get FC. I am using Ringdroid.
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There was a problem with Bonsai 4.1.0b9 that has not been corrected yet and 6 phones have fully bricked requiring the return at a Sprint store. Please flash back to 4.0.1 as soon as possible. After flashing 4.0.1 rerun one click root CWM 3.0.0.6.
Push the my files apk to your phone.
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kennyglass123 said:
There was a problem with Bonsai 4.1.0b9 that has not been corrected yet and 6 phones have fully bricked requiring the return at a Sprint store. Please flash back to 4.0.1 as soon as possible. After flashing 4.0.1 rerun one click root CWM 3.0.0.6.
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A brick is kind of fun you party pooper.
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I use Ringdroid. Had no issues at all
Top Nurse said:
A brick is kind of fun you party pooper.
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True, True! I remember a cartoon where a mouse would always hit a cat with a brick and she would love it!
I tried ringdroid and in general mp3s don't work with my phone.
running_the_dream said:
I use Ringdroid. Had no issues at all
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Mp3 for some reason don't play well with my cell phone. Either my phone sometimes locks up or it just does not play at all. I am using the midnight rom 5.2 and mp3 are very inconstistant with my Samsung Epic. Ogg files on the other hand work 100% of the time it does not matter weather they are long or short they flat out just work.
It is fun funny that am the only person who is having issues with mp3 files as ring tones.
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Actually, I've been having issues lately. On the ringtone selection screen, the phone would seem to lock up and then FC on me when I would hit "OK"
I'm going to try to convert my mp3 ringtones and notification tones to .ogg and see if that helps. I'm using SUPER http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
Just finished converting to .ogg and tested it out.
So far so good!
@jamice4u, thanks for the suggestion!
I have had this issue before. I was running SRF 1.1.0 at the time. To fix it, I backed up my entire SD card, formatted it from my PC, then very selectively put files back on the SD card.
Resolved my FC'ing that happened when I selected a ringtone, set an mp3 file as an alarm, playing with RingDroid and anything to do with mp3's other than using the stock music player.
Fixed my FC'ing
nikon120 said:
I have had this issue before. I was running SRF 1.1.0 at the time. To fix it, I backed up my entire SD card, formatted it from my PC, then very selectively put files back on the SD card.
Resolved my FC'ing that happened when I selected a ringtone, set an mp3 file as an alarm, playing with RingDroid and anything to do with mp3's other than using the stock music player.
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Yeah, I thought it might've been something corrupt on the SD card. I pulled it, backed it up, then formatted it and re-copied everything to it, just as I had it laid out before. Still had the same issue. Converting the files over to .ogg seems to have done the trick.
Anyone else who uses the stock TW calendar have this problem?
The notification sound keeps changing back to "On Time". I keep setting it to a custom sound, the sound plays. I back all the way out of calendar. When I go back it's changed back to "On Time".
Anyone else.....any suggestions?.
I am using it with a calendar synced through exchange. I'm on LG8
Thanks
Having the same issue. I did some searching and seems a few others are also having the issue.
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As far as I can tell the problem on occurs with custom sounds. I can set any sound that came with the phone and it holds.
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poit said:
As far as I can tell the problem on occurs with custom sounds. I can set any sound that came with the phone and it holds.
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Not here. It doesn't stick with any of the choices I make. It always reverts back to "On Time."
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OK, you're right. I may have to install a second calendar program just for the alerts unless I can figure out a workaround.
poit said:
OK, you're right. I may have to install a second calendar program just for the alerts unless I can figure out a workaround.
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Wish I could figure it out, but I'm no dev. Something has to he keeping the change from sticking. I had a similar issue with my E4GT on GB. If you changed the default calendar to something other than My Calendar, changing the ringer wouldn't stick.
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SSaxman said:
Wish I could figure it out, but I'm no dev. Something has to he keeping the change from sticking. I had a similar issue with my E4GT on GB. If you changed the default calendar to something other than My Calendar, changing the ringer wouldn't stick.
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I had a similar bug in the stock calendar on my Epic 4G. I can't believe it still isn't fixed.
So here's my work around. Copied the original "On_time.ogg file from /system/media/audio/notifications to my pc using ES file explorer. looked at all the tags...It has Samsung in the Artist, album, and comment fields, and the name "On Time" in the title field. So, I renamed it On_Time_Backup.ogg, then I converted the sound I wanted to use to ogg, renamed it On_time.ogg, placed Samsung in the comment, album, and artist fields, and On Time on the title field. Then I copied it (and the backup) back into the /system/media//notifications.
Guess what....I still can't change the notification sound in the calendar, but at least now it's the sound I want.
poit said:
I had a similar bug in the stock calendar on my Epic 4G. I can't believe it still isn't fixed.
So here's my work around. Copied the original "On_time.ogg file from /system/media/audio/notifications to my pc using ES file explorer. looked at all the tags...It has Samsung in the Artist, album, and comment fields, and the name "On Time" in the title field. So, I renamed it On_Time_Backup.ogg, then I converted the sound I wanted to use to ogg, renamed it On_time.ogg, placed Samsung in the comment, album, and artist fields, and On Time on the title field. Then I copied it (and the backup) back into the /system/media//notifications.
Guess what....I still can't change the notification sound in the calendar, but at least now it's the sound I want.
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That's a good idea I hadn't thought of. I will try that and hope Samsung fixes it in a future update.
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poit said:
I had a similar bug in the stock calendar on my Epic 4G. I can't believe it still isn't fixed.
So here's my work around. Copied the original "On_time.ogg file from /system/media/audio/notifications to my pc using ES file explorer. looked at all the tags...It has Samsung in the Artist, album, and comment fields, and the name "On Time" in the title field. So, I renamed it On_Time_Backup.ogg, then I converted the sound I wanted to use to ogg, renamed it On_time.ogg, placed Samsung in the comment, album, and artist fields, and On Time on the title field. Then I copied it (and the backup) back into the /system/media//notifications.
Guess what....I still can't change the notification sound in the calendar, but at least now it's the sound I want.
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Poit,
I am trying to do your "work around". I downloaded the "ES file explorer" but I am unable to find the On_time.ogg file. Could you point me in the right direction?
I have a (Un-rooted) SGS III model- SCH-I535 android vresion 4.0.4 with Vreizon
Thanks,
Tpm369
tpm369 said:
Poit,
I am trying to do your "work around". I downloaded the "ES file explorer" but I am unable to find the On_time.ogg file. Could you point me in the right direction?
I have a (Un-rooted) SGS III model- SCH-I535 android vresion 4.0.4 with Vreizon
Thanks,
Tpm369
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Check in the system /media/Notifications sub folder... It is in there...
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Naddict said:
Check in the system /media/Notifications sub folder... It is in there...
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Thanks for the quick response, however, when I open ES file sxplorer, i do not see a "system" or "media" folder. I do see a "notifacations" folder, but that only has a few sound files that I copied there. In the settings I did select "show hidden files".
I have opened every folder in there and I have not found the one which has the ring tones/ alarms like I am looking for.
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tpm369 said:
Thanks for the quick response, however, when I open ES file sxplorer, i do not see a "system" or "media" folder. I do see a "notifacations" folder, but that only has a few sound files that I copied there. In the settings I did select "show hidden files".
I have opened every folder in there and I have not found the one which has the ring tones/ alarms like I am looking for.
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The file path is "sdcard/notifications" if that helps.
Thanks
By the way, I have this problem as well on my Galaxy Note 2 running 4.1.2 .... So frustrating. It always just ends up back on "On Time" ... the notification I pick actually works for a little while .. like maybe a day before switching back.
I have Google Calendar installed as well (seems the Sync for Google Calendar doesn't work otherwise) so I will just switch to that as the notification source ... but can't believe this issue is across multiple phones and still isn't fixed.
My stock calendar keeps reenabling its notifications. I've grabbed Google Calendar from the market and frozen the stock calendar.
Yep I have noticed this too. I will be doing the same thing.
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I don't normally post stuff here, but when I do, it's something I find very important or useful & worthy of passing along. I recently upgraded to the Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGH-T999) only to discover that it seems to not have default means of setting my custom MP3 files as certain ringtones-- specifically, notification sounds. All I could find in the "set as" tool was options for "alarm" and (phone) "ringtone". I did however find a laborious workaround that requires moving every damned MP3 file into the "notification" folder in the phone system, then going back to use the "set as" tool to create a clock alarm, THEN going back to the system sounds menu to open the notification sounds & (finally) find the custom MP3 file I originally moved to the (you guessed it) notifications folder. Talk about laborious & time wasting! I found this free little app, MP3 Ringtone Maker, that does all that automatically-- in other words, it does indeed have the direct option of selectiing any MP3 file within its explorer to directly "set as" the file to the system notification sound for the texting/messaging sound effect, without having to go through the previously mentioned workaround. I highly recommend this to anyone who likes to take the time to create custom sounds (as I do on my PC, using Audacity) then easily set them quickly as your phone's default sound effects. Here it is: http://bit.ly/MnLqLQ:):)
I use the myxer app. It allows you to trim any mp3 file to get a specific part of a song and when you're done, it allows you to either save it as a ringtone or a notification. It will save the file in the respective folder as well. Been using it since my evo 4g days and it hasn't failed me yet :thumbup:
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I just use rings extended and it lets me select any music file as a ringtone
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.angryredplanet.android.rings_extended
And I make ring tones using my gtunes app
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Ive been using ringdroid since my g1 days. Never failed me yet
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papi5120 said:
Ive been using ringdroid since my g1 days. Never failed me yet
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I totally forgot about ring droid! I used that religiously back in the days lol. But I switched to myxer because I could use it to not only make my own ringtones, but I could download ringtones that were already made as well.
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in hindsight (the best kind)
In hindsight, I probably should have titled my thread "A good ringtone Set-As'er"-- I realize there are great little custom ringtone makers out there-- I just happen to diddle a lot on my PC for audio stuff (since that's where the bulk of my MP3 collection is anyway) & use an audio editor (Audacity) to create custom stuff to send to my phone (instead of draining the battery on my phone to accomplish the same). I just happened to find the "MP3 Ringtone Maker" I mentioned above to seem to be the easiest app to browse my phone's storage for my selected MP3 stuff I transferred to it, and quickly "set as" them into (for example) the notification sound that the default Android "set as" tool doesn't seem to include.
where i can download this app ?
thankyou
I'm like this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.herman.ringtone
youngchris29 said:
I use the myxer app. It allows you to trim any mp3 file to get a specific part of a song and when you're done, it allows you to either save it as a ringtone or a notification. It will save the file in the respective folder as well. Been using it since my evo 4g days and it hasn't failed me yet :thumbup:
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Myxer is exactly what I've been looking for, thanks so much.
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