I know that you can place MP3s in the respective folders for notifications and ringtones. There are some sounds that I like to use for both ringtones and notifications, but don't want them to be copied into both folders. It seems like there would be a less space wasting method to do it?
Can anyone tell me how i can put my personal ringtone in the phones memory so it appears in their ringtone list?
Also the same with text message notifications?
I'm having a problem where if I select my own mp3 ringtone, it will play the last mp3 i've been listening to as my ringtone as opposed to the actual ringtone i want.
Thanks
I have mine stored in /sdcard/Media/audio/ringtones
ringtones go in /system/media/audio/ringtones/ ive not tried adding my own but i suppose you could either add them to the rom .zip before flashing or push them to that location using adb
Look for "Android System Information" in the Market.
Install and open it, then look under the system tab, and expand/open the environment section.
You will get to see a list of the folder variables where the system looks for media.
In case a Cooker has changed something specific, these should show the right location.
Has anyone figured out how to use your own audio files for all of the different types of notifications? I have a few .mp3 files that I've used on all of my previous Android phones that I'd like to continue using. I put them in the "Ringtones" and "Notifications" folders that were initially on the phone. After I did that, I was able to select them as ringtones for the ringer, but they don't show up as options for SMS and e-mail notifications. Any ideas?
Try converting the ones in the Notifications folder to m4a files, they work for SMS and email notifications for me. Could also be the length of your files.
harolds said:
Try converting the ones in the Notifications folder to m4a files, they work for SMS and email notifications for me. Could also be the length of your files.
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or just install zedge from the market. Thats not your own ringtones, but there are good ones too..
Ringdroid is a nice application for this, it works quite well and you can just uninstall once you convert your audio files to notifications, ringtones, or alarms.
Thanks for the tips. The files are very short, so it's not the length. I also looked for Ringdroid, but I can't find it in the market. There's something called "Ringdroid (Social Edition)," but this doesn't look like it's the right thing. When I get a chance I'll try converting the files and seeing if that works, although I do find it strange that my mp3s (they were from a pack a downloaded a while ago called "RCP Ringtones) are seen when selecting ringtones for the ringer, but not for notifications.
I have downloaded some new notification sounds, but can't find them in Personalize > sounds to allocate them as email and text notifications. I'm sure I'm being dim - can someone please tell me how I can do this? Ta!
there in ur download folder on ur sd card, move them to notifaction folder to use them
could be in music. not a guarantee, because i downloaded a ringtone from at&t which never appeared anywhere, but something else i downloaded through the play store ended up in my music player, which actually seems logical, since the player has the capacity to create a ringtone.
Alarms are easy because I have an option in the Clock app to add new alarms to the OS and the custom notifications/ringtones (ogg format) that were copied from my old phone using the Data Transfer Tool show up and work properly. However, no other custom notifications/ringtones (ogg as well) I've added to the system (same directories as the working ones) show up even after multiple reboots. I'm also unable to manually add them since there isn't an "Add new" option for those categories of audio.
Any thoughts would be appreciated
Garoun said:
Alarms are easy because I have an option in the Clock app to add new alarms to the OS and the custom notifications/ringtones (ogg format) that were copied from my old phone using the Data Transfer Tool show up and work properly. However, no other custom notifications/ringtones (ogg as well) I've added to the system (same directories as the working ones) show up even after multiple reboots. I'm also unable to manually add them since there isn't an "Add new" option for those categories of audio.
Any thoughts would be appreciated
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i've had no problem adding custom notifications sounds to my Pixel 2 XL - with one exception - Google Voice. Ringtone, Default Sound, Gmail, Text, Deliveries (Third Party App) all work fine. as with prior Android phones, i simply created a "Media" folder and then within that folder i have the folders "Notifications", "Ringtones", and "Wallpapers" with custom sound files. my notifications are WAV files and my ringtone is a MIDI file. once i place that "Media" folder on my phone's storage and reboot the phone, all sounds are available and "stick" after being selected. again, the only exception is my custom Google Voice Voicemail sound which i can select but it refuses to "stick" and insists on playing my Default Notification Sound and also annoyingly plays it TWICE (double notification). i think this is more of a Google Voice App bug than the phone.
Gekko2 said:
i've had no problem adding custom notifications sounds to my Pixel 2 XL - with one exception - Google Voice. Ringtone, Default Sound, Gmail, Text, Deliveries (Third Party App) all work fine. as with prior Android phones, i simply created a "Media" folder and then within that folder i have the folders "Notifications", "Ringtones", and "Wallpapers" with custom sound files. my notifications are WAV files and my ringtone is a MIDI file. once i place that "Media" folder on my phone's storage and reboot the phone, all sounds are available and "stick" after being selected. again, the only exception is my custom Google Voice Voicemail sound which i can select but it refuses to "stick" and insists on playing my Default Notification Sound and also annoyingly plays it TWICE (double notification). i think this is more of a Google Voice App bug than the phone.
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Interesting, the data transfer tool copied the items straight to Noti/Ring/Alarms at the phone root rather than a media directory. I'll try that now.
Thanks Gekko2, looks like it was a combination of the files being 'ogx' (upon further inspection but worked when renamed to ogg only) and not in the Media directories.
Gekko2 said:
i've had no problem adding custom notifications sounds to my Pixel 2 XL - with one exception - Google Voice. Ringtone, Default Sound, Gmail, Text, Deliveries (Third Party App) all work fine. as with prior Android phones, i simply created a "Media" folder and then within that folder i have the folders "Notifications", "Ringtones", and "Wallpapers" with custom sound files. my notifications are WAV files and my ringtone is a MIDI file. once i place that "Media" folder on my phone's storage and reboot the phone, all sounds are available and "stick" after being selected. again, the only exception is my custom Google Voice Voicemail sound which i can select but it refuses to "stick" and insists on playing my Default Notification Sound and also annoyingly plays it TWICE (double notification). i think this is more of a Google Voice App bug than the phone.
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what is the wallpaper folder for?? what sound?
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what is the wallpaper folder for?? what sound?
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pictures are also media. my "Media" folder includes my custom sounds and wallpapers (picture) -
"Media" Folder--->
1. "Notifications" Folder - Alert (Default), Email, Gmail, Text, Voicemail - WAV Files
2. "Ringtones" Folder - Ringtone MIDI File
3. "Wallpapers" Folder - Wallpaper JPG File
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Garoun said:
Thanks Gekko2, looks like it was a combination of the files being 'ogx' (upon further inspection but worked when renamed to ogg only) and not in the Media directories.
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glad it helped! now could you PLEASE do me a favor and test and see if a custom sound (WAV File) works as a Google Voice Lite Voicemail Notification on your Pixel 2 XL? Thanks!
I have not had any issues (when adding them manually). However, I do miss the option to add them directly from the sound selection pane like on the original pixels with 8.0.
i solved my problem about using a custom notification on Google Voice. the fix is -
Long Press the Google Voice Icon--->App Info--->App Notifications--->Voicemail--->Sound--->Pick Your Sound
i never knew there was this setting beneath the App Icons let alone that it overrides and "sticks" better than the actual settings within the specific App!
so this still doesn't fix the double notification (i experimented by turning the other settings to "Silent" but that did not work) but maybe the answer still lies in these settings. anyway, i'm just glad i can set a custom Voicemail sound and not be stuck with the "Default". i hope this helps someone else!
I've tried adding mp3 and wav files to Ringtones or Media/Ringtones, and neither have worked even after a reboot.
I'm having a glitch with clock ambient and screen tapping.
Ambient clock will not stay on and tapping in not getting active. Both are on in the settings.