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this my be a bit off topic I am not sure but could someone tell me where to get the patch to allow mp3 ringtones I have been unable to find it on the web.
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Yonu
you don't need a patch - put the mp3 file in windows folder and choose the ringtone you want from the phone setting screen.
I have tryed that however it doesn't allow me to choose it as a ringtone
any sugesstions on what may not be installed?
yonu said:
any sugesstions on what may not be installed?
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Probably nothing. Put the files in \windows\rings, that's where mine had to be for the system to use them.
I did notice that if the 'ring' is shorter than the amount of time the phone will ring before passing the call to VM, the sound file doesn't repeat, at least it didn't with one of the mp3's I installed.
tryed that for instance the cingular ring tone is in windows\rings however it isn't even an option i ran a regeditor on it and it says the rings folder ins windows\rings
hey I got it i thought what the hell and flash the Bios ROM up to a newer version and they work now
Thanks again
mainly cause I prefer to simnmply edit the mp3 and copy it ove that way if i want i can use the whole sone and still have the mp3 to listen to if wanted thank you for the suggestion thoughr
And why spend money on a utility that isn't even needed for the BA's, much less at all?
There is a web site that will convert just about any sound format into another format, including the qcp format, for those phone that can't play mp3 files natively.
It also converts other file types (spreadsheets, archives, etc).
URL I leave as an exercise for the reader.
Plus there are ways using free software to do the conversion as well.
Either I'm retarded and can't figure this out or it really is a pain in the butt to try and get to the \Windows system folder via Mobile Device Center in Vista. Who knows how?
Reeg said:
Either I'm retarded and can't figure this out or it really is a pain in the butt to try and get to the \Windows system folder via Mobile Device Center in Vista. Who knows how?
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I would like to know also
Show up System/Operating System Files and Folders:
Start - Control Panel - Folder Options - View (TAB) - and uncheck Hide Protected Operating System Files (Recommended) - Click OK
they are hidden by default... as suggested above. However, I would highly recommend rechecking the option when done browsing the /windows directory
WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am not starting anything, I am just curious as to why you wouldn't want to leave the box unchecked. It's not like we're 3 years old around here. If we wanna look at our folders that we OWN, then we should. Why put a "child-proofing" feature on these folders? I think you should leave them visible at all times. Hell, this encourages people to mod their phones. We all know that the world needs new mods. That's why we come here. Just thought you might have some more light to shed on this subject.
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they are hidden by default... as suggested above. However, I would highly recommend rechecking the option when done browsing the /windows directory
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I searched around a bit, and couldn't find any other similar threads, but by all means, delete this if I'm wrong.
I've put together a compilation of all the ringtones, alarms, and notifications I have come across in the various android builds that are currently out there.
I found that after hopping from one build to another (particularly from a G to an H build), the ringtone/alarm/notification sets are completely different. I put this together to have the best (well, all i guess) of each build, and figured i would share.
**Newly updated link (7/7/09) as i've added more tones from the latest legitimate Hero build, Ophone, And a few others.
Tone Counts:
31 Alarms (up from 18)
97 Notifications (up from 61)
134 Ringtones (up from 116)
Extract these folders (Ringtones, Notifications, Alarms) to the root of your SD card, and the phone will recognize the files automatically.
Note: If you will almost certainly have doubles when you browse your tones on the device. To remedy this, you can either completely delete all tones from your phone via ADB, or:
Go to your tone selection screen, make note of which tones you currently have, and delete those tones form this package before copying it to your SD card.
If i missed any tones from other builds, let me know and I'll add them.
Also, you are obviously free to save some space by deleting tones that you dislike prior to uploading them.
Download Link: http://sharebee.com/86f0d1b1
Thank you! =] you might want to remove the MACOSX folder in the zip. lol. and all the DS_Store files.
thanks man, i've been creaeting my own cause i was too lazy to hop from one build to another every day. i like some of the stock G1 sounds but didn't feel like trying to pull them from updates or the phone itself
great job on this!!
if you push all of those to system, you are going to run out of space.
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if you push all of those to system, you are going to run out of space.
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True... i'm a bit of a minimalist when it comes to apps and such, i really only use about 15 apps that aren't stock. After pushing these to /system, i have 53MB of free space on the phone.
Heed The Dude's warning though, if you're the type that likes a lot of aftermarket apps, you may want to filter out the tones which you know you won't use, consider doing Apps2SD, or just keep these on your SD card.
PS - I'll update later with a version which doesn't contain the MACOSX/DS_Store files, they are un-needed, so for now just delete them manually.
Maybe this is not the right thread for this, but is there a notification for SMS/MMS when you're talking on the phone?
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True... i'm a bit of a minimalist when it comes to apps and such, i really only use about 15 apps that aren't stock. After pushing these to /system, i have 53MB of free space on the phone.
Heed The Dude's warning though, if you're the type that likes a lot of aftermarket apps, you may want to filter out the tones which you know you won't use, consider doing Apps2SD, or just keep these on your SD card.
PS - I'll update later with a version which doesn't contain the MACOSX/DS_Store files, they are un-needed, so for now just delete them manually.
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Even with apps2sd, low space warnings will occur.
why do you bother to push them on system?
just keep the same folder tree on sdcard.
media/audio
and in this audio folder : alarms notification ringtones and ui
Thanks so much,
Greate work.
You don't need to push them onto the system partition. If you just drop the audio folder on the SDcard, you will have the same result and it will even stick around between builds.
something weird is going on here.. i pushed them to the phone.. everything appeared to be successful but whenever i mount my sd card to the pc all of the ring and notification tones disappear from the menus until i disconnect it
Fixed it! yay!
Using this + /Audio folder on SDCARD with the CM v3.2 build, works perfectly. No need to push any tones, the sytem finds the audio folder and applies the sounds without worries. Thanks for sharing!
anyone want or looking for Palm PRE ringtone i got it ill email if anyone wants it
thanks mate
thanx
Thanks for your great job. I appreciated!
Upated with some more tones, and added the T-Mobile "t-jingle" ringtone per request. Let me know if theres any straggling "MACOSX" folders or .DSStore files.
Thanks!
Nice job! Variety is the spice of life...
Thx!!!
Exactly what I was lookin for!!!
Hi everyone
i've had nothing but good things happen so far with the threads on doing custom ringtones, but on the same token, i was wondering if it was possible to do the same thing to the alarms and alerts,
say what you will about the factory alarm tones, nothing is more effective in the morning than Time by Pink Floyd
wanderfaner said:
Hi everyone
i've had nothing but good things happen so far with the threads on doing custom ringtones, but on the same token, i was wondering if it was possible to do the same thing to the alarms and alerts,
say what you will about the factory alarm tones, nothing is more effective in the morning than Time by Pink Floyd
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I've figured it out. I'll do a write up later...
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I've figured it out. I'll do a write up later...
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already, that's fantastic, a big thanks on behalf of everyone!
Items required:
Unlocked (with ChevronWP7 or Developer unlocked) WP7 device
ChevronWP7 Ringtone Installer
MS Expression Encoder or other audio conversion software
XAP Installer (Tom XAP or WP7 SDK Application Deployment)
TouchXplorer: http://forum.touchxperience.com/download/file.php?id=44&sid=5129675be033d863b931bdc3bee51b36
1. Choose files to use as alert/alarm sounds. If in WMA format already skip to step 3.
2. Using MS Expression or equivalent, convert files to WMA.
3. Rename desired alert tones to Alert-01.WMA (you can subsitute the number based on what sound you'd like to replace, because we will be overwriting the corresponding sound) or for alarms it'd be Alarm-01.WMA (or corresponding). NOTE: You will be overwriting the sounds so make sure you review all sounds and make sure you don't mind not having them anymore if you're overwriting them.
4. Using ChevronWP7 Ringtone Installer deploy these files to your device through an XAP Installer.
5. Install TouchXplorer by deploying XAP to device.
6. Using TouchXplorer navigate to My Documents>My Ringtones and highlight desired alert/alarm sound. Bring up the menu and copy it. Navigate back to root menu and go into Windows. Paste alert/alarm sound; it will ask if you wish to overwrite, click yes. Done. Repeat for all other alert or alarm sounds.
NOTE : I believe this will only work on HTC phones ATM, since TouchXplorer only works on HTC devices for now.
Why cant I just use the windows deployment tool (on focus) , renaming the files , I tried installing an alert using the chevron and it sent it to the ringtone folder , I made the alert, Alert-11 since they were all in sequence, but I'll try just renaming the files , if I have to use Toms Ill try that, but I cant use the touchexpress (and theres no equivelent that i know of for samsung,yet)
It does allow me to install touchexpress , but all I is the "My Device" search , not sure if it works or needs certain parameters to use to find anything, also I dont know the file structure in this phone anyway, it does have all menu items but grayed out, so it might get an update later on and work
I guess Microsoft doesnt want this on the device !
" TouchXplorer has been Revoked by Microsoft , you'll have to re-install it, but it just stays on for a minute before getting revoked again!
Download the alarm clock w/ weather app...lets you assign any song you have in Zune as an alarm tone (touchxplorer only works with htc devices)...plus it acts as a nice bedside clock with weather information
it might be worth getting the app just to see how they import the songs!
Vintage144 said:
I guess Microsoft doesnt want this on the device !
" TouchXplorer has been Revoked by Microsoft , you'll have to re-install it, but it just stays on for a minute before getting revoked again!
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Your device re-locked itself, nothing was revoked.
This is great!!!
Hack my ringtones is succesfull, tomorrow i will try to rewrite some alert tones.
@eternalemb - thanks for the tip! i successfully added my rooster alarm and much louder txt msg and email tones!
I did it too
R2D2 as my text tone
Thanks for your time and good work!!!
Anyone figure out how to do it without an HTC Device. I have the DVP and the alarms that come with the device are no way near loud enough to wake me up. My old alarm was set to Chop Suey by System of a Down! WAKE UP!!!! I have a developer account as well if that will help.
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Anyone figure out how to do it without an HTC Device. I have the DVP and the alarms that come with the device are no way near loud enough to wake me up. My old alarm was set to Chop Suey by System of a Down! WAKE UP!!!! I have a developer account as well if that will help.
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Unlike for ringtones, there's no function for adding them in the OS (ringtones use Microsoft.Phone.Media.Extended I think) other than using file manipulation, or registry tweaks, both of which can only be done on HTC devices at the moment.
This is great!!! Worked a treat for the alerts. Just need to do the alarms now.
Just one question..... There seems to be a limit on the number of alerts. Has anyone else come across this? Originally there are 10 alerts so I created an 11th but this doesn't seem to get picked up at all.
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This is great!!! Worked a treat for the alerts. Just need to do the alarms now.
Just one question..... There seems to be a limit on the number of alerts. Has anyone else come across this? Originally there are 10 alerts so I created an 11th but this doesn't seem to get picked up at all.
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Any ideas on this guys?
chubnut said:
This is great!!! Worked a treat for the alerts. Just need to do the alarms now.
Just one question..... There seems to be a limit on the number of alerts. Has anyone else come across this? Originally there are 10 alerts so I created an 11th but this doesn't seem to get picked up at all.
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The alerts are listed in the registry by name, you're replacing one of the built in ones, so no changes are needed there, adding an extra alert will only work if you can edit the registry.
l3v5y said:
The alerts are listed in the registry by name, you're replacing one of the built in ones, so no changes are needed there, adding an extra alert will only work if you can edit the registry.
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Thanks for that. Explains a fair few things.
i did all.but my phone did not give any sound..
i want to ask a question: is the bit rate important ?
for example i use 16 bit rate
must it be higher or ???
thanks..
Hey all, I saw a couple threads on this, but I found this and thought that it would clear up some of the confusion for making custom ringtones on a NON-Dev unlocked version of Mango.
http://windowsphonesecrets.com/2011/06/28/custom-ringtone-support-in-mango-explained/
I used Audacity and the lame_enc.dll file to make a short ringtone mp3 and then moved it to my phone in the newer version of Zune. After that, I right-clicked on the file and went to edit and manually changed the genre to "Ringtone" (yes, with a capital 'R'). From that point, it did NOT show up in my music on my phone but appeared under the word "Custom" in my ringtone selection. This was actually relatively painless and pretty cool. Hope this tutorial helps people using the Non-Dev Unlocked Mango.
Red.
Samsung Focus
Mango Beta2 Non Dev Unlocked
All thanks to XDA as usual.
A perhaps easier way than using some software to cut the MP3 would be to simply use a webbased service like http://cutmp3.net/
Most people won't need the additional capabilities of audacity and for a few files this non-install version will do.
Microsoft engineer burn their head... 39 sec... really suck idea....
after re-contract i will change to android
Hi, is it possible to have a custom ringotne for a new text message?
jogabonitos said:
Hi, is it possible to have a custom ringotne for a new text message?
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ringtones yes, notifications not yet...
iwantnokia said:
Microsoft engineer burn their head... 39 sec... really suck idea....
after re-contract i will change to android
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Well if that's all the reason you need to leave WP7, then I don't even want to imagine what you'll do with all the issues with android
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Microsoft engineer burn their head... 39 sec... really suck idea....
after re-contract i will change to android
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What does that first part mean? I mean beyond the glaring error of the plural pronoun with a singular antecedent, what are you trying to say with the whole "burn their head" thing?
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What does that first part mean? I mean beyond the glaring error of the plural pronoun with a singular antecedent, what are you trying to say with the whole "burn their head" thing?
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LOL!!!!!!!!!!
Probably already an Android user... hence the limited vocabulary!!! LOL!!!
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after re-contract i will change to android
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Bye Android fanboy, you wont be missed.
If you like the phone fine but these type of comments...just go away
May I make a suggestion for you ? Go to your local craigslist, list your phone for sale or trade, get a Android phone and stop trolling the WIndows Phone 7 areas...
Create ringtones on Mango:
Create your own ringtones so you can match your jingle to your mood, or match just the right tune to your contacts. Just make sure the audio file is:
• In MP3 or WMA format.
• Less than 40 seconds.
• Less than 1 MB.
To make any file that fits these criteria into a ringtone on a PC, all you have to do is assign it the genre of "ringtone" in the Zune software. If you don't have the Zune software on your computer, see Install the Zune software.
To create a ringtone using the Zune software
1 Open the Zune software and find the file you want to turn into a ringtone.
2 Right-click the file, and then click Edit.
3 In the GENRE list, click or type Ringtone, then click OK.
4 Connect your phone to your computer using a cable, and then sync the file to your phone
Wish Microsoft would have added custom ringtones when they first released the OS. Simple mishaps like this has caused major blows to this platform in my point of view. I like the fluidity and overall look of WP7 but its lacking essential features. So I bound to head back to android or WM6.5.
That capability existed in the original release of software - it was briefly documented on the earliest versions of the Windows Phone manual posted on the AT&T site, however, for whatever reason it was not available to users in the released version of the phones. No info whether that was due to Microsoft changing their mind, or the carriers optioning that feature out.
...and I clearly need to change my .sig - it is soooo out of date!
I Wonder if there is a way to use builtin ringtones as Textmessage tone - i would like to use the Sound 'portal'...
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I Wonder if there is a way to use builtin ringtones as Textmessage tone - i would like to use the Sound 'portal'...
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Builtin as ringtones, MAY be possible but they have to be in WMA format. You'll have to create a WMA, copy it to the ISOStore of one of the apps on the phone using Windows Phone Power Tools then use WP7 Root Tools 0.7 to copy it to the \Windows directory. From there you'll have to rename one of the Alert-xx.wma files to something else and rename your wma to Alert-xx.wma. It should work. I changed my Alert-06 for my e-mail to be the old "You've Got mail" sound from AOL
Alternatively, use the Advanced Config for WP7 Mango tool (on TouchXperience). Requires interop-unlock, of course, but provides a nice interface that lets you set the registry keys controlling various sounds to whatever sound files you have installed.
The only catch is that if you open the Sound control panel, it'll reset to some default. If you rename an alert file and then copy the file that you want to use into the name of the renamed file (using WP7 Root Tools, TouchXplorer, or a provxml file) then you can use the control panel directly.
That one didn't work for me (HTC Trophy) - The Text Message Sound is then Set to "None" and I dont get any Sound
Did you open the control panel after running Advanced Config, like I specifically said not to do lest your changes be reset to defaults?
No, there wasn't any tone before I went to the controlpanel. That was the reason why I went there later
iwantnokia said:
Microsoft engineer burn their head... 39 sec... really suck idea....
after re-contract i will change to android
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If you want Nokia, you won't find it with android...