I just updated my 9 Pro to C.44 doing a full wipe. It's mostly working, but this new build no longer lets me select ringtones from the "Ringtones" folder in mass storage. Instead, it offers me system ringtones or the option to "Select from files". That offers tabs for "Music" and "Recordings".
I've tried putting an ogg, an MP3 and a WAV in the Recordings directory in mass storage, and it always insists "No files" when I try to pick a ringtone from "Recordings"
I suppose I could put the ringtones in the Music directory, but I don't want my music player playing them.
Any suggestions?
Copy your file to the ~/Ringtones or ~/Notifications directory and reboot(*): you'll find the ringtone in the "Music" tab.
(*) I couldn't find any way to force media indexing without rebooting
And the Search is case-sensitive on the filename, which is why I wasn't finding my ringtones using search. My Music tab has hundreds of entries, so just scrolling through it wasn't getting me very far.
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I have changed my mp3 to wav and put them in windows/rings folder but I can't select them as my ringtone. Anything wrong?
You may still need to run the "Add Ring Tone" application to get them to be recognised (Found under Settings -> System).
Doing it this way uses loads of storage as WAV's are sooooo much bigger, if you convert your MP3's to WMA format and pop them on your storage card you can then just hold stylus down on the WMA and bingo you'll see on the pop up menu is an option to "set as ringtone" .
ignore the bandwagon set who love to hate microsoft, in the real world everyone who nows anything about digital media will confirm that bitrate for bitrate WMA's are the best quality.
What i do is convert to WMA, and copy it to the \windows\rings directory (this should already exist). It will then appear in your list of ringtones (really easy way for setting up different ringtones for different people).
I also added a 'ringtone' (sound file) for when smses get received. Save it as a .WAV file and copy it to \windows, and it will appear in your 'sounds' list.
Can I use MP3s for alarms and SMS tones.
I thought these kind of features where standard on modern smart phones?
Or is there an app for that
i think theres a special app for that i have seen it somewhere on the cyrket website
dj kav said:
Can I use MP3s for alarms and SMS tones.
I thought these kind of features where standard on modern smart phones?
Or is there an app for that
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Have you tried setting it as a ringtone within the music app? Then from there you might be able to choose it in the alarms and notifications?
make a folder on your SD card (the root of it) called "Notifications" and "Ringtones" then copy your ringtones into one and notifications (SMS and Alarms) into the other. Then they appear in the menus. I had to google about to find this myself!
Alternatively you can set it through the music application!
You need to create specific folders on the SD. I have alarms on the SD root for my alarm tone and notifications for my message tone!
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make a folder on your SD card (the root of it) called "Notifications" and "Ringtones" then copy your ringtones into one and notifications (SMS and Alarms) into the other. Then they appear in the menus. I had to google about to find this myself!
Alternatively you can set it through the music application!
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/sdcard
/sdcard/Media
/sdcard/Media/Notifications
/sdcard/Media/Ringtones
/sdcard/Media/Alarms
That is how I have it setup so I only have one folder in the sdcard root for all of my alarms, notifications and ringtones.
Mine are set as...
/sdcard
/sdcard/Media
/sdcard/Notifications
/sdcard/Ringtones
/sdcard/Alarms
Thx, I will give it a go
Why can't they make things simple these days
SOrry to jump in, but cant someone just run over what i may be doing wrong.
On my SD Card i have the following folder setup :
sdcard/
sdcard/media
sdcard/media/audio
sdcard/media/notifications
sdcard/media/alarms
sdcard/media/ringtones
and within the notifications folder i have put an MP3.
BUT it doesnt show up in SETTINGS > SOUND & DISPLAY > NOTIFICATION SOUND
Nor does it show up in ChompSMS or SMSPopup.
I have alos tried to create the folders in the root, with no luck.
I know im beign blind, what am i missing.
Nice one, was wondering how to do this.
hot-fuzz I have the exact same set-up as you, works perfectly for me.
Have you tried with a different audio file?
Just download 'Ringdroid' from the marketplace and you can edit your mp3's in the fly and gives you the option to save as tone/notification etc..
OK, sorted it.
The file will only show up if i put ".mp3" at the end of the file, otherwise it doesnt show up.
Thanks for the headsup on Ringdroid, might give that a bash.
I had some problems but at last it is working with the format
sdcard/
sdcard/media
sdcard/media/audio
sdcard/media/notifications
sdcard/media/alarms
sdcard/media/ringtones
I noticed there was a similar layout in the phone's ROM
system/
system/media
system/media/audio
system/media/notifications
system/media/alarms
system/media/ringtones
system/media/ui
There was some Facebook mp4 file in that ringtones folder.
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.
OK, if I put .nomedia in my ringtones folder, all is well as far as Winamp is concerned, and those won't pop up as random playable songs. It's kind of unnerving to hear the Everquest fanfare right after Primus...
But, the ringtones go away in my ringtone chooser.
Any suggestions, other than go to PowerAmp?
I went to poweramp. I couldn't figure out how to get the system media to stop playing short of making play lists, but then that made adding new music a pain in my ass.
1: Create a folder on your sdcard (or internal) called "media" (no quotes, all lowercase).
2: Put 3 folders in there called ringtones, notifications, and alarms.
3: Put your ringtones and whatever else in there accordingly.
4: Reboot, enjoy
Hello everyone,
I am wondering if you all have the same issue as I do.
I have my music in "Music" folder, and my ringtones set in "Ringtones" folder, but when I want to set a local ringtone, I can see ALL my music and ringtones shown together in one huge never ending list due to amount of music present on my phone.
Is there a way to display only ringtones set in "Ringtones" folder?
Thank you in advance.