Just some minor niggles with WM5 left so far...
1) All wm5 ringtones seem to be .WAV, doesn't seem to support WMA any more. Does anyone have a fix / free software I can use to let me use WMA or MP3 or OGG or anything apart from WAV ?
2) Today themes - does anyone know how to make your own ? I see nothing to change them, it seems to have changed from 2003 ?
TIA
Loving WM5, so much more stable !
The only files that need to be WAV are incoming text alerts i think..
For ringtones.. copying MP3, WMA or any other supported format of Wmplayer into \Windows\Ringtones should show up in your ringtone selection.
ah - I was trying to use the "Add Ringtones" in the setup menu
what a dufus - thanks
I tried searching and did not see a similar topic, so I am posting this new one.
I have tried to move a ringtone to \windows\rings
I have tried to adapt the registry setting to change the ring directory to a different place
I have confirmed that I am using the Ring option for the Ring Type, as opposed to Vibrate or any of the other settings under the settings-->phone menu--I do see the ring tone options and have tried the windows ones as well
Any other suggestions I can try to enable ringing?
i put my ring tones in ram disk.(wave files)
Thank you for your reply. I tried to switch my ringtone folder to Storage Card and RamDisk--though the ringtones appeared as options, they would not play when the phone rang.
Are there other things I can try?
i just put ring tone in ram folder.
not ring tone folder in ram.and used wav file.not mp3.
o2 xda IIs
R2D1 said:
Thank you for your reply. I tried to switch my ringtone folder to Storage Card and RamDisk--though the ringtones appeared as options, they would not play when the phone rang.
Are there other things I can try?
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what media type is your ringtone? wav, mp3, wma? all of these types can be used when located in \windows, \windows\rings, \Ramdisk root & \Storage Card root.
may i suggest trying out one of the default PPC ringtones if it plays when moved into any of the directories above.
what media type is your ringtone? wav, mp3, wma? all of these types can be used when located in \windows, \windows\rings, \Ramdisk root & \Storage Card root.
may i suggest trying out one of the default PPC ringtones if it plays when moved into any of the directories above.
I tried moving copies of the files into the folders you mentioned--it showed the duplicates as options for the ringtones, but unfortunately did not work. I used the oldphone.wav. Any other ideas?
opps
thought you whould have change the name a little
like putting a 1 in front of the tone name.
I just ended up reinstalling the ROM. Not sure what the cause was... as I uninstalled everything I added... Oh well... all is good now...
Hey, guys. I have a storage card with a folder called "Music" on it. There is all my music. How can I set a .mp3 as ring tone without any software? Kaiser has this option, but it always needs to copy the .mp3 file, that I want as ring tone in the main memory in "My Music". I think there's a registry tweak to do this... does somebody know how?
What I want: on the today screen in Sounds to be able to chose a .mp3 from my storage as ring tone without to copy it to the main memory.
I hope you understand me.. sorry for my terrible English.
Thanks.
I think I have seen this option change in SK Tools
Do it using Audio Manager
Audio Manager has this option to use any song as Ringtone.
It even has a function where you can Select the in-out points for the ringtone in a song.
Hey, I was wondering if it is possible to change the sound of an incoming message into an mp3 file or so? I can change it in the standard sounds but want to use my own file. Is it possible?
Of course it is ! Not easy to guess at first, but I found a way to enable this.
You basically need to copy your .mp3 file (and remember its name to locate it after in the list) in the Windows folder of your device. It's a little long to load, don't be afraid, but then just paste the mp3 file in the windows folder, nowhere else, at its root.
Finally, go to sound configuration (parameters, system...) and set your mp3 file as the default SMS tone.
Enjoy !
That didnot work for me. It works when I press the "PLAY" button when configuring it but the only way it sound when I get a SMS is if I use a .wav file on the Windows folder mp3 dont work for me on SMS althoug the work on call tunes.
convert it to .wav then
I can't set an mp3 as my ringtone. It just can't play mp3 when i use them for ringtones. I can listen to them in windows media player.
Hi,
My first post on this forum but hope it is of help.
Using an mp3 as a ringtone is cumbersome in winmo6.1 but possible. The problem is that it will not use mp3s from the internal storage card but the internal memory is very small.
My suggestion would be to use a program of some sort to trim the mp3 to just the 20s or 30s you need (winmo has a program called "MP3 Trimmer" but I haven't had need to use it so can't comment on it). Then copy the mp3 to My Device\My Documents\My Ringtones\.
Or you can just use "File Explorer", find the mp3 you want, hold-click on the file and choose "Set as ringtone". This will copy the file to the above-named folder and set it as ringtone.
Hope it helps!
will work from storage
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I can't set an mp3 as my ringtone. It just can't play mp3 when i use them for ringtones. I can listen to them in windows media player.
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I use mp3s from storsge card (4gb internal storage on Diamond) for ringtone, text alert, etc. Works fine. Just make sure you have a MyDocuments folder on your storage card, then copy mp3 to storage card/myDocuments. Then when you open sounds & notifications tab to select ring & alert sounds, your mp3s will show up in the dialog box that you scroll through to select sound. Has worked just fine for me on my diamond for the last year
(until yesterday, when I used a new file exp
lorer to force file association of mp3s to win media player, forgetting that my system needs em for tones & rings. now now any mp3 file in my device will ONLY work thru media player, not rings/alerts. Trying to figure how to fix that now)
but you should have no problem with ringtones from storage card(internal storage)/MyDocuments. Same is true with wallpaper for today screen, anything you put in storage/MyDocuments, will be selectable. hope you check this thread back.
Nice but possibly untidy?
That sounds much simpler than my suggestion! However, it also means giving up the My Documents folder to music, or making it untidy as it is mixed with other files.
I suppose I could have a different folder for my actual documents. But will the camera still save in its default storage\my documents\my pictures location within the folder with all the music?
On a slight side note, is it possible to change the folders used by the TouchFlo 3D music app? My app has decided to list all the mp3s in the TomTom folder & in any games folders
@ meister2681...
Your folders don't need to be terribly untidy. For example, on my storage, I have , the root has folders for Zips, Cabs, Program Files, MUSIC, My Documents, etc. My Documents has subfolders for My Videos, My Pictures, I think maybe 1 more folder, I forget. Anyhow, MUSIC, is where I put all my mp3s. The few that I use for ringtones and alerts, I copy them to storage/My Documents (I use only about 5, so it's not too messy or cluttered).
Yes, camera will still save to storage/My Documents/My Pictures
Don't know about htc music folder. I don't use Touchflo (don't like all the scrolling required), and just don't really have time to examine it right now (my 3yr old is demanding attention )
Long press on your mp3s should give you a 'set as ringtone' option. Mine doesn't anymore, but it's because of something dumb I did
Cool!
I will have to try it that way once I've put the latest ROM on (I'm sticking with official ones at the moment, I have 1.93 but just downloaded 2.03). Will be upgrading soon, hopefully to HD2, then will mod the diamond to oblivion!
Thanks for the advice, hopefully the original thread author will log in and check!
FWIW...
WooHoo, I finally got all my menu options back. Wiped my device. It turns out, the Clear Storage option under Settings restores your device to factory settings BUT, leaves your storage card/Internal storage in tact. So I still have all my music, and all my cabs for easy reinstall of all my programs. Cool! I thought it would wipe my entire device AND mass storage. But no. Just wish I woulda backed up contacts somehow :/
Activesync
I use activesync (or Mobile Device Centre on Win7) to synchronise contacts with Outlook. Find it works a treat and also makes it much easier to send emails - I use Outlook as my primary email program. Also synchronises calendar / notes etc.
will look
I'll look into that for next time. I've actually never playedwith/figured out activesync. Or Outlook, for that matter. The computer at my house doesn't have any Office progs, butjust did some digging and found it has Outlook Express (it's my roommates desktop, set up mostly for gaming, I guess). Will have a look, thanks.
My Phone
Not sure about Express, I remember it worked with my Nokia's sync software but dunno about activesync.
I also recently found that MS have a download called My Phone, which backs up everything to their server (cue conspiracy theorists!!). I've used it for text messages and I can now access them all through my hotmail account. Should work for all the rest as well, and I think it allows for restoring.