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Is there a way to use mp3 for an alarm??

Is there a way to use mp3 for an alarm??
The alarms built into this just dont seem to wake me up
thanks
tris

Have I asked too much? :lol:
tris

go and checkout at http://www.pocketgear.com

clustered said:
go and checkout at http://www.pocketgear.com
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Thanks very much for that
I have shortened my first post and took out most the spftware questions now. Hopefully it shouldn't look so daunting now, although I am a complete noob to these devices, so any more help and advice would be most appriciated :wink:
tris

xdaIIi user, check your pm!

Put the file into windows\rings folder. It's there by default, just use activesync to explore your device.

pug said:
Put the file into windows\rings folder. It's there by default, just use activesync to explore your device.
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Nice to finally meet you, great work on that rom
I had tried that but couldnt use it as a ring tone for some reason before, however I have just done it now (since I put your ext rom on) and it works nicely
Well thank you very much
tris

Anyone help? Please
Thanks
tris

The term cooked generally means the ROM has been modified.
There are several media players that can be used, my favourite is TCPMP which is free, only does divx, xvid, avi, mpg, wmv and the like.
Programs generally install to the main memory, wether you have a SD card or not.
If you bought a copy of Tomtom you will have the newest map, if not, try find it using torrents.
Sorry it's brief and to the point but it's late and I have work early in the morning.
Good luck.

pug said:
The term cooked generally means the ROM has been modified.
There are several media players that can be used, my favourite is TCPMP which is free, only does divx, xvid, avi, mpg, wmv and the like.
Programs generally install to the main memory, wether you have a SD card or not.
If you bought a copy of Tomtom you will have the newest map, if not, try find it using torrents.
Sorry it's brief and to the point but it's late and I have work early in the morning.
Good luck.
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No problem, you've aswered all my questions in a way I understand lol
I am not sure about the map on my tom tom software, I only asked that as I havent installed it or looked through the manual yet, due to not having a bluetooth reciever. :roll:
Thanks very much
When I get stuck with somthing again I'll re edit the post
Cheers
tris

low mem due to progs in ext rom
just came across this & had an immediate thought which may or not be of use!...
cooked into the rom means that the programs SETUP files r in the rom but wen the prog runs for the first time it'll install to default (usually main mem) then run from there causing major mem usage hence "the main memory has gone down consideranly"!
the best way of runnin ur pda is store the basic rom installation files, trying them with combos of programs & finding the best config 4 ur needs.
hope this helps
SpiritSte

Re: low mem due to progs in ext rom
steee.graham said:
just came across this & had an immediate thought which may or not be of use!...
cooked into the rom means that the programs SETUP files r in the rom but wen the prog runs for the first time it'll install to default (usually main mem) then run from there causing major mem usage hence "the main memory has gone down consideranly"!
the best way of runnin ur pda is store the basic rom installation files, trying them with combos of programs & finding the best config 4 ur needs.
hope this helps
SpiritSte
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Hi mate
If these program setup files are in the rom itself, how do I find them to either run or remove?? As I bought tomtom 5.21 from my brother in law
All the other games and programs that I have put on I have installed on my 256mb sd card, thats why I was unsure about the space
Thanks
tris

UP........Question changed
tris

I think I am need of psychological help trying to follow what is what in this thread, anyone got a straight jacket????
Alarm using MP3s:
There is no way to use a mp3 on the standard phone, you will need some 3rd party software that has an alarm function. SPB time maybe, not sure but have a look at their site.

If having a loud alarm tune is your priority (i.e. not to have lovely music to wake you up), you can always convert the mp3 into a WAV to put into your device WINDOWS dir to be used as alarm.
Be careful. I tried putting on a 3MB WAV as alarm before and it seems to whacked my unit a bit, need to do a soft reset. So, don't try anything too big.

ALARM
GOOGLE for MORTPLAYER - a freeware which allows you to set alarms too

Re: ALARM
Hi All,
Converting file into wave does work. But there is this free 3rd party software called MobiAlarm which works perfectly fine and you can use any mp3 song as your wake up alarm. You can download the same from the following link:
http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=587
Enjoy!

Where can I get cool wav files for my TyTN 2?

At the office, most of the guys have Mobile 6 devices like the Orbit, so when someone gets an SMS or something, we're all reaching for our phones! Where can I download some good wav files or alerts and stuff??
Thanks.

google "howard forums unofficial rings"

http://www.waveevents.com/

Do you like the Simpsons?
http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/python/35/sounds.htm
most work but the occasional one doesn't, just tap on the file in My Documents and make sure it works before using it. I'm sure this advice is best used for all sites.

I wanna throw my TyTn II against the wall.

This is driving me up the wall...
I'm going nuts.
I can't figure out how to change my text message tone...
some how I have a few full songs in option box...
But I can't figure out how to use that isn't in there...
I downloaded a tone I want to use.
And it's just taking up room on my phone!
So will someone please help me out with this problem??

Renegade503 said:
This is driving me up the wall...
I'm going nuts.
I can't figure out how to change my text message tone...
some how I have a few full songs in option box...
But I can't figure out how to use that isn't in there...
I downloaded a tone I want to use.
And it's just taking up room on my phone!
So will someone please help me out with this problem??
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try saving it as .wav on your \windows dir

Umm...look above....lol... gues i was too wordy....
Thought I'd take a chance with this one. First what format is the media type you are working with. I have found under sounds and notifications -- >Start >Settings > Sounds and Notifications is where you have the granularity to make some choices. First you have to make sure a .wav format of the file exists in the correct Windows folder of your mobile OS to be able to use the file (*hint locate the names of the default sounds listed in the S&N dropdown list*). Took me about a week to realize that i was bound by M$ file types (.wav). If you need to convert a file from one format to another there are an assundry of apps to look at, but i recommend a look at audacity (only for quick learning curve and open source app).
Hope this provides some insight. As I am using a rom i found on this forum i don't remember the default path for a Kaiser or AT&T tilt anymore. Locating the file browser via activesync should provide more help in locating where the file should reside.
Don't toss the phone or if you want to sling it my way, wy wife could use the device (best I have had to date IMHO).
Cheers and good luck.

For the record, WAV and MIDI files will only work if they are in the \windows\ directory in the root of your device. This confused me when I first got my Tilt because my Wizard would see them in \My Documents\ on my SD card.

Not sure about wavs or midis, but it will use MP3s off of the storage card.
I'm using L26 v5 ROM and the MP3s in the Mp3 directory on my SD card root all show up under selectable ring tones.

Yeah as ringtones. But not text message tones, correct?

@Renegade503 we welcome your eagerness to learn about your device. But your flooding our board with n00bish questions, and repeatedly posting about stuff you can find in the manual sooo
RTFM ...
Just in case you dont understand what that means, and so you dont make another post asking what it means, i will just tell you..
Read The F**king Manual
Please Please Please do some reading on this site and on others, you might want to start with howardforums.com so that you may get a better grip on just what kind of phone you have. You can also read our wiki that has a wealth of information. Most people on here is not going to spoon feed you the answers.

i'm not a mod but maybe combine his threads into one?

Fully Personalise Your HTC Diamond Notifications!!

Bored of "beep beep" or whatever sound your pda is having? hmm.gif Wish your pda could make sounds like "excuse me boss, you have a text message" or even better, make it say "excuse me master *insert your name here*, you have a text message"
Well, i stumbled on this site and, basically you can enter any text you want, choose the voice, and it will say it for you. You can save the .wav file in your PC, transfer to your pda, and you can use it as an sms! Or even other notifications!!
"excuse me u have an e mail"
"hey pick up the phone" or can u even think of more naughty or vulgar speeches? lol
Best of all its free!
Instructions:
1. Go here http://www.cepstral.com/demos/ to do your stuff.
2. Download the .wav file into your PC.
3. NOTE: the sound is pretty soft, so u'll have to make it louder. If you're using windows, go to start > all programs > accessories > Entertainment > Sound recorder. Load the file, and u can increase the volume by 25% incrementally.
4. Now connect your pda to the PC, and place the .wav file in the root folder of your storage card, or in your pda memory
EG: /Windows/.wav or /Storagecard/hello.wav
tadaa!! U can personalise everything, your sms, e mail, alerts, whatever sound u can think off in your pda!!
I personally prefer Millie (UK english) find it clearer than the US English, and i like Shout (Character).
ALSO NOTE: If u cant get it right, try playing with phonetics. For example, Baronic sounds horrible on the program, so instead, i typed, "Hey Bearonic, you have a new message!"
This tip is brought to u by Baronic, PDA enthusiast. If you found this tip useful, post a reply to bump it up!
The site is actually a demo for a program, that u can use to read any text documents at all on your PDA. Imagine it reading your lecture notes to sleep. how cool is that? If u like the program, do support the developer and buy it.
I have made a package of sounds that can make your pda "talk", and corrected the volume to make it louder on the PDA, if you're lazy to do it yourself. Download and put in your root folder of storage card or /windows. U have to extract it from the folder. No folders. Just put all wav files in the before mentioned directories
LINK: http://heretical-rantings.blogspot.com/2008/06/personalise-your-handphonepda.html

I tryd to download it as a .wav....
But instead i had to download one of the voices with is 120mb a piece.
Were do i click to save only what i typed?
or do i need to download the voice completely?

No. You click "say it". Use firefox. And u can choose to save the .wav file. Each about 100 kb only

i use firefox..
but when i do say it... it says it.. wont ask me to download the file

are u sure? weird. My friends from another forum have no problems. Well.... i have a package of sounds that can make your pda "talk". Download and put in your root folder of storage card or /windows.
LINK: http://heretical-rantings.blogspot.com/2008/06/personalise-your-handphonepda.html

bump this thread to keep it alive if you found it useful

Maybe its the quicktime plugin or something that makes it play instead of download.
Could you download one for me and send it to me?
please
Text = New mail recieved
Voice = David US English
Rate = Default
Pitch = Default
Effect = Dizzy Droid
and the same thing also with .... = Old Robot

Nevermind!
got is

lol, u managed to finally download? what'd u do?

i added a new batch of files, this time, a more "human" sounding batch. The first sounded more electronic.
http://heretical-rantings.blogspot.com/2008/06/personalise-your-handphonepda.html

i used Internet Explorer instead of Firefox.
Firefox used quicktime to instand play the file.
IE didnt.

ah....i see i see. lol, my firefox had no problems, perhaps no quicktime installed. glad it worked for u ^_^

Great idea!
i love this site! well found! great tip!

just glad to share it. anyone else who did find this useful, please make a post to bring the thread up, so other people can share with our good fortune. so so many views, so little replies.

1.4k views. 2 replies. lol.

thanks! tis rocks!

EXCELLENT!!!
Thanks baronic... & your Webpage Rocks!!!

lol, thanks

[SOUNDS] Super Stock Ringtone/Notification/Alarm Soundpack

I've created a soundpack for you guys to download made from various android system dumps.
Featuring stock sounds from:
-HTC
-Motorola
-Samsung
enjoy!
Just unzip to your sdcard: (Can't post links cause I'm a new user)
www [dot] mediafire [dot] com/?lmg44nnmfim

trancestate said:
I've created a soundpack for you guys to download made from various android system dumps.
Featuring stock sounds from:
-HTC
-Motorola
-Samsung
enjoy!
Just unzip to your sdcard: (Can't post links cause I'm a new user)
www [dot] mediafire [dot] com/?lmg44nnmfim
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Thank you!

Cherice said:
Thank you!
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how would you go about taking the ringtones off a phone?
id take all the ones from the milestone to throw up here *there is ALOT of different ringtones on this phone for stock.*

Removing system Ringtones, etc.
Code:
adb remount
adb rm /system/media/audio/ringtones/*.*
Will remove all ringtones.
Code:
adb remount
adb rm /system/media/audio/notifications/*.*
Will remove all notifications.
Code:
adb remount
adb rm /system/media/audio/alarms/*.*
Will remove all alarm sound files.
Root Explorer is worth the couple of bucks on Market, especially for this kind of thing.
For chosing sound files on your SD card (notifications and ringtones) I use RingsExtended, which is available for free on the Android Market. If you prefer a directory structure instead of scrolling through a long list of file names, OI File Manager allows this. If you want to use the default ringtone picker and you have Apps2SD, put your files in:
/sdcard/media/audio/ringtones/
or
/sdcard/media/audio/notifications/
or
/sdcard/media/audio/alarms/
depending on how you want to use them. (I hope that 's self-explanatory. If it's not, too bad. Figure it out. Not to be mean, but I know you can if you put some effort into it.)

Here's my list of Ringtones, etc There are about 440 in this zip.
http://www.mediafire.com/?mym2vmgyzri
1. I have named all the files shorter than 10 seconds with a prefix of "Alert-"
2. I have renamed all the files from 10 to 30 seconds with a prefix of "Ring-"
3. I have renamed all the files longer than 30 seconds with a prefix of "Alarm-" in hope that people will start waking themselves gently with a ramp up time on their alarm tones. (I may add some files that actually ramp up in volume for the cheapskates who won't spend a buck on a ramping alarm app. I may not. I know how tough it is to have to scrimp a dollar, but I also realize developers work their hineys off for peanuts. If you can support a developer, do, so that those who genuinely can't, like some independent developers, can still have access to decent free apps.)
Not all of the files with "Alert-" on them were intended to be notifications. Many of them were intended to be ringtones. My naming convention is determined by temporal length exclusively, except for a couple of 9-second files. Please feel free to use "Alert-" files as ringtones, as they genereally have a file size of less than 50kb and can be accessed quickly when your phone starts the incoming call process. I used the word "Alert" since it struck me as generic, but still helps define how long the sound file is.
I have converted these to ogg-vorbis format since the Xda-Developers' forum around reducing time before Android phones ring determined ogg was the fastest. I did it with the Windows app "Audacity." If you want to add effects, convert to and from a few widely-used formats, or otherwise manipulate sound files, I strongly recommend this free download: AUDACITY
Most of these are readily available online. A few of them I wrote. Some of them I downloaded and doctored up. My apologies to the authors/composers/developers if I butchered them. If you want credit, please, please alert me. The only reason I didn't give credit is that I didn't know where to put it. OK, yes, I have to apologize to HTC. They are just consistently good in the sound and graphics departments.
EDIT (15 Mar, Mon): I Edited the Metadata so it includes the prefixes. When you're using Rings Extended now, all of the alerts will be together, and all of the rings will be together. If it didn't have Metadata, I left it out so that it'll use the file name. Sorry about that.

Has anyone ever noticed how much alike the iPhone and Tmo stock rings are?
Here's a little something for anyone who wants. It's no *great* shakes, but I figure they can use all the help we can give them. I like these... in an office-appropriate way.

thanks man

has anyone got the facebook pop sound that they could post?
edit: never mind i found it

Here you guys go. Had to reupload them
Here you guys go, my newest collection
278 Alarms
244 Notifications
391 Ringtones plus some OLD SCHOOL, broken up into folders by artists or compilation
7 ui
Rings Notes and Alarms

much thanks. my new rom doesn't have much to choose from.

Thank you
Thanks for all the links, zips and information.

Thanks a lot!!

Awesome guys I love some fresh tones

Thanks fellas.

Good Stuff...thanks

thakns friend

Thanks. I had a limited selection in my phone, and I'm always looking for new and interesting tones.

big thanks !!!

Could anyone tell where exactly is the alarm song from HTC sense which is called "Light" ?
I'm really thankful for doing such a job ;-)