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another newbie question: where do I put the ringtones for new txt msg ?

I would like to change my "New txt Message" tone, I have put an mp3 and a wave file in the Windows directory and also in the My Device/Application Data/Sounds . I can go into Sound and Notifications settings select the file I want pre-view (hear it) it and say ok but when I get a new txt message it does not work, anyone know what am I missing here ? ohh by the way its the HTC Kaiser WM6 Original ROM from HTC.
Thanks

My Device, Application Data, Sounds

ohh....hmm...no idea...works fine for me

arimus said:
I would like to change my "New txt Message" tone, I have put an mp3 and a wave file in the Windows directory and also in the My Device/Application Data/Sounds . I can go into Sound and Notifications settings select the file I want pre-view (hear it) it and say ok but when I get a new txt message it does not work, anyone know what am I missing here ? ohh by the way its the HTC Kaiser WM6 Original ROM from HTC.
Thanks
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Just copy the mp3 or wav file to "My Device\Windows\" folder.
Go to setting\sound and notifications...you should be able to find the sound file that you just copied in the pull down menu.
hope it helps

Yes the file is there, I can select it pre-view it but when I get a new txt it does not work I tried other files as well and they also do not work either mp3 or wav.
thanks anyways

HELLO
you can create a folder "my document" in your sd then you can put in there your ringtones.
Thats it . When you want to change your ringtone (incoming call) or your msg ringtone you can go to the settings -> sounds -> and search for the ringtone...
I hope that you understand what i said because me english is to bad

Thanks for all the replies but still no good , I have tried everything I can and still no go it just wont play anything but the default sound that came with the phone

Can't change Ringtone....

I'm running HTC Home on my tilt...Today I changed my default ringtone from a mp3 file to another mp3, but it didn't change.... I can play the files, so I know the files are good, but it will not change in HTC Home or under the system>sounds & notifications....
Anyone know what I need to do?

Firstly, make sure that your mp3 files are associated with wmplayer otherwise you cannot play mp3's as ringtones, secondly make sure that your mp3's for ringtones are placed in the device/rings folder. That should sort it out.

I moved the file to the rings folder, but it still changes back after I close the sounds window. The ringtone that it is currently using is a mp3 file in the My documents folder. How do I check to verify the program mp3s are associated with?

amac64 said:
I moved the file to the rings folder, but it still changes back after I close the sounds window. The ringtone that it is currently using is a mp3 file in the My documents folder. How do I check to verify the program mp3s are associated with?
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Can you go into the file explorer i nthe programs folder, then browse to the mp3 you want to use as a ring tone, hold the stylus down on the file and select "set as Ringtone" from the drop down list.
What does that do?

amac64 said:
I moved the file to the rings folder, but it still changes back after I close the sounds window. The ringtone that it is currently using is a mp3 file in the My documents folder. How do I check to verify the program mp3s are associated with?
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That's easy. What file explorer app do you use? If you use Total Commander (Freeware), then you can associate all mp3's with WMPlayer The WMPlayer icon should show on those files, then you know what app it's associated with. You go File>Properties, select the Associate tab and then select WMPlayer from the Device\Windows directory.
In Resco Explorer, you Tap and Hold file for a pop-up menu and then Open>Open with, and then select WMPLayer.

mskip... It's says "the file has been set as your current ring tone."... but it doesn't do it.
MACkjam.... I use just the file explorer from WM 6.1... the ringtone it's set on is a mp3 file so I would assume it has the proper assoc..
I deleted the mp3 file that was set as the ringtone... it moved down the list to the next mp3 file and now I can't change it......
I have tried changing the ringtone via:
1. File Explorer
2. HTC Home tab
3. System>sounds
In system>sounds, every time I try to change it, it looks like it's changed and then I can go back to see, it's just like before.
In HTC Home, it allows me to select another, but it never changes......

Is there a place in the registry I can make the change?

amac64 said:
Is there a place in the registry I can make the change?
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Does it allow you to set non mp3 RingTones? eg. the ones that came on the rom.

no, it is currently set as Ring-WindowsMobile.....I can't change it to anything else.... HTC Home still has the ringtone as mrbeannokia, but the system settings has the Ring-WindowsMobile....
It seems that I can change other sounds, like email and MMS sent...
Could this be a problem with HTC Home?

amac64 said:
no, it is currently set as Ring-WindowsMobile.....I can't change it to anything else.... HTC Home still has the ringtone as mrbeannokia, but the system settings has the Ring-WindowsMobile....
It seems that I can change other sounds, like email and MMS sent...
Could this be a problem with HTC Home?
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I have had the similar problem...haven't found the solution to this day.....but there's a workaround delete or move the ringtone which you're using now(ring-windowsmobile - [if it's in rom then you might have a problem deleting it...in that case backup your files...hardreset your phone and check if you can change ringtone on clean rom]) and then you should be able to assign a new ringtone. I've notice that the problem doesn't occur on "clean" roms so most likely some application is screwing up your "Feng shui"

Thanks Arturo... The ringtone is on the ROM, so I can't delete it.....I was hoping I could avoid a hard reset.....

amac64 said:
Thanks Arturo... The ringtone is on the ROM, so I can't delete it.....I was hoping I could avoid a hard reset.....
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Well in that case you could try to search for a program which allows deleting or renaming files in rom.(I'm not sure if such a program exists at all but it's worth trying if you don't want to hardreset your phone)

amac64 said:
Is there a place in the registry I can make the change?
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Yes; here: HKCU\ControlPanel\Sounds\Ringtone0 - edit sound
ie:
Code:
*vibrate*
is equal to vibrate.
Code:
\My Documents\My Ringtones\*put song/ringtone file name here*
" is the default file location.

Thank you zeezee...but I had hard reset my phone before I read you message....
after the hard reset, I installed all the programs I had before and tried changing my ringtones after each...every thing worked fine, until...
This morning, I could change the ringtone, but it would change back after a phone call, so I looked at everything that could set my ringtone and decided that Phone Alarm was the problem... I removed it and now everything works correctly....
I appreciate all the help y'all gave me....
Andy

hi im having the same problem wheneber i change the ringtone in the file explorer it says it has been set as my ringtone but it never changes. i did the registry editing and same thing did not change at all i dont know what else to do i copied the ringtone in both folders windows/rings and My Documents/My Ringtones and i got nothing i cant even see the mp3 files

kratos2027 said:
hi im having the same problem wheneber i change the ringtone in the file explorer it says it has been set as my ringtone but it never changes. i did the registry editing and same thing did not change at all i dont know what else to do i copied the ringtone in both folders windows/rings and My Documents/My Ringtones and i got nothing i cant even see the mp3 files
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Well if you cant even see them...you might have a problem

zeezee said:
Well if you cant even see them...you might have a problem
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lol yeah that is a bugger
What Rom are you using? Is it a stock rom or a cooked one? If it really bothers you that much then it might be worth just flashing a new Rom rather than spending your time trying to figure it out.

go in the registry and change the HKEY_Current User> ControlPanel > Sounds and deleted the key of FileSizeLimit.

MACkjam said:
Firstly, make sure that your mp3 files are associated with wmplayer otherwise you cannot play mp3's as ringtones, secondly make sure that your mp3's for ringtones are placed in the device/rings folder. That should sort it out.
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I am having a problem even getting WM Player to update the Library with the songs from the storage card. It only shows my device as an option and not the storage card. I have taken out and re-inserted the memory card, but still nothing.

Same problem here, but different device.

tilt textmessage ringtone

i can not figure out how to get a mp3 ringtone that i downloaded to work when i get a text. the tone shows up in the new text thing to select which tone u want but it doesnt ring when i get a text? my ringotne from a incoming call works. but not the text
thanks chris

I got the same problem. anyone can help?

are you sure the text tone does not work at all? I am running WM6.1 stock on AT&T Tilt which I purchased a couple of days ago. Today, I did not notice when I received the text. I thought I was probably away from the phone. But when I read your post, I doubt that the same thing is happening here as well?
hmm.. experts?

maybe not an expert, but afaik You cannot use mp3 as a message tone. it's got to be .wav
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...and I believe You need to drop it in windows folder

You can use a mp3...you just have to copy it to the windows folder.

do u put it in windows folder in sync or on the phone?

i use resco file explorer to transfer it. You can use the default file explorer. Just do it on your phone. I keep them saved on my card because I flash so often that i just copy them from my card to the windows folder.

mp3's will work as message alert tones. Just make sure you drop it in the windows root directory.
If your particular mp3 file doesn't work try another one.
Also, check this thread out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=393901

You can check this app too.

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mp3's will work as message alert tones. Just make sure you drop it in the windows root directory.
If your particular mp3 file doesn't work try another one.
Also, check this thread out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=393901
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Ive gotten mp3s to work for txt messages but the entire clip plays regardless if i pick up the phone and open/answer the text or not. Is there any fix for this?

jay487 said:
Ive gotten mp3s to work for txt messages but the entire clip plays regardless if i pick up the phone and open/answer the text or not. Is there any fix for this?
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Easiest way is to use MP3Trimmer.

"Assigning Ringtones" problem for TILT phone...
I'm having the same trouble with assigning ringtones/mp3 files as text alerts, alarm clock tones. I installed the .cab file (ringtone manager) mentioned earlier in the thread, and I have all ringtone files in my WINDOWS folder. Howerver, when I use the installed "Ringtone Manager" program and explore my files...my mp3 files do not show up w/in the "Ringtone Manager" program. Any suggestions? I'm relatively new to all of this...please dumb it down for me.

AKLew said:
I'm having the same trouble with assigning ringtones/mp3 files as text alerts, alarm clock tones. I installed the .cab file (ringtone manager) mentioned earlier in the thread, and I have all ringtone files in my WINDOWS folder. Howerver, when I use the installed "Ringtone Manager" program and explore my files...my mp3 files do not show up w/in the "Ringtone Manager" program. Any suggestions? I'm relatively new to all of this...please dumb it down for me.
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I don't know from where you got the ringtone manager app. I don't see it anywhere in this thread. Maybe that application doesn't support mp3 files as text msg alerts or something.
I always place my mp3 files in the first screen after you've clicked 'Explore' in ActiveSync. I believe it's called "Mobile Device Center". Afterwards, it should allow you to select the file for texts. Try that. It should work.

I put all tones that i plan on using in the root of my storage card... no problems.

Anyone have the sound file for "You got message" and "you got mail"

Anyone have the sound file for "You got message" and "you got mail"
i had a rom on my 8925 that would say it when ever i got an email or message just want to have the sound clips for my new phone anyone got them?

http://www.google.dk/search?hl=da&q=you+got+mail+wav&btnG=Søg&meta=
you can prob find them here

Those are also my favorites. So I got them stored in SD & even copied to my laptop.
So next time if you like some ringtones, themes, wall papers, splashes, or whatever, copy them out before switch a ROM. Many can use TotalCommander, in ROM files use ROM Extractor.

wg5566 said:
Those are also my favorites. So I got them stored in SD & even copied to my laptop.
So next time if you like some ringtones, themes, wall papers, splashes, or whatever, copy them out before switch a ROM. Many can use TotalCommander, in ROM files use ROM Extractor.
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thank you this is exactly what im talking about.

http://www.thesoundarchive.com/play-wav-files.asp?sound=email/igotmailyeh.wav

How do you setup files you wish to have playing for messages etc?
I miss a few of mine...

Greeee said:
How do you setup files you wish to have playing for messages etc?
I miss a few of mine...
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Messaging on root of SD card \ Ringtones: Folder = My Ringtones on root of SD

I've just cut and pasted the My Ringtones from Documents, which is cool, i've got my ringtone as normal, however still can't seem to set my messaging tone.

300kb limit on ringtones

is there a way to remove the 300kb limit on ringtones?

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is there a way to remove the 300kb limit on ringtones?
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there's a limit??

i suppose as i went to choose my ringtone, it said please select a ringtone lower than 300kb

devoureddreams said:
i suppose as i went to choose my ringtone, it said please select a ringtone lower than 300kb
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where do you see this? when i go into select a ringtone, it doesnt say anything about size

Dl rings extended from market
Saved and Texan by the grace of God, Redneck by choice.

Wow, what is this? Windows Mobile 6.5? Weird that there would be a size limit on ringtones. I still remember installing a cab to lift the ringtone size limit on my old blackjack II .

Pirateghost said:
where do you see this? when i go into select a ringtone, it doesnt say anything about size
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Yea there is a limit. Let's say you go to your playlist and try to set a song to a ringtone it gives that annoying 300kb limit size if the file you are trying to assign is larger than that.

It's att's attempt to get you to buy ringtones.
Saved and Texan by the grace of God, Redneck by choice.

I just tried the old work around and it works...
Create a new folder on your sd card that contains the following folders:
media/audio/notifications/ringtones/alarms
Copy the files you want to use into this alarms and restart the phone. The added files should show up in your ringtones.
KC

sweet thanks guys, i remember the old cab file to on my samsung jack lol i figured they would of gotten rid of this dumb crap by now.

I noticed this too. I used to make ringtones in the music player with the ringtone trimmer app, but you can't even do that now. Ringtone trimmer is in the system folder, but no dice. I just downloaded an app that would let me trim my own ringtones for now...
EDIT: Just noticed that if you go into phone ringtone in the sound settings and click "New Ringtone" you can set a whole song as a ringtone. You just can't do it from the music app....

KCD said:
I just tried the old work around and it works...
Create a new folder on your sd card that contains the following folders:
media/audio/notifications/ringtones/alarms
Copy the files you want to use into this alarms and restart the phone. The added files should show up in your ringtones.
KC
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on the internal or external sd card?

No Work around needed fellas, Go to the Personalize feature and then go to ringtone, when your on that that screen click new ringtone and find the one you want thats placed within the sd drive. Even within contacts when you select a ringtone for contact if you have Es file explore loaded and choose that to open the app you can select any song you want for each contact.
No work arounds, no cabs , just es file explorer and then selecting under personalize or People under apps.