Out of the box, the Aria limits ringtones to 300k, forcing you to tirm them down. By moving to MixZing (free on the market) you can have ringtones without having to trim them. I use a few for individual contacts, and once you tell the phone you want this file as a ringtone, you can then assgn it to any contact you have on the phone.
Or....you can use something on your computer to slice up the mp3 (audacity) and just put it on your SD card with no limit. I have several on my phone that are .6 - .8 mb.
If you put them on the SD card be sure to store them in a folder named ringtones so that they show up.
If you want new sounds for text messages put them in a folder called notifications.
Looks like AT&T might be turning off this limitation.
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does anyone have any program to convert mp3s to where u can use them as text alerts. i have a wing if it matters. Thanks in advance
I have the MP3's I want to use as ringtones in the main folder of my SD card and then the Wing automatically sees it and I just add it. Stock ROM, nothing different.
ya i can use them as ring tones for calls but not as incoming text messages
I have found that you can use mp3s as Text Message alerts if they are placed in the storage card\my documents folder rather than the storage card\my documents\my ringtones folder
I still have not been able to use them as alarm sounds without putting them as wav files in the main Windows folder which I don't care to do. But for system alert sounds, this seems to work
that worked thank u very much
Dont know why but i always put the wanted track in windows. not to smart huh? thanks for the easy fix!
hey everyone just got a quick question,
I have a lot or ringtones and putting them in My RingTone folder and activesync document takes up a lot of the phone's memory.
Since internal storage has the most space, is it possible for me to create a RingTone folder under Internal Storage and the phone still be able to recognize the ringtones and shows up when i'm changing the tones under notification?
Or i need to change the code in the phone so it can read from internal storage to pick up the ringtones?
Thanks
nvm i got it working.. but it shows up under Music tap now.. o wells
Just put your ringtones here:
\Internal Storage\My Documents
The tones will appear for selection in any settings menu.
bigbro168 said:
hey everyone just got a quick question,
I have a lot or ringtones and putting them in My RingTone folder and activesync document takes up a lot of the phone's memory.
Since internal storage has the most space, is it possible for me to create a RingTone folder under Internal Storage and the phone still be able to recognize the ringtones and shows up when i'm changing the tones under notification?
Or i need to change the code in the phone so it can read from internal storage to pick up the ringtones?
Thanks
nvm i got it working.. but it shows up under Music tap now.. o wells
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Generally, you can put ringtones any where and your device will automatically include them in various applications. i.e. Ringtones, Music, MMS, etc.
So i had a few ringtones/notification tones "mp3s" that used to work on my rooted G1 and my rooted MyTouch. I picked up the Nexus one the other day rooted and now i want to put a notification from the SD card in gmail and a ringtone from my SD card. The problem is when i go to settings, then sound and display, then phone ring tone or notification ring tone the tones are not there. also going into gmail and trying from there to no dice. the music player can play these tones and i can see them from Astro file manager. any ideas?
Nexus one rooted
cyanogen 5.0.4.1-N1
amon-ra 1.6.2
radio 32.24.00.22U_4.03.00.21_2
Don't know if it keeps it in the list, but in your music player, go to the song you want to make a ringtone and longpress on it and when the menu popup comes up select "set as phone ringtone". Hope it helps!
yeah i tried that for the ring tones as a workaround but still cant get a tones in gmail. but thanks for the suggestion.
Well, notifications are in /system/media/audio/notifications I do believe, you're rooted, through the mp3 in there?
i tried doing that in astro file manager but when i go to drop the files in there the paste and or move is grayed out. i check in terminal if i infact have root and i can SU
on my SD card, i created an audio folder (parent) and subfolders (children) for alarms, notifications & ringtones, placed my tones in the respective folders, rebooted the phone and they appeared in the selection lists.
yup same here but they dont appear in the list, but music player sees them weird
Ok i figured it out, so for what its worth the folders and subfolders have to start with a capital letter. i just renamed my "audio" and "notifications" folder on my SD card to "Audio" and "Notifications" rebooted and they now appear in the drop down list.
Now i wonder why i cant write in system/media/audio/notifications folder, in astro file manager all the edit menu options are grayed out.
Just wondering if there's a way to download new notification tones or add your own for text messages, email, etc..
/system/media/audio/notifications
Or something similar.
MikeyMike01 said:
/system/media/audio/notifications
Or something similar.
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Or in a notifications folder on the root of the sdcard.
Or, if you don't like that structure, you can always use something like Rings Extended.
If you've transferred music onto your phone and stored it on either of the SD cards, or if you have a song or sound file that you want to make into a ringtone or notification, get Ringdroid from the market. It's free and it allows you to cut sections of songs or sound files and set them as whatever you wish. When you finish cutting the sound clip, the app will ask you what you want the tone to be used for and it saves the clip in the appropriate directory. Pretty quick and painless and rather nifty.
RingoPro is my fave so far. You can set anything you want as ring tone text or notification tones. Use zedge also its free to get your tones
There's also zedge.net. They have an app in the market. It allows you to download ring tones, text notifications, and wallpapers for free.
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I've tried to add additional ringtones from an SD Card. When I add them through the menu in sounds settings for Phone Ringtones, there seems to be a limit on how many I can add. Any ideas?
Make a folder on the root of your SD card titled "media" in that folder create 2 new folders name "notifications" and "ringtones"
Place the mp3 ringtones in the folder you want it in and they will show in each specific type you put it in. I have over 150+ ringtones in my ringtone folder.
Thanks.
Thank you. I had them in a folder titles My Ringtones from the WM folder of the previous phone. Works now.
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Make a folder on the root of your SD card titled "media" in that folder create 2 new folders name "notifications" and "ringtones"
Place the mp3 ringtones in the folder you want it in and they will show in each specific type you put it in. I have over 150+ ringtones in my ringtone folder.
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Hi, I am having a different issue with ringtones. I have created two folders on the SD card called “Ringtones” and “notifications” and copied mp3’s there. I was then able to set the ringtone (default as well as custom for different contacts) and message notifications. Everything worked fine until I connected the phone to the PC and set the USB mode to HardDrive. Once I did that all the ringtones and notifications reverted back to default. I am guessing this happened because the phone is unable to access SD card while it is in the HD mode. So I created the same folders in the root of the phone and moved the mp3’s there. Now when I connect the phone to the PC and set it to HD mode, all the individual ringtones for different contact are kept but the main ringtone and message notification is still being reset.
Can anyone suggest what else I can try?
Thank you.