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No ringtones in phone settings list

Hi, in Helmi's vanilla 1.4 ROM, when I try to change the ringtone, the list is empty ! so I have two problems:
1 - I can't select a different ringtone
2 - I can't close the settings window once open and I have to perform a soft reset, leaving me with the default ringtone.
any help would be appreciated !

fc959 said:
Hi, in Helmi's vanilla 1.4 ROM, when I try to change the ringtone, the list is empty ! so I have two problems:
1 - I can't select a different ringtone
2 - I can't close the settings window once open and I have to perform a soft reset, leaving me with the default ringtone.
any help would be appreciated !
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What happens if you drop in a mp3 or wav file into \Windows\Rings, does anything show up?
Have you installed /any/ other programs since flashing with this ROM?
I rebuilt my BA last night with this exact ROM and it's working fine.

Thanks jdc ! the windows/ring folder was indeed empty as all the files are in the windows directory... problem solved. Thanks again!

and mp3 files work fine - great !

fc959 said:
Thanks jdc ! the windows/ring folder was indeed empty as all the files are in the windows directory... problem solved. Thanks again!
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That sounds like the layout on mine as well., but I was always able to pick from the default rings and ones that i added to \Windows\Rings.
So when you dropped a file into the rings directory, they all started working?

ADB Pushed Ringtone Problem.

Hello all,
I was wondering what causes a rooted Android phone to not use custom contact ringtones?
The ringtones I've assigned to my contacts have been pushed ( with adb push command ) to the phone's system memory, and I can see them in there using Root Explorer ( File Manager ). This only seems to happen when I use a task manager like Advanced Task Manager to End All.. uh... stuff running, I guess.
Is there a process or something that I can put on the exclude list to stop it from cutting off my custom ringers if that's the problem?
Oddly enough, even if I do End All of anything, my microSD card still uses my default ringtone on the phone, though, just the default ringtone, not even the custom contacts set from there work.
Here's a bit more info on what apps I normally use and phone info:
Advanced Task Manager
CacheMate
Firmware: 2.1-update1
Software: 2.27.651.5 ( Rooted )

Vvh said:
Hello all,
I was wondering what causes a rooted Android phone to not use custom contact ringtones?
The ringtones I've assigned to my contacts have been pushed ( with adb push command ) to the phone's system memory, and I can see them in there using Root Explorer ( File Manager ). This only seems to happen when I use a task manager like Advanced Task Manager to End All.. uh... stuff running, I guess.
Is there a process or something that I can put on the exclude list to stop it from cutting off my custom ringers if that's the problem?
Oddly enough, even if I do End All of anything, my microSD card still uses my default ringtone on the phone, though, just the default ringtone, not even the custom contacts set from there work.
Here's a bit more info on what apps I normally use and phone info:
Advanced Task Manager
CacheMate
Firmware: 2.1-update1
Software: 2.27.651.5 ( Rooted )
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So, first of all, did you push the custom ringers to /system/media/audio/ringtones/? (FYI, you know you can just put u'r custom ringtones to u'r SD card under /sdcard/media/audio/ringtones/ and you won't have to waste system space...) aside from that fact, you need to make sure u've pushed u'r ringtones to the system/media/audio/ringtones/ directory in the phone. Once you've done that, you shouldn't have any problems accessing them via android's native ringtone selector.

Thank you for the reply Androidious.
Yes, I pushed the ringtones correctly to /system/media/audio/ringtones/. Accessing them isn't the problem though, it's simply that there's a process that controls ringtones, and I'm trying to figure out which it is so I can put it on an exclude list from my Task Manager.
Here's a list of processes that run when my phone is turned on and everything is working:
Sprint Navigation
People
com.smithmicro.DM
Maps
IM
IM
Htc Checkin Service
Sprint Updater
Meebo IM
Updater
Note Me
CacheMate
Messages
Voicemail
Gmail
Settings
Is it possible that the People process controls ringtones?

[Q] I can't get ringtone with new kernel

Hello,
i have installed the latest kernel. everything works O.K. but i don't get sound when someone calls me, it only vibrates. I even modified my startup file htc_hw.call_vol=4
but this doesn't work, and it gives error that htc_hw command not found.
I am using HTC Pure. any help please......
thank you in advance....

itout said:
Hello,
i have installed the latest kernel. everything works O.K. but i don't get sound when someone calls me, it only vibrates. I even modified my startup file htc_hw.call_vol=4
but this doesn't work, and it gives error that htc_hw command not found.
I am using HTC Pure. any help please......
thank you in advance....
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Do you hear music when you play it through music player? Whats your device TOPAxxx?

Hi,
no, I don't hear anything. I am using the latest build 2.2 Froyo RC2.1

itout said:
Hi,
no, I don't hear anything. I don't know what you mean by, TOPAxxx
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This is the device codename, its located under the battery?
Btw did you updated to the last kernel?

Thank you for helping me out.
I have updated to the latest kernel. I am using TOPA210

Can anyone please help me. I have tried everything I can think of, but no luck. I see that some people get sound.
Please help me....thank you

I have the same problem and im using the same device hTC Pure from at&t ...

TOPA200···isound work great！！

I also have topa 210 (Pure). I have found a way to ge a ringtone, but you would have to do the procedure after reboot. Also i have not found a way to get notifications or alarms yet. Hope I don't have to
1. boot into Andoroid
2. Open media scanner (You should be able to play music from your sdcard now!)
3. Using Astro file manager, navigate to sdcard/media/audio/ringtones
4. Select a ringtone you want to use (you can play it first).
5. Hold the File down until menu comes up
6. Select music options
7. Select set as ringtone
8. Enjoy!
If you look to see if your ringtones are selectable, they wil NOT be there. It will still say Silent, but the ringtone will still work. Try it out.
This is for Astro, but it may work with other programs

[Q] Move ringtones to internal memory

Hello, I would like to move my ringtones to the internal memory because I've noticed that since I started using Swap, It delays the ringtone from starting. This is what I observed, Randomly the ringtone starts after 2 or 3 vibrates, other times its not at all and uses the stock beeping ringtone (I guess since the SD is being used, it cant go in it and get the ringtone) So bottom line, My ringtones take a few seconds to ring after a few vibrates. I already know that I have to convert them to .ogg, but does anyone know another way to make the system pull up the ringtone faster?

I would like to know that myself. Im sick of having my default ringtone going when i selected a custom one for one of my contacts. whats the best settings for the ogg files too as this may be helpful to us both

Krician said:
Hello, I would like to move my ringtones to the internal memory because I've noticed that since I started using Swap, It delays the ringtone from starting. This is what I observed, Randomly the ringtone starts after 2 or 3 vibrates, other times its not at all and uses the stock beeping ringtone (I guess since the SD is being used, it cant go in it and get the ringtone) So bottom line, My ringtones take a few seconds to ring after a few vibrates. I already know that I have to convert them to .ogg, but does anyone know another way to make the system pull up the ringtone faster?
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traumatism said:
I would like to know that myself. Im sick of having my default ringtone going when i selected a custom one for one of my contacts. whats the best settings for the ogg files too as this may be helpful to us both
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Alright... So you wanna do this, here is what you will need:
*ADB Installed and working
*Root Manager of some sort
*Format Factory -This is freeware, so it's not warez.
1st, Download and install Format Factory. This is the program I use for everything. If you have one of your own preference, it can be substituded.
**Do a custom install, as this will try to install adbars otherwise. (You have been warned.)
2nd, Open Format Factory and click "All to OGG".
3rd, Select your ringtones and click "ok". On the next screen, click "Start"
4th, Open your Root Explorer program, I use Android Commander
5th, With your Root Explorer program, navigate to your newly created OGG files (normally found in Documents/FFOutput on your PC) in the Root Explorer.
6th, Move these files to /system/media/*** on your phone. And you are done.
Please note: ""***" represents the respective folders. i.e. "ringtones", "notifications", etc.
Hope this helped you. Click "thanks" if it did. - Any questions, ask.
EDIT: DO NOT change the OGG settings in Format Factory. They work fine at default. Once you get used to, and comfortable with doing this, then play with the settings to get your desired file size and quality.

I tried doing what you said, but although I successfully managed to push the files, they still don't appear in the ringtone/notifications menu

SleeperService said:
I tried doing what you said, but although I successfully managed to push the files, they still don't appear in the ringtone/notifications menu
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did you make sure the phone looked for new media, or restart ya phone? i had to do it with mine

I was going to say that I had checked the phone after restart and they still weren't showing up - but I double checked again and now they are. Thanks! I'm not sure how to check for new media, though - is there a procedure for this?

Been trying this using ES File Explorer but keeping getting a message that paste failed. Any ideas where i'm going wrong.
I have S-Off and root

you can try this, it a little easier if you have the tools but yoo have to reflash the rom so be sure to backup your apps, contacts blah blah blah...
1. unzip the 'rom.zip' file, open the folder and look for the system/media/audio folder
2. now you can add & remove ringtones, notifications, alarm sounds that you want or dont want...
3. zip the rom file back up
4. sign it with an auto sign program... (very simple to use)
5. flash rom and enjoy your customizations
6. restore your backed up contacts and apps...
(you can also remove some unwanted stock apps to save space, be sure not too remove system required apps though lol)

Cheers Idrifta, ended up getting it to work using Root Explorer.

o nice!!! haha good to know... better than my method lol

The following worked for me.. Check this
I followed a link and it worked for me on jfltetmo running on cm11-m9 and having twrp v2.8.4.0. I explained the steps in my answer here: How to install a ringtone into internal memory?. All the credit for the steps go to villo-2.

[Q] Notification sounds not listed

I've put a variety of mp3 files into the /sdcard/Notifications/ directory on my phone however they are not listed in the Notification sounds list. I'm using an HTC One with Android Revolution ROM if that matters.
Any ideas on how to get them to show up?

prng said:
I've put a variety of mp3 files into the /sdcard/Notifications/ directory on my phone however they are not listed in the Notification sounds list. I'm using an HTC One with Android Revolution ROM if that matters.
Any ideas on how to get them to show up?
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Try the media/audio/notification folder.

Rex2369 said:
Try the media/audio/notification folder.
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I tried that and rebooted but they did not show up. Any other locations I should try?

prng said:
I tried that and rebooted but they did not show up. Any other locations I should try?
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What format is the notification? If it's mp3 it should show up.

prng said:
I've put a variety of mp3 files into the /sdcard/Notifications/ directory on my phone however they are not listed in the Notification sounds list. I'm using an HTC One with Android Revolution ROM if that matters.
Any ideas on how to get them to show up?
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You need to place them in /system/media/audio/notifications and then chmod 755

MacHackz said:
You need to place them in /system/media/audio/notifications and then chmod 755
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There's no way to leave it on the virtual SD card or in a "user" directory? I did it with /sdcard/Ringtones and those worked fine. Are notifications done differently?

prng said:
There's no way to leave it on the virtual SD card or in a "user" directory? I did it with /sdcard/Ringtones and those worked fine. Are notifications done differently?
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I am not too sure about that, it will definitely work in that directory stated though. If you aren't rooted then I can't help too much

I'm not rooted and I have placed ringtones and notification in the media/audionotification folder and ringtone folder when I plug in my phone to my PC and they all show up. But mind you the mp3 I use are small. If I try to put a whole track or song of mp3 it won't show in my list.
Ignore the last sentence I just placed a track in my ringtone folder and it showed up in my list.