Hi everybody!
I am trying to change my ringtone and notification. First of all I don't want google Play music to find music files when it is looking for files. Also, I was wondering if there was a specific directory to place files. Because I usually only use a file explorer to select it, but currently it is telling me its wrong file type and mp3. I wonder because by putting the files into the Ringtones folder, they seem to load by the standard selection method but all other notifications don't seem to work that way if they are in the notification folder.
* Someone please help me with this problem.
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Hi! You must create 2 directories with the names Ringtones and Notifications in the main storage. Then you put your tones in the folder that belong.
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I might have asked this before, but I'm not getting answers anywhere. I really want to be able to have the Tilt access files directly from my micro SD card in order to use them as ringtones, alarms etc.. But every time I try and use a file for a ringtone, the Tilt automatically copies said file to the "My Documents" folder on the main memory. After a while, this is going to cause the memory to be depleted.
Secondly, even if I wanted to use files from the Tilt's main memory for rings and such, it seems there are redundant directories that can be used. But I'm not quite sure of exactly what kind of files should go where. In the Windows folder, there's a "Rings" sub directory. I've put my ringtones in there, and that works fine. They will also work from the "My documents" folder, as stated earlier. However, If I want to access files for use with MMS or text files or e mail alerts or alarms, I'm not sure of where to put them. I'm guessing that if I toss most of them into the main Windows directory, that will solve the bulk of it, but I don't think it works for alarms...
Can anyone help with these things ?
I believe alerts and alarms need to be a .wav file. While ringtones are able to be .mp3's. This is from my own testing a while ago..I could be wrong >.<
you can use .mid, .aac, .wav or .mp3 for ringtones. for ringtones, the files can even be placed on the memory card.
Alerts (such as those for text messages) have to be WAV files and they must be placed directly in the \Windows folder (no subfolder). If you cannot see the Windows folder on the root of your device, you will need to change your Windows Explorer setting to not hide System files.
Ringtones are stored either in the \Windows\Rings folder or the My Ringtones folder in My Documents.
You can find instructions on these forums on how to move My Documents to your Storage Card, however, which lets you store as many ringtones as you like in that subfolder.
Interesting. Thanks guys. So from what I've gathered from here and other forums, alerts and messages etc, definitely have to be .wav files. That stinks, but at least I know now, thanks. Secondly, I guess it would be of help to find that program which would store the my documents folder on the SD card.
Would anybody by chance know what that program/app is ?
One more thing. Is there anyway possible to get rid of the pre-installed ringtones and alerts etc from the Windows folder and such ? I'd love to free up that space and replace them with stuff that I make or find.
Thanks !
Doug
dougrb said:
Interesting. Thanks guys. So from what I've gathered from here and other forums, alerts and messages etc, definitely have to be .wav files. That stinks, but at least I know now, thanks. Secondly, I guess it would be of help to find that program which would store the my documents folder on the SD card.
Would anybody by chance know what that program/app is ?
One more thing. Is there anyway possible to get rid of the pre-installed ringtones and alerts etc from the Windows folder and such ? I'd love to free up that space and replace them with stuff that I make or find.
Thanks !
Doug
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Alerts can be MIDI files also.
dougrb said:
Interesting. Thanks guys. So from what I've gathered from here and other forums, alerts and messages etc, definitely have to be .wav files. That stinks, but at least I know now, thanks. Secondly, I guess it would be of help to find that program which would store the my documents folder on the SD card.
Would anybody by chance know what that program/app is ?
Doug
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i just copied over the My Ringtones folder from My Docs to the storage card and popped in ringtones in there. seems to work fine and is discoverable.
So after I removed the ringtones and notification file folders to make room for the new theme I missed the part where I no longer can access the ringtones. Do I only need to reinstall those folders or is there a better method?
You can download a program rings extended.
It will allow you to default it as your ringtone/sms/ selector.
It allows you to apply any tone from your card.
Thank you.
Thanx Mikey.
Or as an alternative you can download default sound zip and create ringtones and notifications folders on your sd card if they arent already there and place sounds in folders. Then phone will pick them up. Worked great for me : )
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jyzbsnin4tu
Thanks
Thanks for posting this, I was looking for these for a while now.
OK i have searched and i didn't find anything that helped me
i want to change my*new text message* tone to custom tone i added
i placed in the ringtones folder, but i cant find it in the drop down menu, under my notifications
basically theres no option for it to be set as a sms tone
i tryed to place it in the tones under windows > rings..that didnt work also..it didnt show
i dont get why it is so difficult to change add your own sms tone..like wow cmon
can some one please tell me in step by step guide how to do accomplish this
convert your mp3 to .wav and then use commander/resco explorer to drop it into your windows folder..done
THJahar said:
convert your mp3 to .wav and then use commander/resco explorer to drop it into your windows folder..done
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i dont have commander/resco
is this the only way? do i really have to convert to use as sms
if so really lame/degrading of the x1
btw cant i just drop and drag, under windows > rings
thanks for the help though
I suggest you drag before dropping
YOu can also use MP3. No problem. Put it in /Windows/Rings/ Folder and then you can select it.
Or in your \My Documents or \Storage Card\My Documents
Not true....i can't find the tones anywere:S i did what you guys said...nothing.
just drop it in the /windows folder and it will work, I just figured how to do this yesterday, dont put it in a 'rings' folder
yeah it works great..thanks man!
it has to be WAV and copy paste to windows folder on the phone not the card.
>and not in ringtones.
Ringtones can be mp3 on any location just tabhold and choose use as ringtone.<
Then go to settings<sounds and notification(or so)<tab notifications(bottom tab)<in dropdownmenu action choose messages new text message<then it should be in the dropdown menu.
Carefull WAV is big on Kb.
trim your wav files with audacity(free)
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it has to be WAV and copy paste to windows folder on the phone not the card.
>and not in ringtones.
Ringtones can be mp3 on any location just tabhold and choose use as ringtone.<
Then go to settings<sounds and notification(or so)<tab notifications(bottom tab)<in dropdownmenu action choose messages new text message<then it should be in the dropdown menu.
Carefull WAV is big on Kb.
trim your wav files with audacity(free)
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Stop with the audacity advertisements please.
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Or in your \My Documents or \Storage Card\My Documents
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I had to refresh this info because it was very useful to me and this solution was simpliest I found.
No need to convert Mp3 to WMA and it works. I use storage card method.
i cannot find my window folder so where can i put...
All my ringtones are in "Application Data\Sounds" and it works flawlessly. I can assign any tone to any type of notification.
Is there a confirmed app that works for this?
I got tone picker - great as a volume control but the chosen tone doesnt take and reverts back to what ever the original tone was.
tried rings extended and that crashes when you run it.
Is it a simple case of copy the mp3 file I want into a 'ringtones' folder in the root somewhere? Like you did on the ol' WM phones?
Cheers in advance
gurry
You do not need and app although there are several on the market that will do this.... to use your own ringtones you need to create a directory structure on the root of your sd card like this:
media/audio/alarms
media/audio/notifications
media/audio/ringtones
media/audio/ui
copy your mp3's to media/audio/ringtones and then they will be selectable in the normal way.
Oh this information is available in the posts already... using the search sometimes helps although in fairness there are a lot of posts to go through
I have now tried to copy my old ringtones to different folders but they do not show when I am trying to change my ringtone (notification tones works though)
In which folder do I need to copy these ringtones to?
Regards,
BTJ
xda890 said:
I have now tried to copy my old ringtones to different folders but they do not show when I am trying to change my ringtone (notification tones works though)
In which folder do I need to copy these ringtones to?
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Should be /system/media/audio/ringtones. Try restarting phone after adding files to that folder so it updates it.
Edit: Well, actually didn't got it to work at all, tried to change permissions and everything but wasn't able to copy anything to that folder
But somehow when I copied some ringtones on my phone (I guess any folder is ok, for me it was Downloads-folder), there appears to be "local ring tone" option in the settings (Sound & Vibration > Phone ringtone > Local ring tone)
I ended up copying to /system/media/audio/ringtones and that worked.. But I saw the local ringtone option but was not sure what that was used for. But I see that was the best solution...