Just got my Hero and I am loving it!
But how do I use my own MP3's as ringtones and notifications?
I keep answering these Q's on the basis that I'm pretty sure the Hero will behave like The Magic as its the closest cousin and also runs Android 1.5 so
Try this - on the root of your SD card you need to make a folder structure the same as on the device itself. Media folder with Audio folder inside. Audio folder with alarms, notifications and ringtones inside.
Media/Audio/alarms
Media/Audio/notifications
Media/Audio/ringtones
and put files you want to use for each of those in there and they *should* then show in the list that comes up for those functions.
I think mp3 are fine for all of those, but alarm and notification seem to be mostly .ogg files so if you have an easy converter, might be worth converting. I think I converted the main one I use for my alarm to ogg using WMP11
And having said all that, simply long holding on a music file will usually allow you to set it as a ringtone, wherever you store it on your SD.
Daisy xx
you are our guru
thats for the info in the threads dazee
we are all learning again with the hero
Hey, cool to feel like an expert for a bit til the wizz kids take over. I'm killing time waiting for my Hero....
Actually, you can find most of these answers in the Sapphire forums or Dream forums as they are mostly Android 1.5 questions rather than device specific. Perhaps the mods should have an Android Forum since loads of stuff is duplicated and triplicated between the three android devices....
and that's only my hundredth post - so really, I'm the noob... LOL
Thanks for the help, but it's not working for me.
I have created Media\Audio\notifications as you suggested and put an MP3 in there, but I dont see it in my notification sounds list.
In what specific way am I being thick!?
For short stuff like alarms and notifications, they might need to be .ogg so you may need to convert for them to show up.
LOL You are a pioneer since most of us don't have a Hero device to try anything as yet
In my settings for the magic I also have a choice in Sound and display to check Sd Card Notifications, and I'm not sure if that's what is needed - and of course - I have a magic not a Hero so it could be totally different...
Right, I got it working. Possibly by enabling those SD Card notifications. I did restart the phone as well. Either way, its working!
Thank you for your efforts in helping!
Oooh restart rings a bell, actually - I recall that possibly was something I had to do on the Magic before the files appeared in the lists!!
Cool. Nice Teamwork If this keeps up I'll have solved all my own potential probs before I even get my Hero
Also confirmed ...
a combination of enabling SD notifications (off by default) creating folder structure exactly as it appears ( case sensitive) and transferring files over and a reboot for good measure - these now appear in ringtone and more importantly under notifications.
filetypes tested - mp3, wav and ogg - all appeared.
Thanks for the advice !
I found that just creating a /notifications folder on the SD card worked fine. Didn't need to reboot or anything.
Dayzee said:
I keep answering these Q's on the basis that I'm pretty sure the Hero will behave like The Magic as its the closest cousin and also runs Android 1.5 so
Try this - on the root of your SD card you need to make a folder structure the same as on the device itself. Media folder with Audio folder inside. Audio folder with alarms, notifications and ringtones inside.
Media/Audio/alarms
Media/Audio/notifications
Media/Audio/ringtones
and put files you want to use for each of those in there and they *should* then show in the list that comes up for those functions.
I think mp3 are fine for all of those, but alarm and notification seem to be mostly .ogg files so if you have an easy converter, might be worth converting. I think I converted the main one I use for my alarm to ogg using WMP11
And having said all that, simply long holding on a music file will usually allow you to set it as a ringtone, wherever you store it on your SD.
Daisy xx
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This worked for me, thanks Dayzee
The Jones said:
Just got my Hero and I am loving it!
But how do I use my own MP3's as ringtones and notifications?
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Search for RingDroid in the Market. It finds all youre mp3's on the sd-card. Then you can open youre fav mp3, shorten it and save it and make it youre ringtone or notification tone
So, another little question, specific to HTC Mail app. Is it possible to change the notification sound for HTC Mail specifically? I havent found a way yet.
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So, another little question, specific to HTC Mail app. Is it possible to change the notification sound for HTC Mail specifically? I havent found a way yet.
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You will find it under settings in the mail application
sixpackbud said:
You will find it under settings in the mail application
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I can select in there whether or not there is a sound at all, but not which specific sound. Unless I am missing something...
Thanks
Thanks Dayzee, your post helped me out!
The Jones - I believe the HTC mail app uses the default Android notification tone you set in the usual place.
Sam
samos69 said:
Thanks Dayzee, your post helped me out!
The Jones - I believe the HTC mail app uses the default Android notification tone you set in the usual place.
Sam
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Hmm, thanks for confirming that. Shame, slightly annoying actually, I want a different sound for incoming work emails. The sound of me not reading them usually!!
I agree that it is odd not to be able to select a custom notification for the HTC email app. In fact all notification events should be grouped together somewhere for control and customisation.
Plenty scope for improvement in that area though.
speaking of sounds, my alarm is horribly low volume, even though i set both ringer and notification sounds to max....ahm, what am i missing?
huh, 2-3h later discovered that when picking out alarm sound, volume rocker is used to set alarm volume....kinda silly to hide it like that :/
I'm really missing a notifications app in general that will allow me to choose loits of different things like colour of light, tune/tone etc for various functions.
There's an app called Missed Call that allows you to choose colour for SMS flashing notification and for missed calls and I think bluetooth but not much else.
Would be FABULOUS to set a few personal contacts to have their own indicator colour
Daisy xxx
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Bit of a strange one.. When I try and set a custom ringtone for a call, I can't because it doesn't show any other than the system defaults but it does show the custom ring tones for all of the notifications such as text/email/system notifications...
Any ideas to why? If there is another topic for this please point me that direction for it?
No one else had this then? Just me?
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No one else had this then? Just me?
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This was an issue on my Motorola Milestone.
For me all I needed to do was create a folder called “ringtones” (all lower case) and it found them. Haven't had time to put them on the Atrix, but I'm sure it's the exact same procedure...
ccrows said:
This was an issue on my Motorola Milestone.
For me all I needed to do was create a folder called “ringtones” (all lower case) and it found them. Haven't had time to put them on the Atrix, but I'm sure it's the exact same procedure...
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I have this folder, that's the bizarre bit. They show up under every other status ringtone selection other than the actual ringing tone menu lol?
U should try Ring Extended.. It works for me.. search on the market.
if you are using gingerblur / gladiatrix reboot the phone and you will see the ringtones. these scripts have an option enabled to stop updating some folders on the phone.
franciscojavierleon said:
if you are using gingerblur / gladiatrix reboot the phone and you will see the ringtones. these scripts have an option enabled to stop updating some folders on the phone.
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This is occuring on a non-rooted phone, and it was fine until I plugged it into the computer and unplugged it again and since I haven't been able to fix it lol.
And I don't want to use an app for a basic system function. I've managed to manually set it through winamp anyway now.
I am experiencing the same issue. I'll use a 3rd party app to assign a ringtone (like ringdroid or mp3 ringtone maker) and it use that ringtone for a while and then magically revert back to the the phone's default ringtone at some point.
Hello everyone, my name is Bryan and im new here. Hopefully I haven't broken any rules as I post this thread, but my friens told me about XDA and said that you guys here could help
I finally upgrade my Sprint account to the Motorola Xprt. Whether you like it or not, its a huge difference from the HTC Snap running on Windows that I had. Ok, so I am having a hard time tying to figure out a few things and thought I would ask the community and see whats the outcome.
First, a few of the key things I like and had with the HTC is the ability to use my personal sounds files for my Text messages, incoming email, power low, new voice mail, etc. I cannot figure out how to do this. It took me about a week to figure out the "adding a folder named ringtone" trick to my Micro SD card so I can access them separately from my mp3 music. Any ideas as to how I can change the tunes to my own?
Second, the Alarm really is very low when it plays, if I am streaming music or playing mp3's, it doesn't play the sound files that I want, but a default one instead. This is critical in my line of work as a driver, I need a cat nap every now and then, and I like to stream music when I nap, so its imperative that I can get a louder alarm clock that enables me to play my own files.
Third, On the old Windows platform, when someone called me and I missed the call, it would be right one the screen in list form, one missed call and Voice mail. On this phone, I have to tap and drag the small top part of the screen to view my missed calls. Is there a way to have it as a list instead?
Fourth, On the HTC Snap, I used TCPMP to stream music from different websites. The cool thing about it is that I was able to add my own personal music files and playlists. That way as i am driving down the road, if I lost connection, it would bounce to the next line and play stored music until I got into a service area again and I would simply just click on the websites link again. Is there a software out there that will let me do this?
Fifth, Google Voice prefix's. again on the Snap, I had my Google voice set up on phone and my contacts had the prefixes on them as well. When I switch phones, I logged into Gmail, and followed the steps to move over my contacts. Ever thing went fine. The only problem is that this phone is so much faster than the Windows, that it speeds right through all the numbers and commas before the female Google voice has a chance to say anything. Is there a fix to this? Here below is the way its set up on my old phone. when I call Airtran to check a flight during peak hours, its prestored into the contact as this Airtran
my gmail number,,password,2,8002478726# So is the solution to simply add a ton of commas to make it slower? Or is there a real fix for it?
Appreciate any and all help..
Bryan
First, try putting these folders on your sd card and filling them with whatever goodies you like
/media/audio/notifications/
and
/media/audio/ringtones/
Second, find an alarm app in the market that you like. Keep trying until you find one you like. If you have a crappy speaker then you are SOL or maybe an app like volume+ would help.
Third, for the voicemail thing it sounds like you would like a widget. Try the market again. If its the dialer you don't like look for the app dialer one or the google voice app.
Fourth, google voice maybe.
Fifth, good luck.
have you installed the correct drivers on your computer for this phone?
sponger1 said:
First, try putting these folders on your sd card and filling them with whatever goodies you like
/media/audio/notifications/
and
/media/audio/ringtones/
Second, find an alarm app in the market that you like. Keep trying until you find one you like. If you have a crappy speaker then you are SOL or maybe an app like volume+ would help.
Third, for the voicemail thing it sounds like you would like a widget. Try the market again. If its the dialer you don't like look for the app dialer one or the google voice app.
Fourth, google voice maybe.
Fifth, good luck.
have you installed the correct drivers on your computer for this phone?
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ok, I will try the folder thing. What drivers are you talking about? This is the first Android phone I owned. I didn't know I needed to download anything..
Bryan
Your computer sees your phone as a piece of hardware. Just like when have a printer you have to install the drivers before you can print. just do a search for motorola xprt drivers.
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Your computer sees your phone as a piece of hardware. Just like when have a printer you have to install the drivers before you can print. just do a search for motorola xprt drivers.
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I tried the folder thing you suggested and it did not work. After bouncing around the internet, I found a thread that said to have a folder called "notifications" on the SC card and put the files in there. That's what I did and I got the Text Message and Email tones to work the way I want to. My next Q is how to do this for the New Voice Mail. In text and email, I had to go to my texts and email, and then settings, then notifications, and then select the tones of my choice. Where do I do that with the Voice mail? I don"t see the setting for voice mail at all..
Bryan
try this app. rings extended from play store.
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n1newbie said:
try this app. rings extended from play store.
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I don't see the link friend...
kitt1993 said:
I don't see the link friend...
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here you go
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...JlZHBsYW5ldC5hbmRyb2lkLnJpbmdzX2V4dGVuZGVkIl0.
read the description of the app
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ok...
kitt1993 said:
Third, On the old Windows platform, when someone called me and I missed the call, it would be right one the screen in list form, one missed call and Voice mail. On this phone, I have to tap and drag the small top part of the screen to view my missed calls. Is there a way to have it as a list instead?
Bryan
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this is an android thing, though you still should be able to see little icons up the top of your screen when you get a missed call, right?
Ice Cream Sandwich has a solution for this, but that's not available for your phone, so there should be an app that can do that.
Your looking for a 'lockscreen' app. The ring app that was mentioned above is one such app
AANNDD.. I'm not sure whether you asked this or not, but I figured I would answer anyway
to make your device be seen by your computer, you need to install the Android USB driver, which is included in the Android SDK.
alternatively you can search XDA for the 'Android USB Driver', someone will have uploaded it, but it's most definitely what's going to help your computer see your android device
Hi All,
I'm trying to set a normal ringtone on my S3, one that just goes 'ring ring'.
There doesn't appear to be one included in the stock ROM? Surely that cant be right?
If i haven't missed a stock tone, can i add a custom mp3 of a 'ring ring' phone without the use of an app?
If not can i have a list of recommended apps for this please.
SteveTilsed said:
Hi All,
I'm trying to set a normal ringtone on my S3, one that just goes 'ring ring'.
There doesn't appear to be one included in the stock ROM? Surely that cant be right?
If i haven't missed a stock tone, can i add a custom mp3 of a 'ring ring' phone without the use of an app?
If not can i have a list of recommended apps for this please.
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Make folders on your pc with the heirachy system>media>audio>ringtones.
Put your custom mp3 in the ringtones folder, copy and paste to phone. Done.
There are apps that assign a ringtone from any file on your phone, but I've never tried them.
You don't need to do that. There's already a folder called Ringtones on the phone. Just copy any mp3 into there and you can select it as a Ring tone.
I know there's already a folkder called ringtones on the phone...
Out of curiosity I tried your way and it didn't work for me. I've used "my" way since my SGS1 days.
http://www.multiupload.co.uk/DJL7QNKXMZ
Phone ring tones .
jje
Thanks lads.
I couldn't believe samsung hadn't included 'normal' ringtones but found some on Zedge from the play store.
Anyone know how to change the touch tones?
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i recently added a bunch of sounds to my notifications folder. all of them are working except one. it loops about 6 times, but on my computer it only plays through once, and doesnt seem to have and special attributes. any ideas?
Lorenzo VonMatterhorn said:
i recently added a bunch of sounds to my notifications folder. all of them are working except one. it loops about 6 times, but on my computer it only plays through once, and doesnt seem to have and special attributes. any ideas?
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Are you saying that when you set that sound as a notification for, lets say text messages, it plays 6 six times instead on one? How long is the file? It shouldnt repeat for a notification. A ringtone or an alarm would make it repeat.
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Are you saying that when you set that sound as a notification for, lets say text messages, it plays 6 six times instead on one? How long is the file? It shouldnt repeat for a notification. A ringtone or an alarm would make it repeat.
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yeah it would say it plays six times. but when opened on a computer, it plays once. and the sound file is 2 seconds long...lol here:https://www.dropbox.com/s/h1wiotnhwn4spku/Spunky_Attitude.ogg?m
Yeah, it did it for me too. Weird. I went ahead though and changed it to a .wav file. It seems to work right now.
https://www.box.com/s/99kwcyktx9si0b70pbq2
gotta love that little trash can robot. so you can use wav files in the system folders just fine then?
and thanks again. your posts have always been helpful.
Lorenzo VonMatterhorn said:
gotta love that little trash can robot. so you can use wav files in the system folders just fine then?
and thanks again. your posts have always been helpful.
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I dont know about the system folder. But apparently you can in the notifications folder. lol. I have one in my notification folder that works so I thought maybe changing the .ogg file into a .wav file would work. And it did.
I have never had this problem with another device. My Google Voice is set to use data instead of the native phone dialer and that means the app has to ring when someone calls me. Unfortunately this ends up being my default notification sound just repeating endlessly. When I go to the ringtone list, there are no ringtones there, only notification tones to choose from. This is extremely obnoxious and while setting my watch to intercept notifications from Voice is a workaround, it's not ideal.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app to no avail. I did find a video where someone had this problem on a Pixel but they were able to resolve it since the Pixel doesn't limit you to notifications or ringtones in the selection menu, both are readily available. This doesn't seem to be the case with Samsung though.
A possibile workaround is coping app your desired ringtone file into the notification folder from the ringtone folder. I accidentally added all my notifications files to the ringtone folder and they all showed up as possible ringtones so the same could work both ways I assume
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A possibile workaround is coping app your desired ringtone file into the notification folder from the ringtone folder. I accidentally added all my notifications files to the ringtone folder and they all showed up as possible ringtones so the same could work both ways I assume
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Thanks! That worked perfectly! I didn't realize it was that easy. I don't ever add ringtones to my phones lol.
EtherealRemnant said:
Thanks! That worked perfectly! I didn't realize it was that easy. I don't ever add ringtones to my phones lol.
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I learned this a long time ago, glad it still works. Ever since about android 8 I've had my personal set of tones I prefer so I keep both folders on my PC and every new phone gets them copied to the respective folders
spart0n said:
I learned this a long time ago, glad it still works. Ever since about android 8 I've had my personal set of tones I prefer so I keep both folders on my PC and every new phone gets them copied to the respective folders
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I may have to get some custom ones now that I know how easy it is.
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I may have to get some custom ones now that I know how easy it is.
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Zedge is a good app to get stuff on device, lots of ads and it pushes a lot iap but the core functionality is free.