This is my first dabble in Sony Ericssons, hope it doesnt dissapoint!
How do I set my own edited MP3/WAV file as the message ringtone?
I can set MP3 files as call ringtones, but no matter what I try the list for message ringtones just remains the same, giving me about 12 different options such as "message" "notification" "waterfall" ect.
I thought it may be a simple hack into the phone itself and locating the folder to add the file manually, but I cant seem to get into the phone.
Other that that I'm quite impressed,
if I remember correctly, then you can download an app for that on the market. I can't remember the name at the moment sorry.
anyways, if you download a soundboard you can normally make one of the sounds there into a sms tone etc.
On the SD card you have a folder called "media" in this folder there is a folder called "audio" in this audio folder make 3 new folders "notifications" "ringtones" and "alarms". (The notification folder may already be there)
Place your rintones in the "ringtones" folder and so on.
Ahh fantastic thank you!
In the end I opted for the simple way and downloaded tonepicker from the app market
thanks again
This didn't work for me but maybe I'm being thick. I also can't set mp3 as ringtones. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Veeger said:
This didn't work for me but maybe I'm being thick. I also can't set mp3 as ringtones. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Just to be sure, have you pressed the menu-button while looking at all your threads in the messaging application and then pressed settings?
Just comes up with the pre-designated ringtones. I think i'm being really really thick. I went and tried to do the steps above but there isn't a media file on my microsd and nothing changes when i create one. Sorry if i'm wasting peoples time!
Veeger said:
Just comes up with the pre-designated ringtones. I think i'm being really really thick. I went and tried to do the steps above but there isn't a media file on my microsd and nothing changes when i create one. Sorry if i'm wasting peoples time!
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Yeah, I think you have to use third party software then.
If your feeling especially brave you could try and explain it to me without using 3rd party software LoL
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If your feeling especially brave you could try and explain it to me without using 3rd party software LoL
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Well, if only I knew how! I personally love the luXury-tone but it's a standard tone.
But okay... I've checked a couple of programs and the only program that will let me change messaging ring tone to anything beyond the default ones is PandaHome, but that feels a bit overkill.
Veeger said:
This didn't work for me but maybe I'm being thick. I also can't set mp3 as ringtones. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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When playing anything through mediascape, menu, (left button) set as ringtone.
And my ask- Ive put a few jpeg folders into the default 'picture' folder through windows explorer, its good and quick ect but.. when playing back through mediascape the photos are out of order ie, not as when set in windows. It is the same with any of the folders i put in.
So when im looking through a folder full of trip photos (from last year say) the middle pics are in front of the start ect, anyone else noticed this ?
Could it be the order that windows copied stuff over (unordered) or does the phone need help sorting stuff alpha-numericaly ?
To be addressed with an update or just my problem.
I took the advice from brodos 123 and that definitely worked for me . All the mp3s I put into the "alarms" and "ringtones" folders I set up appeared on the phone when I went to change the relevant tones.
Also my sister didn't have a "media" folder on her X10 (yes we both use the X10). So I told her to set up a "media" folder, and within it set up an "audio" folder, and then set up the other folders brodos 123 described. This worked for her, so not sure why it didn't work for you Veegar. Could re-try?
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And my ask- Ive put a few jpeg folders into the default 'picture' folder through windows explorer, its good and quick ect but.. when playing back through mediascape the photos are out of order ie, not as when set in windows. It is the same with any of the folders i put in.
So when im looking through a folder full of trip photos (from last year say) the middle pics are in front of the start ect, anyone else noticed this ?
Could it be the order that windows copied stuff over (unordered) or does the phone need help sorting stuff alpha-numericaly ?
To be addressed with an update or just my problem.
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Got the same problem. I have noticed that in the "download" folder (where MMS photos go), the latest added photo appears first. You might be right about using the ordered that windows copied things in.
wkwan said:
I took the advice from brodos 123 and that definitely worked for me . All the mp3s I put into the "alarms" and "ringtones" folders I set up appeared on the phone when I went to change the relevant tones.
Also my sister didn't have a "media" folder on her X10 (yes we both use the X10). So I told her to set up a "media" folder, and within it set up an "audio" folder, and then set up the other folders brodos 123 described. This worked for her, so not sure why it didn't work for you Veegar. Could re-try?
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Ok maybe i'm being really really thick then. Do you think you could quickly write down a step by step guide for what you did just so i can be sure that either it's not working or i'm being a complete moron. Cheers
Ok doesn't matter now. Turns out to work if I follow the steps using my PC while the phones hooked up as opposed to moving the files using the phone itself. Seems wierd to me but hey it worked and i don't need to use Tonepicker anymore
Does Rings Extended work on the X10? It's a free app that let's you set whatever tone you want.
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worked like a charm for me
found this thread whilst trying to solve my own, similar, problem.
I worked out how to get my ringtone set-up, however i want to transfer the actual .ogg file onto the phones memory, so that i will not lose it if i change or lose my SD card, however i can seem to be able to do it. Any advice?
Hi there
I have just bought a sony xperia 10 and i am trying to chnage the tones for email, calender and message. I downloaded the tonepicker software and could chnage the ringtone, notification and alarm tone but cant chnage the message email and calender and thus would appreciate if someone coul guide me please
I have also tried creating a folder called media in the sd card and then creating 4 folders as ringtone alarm, calender, email in it and saving tunes in it but tht didnt work either
Could someone please guide me step by step as to how can i chnge or have the option to change the message as in txt, email, calender tone, thanks
abhinav2001 said:
Could someone please guide me step by step as to how can i chnge or have the option to change the message as in txt, email, calender tone, thanks
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Step 1. Create a folder named "media". (if you don't already have one)
Step 2. Create a folder named audio.
Step 2. Create folders named ringtones, notifications, alarms & music.
Step 4. Goto settings and select your tunes.
In regards to the email, that should be the same as your message tone, it is for me and don't know how to choose a different one just for that, the calendar I'm also not sure about but think it would be the same as email and txt, as there is only one standard setting for "notifications".
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I recently went from a BB to a droid and I want the ringtones and text sounds that are on my SD card to be put on my droid. But I cant find them when I try to set a ringtone.
Any ideas?
Also, I want to find a way to take them off (or copy them) to the phone so I can send them as MMS to friends too.
Im not sure how to do either of these so any and all help would be great!
thanks!
If you store any MP3 files that you want as ringtones in a folder called /ringtones and any notifications in a folder called /notifications anywhere on your SD card, they will show up in the list of notifications or ringtones. So, you could have folders called ringtones and notifications on the SD card, or you could organize them into /media/ringtones and /media/notifications - any way that you get separate folders called notifications and/or ringtones will work.
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If you store any MP3 files that you want as ringtones in a folder called /ringtones and any notifications in a folder called /notifications anywhere on your SD card, they will show up in the list of notifications or ringtones. So, you could have folders called ringtones and notifications on the SD card, or you could organize them into /media/ringtones and /media/notifications - any way that you get separate folders called notifications and/or ringtones will work.
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I have made a My Documents folder and seperated them into Ringtones and Alerts but when I go to select them, I dont have the option to find them, I can only use Zedge, Music, or Default.
I want to be able to go into that file and select them myself. And also send them to someone else (non smart phone user)
cheech92007 said:
I have made a My Documents folder and seperated them into Ringtones and Alerts but when I go to select them, I dont have the option to find them, I can only use Zedge, Music, or Default.
I want to be able to go into that file and select them myself. And also send them to someone else (non smart phone user)
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Linux (what Android is based on) is case sensitive and you would have to create two separate folders. One called ringtones and one called notifications. As he said, other than that, you're free to organize them however you wish, but those folder names themselves have to be like that.
If I'm wrong about this, somebody shoot me.
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Linux (what Android is based on) is case sensitive and you would have to create two separate folders. One called ringtones and one called notifications. As he said, other than that, you're free to organize them however you wish, but those folder names themselves have to be like that.
If I'm wrong about this, somebody shoot me.
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Again, this is what I have always done, and it has worked with every ROM.
To the OP, if you have a folder on your SD card called My Documents, create two folders inside that folder - Ringtones and Notifications - and move the ones that you want for each into those folders, or copy into both if you want them for both. Use those exact names, including the plural. As for case sensitivity, I don't think it matters, as I just looked at my SD card and my two folders are called Ringtones and notifications - so it seems to be case-insensitive.
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Again, this is what I have always done, and it has worked with every ROM.
To the OP, if you have a folder on your SD card called My Documents, create two folders inside that folder - Ringtones and Notifications - and move the ones that you want for each into those folders, or copy into both if you want them for both. Use those exact names, including the plural. As for case sensitivity, I don't think it matters, as I just looked at my SD card and my two folders are called Ringtones and notifications - so it seems to be case-insensitive.
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Thanks for letting me know about the case insensitivity in this case, pun intended. To quote someone else recently addressed to me "I learn something new every day."
Hello,
So I use doubletwist to sync all my music which I have a lot of playlists set up in iTunes. The problem is, everytime I add to my playlists and sync, when the SD Card is rescanned, all my playlists get doubled and I have to go back and delete.
This didn't happen on my EVO when I would sync but it does on the rezound. I use the Winamp android app and even when freezing the HTC Music app (thought it was the cause) it still does it.
Is there any possible way to fix this? It really is annoying to have to go back and delete... one time I had 3 copies of the same lists...
Thanks.
DarkPontiac said:
Hello,
So I use doubletwist to sync all my music which I have a lot of playlists set up in iTunes. The problem is, everytime I add to my playlists and sync, when the SD Card is rescanned, all my playlists get doubled and I have to go back and delete.
This didn't happen on my EVO when I would sync but it does on the rezound. I use the Winamp android app and even when freezing the HTC Music app (thought it was the cause) it still does it.
Is there any possible way to fix this? It really is annoying to have to go back and delete... one time I had 3 copies of the same lists...
Thanks.
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Yeah, noticed this too. Very annoying. I have a ticket in to HTC CS asking about it. When I get a response I will post it here.
would probably be a good idea to let doubletwist know of the issue also in case there's some sort of 'fix' they can do on their end.
most of the time i just use a simple folder based mp3 player but times when i use the stock 'music player', upon first opening the app, it'll give some error msg that there's no music found & i'll have to close & re-open, then the music is available.
Apsalus said:
Yeah, noticed this too. Very annoying. I have a ticket in to HTC CS asking about it. When I get a response I will post it here.
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Thanks, hope it's something they can fix or tell us how to make it stop.
voxigenboy said:
would probably be a good idea to let doubletwist know of the issue also in case there's some sort of 'fix' they can do on their end.
most of the time i just use a simple folder based mp3 player but times when i use the stock 'music player', upon first opening the app, it'll give some error msg that there's no music found & i'll have to close & re-open, then the music is available.
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Thing is, it is not doubletwist that is doing it. Even when I tried to use HTC Sync (which annoyingly added "iTunes" in front of all of them) it doubles on each sync. Also I should mention that on the SD Card itself, only 1 of each playlist is on the card and not doubled. I think it has something to do with the fact there is phone storage as well as the sdcard.
I too have the Rezound and am seeing this issue. The playlist-doubling will also occur if I connect it as a Disk Drive. Viewing the SD card files through a Disk Drive connection only shows 1 of each playlist, even when Music shows multiples. if I delete a playlist and disconnect, the next time I launch Music the playlist is still there. It seems like it's caching the playlists in memory and adds whatever is on the SD card to it's mem cache resulting in "doubling".
FYI: I only use the basic Rezound Music app. Never had doubleTwist or a similar app.
I got a response from HTC tech support on this issue. A basic blow off: clear cache, reboot, go away.
Snip.
I first suggest you try clearing the data from the music player. You can clear the data from the music player by going to Settings>Applications>Manage Applications then tap Music then tap clear data. Once you clear the data from the application you will then restart your device. If this does not resolve the issue then you will want to try a 3rd party music player from the Android Market to see if you have the same issue.
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I got a response from HTC tech support on this issue. A basic blow off: clear cache, reboot, go away.
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Yeah, me too. It doesn't work. I told them so and then they said to do a factory reset. What a load.
So has anyone found a fix? It has to do with the media storage app, cause when I clear the data on it they disappear (sadly have to reboot as well since the ringtones disappear with it)
I experienced the same problem with stock music player and Poweramp. I was using HTC Sync. I never found a true fix for the problem but I found a solution for me. I stopped using HTC Sync. I'm now using iSyncr. No more doubling up and it has a better filing system. I have my music kind of buried on my PC and HTC Sync was using the same files on my phone. iSyncr has a music folder and puts everything in there. Sorry it's not a true fix but there are other options out there.
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I experienced the same problem with stock music player and Poweramp. I was using HTC Sync. I never found a true fix for the problem but I found a solution for me. I stopped using HTC Sync. I'm now using iSyncr. No more doubling up and it has a better filing system. I have my music kind of buried on my PC and HTC Sync was using the same files on my phone. iSyncr has a music folder and puts everything in there. Sorry it's not a true fix but there are other options out there.
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Getting this soon.
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I wonder if it makes a difference on which volume Double Twist is installed.
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I don't know if this is the same issue but this might fix the problem. I had double everything showing up as well and here is how I fixed it, originally posted in here:
I found the setting that tells the music app where to look/scan for music files. I have mine all in a folder I created on the external card called Music. The phone's settings had that checked as well as /mnt/sdcard I believe, can't remember now what other folder was checked, but got rid of double listings by making sure only my Music folder was checked.
Settings > More > Settings > Music Folders
Then select the folder where you keep all your music and deselect any others voila, no dupes. Hope this works for you guys.
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Anyone know why I can't see files and folders I added to my Sd card and why is it that I can't browse by artist in the sstock music app
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Did you try a reboot? You can try sd card rescan apps as well.
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I copied music directly to the /mnt/sdcard/ext_sd/ directory and now I have duplicates of albums. It's a pain. Anyone know how to add music so this doesn't happen?
A fix for duplicate titles in stock music app
I encountered this phenom the other night when using airsync to xfer tracks to the sd card instead of internal storage. Double twist warns that this is experimental, and sure enough, that's when things got off kilter. Long story short, I deleted the music directory on the sd card and then moved the untouched music directory from internal storage to the sd card. I then made sure that the music directory in the internal storage was truly empty. I then performed a clean cache followed by a reboot. Both doubletwist and the stock player are keyed to the sd card directory, and voila, no more duplicates.
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Anyone know why I can't see files and folders I added to my Sd card and why is it that I can't browse by artist in the sstock music app
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I copied music directly to the /mnt/sdcard/ext_sd/ directory and now I have duplicates of albums. It's a pain. Anyone know how to add music so this doesn't happen?
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I have no problems with the music app and the music files I copied onto my sd card.
All I did was make a "Music" folder on the external (?) card, the one that mounts second and is NOT named "HTC Storage". Copied my music in there so the next directory down is the band name (Music > PJ Harvey > [album]) and everything works as it should. When I went into the music app the phone scanned for my library, found everything, and I am able to switch between viewing by album, artists, songs etc. with no problem.
I had no idea how to get my music on there since there is no mention of it in the manual so I just tried that out and it worked.
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Anyone know why I can't see files and folders I added to my Sd card and why is it that I can't browse by artist in the sstock music app
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Okay, so driving home tonight I went into PowerAmp to pick some music to play and I saw double listings for the albums. I had just been in the stock music app and not seen that but switched to PowerAmp because I had set the EQ in that. And I left it to see if it would play each song twice and it did.
Now I'm looking at it at home and I just noticed when I look at under the "folders" tab I see the duplicate listings and also see ".sounds" at the top with the dir listed as /sdcard/Spacephysics. The two directories that have music are /sdcard/ext_sc/Music (the folder I made) and /music. When I look at it under the "Library" tab I don't see duplicates unless I go into the albums and look at the song lists.
Stock app still fine.
I'm kinda anal when it comes to my music but just as Fera stated...created a general folder called "Music" and add sub-folders for each Artist and then each album. It would also help if you have the .MP3 tags correct so you don't have files all over the place.
That's what works for me at least.
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What app are you using?
I'm not sure how these are tagged. I had just gotten my tagger all set up and started to get all my mp3s organized and tagged and then my laptop died. HDD was fine so I pulled it and got all the data copied off of it so hopefully I can grab my settings file for the tagger prog but haven't gotten back into mp3 organizing yet.
Do you know what causes the duplicates? I've been reading about apps not dealing with the external sd card properly, so is it just the case of the app needing to be updated and nothing we can do about this on our side?
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What app are you using?
I'm not sure how these are tagged. I had just gotten my tagger all set up and started to get all my mp3s organized and tagged and then my laptop died. HDD was fine so I pulled it and got all the data copied off of it so hopefully I can grab my settings file for the tagger prog but haven't gotten back into mp3 organizing yet.
Do you know what causes the duplicates? I've been reading about apps not dealing with the external sd card properly, so is it just the case of the app needing to be updated and nothing we can do about this on our side?
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Yea pretty much nothing can be done unless the app devs fix the issue or we get permanent root and can re-mount the SD cards however we see fit.
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What app are you using?
I'm not sure how these are tagged. I had just gotten my tagger all set up and started to get all my mp3s organized and tagged and then my laptop died. HDD was fine so I pulled it and got all the data copied off of it so hopefully I can grab my settings file for the tagger prog but haven't gotten back into mp3 organizing yet.
Do you know what causes the duplicates? I've been reading about apps not dealing with the external sd card properly, so is it just the case of the app needing to be updated and nothing we can do about this on our side?
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I've been using the stock app for my music currently and I have had no issues with duplicates except for newer files I haven't fixed the .mp3 tags on.
Edit: I just installed PowerAmp (the only other music player I will use besides stock) and I noticed my library was also showing duplicates. If you go under settings when viewing your folders you can select Menu->List Options->Path and that will get rid of the duplicate listings.
This is a beta version of PowerAmp so maybe they're still working out the bugs though? I never had that issue before and I even had the paid app.
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I've been using the stock app for my music currently and I have had no issues with duplicates except for newer files I haven't fixed the .mp3 tags on.
Edit: I just installed PowerAmp (the only other music player I will use besides stock) and I noticed my library was also showing duplicates. If you go under settings when viewing your folders you can select Menu->List Options->Path and that will get rid of the duplicate listings.
This is a beta version of PowerAmp so maybe they're still working out the bugs though? I never had that issue before and I even had the paid app.
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Actually that doesn't do it. That just sorts it so that the list is duplicated but one entire list at a time based on location. But since I didn't memorize where you told me to go I found the setting that tells it exactly where to look/scan for music files.
Settings > More > Settings > Music Folders
Then select the folder where you keep all your music and deselect any others voila, no dupes.
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Awesome. Glad you figured it out. I've never had to deal with that.
If this has been answered, I really apologize--site search is down right now and my google search only returned results from before the Jelly Bean update (when playlists worked fine for me).
I used to run MeanROM 4.6, and the HTC music app worked beautifully with my playlists. I use Media Monkey to manage my music, and it would sync to my external SD card (using HTC Media Sync mode on the USB connection menu). I updated to MeanBean 2.81 last night and have not been able to get playlists to work since.
Since the SD card was unchanged, I originally just went into the music app to test it. When I open a playlist, it would say "No music found." So I tried re-syncing it with Media Monkey, which had no impact at all. Then I deleted the playlists and all music from the SD card, wiped the music player's data and cache, and tried re-syncing, but that also had no impact.
Then I restored a backup of the ICS music app. No difference.
Then I deleted the device from Media Monkey and set it up as a new device. No difference.
Then I uninstalled the drivers for the device and installed the HTC Sync software (which comes with drivers, of course). No difference.
To see if it was my computer or something with the phone, I synced the same playlist I was using for testing to my ASUS TF700. Synced fine. Playlist shows up in the Play Music app, so I looked in the Play Music app on the EVO - playlist doesn't appear.
When I connect both devices to the computer and look at the playlist file (both of which show 0 bytes, but I guess that's normal), I am able to see a reference tab with the track listing on the TF700's file, but not the EVO's file (see below).
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I'm out of ideas... what is going on and how can I get my playlists back? I have a workaround to be able to organize my music (I can have Media Monkey sync them with play order prefixes to folders named for the playlists), but that's not the ideal solution... I know the JB update broke a lot of stuff, but I didn't see any reports that this one was one them.
Thanks for any help you can provide!
Nobody has any ideas?
Same problem here with every jb sense rom. Have to store music on internal SD
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fpineda101 said:
Same problem here with every jb sense rom. Have to store music on internal SD
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Do they playlists show up when you do that? I have all my music on the external, and the songs show up just fine--it's just the playlists that aren't cooperating.
I can absolutely move my music to the internal storage, I just prefer to use my external for music and leave the internal for everything else.
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Do they playlists show up when you do that? I have all my music on the external, and the songs show up just fine--it's just the playlists that aren't cooperating.
I can absolutely move my music to the internal storage, I just prefer to use my external for music and leave the internal for everything else.
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Yes it totally works too. Don't have to re download album art all the time as well. I just had delete a bunch of songs and keep my absolute faves, 2gbs worth
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I shall give it a try this weekend. Thank you for replying!
I just moved the playlist folder to the internal memory to see if that could be a simple solution... I'll post back if it does (it's scanning now).
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I shall give it a try this weekend. Thank you for replying!
I just moved the playlist folder to the internal memory to see if that could be a simple solution... I'll post back if it does (it's scanning now).
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Good luck
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No luck. Synced one playlist to the internal memory and it still comes up empty on the phone.
Worked for me but I created the playlist on htc music, not by syncing anything
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Just as an update, I tried using HTC Sync Manager, but it would never recognize my phone. I then downloaded WinAmp to both my phone and laptop in the hopes that it could handle its own playlists, and had zero luck there. I still absolutely cannot get my playlists to sync properly.
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Mathman85 said:
Just as an update, I tried using HTC Sync Manager, but it would never recognize my phone. I then downloaded WinAmp to both my phone and laptop in the hopes that it could handle its own playlists, and had zero luck there. I still absolutely cannot get my playlists to sync properly.
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MathMan85, had the same thing happen to me last night. I can't get Windows Media Player to sync the playlists to my SD card anymore after the update... but here's what I did:
1) Took the SD card out and put it directly into the laptop... Came up asking to scan saying something was wrong and needed to be fixed. I let it scan and nothing was wrong.
2) I installed DoubleTwist on my phone and then on my laptop..
3) Imported the Playlists from Media Player
4) Deleted everything in my music directory... (You dont have to but I was frustrated last night and did it.)
5) Started the Sync.
6) Once completed, I looked at the app on the phone and clicked Playlist and everything was there.
7) I had the Music Widget mounted on a windows on my phone and removed it... Replaced it with the DoubleTwist Widget...
8) Everything is working now.
Not sure what happened but that's how I worked around it.
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MathMan85, had the same thing happen to me last night. I can't get Windows Media Player to sync the playlists to my SD card anymore after the update... but here's what I did:
1) Took the SD card out and put it directly into the laptop... Came up asking to scan saying something was wrong and needed to be fixed. I let it scan and nothing was wrong.
2) I installed DoubleTwist on my phone and then on my laptop..
3) Imported the Playlists from Media Player
4) Deleted everything in my music directory... (You dont have to but I was frustrated last night and did it.)
5) Started the Sync.
6) Once completed, I looked at the app on the phone and clicked Playlist and everything was there.
7) I had the Music Widget mounted on a windows on my phone and removed it... Replaced it with the DoubleTwist Widget...
8) Everything is working now.
Not sure what happened but that's how I worked around it.
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I'll give it a shot tonight. Thanks!
So... in the process of trying that, I've found that if you sync it as mass-storage, the playlists work fine. It simply cannot sync playlists in MTP mode.
Thank you for the recommendation that led me to finding this out, though! (DoubleTwist only syncs MSC, and was giving me problems after my first test sync, so I retried Media Monkey with MSC and it worked fine.)
... so after a ROM update, I decided to look into this a little further since this doesn't seem to impact too many people. As it turned out, I think the problem in my case was my version of Media Monkey. I bought the software a long time ago, and since they charge for updates, I never updated. I tested syncing on my girlfriend's laptop, since she has a newer free version of Media Monkey and it synced just fine. Installed the newest version of Media Monkey and the problem went away entirely.
So if you have an old version of Media Monkey (or I suppose any media software) and experience empty playlists, just update and see if that resolves your problem.
If you don't want to do that, my workaround involved exporting each playlist as an .m3u, opening each in notepad, copying the contents into Excel (cell A1), entering the following formula in cell B1
Code:
=IF(LEFT(A1,3)="..\","..\"&RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND("\",A1,4)),A1)
copy the formula down to the end of the playlist, copying column B into the .m3u file and re-saving (as .m3u), syncing with Media Monkey in MTP mode with the destination as /Music/<filename>, and then copying the .m3u into the music folder on the phone. To explain why this works, the .m3u is essentially just a list of track locations, and the formula takes the original computer locations and trims them to just be the filenames, which is how you synced the files to your phone. Thus, you've created an .m3u file that defines paths to the tracks on your phone. You can see why I wanted to look further into this... this is a PITA to do when you sync many playlists and frequently make changes.
Hope this helps someone, though.
I've had my V30 for less than a month and this hasn't been an issue until the past couple of days. Basically, from what I can tell so far, non google apps don't have access to the SD card for write functionality. I can open and read any file on the SD card, but can't edit it, even so much as to rename the file, or create a text file, etc. Instead, when an app is directed to edit a file on the SD card, what I get is a variant of the instructions to "tap on the left hand drawer on the next screen, and select your SD card's root directory to grant access permission" sometimes with pictures of how to do it, sometimes not (in this case, that is a direct quote from QuickPic).
The next screen will then pop up with the slide in menu on the left saying "Open from" as it should, but it only shows "Recent" below that. Swiping left to get rid of the slide in menu shows a screen that says "Recent" has a button on the top left which reopens the left slide in menu, two buttons on the top right (one looks like a grayed out sideways version of cellular signal and does nothing), and a button with three dots which ONLY offers the grayed out option "new folder".
Below that is a chest of drawers with the second drawer (from the top) slightly open, and the words "No items" underneath.
Now, if I use my camera app, it says to the SD card just fine and Gallery deletes files off the SD card, as does Photos (all apps from Google that were on the phone to start). (well to be fair, Gallery and Photos just moves the files to trash, and I don't see a way to delete them permanently other than to wait 7 days).
At this point, I can't move my downloaded audiobooks from the internal memory to external storage to be played on Listen Audiobook player, so any further purchases from audible (I HATE the audible app by comparison - Listen works with Tasker), or Graphic Audio are pretty useless to me at this point. I really need to get this to work again.
All apps are up to date. The only things that I've done recently that I can recall are update the apps, and start a Youtube Red/Google Play Music subscription. Obviously the phone is stock/not rooted, but I do have developers options on, but I haven't modified anything in there since I turned it on shortly after I got the phone. I've uninstalled apps and reinstalled them all to the same effect. I can't get write-access with my preferred non-google apps. Does anyone have any suggestions, or similar experiences?
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I've had my V30 for less than a month and this hasn't been an issue until the past couple of days. Basically, from what I can tell so far, non google apps don't have access to the SD card for write functionality. I can open and read any file on the SD card, but can't edit it, even so much as to rename the file, or create a text file, etc. Instead, when an app is directed to edit a file on the SD card, what I get is a variant of the instructions to "tap on the left hand drawer on the next screen, and select your SD card's root directory to grant access permission" sometimes with pictures of how to do it, sometimes not (in this case, that is a direct quote from QuickPic).
The next screen will then pop up with the slide in menu on the left saying "Open from" as it should, but it only shows "Recent" below that. Swiping left to get rid of the slide in menu shows a screen that says "Recent" has a button on the top left which reopens the left slide in menu, two buttons on the top right (one looks like a grayed out sideways version of cellular signal and does nothing), and a button with three dots which ONLY offers the grayed out option "new folder".
Below that is a chest of drawers with the second drawer (from the top) slightly open, and the words "No items" underneath.
Now, if I use my camera app, it says to the SD card just fine and Gallery deletes files off the SD card, as does Photos (all apps from Google that were on the phone to start). (well to be fair, Gallery and Photos just moves the files to trash, and I don't see a way to delete them permanently other than to wait 7 days).
At this point, I can't move my downloaded audiobooks from the internal memory to external storage to be played on Listen Audiobook player, so any further purchases from audible (I HATE the audible app by comparison - Listen works with Tasker), or Graphic Audio are pretty useless to me at this point. I really need to get this to work again.
All apps are up to date. The only things that I've done recently that I can recall are update the apps, and start a Youtube Red/Google Play Music subscription. Obviously the phone is stock/not rooted, but I do have developers options on, but I haven't modified anything in there since I turned it on shortly after I got the phone. I've uninstalled apps and reinstalled them all to the same effect. I can't get write-access with my preferred non-google apps. Does anyone have any suggestions, or similar experiences?
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Do you mind posting a screenshot? I think that I'm tracking but wanna be sure
So you don't see the text "SD card" under recent?
Also could you try downloading a file explorer like file Commander to verify? It always asks for RW permissions.
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Do you mind posting a screenshot? I think that I'm tracking but wanna be sure
So you don't see the text "SD card" under recent?
Also could you try downloading a file explorer like file Commander to verify? It always asks for RW permissions.
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I downloaded File Commander as suggested and the dialog is slightly different (it actually asked me to"Show internal storage" but that option affects no change. Internal storage didn't show up either.
But here's the screenshots you requested.
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I downloaded File Commander as suggested and the dialog is slightly different (it actually asked me to"Show internal storage" but that option affects no change. Internal storage didn't show up either.
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Thanks for uploading those. That is not what I see when granting permission. I can click on recent and then see the SD card.
So basically all non-Google apps can't even see the SD card? I have never seen that issue. So if you go to the settings/storage setting do you see both internal and SD card?
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Thanks for uploading those. That is not what I see when granting permission. I can click on recent and then see the SD card.
So basically all non-Google apps can't even see the SD card? I have never seen that issue. So if you go to the settings/storage setting do you see both internal and SD card?
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Correct. Google apps don't even give me that dialog, they just work. Here's another screenshot of settings -> storage:
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Correct. Google apps don't even give me that dialog, they just work. Here's another screenshot of settings -> storage:
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Yep that's exactly what mine looks like. You wouldn't by chance have your SD card encrypted would you, like from your previous phone?
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Yep that's exactly what mine looks like. You wouldn't by chance have your SD card encrypted would you, like from your previous phone?
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Nope, and I still have access to all the data. I just can't modify it. (Except with Google apps)
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Nope, and I still have access to all the data. I just can't modify it. (Except with Google apps)
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So if you plug it into a computer do you have RW to the SD card?
Also, did you go from Android 7.x.x on your old phone to the V30 or was the SD card formatted from older OS?
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So if you plug it into a computer do you have RW to the SD card?
Also, did you go from Android 7.x.x on your old phone to the V30 or was the SD card formatted from older OS?
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Can't test through USB right now, I'll have to do that tomorrow. But I had this on a V20, so yes, running Nougat. Also, this problem only recently manifested itself. It worked when I first got the v30 a month ago.
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So if you plug it into a computer do you have RW to the SD card?
Also, did you go from Android 7.x.x on your old phone to the V30 or was the SD card formatted from older OS?
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Another thing...if you go to settings/apps and look at file Commander and then select file permissions do you see options for contacts, phone, and storage?
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Another thing...if you go to settings/apps and look at file Commander and then select file permissions do you see options for contacts, phone, and storage?
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Yes, and storage is selected.
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Yes, and storage is selected.
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Okay,well I can't think of anything else to check tonight. Let us know if you can RW when it's connected to computer tomorrow or sometime.
Sorry.
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If this only just started happening recently, you'll probably need to think back to what updates were applied around that same time. System updates, app updates, any changes to the system at all.
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Okay,well I can't think of anything else to check tonight. Let us know if you can RW when it's connected to computer tomorrow or sometime.
Sorry.
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I just tested on my laptop and editing the files worked as expected. So it's only non-google apps having the problem (I haven't definitely eliminated all google apps - just that the ones I've tested do work).
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If this only just started happening recently, you'll probably need to think back to what updates were applied around that same time. System updates, app updates, any changes to the system at all.
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No system updates as far as I can tell (Android security patch is September 1st, or essentially what was on there when I got the phone). And it's near impossible for me to tell which app updates have happened, as I tend to just tell it to update as soon as I see the prompt for it. I often update 5-15 apps every couple of days.
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No system updates as far as I can tell (Android security patch is September 1st, or essentially what was on there when I got the phone). And it's near impossible for me to tell which app updates have happened, as I tend to just tell it to update as soon as I see the prompt for it. I often update 5-15 apps every couple of days.
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Start looking for suspect apps. Uninstall them. Restart phone. See if it changed anything. Repeat until offender is found. Sounds like this would be the only changes made.
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Start looking for suspect apps. Uninstall them. Restart phone. See if it changed anything. Repeat until offender is found. Sounds like this would be the only changes made.
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Is there any way to organize the apps by latest update, or latest install? I have hundreds of apps, and, as stated, update 5-15 every couple of days... this could take a LONG damn time.
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Start looking for suspect apps. Uninstall them. Restart phone. See if it changed anything. Repeat until offender is found. Sounds like this would be the only changes made.
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Oh, it *should* be important to note that I also followed this tutorial -> https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/how-to/guide-make-v30-faster-smoother-t3693083 and disabled almost all the things he showed to disable there. A few apps I do use so I didn't disable them, but I am made to wonder if that might be why it doesn't work? I used that tutorial maybe a couple weeks ago, and I really don't know when write functionality disappeared.
You know, I'm now more willing to bet that this is the case. I'm going to have to look at that tuturial again and see just what has been uninstalled that's causing a problem (all easily reinstallable via the purchased app).
iantlopp said:
Oh, it *should* be important to note that I also followed this tutorial -> https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/how-to/guide-make-v30-faster-smoother-t3693083 and disabled almost all the things he showed to disable there. A few apps I do use so I didn't disable them, but I am made to wonder if that might be why it doesn't work? I used that tutorial maybe a couple weeks ago, and I really don't know when write functionality disappeared.
You know, I'm now more willing to bet that this is the case. I'm going to have to look at that tuturial again and see just what has been uninstalled that's causing a problem (all easily reinstallable via the purchased app).
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Okay, I didn't think to ask you if you did any debloating.
Could you export your current list of debloated apps and then restore all of the system apps?
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iantlopp said:
Oh, it *should* be important to note that I also followed this tutorial -> https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/how-to/guide-make-v30-faster-smoother-t3693083 and disabled almost all the things he showed to disable there. A few apps I do use so I didn't disable them, but I am made to wonder if that might be why it doesn't work? I used that tutorial maybe a couple weeks ago, and I really don't know when write functionality disappeared.
You know, I'm now more willing to bet that this is the case. I'm going to have to look at that tuturial again and see just what has been uninstalled that's causing a problem (all easily reinstallable via the purchased app).
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Yeah, that would have been important to know.