no matter what notification ringtone I set it for it only uses the one that came on the Note when I first got it, I am not rooted yet but cant get the notification ringtone to change!! anyone have the same problem?
Ship It City said:
no matter what notification ringtone I set it for it only uses the one that came on the Note when I first got it, I am not rooted yet but cant get the notification ringtone to change!! anyone have the same problem?
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I presume you've placed the custom ringtone in the /sdcard/media/audio/notifications folder?
Also, once that's done, you have to wait for the system media scanner to run and find it (you can also just reboot to get it to run). I don't know if there's any way to force it to run on demand other than a reboot.
regards,
Stu.
stuartr said:
I presume you've placed the custom ringtone in the /sdcard/media/audio/notifications folder?
Also, once that's done, you have to wait for the system media scanner to run and find it (you can also just reboot to get it to run). I don't know if there's any way to force it to run on demand other than a reboot.
regards,
Stu.
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UnMount and mount storage.
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It is in the correct folder and still cant get it to work, I used Zedge to get the tone. Its driving me crazy with this standard tone !!!
thanks for the suggestions though !
Bump !!!
any ideas ?
even when i change to a stock notification tone it still plays the one that came out when we first started up our phones !!
GOT IT !!!
here it is incase anyone runs into this
I was trying to change the notification tone from Settings>sound.....
need to be right in messaging app
Messaging > Menu button > Settings > Scroll down > Select ringtone (you can put your custom ringtones here by doing the below)
Applications > My files > Media folder > Audio folder > Create a notifications folder if it doesn't exist (Menu button > Create folder) > Put desired ringtone here for notifications
Ship It City said:
GOT IT !!!
here it is incase anyone runs into this
I was trying to change the notification tone from Settings>sound.....
need to be right in messaging app
Messaging > Menu button > Settings > Scroll down > Select ringtone (you can put your custom ringtones here by doing the below)
Applications > My files > Media folder > Audio folder > Create a notifications folder if it doesn't exist (Menu button > Create folder) > Put desired ringtone here for notifications
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The problem I am having is it reads /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/Notifications fine with "Android system" when I go to Sounds and choose a new notif. These are NOT in internal memory and are NOT on /mnt/sdcard; they are in external_sd.
HOWEVER, it refuses to find/read ringtones on external_sd. I see the media scanner runs fine when I make any changes. I even manually launched it with Dev Tools, and rebooted. It will read ringtones fine IF I put them on sdcard, but for some reason it won't find them if they are under external_sd, yet it finds notifications fine on external_sd!
Strange... anyone know of a solution to this? I want to keep my rings and notifs on the external_sd. Have tried all the various folders, i.e. Ringtones, Phone Ringtones, Media/audio/ringtones... nothing works yet on external_sd for ringtones.
UPDATE: I realized I had a .nomedia file in my dir on the SD. That allows the media scanner to ignore that dir, if you have a reason to do so. (which I did and had totally forgotten about!) I removed the file and the media scanner properly sees my ringers in any dir I put them on external_sd now.
D'Oh!
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On the default WM2003 that came with the iMate, i used to copy any *.wma file to my pda, hold click in file explorer and set as ringtone, but after I did the upgrade to WM2003SE this option is gone. Any ideas how to put a wma music file as ringtone.
Thanks
Put it in the windows/rings directory.
Then just go to the normal sounds & Notifications section in settings. Have a look in there and you will see the option for incoming calls.
Thanks Dingo, but why cant i do it like I used to, by right click ??????
my RingToNe did not appears
i already copy some *wav in to windows/rings directory but i cannot choose my ringtone..it did not appears in phone/sound notification...it appears after i upgrade to WINDOWs SE!!Please teLL Me tHe SoLuTion !!!!
Anyone have issues with custom ringtones after rooting?
I had a custom ringtone in the mpga format that was working fine before I rooted. After rooting my phone, applying the lag fix, applying the gps fix, and installing ADW launcher, I can no longer use it as a ringtone.
I can navigate to the file in Astro, but the option to set it as a ringtone is greyed out. Anyone experience this?
Oh, I also clicked on "Fix Permissions" in Rom Manager and it went through the process (I figured it would have a prompt or something), don't know if this has caused it or not, is there a way to reverse whatever it did?
Thanks in advance! I am in Love with XDA and am devouring all the info I can!
I have since tried putting the file in a folder named ringtones in my root sdcard directory and have had no luck getting the file recognized.
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I make custom .mp3 ringtones on my laptop then transfer them over to the phone thru Windows Explorer.
1. Connect your phone to the PC via USB
2. On your phone, it should show that USB is connected on the drop down menu...click on it and mount
3. Now open My Computer on your PC and double click to open your internal sdcard (phone memory)
4. There should be a folder called "media." Double click to open that folder and then then double click the folder called "audio"
5. Create a new folder called "ringtones" (for custom ringtones) and another new folder called "notifications" (for custom message tones)
6. Now drag your audio files into the corresponding folders and you should be able to choose your custom ringtones/message tones through the phone settings
There are also apps in the market that enable you to create your own ringtones on the phone using the music in your library (Ringdroid)
Hope this helps
Thank you! That fixed my issue. I just needed to have the ringtone folder in the right directory. Kinda strange it didn't make me do that before the rooting though. Nonetheless, thank you very much for your help!
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Confused! I have a sound file on the SD card that I used to use for the notification sound of my prior phone (shift). All the sound files need to be in a dir under system/media/audio/ notifications. I tried copy paste via Astro but the permissions prevent the paste action. How do I get the file moved to where the LTE is expecting it?
I can get it to show up as a ringtone choice. But when I go to settings, sounds, default notification, it is not there.
I have had some issues with astro lately when using it to 'move' (copy paste). Just a hunch, but try doing this using Root Explorer.
Solved:
After failing to copy via all file explorer apps I connected to my computer with debug mode on. I was able to copy paste to the notifications folder & now the phone lists it as a choice. I made it my default & all is well. Lot of work for a simple task?
GeezerB said:
Confused! I have a sound file on the SD card that I used to use for the notification sound of my prior phone (shift). All the sound files need to be in a dir under system/media/audio/ notifications. I tried copy paste via Astro but the permissions prevent the paste action. How do I get the file moved to where the LTE is expecting it?
I can get it to show up as a ringtone choice. But when I go to settings, sounds, default notification, it is not there.
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If you are not r00ted, or S-OFF, HTC Dev unlocked, you will not be able to use Astro or Root Explorer (my personal favorite) to move the files to the correct location, so you would need to download the notification.
Settings => Sound => Notification Sound
Then, you will see an option called "Shifter" which might be the same.
If not, click on the [Get More] button in the upper-right hand corner, to download whatever you like.
If this fails, then you can connect to your computer via USB ~ TWRP Recovery has a great mount option as well... ~ and you can copy and paste at will.
WHY
I believe all of us here like the android that we can do what ever we want with our device,
I personally dislike some of the sound I hear when my device power on and when I unlock the
screen and when I touch and select Menus and item within android.And also the power up sound
HACKING
Please kindly do a backup in case things go bad for you.
Using the APP Root browser (lite from the google play) or any file editing App that has root access you can
change the UI sound that you hear on any android powered device.
For instance i have tried most of the ROMs in the forums.I just download a Custom ICS,JB ROM
And then navigate to the system file in the zip file on my computer and then to media and copy the
files overthere to my device.
LET GET STARTED
1.Connect your device your computer or laptop and turn on USB connection
2.ROM zip file >>>> system >>>> media >>> audio{alarms,notifications,ringtones,ui}
3.create a folder in the storage (system sd card or external sd card) to copy the files from the
Android ROM you downloaded
4.copy the files from the audio folder into the folder you created
5.Run Root browser and navigate to folder you created and open it and multi select each
of the sound files (.ogg).(it does not work selecting the whole folder you will get an error)
navigate back and go to system folder
System >>>>media>>>>>audio and open and paste the files from the previous respective folder you
copied from earlier.( YOU MIGHT HAVE DUPLICATES THE ONLY WAY TO DETECT SUCH IS THE DATE )
6. Now with the UI sounds there is three of them 1.the unlock sound, 2.the lock sound,
3.the screen selection sound. this files are easy to identify for instance most of them are
labelled as such eg. lock.ogg for phone lock, unlock.ogg for screen password unlock sound and
mostly for Samsung it is TW_Touch.ogg for the screen touch selection.
7. You can repeat all the steps for the other audio files. once done you can select and play
the sound within the root browser. you can also copy sounds from notification and ringtones
and use it for any of the UI sounds and vice versa. These also increase the amount of sound
on your device.
8 .If any of the sounds interest you and want to change your UI sound, all you have to do is exactly rename
the original UI sound eg.1TW_Touch.ogg which was the original and then the sound that interest
you for the touch selection to be TW_Touch.ogg and reboot your Device.
9. Same goes with the power sound(powerom.wav) which is located in different folders on
some ROMS within the system folder. (personal i deleted the power on sound I dont like it)
On the current CM10 ROM the only hackable is user interface sound (Effect_tick.oog) is the touch sound. Which is located
System > media>ui
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Awesome! Does this work for all versions?
Yes as long as you are rooted
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Just updated to EMUI 10. on my Honor 8X. I cant see the ringtones which I had on my sd card. I could use custom ring tones. I think the directory has changed. I have tried putting the ringtone folder into Sounds fiolder, no joy, I placed my ringtone folder into the music folder. My ring tones do not appear. How do I fix this? Same goes for notifications. Any help and advice with this will be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance
Have you tried installing a 3rd party file manager like MiX Explorer or Solid Explorer? With one or more installed when I change a ringtone/notification tone I get a 'Choose an Action' dialogue from which I pick one of these apps then navigate to the ringtone/notification tone. Just a thought.
No, I want to be able to select ringtones straight from the setting menu. Think it's something to do with the directory folder.. Tried a few different folders but it's still the same