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I've never had ringback tones (till now). Just did the dcd 3.2.3 rom-n-radio and everything, and now I have classical music as a ringback tone. Verizon says I shouldn't have it, and told me to go to my "get it now" and see if I can change it. "Get it now" doesn't exist on my phone after the rom update?!? Please help quick, classical music is crushing the souls of my friends and family!
Just get any file you'd like and tap and old on it and put "set as ringtone." You can also place them in file explorer>my documents>my ringtones and go to start>settings>phones and select them from there.
i believe he is talking about the sound that people calling him hear. if i am right, i am very confused as well since i have never heard of that happening. I wish it would have happened to me with rock music. lol However, country is another thing Have you tried reflashing the rom or going to DCD 3.2.5? Maybe that will work as it was something you installed. I hope you can figure that out since it would be very frustrating
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i believe he is talking about the sound that people calling him hear. if i am right, i am very confused as well since i have never heard of that happening. I wish it would have happened to me with rock music. lol However, country is another thing Have you tried reflashing the rom or going to DCD 3.2.5? Maybe that will work as it was something you installed. I hope you can figure that out since it would be very frustrating
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yes, it is RINGBACK tones, not ringtones, and i cant figure it out. Verizon's solution (to go to "get it now" and fix it there) isn't possible because after the flash "get it now" is gone!
samuel1613 said:
yes, it is RINGBACK tones, not ringtones, and i cant figure it out. Verizon's solution (to go to "get it now" and fix it there) isn't possible because after the flash "get it now" is gone!
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It is very strange because this phone never had get it now. That is not an option on any Windows Based phone from Verizon. I really have no idea how you got a ringback tone on your phone.
samuel1613 said:
yes, it is RINGBACK tones, not ringtones, and i cant figure it out. Verizon's solution (to go to "get it now" and fix it there) isn't possible because after the flash "get it now" is gone!
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I've never known a device that lets you control ringback tones right on the device. Typically, that feature is controlled via your VZW online account
log into your VZW account. Look for the section called "Ringback Tones" You can then manage the settings in that screen.
Alternatively, just call CS and ask them to remove it from your account.
You'll want to check with CS anyway - I removed that feature from my online account over a year ago and just found out that it was still activated. Guy at Wireless Store where I upgraded to the 6800 de-activated it for me.
like i said, your best bet would probably be flashing the same rom/kitchen again, hard reset your phone, or flash DCD's new 3.2.5 rom. Or anyother rom. i never has that problem when i used 3.2.3 so it is probably something you added. Good Luck
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I've never known a device that lets you control ringback tones right on the device. Typically, that feature is controlled via your VZW online account
log into your VZW account. Look for the section called "Ringback Tones" You can then manage the settings in that screen.
Alternatively, just call CS and ask them to remove it from your account.
You'll want to check with CS anyway - I removed that feature from my online account over a year ago and just found out that it was still activated. Guy at Wireless Store where I upgraded to the 6800 de-activated it for me.
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that's the strange thing, CS claims it isn't showing on my account, so I don't know what happened, I certainly didn't add it, nor as another poster suggested, got it through some other thing I did, as after the rom/radio/carrier cab installation is simple programs like icalc and gpsgate etc... I'll check my online account, thanks!
ringback tones = music without asking! finally removed
So I finally got to the bottom of my new (horrible) ringback tones that I never requested nor approved...
I started getting a ringback tone (classical musak) after my first radio/rom flash (DCD 3.2.3). Verizon said I didn't have ringback tones, and my online account said the same. Last night the tech support tried blocking the ringback tones feature, that still didn't work! Finally, adding and removing ringback tones (after unblocking the feature) made it go away.... Wierd I know, but if anyone has the same problem, that's how you solve it!
FYI ringback tones aren't on the phone they are on the "system" (albeit through a third party provider) so nothing you do to the phone can affect them (to my knowledge).
samuel1613 said:
So I finally got to the bottom of my new (horrible) ringback tones that I never requested nor approved...
I started getting a ringback tone (classical musak) after my first radio/rom flash (DCD 3.2.3). Verizon said I didn't have ringback tones, and my online account said the same. Last night the tech support tried blocking the ringback tones feature, that still didn't work! Finally, adding and removing ringback tones (after unblocking the feature) made it go away.... Wierd I know, but if anyone has the same problem, that's how you solve it!
FYI ringback tones aren't on the phone they are on the "system" (albeit through a third party provider) so nothing you do to the phone can affect them (to my knowledge).
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that is correct it is not installed on your phone... glad you got it solved
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.
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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
well I bought this phone ist really god for me but i got this problem i guess went i was about to change the ringtone of the incoming call i take ones of my mp3 and it said that can not be used as ringtone file less than 300kb can be set as ringtone how i solve this
Get a ringtone maker from market. I rec ringdroid. That will let you cut down the file to the right size.
60 some views and no one could say this. WTF
oh my god i just see now i hace 80 views and just you answer thanks man but i am looking somthing tha bypass that i guess if i root the phone that could help anyway thank for the answer y already download it the app
im not sure how root will help as i have a custom rom on mine and it still says the same thing for me. unless your able to write a script, or take out the file size cap. on the other hand i dont see any reason to have a ringtone that long anyway.
Copy the file to /system/media/audio/ringtone, reboot and select ringtone from settings. If it still fails try a ringtone maker or Tape Recorder (To convert file) or similar PC software (File Factory)
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/
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/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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