I recently rooted my G1 and installed the JF1.41 RC33 lite update, and now my notification sound does not play when I receive a text message (but it works for other things, such as gmail).
I am also running the latest version of the Resident Evil Umbrella theme (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=482143&highlight=umbrella) and I didn't test between updating the build and installing the theme, so I'm not sure which it's related to.
I've tried using a default notification tone, as well as one from my SD card using Rings Extended, with no difference. Anyone else have a problem like this?
I think with the lite version there is only one notification or ringtone left in the system thats why you need to create your own ringtones using ringdroid
Yes, there are only three notification tones left on the phone, none of which will actually play when I receive a text message. Same thing with the custom tone I loaded onto my SD card. No matter what I do, I simply do not get a sound when I get a text message.
Hi,
The g1 will read ringtones if the correct folders are on the sd card I think.
Try this:
Make a folder on your sdcard called media
Inside it make audio
Inside audio make alarms, notifications,ringtones and ui.
Then in each of those folders put your ringtones.
oog , mid or mp3.
Reboot your phone now when you go to assign a ringtone the phone will find them.
It works for me.
Post the results.
That did the trick. Thanks!
Hi,
Glad it worked.
An easy to put ringtones into different areas on your phone.
Well, it seems to have stopped working again. Or rather, it now works sporadically. I haven't changed the location, and it does the same thing even if I change it to a default alert, so it has nothing to do with the ringtones themselves. Gah, maybe I should just re-flash...
OK, I think I may have actually just solved it. I checked my processes and the Messaging app was running twice for some reason. I force closed both, re-opened and tested, and BINGO! Sound! =D
Now I just have to figure out why I had two instances of Messaging running in the first place...
If you want the sounds that come with g1 here you go, just put in corresponding folders on sd card.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jyzbsnin4tu
Ryanmo5 said:
If you want the sounds that come with g1 here you go, just put in corresponding folders on sd card.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jyzbsnin4tu
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Great Link! This should be posted in the original G1 files thread if it isnt there already. Good grab.
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Against me better judgment, I updated to the latest official AT&T ROM on my Fuze and now, for some reason, I can no longer use my custom ring tone. In the attached file, I have two files. "Team Fortress 2" is the ring tone I was using prior to updating my ROM and "TheMonstersWithout" was the song I was using for new messages. On the official ROM I'm using, I can see both as choices for new text messages, but "TheMonstersWithout" is the only on I can set as a ring tone.
Can someone tell me why I can't set the TF2 file as a ring tone? They're both in the same folder (\application data\sounds) that I used prior to updating and didn't have any problems.
Also, the Opera Mobile icon in the new ROM isn't the nice transparent "O" that was in the original ROM. Anyone know where that icon file is so I can set it back?
Edit #1:
In response to my second question, I adjusted the Opera Mobile.lnk file from:
21#"\Windows\OperaL.exe"
to:
21#"\Windows\OperaL.exe"?\Windows\OperaL.exe,-131
Edit #2:
Evidently, there's either a size limit or length limit on a ring tone. I trimmed the TF2 mp3 down to 10 seconds and it suddenly works... If anyone knows where you can set the limit size, I'd appreciate it.
Um... Forgot the file...
actually the reason you couldn't use your own tf2 ringtone is because the sound limit was reduced in the registry. Do a search on the term "updated fuze rom" I have posted the way to change this. Also don't forget you need total commander or a file explorer similar to it to work the registry.
I wasn't able to find the post you're referring to, mputtr. I did, however, find the solution in the Kaiser forums in this post. I'm quoting it here in case someone happens across this post searching for the same problem.
arizonamonte said:
I upgraded from WM 6.0 to 6.1 and now my custom ring tones that are over 500Kb do not show up in the pull down menu in order to select them for contacts. This fix is to edit the registry.
- Go into HKEY_Current User > ControlPanel > Sounds
- Delete the key of FileSizeLimit
- Done, You should now be able to set any MP3 as your ringtone.
Alan
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a quick search turned up:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4011376&postcount=7
also, deleting themp3 is not usually a good idea because it'll count every single sound file. by adding 2 zeros will allow you to limit how many of the mp3s you will put in there so you dont get full songs and the like in there that you don't need.
Well, only if you keep every one of your song files in one of the few folders the system scans for ring tones. But if you're THAT bad at file management, you have bigger problems.
it's only as a good measure of precautions. Besides, I don't know what programs install in which folder, but in the end, it's always a good precaution.
Hi all, I'm new to this forum and also new to my smart phone. I have an HTC Elf 0300. I'm trying to assign a sound to Notification/ MMS downloaded. I've looked at the existing sounds available and tried to find the folder they're in via ActiveSync to no avail. I've converted the mp3 I want to use to .amr and put it in the My Ringtones and My Voices folders. I can access the amr file if I want to change the ringtone notification but not for the MMS downloaded. I can only assume that one can't use anything other than what came with the phone. If you know different, please advise, many thanks.
Ron_H said:
Hi all, I'm new to this forum and also new to my smart phone. I have an HTC Elf 0300. I'm trying to assign a sound to Notification/ MMS downloaded. I've looked at the existing sounds available and tried to find the folder they're in via ActiveSync to no avail. I've converted the mp3 I want to use to .amr and put it in the My Ringtones and My Voices folders. I can access the amr file if I want to change the ringtone notification but not for the MMS downloaded. I can only assume that one can't use anything other than what came with the phone. If you know different, please advise, many thanks.
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Put your tones in the main windows folder, you will see that many of the tones already available to you are in wav/wma format.
Thanx Timmy, that worked, one learns as one goes along eh, lol.
I hope this is the right area to ask, and i apologize if not.
I just went from 1.5 (Magic) to 2.2 (Desire) and man, the first thing i noticed is how crappy the Froyo ringtones are! I really want my regular old 1.5 ringtones, but im not sure where to look.
Is there a 1.5 ringtone dump anywhere? Or can i download them from somewhere?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548432
These appear to be from the Hero rather than the Magic, but would they be what you're after?
Posted from my HD2 via XDA app.
Yea those are the ring tones, thanks!
But android 1.5 (and possible above) was weird, in that the default ringtones could only be selected by choosing default. therefore, the ringtone im looking for isnt in that group
can anyone help?
if you're asking how to get them to work on your phone all you have to do is make a folder called media on your sdcard. In the media folder make another folder called audio and place yet another folder called ringtones and notifications. just place your ringtones and notification sounds in their respective folders.
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if you're asking how to get them to work on your phone all you have to do is make a folder called media on your sdcard. In the media folder make another folder called audio and place yet another folder called ringtones and notifications. just place your ringtones and notification sounds in their respective folders.
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No that i know how to do.
Im asking for the default ringtones from android 1.5 Apparently, theyre not stored in /system/media. In that directory are all the optional ringtones.
When selecting ringtones, you can choose from the list, or select default. The default ringtone is NOT found on that list and therefore NOT in system/media as far as I know
Anyone know whaat I'm talking about here? Lol
zoltrix said:
... I really want my regular old 1.5 ringtones, but im not sure where to look ...
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You may want to download the original zipped ROM from HTC.
Looky here:
http://developer.htc.com/adp.html#s3
Download the 'Recovery Image' for Android™ 1.5 (make sure the MD5 checksum matches).
Extract and do whatcha want
***** ***** ***** ***** *****
If you don't know how, I was able to do it for you (so i was bored).
notifications
Beat_Box_Android.ogg
CaffeineSnake.ogg
DearDeer.ogg
DontPanic.ogg
F1_MissedCall.ogg
F1_New_MMS.ogg
F1_New_SMS.ogg
Heaven.ogg
Highwire.ogg
KzurbSonar.ogg
OnTheHunt.ogg
TaDa.ogg
Tinkerbell.ogg
Voila.ogg
ringtones
BeatPlucker.ogg
BentleyDubs.ogg
BirdLoop.ogg
CaribbeanIce.ogg
CrazyDream.ogg
CurveBall.ogg
DreamTheme.ogg
EtherShake.ogg
FriendlyGhost.ogg
GameOverGuitar.ogg
Growl.ogg
InsertCoin.ogg
LoopyLounge.ogg
LoveFlute.ogg
MidEvilJaunt.ogg
MildlyAlarming.ogg
NewPlayer.ogg
Noises1.ogg
Noises2.ogg
Noises3.ogg
OrganDub.ogg
Ring_Classic_02.ogg
Ring_Digital_02.ogg
Ring_Synth_02.ogg
Ring_Synth_04.ogg
RomancingTheTone.ogg
SitarVsSitar.ogg
SpringyJalopy.ogg
Terminated.ogg
TwirlAway.ogg
VeryAlarmed.ogg
World.ogg
http://www.mediafire.com/?rl86f5pn8tolouu
audio.zip = 1,621KB
I hope that's what you were looking for?!
I have been replacing the ringtones, notifications, system tones in the stock /system/media/audio folder. With HFS and EB, ICS would automatically pick up on the new tones, maybe after one restart, but would ultimately pick them up.
Question is, why doesn't GB pick up on the new sounds in the default folder? All of the files are either .wav or .ogg.
mine always do, don't know what you are doing wrong... I'm about to flash the HFP rom assuming that is what you are talking about??? I'll test it out and see what is going on...
mt3g said:
mine always do, don't know what you are doing wrong... I'm about to flash the HFP rom assuming that is what you are talking about??? I'll test it out and see what is going on...
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Yea this happened on Weapon G2X also, every ICS I've used has been good to go, and I've been doing the same process; delete /audio from the system folder, then copy/paste the other /audio folder that holds all of the new tones.
stevew84 said:
Yea this happened on Weapon G2X also, every ICS I've used has been good to go, and I've been doing the same process; delete /audio from the system folder, then copy/paste the other /audio folder that holds all of the new tones.
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I did the exact process you did and mine is playing and using them as no problems with phone calls and texts.
mt3g said:
I did the exact process you did and mine is playing and using them as no problems with phone calls and texts.
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Weird, because like I said I've always had this problem with GB ROMS. Thanks for the help though.
On mine (XBoarders Rom) I just created folders named ringtones and notifications on the _External SD and it found them.
android likes to access ringtones by id, and not a filename. so it leads to strange things happening like this (one time a friend of mine moved all his ringtones to his computer, then back. when he booted up his phone all the ringtones were switched around )
just try wiping cache in CWM after changing them around and see if that does the trick.
On my nexus 4 I could create new directories ("Ringtones","Notifications", "Alarms") on my virtual sd card and place tones in there. Then the preference lists for choosing these notification types showed the extra tones.
On the nexus 5 this doesn't seem to happen. Does anyone know of a different way to do this?
andrewpmoore said:
On my nexus 4 I could create new directories ("Ringtones","Notifications", "Alarms") on my virtual sd card and place tones in there. Then the preference lists for choosing these notification types showed the extra tones.
On the nexus 5 this doesn't seem to happen. Does anyone know of a different way to do this?
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I'm getting files show in the preference lists up from /sdcard/media/audio/ringtones - however they're just playing a "bong" noise, not the actual mp3.
andrewpmoore said:
On my nexus 4 I could create new directories ("Ringtones","Notifications", "Alarms") on my virtual sd card and place tones in there. Then the preference lists for choosing these notification types showed the extra tones.
On the nexus 5 this doesn't seem to happen. Does anyone know of a different way to do this?
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I'm having the same problem. Any solutions found yet?
all my ringtones and custom notifications are working just fine
Sent from my Nexus 5 using xda app-developers app
Not working for me either on n4, n5, or the n7 with stock Rom. Worked fine when I used aokp.
The only way I can get it to sort of work now is use rings extended then select es file explorer and naturally navigate to the file. Then it plays fine. They just won't show up to preview them the way it normal did.
It does work I put them in the system audio notification ect folder, but I'm trying too avoid messing with system for the first time.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
I got it working. Very frustrating. Initially what i did was download all my notifications and such from dropbox directly to my phone and put them in the correct folders. Rebooted ect and it didn't work. I was told to try plugging my phone into the computer and moving the folders and around and back into the right folder. Then I disconnected from computer then they showed up. I wonder if the media scan isn't working unless you unplug USB? IDK, but it works now.
Sounds silly, but try it.
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-5980
If the device rooted, you can move the files the /system/media/audio/ringtones, notifications etc. folder. Work like charm!
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
Thanks!
frigidazzi said:
I got it working. Very frustrating. Initially what i did was download all my notifications and such from dropbox directly to my phone and put them in the correct folders. Rebooted ect and it didn't work. I was told to try plugging my phone into the computer and moving the folders and around and back into the right folder. Then I disconnected from computer then they showed up. I wonder if the media scan isn't working unless you unplug USB? IDK, but it works now.
Sounds silly, but try it.
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-5980
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This did the trick for me too, thanks for the tip!
frigidazzi said:
I got it working. Very frustrating. Initially what i did was download all my notifications and such from dropbox directly to my phone and put them in the correct folders. Rebooted ect and it didn't work. I was told to try plugging my phone into the computer and moving the folders and around and back into the right folder. Then I disconnected from computer then they showed up. I wonder if the media scan isn't working unless you unplug USB? IDK, but it works now.
Sounds silly, but try it.
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On my Nexus 4 I had my ringtones in /sdcard/Ringtones and that doesn't work with the Nexus 5. I also tried /sdcard/media/Ringtones and that didn't work either. In both cases I even tried rebooting the phone after putting the mp3 files to hopefully trigger a media scan.
So what would the correct location be?
Thanks in advance,
Bernhard
tangofan said:
On my Nexus 4 I had my ringtones in /sdcard/Ringtones and that doesn't work with the Nexus 5.
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that works for me...I select the tones in any app via the default Media Storage picker
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n7of9 said:
that works for me...I select the tones in any app via the default Media Storage picker
Sent from my Nexus 5 using xda app-developers app
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Now I'm wondering, if it's a problem with the mp3 format of my ringtones. Could you please do me a favor and see, if the ringtone in the attached zip file works for you, when you put it in /sdcard/Ringtones .
Thanks so much,
Bernhard
tangofan said:
Now I'm wondering, if it's a problem with the mp3 format of my ringtones. Could you please do me a favor and see, if the ringtone in the attached zip file works for you, when you put it in /sdcard/Ringtones .
Thanks so much,
Bernhard
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i downloaded it, AirDroided the mp3 to my phone (default is storage/emulated/0) /notifications, and selected it as my Hangouts sms tone...sent an sms to myself, turned off the screen, and bazinga, it works
when you say /sdcard, do you mean you made that directory via pc, or are you referring to ESFileExplorer (or the like) reporting the directory as /sdcard? on Nexii, '/sdcard' just points to storage/emulated/0 [i think it's something called a simlink, but i don't know what that is]
Works for for me... I use ASTRO File Manager
Notification MP3 went into SD Card > Media > Audio > Notification
Ringtone MP3 went into SD CARD > Ringtone
n7of9 said:
i downloaded it, AirDroided the mp3 to my phone (default is storage/emulated/0) /notifications, and selected it as my Hangouts sms tone...sent an sms to myself, turned off the screen, and bazinga, it works
when you say /sdcard, do you mean you made that directory via pc, or are you referring to ESFileExplorer (or the like) reporting the directory as /sdcard? on Nexii, '/sdcard' just points to storage/emulated/0 [i think it's something called a simlink, but i don't know what that is]
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I am referring to the way ES FileExplorer reports it, so /sdcard/Ringtones is in fact /storage/emulated/0/Ringtones.
Could you please try it with putting it into /sdcard/Ringtones as well and see, if Media Storage shows it as a Ringtone.
No idea, why this doesn't work for me, when it works for others.
Bernhard
tangofan said:
Could you please try it with putting it into /sdcard/Ringtones as well and see, if Media Storage shows it as a Ringtone.
No idea, why this doesn't work for me, when it works for others.
Bernhard
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sorry mate, I'm not doing it again, the result is going to be exactly the same
After some testing I can confirm this on a NON-ROOTED Nexus 5.
You can place notification sound files in either of these two locations, they work equally well. Note that this post, unlike many is typed with care and shows the EXACT path names from root with proper capitalization. I did not try all the bastardizations but case and plural/singular actually matter a lot of times.
/sdcard/Notifications (/storage/emulated/0/Notifications)
/sdcard/media/audio/notifications (/storage/emulated/0/media/audio/notifications)
HOW-EVER-ER...
You must move at least 1 file to the directory from your PC before ANYTHING will show up. It seems, and stands to reason, as others noted that moving from the PC while attached as a media device causes Android to rescan the directories. I did not test if you only need to move 1 file on the whole file system or if you have to do it per directory. But by moving one file out and back FROM THE PC all files in those directories became visible in notification pick lists.
I also rebooted after moving the files around. I probably should have checked before since it may not be necessary. But I am so accustomed to rebooting I forgot to test that.
Hope this clears things up.
tangofan said:
I am referring to the way ES FileExplorer reports it, so /sdcard/Ringtones is in fact /storage/emulated/0/Ringtones.
Could you please try it with putting it into /sdcard/Ringtones as well and see, if Media Storage shows it as a Ringtone.
No idea, why this doesn't work for me, when it works for others.
Bernhard
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hey I got the same problem as you
The ringtone is not being picked default media storage and even it picked in some cases im getting the bong sound
so here is the work around
dont use the media storage as default ringtone picker .if you already did that ..go to settings->apps->all apps->media storage and clear defaults of it
then go to settings ->sounds->ringtone and use esfile explorer in this case ..select the ringtone you got using the file browser then it works
another file manager
as said some posts before i suggest to use another file manager than the stock one, it worked for me
I pluged the phone into the computer USB. Cpoied the ringtone of my choice to the ringtone folder. Did the same with the notification ringtone. Go and select the file in Settings...Sound. Mine were .ogg files
Once you install the sound files in the various locations on the sdcard, such as /sdcard/Ringtones, you can update media storage by doing either of the following:
Go to settings -> apps -> all -> media storage and clear data, then reboot
Or
Use the app ScanMedia to update