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.
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I have set an MP3 to alert me when I get a phone call coming in but can see how to do it for a text message. I'm sure its' something obvious but I can't see it.
Any idea how to set it up please or even if it's possible?
A friend of mine pointed that out and I just noticed it. Any help?
create the file and place it in the Windows folder
I tried doing this but it cant seem to find the file in the windows folder..must it be in wav format or is mp3 ok?
I dont think it matters but mine are in WAV
You stole Boo Boo's Name said:
create the file and place it in the Windows folder
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No, you have to place it in \Application Data\Sounds. Afterwards it will be available in the list shown in settings for event sounds.
Katier said:
I have set an MP3 to alert me when I get a phone call coming in but can see how to do it for a text message. I'm sure its' something obvious but I can't see it.
Any idea how to set it up please or even if it's possible?
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All that you must do is to put mp3 files in a folder called my documents, on device or on storage card an you will find in tones list
Not sure if you just kinda overlooked this, but while you can change your Ringtone for calls from the "Phone" option in settings, you have to go to "Sounds & Notifications" for text messages.
I just put my sound files in the root folder of the storage card and it shows up.
Must be a wav file, must be in windows directory for you to use it as a sms alert. Nothing else will do.
MP3 works as well - at least on my TP with stock HTC German ROM.
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MP3 works as well - at least on my TP with stock HTC German ROM.
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My mistake, you are correct. Had to put the MP3 in Windows>rings.
Must be new to WM6.1
If it's a long MP3 can you stop the music or does it carry on till the end of the file??
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No, you have to place it in \Application Data\Sounds. Afterwards it will be available in the list shown in settings for event sounds.
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im using the fuze, with RRE 4.5 rom, with mine if i place my mp3 on the window root folder or in rings they work for phone rings, but not able to select on text message, so i did as you said, place my mp3 in application data\sounds and bingo they work. only downside is you have to hit the "end" call button. you can mute it with the volume buttons, so if a text come in and its in your holder you have to take it out and hit the end button. hope this helps
lupe
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...only downside is you have to hit the "end" call button. you can mute it with the volume buttons, so if a text come in and its in your holder you have to take it out and hit the end button...
lupe
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Why not find and employ the MP3 trimmer that comes on the Touch Pro in many markets - or edit on your desktop with any of the readily available programs? You could have it go on for - like 5 seconds, then quit.
Personally, I save songs for ring tones and use the jetson's doorbell for SMS and MMS and HAL from 2001 saying: "There is a message for you..." for incoming emails.
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
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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.
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.
So I have an mp3 ringtone that is in the download folder on the internal memory. Where does it need to be placed so the device sees it and I can use it as a ringtone?
1. Open MyFiles
2. Browse to /sdcard/media/audio/. Create a folder in that folder called ringtones.
3. Move your MP3 to it. I think there may be a limit of 300kb for ringtones. I remember getting a warning when I was transferring the full song from my PC directly to that folder.
4. From the home screen press menu and go to Settings > Sound and display > Voice call ringtone. Your mp3 will show up as one of the choices on the menu.
Install the Astro file manager
Browse to the .mp3
Touch and hold on the .mp3
Select Music
Select Set as Ringtone
Tried the first method, and didn't see em showing up and stumbled into the one I posted fiddling around with trying to move the files around with Astro.
Better yet, put your ringtones, alarms, notifications into the following folders that way, only these certain sounds appear in those certain lists, so it doesn't clutter up the list:
\notifications\
\alarms\
\ringtones\
The above was actually written in the manual of the very first Android, the T-Mobile G1, and works on all Androids...
I used the ringdroid app to set a custom ringtone and text/email alert. I'll have to give the folder method a shot; it seems much simpler than opening an app and trimming the files from the phone every time you want a custom ringtone!
If you use the ringdroid/rings extended method, it will chop the song and copy it and make its own file, thus taking up space.
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Better yet, put your ringtones, alarms, notifications into the following folders that way, only these certain sounds appear in those certain lists, so it doesn't clutter up the list:
\notifications\
\alarms\
\ringtones\
The above was actually written in the manual of the very first Android, the T-Mobile G1, and works on all Androids...
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So, just create these folders at the root level of the sdcard and they'll automatically show up in the correct lists of sounds?
How do i create them??
Cant find anywhere that shows us who to use the updates
Need to edit an mp3 (and wma i think) file to be less than 30 seconds and set its category (in zune or file properties) to "Ringtone". Sync. Mission Accomplished.
Also, they should be nonprotected. Try using audacity (plus the LAME plugin for mp3 exporting).
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Exactly what I said
OK, so have any of you guys actually TRIED To perform this, actually tried to follow his advice? I have and I don't get past 4 minutes and 19 seconds of this video. I will tell you WHY. In the updated Zune there is not OPTION ringtone or RINGTONE as was in his case for genre. Not only do you have to trim the ringtone to a smaller size but you have to change GENRE. AND RINGTONE is not an option available in my ZUNE. So what do we do NOW?
By the way, I use several phones and for that reason I need to use 3 Sweden for my smartphone, just so you know. AND to answer myself. Use a meta tagger editor to change the genre field to RINGTONE, that is the trick.
I've done 2 now and they work fine.
After you've trimmed and converted your file, add it to zune then edit the file and delete the genre and type ringtone.
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Edit: or as you say a mp3 tagger.
On another note, anyone know if we can do custom text alerts???
Hello.
I have the same problem.
How can i put costume tones in Text messages?
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OK, so have any of you guys actually TRIED To perform this, actually tried to follow his advice? I have and I don't get past 4 minutes and 19 seconds of this video. I will tell you WHY. In the updated Zune there is not OPTION ringtone or RINGTONE as was in his case for genre. Not only do you have to trim the ringtone to a smaller size but you have to change GENRE. AND RINGTONE is not an option available in my ZUNE. So what do we do NOW?
By the way, I use several phones and for that reason I need to use 3 Sweden for my smartphone, just so you know. AND to answer myself. Use a meta tagger editor to change the genre field to RINGTONE, that is the trick.
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You don't have to choose from the list in Zune. Just type it in. The list is just a common set of genres, nothing more. -_-'
passeuser said:
Hello.
I have the same problem.
How can i put costume tones in Text messages?
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Custom ringtones are only for contact phone calls.
So we have to stick with the 10 anoying ones that came in the mango.
I think i will buy another phone with other OS.
passeuser said:
So we have to stick with the 10 anoying ones that came in the mango.
I think i will buy another phone with other OS.
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I believe there is a hack or someone is working on a hack to let you use custom alert tones. Try doing a search, and you'll find something.
But otherwise yes, by default, ringtones can only be customized for phone calls.
No, thats just stupid. I'll explain it. This is too easy and yall are making it complicated. I use Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 to adjust my ring tones to the appropriate size. Just make sure you set it as a WMA file when you encode. As far as Zune goes, no, "ringtone" is not in the drop down list, so you actually have to TYPE it the first time. After that it STAYS in your drop down list. YES it works, I've got 20 custom ring tones on my LG Quantum right now using this method. I lost all my custom ringtones when I updated to 7720. You can also generally get the right file size and type from http://audiko.net/ you can download your ring tones for free, sync them to Zune then sync them to your phone. BEAR IN MIND IF IT IS OVER 39 SECONDS IT WILL NOT COME UP ON YOUR RINGTONE LIST ON YOUR DEVICE, SO U MAY NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK IT AND USE THE EDITOR. Oh, and NO. WE CAN STILL NOT MMS audio or video or set custom tones... ive been trying to figure out how to do that for months... still have not been able to find a hack. I figured out how, but it seems that part of the OS is read only... so I can not seem to over right it with my own tones... Why? **** if I know... ask MS.