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MGS codec unlock sounds

i am working on trying to figure out how to make my phone lock and unlock like the mgs codec. i have got the files on the phone and it works but is way to loud. i have attached the files i used if someone with more audio editing experince wants to take a crack at it.
the files have to be in .ogg format and be labeled Lock.ogg and Unlock.ogg. i used advanced wma workshop to convert the files from mp3.
to put them on your phone if anyone wants this
1 reboot into recovery
2 mount /system
3 open cmd and nav to your sdk/tools folder
4 pull system/media/audio/ui (this will backup the files before you replace them)
5 copy the backed up ogg files from your sdk/tools folder to another safe location and put the modified ogg files into the sdk/tools folder
6 push Lock.ogg system/media/audio/ui
7 push Unlock.ogg system/media/audio/ui
8 unmount /system and reboot
also if anyone does do this could someone upload the backed up files for me i didn't think about doin the pull till i wrote this up and i don't feel like doing a nandroid restore to get them back.
edit my buddy confirmed that i had these backwards i guess that is what i get for not listening to the files first. i reuploaded with correct file names

what if you just took the audio files and decreased the volume of the actual file?
http://www.hlss.us/index.php?p=8

bonzai299 said:
what if you just took the audio files and decreased the volume of the actual file?
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that is what i was thinkin just didnt know how to till my buddy told me when i showed him the lock and unlock on my phone. i am gonna go work on this somemore and i'll report back.

I was wondering if you could walk me thru the steps in more detail... I'm not sure how to proceed past step 3! not sure if its cuz i have a mac... sorry this is my first post

Nice will try this
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using audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
i used the amplify effect and dropped both ogg files down some
seems to be where i want the sound at, but you can use audacity (which is free btw) to drop it more if you want
http://www.mediafire.com/?etknj3uiv55ql99
fwiw you can adb push these while the phone is running if you adb remount before it (need s-off)

so i tried this through the mount/system through clockmod and was able to push this files but it will not switch to the files i pushed, just uses the system defaults any suggestions? im thinking of just overwritting the rom zip with the new zip sounds and reflashing sounds good?

Zero0ftheArk said:
so i tried this through the mount/system through clockmod and was able to push this files but it will not switch to the files i pushed, just uses the system defaults any suggestions? im thinking of just overwritting the rom zip with the new zip sounds and reflashing sounds good?
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I used root explorer and just put the files in the system/media/audio/UI and did a restart and it worked.

right on ill give that a try

hey I used rootexplorer as well but i have a question because it does appear to be working. so did you MOVE or COPY all the files (mp3 + ogg) into the UI folder? It does not show up.

orion0924 said:
hey I used rootexplorer as well but i have a question because it does appear to be working. so did you MOVE or COPY all the files (mp3 + ogg) into the UI folder? It does not show up.
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i firsted removed the defaults and moved the new files works like a charm but for some strange reason the two sounds merge when i lock phone and the unlock works great not sure whats up may restore originals and try again but first attempt worked fine with the deleting and moveing, i was adding a boot animation and before i knew it both play? no biggie really they overlap each other so its not some drawn out tone

Zero0ftheArk said:
i firsted removed the defaults and moved the new files works like a charm but for some strange reason the two sounds merge when i lock phone and the unlock works great not sure whats up may restore originals and try again but first attempt worked fine with the deleting and moveing, i was adding a boot animation and before i knew it both play? no biggie really they overlap each other so its not some drawn out tone
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Make sure you did not put the .mp3 and .ogg file in the same place just the .ogg

synisterwolf said:
Make sure you did not put the .mp3 and .ogg file in the same place just the .ogg
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nah, i converted the mp3s to .ogg files since i lowered the sound volume since originals were enough to give me a heart attack lol

SynisterWolf said:
I used root explorer and just put the files in the system/media/audio/UI and did a restart and it worked.
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Clever Doge

[Tutorial] Change the internal ringtones of your rom

After you have read and follow this tutorial, you will be able to do the following:
*Remove ringtones, alarms, and notification tones that you don't use
*Add your own ringtones, alarms, and notification tones that you WILL use
**This is not the same as downloading and using a ringtone from the internet, or wherever. Those methods allow the phone to play the file from your memory card. With this method, we are physically removing or adding directly in the ROM itself.
**Make a backup! I am NOT responsible for ANYTHING that YOU do.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Now, Let's proceed.
Alright... So you wanna do this, here is what you will need:
*ADB Installed and working
*Root Manager of some sort (I use Android Commander)
*Format Factory - This is freeware, so it's not warez.
Step 1. Download and install Format Factory. This is the program I use for everything. If you have one of your own preference, it can be substituted.
IMPORTANT: When installing Format Factory, choose CUSTOM install, and uncheck the toolbar boxes. Otherwise, you are gonna get toolbars installed. You have been warned.
Step 2. Open Format Factory and click "All to OGG", located under the "Audio" tab on the left. (OGG is universal from Android to Android. That's why this is the chosen option. Also, the sound quality is not noticeably different, and uses less space than an MP3)
Step 3. Now a new screen appears. Click "Add File", and navigate to your audio files that you want as ringtones, alarm, etc. Once selected, click "OK"
DO NOT CHANGE THE OGG SETTINGS. DEFAULT SETTINGS WORK FINE
Step 4. Now you should be back at your main window, as if you just started the program. You should now see your selected files listed in the right window of the program. On the top bar, click "Start."
**Once the conversion process is finished, you may close the program. By default, your saved files will go to documents/FFOutput
Step 5. Open your Root Explorer program, I use Android Commander
**In Android Commander, the left window is your PC, the right is your phone
Step 6. With your Root Explorer program, navigate to your newly created OGG files. Once you see them listed, select them. In Android commander, to select a file, you must put a check mark in the box associated with that file.
Step 7. Move these newly selected files to your phone, by clicking the "Copy" button above the left window in Android Commander. In the right window, you will want to make sure that you are within your "/system/media/***" folder, to insure these files are copied to the correct location.
Step 8. Reboot and test.
Please note: "***" represents the respective folders. i.e. "ringtones", "notifications", etc.
If you want to remove audio files that you do not use, just select them, and click "Delete" from within their respective folders, using Android Commander.
**Once they are deleted, if you have no backup, they are gone!
I hope this has helped some of you, who wish to do this. If it has, please click THANKS.
Constructive criticism is always welcome. any questions, just ask.

I would suggest backing up the first first...
adb pull /system/media media-backup
You could replace steps 5-8 with this if you know how to use adb.
From cmd prompt:
adb remount /system
adb push drive:\path\to\folder-with-oggs /system/media/(ringtones/alarms/ui)
adb reboot

Can I just ask what's the advantage of doing this versus using a tone off of your SD card? Seems like a lot of extra work.

designgears said:
I would suggest backing up the first first...
adb pull /system/media media-backup
You could replace steps 5-8 with this if you know how to use adb.
From cmd prompt:
adb remount /system
adb push drive:\path\to\folder-with-oggs /system/media/(ringtones/alarms/ui)
adb reboot
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Got that in the OP, to backup your stuff first. ..And thanks for the command prompt commands. I'll give those a shot.
harlenm said:
Can I just ask what's the advantage of doing this versus using a tone off of your SD card? Seems like a lot of extra work.
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The advantage to doing this is nothing more than getting rid of extra stuff on your phone. Once the files are converted, you can put them aside somewhere and always have them.
This is with the understanding that you already have these ringtones on your memory card... This is a way to get them off your memory card, and on your phone. This in turn keeps your memory card clean.
I personally like this, because the only stuff that is on my phone is what I use, and nothing more. Even programs I don't use, get stripped from whatever ROM I am using.
FUNCTION > FORM

Ty for ya time there TribalartGod.
Works well....AND i have been trying to find something like this android commander.
So double thanks to ya

tribalartgod said:
Got that in the OP, to backup your stuff first. ..And thanks for the command prompt commands. I'll give those a shot.
The advantage to doing this is nothing more than getting rid of extra stuff on your phone. Once the files are converted, you can put them aside somewhere and always have them.
This is with the understanding that you already have these ringtones on your memory card... This is a way to get them off your memory card, and on your phone. This in turn keeps your memory card clean.
I personally like this, because the only stuff that is on my phone is what I use, and nothing more. Even programs I don't use, get stripped from whatever ROM I am using.
FUNCTION > FORM
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android reads your sd card for media just like it does on the system partition.
if you wanna keep your sdcard clean of ringtones/alarms/notifications files
just make a folder on your sd card called media then create the other folders to mimic android's system partition.
so it would be
media/audio/alarms
media/audio/notifications
media/audio/ringtones
that way the media scanner has to do less searching
and if you have small system partitions like older phones this really helps to strip them out the rom and put them on the sd card.

Thx for the info. Works great for my wife's Samsung infuse. I rooted it but for some reason it wont let me set custom ringtones without loading a custom rom. So this method worked great to replace her ringtones on rooted stock rom. Unfortunately there really isn't a solid custom rom for the infuse with what I tested so far.
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Great tut. Ill keep it in mind as I normally just use a zip that drops my ringtones into the proper folder and deletes the ones I don't use. Or use root explorer to delete them if there are new ones not in my list.

Extract ringtones
After reading this i thought i could be able to extract ringtones from any rom from the system/media/ringtones/ but unfortunately i couldnt find any of them there.Where else could they be?

vinayakmt said:
After reading this i thought i could be able to extract ringtones from any rom from the system/media/ringtones/ but unfortunately i couldnt find any of them there.Where else could they be?
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I'm no longer on this device...but what Rom are you trying to pull them from? I can still help. Pm me if need be
LG-P769 - Needs MIUI

I've been wondering how to do this. Now I have only my sd tones as I deleted the ones I didn't like (all of them moslty). Thanks!

Nice!
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where are ringtones?

just updated to skyics base 5 update 14. was resetting up contacts and went to set ringtone and there are none on phone any more. checked skyics thread and it says they are in zmod zip. downloaded file and nothing there pertaining to ringtones either.

herecomestrouble said:
just updated to skyics base 5 update 14. was resetting up contacts and went to set ringtone and there are none on phone any more. checked skyics thread and it says they are in zmod zip. downloaded file and nothing there pertaining to ringtones either.
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lol you must not have read too much of the thread... The last few pages have quite a few posts in regards to it... Just so you know, you should really use the search function otherwise you're gonna get flamed a lot, especially asking a ? like this in the thread...lol
For the sounds you needed to flash the update from your ext sd card not the internal. If you flash from the ext sd it will make a folder with all the sounds. From there you can put the tones you like back into system/media folder. Make sure you don't put them all back as you won't have enough room. Also make sure you use a file explorer that lets you change system to r/w otherwise it won't let you copy the files there... I use es file explorer or smanager... If you don't want to flash that again, which won't do anything really, you can just open the update file and extract the media folder and transfer from there...

How to get in-call recording on i337

This is using Grgsiocl's modified SecPhone.apk. It allows you to record calls from your phone while also changing your old phone to the international version (Black-ish instead of the white of the US models). He provided a zip, which I was afraid of flashing since he wrote the code for the i9500 and not the US variants. Oh, by the way this is for Deodexed roms, so make sure you have one of those. That's kind of important. Also with that said, you need to be rooted, but if you're already Deodexed then I assume you're already rooted.
So here's what I did:
1) First download his zip file: http://www.mediafire.com/?13pezaa8reobrno
2) Then I opened up his zip and went hunting for the apk (it's in the Apps folder within the System folder)
3) Copy it to your phone or sd card. I keep all of mine in a folder labeled Roms where I put Roms and other flashable mods in. DO NOT RENAME IT. ***Remember where you put the file since you'll be using it shortly. Write it down if you have to.***
4) Once that is done put your sd card back into your phone if out or unplug your phone from your computer
5) Open a root explorer, there are a lot of options on the Play store. I use Rom Toolbox, others use ES File Explorer and what not.
6) In your root explorer of choice make sure you're in the root of your device and not in an internal or external memory area.
7) Locate the "System" folder and open it
8) Then navigate to "Apps"
9) Look for the app called "SecPhone.apk" (sometimes they'll leave out the ".apk" and just have the app name depending on what file explorer app you're using.
10) Copy that application (some require you to press and hold down on the app in order for the explorer to allow you to copy)
11) Copy that application to your internal or external memory card anywhere other than where you have the modified "SecPhone.apk" file so it doesn't override it. There, you just backed it up if the new APK doesn't work for you. You want to copy it and not move it since if you move a crucial system file it can create a rather annoying "error" loop. I've had it happen to me multiple times and the only way to fix it is usually reflashing a rom. Very annoying.
12) Now locate the modified "SecPhone.apk" and also get to where you can copy it.
13) Once you have it selected and ready to copy it you are going to copy it in the root\system\app folder and when prompted you will override the one that is currently there.
14) Once the modified APK is in place you'll need to reboot into recovery.
15) In recovery you will do three things: wipe Dalvik Cache, Fix Permissions and reboot your phone. If you don't do this the app won't work after 1 use, speaking from experience.
16) Once your phone is rebooted you can test out your new and modified SecPhone.apk app and have fun recording calls.
!!!!!!REMEMBER RECORDING CALLS ISN'T LEGAL IN ALL STATES AND IT IS PROPER ETIQUETTE TO LET THE OTHER PERSON KNOW THAT THE CALL MAY BE RECORDED. SO ANY NEGATIVE OUTCOME (LEGAL OR OTHERWISE) THAT YOU RECEIVE FROM THIS ISN'T MY FAULT NOR GRGSIOCL'S!!!!!!
It saves the calls to your internal memory in a folder called "Sounds".
-Enjoy
Many thanks to Grgsiocl and his work.
The original thread is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2268146

I haven't tried this, but I suggest doing a nandroid before any of it or at least copy and rename the original "SecPhone.apk" with a .bak and keeping it another location incase it needs to be put back again.

I think I will try this but not for call recording but because I would like to have the dark theme phone dialer.

geoldr said:
I think I will try this but not for call recording but because I would like to have the dark theme phone dialer.
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Dialer is still light. Call progress screen is dark. And I couldn't get it working on my i337 with a deodexed stock ROM. Starts recording but eventually crashes phone app. I think there's a lib file we also need for this to work right.

ookba said:
Dialer is still light. Call progress screen is dark. And I couldn't get it working on my i337 with a deodexed stock ROM. Starts recording but eventually crashes phone app. I think there's a lib file we also need for this to work right.
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Oh okay thanks for letting me know.

or you can just do it the eazy way!
just flashed any international 9505 rom with call recording on your att gs4.

Which ROM do you recommend. Do you have to flash a kernel too?
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redstar299 said:
Which ROM do you recommend. Do you have to flash a kernel too?
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just flash the rom you like the most, but i usually stay away from rom that "remove this and remove that!".
it' like buying a Whopper, i dont want the lettuces and tomato removed for me! if i dont like lettuces or tomato, i can remove it myself!
yeah, i also flashed 9505 kernal.
phone recording on international rom is a hit or miss.. meaning it' like a car engine, sometime it starts and sometime it wont starts. or try to reboot your phone.

Ringtone MediaPac

Hey, on my G2, I had a zip I flashed that put just about every devices ringtone and notification on my phone. Can someone figure out how we can get that zip on here without recovery. Or if it's amazingly simple, and I'm just stupid , be nice and explain...thanks

big70tom said:
Hey, on my G2, I had a zip I flashed that put just about every devices ringtone and notification on my phone. Can someone figure out how we can get that zip on here without recovery. Or if it's amazingly simple, and I'm just stupid , be nice and explain...thanks
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Can you give the link to that zip file.
Maybe you need to put those ringtone/notification in system/media/audio and in their respective folder.

There is a tethered recovery that you can use to flash it with. I had a similar thing with my S3, had my own sound pack that I flashed with recovery. Tried on my G3 with the tethered recovery and works fine.

Create the following folders on you sdcard "Ringtones" "Notifications". Whatever sounds you put into these folders will show up in the respective list when you try to select the ringtone or notification. As for your flashable zip, just open it with a file editor, search for the folders containing the notification sounds, ringtones and copy them into the folders you just created on your sdcard. This way you don't need root and won't mess up anything in the system folder by accident.
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istinet said:
Create the following folders on you sdcard "Ringtones" "Notifications". Whatever sounds you put into these folders will show up in the respective list when you try to select the ringtone or notification. As for your flashable zip, just open it with a file editor, search for the folders containing the notification sounds, ringtones and copy them into the folders you just created on your sdcard. This way you don't need root and won't mess up anything in the system folder by accident.
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Completely spot-on. Personally I always copy them manually to /system/media but your solution also works fine (don't forget to reboot though, before additional questions will be asked ).

Thank you gentleman