Hi all, I am one of the people having the "random changed" ringtones and alerts.
So I converted them to ogg format and put them into /system/media/sounds ecc. ecc.
Now, when I browse for Ringtones, I do not see their real name (e.g. myRinger), I see something like: e32f45ab352d905 etc. etc.
Anybody with the same problem?
Ideas?
TIA
Can't say that i have seen that problem....
Perhaps it's the software conferteer. I used an online one. What did u use to convert from mp3 to ogg?
Using another software worked like a charm.
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What did you use to move the file to the /system/media/audio/whatever directory? I've tried ghost commander and adb but can't figure either one of them out. Did manage to push it with adb to SD card but I need to mount it somehow I guess? And ghost commander isn't all that user friendly.
Maybe a term and mount the /system directory?
I used "super manager". Note that you must have root enabled.
Luca
It's a shame es file explorer doesn't do root. I know it does sort of but not on mine.
Atomic
Okay Super Manager worked great. One question though... When it mounts /system as rw does it mount it back to ro after a time or do you have to manually do that? The icons don't have names and it's a little confusing.
Also lol at me doing this the night before (maybe) the next release that's supposed to fix this issue comes out.
It mount it back to R/O as far as I know.
In fact the second time u access the folder you're asked again for mounting in R/W
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So I flashed the MikShift ROM onto my phone a few days ago, but I noticed that sprint tv, and also sprint navigator are missing. I found the .apk files in the mikshift folder, but when I try to install them, it says application not installed. I also tried installing it using the android sdk with no luck.
My next thought, which I am afraid to try (unless its right) is to unzip the rom on my comp, copy the sprint tv and navigator .apks into the system folder, re-compress is, then try flashing that rom. (I can't copy the files with it compressed)
What is the correct way to do this? I know it can be done, or the .apk wouldn't still be in the file, right?
Please help a noob out.
7zip will allow you to move files into the archive without extracting. Not 100%, but on my moment files needed to be zipped in a special way. If you absolutely have to extract it then I'm pretty sure you have to change compression settings to no compression. I'm also fairly sure that if you mess up CWM won't let you flash it.
Mount your /system as rw
Download terminal emulator and type
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Mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk3p26 /system
Then install
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i believe i did everything as instructed, but the file still didn't install.
I can't get the files moved with 7zip either. I'm pretty sure thats not the correct way of doing it anyway.
Follow the remount command above, then copy it to system, don't install
cp /sdcard/whateverFolder/blah.apk /system/app/
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IT LIVES!!! Thank you very much.
I understand the the copy command that I did through terminal emulator, but what is the first command? I can at least figure out that i'm telling the emulator to mount the phone as r/w, then remounting it for edit i think, but i'm not sure what the "ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk3p26 /system" part means. Could someone explain that? I really want to get more involved in my phone, so i'm trying to learn all I can.
I'll walk you through it.
mount = the base command
-o = with options
rw, remount = add the read/write option, and remount
-t = using file system type
ext3 = the file system type
/dev/block/mmcblk0p26 = the absolute path to the special device file that points to that partition
/system = when you mount that partition call it /system (which it already was, hence the remount option earlier)
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Awesome, thank you very much.
Where did you find the mikshift folder you are talking about on here? I would like to install Sprint TV as well. Thanks.
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So I flashed the MikShift ROM onto my phone a few days ago, but I noticed that sprint tv, and also sprint navigator are missing. I found the .apk files in the mikshift folder, but when I try to install them, it says application not installed. I also tried installing it using the android sdk with no luck.
My next thought, which I am afraid to try (unless its right) is to unzip the rom on my comp, copy the sprint tv and navigator .apks into the system folder, re-compress is, then try flashing that rom. (I can't copy the files with it compressed)
What is the correct way to do this? I know it can be done, or the .apk wouldn't still be in the file, right?
Please help a noob out.
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Sorry about that wished I'd seen this post earlier. Was busy most of the morning . But if your on MikShifted and want the Stock Sprint apps, go HERE. The thread should have the ones your looking for .
I've got one cifs mount that works and one that shows an empty folder.
both mounts are from (seperate) ubuntu servers with near identical smb.conf files. there are no sym links in the shares. does the file system on the mount point have any effect? one is ext3 and the other is ext4
the strange thing is that when in the android terminal I can see the contents of the 'empty' mount but in the file managers i've tried (astro, adoa, ES)I just get an empty directory and instead of seeing dr- for the permissions it just show d--.
this is on an asus transformer running optimus 1.5
any help would be greatly appreciated.
never mind, file manager HD does the job, doesn't bother mounting, just points directly to the smb share.
highly recomend using file manager HD if anyone else is having my problems, it's fantastic.
only annoying thing was that I couldn't add shortcuts to smb:// root addresses, so I created symlinks within the shares.
I know, you dont need a solution anymore, but someone else might need it. I had the same problem and it was a rights issue. I changed the owner:group to root:root and and changed access rights to 0555. I dont know it is now working, because no other clients need these changes.
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I know, you dont need a solution anymore, but someone else might need it. I had the same problem and it was a rights issue. I changed the owner:group to root:root and and changed access rights to 0555. I dont know it is now working, because no other clients need these changes.
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Can you elaborate on this? When you say you changed the owner:group to root:root, is that for the directory on the server that is being shared? What about files and child directories? Also, by 0555, do you mean r-xr-x-r-x permissions on the samba share folder on the server? Which samba user did you use to access the share?
I have multiple mounts, and while cifs manager says they all mount successfully, some of them show up as empty directories, and I can not figure out why as I have made sure that the permissions on the server are the same.
I have hellfire phoenix v1.9 running on my g2x. I wanted to add a ringtone from my computer into the g2x.
I have installed the android platform driver and then when I connect, I see drives E and F, but cannot explore them.
I searched and found a suggestion to turn on usb storage--but I find no options on the hellfire phoenix v1.9 to do this.
Also, toggling the usb debugging mode does not change anything.
All I am trying to do is to find the native ringtone folder and add my ringtone which I made in a .ogg format.
Please help
The simplest way for you to do this is put the file on your SD card and using either root explorer or ES file manager. You'll want to mount system as writeable via the settings and go to System\media\audio\ringtones\
Note you don't have to make the .ogg files it will still work with MP3's except alarms for some reason. You will also need to reboot before it shows up in your list.
Sorry, but I cannot understand when you say,
--You'll want to mount system as writeable via the settings and go to System\media\audio\ringtones\---
Is there a way to move this .ogg or .mp3 file into the ringtones folder (which exists in System\media\audio\ringtones. I can see all the ringtones once I use file explorer.
Even if I copy the file into a external sd, since it is not as intuitive as cut/copy and paste into the folder--how is this done.
What I was hoping was to be able to open this folder thru the computer when connected thru USB and just drag and drop it into the folder of ringtones. If this is not possible assuming the ringtone I want moved is called vintage.ogg , can this be done with ADB commands? Please help
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Sorry, but I cannot understand when you say,
--You'll want to mount system as writeable via the settings and go to System\media\audio\ringtones\---
Is there a way to move this .ogg or .mp3 file into the ringtones folder (which exists in System\media\audio\ringtones. I can see all the ringtones once I use file explorer.
Even if I copy the file into a external sd, since it is not as intuitive as cut/copy and paste into the folder--how is this done.
What I was hoping was to be able to open this folder thru the computer when connected thru USB and just drag and drop it into the folder of ringtones. If this is not possible assuming the ringtone I want moved is called vintage.ogg , can this be done with ADB commands? Please help
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Normally it's read only, as in you can look but you can't touch. Writable means you write to it, you can alter or otherwise put information/files there.
And, yes it's as simple as copy and paste, unless you don't know what you're doing in the first place.
Using ES file explorer is the simplest method. Even if you use ADB you still would have to give it the command to mount the system as writable. If you Droid explorer you still need to have the system mounted as writable.
I don't know if it works on all roms, but Gingerbread based roms if you make a directory named ringtones in the Root of the SD card the phone should read it from there, or it does on mine.
Yes, I did everything--thought it was going to work, but it failed.
Steps I took--
Copied a sound.ogg file into the ext sdcard
Installed ES file explorer and under preferences set permissions to write (because I am rooted)
Copied the file from edt sd card
then switched to the systems\media\audio\ringtones folder, was able to see all the ringtones currently present.
Pasted my sound.ogg file---it said "multiple operations completed, but failed to paste sound.ogg Unclear why..
Should I have rebooted after setting permissions to write, before executing the copy and paste operation?
Thanks for the prior help--but need some more..
Use an app called software data cable......works like a charm.....remember u need to be on the same network......it uses FTP service.
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I use a really useful app called Airdroid which you can find on the Google market. It allows you to establish a Wifi connection through your computer's web browser to your phone. I then transfer whatever music, files, shows or anything I want through it.
Thanks everybody
Just followed my previous steps as outlined. Being a noob, I had to do things gingerly, not to screw up. As I guessed, I have to reboot, before the ability to write takes effect (on es file explorer). Then it is just a matter of copy and paste.
Thanks all
I have a bunch of different notifications and ringtones I'd like to use, but I cant insert them into the default directory along with the other ringtones. Is there anyway to do this?
Are you rooted? If so, you can use root explorer or es file explorer to mount /system as writable (I assume you are rooted if you know where to put the files) then copy your files.
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Are you rooted? If so, you can use root explorer or es file explorer to mount /system as writable (I assume you are rooted if you know where to put the files) then copy your files.
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So through Clockwork, I know how to mount /system, but then what? Do i start the phone as normal to get to the OS, and do my file swapping from there?
Or do I need to do something else?
**** i didnt see the part about Root Explorer. I'm download ES right now.
Why do you want to put it in your system folder and not on your SD card? Every time you flash a new nightly or release you'll have to put them there again.
No one ever uses ADB anymore for some reason, but if you're running windows you can create a batch file to delete the stuff you don't want and the push your files to the media folder. I have a batch file I run after every nightly to remove a lot of junk, here is the commands I use for the sounds. I don't push any sounds to the media folder b/c they are all on my sd card.
Code:
adb shell rm -f /system/media/audio/ui/camera_click.ogg
adb shell rm -f /system/media/audio/ringtones/*.ogg
adb shell rm -f /system/media/audio/notifications/*.ogg
stevew84 said:
I have a bunch of different notifications and ringtones I'd like to use, but I cant insert them into the default directory along with the other ringtones. Is there anyway to do this?
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You can put them on your External SD in Folders named ringtones and notifications. The rom should read it from there, or mine does. I am using Xborders GB 1.0.
Cant delete an audio file !!
I installed an audio app from the market. It gave options to "Set as ringtone" for its sounds. I set a tone. But now i cant remove it from my system/media/audio/ringtones !!. Its so irritating. I have a rooted xperia mini ( ROM - Jelly Vanilla Ex 2.1) ... I even flashed the stock firmware, wiped data and everything, but every time i set a new ringtone, it is present in the SOUND PICKER !. Can anyone please help me in this ??? Is this a virus or anythin >???? :crying:
Hi everybody! I'm new to the forum and to Android devices too, so please forgive me if I'm making some simple mistakes.
I've recently bought this beautiful device, and I've recently customized it with MaximusHD ROM so now I'm running Android 4.2.2 + Sense 5.0
I want to add my customized iPhone ringtones to my One S. I've googled for something that around the world and it seems damn simple but I cannot manage it to work as expected. I've searched also this forum and the instructions seems everywhere like this:
1) plug your device to the computer
2) transfer your ringtones to the equivalent folder on the device (somewhere it's called ringtones, somewhere else Ringtones I don't know if it's important or not)
3) that's it! You can add your ringtones browsing into Settings - Sound.
Well, I perform the steps but no ringtones at all!
I've tried to replace their extension from .m4r to m4a and also mp3 but nothing changed.
I've tried to reboot and or switch off my device, nothing.
I've tried to put the ringtones in the Download folder and the move them from inside the device with Solid Explorer, nothing.
I've tried to put them in Music folder, nothing at all...
What's wrong?
The ringtones aren't bought from iTunes, they are simple mp3 cropped to 30 sec with this site http audiko dot net/
They are DRM free in fact Solid Explorer can playback them regardless their file extension.
I've even found a thread where it's talking about a .nomedia file in the folder, but it's not the case of my device with Android File Transfer and Solid Explorer I don't see any .nomedia file into Ringtones folder.
Thank you for your help in advice!
Give "media scanner" from play store a try...
Sometimes even my phone needs some time to find all new custom ringtones...
foeti said:
Give "media scanner" from play store a try...
Sometimes even my phone needs some time to find all new custom ringtones...
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Hi, where can I find that option on Play Store?
However in the meantime I've found a solution.... really strange but it works.
I've sent the mp3s via Bluetooth. I had to rename it from m4r to mp3 first but after that I've transferred them to the phone, Settings -> Sound displayed them instantly without rebooting the device. I've noticed that they're stored in downloads/bluetooth folder.
It seems to me that if the Sense doesn't "see" the files then it won't work nevertheless the folder I put them in.
But I can live with mp3 stored in downloads/bluetooth folder. :laugh:
It just sounds really strange to me it doesn't work in the easier way.
I assume that your device is rooted. Use ES File Explorer ... tools ... root explorer ... mount R/W ... then, open system folder ... media folder ... audio ... ringtones. That's where to copy and paste your ringtones. Afterward, simply change ES File Explorer back to R/O and reboot. Your new ringtones will now be in the settings menu.
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I assume that your device is rooted. Use ES File Explorer ... tools ... root explorer ... mount R/W ... then, open system folder ... media folder ... audio ... ringtones. That's where to copy and paste your ringtones. Afterward, simply change ES File Explorer back to R/O and reboot. Your new ringtones will now be in the settings menu.
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Yes, it's rooted since I've installed MaximusHD ROM.
In one of my attempts I've tried to put the ringtones in that folder with Solid Explorer (that asked me for permissions) then I rebooted the device but still nothing, only I don't remember if in that attempt the file extensions were mp3 or m4r (ven if it seems it doesn't matter, at least to the file manager that playback them even if I rename it .ogg).
There's one thing that I don't understand: I've noticed that Android File Manager shows me the content of /storage/emulated/0 folder; however in the folder /storage/emulated/0/Ringtones there are two ringtones (hangouts_message.ogg and hangouts_video_call.ogg) that system sound settings recognize without problems. The thing that I don't understand it's why it doesn't work if I put my files among this two.
Oh and there's also another ringtone that the system sound settings recognize and it's placed in /storage/emulated/0/media/audio/notifications but again if I put my files there they aren't recognized.
I don't understand why files sent via Bluetooth works while transferring directly in the proper folder by USB don't...
They can be ogg or mp3 files, either will work. However they need to be placed into system folders, not simply put into storage folders of internal memory on your sd card. In order to do that you will need root explorer or ES file explorer, and mount the system as I explained earlier. If you need a step by step instruction, let me know.
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They can be ogg or mp3 files, either will work. However they need to be placed into system folders, not simply put into storage folders of internal memory on your sd card. In order to do that you will need root explorer or ES file explorer, and mount the system as I explained earlier. If you need a step by step instruction, let me know.
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Hi, thank you. What's really sound strange to me it's that a "normal user" has to root his device to put some ringtones on it while using Bluetooth everything works fine. I mean, even Apple let you put your ringtones with iTunes, without jailbraking the iPhone.
Besides, if this is the only method that works, then I really don't understand what is the purpose of Ringtones, Notifications folders in the /storage/emulated/0 (those normally displayed by Android File Transfer app) if they doesn't do what expected.
Those folders already existed on the phone, I didn't touch anything.
Actually, the Maximus rom changes your sd card ... my guess is, that is what is keeping you from simply dropping the files into the ringtone folder, like you can on a stock rom. None the less, if you are rooted, the best and most complete way, is to do what I described earlier.
Yeah, it's possible. I can ask on the official topic of that ROM maybe.
Thank you for your help I'll make a test and let you know if it worked.
:-/
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