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Sound assignment prob

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.

Anyone know how i can get Android 1.5 ringtones on Android 2.2?

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.

Geo411m said:
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?!

[Q] Focus S: Custom Ringtones not working, help!

I have a new Samsung Focus S, and I am having the hardest time trying to get a custom ringtone on the phone.
I have followed all the instructions that are out there, have an MP3 (non-DRM) file that is 37 seconds long, 500kb in size and have the 'Genre' set to "ringtone" (and I even tried "Ringtone"). When I sync it over to my phone, it doesn't show up on my ringtones list in Settings -> Ringtones.
Please advise. Thanks.

I think I might have an answer, I have also noticed that some ringtones will show up while others don't and end up in your music collection instead of your custom ringtones. From what I've seen WMAs work better than MP3s for some reasons as far as ringtones. I also seems to depend on how they were converted or if they are encrypted. Try to deploy a few of these see if they work.

Thanks for the reply- sorry for the delay, but I finally got a chance to play around with this.
When I create WMA files instead of MP3 files, it works perfectly. Whoever is having issues as well, try creating WMAs, i'm sure you'll get the same positive results.
Thanks again.

Avazee said:
Thanks for the reply- sorry for the delay, but I finally got a chance to play around with this.
When I create WMA files instead of MP3 files, it works perfectly. Whoever is having issues as well, try creating WMAs, i'm sure you'll get the same positive results.
Thanks again.
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Cool! Glad to see you got it working

Custom ringtone
I am having htc 7 mozart, i have followed all the rules to create a custom ringtone,
but it joins in music album, the below things to be done
its a 80kb wma file and edited in zune as genres as ringtone.
any one tried in mozart , write ur experience,
thanks in advance
Javed
HTC 7 Mozart

javedn said:
I am having htc 7 mozart, i have followed all the rules to create a custom ringtone,
but it joins in music album, the below things to be done
its a 80kb wma file and edited in zune as genres as ringtone.
any one tried in mozart , write ur experience,
thanks in advance
Javed
HTC 7 Mozart
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Go to where the ringtones you crated sit on your computer via Zune, find them and right click on on one of them and then choose edit, set the genre to "Ringtone" and re-sync. You'll have to do one ringtone at a time.

Can't set custom ringtone after ICS Update

Hi friends I got ICS update (Official) in India on 11th Sep ....Everything is fine but not able to set custom ringtone...screen shot below

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saikat_das said:
Hi friends I got ICS update (Official) in India on 11th Sep ....Everything is fine but not able to set custom ringtone...screen shot below
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What did you do to get the custom ringtone..
I mean I have copied a Nexus S rigntone to the notifications folder and I am able to use it a ringtone, this is the usual way of setting a custom ringtone.. have you done this??

Put ringotones in''ringtones'' folder
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Copy your custom ringtone mp3 to sdcard/media/audio/ringtones directory. Once the sdcard is scanned for media, the file will appear in your available ringtone list.

kousik said:
Copy your custom ringtone mp3 to sdcard/media/audio/ringtones directory. Once the sdcard is scanned for media, the file will appear in your available ringtone list.
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Thanks friend.... this worked for me thank you a lot

kousik said:
Copy your custom ringtone mp3 to sdcard/media/audio/ringtones directory. Once the sdcard is scanned for media, the file will appear in your available ringtone list.
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I stumbled on this thread/post after searching on the internet. The above solution that you have mentioned did not work for me. I do not have a ringtones folder under sdcard/media/audio directory,just the notifications folder. I copied my ringtones files to this notifications folder and restarted the phone. That did not work. Next I created a ringtone folder under sdcard/media/audio and pasted the tones under this folder.
I restarted the phone again and checked... that also did not work.
Am I missing something here? Please help.
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Thanks,
M

MadhaviJ said:
I stumbled on this thread/post after searching on the internet. The above solution that you have mentioned did not work for me. I do not have a ringtones folder under sdcard/media/audio directory,just the notifications folder. I copied my ringtones files to this notifications folder and restarted the phone. That did not work. Next I created a ringtone folder under sdcard/media/audio and pasted the tones under this folder.
I restarted the phone again and checked... that also did not work.
Am I missing something here? Please help.
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Thanks,
M
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I create my own ringtones in the .ogg format rather than MP3s. Then, I place them in /system/media/audio/ringtones or /system/media/audio/notifications, change permissions to rw-r--r--, change owner and group to 0-root and reboot. It has worked for me every time. I also remove all the existing ringtones and notifications because I never use them, but I don't think that's necessary to make it work.
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1BadWolf said:
I create my own ringtones in the .ogg format rather than MP3s. Then, I place them in /system/media/audio/ringtones or /system/media/audio/notifications, change permissions to rw-r--r--, change owner and group to 0-root and reboot. It has worked for me every time. I also remove all the existing ringtones and notifications because I never use them, but I don't think that's necessary to make it work.
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Create own ringtones & save as .ogg format, appreciate if you can advise more to achieve this. Also we do have a qhd wallpapers thread specific to A2, any leads to some really cool ringtones & notifications site? I usually go t to zedge on web & d/l mp3's. Got the Matrix phone ringtone currently

RAD7 said:
Create own ringtones & save as .ogg format, appreciate if you can advise more to achieve this. Also we do have a qhd wallpapers thread specific to A2, any leads to some really cool ringtones & notifications site? I usually go t to zedge on web & d/l mp3's. Got the Matrix phone ringtone currently
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I started to reply here, but decided to make a tutorial in the general section here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2205151
Thanks for asking and giving me an idea for how I can contribute to this community. :thumbup:
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Why guys do so much work to put it in ringtones folder.
Just open any mp3 or any ringtone in music player press menu key and there is option set as ringtone.... Simple

pritkudale said:
Why guys do so much work to put it in ringtones folder.
Just open any mp3 or any ringtone in music player press menu key and there is option set as ringtone.... Simple
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Personal preference. You like your way, I like mine. It's not all that much work and doesn't really take much time. Also, when my phone is connected to my PC, the ringtones are still usable since they aren't on the SD card.
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[Completed] [Q] Please help me to disable camera sound for LG f70(f370,d-315)

Hello.
I m using LG F70 (F370 or D-315).
And I have an issue that has been bothered me since I bought this device.
I tried to disable camera shutter sound in my phone.
Here are the methods I ve tried so far,
: 1. I replaced .ogg files in camera.apk with ogg files with no sound and replaced the modified camera.apk in SYSTEM\PRIVATE APP folder. I didn't forget to give 644 permission, but it didnt work. So I tried re-installing it as well. but it is still making horrible shutter noise. I didn't understand the situation. I inspected the apk file again and the ogg files were staying modified. I searched in many keywords to find hidden files using Root Explorer. But I couldnt find a worthy:crying:
2. I replaced another ogg shutter sound files that are located in the SYSTEM\MEDIA\AUDIO\UI
. But it didn't work, either:crying:
3. I looked for camera profiles in build.prof file but there no seems such profile exist.
I know that there were such profile that I could change "true" to "false" to change its function in another devices, but it doesnt exist anymore in this new device.:crying:
I ve already got tired to find out how to fix this issue.'
And now I 'm begging you for some tips that hits the nail on the head.
Thank you for reading.

Sanjo711 said:
Hello.
I m using LG F70 (F370 or D-315).
And I have an issue that has been bothered me since I bought this device.
I tried to disable camera shutter sound in my phone.
Here are the methods I ve tried so far,
: 1. I replaced .ogg files in camera.apk with ogg files with no sound and replaced the modified camera.apk in SYSTEM\PRIVATE APP folder. I didn't forget to give 644 permission, but it didnt work. So I tried re-installing it as well. but it is still making horrible shutter noise. I didn't understand the situation. I inspected the apk file again and the ogg files were staying modified. I searched in many keywords to find hidden files using Root Explorer. But I couldnt find a worthy:crying:
2. I replaced another ogg shutter sound files that are located in the SYSTEM\MEDIA\AUDIO\UI
. But it didn't work, either:crying:
3. I looked for camera profiles in build.prof file but there no seems such profile exist.
I know that there were such profile that I could change "true" to "false" to change its function in another devices, but it doesnt exist anymore in this new device.:crying:
I ve already got tired to find out how to fix this issue.'
And now I 'm begging you for some tips that hits the nail on the head.
Thank you for reading.
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So I assume that you already saw this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051384
If yes and you don't find your answer there, you should try to ask in the General Q&A Section of XDA for help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help
Good luck!