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Can't get Ringdroid to work.

In looking at the apps recommendations, I notice people really like Ringdroid. I can't get it to work.
It loads fine, sees the MP3s on my SD card, saves the new ringtone file to the appropriate folder, and then assigns the new ringtone to the contact of my choosing. But when they call, the phone uses my default ringtone.
I've tried it several times now, including deleting and reloading the app, with the same result. Since the initial process seems to work without a problem, it seems like I'm missing something simple, a checkbox somewhere.
I've emailed ringdroid support without any response other than an automatic response to check the FAQ. The FAQ does not address my issue.
Anyone else experiencing the same issue? Not having assigned ringtones is the last thing I miss from WM. I've looked at other ringtone apps that want you to download the MP3s, but they never have the songs I want and the songs are already on my SD card anyway.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks, OKMD

Contact Cleaner?

So I'm coming from an HTC Touch HD that ran winmo 6.5. When we transferred my contacts from the sim to the new phone (captivate) the contacts show but it will not give some options like set ringtone for an individual contact. If I create a new contact, I get full options. Anyone have any apps or ideas on how to "format" the contacts towards the Captivate that will allow me to set ringtones, etc. I refuse to delete all contacts and remake them.
Thanks

Anyone? Bueller?

Is anyone else having this issue at least?
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I'm having the same problem

Try this to see if it helps
Go into contacts
hit menu, more
import/export
export to sd card
hit menu, more
import/export
import to sd card
select phone
Hope that helps

I started a thread about it not too long ago.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732024

Thanks!!!
So I tried the export/import to SD which didn't work. I ended up downloading an app to delete all of my contacts, did the export/import and it works now!

To add individual ringtones for imported contacts, get RingDroid. It's a known bug, but this fixes it. Of course, I set the default ringtone within the app and now it won't use any of my individual ones, but I've emailed the dev about that...

individual ringtones

Ok so i know you can use ringo but I was hoping there was a way i can set individual ringtones with out using 3rd party app. I have all my ringtones in ogg and mp3 format but I can't find a way to pick a ringtone based on contact. Anyone know of a way? Thanks

irus said:
Ok so i know you can use ringo but I was hoping there was a way i can set individual ringtones with out using 3rd party app. I have all my ringtones in ogg and mp3 format but I can't find a way to pick a ringtone based on contact. Anyone know of a way? Thanks
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Try this (this works on most other android phones)
1. Create a folder in the root of your SD card called ringtones (lower case r at the front).
2. Put all the mp3 versions of the ringtones you want to use in this folder.
3. Reboot your phone.
4. Now, all the ringtones should show up when you go to select a ringtone for you phone.
5. Go to your contacts and pick the person you want to assign a custom ringtone for.
6. At that person's main contact page, hit the Menu button (the capacitive button at the bottom left of your phone) and select Options
There it should have a spot for assigning a custom ringtone for that contact.
You can also create a folder on the root of your SD card called notifications (also a lower case n at the beginning) and you can put in sounds you want to use for e-mail, SMS and other notications. On my Nexus you usually have to reboot after adding or removing files from these folders to be able to see them, and I would stick with an mp3 format as much as possible.
Also, there aren't any ways to add custom notifications for a person that I know of yet, outside of maybe a 3rd party app.
If you have any other general Android questions try searching XDA or Google for the answers. A lot of the google results will link back to XDA, but maybe for another device (but the answer will apply to most Android devices overall).

Kiserai said:
Try this (this works on most other android phones)
1. Create a folder in the root of your SD card called ringtones (lower case r at the front).
2. Put all the mp3 versions of the ringtones you want to use in this folder.
3. Reboot your phone.
4. Now, all the ringtones should show up when you go to select a ringtone for you phone.
5. Go to your contacts and pick the person you want to assign a custom ringtone for.
6. At that person's main contact page, hit the Menu button (the capacitive button at the bottom left of your phone) and select Options
There it should have a spot for assigning a custom ringtone for that contact.
You can also create a folder on the root of your SD card called notifications (also a lower case n at the beginning) and you can put in sounds you want to use for e-mail, SMS and other notications. On my Nexus you usually have to reboot after adding or removing files from these folders to be able to see them, and I would stick with an mp3 format as much as possible.
Also, there aren't any ways to add custom notifications for a person that I know of yet, outside of maybe a 3rd party app.
If you have any other general Android questions try searching XDA or Google for the answers. A lot of the google results will link back to XDA, but maybe for another device (but the answer will apply to most Android devices overall).
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Thanks for the reply but the problem is Samsung has an UI overlay and when u get to step 6 there is no menu option

Hit the menu button.
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chvybeatsford said:
Hit the menu button.
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I see the problem now I can't assign ringtones for my google contacts for some reason

irus said:
I see the problem now I can't assign ringtones for my google contacts for some reason
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Google contacts dont seem to allow it. So I guess the question is how do we convert contacts from google to standard phone contacts.

I can't believe Samsung took out this important feature!

rahlquist said:
Google contacts dont seem to allow it. So I guess the question is how do we convert contacts from google to standard phone contacts.
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I can answer that...I had the same issue, and figured it out this evening.
Export your contacts in GMail to a VCard file, then dump that file onto the SD card on the phone.
Import/Export while in your address book, and make sure you select "Phone" and not your linked GMail accounts.
Problem solved.

marten.broadcloak said:
I can answer that...I had the same issue, and figured it out this evening.
Export your contacts in GMail to a VCard file, then dump that file onto the SD card on the phone.
Import/Export while in your address book, and make sure you select "Phone" and not your linked GMail accounts.
Problem solved.
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thats what i did and it worked

marten.broadcloak said:
I can answer that...I had the same issue, and figured it out this evening.
Export your contacts in GMail to a VCard file, then dump that file onto the SD card on the phone.
Import/Export while in your address book, and make sure you select "Phone" and not your linked GMail accounts.
Problem solved.
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awesome! gonna try it now! i've been looking for a way to do this

ok, so i tried this, and it shows a linked contact, the phone and the gmail. but in order for it to work, i'm having to make the phone the default not gmail, and then unlink the contact. does that make sense?

You don't need to import contacts. You can create a new contact on your "phone", not Gmail, with the same name. Afterward, the new contact will automatically linked to the Gmail contact. Then edit that contact and you will see a new tab called "Phone", inside that tab is where you can change the ringtone.

i like having all of my contacts synced to google for quick editing and for backup, will I have to create new contacts twice to assign them a custom ringtone? it seems we are missing a few important features.
this also affects group sms, since the sms program wont look at google groups, only local groups

this seems to be hit and miss for some reason. i was able to move my contacts to the phone, it linked them, and allowed me to edit the phone version to have a custom ringtone. the problem now is that sometimes the ringtone works other times it just goes to default. is there a way to not sync your gmail contacts to the phone and install them manually?

all of these work arounds are pretty stupid. The fact that samsung, disabled this feature, or that android doesn't support it is STUPID. If you do any of these steps you end up having duplicate contacts. Worse yet, on many menus, it will show 4 phone numbers (ie 2 for mobile and 2 for home). I can't belive such a fundamental feature is SOOOOO broke.

[Q] Help with Media information

Ok, so when I first got the phone, I was having friends send me pictures to associate with their name in my contact list. Well, somehow, one of them got associated with my ringtone files on the phone. So now the album picture for all the downloaded ringtones on my phone is one of the pictures my friend sent to me. Of him. Lol. And it's annoying.
I tried deleting all the ringtones from my phone, yet somehow when I added them back on, it came back. All the ringtone artists are listed as <unknown>. Another thing I cannot figure out how to edit.
Anybody know how to fix this? I don't even want a picture for the ringtones.
Also, the picture that is coming up as the album cover for those ringtones has long since been deleted. And I have no idea how it even became associated with the ringtones. I never set it to represent them. It just did it on its own.

Yes, I’ve had this happen to me and it is annoying!
I don’t know a quick and simple fix for this.
I used a few different apps to help me fix this. I used mp3tagger and itag to fix these issues Search mp3, mp3 tagger and I’m sure you will have a number of different apps come up. It took a while but it worked. If all your albums and songs are unknown you might be working on this for a while.

I use iTag and another called Album Art Grabber... they are each good at different things. Be advised that the stock media apps usually show art based on the Album Artist data. Change all the files you can find with that field blank to have an image (or no image) that you would prefer for your ringtones and then eventually the image that the phone will autofill for those files with an unknown artist will be that of your choosing and not your friend's ugly mug.
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Neither of those apps will delete that picture from being the album cover.

AHA! I figured you out.
You have to go into the My Files app, then go to the folder albumthumbs and then delete anything that is in there that you didn't put there.
Boom, paow!

Custom Ringtones for Contacts

I just got my Note 5 today and I was working through setting it up. I was able to setup a new default ringtone just fine. But, I have a different ringtone I use for my wife so that I know when she's calling. I've looked through all the settings and seem to be unable to set a ringtone specific to that contact. Anyone else having this issue or is it just me?
On the Note 4 I did this by editing the contact & there was an option to assign a ringtone. It doesn't seem it's anywhere to be found on the Note 5.

You have to hit edit and then add another field then ring tone

I tried that, but didn't see the option there. This is all I see when I try to add a new contact field.

I do have the option to assign Ringtones just like the other guy said. Works fine... Click on contact.. Click edit.. Click add... Click assign Ringtone

This might not work if you have your wife's number saved to your SIM card.

I figured out the problem. I use Card-dav to store & sync my contacts (I don't use Gmail or Google contacts), and for whatever reason they Note 5 is not setup to allow custom ringtones for those contacts (even though it did just fine on the Note 4). So, I just created a device contact & set the ringtone there, then linked the two contacts together. A bit cumbersome, but it'll get the job done since it's the only contact that requires that kind of work.

LaRosa217 said:
I figured out the problem. I use Card-dav to store & sync my contacts (I don't use Gmail or Google contacts), and for whatever reason they Note 5 is not setup to allow custom ringtones for those contacts
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That's a bit dissapointing. I use card-dav as well. Thank you for figuring this out.