Hi all,
I'm a bit stumped. I'm running AOKP 4.2.2, but I'm having issues with the alarms, ringtones and notifications folder location. I can see all the default files in the /system/media/audio/notifications, ../alarms, ../ringtones location which is good. But they do not display in the alarm or sounds settings when i try to change them. The only one on the Alarm sound list is Scandium (which is an awful sound to wake up to). When i select EX Explorer as the file selector for the Alarm app, I can select one of the sounds in the /system.../ location it displays some randrom numbers instead of the alarm name and the alarm selection does not persist.
So, two questions 1. Is it possible to force the list of sounds to look in a particular folder? and 2. Any thoughts on how i can get around this behavior? Screenshots attached.
Thank you.
Where are the system notification and ringtones stored in Lollipop?
I got a Note 5 (Verizon) yesterday and am trying to locate the system directory where notification and and ringtones are stored..... I'll be danged if the "+" icon disappeared in both notification and ringtone section so I can't add any.....2 different Samsung people playing around in my phone weren't much help....I SHOULD be able to copy a file over and place it in a directory where it would be recognized....but searching for mp3 locates only the files copied over....the horrible news, I've got voice mails for ringtones..apparently smart switcher transferred them over.....I am so annoyed. Can someone have mercy and tell me how to manually install the sounds for both ringtones and notifications.....there is NO OPTION to add in system settings.....as it said earlier, there was a "+" at the bottom right to add new sounds.... I may have chosen "music" to where to add the ringtones.....TIA
HTC One ME (m9ew) has no possiblity to change own notification sound. But, if you have root permission from device like: SuperSU, Superuser, etc. and File Manager you can change it.
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First you have:
-- Download or save custom notification sound to phone 'Download' folder or somewhere to Extension SDcard
-- Extension file must be *.mp3, or *.flac
-- Installed SuperSU or Superuser
-- Open content with saved notification sound with File Manger in phone (e.g. Total Commander for Android)
-- Enter to left side of tree: File system root -> /system/media/audio/notifications
-- Enter to right side of tree: (place where is custom notification sound)
-- Select your custom sound
-- Copy it to -> /system/media/audio/notifications
-- Rename any of unlike, stock sound (like e.g: Scry.mp3) to any name. I added for example new extension *.bak (in my case Scry.mp3.bak)
-- Change your notification sound to name, which you renamed just now (in my case Scry.mp3)
-- Change custom sound (Scry.mp3 in /system/media/audio/notifications) permission to 644 (Tap file in Total Commander and select Properties, push 'RWX' symbol and add selection to Group: R, and World: R (to see below number 644).
-- Quit Total Commander
-- Enter to Settings -> Personalize -> Sound: Notification Sound and select early changed sound (in my case Scry.mp3)
-- Enjoy new sound!
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INFO:
Useful apps above exist in Play Store
NO other apps to junk your smartphone (like themes, etc)
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My favourite HTC One ME Dual-SIM in action:
-- on YT (user: techalive)
Hi
On my one me I can setup any notification sound I want without root. Just put them into notifications folder on internal memory or SD card and it will appear on the list.
Cheers
Wysłane z mojego HTC One ME dual sim przy użyciu Tapatalka
coolawy said:
Hi
On my one me I can setup any notification sound I want without root. Just put them into notifications folder on internal memory or SD card and it will appear on the list.
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Yep, that's true.
You can set your notification sound without root, simply putting files into 'Notifications' folder, but only advantage above is that you have not to REBOOT your device.
System also sets to non-setting sound file permissions to 644, too. It's unnecessary to change it.
My bypass only for educational purpose.
Bye
Hello I got my p40 pro today and working around the system with no Google services so far love it - one annoying thing I can’t solve normally on an android device (always used Samsung ) I place mp3 ringtones in a folder called ringtone and they show in the ringtone section to add to contacts or phone ringer however not on the huewei any idea how I can get them to show or assign them to a contact ??
On the bottom of each contact you can find "Default - ringtone".
Here you can assign a ringtone for that contact.
Hi there thank you for reply the issue is my own ringtones don’t appear into that list - if I go to select music I find the ringtone however there is no way to select it ......... so I am completely stumped
Go and choose a contact - on the bottom you have default/ringtone - on the top you have music on device - there you must find your ringtones.
You can move the ringtone folder into the Music folder.
Hi guys,
I often see the question howto backup and restore GB Whatsapp...
I faced this problem by swiching in april 2023 to a new phone and restored all there, my chats, my pictures, my videos, just everything!
Its very easy to do this and here is my tutorial...
1 ) On youre old phone open GB Whatsap, tap the 3 dots menu on the top right corner,
then tap on the bottom of the popup menu settings (NOT GB SETTINGS), tap chats, on the bottom of this menu tap Chat-Backup!
2) For the next step start again on the 3 dots menu on the top right corner,
now tap GB Settings (the opposite of the first step), then tap Universal, then Backup and restore, on the top tap Backup WhatsApp data!
3) Now close GB Whatsapp and connect your Phone via USB to your PC with Datatransfer enabled, i use a Windows PC, first time will take a view seconds to install the Drivers (on Windows 10 and 11 automaticly), then open the File Explorer and click on youre device (xiaomi, samsung or whatever), on Linux and OSX it should be allmost similar!
4) Now you will see the SD-Card folder, there you click the Android folder, then media folder, there you will find a folder named com.gbwhatsapp!
Copy this folder wiht all inside to your PC, for example on your Desktop! Be aware the folder can be huge , depending on your chats pictures and videos inside,
my folder was about 5 Gigs and needet about 10 Minutes!!!
4a) Instead of copy to PC you can connect a USB Drive to your phone and copy the folder to it!
5) Now connect your new Phone to PC the same way like before your old phone!
5a) Now connect your new Phone to SD-Card the same way like before your old phone!
6) Now copy back the saved folder to the same folder like before (Android - media, if the media folder dont exists, create it... )
7) Now install GB Whatsapp and open it.
8) ON THIS STEP YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFULLY, DONT TAP THE RED RESTORE BUTTON, INSTEAD TAP THE GREEN BUTTON UNDER THE RED BUTTON called something like AGREE AND CONTIUNE!!!
DONT INSTALL GB WHATSAPP BEFORE YOU COPIED THE BACKUPFOLDER or if you did allready, DONT OPEN IT BEFORE!!!
Enter your Phone Number using the simcard from your old phone (DO NOT USE A NEW SIMCARD/PHONE-NUMBER) and recive your verification Code after verification you will get a message something like found backup, restore? Tap yes, your username will be showed (in my case it was correct) and let it restore...
I think if the username is not correct (like John D. instead of John Doe) the restore will fail so if you make the backup it can be usefull to check your EXACT username just to prevent failtures...
Thats all, after restore everything should work like on your old Phone!
Let's get to the themes!
I really searched all over the internet
there is NO ONE tutorial on how to create your own GB Whatsapp Themes!
Everywhere you will only find "download themes through the app" etc!
However, I found out how to change background images of ready-made themes and that's enough for me personally!
So the themes of mine are existing themes where I just changed the background, in other words, don't thank me but thank those who created the original themes!!!
First, just look for one (or more) original themes where you like the layout, i.e. icons, colors, fonts, etc. regardless of the background image! If you download a theme in the app, you will find it in the Download - FMThemes folder, let's take the Coca Cola theme as an example!
It consists of 3 files:
Coca_Cola.xml
Coca_Cola_homeW.jpg
Coca_Cola_w.jpg
The first file is apparently responsible for the layout already mentioned and is not changed!
I'm not sure about the second one, although it has a .jpg extension, it can't be opened as an image file, so we'll leave that one as well!
The third file is clearly an image file and can be opened as such!
We will now replace this file with an image file of our choice!
To do this, we right-click the file on the PC and go to rename, we copy the marked text (Coca_Cola_w) with another right-click!
Then we find the image file we want to replace the original with, right click on it again and go to rename again and then right click on paste again, this way we make sure the file WILL BE NAMED EXACTLY THE SAME!
That's almost it, now you add your theme (preferably in a separate folder) back to the Download - FMThemes folder on your smartphone (or wherever you want)!
Then you open GB Whatsapp, go to the 3-point menu at the top right - GB Settings Themes - Load theme - look for the folder Download - FM Themes - Coca Cola Theme (or whatever you named the folder where your theme is)
and select the file Coca_Cola.xml from our example! If you then go back to your chat folder you can see your new wallpaper...
Some themes also have 2 working background images, there you can of course change both background images using the method mentioned above!
Presumably the non-working .jpg files mentioned above can also be changed with it, which will probably change the chat overview, but I haven't tested it myself! Feel free to do that and post the result here!
I picked a total of 18 themes and varied each of these 18 themes with about 90 different background images, that's over 1500 variable themes that I've attached in a zip file! I've also included the 18 original themes that were used as a zip file, so you can see for yourself what I've changed! Have fun tinkering...
Ps: My favored Varables are
1
3
6
8
9
10
(see in each Folder) Which variables do you like most?
I have also created some themes with adult content, but for understandable reasons I will NOT post them here, not even via PM!!!
You can basically use any type and size of image as long as it is in .jpg format!
I allso found a animated theme from an other whatsapp mod, maby a older version, the xml file is totally different from the files above and dont work in this version of GB Whatsapp! Is here a coder who maby can translate the code to work in this version of GB Whatsapp!?
Would be great if someone can make this work...