Just like the title says, I set a custom sound for calendar notifications, but it reverts back to default as soon as I leave the calenar app. I go back, and the sound for notifications is not the one I previously set. Is it just my phone or is it like that for everybody?
No help?
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No help?
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A little more info may help, are you stock, roooted, custom ROM?
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Stock, never been rooted. I placed sounds in "notification" folder on the phone, not on SD card. I can see them when I set the sound for calendar, and I can hear them of course. But if I choose any of my own sounds, as soon as I leave the app and go back, it shows the default sound again.
I can, however, change to one of the Samsung sounds successfully.
My sounds are fine, they worked on my Rezound, and work on my Galaxy Tab.
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Seems like irs a problem with your tones, or the storage location since you can use the stock tones. I would just use zedge from Google play and download a new tone and see if it works.
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See, that's why I specifically said the tones are fine. They worked on Rezound, they work on my Tab now. I just specifically checked again, I can set them for text message notifications, alarms, ringtone, anything, but calendar. Same tones. It's a problem with the calendar app. Same tone set fot txt works like a charm. But not for calendar.
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Same issue here, it's the same thing with the timer in the clock app. Definitely a bug that has not been addressed. Pretty annoying.
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I knew they were good on your other phones, but maybe the s3 didn't like then. But if they can be used as other times that's not the case. I would really try zedge not sure were it saved then but mine stick just tested it.
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I'd rather not install another app that that I don't really need. Maybe there's a fix to this problem some other way?
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I'd rather not install another app that that I don't really need. Maybe there's a fix to this problem some other way?
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I think the point is to test with an app that is known to work - for all we know, it might be a permissions issue with the files you copied, for example. Without direct knowledge of why the problem is happening, testing with a known quantity might help eliminate one set of possibilities and hone in on the problem-causing element.
The app can always be uninstalled, as well.
Another test might be to place your tones on a SD card (if you have one), which should have no access issues for any stock app.
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I think the point is to test with an app that is known to work - for all we know, it might be a permissions issue with the files you copied, for example. Without direct knowledge of why the problem is happening, testing with a known quantity might help eliminate one set of possibilities and hone in on the problem-causing element.
The app can always be uninstalled, as well.
Another test might be to place your tones on a SD card (if you have one), which should have no access issues for any stock app.
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That's actually my point, test the apps download. Then look at were they are saved and the permissions. Then simply put your files in there with the same permissions.
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kintwofan said:
That's actually my point, test the apps download. Then look at were they are saved and the permissions. Then simply put your files in there with the same permissions.
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Yeah, it does smack of a permissions issue on its face, doesn't it?
Could be a different bug in the app, but maybe the background process is having an access problem so reverts back to the default tone.
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Ok, I'll test them on SD card and report back. However, if I can set the same tone for txt, for example, it doesn't seem to me like a permission issue.
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I just tested and checked permissions (which differ in a manner that shouldn't matter from the ICS notification files, I believe), among other things. I wasn't able to see where I could select a custom ringtone for the new event, though had copied them over to various directories, but did select a custom sound for all calendar events. It defaulted to the standard tone.
Then, I saw this thread that explains the issue and offers a potential workaround/fix:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...ncluded-ringtones-anyone-using-their-own.html
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Ok, I knew it wasn't a permission or a tone issue. It's a glitch with this thing. Very annoying. I guess all we can do is deal with it, huh? Calendar like that is pretty useless. I never hear any reminders. :thumbdown: :banghead:
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I use the On Time notification sound, which has been good for me. I have rather sensitive hearing, admittedly.
The link I offered explained that a paid app in Play can provide different ringtone options, repeating notifications, popups, etc. for the Calendar:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...Zvb2JhcnNvZnQuY2FsZW5kYXJldmVudHJlbWluZGVyIl0
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Yes, yes, I've read that. But couldn't it just work like every other phone (I assume)? Paying for some tiny feature like this, because it's a stupid bug, just doesn't sound very nice.
On second thought, if there's an app that can do that without root permission, shouldn't we be able to accomplish the same without that app?
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On second thought, if there's an app that can do that without root permission, shouldn't we be able to accomplish the same without that app?
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Well, this whole thing is making me consider re-rooting my phone, so that I can copy the custom tones to the proper directory, update their permissions to match the other tone files and see if that makes a difference. Maybe the Calendar app is hardcoded to use tones in that subdirectory only, but the selection UI screen is coded differently, allowing any tones to be selected.
I feel that if I select a tone in Notifications or a similar location, the Calendar app goes back to its default of the "On Time" tone, that is a clue to where it might be looking for a tone file when an event goes off. Or not, we'll see.
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Well, sure it will work if you root it. But I still think we can make it work without root, if some app can get it done for unrooted phones.
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I'm guessing that app hooks into calendar events, but that involves writing code.
This works for me:
1. Root your phone. The easiest way I've found is located here.
2. Using Root Explorer (or similar file management app that has been granted SuperUser privileges after rooting) Move or Copy your notification sound file(s) to:
/system/media/audio/notifications/
I changed the permissions to rw-r--r-- for the moved files, but it turns out their default permissions also worked fine.
3. Back in the Calendar app, select your moved/copied notification ringtone from the list.
4. Unroot your phone, if desired.
Doing the above allowed me to use custom tones for the Calendar notifications - I tested with .ogg files, but perhaps .mp3 or others may also work.
(At first, it seemed a side-effect caused loss of system sounds, but it turned out I somehow turned the System sound volume to 0 through some fumble fingering.)
So, no side-effects and I'm back to being stock, unrooted. Whole process took less than 10 minutes with testing.
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is it possible to make the stock contacts app in the infuse under recent show only all for missed calls, made calls, and incoming calls, instead of it including text messages also. they have no purpose being in the contacts section of recents when your looking for a phone number?
any way to modify this. I know u can have it show one category at a time, but that's still no efficient.
I would also like to know about this
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me too. it really annoys me showing the text messsages
Yeah. It kinda seems very silly to have it like that.
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Same, its very annoying. I might even look for a 3rd party contact app when I have time.
Yeah, I REALLY hate that Samsung tweak. (Stock AOSP doesn't behave like this...)
It's a fairly easy LogsProvider.apk mod.
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AEDan1977 said:
is it possible to make the stock contacts app in the infuse under recent show only all for missed calls, made calls, and incoming calls, instead of it including text messages also. they have no purpose being in the contacts section of recents when your looking for a phone number?
any way to modify this. I know u can have it show one category at a time, but that's still no efficient.
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use the attatched logsprovider.apk file and paste it into system/app folder using root explorer. Rename the logsprovider.apk that is already in the system/app folder logsprovider.apk.stock. You can delete it if you want but i keep it just incase you need to go back to it. After you have done that, clear your logs and everything from then on should be only calls, no texts!!!!
Hi dajeoo,
thank you for the file. I was also looking for something like this. HAve you tried it on your Infuse? Are there any known bugs or issues?
I did it earlier today and it's fine so far... btw I got that file from refuse rom v1 so thanks to the developer of that....
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Thanks for the quick response. I tried, after i read your message. and it works perfectly as described. Thank you for the quick instructions and the file.
Thanks it worked!
No prob guys, we're here to help each other
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dajeoo said:
use the attatched logsprovider.apk file and paste it into system/app folder using root explorer. Rename the logsprovider.apk that is already in the system/app folder logsprovider.apk.stock. You can delete it if you want but i keep it just incase you need to go back to it. After you have done that, clear your logs and everything from then on should be only calls, no texts!!!!
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Ty.very much. Gets very clusterd in the logs from all the texts lol
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Omg thank you very much dajeoo. I thought this would have been ignored. Works great
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Does this stick after a restart, OR will it only work on custom roms? I just did it and cleared everything including texts, restarted and texts are still going into the log
I've restarted my phone 2wice so far and it still functions as expected.
I'm on Infused 1.5
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Does this stick after a restart, OR will it only work on custom roms? I just did it and cleared everything including texts, restarted and texts are still going into the log
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I restarted my phone today and this mod still works.
Carhigh,Did you change the file extension of the original logsprovider.apk file, or you can delete it.
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Are there any free file transfer programs that will do this? My phreakin bank now charges $17.00 for any transaction out of the states.
Ok so as we know the galaxy 4g has the cool puzzle piece unlock. But the default SMS app isn't very good compared to handcent. So is there anyway you could use the puzzle piece unlock with handcent
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with handcent doesnt the message automatically pop up without you having to unlock your phone?
and shouldnt this thread be in general?
I have the pop up disabled. I was in a rush so I thts why I posted it in the wrong section
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This is just my opinion but if you can get the .apk file and if the rom your on is deodexed than you can try to use root explorer or anything like it to overwrite the original mms.apk with handcent.
You got to rename handcent to Mms.apk or whatever your mms.apk is named.
I've done it when I was on white's deodexed kd1 but thats just me.
Don't try it if your unsure and I take no responsiblity if you mess up.
Hope this info gives you more of a idea on how it can be done.
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My gf got rid of handcent because it kept messing up her messaging. Either missing text, not sending, or send very garbled up messages; was really weird.
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I switched from Handcent to GOSMSPro, and haven't looked to any other apps since. They're very similar at first glance but I like GOSMS better. I don't use the puzzle unlock, but maybe you can give it a go, it might work with it.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jb.gosms
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I switched from Handcent to GOSMSPro, and haven't looked to any other apps since. They're very similar at first glance but I like GOSMS better. I don't use the puzzle unlock, but maybe you can give it a go, it might work with it.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jb.gosms
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Hrm, I've been looking at that app. What is exactly better about it compared to handcent?
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I just tried go SMS pro and its ok but I think handcent is a lot better. I don't think go SMS had the puzzle piece unlock option
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I like that it allows theming plus you can turn off features you don't use so it'll use up less memory. You can also customize the icons that come up in notifications, you can have contact blacklists, private threads (you can password protect texts from certain people), per contact notifications, backlight notifications... That's what I can think of off the top of my head. I think they're very similar apps.
Too bad that neither works with the puzzle unlock.
Ya go SMS definitely has really cool features but I like the look of handcent more. And memory isn't a problem for me since I can force apps to the sd card using titanium backup
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memory isn't a problem for me since I can force apps to the sd card using titanium backup
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I think SBis251 was talking about RAM, not ROM
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How the heck do you remove (or change ) the default sound for receiving e-mail messages?
I've tried going into settings and GMail, but with no luck. For lack of a better way to describe the sound, it sounds like a "haunting sound". I've installed a number of ROMs and this sound seems to be the default.
Thanks!!
MC
I think your talking about the "notification ringtone." For me, email, Facebook, and any other apps are tied together to this. Just go to settings/sounds/notification, to change.
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xIC-MACIx said:
I think your talking about the "notification ringtone." For me, email, Facebook, and any other apps are tied together to this. Just go to settings/sounds/notification, to change.
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Yea, I have tried that, but it still uses the same sound
Go t root explorer....system>media>notifications>and delete your selected ringtone
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Edit.....system>media>audio>notifications
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Really? I always change my notification tone in the gmail settings. Check again. Or tell me what you see in settings.
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Thanks, everyone. Turned out I missed changing a setting in my email program. Usually when I restore my apps using TBU, I haven't had to worry about that setting, but for some reason the notification tone changed this last time I flashed a ROM.
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Is there anyway to flash the Google Calender over the Samsung one?
Also believe I found a bug with silencing notifications. I like having a phone ringtone but no text ones but yet when I choose "silent" as my notification ringtone it still goes off. Any ideas?
Cheers
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Calender is just up to you as long as you can have the apk file simply put in in system or even just install it outside of system like a normal app. You can have have a rom without calender, it's not mandatory.
About the notification, if your not using the system messaging you may need to set specific settings in the app itself, if you do check both the app settings and settings>sounds notification sound.
I think you can just set the volume of notifications under sounds to 0 while keeping the ringtone high.
Any idea where I can get the Google calendar apk?
Disregard. Gotta love an easy Google search.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527687
For the apk.
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Is there a good stable rom that matches orthus in stability that will allow me to have custom ringtones for each contact? I've come to the understanding that it is an AOKP issue. I also tried liquid rc9 and no custom contact ringtone either. I miss this feature, mostly when the hubby and annoying aunt calls.
I have it working in CM10. Issue is that system chooser doesn't let you pick anything aisde from defined rings, if you install ES File Explorer and remove the default for "Media Storage" the next time you try to pick a custom ring it will ask you which App you would like to use and you can choose ES and pick from there.
I'm running Paranoid Android 2.99 by gs2usr and custom ring tones are working fine. I tested just how promiseofcake mentioned and also tested with Zedge. As far as the rom is concerned its 100% stable on my device.
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I have custom ringtones for all my contacts on Liquid RC9. I just click on the contact press the menu key and set ringtone.
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I have it working in CM10. Issue is that system chooser doesn't let you pick anything aisde from defined rings, if you install ES File Explorer and remove the default for "Media Storage" the next time you try to pick a custom ring it will ask you which App you would like to use and you can choose ES and pick from there.
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What do you mean "remove the default for media storage"? Also could I use root explorer for this process? I bought it so that's what I use.
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I have custom ringtones for all my contacts on Liquid RC9. I just click on the contact press the menu key and set ringtone.
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Hmmm weird, I tried everything (zedge, Ringo pro, other methods) when I used liquid rc9 but nothing would take.
I'm not sure if the sequence is similar on the rom you're running, but once I select a custom ringtone the screen just disappear without confirmation. Once I receive a call from that particular contact it works though. Did you have any of those contacts call you to test???
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I'm not sure if the sequence is similar on the rom you're running, but once I select a custom ringtone the screen just disappear without confirmation. Once I receive a call from that particular contact it works though. Did you have any of those contacts call you to test???
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Yes I have my sons phone available to me to test with. Nothing is working.
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Is there a good stable rom that matches orthus in stability that will allow me to have custom ringtones for each contact? I've come to the understanding that it is an AOKP issue. I also tried liquid rc9 and no custom contact ringtone either. I miss this feature, mostly when the hubby and annoying aunt calls.
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try using mp3 ringtone editor from playstore and I assign contacts and its fine im running slim bean
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try using mp3 ringtone editor from playstore and I assign contacts and its fine im running slim bean
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I tried that as well.
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What do you mean "remove the default for media storage"? Also could I use root explorer for this process? I bought it so that's what I use.
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I also purchased and use Root Explorer. ES File Explorer has some built in ringtone functionality and the Android OS recognizes it as available for setting ringtones.
When I say remove the default for "Media Storage" what I mean is that if a default is not selected for your home launcher for example, it will ask you to choose a launcher each time you press the home button. The same is applicable to setting ringtones. Go to Manage Apps, All, choose "Media Storage", scroll down to the "Launch by Default" heading and click "Clear defaults" if the button is available. Then when you try to set a ringtone via the People app, it will ask you which app you would like to use to do this. The same should work for Zedge or if you have any other apps on there that have the ability to set ringtones.
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I also purchased and use Root Explorer. ES File Explorer has some built in ringtone functionality and the Android OS recognizes it as available for setting ringtones.
When I say remove the default for "Media Storage" what I mean is that if a default is not selected for your home launcher for example, it will ask you to choose a launcher each time you press the home button. The same is applicable to setting ringtones. Go to Manage Apps, All, choose "Media Storage", scroll down to the "Launch by Default" heading and click "Clear defaults" if the button is available. Then when you try to set a ringtone via the People app, it will ask you which app you would like to use to do this. The same should work for Zedge or if you have any other apps on there that have the ability to set ringtones.
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Gotcha. Thanx for the explanation. I had no luck with any program to get this to work on aokp/orthus, so I am currently on slim bean. It works! Custom contact ringtones again, but I've already had 3 random reboots in just 2 hours on it. Hopefully it just needs to settle over the next few days. Thanx for all your suggestions and help.