My first Nexus here..I searched how to do the last paragraph here but still nothing shows under settings then sound to select from my own tone?
It is advised to create 2 folders on your internal storage called 'ringtones' and 'notifications' if they are not yet present. Then drop your sound files in either the ringtones or notifications folder and they should become selectable when picking a new sound.
They are there already and I have stuff in them
MeInQ8 said:
They are there already and I have stuff in them
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Its probably then either:
1) Incorrect format
2) Media scanner hasnt picked them up yet
ohh....I put my mp3 under Computer\Nexus 5\Internal storage\media\audio "wrong" now they are under Computer\Nexus 5\Internal storage\media and I put tones and notifications properly in each folder. Odd...I see a default folder called Ringtone with some hangout ogg files I can't just put my tones and notifications in them and the Nexus see them there?
-My phone isn't a T-Mobile phone is there is an easier way then the above?
Thanks!
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I see a default folder called Ringtone with some hangout ogg files I can't just put my tones and notifications in them and the Nexus see them there?
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I was surprized all the same. It never finds it there. Since I installed
total commander, I could choose the ringtone using it.
To make it clear: what directories on the phone one should make
(ringtones, notifications) and where they should be found?
Best regards.
You can create them anywhere. Root of sdcard or in sdcard/audio or wherever you want.
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maybe if it's rooted? Also you mentioned "Media scanner hasn't picked them up yet"
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You can create them anywhere. Root of sdcard or in sdcard/audio or wherever you want.
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maybe if it's rooted? Also you mentioned "Media scanner hasn't picked them up yet"
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No it's nothing to do with root. It's a standard feature of Android and has been for as long as I can Remember (I've been using Android since 1.5)
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Is is posible to move ringotnes to the internal memory in rooted phones and how ?
i have the samsung galaxy 3 i5800
angarato_surion said:
Is is posible to move ringotnes to the internal memory in rooted phones and how ?
i have the samsung galaxy 3 i5800
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there actually is if you are rooted. i dont remember off the top of my head but you would probably have to dive into the system folder of the rom and through its sub-directories to find the folder with all the other stock tones.
Copy your ringtones to the /system/media/audio/ringtones folder.
Im copying the mp3 file there succesfully and going to set it as ringtone using media player and when igo to settings ro see what ringtone ihave selected there is noone selected.
angarato_surion said:
Im copying the mp3 file there succesfully and going to set it as ringtone using media player and when igo to settings ro see what ringtone ihave selected there is noone selected.
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well, i dunno if you had a specific way you wanted to use your ringtones in terms of having them saved specifically 2 the phone or what not but...
download 'rings extended' from the market. it allows you to set any audio clip on your internal memory as well as from your mem card easily.
ive been using it since my g1 days.
it doesnt work . it still plays the annoying beep sound even when it shows in settings that ihave my own ringtone
angarato_surion said:
it doesnt work . it still plays the annoying beep sound even when it shows in settings that ihave my own ringtone
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WHAT, doesn't work.
Please tell us which method you tried.
I tried this method, and it works fine:
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Copy your ringtones to the /system/media/audio/ringtones folder.
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the one you told me
angarato_surion said:
the one you told me
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I'm not sure about Samsung devices, but HTC puts them here '/system/media/audio/ringtones'.
Have you tried asking in a Samsung Galaxy forum?
now it's working
it always i were able to copy file rename delete just it wasnt show up in menu but i fixed it with rings extended
I'm missing it on my Nexus S. Either it's not here or I'm blind and stupid. Can someone point the way? It's become so iconic, to my brain, it doesn't recognize anything else quite the same way...
What was it called? PM me your email address.
It's called Pixie Dust. I grabbed my brother's Nexus One.
Grrrr! It's driving me nuts without that specific sound.
The Nexus S doesn't come with Pixie Dust notification sound. I just checked my stock phone and it's not there.
I pulled it out of a ROM file for the i9000 though, so here it is if you want to push it via adb to your phone's /system/media/audio/notifications folder. I may do just that myself...
Bit of a noob question lol but how do u push via adb.
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Can use root explorer also. All done from phone.
This is another option. Make a folder on sdcard partition name (Audio) and inside that folder make another folder named (notifications). Place the audio tone in the notifications folder. Then reboot. It should show in the listing for notifications.
here...
http://rapidshare.com/files/451884460/pixiedust.ogg
create these folders: "media", then "audio", then "notifications". throw the file into the last folder. throw the media folder into your phone.
not sure if the folder part was necessary, but that's what i read back when i got my g2. worked on both the g2 and ns.
Thanks to everyone!!!!
Brilliant! Thanks for this.
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@leerobson99
Can use root explorer also. All done from phone.
This is another option. Make a folder on sdcard partition name (Audio) and inside that folder make another folder named (notifications). Place the audio tone in the notifications folder. Then reboot. It should show in the listing for notifications.
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it did, thanks!
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This is another option. Make a folder on sdcard partition name (Audio) and inside that folder make another folder named (notifications). Place the audio tone in the notifications folder. Then reboot. It should show in the listing for notifications.
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Did 2.3.3 fix the bug where ringtones and notifications on the sdcard got "lost" when randomly or after a USB storage mount? Even if they did, you still lose access to the sounds when USB storage mounted. That's a problem putting on the sdcard. It's why I got in the habit of just putting them into /system with the default onese.
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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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.
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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.
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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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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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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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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
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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
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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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On my nexus 4 I could create new directories ("Ringtones","Notifications", "Alarms") on my virtual sd card and place tones in there. Then the preference lists for choosing these notification types showed the extra tones.
On the nexus 5 this doesn't seem to happen. Does anyone know of a different way to do this?
andrewpmoore said:
On my nexus 4 I could create new directories ("Ringtones","Notifications", "Alarms") on my virtual sd card and place tones in there. Then the preference lists for choosing these notification types showed the extra tones.
On the nexus 5 this doesn't seem to happen. Does anyone know of a different way to do this?
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I'm getting files show in the preference lists up from /sdcard/media/audio/ringtones - however they're just playing a "bong" noise, not the actual mp3.
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On my nexus 4 I could create new directories ("Ringtones","Notifications", "Alarms") on my virtual sd card and place tones in there. Then the preference lists for choosing these notification types showed the extra tones.
On the nexus 5 this doesn't seem to happen. Does anyone know of a different way to do this?
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I'm having the same problem. Any solutions found yet?
all my ringtones and custom notifications are working just fine
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Not working for me either on n4, n5, or the n7 with stock Rom. Worked fine when I used aokp.
The only way I can get it to sort of work now is use rings extended then select es file explorer and naturally navigate to the file. Then it plays fine. They just won't show up to preview them the way it normal did.
It does work I put them in the system audio notification ect folder, but I'm trying too avoid messing with system for the first time.
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I got it working. Very frustrating. Initially what i did was download all my notifications and such from dropbox directly to my phone and put them in the correct folders. Rebooted ect and it didn't work. I was told to try plugging my phone into the computer and moving the folders and around and back into the right folder. Then I disconnected from computer then they showed up. I wonder if the media scan isn't working unless you unplug USB? IDK, but it works now.
Sounds silly, but try it.
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-5980
If the device rooted, you can move the files the /system/media/audio/ringtones, notifications etc. folder. Work like charm!
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Thanks!
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I got it working. Very frustrating. Initially what i did was download all my notifications and such from dropbox directly to my phone and put them in the correct folders. Rebooted ect and it didn't work. I was told to try plugging my phone into the computer and moving the folders and around and back into the right folder. Then I disconnected from computer then they showed up. I wonder if the media scan isn't working unless you unplug USB? IDK, but it works now.
Sounds silly, but try it.
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-5980
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This did the trick for me too, thanks for the tip!
frigidazzi said:
I got it working. Very frustrating. Initially what i did was download all my notifications and such from dropbox directly to my phone and put them in the correct folders. Rebooted ect and it didn't work. I was told to try plugging my phone into the computer and moving the folders and around and back into the right folder. Then I disconnected from computer then they showed up. I wonder if the media scan isn't working unless you unplug USB? IDK, but it works now.
Sounds silly, but try it.
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On my Nexus 4 I had my ringtones in /sdcard/Ringtones and that doesn't work with the Nexus 5. I also tried /sdcard/media/Ringtones and that didn't work either. In both cases I even tried rebooting the phone after putting the mp3 files to hopefully trigger a media scan.
So what would the correct location be?
Thanks in advance,
Bernhard
tangofan said:
On my Nexus 4 I had my ringtones in /sdcard/Ringtones and that doesn't work with the Nexus 5.
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that works for me...I select the tones in any app via the default Media Storage picker
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n7of9 said:
that works for me...I select the tones in any app via the default Media Storage picker
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Now I'm wondering, if it's a problem with the mp3 format of my ringtones. Could you please do me a favor and see, if the ringtone in the attached zip file works for you, when you put it in /sdcard/Ringtones .
Thanks so much,
Bernhard
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Now I'm wondering, if it's a problem with the mp3 format of my ringtones. Could you please do me a favor and see, if the ringtone in the attached zip file works for you, when you put it in /sdcard/Ringtones .
Thanks so much,
Bernhard
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i downloaded it, AirDroided the mp3 to my phone (default is storage/emulated/0) /notifications, and selected it as my Hangouts sms tone...sent an sms to myself, turned off the screen, and bazinga, it works
when you say /sdcard, do you mean you made that directory via pc, or are you referring to ESFileExplorer (or the like) reporting the directory as /sdcard? on Nexii, '/sdcard' just points to storage/emulated/0 [i think it's something called a simlink, but i don't know what that is]
Works for for me... I use ASTRO File Manager
Notification MP3 went into SD Card > Media > Audio > Notification
Ringtone MP3 went into SD CARD > Ringtone
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i downloaded it, AirDroided the mp3 to my phone (default is storage/emulated/0) /notifications, and selected it as my Hangouts sms tone...sent an sms to myself, turned off the screen, and bazinga, it works
when you say /sdcard, do you mean you made that directory via pc, or are you referring to ESFileExplorer (or the like) reporting the directory as /sdcard? on Nexii, '/sdcard' just points to storage/emulated/0 [i think it's something called a simlink, but i don't know what that is]
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I am referring to the way ES FileExplorer reports it, so /sdcard/Ringtones is in fact /storage/emulated/0/Ringtones.
Could you please try it with putting it into /sdcard/Ringtones as well and see, if Media Storage shows it as a Ringtone.
No idea, why this doesn't work for me, when it works for others.
Bernhard
tangofan said:
Could you please try it with putting it into /sdcard/Ringtones as well and see, if Media Storage shows it as a Ringtone.
No idea, why this doesn't work for me, when it works for others.
Bernhard
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sorry mate, I'm not doing it again, the result is going to be exactly the same
After some testing I can confirm this on a NON-ROOTED Nexus 5.
You can place notification sound files in either of these two locations, they work equally well. Note that this post, unlike many is typed with care and shows the EXACT path names from root with proper capitalization. I did not try all the bastardizations but case and plural/singular actually matter a lot of times.
/sdcard/Notifications (/storage/emulated/0/Notifications)
/sdcard/media/audio/notifications (/storage/emulated/0/media/audio/notifications)
HOW-EVER-ER...
You must move at least 1 file to the directory from your PC before ANYTHING will show up. It seems, and stands to reason, as others noted that moving from the PC while attached as a media device causes Android to rescan the directories. I did not test if you only need to move 1 file on the whole file system or if you have to do it per directory. But by moving one file out and back FROM THE PC all files in those directories became visible in notification pick lists.
I also rebooted after moving the files around. I probably should have checked before since it may not be necessary. But I am so accustomed to rebooting I forgot to test that.
Hope this clears things up.
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I am referring to the way ES FileExplorer reports it, so /sdcard/Ringtones is in fact /storage/emulated/0/Ringtones.
Could you please try it with putting it into /sdcard/Ringtones as well and see, if Media Storage shows it as a Ringtone.
No idea, why this doesn't work for me, when it works for others.
Bernhard
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hey I got the same problem as you
The ringtone is not being picked default media storage and even it picked in some cases im getting the bong sound
so here is the work around
dont use the media storage as default ringtone picker .if you already did that ..go to settings->apps->all apps->media storage and clear defaults of it
then go to settings ->sounds->ringtone and use esfile explorer in this case ..select the ringtone you got using the file browser then it works
another file manager
as said some posts before i suggest to use another file manager than the stock one, it worked for me
I pluged the phone into the computer USB. Cpoied the ringtone of my choice to the ringtone folder. Did the same with the notification ringtone. Go and select the file in Settings...Sound. Mine were .ogg files
Once you install the sound files in the various locations on the sdcard, such as /sdcard/Ringtones, you can update media storage by doing either of the following:
Go to settings -> apps -> all -> media storage and clear data, then reboot
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Use the app ScanMedia to update
I'm trying to use some mp3/m4a music files as alarms or notification tones, but not all these files work. Most of the time, after I choose the sound file, it would show silent as the ringtone/notification. So even though I have a certain file set, it would not ring when I get a call.
Anyone have an idea. This never happened on my old phone that was on 4.1
If I select a file for my ringtone, it would display no sound after I select it.
DestroytheNexus said:
If I select a file for my ringtone, it would display no sound after I select it.
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Perhaps your mp3 files have some issues. Try using a program like mpTrim (windows) on them to clean them up.
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Perhaps your mp3 files have some issues. Try using a program like mpTrim (windows) on them to clean them up.
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The m4a files are just ones downloaded from iTunes. What do you mean by clean them up?
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The m4a files are just ones downloaded from iTunes. What do you mean by clean them up?
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It removes sections that are bad at the beginning and end that some players might not like.
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It removes sections that are bad at the beginning and end that some players might not like.
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This never happened on my old Nexus S. I also don't want to modify all of my music files, which would take a long time. Is this a bug or is this normal?
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This never happened on my old Nexus S. I also don't want to modify all of my music files, which would take a long time. Is this a bug or is this normal?
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I only use .mp3s that I make and I never had that issue.
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I only use .mp3s that I make and I never had that issue.
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I've tried mp3 files too. It still doesn't work. However, if I use PowerAmp to set the ringtone, then that file will work. It puts another copy in the Ringtone folder in the root of the SD card. I have my music file in the Music folder and not in any media\music structure.