I have copied over the appropriate .wav, .mp3 and .ogg files into every folder I can think of to get the sounds I'm used to for apps like messenger, email, calendar, etc. I've put them in the notifications, alarms and ringtones folders. As such I actually see 3 entries for the same sound when, for instance, I go to set the default ringtone, or 2 entries when I go to set the 'default notification sound'.
HOWEVER, I cannot seem to get these to appear in the IN APP list of available sounds for notifications in the built-in mail app, calendar app, etc. It's still the stock list that came with the phone.
Any help here?
Thanks,
- Steve
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Can anyone tell me if it is possible to put your own alerts on for messages and alarms? I have done it for ringtones, but for the life of me I can't get it on for messages and alarms?
You can use ringdroid. It allow you to cut some mp3 for example and when you save it ask you how do you want to use the ring (alarm, rington...etc)
It's the same if you save the file without any cut
If you dont want to use a third party app, you can load the MP3's into the following folders in the following path:
SD Card/media/audio/ ....
Inside "audio" there should be: alarms, notifications and ringtones.
If you use an app like OF File Manager, you have to restart your phone. If you load it from your comp once the SD Card is mounted, it should show up.
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.
Ok I've loaded some ringtone files and notifications on to my SD card currently in
/mnt/sdcard/media/audio/notifications
Now my ringtone I've set as default plays when the phone rings as does my notification for txt(Sms) messages.
But if I try to assign a ringtone to a user it reverts back to default.
Ps I've just tried picking one of the other defaults and it does the same thing, so I don't it the location of my files that's the issue.
Anyone else able to set individual ringtones for people??
Don't put the files there. Make new folders on the sd card for Ringtones/Notifications/Alarms & put your files in whichever folder you want the sound to be
The files appear in the lists ok and as I said I can pick them for default ringtone and messaging.
The problem is that I can not assign an individual ringtone to a specific person regardless of its one of my own or one of the inbuilt ones.
try taking out of the folder you put them in & making folders like I suggested & then try it & report your findings.
Nope no difference. I still can not assign any alternative ringtone to an individual.
I can see the list and select anything, it plays and then soon as I hit ok, it goes back to the contact details and shows as default.
hmm that's odd. I don't know what to tell you. If someone else doesn't come up with a solution you may want to try a hard reset
have you rebooted since moving the files? Just a though.
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have you rebooted since moving the files? Just a though.
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Yep a soft rest was the first thing I did.
No biggie for now I'll keep digging around and see if I can figure it out, if not hard rest.
cheers guys
my custom ringtones are in a folder called "media" on the root of my sd card. with four folders inside notifications, ui, ringtones, and alarms. I have a separate default ringtone for calls then I have multiple contacts with different ringtones and my text app and gmail app both have separate ringtones. I have had no issues...
Use your Music app v3.0.211... to do it !
It has a colored note as an icon.
i can spend an hour trying to figure out the structure of motorola's settings. seriously, how many different menus do i have to search to find simple things like email sync?
then, i used the stock music app for the first time today, my album art disappeared, now i keep getting dlna notifications. so now i cannot for the life of me find where the dlna notifications keep coming or why they keep coming. i have media share disabled in the music app and i cannot find any dlna settings anywhere in the settings app.
why couldn't there just have been a sync menu in the settings app? then list email, social crap, media, etc. and the individual settings be under there. i understand a lot of this is because of the battery and data saver stuff, but still, keep it simple.
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i can spend an hour trying to figure out the structure of motorola's settings. seriously, how many different menus do i have to search to find simple things like email sync?
then, i used the stock music app for the first time today, my album art disappeared, now i keep getting dlna notifications. so now i cannot for the life of me find where the dlna notifications keep coming or why they keep coming. i have media share disabled in the music app and i cannot find any dlna settings anywhere in the settings app.
why couldn't there just have been a sync menu in the settings app? then list email, social crap, media, etc. and the individual settings be under there. i understand a lot of this is because of the battery and data saver stuff, but still, keep it simple.
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LOL. Why did you have to search hella different menus to find email sync? I never even tried to find that before but after reading your thread I went into settings and found it in the very first place I looked, accounts. Seemed easy enough. As for DLNA notifications, I have no idea what that is either but after reading your thread I did what I thought was the most logical thing and opened up the DLNA app, hit the menu button and tapped "settings". Hmmm. Album art disappeared? Interesting. I've had my phone for 3 weeks now and none of my art disappeared. I dunno man.
I can think of a few things to complain about but none of them would be what you just posted
dlna > settings takes you to media share, which is also located in music > settings and gallery > settings. all of which are marked none for sharing. yet, i continue to get dlna notifications.
when you go to settings > accounts, sure, you can control your gmail sync, but, if you have other email accounts that are non-google, and click on them in accounts, it's just the server settings. you have to go to settings > battery and data manager > data delivery > email and corporate sync > email delivery to change sync/fetch schedules. i also have sync off for my gmail accounts and my other accounts are set to manual for fetch, yet, i continue to have email pushed to me. gmail folders under folder sync buried deep in batter and data manager, inbox is greyed out and cannot be changed. it's just listed as sync in background.
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