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Couldt u please give how select SMS ringtones from SDcard

i read, for incoming call then we can change this registry:
"Directory" of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring.
then we can move all the ringtones to any directory we want
the question is, how about SMS notification ring?? i want to use the same ringtone for SMS (my own .wav) is it possible? and which registry i have to change so xda will look at those directory in SDcard instead of "\windows" ?
thx alot!!!!!!!!!!

AFAIK, there's nothing you can do about it. SMS notifications are handled exactly like all other Windows notifications (like AS connect/disconnect, new mail, start menu sounds, ...). I think the \Windows path is fixed in the system.
Besides, you shouldn't set a directory on a storage card for ringtones. If a call comes in during standby, the storage card might not work, and thus the device will remain silent.

I have my ringtone on storage card. If it doesn't get picked up, the tone reverts to windows default ring.

i had succesfuly move all my phone ringtone (for incoming call notification) to my SDcard. just move all of them then change the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring
Directory="\Storage Card\My own special Ringtone" (or whatever )
but how about sms notification???? can some1 give me the registry address for this? thx again...

i think that maybe it's hardcoded
as ringtones are a part of cellphone stuff
and other sounds like sms is a part of the pda sounds
prob the same reason why only ringtones can be wma
and normal rings need be wav
also i'm not really sure why it is you need to change that reg setting
i just go into the program called add ringtones
when it starts it load all valid files on my pda and storage
and the ones i check
will be available as ring tones when i go into the phonesettings
thats how i got the ring tone i use now because i fell over it in there
and it came with some demo of everqust and was the sound of a skeleton's attack or something

sorry for my ignorance, anyone can help me where and how can i can i change the registry to set my ringtones from storage instead of main memory?

get a registry editor
go to this reg
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring.
edit the value
"Directory" to point to where you want the files

if you want to have personalized sms tones all you have to do is record(or save as) the sound/file to .wav format then move it to your windows directory on your PPC.
Then all you have to do is goto >settings>sounds & notifications..notifications tab then chose the event you want to change and select the new .wav e.g. myown.wav file for sms its "messaging: new text msg." the file size is usually around 30k so its not really goin to affect your PPC performance...
if you want to have a selection just save them all on your SD card somewhere and move them to windows dir when you feel like a change and delete the old if memory is really worrying you.
a reg edit for storage of sms tones is really not needed
ps the same could be said of ringrones except they are usually bigger in file size, and you would put them in widows\rings directory instead
but then again i rarely change my tones
Speedn

thanks bro.. i've done it....

@ yankee:
in my experience, its useless to change the registry.. even we change iit, the ringtone will be set back to the default , right??? no solution for this, until now... the "guru" said, that because the sdcard too slow, so when a call coming in, xda "cant" find those ringtone in the sdcard so it takes any (the default).. bad luck.....
@rudegar and speedn:
the reason for that registry editing is: we want to keep for ex. 200 ringtones in SDCARD, not in windows folder this way, we dont have to do "right click-use as ringtone " which mean tell the xda to save it from sdcard to win folder. we cant fit those 200ringtones inside the RAM, right??
but somehow, like i said above, this method doenst work

@erwinsie,
I did not point the registry to the storage card, I pointed it to the internal storage of the phone and its working fine with me. I have not tried using the storage card
\Storage\Ringtones
I am using XDA IIi

@yankee...
well.. u lucky to have 128 ram... but i still hope that someday some1 can show me how to store (and use directly) my ringtones collections from SDCARD. mini only has 64 ram
sorry to misunderstand u..

[Q] Does Call Surprise Work For Xperia X1?

I installed Microsoft Compact NET Framework 3.5
And
Then I installed Call Surprise 1.21.
My phone does not ring my mp3!
And when I install the test software, it says the names of my MP3's have been found.
Here is what I put in the first box (search in folders box):
/Storage Card/Application Data/Call Surprise/
The above directory is absolutely correct. It does not like like this:
/Storage Card/Application Data/Call Surprise
And it does not look like this
/Storage Card /Application Data /Call Surprise/
What am I doing wrong!???????????????????????
And what the heck is the exclude these box? Is this where I put a list of unwanted sub directories?

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poetryrocksalot said:
I installed Microsoft Compact NET Framework 3.5
And
Then I installed Call Surprise 1.21.
My phone does not ring my mp3!
And when I install the test software, it says the names of my MP3's have been found.
Here is what I put in the first box (search in folders box):
/Storage Card/Application Data/Call Surprise/
The above directory is absolutely correct. It does not like like this:
/Storage Card/Application Data/Call Surprise
And it does not look like this
/Storage Card /Application Data /Call Surprise/
What am I doing wrong!???????????????????????
And what the heck is the exclude these box? Is this where I put a list of unwanted sub directories?
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search in folders box = try pointing to- \Storage Card\My Documents\My Ringtones
Put your ring tones you want to ring in there.
The exclude these box is if you have all of your mp3's in the specified folder and don't want Call surprise to play certain mp3's such as allert sounds - or some very soft music which you wouldn't hear as a ring tone. You would probably point to it like this in exclude box
\Storage Card\My Documents\My Ringtones\"name of mp3"

hotrod101 said:
search in folders box = try pointing to- \Storage Card\My Documents\My Ringtones
Put your ring tones you want to ring in there.
The exclude these box is if you have all of your mp3's in the specified folder and don't want Call surprise to play certain mp3's such as allert sounds - or some very soft music which you wouldn't hear as a ring tone. You would probably point to it like this in exclude box
\Storage Card\My Documents\My Ringtones\"name of mp3"
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I will try that soon, I will update on this

Hello, call surprise does not work at all! What the heck?
Can someone please tell me how to make it work. I thought it works on Xperia X1A?

when you open file explorer find where your normal ringtones are stored. Try pointing to that folder first to see if call surprise will randomize those rintones. Then find exactly where you have your other mp3's you want used as ringtones and point directly to that. Do not try excluding anything yet. Just point to these and test.

hotrod101 said:
when you open file explorer find where your normal ringtones are stored. Try pointing to that folder first to see if call surprise will randomize those rintones. Then find exactly where you have your other mp3's you want used as ringtones and point directly to that. Do not try excluding anything yet. Just point to these and test.
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Hey Hotrod! It finally worked!
The first problem was that I used / instead of \
There is also another problem where sometimes I don't get call surprise to work.

How do I change the default ringtone to a custom one?

So I have an mp3 ringtone that is in the download folder on the internal memory. Where does it need to be placed so the device sees it and I can use it as a ringtone?

1. Open MyFiles
2. Browse to /sdcard/media/audio/. Create a folder in that folder called ringtones.
3. Move your MP3 to it. I think there may be a limit of 300kb for ringtones. I remember getting a warning when I was transferring the full song from my PC directly to that folder.
4. From the home screen press menu and go to Settings > Sound and display > Voice call ringtone. Your mp3 will show up as one of the choices on the menu.

Install the Astro file manager
Browse to the .mp3
Touch and hold on the .mp3
Select Music
Select Set as Ringtone
Tried the first method, and didn't see em showing up and stumbled into the one I posted fiddling around with trying to move the files around with Astro.

Better yet, put your ringtones, alarms, notifications into the following folders that way, only these certain sounds appear in those certain lists, so it doesn't clutter up the list:
\notifications\
\alarms\
\ringtones\
The above was actually written in the manual of the very first Android, the T-Mobile G1, and works on all Androids...

I used the ringdroid app to set a custom ringtone and text/email alert. I'll have to give the folder method a shot; it seems much simpler than opening an app and trimming the files from the phone every time you want a custom ringtone!

If you use the ringdroid/rings extended method, it will chop the song and copy it and make its own file, thus taking up space.

nxt said:
Better yet, put your ringtones, alarms, notifications into the following folders that way, only these certain sounds appear in those certain lists, so it doesn't clutter up the list:
\notifications\
\alarms\
\ringtones\
The above was actually written in the manual of the very first Android, the T-Mobile G1, and works on all Androids...
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So, just create these folders at the root level of the sdcard and they'll automatically show up in the correct lists of sounds?

[Q] Perhaps a dev or someone smarter than myself can enlighten me. Tones frustration.

Since beginning my foray into android at cupcake, some tones do NOT show in the list of available notifications and ringtones. Ive placed the sounds and folders of sounds on the usb storage in folders named accordingly. I also tried putting the same folders/files into the /system/media/ringtones and /media/notifications folder to no avail.
Theyre either in the .ogg format, .mp3, I think there are even a couple of .wav files...some of which are available, some are not.
Why might this happen? Is there a solution other than converting the sounds that I dont have listed? Thank you...
EDIT: Hmmm...is it a file size issue?

Create a folder called "media" on the root of your sdcard. Then in that folder make another folder called "audio". Now in the audio folder make two more folders, "notifications" & "ringtones". Now put your tones in the correct folder.
Reboot and they should now be available to you via sounds in settings

snandlal said:
Create a folder called "media" on the root of your sdcard. Then in that folder make another folder called "audio". Now in the audio folder make two more folders, "notifications" & "ringtones". Now put your tones in the correct folder.
Reboot and they should now be available to you via sounds in settings
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It's an issue of certain files not showing. I'll try this method regardless. Thanks for your input.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G via XDA Premium

Ok. Sorry

Wipe dalvik after adding files in media folder.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G

Two ideas:
1. Download and run an sd card media scan app.
But much more likely
2. Using the PC, edit the properties of the files so that the Title field is filled in.

Can't set custom ringtone after ICS Update

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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saikat_das said:
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.

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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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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Thanks,
M

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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Thanks,
M
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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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1BadWolf said:
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

RAD7 said:
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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