Change this registry key
HKE_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\Ring
Change The Key "Directory"to "\Storage Card\......\" dont forget the slashes
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it works dude, great tip
After changing the ringtone dir to the SD card, as described in in this thread, I have a problem. My ringtone keeps getting reset to Windows Default in the tools/options menu of the phone app, also after I changed the registry key back to Windows/Rings. And that is strange, since the WIndows Default tone is not even in that folder, but in the WIndows dir! soft reset did also not work, and even altering the registry to make the default ringtone another one just resulted in no ringtone at all when a call is incoming! So I reset the registry to the original settings, but still only the windows default tune is playing, not the tune I selected from the original list I had before changing the registry and still have in the tools/options menu.. Any suggestions anyone?
Ok, now a solution to my problem in the post above:
I set the register to point to Windows as the default folder, went to that folder in File Explorer, tapped the ringtone I wanted and selected "Set as Ringtone" in the pop-up menu. It worked, the ringtone was copied to the Windows/Rings folder and actually worked. However, the default in the register still points to Windows as default folder, thereby causing the ringtone list in the phone app to point only to the files in the Windows folder. Strange thing is that the file that was copied to the Windows/Rings folder acted as a ringtone, even though the default folder in the register points to the Windows folder, not the Windows/Rings folder...
I then changed the registry to Windows/Rings. That disabled the ringtone and brought back the horrible Windows Default ringtone, which is logical, since I forgot the / at the end. Then I went to the register again, changed the register to point to Windows/Rings/. I then went to the Windows folder, tapped the ringtone of my choice and selected "set as ringtone". The file was copied to the Rings folder, and now works again, with the Phone app looking in the right folder for ringtones. However, in the list in the Phone App, there are numerous ringtones mentioned that are not in that folder at all, but in the Wondows folder, not the Windows/Rings!
It is all very strange indeed, but fortunately everything works again and I can once again select the ringtone I want.
So this trick don`t work? :roll: ...I have the same problem, but If I edit one by one the ringtones in Photo contacts it work...no metter where is the *.mp3 or *.wma file....I want to set one *.mp3 or *.wma as a default ring tone from the SD card....and not from the phone memory!....any suggestions?!
Regards,
Primoz
Sorry this was me above...I noticeted that even with the reg file edited when I tap and hold on the file...to set as a ring tone it say that the file was succesfully copied to the windows\... directory....
Regards,
Primoz
Works really great for me.thanks!
But can only use .WMA files. anyone else with Qtek?
...strange...now is working fine for me 2 ....I have made wma files instead of mp3 and set the ringtone again....but it does work only in the original PPC Filemanager!...
Thx mate, great tip :wink:
Regards,
Primoz
...again not working... :? ...I don`t know what to do to make it work properly... :?:
Regards,
Primoz
The settings In reply to all.
Use the staps i discribed on top of this topic. Don't forget the slashes at the beginning and end( \Storage Card\....\). And if you are using a mp3 player don't forget to associate mp3's and midi files with Windows media player. If you use PocketMusic go to Player options File Types and select none. This wil do. No you can play mp3's from your storage card.
I made a dir on my storage card called it Ringtones. So in the registry i change the line to
\Storage Card\Ringtones\
This must work.
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I have made the same as U describe...and when I tap on the song...stored on my SD card to set it as a ring ton always the same msg...that it was saved to the \Windows\Rings\ directory.... :roll:
Regards,
Primoz
How come
This wil only let you set a default ringtone stored on your storage card to mp3 midi or wma. You don't need to kopie the file any were only in te folder on your storage card. You can use file explorer. Or a card reader in your computer.
If you want to use it for contacts then you need too use photo contact
Now i see go to settings > phone> and then you can select a ringtone from the drop down list.
OK done...I hope it will work now...thx mate! :wink:
Regards,
Primoz
Hmmm...strange but after one day of playing the rington from the SD card...the phone just reset the rington to the default Windows....
regards,
Primoz
I've found that the SD cart is not immediately recognized by the system after a suspend/sleep mode. Applications that are stored on the SD card and that are called by a hardware button generally don't work when pressing in sleep mode (program not found).
So I suppose that when the phone wakes up when a call is received, the system tries to load the sound on the SD, but the card is not 'mounted' yet and the default windows ringtone is played.
Hope this will help.
Yes U R wright!...the same problem with some applications...like GPRS Monitor installed on the SD card...at soft reset, it gives me an error, so I have to manually start the program. The same is with the ringtones... :roll: So it doesn`t work everytime...
Regards,
Primoz
I did put my rings to the Storage and pointed there .. works flawless.. thx for the tip ..
So .. is there another one for the SMS, MMS, E-mail and alarm sounds to ??
Regards Carlis
Carlis wait for about a day and U will hear the windows default song...
Regards,
Primoz
Hm .. should be working .. in some day to .. as I put the files in "Storage" and not at the SD card.. had same problem U have with Photo Contact ringtones if I used the SD to store them .. so I just have the Storage for User tones and User pics nowadays
Hope Ur wrong .. time will tell ..
Carlis
frewys said:
Works really great for me.thanks!
But can only use .WMA files. anyone else with Qtek?
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The fix is to reassign MP3 to Win Media Player..
Either by select none in PocketMusic file types settings
or by Pocket Tweak (freeware)
or .. Ur choice of file associate program
Then it works again ..
Mp3 as Ringones and as Photo Contacts tones..
Carlis
I have a few ring tones that on my old PDA2K I kept on my SD card and yet was somehow (I cannot remember how) able to use them from my SD card as ring-tones.
On my bright and shiny new K-Jam I cannot find a way to use files on the SD card as ring-tones.
So to save space if I MUST have the files on the phone I want to use MP3's.
Well bugger me I cannot make this work either.
Any ideas out there please?
Cheers.
Robin
hmm i just copied them to my storage card.
sipepguru said:
hmm i just copied them to my storage card.
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Interesting.
All the other comments I have heard say they will not work if they are on your SD card unless you make some registry changes?
Something I don't really want to do.
So where on your SD card did you copy them and how did you make the phone recognise them as ring tones?
Robin
Windows\Ring\ is the default location for tones. Mp3s work. Just copy them to the Windows\Ring\ folder [use activesync on pc or file explorer on ppc] and you should be able to select them as tones. The registry hack actually changes the default location to a folder of your choice [i.e. on a Storage Card] this is useful if you have a lot of tones. From experiene with WM2003se sometimes this doesn't work well something about the Storage Card taking too long to initialize and therefore the Phone doesn't find the tones folder and just reverts to default. The work around was to have them on Storage, but now with WM5.0 everything is Storage I haven't tried the hack on WM5.0 though.
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Another thing is you could cut up your mp3 tones [30 secs is more than enough for a ringer] and re-encode them to a lower bitrate [I use 96kbps Stereo] it's around 360Kb per tone.
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Hope this helps.
try to convert to mp4....its work too....
If you don't want to change the default location for ringtones via the registry you can add your wav, mp3, mid to a folder called "My Documents" on the storage card. If it doesn't exist just create it. Thus far it is the only folder I have found that will work without changing the registry. Cant be in a subdirectory. Files get all cluttered up, but you don't have to do anything.
Hi there. A noooobie question for the weekend.
How can I put an mp3 as a ring tone in the magician? It seems only to work with "wav".
Thanks.
Yup "wav" is the default ringtone format file in Magician. U can use 3rd party software like Pocket Ringo to use mp3 as ringtone in Magician.
no need for a third party software. just copy the ringtone in windows/rings folder an then u can have the mp3 as ringtone.
ati96xt said:
Yup "wav" is the default ringtone format file in Magician. U can use 3rd party software like Pocket Ringo to use mp3 as ringtone in Magician.
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Sorry TS my mistake, I want to correct my statement, yes lanuk79 is right, no need to use 3rd party software, just put mp3 files on Windows/Rings folder to use mp3 as ringtone.
@lanuk79 : At first I didn't believe what you'd said. But when I tried it on my magician then I realized that you're right. Thanks bro for the enlightment .
Note : In my O2 XDA II Mini manual book, it's said that .mid and .wav files are the default files for ringtone. It doesn't mention anything about .mp3 files that also can be used as ringtone.
If you want to change the ringtone folder, you have to use software like SKTools (the alternative is reghacking it yourself). The unlimited trial version lets you do this. When I had my Magician on Big Storage, I put my 'tones in the Storage folder, and I maxed out my program RAM.
hkcu\controlpanel\soundcategories\incall\directory
hkcu\controlpanel\soundcategories\ring\directory
change the values of these keys from \windows\ to \"directory you need"\
thats all,you need only a registry editor
the manual is rubbish!! and yes all u need is a small registry hack to load the rings from ur SD card. but remember that since the SD card takes a few seconds to boot up u mite not get the ringtone u specified. i changed my rings to storage card but all i kept getting was the default ring. the culprit was the storage card. the phone shuts down the power to the card to save battery n hence when the phone wakes up again it needs to boot up the card again. the boot up hampers with the ringtone causing the default ringtone.
true lanuk79, i dont think we can put ringtones in SDcard.. but maybe what soonari and ultimatechicken meant were "storage" directory, not storage card. storage directory is extra space u got if you do "bigstorage hack". and yes, the ringtones (mp3 or anyother formats) will works if u put them there...
I have some mp3's that i'd like to use as ringtones.
i did this registry hack but it doesnt seem to work on jasjar/WM5.
first, i had \My documents\My Music\. Didnt work
Then, i put them into \q\ and it still couldnt see them.
hkcu\controlpanel\soundcategories\incall\directory
hkcu\controlpanel\soundcategories\ring\directory
\windows\rings works but not enough space there for ringstones.
Well after weeks of waiting I finally got my Leo. One problem I am having is the system indexing my music files. I have about 4GB on a 16GB card it takes ages finally when it indexes it has incuded hundreds of phone recordings. I use resco recorder which records every call I make.
The manual says:
Your phone searches for all supported music files from the following locations:
Phone: \My Music (including all subfolders)
\My Documents (including all subfolders)
Storage Card: \Storage Card (including all subfolders)
Is there any way to stop it searching a folder on the SD card ??
Any help greatly appreciated.
+1 for this
There's a registry entry that declares a folder which is not scanned by Audio Manager. It is:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\AudioManager_Eng\Config:ring_tone_path
By default it would be "\My Documents\My ringtones\" (don't know for sure, I'm on a dutch ROM atm). You can change this to another location if you like, but I it won't take a location on your storagecard, unfortunately. It means you will have to keep ring-tones in the device memory. For me this is no problem because I only carry a few dozen tones with me.