I'm looking for an application that will allow me to use my storage card to store ringtones. I saw one before but it didn't work on my 8525. I'm on windows mobile 6 the regular at&t rom.
also would this or something else allow me to use mp3 tones as mms/alert/alarm tones? I'd really like a different alarm using mp3 since wav takes up so much space.
I tried searching but couldn't find what I was looking for
for ringtones, you can place mp3 files in the root of the storage card or create a my documents folder in the storage card and place it there. then you can use those files as ringtones. as for alerts, i think you can only use wav files......but dont take my word for it.
WOAH! it was that simple?
and now I'm not really tripping off the wav files since I can still store them on the storage card.
thanks!!!!
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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.
Where do ring tones go & what format must they be in?
Can they be MP3 and can they be put on storage cqrd or extended ROM?
I wonder how much effort and time would it take just for you to put the mp3 in and test out the thing yourself? What can possibly happen if it doesn't work?
Anyway, just to help you on the way, copy your ring tones, into \Windows\Rings or \Windows
Try putting MP3, WMA, and WAV. Check on your ring tone setting page and see if they appear or not.
Try http://www.electricpocket.com/ringtones/ for lots of ringtones.
Their program (Ringo) is good and works on the HTC Universal, I tested it.
mmarks said:
Where do ring tones go & what format must they be in?
Can they be MP3 and can they be put on storage cqrd or extended ROM?
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Ringtones can be WMA, MID, WAV or MP3 and should be put in the \Windows\Ring folder on the Main Memory, as said previous.
SMS Alerts and Alarm Notifications have to be WAV and should be put in the \Windows folder on the Main Memory.
You can put Ringtones on your SD card or other locations, but it slows it down, and will take longer for your device to ring when it has to.
Regards.
if on your sd card, i believe they need to be on the root drive of the sd card, they cant be buried inside folders.
anything for notifications or alarms must be in the windows folder.
i also recommend the ringtone be small to improve launch speed, and to be placed in window\rings for easy identification and location.
your sd card will be slower to start ringing. there can also be a problem if the device must wake up from being asleep when the phone rings as it must also then locate and recognise the sd card, then launch the ring tone, which if large, all slows the device down.
try to stay less than 1mb, prefer less than 100kb if you can get it. mine is 500kb, runs for 30 seconds, which is the amount of time before it goes to voice mail.
i use an mp3 format, but wav also accepted. i think wav are bigger than mp3.
So, Universal does not support Ogg format ?
Can anyone help me??
As the internal memory on the handset is not huge i store all my sound files on my 16GB memory card.
Is there anyway i can set my ringtones to include the playing of files from my memory card??
The only way i can get them to play as a ringtone is by placing them in the ringtone folder on the handset but space is very limited.
Thanx
Andy.
yeah, its silly that they wont play from the card. i put photo contact pro on my x1. with this probram u can set ringtones and sms tones for each contact, even files on the sd card
flyboyamm said:
Can anyone help me??
As the internal memory on the handset is not huge i store all my sound files on my 16GB memory card.
Is there anyway i can set my ringtones to include the playing of files from my memory card??
The only way i can get them to play as a ringtone is by placing them in the ringtone folder on the handset but space is very limited.
Thanx
Andy.
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You can put your ringtones in the Storage Card/My Documents/My Ringtones folder and they will be available in the sounds and notifications settings. However for sms you can only use wma files by default on storage card or you can put any mp3 files to /Application Data/Sounds, but that is the internal storage again.
How could I use ringtones from my StorageCard ? I spent three days to solve this problem, but without succes. My 8282 want to have all ringtones in phone memory, then I can use it all . But phone memory is only... we know...
thx for help.
firbec said:
How could I use ringtones from my StorageCard ? I spent three days to solve this problem, but without succes. My 8282 want to have all ringtones in phone memory, then I can use it all . But phone memory is only... we know...
thx for help.
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As far as I'm aware your ringtone wether mp3 or wav needs to be on the internal memory and not the storage card.
Copy ringtones to windows/rings
But these shouldn't take up much space on your phone anyhow, plus you couild always crop the length of each tune to minimize the size
create a folder on your SD card called My Documents. Your HD should find all music placed in this folder when you search for ringtones.
wpr said:
create a folder on your SD card called My Documents. Your HD should find all music placed in this folder when you search for ringtones.
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this is great works - only need to restart after moving all files into new directory
thx thx thx
wpr said:
create a folder on your SD card called My Documents. Your HD should find all music placed in this folder when you search for ringtones.
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My apologies. Wasn't aware of this as I had tried doing this before but put all my ringtones into a folder within My Documents and phone didn't pick them up.
Great to know this, cheers bro
On my storage card my ringtones are in a My Ringtones folder inside My Documents and work fine.
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On my storage card my ringtones are in a My Ringtones folder inside My Documents and work fine.
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Yeah I have this now, but originally I had this folder called My Rings
Didn't initially realise you had to be precise with the naming. Thought phone would have the ability to pick this up
All ok now though
Glad it worked.
Use file explorer on pda to find the tune (mp3) you want to use. Press and hold with stylus on the file (mp3), box pops up giving you option to set as ring tone. Easy peesy
Mick
Am I missing something or is it not possible to use ringtones on your SD card? I checked the HTC site for this and didn't see anything about this.
Symmetric said:
Am I missing something or is it not possible to use ringtones on your SD card? I checked the HTC site for this and didn't see anything about this.
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Try using ringdroid and see where it stores all it's mp3's on your sd card. Then that should be the folder you have to put all your mp3's into in order for them to be selectable.
You just need to create folders. Make folders called ringtones, alarms, notifications and place the sound files that you wish to use in it's folder (i.e. for a ring tone, place an mp3 in the ringtone folder).
Thanks so much for the help, worked like a charm (ringtones folder).