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ringtone editor?

hey everybody,
does anyone remember the editor that came in the original rom for the wing that had the ability to select a part of an mp3 and make it a ringtone? it was really easy to use and helps out on memory and filesize for rings.
thanks

Well...
I just got a brand new Wing to replace my MDA (thanks to Asurion!), and i didn't see a ringtone editor built in. However, i would recommend VITO's Ringtone Editor. I've used it for a while, it's definitely worth it if you want to make your own ringtones right on your device.

audio manager is a good one too

kidnamedAlbert said:
audio manager is a good one too
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Thats what I was going to recommend. Audio Manager has a built in Ring Tone Trimmer. You also may want to check out xingtone which is good. Its not freeware though.

thanks everyone
i'm guessing that i had "audio manager" on my last flash, but didn't notice it. i pretty much flashed my wing before really taking a look at what the stock rom offers.
thanks for the quick replies everyone
DK

I like using Audacity. Freeware, and it can do just about anything you want with an audio file. Fairly easy to use, considering its power.

Queries of a Newbie!

Am new to Windows Mobile and would really appreciate if someone could answer atleast some of my doubts.
1) The speakers ... is that the loudest we can go? I have a P1i that I tweaked thanks to Swmail and its like real loud!
2) Most decent Nokia have a feature that when a call is received "speaks out" the caller name from the address book. Do we have a similar option in Xperia/ Windows Mobile?
3) When I receive a call, the callers name is almost invisible ... I mean its so small that a person like me having below average vision has trouble figuring out the caller's name! Is there no in built tweak to rectify this problem?
4) I have downloaded and installed the MyLostBlog HTC Calculator.cab ... why are all the backgrounds black for most softwares around here??? Is it not possible to adjust colours to go with the theme? I mean, can I just not install any software and the theme gives the software the looks?
Having got the Xperia, I'm now in a stage where I have to learn the OS fresh ... feels uncomfortable with all the small fonts and buttons. I'm now wondering if this was a mistake and if I should give up so soon or work my way into comfort zone!
Your advises and help will help me hang on!
Cheers!

1 - I'm sorry, but this was a mistake by SE. The speaker is awful, but there is nothing you can do about it. I wish we had stereo speakers on par with the N95 too. When I use it for video or audio, I always put my headphones. I don't see a problem about it. The only irritating thing is that you won't be able to hear the ringtome, but that is what vibration is for right?
2 - There are many programs that do this. I haven't tested them, because I find the feature annoying. Do it on your own risk:
Voice Call
Phone Tray Free
Ascendis Caller ID
Audio Caller ID
and many more. Just use google .
3 - You need a program like SPB Phone Suit or PhoneEx 1.3 (the one I'm using). PhoneEx is great. Big names and numbers. It is very finger friendly.
4 - Because black = cool. After all everyone wants to be Mr. Black (10 points to whoever caught the reference ). Anyways, HTC devices are black and the Xperia most people have is black, so people make programs with black fonts.
And no, the theme cannot change the colours of the programs that you install.
You say that you are a new WinMo user. Well, that means that you have to read and learn a lot of things. No way around that. WinMo is not intuitive. It is not like most of the smartphones or featurephones with their flashy, but often useless oparating systems. It is annoying at the beggining, but when you learn how it works and get the little quirks here and there, it will become the best operating system for ppc's.
Plus, there are literally countless number of applications for WinMo and a lot of them are free.
Xperia has great touchscreen that allows you to click even the little icons with ease. If it is not responsive, you should change the settings for the screen sensitivity. Start>Settings>Screen or use this method, but be careful what you do and read the instructions carefully:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=485037&highlight=screen+sensitivity
It really depends on what kind of phone you want. Xperia is perfect for me and as I have said before, I cannot imagine my life without it. If you want to have a pocket pc with you and if you are preapred to spend many hours reainstalling, hard-reseting and tweaking, then you have made the right choice.
A piece of advice I give to every newcomer:
Read the topics in this forum. Just open random topics and learn about your device. Use the search functions. 99% of all your question have been answered in other threads.
I had some experience with WinMo when I bought the X1, but I wasn't very good. Now, I have full control over every aspect of my device. It has integrated itself in my way of life. All thanks to this forum...
I don't want to promote myself in any way, but check this thread out. I have put some random thoughts concerning the X1 there :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=506512
Cheers

For bigger incoming call notification you can also use a few other options:
-S2U2 has slide to answer support
-the touch HD caller also offers full screen caller ID
-resco (don`t know for sure)

orelsi said:
1 - I'm sorry, but this was a mistake by SE. The speaker is awful, but there is nothing you can do about it. I wish we had stereo speakers on par with the N95 too. When I use it for video or audio, I always put my headphones. I don't see a problem about it. The only irritating thing is that you won't be able to hear the ringtome, but that is what vibration is for right?
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Sorry but this is absolutely wrong... I used the OPTXperiabeta02.cab and experienced great loudness from that single speaker and hear the ring all the time, in fact the cab worked so well that I had to turn the sound down for calls as well... too loud...

Shadowdh said:
Sorry but this is absolutely wrong... I used the OPTXperiabeta02.cab and experienced great loudness from that single speaker and hear the ring all the time, in fact the cab worked so well that I had to turn the sound down for calls as well... too loud...
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No problem. We are here to help each other aren't we?
You can make it louder, but the SOUND QUALITY will not change. There is no bass and the high frequencies sound awful. The speaker is tiny and of bad quality. You had to turn it down, because the sound was unpleasant. Am I right?

I installed optxperia, too, and am very happy that I can hear my phone ringing better. The sound is somewhat distorted due to the limited speaker quality, so I turned it down. I am enjoying having good volume for games, alarms, and calls, though!
I don't need great speakers on a phone, because they are never going to equal the sound quality of good headphones, anyway. I always listen to music with really good headphones for a better listening experience, as I'm picky about sound quality.

i also help big problem looking at the caller id for incoming calls. stressing my eyes to do it. which application is better? where can i download PhoneEx 1.3?
thanks

Thanks orelsi for your detailed explanations ... it is really appreciated
A couple of googles later and I've got the Phonex 1.3.5 with which I am very happy now! Loyjwe ... if you are googling it, be sure to get the one for WM6.
@orelsi you mentioned a couple of programs such as Voice Call, Phone Tray Free, Ascendis Caller ID, Audio Caller ID. Do these work with windows mobile? I searched, but I go the general feeling that they were all for the regular windows.
As regards "black" ... yeah I guess I got myself the 10 points ... anyways, I'm a person that loves the colour blue and feel uncomfortable with black ... get a kind of "black is unlucky" feel! I'm certain I saw a link somewhere where I can set backgrounds everywhere to a picture I like ... guess I'll search for it!
@Shadowdh ... thank you for the OPTXperiabeta02.cab suggestion. Just got hold of it and will see if I'm happy with it
Generally .. a nice start! I guess I'll have more queries as I go along .., guess I really have to get used to WinMo
Thanks

Gibbs said:
I installed optxperia, too, and am very happy that I can hear my phone ringing better. The sound is somewhat distorted due to the limited speaker quality, so I turned it down. I am enjoying having good volume for games, alarms, and calls, though!
I don't need great speakers on a phone, because they are never going to equal the sound quality of good headphones, anyway. I always listen to music with really good headphones for a better listening experience, as I'm picky about sound quality.
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I prefer headphones too, but the N95's great stereo speakers + surround are something amazing...
loyjwe said:
i also help big problem looking at the caller id for incoming calls. stressing my eyes to do it. which application is better? where can i download PhoneEx 1.3?
thanks
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I have tested many apps and I find that PhoneEx is the best for me personally. Remember that it messes with your 3G video calling though. I hope they fix that in future versions.
Paparasee said:
Thanks orelsi for your detailed explanations ... it is really appreciated
A couple of googles later and I've got the Phonex 1.3.5 with which I am very happy now! Loyjwe ... if you are googling it, be sure to get the one for WM6.
@orelsi you mentioned a couple of programs such as Voice Call, Phone Tray Free, Ascendis Caller ID, Audio Caller ID. Do these work with windows mobile? I searched, but I go the general feeling that they were all for the regular windows.
As regards "black" ... yeah I guess I got myself the 10 points ... anyways, I'm a person that loves the colour blue and feel uncomfortable with black ... get a kind of "black is unlucky" feel! I'm certain I saw a link somewhere where I can set backgrounds everywhere to a picture I like ... guess I'll search for it!
@Shadowdh ... thank you for the OPTXperiabeta02.cab suggestion. Just got hold of it and will see if I'm happy with it
Generally .. a nice start! I guess I'll have more queries as I go along .., guess I really have to get used to WinMo
Thanks
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No problemo. Feel free to ask , that's what I did hehe...
You can change the backgrounds in the menus of WinMo (the general theme), but I don't think you can change the colours of diff programs. That is what you wanted right?
I'm sorry abut the apps. I said that I never tested any of them. I just googled them . I asked around a little bit and here is what I got .
Try these:
Mobile Speak - (this one is for blind people, but maybe it can be set to say only callers' names and nothing else)
MS Voice Commander has such an option.
HollerID
Cheers

Seriously, if u hate the tiny fonts and un-user friendly UI on the X1, read up and flash a custom ROM.
Like "dumbphones", the ROM/firmware in WinMo phones can be upgraded. The biggest advantage / benefit of WinMo over any of the other "smartphone" OS's around is that there are loads of ppl who are willing to setup and build customised firmwares so u get the benefits and features of other (HTC!) phones....
Read up on "HardSPL" in the Custom ROMs section and give it a go - if u do it right there's no way u'll brick your phone and it'll come out the otherside like a brand new (completely different + better!) phone...

orelsi said:
No problem. We are here to help each other aren't we?
You can make it louder, but the SOUND QUALITY will not change. There is no bass and the high frequencies sound awful. The speaker is tiny and of bad quality. You had to turn it down, because the sound was unpleasant. Am I right?
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Hi mate... sorry for the seemingly terse post above, was studying for exams and so was trying to be quick...
Yes we are indeed mate... I did not have to turn it down due to rubbish quality rather it was very very loud... like another poster mentioned I tend to use earphones for listening to podcasts (rather than music) and when I play video its usually pretty decent if through the speakers... sure its not dolby etc but hey its such a little bitty speaker...

Make your xperia much louder!

If such a post exists with same content please delete. So I was googling because I was sick of quiet xperia...
this .CAB makes xperia so much louder ! no more missed phone calls!
Go To This Link.
Code:
http://www.nakido.com/0B003C1E96C70C8A5943C1FCA7AE8F2560769B0F?m=UPLOAD_OK
Download , Put it on your phone , install
post your results! my xperia x1a is sooo much louder after this cab was installed

Nice, thank you. Does this also make the call voice louder? Since I find myself struggling to hear the other guy at the end of the line.

Fuzalert2k said:
Nice, thank you. Does this also make the call voice louder? Since I find myself struggling to hear the other guy at the end of the line.
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So far what I checked was louder
Music playing (ring tone , msg etc..) and phone boot with this xperia short movie with that sound? it also is much louder other things we gotta try

But doesn't it sound even more crappy if it's louder?

extracted the para files and dumped them into this zip here.
havnt tested it yet but the original CAB file contains some other drivers as well which i somehow dont trust.
PS: speacker output is indeed louder. sounds a little bit distorted but thats OK. u can still turn the phone vollume lower

Already 4 other threads on this subject...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=503071
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3744687
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=466556
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=490391

jeah but tis is probably th first one where u can find solution within the first 6 threads ^^

achmed20 said:
jeah but tis is probably th first one where u can find solution within the first 6 threads ^^
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Thanks ;]]

with this mod, in the applications the speaker is ok, but in a call is very low....
i use a win mob 6.5 based on R3...

COOL........
Louder.............thanks

Size of file "HTC-QuietlyBrilliantBoot.wav"

Can one of you kind people tell me the size of the file "\Windows\HTC-QuietlyBrilliantBoot.wav"?
I've done a cab that replaces it with a "silent but tiny" one (to kill the bootsound), but if the original's not that big then I'll do a cab that gets rid of it from the registry instead (so we've still got the original file on our devices).
Thanks in advance

So far, over 20 people have read this and not 1 can just check a file size for me???

It's 861.53KB (882210 bytes).

861~4 KB
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So far, over 20 people have read this and not 1 can just check a file size for me???
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Cheers guys. Guess I'll leave the cab the way it is then.
Thanks

I already have a cab that disables this?

Any chance you could place a link to your cab in this thread John?

Sorry......waste of space....my bad

jakem said:
Any chance you could place a link to your cab in this thread John?
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ET beat me to it
ET said:
Here it is
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Cheers mate.
I was considering redoing it so it just edits the registry to stop the bootup sound, but since the wav file is nearly a meg in size, I've decided that the one that's already out there is better as it frees up some ROM. Not much, admitedly, but "every little helps"
Edit:
Here's a link for the cab file...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5442814&postcount=3

Cheers guys.

cab runs fine, normal HD2 boot up now!!

Hello,you can also use advanced config tools to disable boot sound . I try to find how to listen the entire wav sound when the phone starts .When i listen HTC-QuietlyBrilliantBoot.wav with media player , it's longer than the boot wav ...

This crappy sound vanished on my phone without any tweak... The only thing, that could be responsible for that is a reg-tweak that disables the sounds while changing the volume... well, I'm not missing that crappy sound - it sounded like an old GameBoy

HTC-QuietlyBrilliantBoot.wav
can you guys share the file, i dont have it on the Topix 3.5

**Note to self to download cab**
I didn't have the boot up sound on 1.44 but when i went to 1.66 it was there!
It also cuts out slightly as it writes 'brilliant'
Does anyone elses do that (or did that)

jonbaker76 said:
**Note to self to download cab**
I didn't have the boot up sound on 1.44 but when i went to 1.66 it was there!
It also cuts out slightly as it writes 'brilliant'
Does anyone elses do that (or did that)
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Yes mine does exactly the same thing.

jonbaker76 said:
**Note to self to download cab**
I didn't have the boot up sound on 1.44 but when i went to 1.66 it was there!
It also cuts out slightly as it writes 'brilliant'
Does anyone elses do that (or did that)
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Not everytime but mostly yes

Hi John,
works like a charm on my HD2. Thanks!!!

Good job, THX.

Where to get classy sms tones?

As you may already know, the tones that came with the HD2 are lame So for ring tone, I use one of my fav songs. But I have trouble picking a tone for sms. I've searched the forum but most of the links offer cheesy sms tones like "hey baby" or something. So, does anyone know where can i get some classy sms tones? Thanks.

Weeell...
My idea of classy might be quite different to yours but check the link in my sig.. you might find something there.......
You can pretty much set any sound you want as long as you can get a hold of it on your computer, just cut out the part you want, save it as a .wav file and throw it in your /windows directory...
Theres plenty of free .wav editing software on download.com or other such sites.......

dan138zig said:
As you may already know, the tones that came with the HD2 are lame So for ring tone, I use one of my fav songs. But I have trouble picking a tone for sms. I've searched the forum but most of the links offer cheesy sms tones like "hey baby" or something. So, does anyone know where can i get some classy sms tones? Thanks.
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I have just remastered all the Street Fighter II Turbo sounds for my HD2.
I have 'Hadouken!' for SMS, 'Shoryuken!' for e-mail and 'Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku!' for MMS, and I use this for a ring tone!

Loads of good free ringtones here:
http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/

Kalavere said:
I have just remastered all the Street Fighter II Turbo sounds for my HD2.
I have 'Hadouken!' for SMS, 'Shoryuken!' for e-mail and 'Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku!' for MMS, and I use this for a ring tone!
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you have got to share the " Hadouken " please.....................

boohoo2u said:
Loads of good free ringtones here:
http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/
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thanks, but they're too flashy. i want simple elegant tones

if you can describe what kinda sounds you want I can make some custom tones for you........

conantroutman said:
if you can describe what kinda sounds you want I can make some custom tones for you........
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like the default diamond sms tone. you know that? or:
http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/937695/windows-7-sms-ringtone/
http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/1034105/htc-sms-ringtone/
http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/1033160/best-2010-sms-ringtone/
http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/1032641/nice-sms-2010-ringtone/

Im sure if you ask nicely in the diamond forums somebody will be able to point you in the direction of the stock tones........
Or you can try these........ they're not the best but hey..............

http://audiko.net
Best ringtone site on the net bar none. There aren't many ringtones and message tones that haven't been uploaded by someone.
EDIT - make sure you change the search to audiko from the default Google search.

antilagman said:
you have got to share the " Hadouken " please.....................
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Here you go, I have remastered it for my phone so I have changed the volume level to suit my preference, if it's not quite right let me know and I'll redo it for you so it's a bit louder/quieter.

Kalavere said:
Here you go, I have remastered it for my phone so I have changed the volume level to suit my preference, if it's not quite right let me know and I'll redo it for you so it's a bit louder/quieter.
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Nice.. Thanks for sharing.......

Thank you

Anybody played splinter cell? Ive been after the sound where you switch on his night vision goggles.... searched high and low on google to no avail
http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/0-0-...night vision&searchcat=ringtones&sug-search=0
like those but they are abit short

ezee_gee said:
Anybody played splinter cell? Ive been after the sound where you switch on his night vision goggles.... searched high and low on google to no avail
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Is this the one?

Kalavere said:
Is this the one?
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Spot on mate thank you! im after a longer one but this will do thank you pal

ezee_gee said:
Spot on mate thank you! im after a longer one but this will do thank you pal
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You're going to love me.
*Edit* I did a remastered version, it sounds a little better to my ear, I'll leave the other one up as well.
*Edit 2* Definately go for the remastered version, it sounds much better.

Kalavere said:
You're going to love me.
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Indeed I do!!!! awesome work my man! you are indeed a legend cheers
just gotta wait for someone to txt me now