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How to add a new SMS receive tone

I know how to use an mp3 as a ringtone.
What I desire is a way to set an mp3 or a wav file as my Sms receive tone.
Thank 'ee.

27 said:
I know how to use an mp3 as a ringtone.
What I desire is a way to set an mp3 or a wav file as my Sms receive tone.
Thank 'ee.
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First you have to copy the ringtone you wannna use, into the windows/rings-directory. ( my experience tells me that with SMS-tones, it's actually better to just put it directly in the Windows-directory, I have renamed mine, so my custom-ringtone is now my default ) :wink:
Then go to Start/Settings/Sytem/Add ring tone, when it's finished reading all your soundfiles, add the ringtone you want to use.
Then go to Start/Settings/Personal/Sounds & Notifications, open the dialogue-box, scroll down 'till you find SMS- settings, add your ringtone and bingo :wink:
Hope this helps...

Flipside said:
First you have to copy the ringtone you wannna use, into the windows/rings-directory. ( my experience tells me that with SMS-tones, it's actually better to just put it directly in the Windows-directory, I have renamed mine, so my custom-ringtone is now my default ) :wink:
Then go to Start/Settings/Sytem/Add ring tone, when it's finished reading all your soundfiles, add the ringtone you want to use.
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I can't believe I never clicked on that before. :lol:
Thank you!!

27 said:
Flipside said:
First you have to copy the ringtone you wannna use, into the windows/rings-directory. ( my experience tells me that with SMS-tones, it's actually better to just put it directly in the Windows-directory, I have renamed mine, so my custom-ringtone is now my default ) :wink:
Then go to Start/Settings/Sytem/Add ring tone, when it's finished reading all your soundfiles, add the ringtone you want to use.
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I can't believe I never clicked on that before. :lol:
Thank you!!
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I'm just happy to help :wink:

hey in my S100 when i go to "add ringtone" it does not show any of my mp3s, why's that? only mids and wavs! i copied 3 files to windows/rings and again the same... any suggestions plz? sorry 4 my engilsh!

dj_vts said:
hey in my S100 when i go to "add ringtone" it does not show any of my mp3s, why's that? only mids and wavs! i copied 3 files to windows/rings and again the same... any suggestions plz? sorry 4 my engilsh!
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Don't copy them to Windows\Rings.
Copy them to Windows.

made a mistake of purchasing this software called "Ringo" that handles ringtones and sms tones. Should have just moved the ringtones to the \windows folder

Thx 4 your replies. i did copied 2 files to \Windows folder. One .mp3 and one .mid and neither appeared in sounds&notifications on incoming text message... What am i doing wrong guys?

dj_vts said:
Thx 4 your replies. i did copied 2 files to \Windows folder. One .mp3 and one .mid and neither appeared in sounds&notifications on incoming text message... What am i doing wrong guys?
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This works fo me
Flipside said:
First you have to copy the ringtone you wannna use, into the windows/rings-directory. ( my experience tells me that with SMS-tones, it's actually better to just put it directly in the Windows-directory, I have renamed mine, so my custom-ringtone is now my default ) :wink:
Then go to Start/Settings/Sytem/Add ring tone, when it's finished reading all your soundfiles, add the ringtone you want to use.
Then go to Start/Settings/Personal/Sounds & Notifications, open the dialogue-box, scroll down 'till you find SMS- settings, add your ringtone and bingo :wink:
Hope this helps...
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Random RingTone possibale ?

Say create a folder under the storeage Card, whenever it rings, it will pick one of the MP3 ringtone from the folder, any software can do that ?

Bump.
I'd like to see an app that allows for ANY random notification sound.

EyesOnCall and Sharpsm
EyesOnCall and Sharpsms both have this feature http://www.mycnknow.com/

Re: EyesOnCall and Sharpsm
llestat said:
EyesOnCall and Sharpsms both have this feature http://www.mycnknow.com/
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Finsally someone reply my post.........
THanks llestat :wink:

Here is a free solution I developed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=327081

-------> Ringtones for Htc Touch.......

Have you any nice ringtones for WindowsMobile??
The standard ringtones are boring...
Is there anything better???
Thank you..............

Noone suggest any ringtones or has a personal archive??

umm, use search???
many threads on "what ringtones do you use?" with file attachments, use the wiki
you just need to look
questions like these will cause you grief

just copy any mp3 file into your HTC and use it as a ringtone

apposite said:
many threads on "what ringtones do you use?" with file attachments, use the wiki
you just need to look
questions like these will cause you grief
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Sorry, but I didn't find what I was searching for....
I wasn't able to find a thread which speak only about our favourite ringtones....

jvieira said:
just copy any mp3 file into your HTC and use it as a ringtone
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Yes, but I was nosy of know your opinions about ringtones.....

flaviopac said:
Yes, but I was nosy of know your opinions about ringtones.....
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they are ok. I am using the old fashion ring for my ringtone.

Taninpv said:
they are ok. I am using the old fashion ring for my ringtone.
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I don't like them very much...
I think that they are a bit prosy....
I use a song, called "Tick Tick Boom" by The Hives....

you can use literally any mp3 (and other formats) of your choice as a ring tone (btw, nice choice on the Hives.) you must put your audio file one folder away from root, meaning the path has to be something like
/Storage Card/*.mp3
/Program Files/*.mp3
/My Documents/*.mp3
etc etc

Azimuth21 said:
you can use literally any mp3 (and other formats) of your choice as a ring tone (btw, nice choice on the Hives.) you must put your audio file one folder away from root, meaning the path has to be something like
/Storage Card/*.mp3
/Program Files/*.mp3
/My Documents/*.mp3
etc etc
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For message I put the ringtones into /windows, and these are .wav files...
for other ringtones into windows/rings

I made some ringtones
http://www.box.net/shared/d0o4ycv40o
Hope you like'em.
Cheers

efexor said:
I made some ringtones
http://www.box.net/shared/d0o4ycv40o
Hope you like'em.
Cheers
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Thank you!!!!

Text Message Tones...

Apologies if this has been posted, my search capabilities are limited as on a faulty UMPC at the mo...
Is it possible to change the SMS received tone to a MP3 file or other audio file? Ideally without any third party software...?
Cheers!

Try Ringo Pro...it works perfectly..!!!!

jmdrizen said:
Apologies if this has been posted, my search capabilities are limited as on a faulty UMPC at the mo...
Is it possible to change the SMS received tone to a MP3 file or other audio file? Ideally without any third party software...?
Cheers!
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If you just mean the system default go to messaging, settings, select ringtone. If you want custom tones for individuals Ringo.

tannyfiles said:
Try Ringo Pro...it works perfectly..!!!!
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Cheers for that, but for a feature that is available on most devices, it's not something that I'm willing to pay extra for... I'm sure the developer has done a great job, but I don't need different ringtones for different contacts or any of the other features...
The Lite version doesn't seem to have this bit, atleast, not by it's description....
I guess I'll just have to make do with "Captains Log"... unless anyone else know's of any other methods or free market place applications..?

daveid said:
If you just mean the system default go to messaging, settings, select ringtone. If you want custom tones for individuals Ringo.
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I've got a MP3 file I would like to use... can convert it to any other format, but that's the one I want... cheers though!!

If you create a directory 'notifications' on your sd card and drop the file in there it should appear on the list for selection when changing notifications.

uberlad said:
If you create a directory 'notifications' on your sd card and drop the file in there it should appear on the list for selection when changing notifications.
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Perfect! That works...!!!
Out of curiousity, is there a folder I can create where it will add them to the phone ringtones section?
Cheers!!!

jmdrizen said:
Perfect! That works...!!!
Out of curiousity, is there a folder I can create where it will add them to the phone ringtones section?
Cheers!!!
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Got them...
ringtones to appear in Ringtone Menu
alarms to appear in the Alarm Tone Menu
notification to appear in the Notification Tone Menu
Cheers everyone!

That works great! Thanks for the idea.

By puting mp3 ringtones in a folder called 'ringtones' on the sd card, you can use mp3's with ringo lite

Ogre said:
By puting mp3 ringtones in a folder called 'ringtones' on the sd card, you can use mp3's with ringo lite
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If you had read above, you'd know you don't need any other software for that....
-bZj

If you have root, you can also do this so that all of the notiications, ringtones, alarms etc ..... are moved from your phone to your SD card.
Code:
mount -oremount,rw /system/dev/mtdblock3 /system
cp -r /system/media/audio/ringtones /sdcard/
rm -R /system/media/audio/ringtones
obviously change it for notifications and alarms.

you can use any sound u like 4 any notification u like by simply dropping the file into the windows folder in the file explorer under my device works for me cheers guys

any way to change sms alert tone to a mp3?

i tried copying the mp3 file to the rings folder in windows. it worked for the phone ring signal but it doesn't seem to for the sms alerts. it just doesn't show up in the menu in sense ui to change it. any ideas on how i could implement this? is there a winmo setting or reg hack? this is my first winmo phone so i don't have very deep knowledge base of the os. any help?

jdbpogo said:
i tried coping the mp3 file to the rings folder in windows. it worked for the phone ring signal but it doesn't seem to for the sms alerts. it just doesn't show up in the menu in sense ui to change it. any ideas on how i could implement this? is there a winmo setting or reg hack to do this? this is my first winmo phone so i don't have very deep knowledge base of the os. any help?
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I use mp3 for ringtones and notification sounds with no problem, but I put mine on the device in the My Documents folder. I don't know if that will help, but it's worked for me on my last 3 WM devices.

johncmolyneux said:
I use mp3 for ringtones and notification sounds with no problem, but I put mine on the device in the My Documents folder. I don't know if that will help, but it's worked for me on my last 3 WM devices.
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thats how i did it before the upgrade, now they dont show up. had to do it the way the OP did it... strange

nope. they don't show up...
paulking said:
had to do it the way the OP did it...
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could you please elaborate on that?

It'll show up if you dump it straight into the windows folder, not the rings folder, just the root windows folder

jdbpogo said:
nope. they don't show up...
could you please elaborate on that?
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by copying the file into the rings folder to have mp3 ringtone

paulking said:
by copying the file into the rings folder to have mp3 ringtone
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just for the ringtone, not the sms tone. i thought maybe that was working for you also.
Duncb said:
It'll show up if you dump it straight into the windows folder, not the rings folder, just the root windows folder
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thanks. worked like a charm!

Duncb said:
It'll show up if you dump it straight into the windows folder, not the rings folder, just the root windows folder
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your a genius mate! no more boring beeps! i can now once again irritate my flatmate with my "mmmmmmm....... ham sandwich" msg tone!