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Possible to have ringtones assigned to SMS message notify?

I see there are nice ringtones (f.e. alien) possible.
But when I look to assign them on a SMS text message, I only get system tones. How can I use the existing tones or even add a wave of my own?
Oh, would it be possible also to have increasing ringtone volume and vibrate at once? That's very handy, because now I get a full volume tone, and it's scary, trust me
And vibrate is handy, when it's in your pocket...
My previous GSM phones had that option...Ah nostalgy

Put tones in Windows folder to see them in the list

where can I find the original system ringtones ?

any idea anyone?

its there... in windows folder..

What do you mean ... "it's there. In windows folder." Could you be more specific as I cant find it.

You have to convert it first to wav, then copy it to your xda Window directory ... then go to sound & notification and just look for it 8)

pactim,
the default notification sounds (WAV files ONLY) can be found in the /Windows folder. If you want to add more sounds to the drop down list in the Sounds & Notifications screen copy your new WAV files in THIS SAME FOLDER (i.e. /Windows).

Thanks guys
Thanks for your patience guys. Have worked it out now.

Sorry KTA,
I can't find the ringtones like Terestial, roaring guitar etc,... in the windows folder.
The only wav I find there is the only one I've put there.
Are you shure they aren't in an other location???

Yes they are in the Windows folder. I just checked again now.

mp3 Ringtone !!

HI,
Please, How to set an mp3 file as a ring tone to the Magician?
Thanks,

Dear Friends,
I cant believe 77 viewers, with no single quote? unless my question is a stupid one !!!
Any guide line?
thanks alot.

just download this and install at Magician.

Rothstein said:
just download this and install at Magician.
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THANKS ALOT MASTER.
IT WORKS VERY WELL.

Not working for me. Installed, no error messages, but I still can't use mp3's as ringtone. Actually in file manager mp3's are not associated with any programs. Could someone give any help?

you dont need anything to set a .mp3 as a ringtone, just place the mp3 file in the rings folder under windows and go to the tone selection screen and it will be there.
PLACE MP3 FILE IN FOLLOWING FOLDER
\\My Device\Windows\Rings
then do this
Start>Settings>Sounds & Notifications>Notifications(on bottom)
Then Event:.. scroll down to Phone: Incoming Call then tap the drop down box by ring tone and it will be there.
There should deffinately be a FAQ sticky for this kinda stuff

windows moible second edition supports mp3 as ring tone by default

alix776 said:
windows moible second edition supports mp3 as ring tone by default
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I Have Windows Mobile 2003 (Second Edition) Version 4.21.1088 (Build 15045.2.6.0)
BUT I can not set mp3 file as a ringtone without the above software.

fone_fanatic said:
you dont need anything to set a .mp3 as a ringtone, just place the mp3 file in the rings folder under windows and go to the tone selection screen and it will be there.
PLACE MP3 FILE IN FOLLOWING FOLDER
\\My Device\Windows\Rings
then do this
Start>Settings>Sounds & Notifications>Notifications(on bottom)
Then Event:.. scroll down to Phone: Incoming Call then tap the drop down box by ring tone and it will be there.
There should deffinately be a FAQ sticky for this kinda stuff
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So it can't be done without placing the mp3 in the ringtones directory? In deed it's not working for me that way either. I can see the mp3 on the list, but after choosing and pressing an OK, it sets itself back to windows default. Actually I can't use anything else than windows default. I'm really getting mad, plz help! Where is the file associations menu? Maybe there's some problem there. This thing is messed up since I've installed and uninstalled winamp...

Work great on wm2005 1.60b
Man i dont know is if its the program or the windows itself..but under the settings of notifications all my mp3 is listed ..which i never knew!...this is GREAT!
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Work great on wm2005 1.60b
Man i dont know is if its the program or the windows itself..but under the settings of notifications all my mp3 is listed ..which i never knew!...this is GREAT!
AMD

It would appear that by default mp3 ringtones are allowed, however once you install a third party app to play mp3's (you mention winamp) you lose the ability to use them(it seems that the Media player engine is used for this).Uninstalling the app makes no difference, you then have no mp3 player because the mobile version of windows does not restore the file association. The best way round this that I have found is to simply use an audio app (Nero wave editor in my case) to convert/edit the mp3s to wma. This has the bonus that most mp3 tracks are too long for a ringtone (how many phones ring for 3-4 minutes without kicking in the answering service ?) so when you convert you can also reduce the length.
I cant comment on the set ringtone cab posted here, never tried it, it may work
HTH

I am able to install the cab file without any error message but still can't use mp3's as ringtone. The mp3 file appears in the Sound and Notification drop down list, but whenever I select the mp3 file and try to play, it doesn't play and return back to Windows Default ringtone. Can anyone tell me that what is the problem?

cool_paki said:
I am able to install the cab file without any error message but still can't use mp3's as ringtone. The mp3 file appears in the Sound and Notification drop down list, but whenever I select the mp3 file and try to play, it doesn't play and return back to Windows Default ringtone. Can anyone tell me that what is the problem?
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The same problem I have. Also I don't think so that the easiest way to solve it is to convert each of my mp3's to wma or whatever. Somehow there should be a way to restore the file associations. Maybe if someone would have a media player to install (re-install) that could solve it. The problem is that I've also lost my former ringtones.

Have a look at this thread here. Ive just downloaded the files but not tried em yet. Seems to be able to restore file associations so that WMP becomes your default player. This should then allow you to use mp3's as ringtones
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=27269

cool_paki said:
I am able to install the cab file without any error message but still can't use mp3's as ringtone. The mp3 file appears in the Sound and Notification drop down list, but whenever I select the mp3 file and try to play, it doesn't play and return back to Windows Default ringtone. Can anyone tell me that what is the problem?
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GO TO START/SETTING/PERSONAL/PHONE (AND SELECT YOUR MP3 FROM THERE).
CHEERS,
YAARUB

So the file associations are normal again, thx to your help. But how can I set an mp3 as ringtone which is stored on the sd card other than copying it to the ringtones folder as it takes far too much space from the main memory? The settings-ringtones does not find the mp3 files either on the sd or in the system memory, only wavs and mids.

@Szilu
I'm afraid there is no other choise but to copy the mp3 ringtone to the main memory.
Im sorry

That's a pity. Anyway can you suggest any programs then to cut mp3's to smaller pieces? As 4 minutes is far too much thus the size can be shrinked. THX for your kind help.

Try "Sound Forge", But im not sure if it support mp3 files or .waqv only, their you can cut the file to small pieces.
good luck.

some issues

well i got this xda ii mini in german and replaced it by english rom, i think successfully but i still have some problems, for ex. i cannot add mp3 or anything else as my incoming call tone, just widnows default and ring, but i can add my mp3's as a message tone. then i would like to see battery life on first screen, i don't want to enter every time in settings. and i must add that in settings> system i DON?T have icon add sound

toxic girl said:
well i got this xda ii mini in german and replaced it by english rom, i think successfully but i still have some problems, for ex. i cannot add mp3 or anything else as my incoming call tone, just widnows default and ring, but i can add my mp3's as a message tone. then i would like to see battery life on first screen, i don't want to enter every time in settings. and i must add that in settings> system i DON?T have icon add sound
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Hi toxic,
Official support was not built in the ROMs so you have to use an extended software to attain it. Try SetMp3AsRingtone. You can also manually copy your MP3 ringtones to Windows/Rings folder. Then you can select them from the Sounds & Notifications.
Try installing SPB PocketPlus. It comes with a whole range of functions and displays.
Cheers!!

nirmit said:
Hi toxic,
Official support was not built in the ROMs so you have to use an extended software to attain it. Try SetMp3AsRingtone. You can also manually copy your MP3 ringtones to Windows/Rings folder. Then you can select them from the Sounds & Notifications.
Try installing SPB PocketPlus. It comes with a whole range of functions and displays.
Cheers!!
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I agree with this, but there is one more way to set mp3 for ringtone. Probably you will install some programs for playing mp3 music (Pocket Music or some other), but the key is in setting which program will associate that *.mp3 extension, if u allow some program (different than Windows Media Player) to automatically play this files, it will make u trouble when set the mp3 for ringtone, it won't ring, not any sound at all! So be carefull when choose file types in any program for multimedia file types (*.avi, *.mpg, *.mp3, *.wma ...) the best is to not associate them at all with any other program except WMP. This will work 100%!
Cheers to all!!

Thanks iwans for the addition.

u can try phone alarm too for mp3

Message Tones Problem??

Hey everyone,
I was wondering how to change the message tone in the HTC Touch HD, to a message tone which i've downloaded over the internet
Thannks
Appreciated

look for a small program called ringo, it allows you to take small sections from your ringtone or song, and converts and sets them as either ringtones or message tones

Try convert those tones to wav format or wma format. and paste into -my device-windows.
and it will appear in the sound settings. cheers!

not nessesary
Hi. On the HTC Touch HD it´s not nessesary to convert the tones into .wave the phone can recoginize .mp3 files to
Just copy the .mp3 files to e.x. you memory card in "My Documents" - now you can change the sound in Start / Settings / Sounds and messaging
Not 100% sure on the names because my phone i running Danish language...

thanks! thats new to me. cos i'm a old xda lli user in the pass.
now HD.

Whoa! even works with acc m4a files! Great!!!

Sorry I know this is an old thread, but which folder do the mp3 files have to be put in for the phone to recognise them as a message tone?
(i cant understand the guys post above)

Ringtones being searched in media library..

Hi,
I have tried to set ringtone files properties as hidden to prevent them being searched in media library, but it seems that sometime the system setting will change back to default ringtone as the mp3 files cannot be searched.
Thus i wonder is there any method to hide mp3 ringtones being searched in library, but still can be found by system, like .nomedia in android...
Thx~~

Nobody knows...??

NO way found up to now, been searching too

There is no way; even contacting HTC, they just said to add all the songs you want to listen to to a freakin' playlist.
What I did to minimise things was set the ID3 tags for all the ringtones to be by a band called 'ringtones', in a 'ringtones' album. At least this way it prevents the ringtones from being listed under the original album/artist.

SOLVED
Use total commander or resco file explorer, set the folder with your ringtones or any other folder you don't want to have in your player to hidden. Take out your SD card, restart your phone, select the music tab, it should say no music found, unless you have files on the phone you want picked up by it, put your SD card back in, and restart again. select the music tab. This WORKED for me, hopefully it will work for everyone else.

Where to put Alarm tones?
Hi!
Found a nice breaking glass sound and wanted to use it when i recive an sms, but that was not easy. Where shall i put the file?
I've tried : Rings inside Windows folder, My ringtones in My Documents, but it does not shows up where you change the Alert sound. The sound is in wave format, what more could it ask for?

ToddeSwe said:
Hi!
Found a nice breaking glass sound and wanted to use it when i recive an sms, but that was not easy. Where shall i put the file?
I've tried : Rings inside Windows folder, My ringtones in My Documents, but it does not shows up where you change the Alert sound. The sound is in wave format, what more could it ask for?
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//windows/ --> put your ringtone here , for call tones put in my ringtones folder. your tones will not be added to music media library witch is good ofcourse

pdukanac said:
//windows/ --> put your ringtone here , for call tones put in my ringtones folder. your tones will not be added to music media library witch is good ofcourse
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Thanks!
I will try this asap!