I'm brand new to Android, so forgive me if this is actually a basic thing to fix. In the stock music player I set one of the tunes I put on the external SD card as the ringtone for voice calls. I've noticed that every time I disconnect the phone from my PC after it has been connected (mass storage mode)via USB, the phone performs an update scan of the external SD card, and my tune is no longer the default ringtone. Is this an Android thing or something to do with the Samsung's software?
Is there a more permanent way of setting a music file as your ringtone without having to set it up again every time you've connected to a PC?
All my music is encoded as eaac+ in .m4a files
it'll be a software thing.
if you use 3rd party software to keep your mp3 as a default ring tone it wont go away
ringo pro or something like that, i forgot the name
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Anyone sure if this machine supports MP3 ringtone?
I have tried to copy MP3 files to Device/Window/Rings, but when i try to call my Universal, the ringtone changed it back to window default automatically.
Pls advice.
Mark
I just went to an MP3 file and set it to my ringtone and it works fine!
WM5 does support mp3 ringtones. You can have these stored in the root of the cd card and the phone app will pick em up. However, because the sd card does not activate the sd card when the device comes out of hibernation, on wake up, it will resort back to the default tone.....
You can copy the file to \windows\rings folder so that it is available all the time however, this will take up alot of storage memory.
My advice would be to chop the song down to around 20 seconds, then cknvert this to a 64k WMA file.
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 ?
How do you add a new ringtone under new messages? When I receive a message I would like it to play a ringtone of my own. Any ideas?
Put them in the Windows folder - I used wma files too
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Put them in the Windows folder - I used wma files too
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Just so I don't mess up and end up with files all over the place would that be;
Explorer>Windows>Rings ?
I know it sounds simple but I can mess up even the easiest jobs on these things!
Matt
You can put them in 'Internal Storage\My Documents\'
Then you don't have to worry about the space
I cna't tell you how much that has been annoying me and yet the answer when it came was so simple... a bit like me!
Matt
PS And it works with my ringtone as well... thus freeing up the space on my device memory! You know, I sometimes wonder how I get through the day without hurting myself!!!
I place the files in 'Internal Storage\My Documents\'rings or music
so I don't waste space and it's all well set!!
I have two problems with this:
1. Storing ringtones on the Internal Storage makes them show up in the Music tab! No thanks I don't want to listen to ringtones when playing my music, is there a way to stop this other than keeping them on My Device memory?
2. The topic is actually regarding message tones and not just ringtones and I cannot see any of my files to select for a meesage tone. They are MP3 files which work fine for ringtones.
Does this phone not allow MP3s to be used for messages?
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I have two problems with this:
1. Storing ringtones on the Internal Storage makes them show up in the Music tab! No thanks I don't want to listen to ringtones when playing my music, is there a way to stop this other than keeping them on My Device memory?
2. The topic is actually regarding message tones and not just ringtones and I cannot see any of my files to select for a meesage tone. They are MP3 files which work fine for ringtones.
Does this phone not allow MP3s to be used for messages?
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1. Don't use the TF3D music player!!
2. I have no problems with mp3 message sounds... and I have them in 'Internal Storage/my Documents'
I quite like the TF3D player actually and I'd rather use the built in one than go to run another app especially as I use a stereo BT headset and press play on that which automatically starts the TF3D player.
I've put loads of MP3 files in Internal Storage\My Documents\MyRingtones and while they all appear ok for actual ringtones I can't see a single one for use as a message tone, only the default files are there.
Is there a size, bpm, frequency limit or anything?
Anyone else managed to use MP3s for message tones?
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Anyone else managed to use MP3s for message tones?
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In order to use mp3 ring tones for mssg tone u need to put them in the root directory of internal Storage it works fer me like a charm....
Cheers
cut and paste the file in windows then u can go back to ur sound settings
Thanks for the replies putting it in the root has worked though it's a little untidy. I've also found that My Device\Application Data\Sounds is a working location. I thought I'd already tried that but obviously not
While we're on the ringtone topic, has anyone found a way to store mp3 ringtones on Internal storage and NOT have them show in the TF3D Music Library?
I'm wondering whether removing the ID tags from them would work though unfortunately I don't have anything to do that with where I am at the moment, I'll try tonight.
Just to update to this, removing MP3 tags doesn't work and the file alone is still recognised and included in the TF3D player.
Are there any locations on internal storage which WILL show up for selection as ringtones but NOT in the music player?
MP3 ringtone
you can place a mp3 file anywhere on your phone and then tap and hold and set as a ringtone. i belive this does automaticly move it to the phones memory tho as well as being on the extra storage.
hey anyone knows how to download mp3s from your phone
ps: i dont no if this is the good place to ask this im srry if it isnt im new thats y
thx
Assigning vibration to a specific contacts text messages and calls
Hi, sorry if this does not belong here, I think it is at least related . Does anyone know if there is an option (can not find it in the settings of the touch diamond) or tweak which would assign vibration to a specific incoming text message? Meaning: when I turn down the ring tone not to be disturbed acousticly, I want the phone vibrate only when one specific contact calls or sends text message. Thanks to all for any ideas
Upgraded memory card on hero from stock 2gb (unknown class) to a 16gb class2 card.
Connected Hero via usb - transfered off all files (including copilot maps and custom notifications/ringtones/music etc).
Replaced memory card - connected up and transfered all files back to new memory card and rebooted phone to make sure all widgets/apps initialised properly.
At first everything seemed to be ok - pretty much tested everything that touches the memory card - game saves, copilot, music, photos, video playback is acceptable (some slight jitters with other open apps or many widgets open - recommend making a blank/video playback home profile to counter this and killing apps down), pdf viewer.
However, the fun started when I received my first text message (I had SD notifications option set to on and had picked my custom notification sound). Instead of hearing my notification one of the bundled stock tunes (Colette - Push) played instead as the notification sound IN FULL !!! and couldn't find any way to stop it.
I am assuming this music file is the very first file listed in internal memory therefore if any problems with custom notifications it will play this instead (for a full 4mins or so)!!
So is this an issue with the read time of the memory card? An intermittant memory card (everything seems ok - been using the phone as mp3 player and not noticed any problems with audio and/or video playback) ? Or a bug in software somewhere?
I might try a wipe/reformat in the device and see if that works - any other suggestions?
Ringtones are less picky, but for Custom Notifications and alarms, I've found the fone doesn't accept them unless they are stored on the SD card with the same folder heirachy as on the device
Make a folder called media and inside create one called audio and inside THAT create ringtones, alarms, notifications
Put the stuff you want for each in its respective folder
paths should be sd/media/audio/alarms sd/media/audio/notifications and sd/media/audio/ringtones
Like I say, I've found ringtones are fine left anywhere on the SD, but Alarms and notification sounds need to be in those folders.
Also, when you put them in, you may need to restart for them to show up in a list for apps like alarm clock etc.
Daisy xxx
I think I had the same issue - after changing the card, first text I got resulted in the phone playing a random tune from my mp3 folder. Re-selecting the notification sorted it.
I had already created the directories for media\audio\notifications (and alarms and ringtones).
I have reformatted the card, recreated media\audio\notifications and placed a single mp3 notification file. Enabled SD notifications and selected the file as default notification.
Tested and works ok.
Filled the rest of the media card with music/video etc
Received a text after all of that and it played a music track from \mp3 folder instead of the notification sound !!! after testing now - doesn't matter if i try to use a stock notification it will always use the same track for every text i receive !!!
what the hell is going on ?
reboots/reselecting the notification/enabling or disabling SD notifications - doesn't matter it always plays the mp3 track all 4mins and 22 secs for every text !!!
I had something similar.
When i had sd card notifications ticked, it began playing random tunes whenever i plugged into the computer.
turned that off and it stopped.
as for getting my ringotnes and notifications to appear, i have folders on the root of the SD card, one called ringtones, and one called notifications
no capitals in the names at all.
straight away after i did that, the files appeared in the selection lists. I didn't even have to restart.
Did the same on a colleague's magic and they showed up immediately, but on my other colleague's orange hero, it didn't work.
If you have a t-mobile one, just do the two folders on the root, and turn sd card notifications off.
you'll get the sounds available, without the random noises.
hey guys, i dont know if people are still suffering from this problem but i found a way to solve it.
It seems to happen when you either, format your SD/get a new one or apply a custom ROM. It doesnt seem to make a difference to ringtones.
Use Dayzee's file directories information and then go into settings>sound & display and select your notification tone as normal, turn SD tones OFF. Now go into your message inbox and press MENU then go to SETTINGS and scroll down to the bottom and go to SELECT SOUND.
Match the sound to the one you picked in the normal sound & display settings menu and problem should be solved
Hey guys, I was wondering if there is anyway of setting only a particular folder to play music from on the storage card. The Sense music player is picking up every audio format e.g. ringtones and playing them???
all i did was create a folder on my mem card called music and my ringtones are on phone mem and music tab didnt find them
Thanks. I thought this was the case, but I have a lot of mp3 ringtones assigned to contacts and moving them all over to the phone memory just wouldn't be viable.
thare are serval discusions on that, around here. actually there is no way from stoping the music tab to play all sondfiles it find on the storage card (or at least only play a single folder). there are serval registry key and stuff but it looks that the music tab is ignoring them and do what it like to do.
mad
you could trim your ring tones or lower the quality of the file depending how many you have and if you can be bothered or just create a playlist and exclude the ringtones that prob the quickest option
Use a file explorer to make all the folders you don't want the Music Player to see, hidden. The phone will still see all of the ringtones etc... but they won't show up in the Media Player. It worked for me.....
sorry for bumping an old thread, I put songs into my SD card in the Music tab, I find WAZE nav sounds ( in mp3), what should I do so the Nav mp3's are not shown in the Music tab?