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Upgrading Memory = custom notification issue

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

Custom Notification Sounds

I'm trying to set my own notification sounds for txt messages. After moving the ogg audio files to my sdcard, they show up in es file explorer and I can even select them and they play, but they don't show up in my music list or the settings/notification sound list.
I tried adding a folder on the sd card called "notifications", tried putting the files in the media/audio/notifications folder (with the facebook pop notification), tried changing the files from ogg to mp3, nothing works.
I also tried RingDroid and Rings Extender, and those don't work either, the audio files don't even show up in the lists.
Am I missing something here?
I'm running dd2.7 btw.

Do the sounds show up in your music app along with your other music? Did you try restarting your phone? It's really strange that even after converting to mp3 you can't navigate to it other than through ES. As a kind of lame workaround, if you have ASTRO installed, you can use Rings Extender to select ASTRO and from there navigate to your file.

Nope, they don't show up in the regular music list. I did reboot a few times and that didn't work.
The files are .ogg's I pulled from the Froyo build. Shouldn't matter though, since even converted to mp3 they still don't show up.
I'll try the Astro workaround. Seems like a pain just for a simple txt message tone

username182 said:
Nope, they don't show up in the regular music list. I did reboot a few times and that didn't work.
The files are .ogg's I pulled from the Froyo build. Shouldn't matter though, since even converted to mp3 they still don't show up.
I'll try the Astro workaround. Seems like a pain just for a simple txt message tone
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create a folder in /sdcard called media
in media create audio
in audio create notifications and ringtones
You should end up with:
/sdcard/media/audio/notifications
/sdcard/media/audio/ringtones
I can't remember if you have to reboot after you put you sounds in the proper folders but they should now appear under ringtones or notificaitons.

I saw you tried this but this works fine for me. I have several mp3s in ringtones and I just downloaded a new notification 2 days ago and stuck it in there and I am now using it as my corporate email notificaion. I am using the new froyo builds if that helps any.

You should already have a system/media/audio/notifications/ file on your phone. Just move them from your SD card there. I used android commander on my PC. And reboot. They should be there
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[Q] sound files not found in system

hi, i have a Nexus build on sd which workings great when left alone.
but i still have to use window 6 sometimes for old progs.
when i restart into android (clrcad/haret) i sometimes lost the ringtones and alarm sounds and had to reset them.
now, i can see the stock sounds in the folders in system/media/audio but cannot select them in the sound settings (i could before) i can only see the few that i copied there myself. they all play fine with music player.
if i copy the same sounds (oggs) to the sdcard under media/audio/ i can select them and they work?????
any ideas?

Ringtone/notification serious problems

First let me start by saying I'm by no means new to sgs phones this is my fourth.
I collected it Friday rooted it in the car park within the first minute, remapped the keys (what were they thinking with the menu thing) within the first hour etc etc
So all that said I am a little embarrassed by this.
I can't seem to set mp3's as default ringtones or notification tones.
I have copied the files into both the ringtones and notifications folders.
They are the same mp3 files I have used for all my sgs phones and they all play in the default music player but only one appears in the music lists. I can select this as a default but have no idea why that appears in the lists and none of the others do and I have no idea why. I've looked at files sizes, permissions, id3 tags everything I can think of to determine the difference between that file and the others.
I've tried various selection options but anything other than the default media selector appears to work but at the final stage the tone is selected as silent.
Funny thing is I can individually select them on a per contact basis but this would take forever. Even the usually reliable group ringtone app has let me down
I even tried copying the files into the system/media folders still no dice
Any ideas anyone?
Sent from my SM-G900F using XDA Free mobile app

curioct said:
First let me start by saying I'm by no means new to sgs phones this is my fourth.
I collected it Friday rooted it in the car park within the first minute, remapped the keys (what were they thinking with the menu thing) within the first hour etc etc
So all that said I am a little embarrassed by this.
I can't seem to set mp3's as default ringtones or notification tones.
I have copied the files into both the ringtones and notifications folders.
They are the same mp3 files I have used for all my sgs phones and they all play in the default music player but only one appears in the music lists. I can select this as a default but have no idea why that appears in the lists and none of the others do and I have no idea why. I've looked at files sizes, permissions, id3 tags everything I can think of to determine the difference between that file and the others.
I've tried various selection options but anything other than the default media selector appears to work but at the final stage the tone is selected as silent.
Funny thing is I can individually select them on a per contact basis but this would take forever. Even the usually reliable group ringtone app has let me down
I even tried copying the files into the system/media folders still no dice
Any ideas anyone?
Sent from my SM-G900F using XDA Free mobile app
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Set them using estrong's File Explorer. When you have the mp3 long press and do "set as". That will cover your ringtone. Then when you go to pick the notification pick "estrong's" instead of Android system.

Yeah that didnt work, no matter what I did I couldnt get them to be recognised by the internal music player and therefore they were not selectable. Still have no idea why.
However I managed to redownload the ones I wanted the most and use the new versions so I am guessing something in my ringtones folder has some level of corruption or something along those lines
but the workaround is working so no major hassle just a tad annoying not knowing what the issue actually is

Maybe its because of the length of them. I'm using MP3 for all my tones. But I cut out 30-35 seconds for ringtones, usually my favourite part of a song... My text tones are from CM/Carbon..
This was on shipping firmware, the OTA update and any custom ROM I've been on. At first I put them in their respective directory on the internal storage, but now on custom ROM I just have a custom flash able zip to put them in the proper system folders..
Edit: this method may allow them to show in the settings menu. That's where I like my ringtones showing..
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Where to store ringtones/alarms/notifications etc

I got the Axon 7 4GB/64GB on B04 rom last weekend china version. All is set up except I cannot work out where sound files for ringtones/alarms/notifications should be stored for the Axon to recognize them and be usable.
I have tried on the phone storage, sdcard storage etc on various paths, media, audio, ringtones etc but nothing ever works.
Does anyone know what folder or path the Axon expects such files to be stored?
Any help would be much appreciated.

There are file explorers that support this. I think ES File explorer had this functionality.
I always use Zedge to configure a ringtone.

Thanks but it doesn't allow me to place my files so that the built in ringtones in setting can locate my own files or to set my own files. Anyone have any idea where the Axon 7 locates the ringtones apart from \system\media\audio etc? I have no root so cannot write to this location.

Have you even tried ES file Explorer? It gives you the option to browse to your own audio files when you want to select a ringtone.

I want to freely assign my own files for ringtones, message, notifications and alarms. Problem is this phone has 2 sim slots and requires me to assign to a specific ringtone 1/2 and message 1/2 etc which es file explorer won't support.

Okay if you say so. I don't have the device yet so I can't tell.
But what I mean is that you only have to install ES File Explorer, you don't have to open it. Just install it.
Then go to your phone settings > ringtones > choose your correct SIM and it will give you the "Complete action using" dialog.
ES File Explorer should be in that list and you should be able to browse to any audio file you want.

No joy after installing ES file explorer. Going to settings, sounds and vibrations, ringtones, it brings me to the default ZTE page for choosing which sim etc then opens the default app for selecting ringtones/notifications etc.

I found out that putting the mp3 file in the folder \Phone\Records then it appears in the "Recordings" tab when choosing the ringtone/alarm.

This took me a long time to figure out. I put the files where they are supposed to go (Notifications folder under /mnt/sdcard/Notifications, Ringtones in /mnt/sdcard/Ringtones). However they don't show up under the main "tone" section when changing tones, you need to swipe over to "music" and it's mixed in with all your MP3s, at least that's how i've been able to set custom sounds. Kind of annoying but it works. Not sure if there's a way to get them to ACTUALLY show up in the tones section.

i noticed for whatsapp, u can only set to the default ringtones that you set on your text message or call ringing tones. You can't custom your own preferred tones. This MiFavor got a lot of flaws.. and ZTE is too slow fixing it. Other than that, great hardwares

\Records on works once
padule said:
I found out that putting the mp3 file in the folder \Phone\Records then it appears in the "Recordings" tab when choosing the ringtone/alarm.
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That did work for me first time. I created the folder, added files and it all worked as you suggested. I tried to put in additional files in \Phone\Records and they don't appear. It looks like the system need to do a reread of some sort. Anybody have a clue how to force that reread.

I did a search up on the subject and I think the method that I did is relatively straight forward. What I did is I copy from my dual otg data that contains the ringtones that I want to folder of phone/zte music download folder, from there I Opened this download folder and select whichever ringtones then on the Bottom Right click Set Audio as 2 Choices, Ringtones or Notification.
Hopes it help.

With ES File Explorer Pro, I've placed additional ringtones and notifications in the following locations:
/storage/emulated/0/Ringtones
/storage/emulated/0/Notifications
Note that your phone may categorize the sound files under the header "music" when selecting them.