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Custom sounds for Notifications?

Hey guys. I'm trying to use my own mp3s and/or wavs as notifications (ie. text message received). I know how to do this for ringtone (click & hold > set as ringtone) but not for other notification settings.
I have tried placing the files in Windows\Rings and \Windows and soft resetting but none of that worked. They still don't show up in the drop down menu under Sounds & Notifications. The other sounds used for notifications are in \Windows so I'm not sure why this is happening. Any ideas?

You sure can .. just pop them in your Windows directory and they will appear in your drop down of selections to allocate to alarms etc.

scopes64 said:
You sure can .. just pop them in your Windows directory and they will appear in your drop down of selections to allocate to alarms etc.
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Tried this as I stated above...is there some sort of naming requirement for this to work? Because I did this and even tried soft resetting...with no luck.

You can always try to name them like default tones, like alarm1.wav etc. But are your custom sounds playing ok in mediaplayer? If not they won't be played as notification & probably not listed as well in the listbox.
On my magician (2K3) I can indeed drop them in \windows & select them without soft-reset, hope you get it working too.
Regards, M

Change Text/Email notification sounds?

Is there anyway to change the sounds for email and text notifications? I'm talking about using a custom one. I've looked around in the registry and couldn't find anything obvious.
Thanks

How do you mean?
You can already assign different sounds to those events - just go to Start | Settings | Sounds & Notifications | Notifcations tab and select the event and the sound from the drop down lists......if you want to add other sounds, they need to be in WAV or MIDI format (IIRC) and they need to go into the \Windows folder to be visible in the drop down list of sounds.
Mark.

Thanks I figured it out as you were posting this how to add other sounds. Too bad it won't support mp3's could save some room that way.
Mark Crouch said:
How do you mean?
You can already assign different sounds to those events - just go to Start | Settings | Sounds & Notifications | Notifcations tab and select the event and the sound from the drop down lists......if you want to add other sounds, they need to be in WAV or MIDI format (IIRC) and they need to go into the \Windows folder to be visible in the drop down list of sounds.
Mark.
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mhaner said:
Thanks I figured it out as you were posting this how to add other sounds. Too bad it won't support mp3's could save some room that way.
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Hm, not sure what you mean. I tested it out and I am able to put MP3s as notification sounds for e-mail or anything else.

I'm able to use Music encoded in AAC for ringers and text

Diamond Ringtones & Notification

Found the Sounds from Diamond on this thread. Post nr 4!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395400

Nice, thanks!

Sweet! I was looking for a simple download of sounds only. Thanks for the heads up!

Where should I put the audio files? In \Windows or \Windows\Rings directory? I noticed that all files in \Windows\Rings are duplicated in \Windows. Can I delete them in one of 2 locations to save space?

place the files where you like to.
ring-files in windows\rings can be deleted.
ringfiles in windows\ must be replaced with zero bit files to "delete" them.

But if I delete the files from both locations then I will not be able to use them. What I'm asking is in which folder I should put the files so that I can select them as ringtones

I put the tones i want as ringtone in My Device->Windows->Rings

Is it possible to adjust the volume of Diamond's ringtones from my TC?
Thanks!

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Is it possible to adjust the volume of Diamond's ringtones from my TC?
Thanks!
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In upper corner where you have batterie/signal/speaker icon, open and that u have the volume control, the left one

omaga said:
In upper corner where you have batterie/signal/speaker icon, open and that u have the volume control, the left one
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Yes, I know... But even if the volume control is set to zero or 1 (or 2,3...), volume of Diamond's Ringtone is/will be the same (very high).
Probably is the .wma format???

Hmm.. yes you are right about that! Have someone a solution for that?? why its behave like this

wrong post

ths share

I don't know what i can do...
Ringtones go automatically to \My Documents\Rings folder
Something in the registry?

Sorry, i have this problem: i can't adjust ringtone's volume of an incoming call.
Volume of other notifying sounds (sms, appointments etc.) and music work properly.
Even if i set 0,1,2... or max volume level, it's the same (very high).
I've installed 2 third party softwares: pTravelAlarm and mccMobilFinder (that increase the volume even if it is set to zero); i've uninstalled them, but the situation is the same.
Probably some issue in the registry? Wich are the registry keys involved?
Can you help me please?
Thank you!

I noticed the same problem with volume, cant say why it is so. Its very stange..

HTC TOUCH change lowbatt sound

Hi to all,
I am trying to replace the file "lowbatt.wma" in the /windows folder, in order to have a different low battery sound, but the system does not permit me, neither to overwrite the file. Is there a way to do this action?
Thanks

Check this
I guess the phone wont allow you to overwrite or replace the default lowbatt alarm...since its on the ROM. If your trying to use a customized sound file....make sure its a wav file. Have you tried to just drop that file under the windows directory and then selecting it from under sounds and alerts? I believe this should work.
Good Luck.

Thank you.
The fact is that I do not find the option to change the sound of alarm low battery in the "alert/sound" menu. Where is it? I found only the one to change sound of incoming calls, incoming messages, ecc ecc.

Adding the low battery notification
STRAFALCIONE said:
Thank you.
The fact is that I do not find the option to change the sound of alarm low battery in the "alert/sound" menu. Where is it? I found only the one to change sound of incoming calls, incoming messages, ecc ecc.
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If your using a stock phone you wouldn't be allowed to make this modification from the sounds and notifications option. What you can do then is to add this entry into the sounds and notifications drop down menu. To do tht:
1. Your going to need a registry editing software.
2. Back up your registry before proceeding ( if you havn't already done so)
3. Before you go into the registry, make sure the wav file tht you want to use as your preferred low battery alarm is placed under the windows directory.
3. Navigate to the location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications\{A877D663-239C-47a7-9304-0D347F580408}\
4. Create a new string value here and call it Default.
5. Set its value to Low battery warning
6. Now go sounds and notifications and under the notifcations drop down you should see the low battery warning option.
7. Select it and assign your customized wav file to the entry.
And your set! Try it out.
Good luck.

Many Thanks, worked a treat!

this might sound late, but use total commander portable

ensjr1 said:
Many Thanks, worked a treat!
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works for me thanks for it

search for application: Tonality
it's the best, and it's free

[Q] Set any mp3 Song as Notification For Messenging

Hello there..i'm using GingerDX V005 right now..i cant set any of my mp3 songs as my notification for messenging..there are only a default notification tones in the setting...anyone of u knows how to set any mp3 songs as our notification tones without using any 3rd party software such as GO sms and etc. TQ..GOD BLESS all of u..

same Q from me

edit : sorry add by mistake

Put file in SD/notifications/
If it still doesn't appear in the sound chooser (??? ) you'll have to convert it in the format the other sounds are. I think it's ogg. Good luck.

put your mp3 file to /sdcard/notifications --> for notifications
put your mp3 file to /sdcard/ringtones --> for ringtones

You can set is as ringtone in mp3 player...

for the ringtone u can choose from media player, but i cant change the notification, altough the mp3 file was placed in notification directory
*sory 4 bad english

Copy sound:
1. For ringtones to /sdcard/media/audio/ringtones
2. For alarms to /sdcard/media/audio/alarms
3. For notifications to /sdcard/media/audio/notifications
Sound for notification must be in .ogg or .m4a format not in .mp3

I've put my desired mp3 ringtone to /system/media/audio/ringtones
This way it won't get back to a default ringtone when your memory card is detached (at file transfers from PC to phone, or at reboot)
If you want to give an mp3 as notification sound then put it to /system/media/audio/notifications.
BTW you need to reboot after this, and then your mp3's name will apear on the default list at selecting ringtone/notifications, so you just have to select it there.
Hope it helps