[HOWTO] Clear custom ringtones from contacts - Atrix 4G General
This has been a huge bane for me after setting custom ringtones to a few of my contacts. Once you assign a custom contact, there does not seem to be a process to CLEAR the setting, just to change it to something else. You will need a sqlite editor on your phone in order to do this. Search the market for one.
So, first thing is finding the sqlite DB where your contacts are stored. On the Atrix 4G the sqlite DB file is stored in: /data/data/com.motorola.blur.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db
Use Root Explorer to navigate to that path and open the DB with the sqlite editor.
There are primarily two tables you will need:
1. contacts
2. raw_contacts
First open the contacts table and scroll to the right until you see the column heading/field name: custom_ringtone
Scroll down until you find a record that has any text in the field (not a null field). Write down the number in the field labeled _id and name_raw_contact_id and hit the back button to return to the list of tables. Now open the raw_contacts table and tap the menu button. Select set filter and change the field to filter on from the drop down list to _id. In the filter value, enter the number you wrote down from the name_raw_contact_I'd field from the contacts table and tap the OK button. This will load up the contact that has a custom ringtone. Scroll all the way to the right until you see the field name 'display_name'
If this is the contact you wish to remove the custom ringtone from, great! Hold down on the record and tap on edit record. Scroll down until you see the custom_ringtone field and remove the text in that field. Now, go back to the contacts and find the original record by tapping menu again, set filter, choosing the _id field in the dropdown menu and then entering the number from _id. Hold down on the record and tap on edit record again and scroll down and clear the text in the custom_ringtone text field (it should be the same as from the raw_contacts table). Once you hit save, the custom ringtone will have be cleared from the contact.
Now, if someone can write an app for this or something, that would be AMAZING!!
--Q
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