I'm not fond of the choices for sounds on the Tab 10.1. I'd like to add more sounds for such things as new email, appointment reminder, etc.
Basically I carry a phone and the tab and it'd be nice to have the same sound on both for new mail and other events.
What's the best way to do this?
Just add a folder to the root of /sdcard named "Notifications" (also working: "Alarms" and "Ringtones"). Drop in any mp3s and you're good to go. You might need to reboot in order to get the tab to rescan the folders and make the new files available.
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Hi everyone I have just received my X1 and am very lost with everything it can do.
I am wanting to use my own sounds for email notification and text messaging. How do I do this?
Also, how do I make sure that when i am web browsing, I am using WiFi and not GPRS etc.
Thanks
You can either put the sounds on the root of ur sd card or the root of the phone i believe. I suggest the SD card (if you don't have one get one immediately ) Then all you have to do is go into sounds and pick the ones u want.
To make sure ur using wifi you can just turn on wifi and connect. I'm pretty sure wifi overrides any connection you have established. Also if you want to be 100% sure u can turn off the phone service in the comm manager.
About sounds:
As far as I know they must be on Memory, not SD Card.
There's also a separated default folder > My Documents > My Ringtones,
put it there.
Reagrding WiFi it does NOT automatically override any connection,
here we go:
Install NoData free app.
Turn this on to NOT transfer any network data.
Connect to WiFi.
All the browsers I tried (Opera Mini 4.2, Opera Mobile 9.5)
automatically connect by WiFi, so don't worry.
Email NOT.
So you have to go to email account settings
and in advanced server settings instead of your providers network
choose "The Internet" to connect to sync emails.
Violaa, the email account also connects through WiFi.
Without this setup you'll get errors.
Hope that helps.
doministry said:
About sounds:
As far as I know they must be on Memory, not SD Card.
There's also a separated default folder > My Documents > My Ringtones,
put it there.
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They can definitely be put on the root of ur SD card. Not sure if you can put them anywhere else on your sd card but thats where i keep my ringtones.
Bxsteez said:
They can definitely be put on the root of ur SD card. Not sure if you can put them anywhere else on your sd card but thats where i keep my ringtones.
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Okay, than my mistake.
I have put the files I want into my ringtones, but it won't let me select as tone for incoming email or received text message
For ringtones you can have them on the phone or sd card... mine are in a folder called rintones on the sd card... but for sms notification music I have had to put in in the windows folder as it didnt work elsewhere... (under My Device/Windows)
It wasnt listed in the choices of tones for messaging, so I connected the phone to the PC, then copied/pasted the files to the Windows folder of the phone. Now they are there
Hmmm never knew that. Good info though. I haven't changed my sms notification sound in like 5yrs lol...
smudge18 said:
It wasnt listed in the choices of tones for messaging, so I connected the phone to the PC, then copied/pasted the files to the Windows folder of the phone. Now they are there
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Well you don't have to connect it to PC to copy and paste files.
tried it and it doesnt work
Not having much luck Smudge? Try this
Hi Smudge,
There was a thread about this very issue a while back
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=448749&highlight=notification
You need to follow the instructions in Xperian's post, he has it figured out pretty damn well and the walkthrough will enable you to create any tone in the correct format for notification use.
Hope this helps,
Creamy - Goodness
Hi all,
I've looked through both this board and the one for the G1 but can't find answer yet, which surprised me. Anyway, quick question.
I want to use an mp3 for my sms tone/notification! This should be easy but HTC seem to have made it difficult again. I know on old phones like the touch you had to put the file on the phone, in the sounds folder in system directory. Then you could pick it from standard list. Painful, but not a problem.
Unfortunately on my magic, I am unable to copy the file into the standard notifications folder as (when looked at using filedroid) the folder is shown as write only.
Thought I'd be able to remove the write only by plugging into computer, but that only seems to give me access to the sd card.
I have downloaded some applications that manage it, but it's all a bit of a faf. Is there a way to put it somewhere, or get phone to look at folder on sd card?
Bit long winded, sorry.
Thanks for any help.
Steve
Create a folder on your sdcard called "notifications" - any mp3s in there should then show up for selection.
Likewise "alarms" for custom alarm tones and "ringtones" for custom ringtones.
Nope. Tried that to no avail. It's really weird. I have since found an application called Rings Extended that seems to manage it without any real messing around. So I guess I will just have to carry on using that for now.
Sorry Codemonkey, please scratch my last comment. Although the rings extended works well, you appear to be correct in your response. Unfortunately I didn't realise the need to reboot the phone after creating the folder, and after each subsequent addition of tracks/sounds etc. It only seems to update when phone turns back on.
Thanks for your response.
As you've been so helpful, I wonder if you can help out on something else.
I now have my notifications set up the way I want, with the exception of email. At present it puts a notification icon up, which is fine and dandy. But it also sends out a noise, seemingly the same notification used for SMS. Is there a way to disable the noise, just for email?
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Is there a way to disable the noise, just for email?
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For both GMail and e-mail when in the app press Menu -> Select ringtone -> Silent
Why thank you very much. You are a treasure.
BigRD said:
For both GMail and e-mail when in the app press Menu -> Select ringtone -> Silent
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Helpful people, please help again. The email notification (now thankfully silent) is set to show in the status bar.....perfect. But....it also flashes the LED, can I turn off the flashing just for email. I like having the visual status bar, so when I have unread email I know it, but as emails are always popping in, the phone is nearly always constantly flashing. Really annoying. I don't mind it flashing for SMS, but sometimes you just want to ignore email
I know it can be done on th Hero. Thanks in advance.
i wonder if there is a way to add more ringtones for SMS? because i can only use my mp3's or other sound effects for calls.
thanks!
boomshine said:
i wonder if there is a way to add more ringtones for SMS? because i can only use my mp3's or other sound effects for calls.
thanks!
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Buy or Download Ringo Pro or Lite, I use it for my SMS tones so i know if its worth goin to my phone or not haha.
Add a 'notifications' folder to your memory card.
Copy the tones you want to the folder.
They should then be visible in email, calendar, sms tone settings.
@CodeMonkey
at first i put 'Notifications' but didn't worked out, LOL i thought my magic wont have any problems recognizing 'Notifications' and 'notifications'
it needed to be all small letters to work AND ALSO the 'notifications' folder must be inside the 'Music' folder of your card.
Thanks alot CodeMonkey you ARE my HERO =p
btw i can't forward messages sent to me to my other friends,
also there is no inbox, outbox,sent messages etc.
SMS in magic is like a chat...
Thanks heaps, was just trying to figure out how to do this!! Didn;t need to put notifications in music though, just straight on the sdcard and it worked a charm.
Thanks!
boomshine said:
btw i can't forward messages sent to me to my other friends,
also there is no inbox, outbox,sent messages etc.
SMS in magic is like a chat...
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Open your message and do a long press, this will bring up the menu to forward your messages. This applies to the stock Message app and chompSMS.
@aniriand
my bad dude, yes you it also works even if the folder is not inside the 'Music' folder
@BigRD
Thanks dude for that one oh men im really loving this phone
Note that you can do the same for alarm tones with a folder called alarms (on the root of the card) and ringtones (with a folder called ringtones).
download rings extended from the market... it easy to use
@whitechocolate
i dont have android market on my phone, just slideme
and i think making folders is better than installing apps
@CodeMonkey thanks for that another useful info ^_^
were not allowed to post warez on here but hopefully i can do this...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ringdroid.apk+rapidshare
its a free app so shouldnt be deleted
I wanna change the sound, informing when SMS/MMS comes in.
What should I do for this?
+1 for this. I tried dropping mp3 and WAVs into the Rings folder but they don't appear for message notifications just ringtones.
I haven't tried this, but could you rename your own .wav file to the name of one of the pre-set alarm tones that you don't use, then select it for your SMS alert?
MP3s go in the root Windows directory, they then appear in the SMS list...I have a movie sample as my SMS tone
Brilliant....thanks a lot. Works a treat!
You can also place sound files in the my documents root folder on your sd card. That helps to keep more space free on your phone. This took me quite a while to figure, too. Because I also started experimenting with the windows/rings folder without success
Regards,
Lars
I've just read this thread as I wondered also how to use my personal SMS tones and couldn't figure a way.
I was initially going to put it in Windows root as a PP suggested but followed the advice of another PP who suggested My Documents root on the Storage Card.
Well... originally I had a choice of 7 message tones and after I plonked my chosen tone in the My Documents root, I went back to the message tones to select it and... as well as mine, loads more appeared that weren't there before! Like my doing there seemed to unlock/release more to choose from.
Hey, I'm not grumbling, I'm just like How did that happen?
Hopefully this won't turn out to be a bad thing
Ive figured out how..but..
ok thanks for the root insight. I was curious though if there is a way to keep them in a folder and not just in the root folder. I like to keep my sd cards clean and organized.
Hmmm I also have had problems with this, i have my text message alert i want to use and have dropped it into the my document folder on the storage card, but still can't see it to set it!!!
Any ideas please?
Ahhh it's OK, unplugged the phone, went back to main menu then tried it...I see it now
Thanks
can anyone point in me in the right direction on how to specify a mp3 / wav file for:
1. Incoming Call Ringtone
2. SMS
3. E-Mail
I dont mind editing the regitry if someone could point me to the location.
Also do the ring tones have to be installed in \Windows\rings ?
thanks.
1. Put the MP3 in the My Documents>My Ringtones folder
2. Put the MP3 in the root Windows folder
3. Don't know but I'd imagine it's the same as SMS tones
Put the files in \windows then go to settings tab, sound and display, there you get ringtone setting, then below notification sounds for the rest.
Hiya.
I am working on a ringtone app. Mr-tones.
Just about done and ready to post the release.
I am curious if the registry settings for for the HD2 are the same as for the rest of us?
Of course if it's unique for the HD2 I would like to add those settings...
Thanks much.
Keith
howdykeith said:
Hiya.
I am working on a ringtone app. Mr-tones.
Just about done and ready to post the release.
I am curious if the registry settings for for the HD2 are the same as for the rest of us?
Of course if it's unique for the HD2 I would like to add those settings...
Thanks much.
Keith
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I've managed to sort the ringtones out, ( I wasnt looking hard enough ) but if you want to tell me the registry locations for the stuff you already have, and I can confirm them for you? or if you dont want to post it here you can pm me? either way its up to you.
Or alternatively I can test the program see if it works?