When wanting to use a non-standard ringtone (not built in MP3/WAV) for notifications/rings, the built in app doesn't support the ability to choose sounds on your card.
That said, I used an app Tone Picker to choose these sounds, but when I use it on GB, it keeps locking up. Does anyone know an alternative to that program?
LOL - am I the only one that uses non-built in ringtones?
My non stock ring tones work fine
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BubZX said:
My non stock ring tones work fine
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They don't show up in my list of ringtones to pick...
I had the same problem. Did a factory reset and it fixed it. Then I had to reload all my crap...
ok, well unknown to me you need to have sounds in the media/audio/notifications directory. I did it, but GMAIL keeps locking up when I select one of my sounds. It is a MP3, so I am going to convert it to WAV and see if that helps.
That was it. For some reason the GMAIL app (maybe more??) doesn't like notifications to be MP3 format. I converted it to WAV and it was fine.
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For the life of me I can't figure this out. I have an mp3 and I see nowhere on it to set it as the ringtone, and I see nowhere on the ringtone menu to use a custom tone.
Yeah, just went through that myself. Not sure if it's a bug, or what, but I found a workaround. Check my other post on this in the development.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8149050&postcount=19
EDIT: Oh wait, that fix is for setting a custom ringtone for one specific contact. If you just want to set your default system ringtone, that's under Settings > Sound & display > Phone ringtone. In order for your mp3 to show up in the selection of ringtones, you will need to created a folder called ringtones on your sdcard and put the mp3 in there.
great! thanks
Or you use the app called Ringdroid , lets you edit mp3 into ringtones and its free.
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download rings extended
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I've got a problem with it. In settings there is limited list of built-in tunes and no way to add custom mp3. Trick with creating sdcard/media/audio/ringtones didn't work =\
you can also choose it from the Musicplayer
open the musicfile in the player then press menu and choose as ringtone
Oh, thanks problem solved. I'm not using default player so it was not so clear
Btw problem with custom notification sound is still open
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The correct path on the SD card for this trick to work is:
/media/audio/notifications/*filename*.mp3
Also, it only works for notification sounds, not for ringtones.
I use a apps Rings Extended
When you chose a ringtone you can continue with android system or rings extended, and you can chose between Music, Ringdroid or select music track
on your sd card make 3 seperate folders
Ringtones (for ringtones)
Notifications (For message tone)
Alarms (for Alarm tone)
put your mp3 to which one u need
DriesDude said:
The correct path on the SD card for this trick to work is:
/media/audio/notifications/*filename*.mp3
Also, it only works for notification sounds, not for ringtones.
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Yea, it works, tnx. But is there similar path for ringtones? i tried /media/audio/ringtones/*filename*.mp3, but id didn't work. Well, there is still option with music player and setting mp3 as ringtone.
/media/audio/ringtones/*filename*.mp3 worked for me!
you can just use some app to use custom ringtones like Ringer.
Thanks & great answer
mungus2010 said:
on your sd card make 3 seperate folders
Ringtones (for ringtones)
Notifications (For message tone)
Alarms (for Alarm tone)
put your mp3 to which one u need
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thanks pal it worked.....like magic
cool!
/media/audio/ringtones/*filename*.mp3 worked for me too. 2.3.1 darky
Does anyone know if there is a simple way of making .mp3 a ringtone? Or do I have to convert the .mp3 file into something else for it to work? Tried settings/sound/ringtone and I didn't see any of the songs I downloaded on my phone.
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Put them in the ringtones folder or use an app like Rings Extended.
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Does anyone know if there is a simple way of making .mp3 a ringtone? Or do I have to cthere t the .mp3 file into something else for it to work? Tried settings/sound/ringtone and I didn't see any of the songs I downloaded on my phone.
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Unless u have a app that dose it for u , u have to push them to system / media /audio folder there .ogg files . there may be other ways but that's what I do
Thank you very much kind people.
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i make a folders called "ringtones" and "notifications" and put all my custom mp3 sounds in those...all apps can see them along with the stock sounds
I was wondering if anyone can help me on how I can use my mp3 songs as ringtones....
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iStayHigh said:
I was wondering if anyone can help me on how I can use my mp3 songs as ringtones....
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There is a large variety of mp3 ringtone maker apps on the market for free. Also there probably already some kind of ringtone for pretty much any song out there, on the Zedge app - or at least most of them..
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There is a large variety of mp3 ringtone maker apps on the market for free. Also there probably already some kind of ringtone for pretty much any song out there, on the Zedge app - or at least most of them..
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My last phone I didn't need an app to apply my mp3 songs as ringtones but I guess I can go try that with this phone....thanks
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make a...
just make a ringtone folder...'Ringtone' copy your mp3s in there
If you don't already have a folder at '/media/audio/ringtones' create one and put them there. Same for 'notifications'. Note that you do not NEED to put them there, You can put 'ringtones' and 'notifications' folders at the root level of the sdcard and the media scanner will still find them, but that is the designated location.
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Any ideas on how to stop notifications abd text message sounds while playing music?
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Only thing I can think of is turning down the notification volume. When you use the volume keys, push the gear icon and turn down notifications volume.
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Only thing I can think of is turning down the notification volume. When you use the volume keys, push the gear icon and turn down notifications volume.
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Thought there maybe another way. Thanks
Another annoying issue
Where can I put ringtones and notifications so they are not picked up by my music player? Didn't have this problem until the MF9 update. I dont see a way to delete the folder out of the music player settings.
shaun0207 said:
Where can I put ringtones and notifications so they are not picked up by my music player? Didn't have this problem until the MF9 update. I dont see a way to delete the folder out of the music player settings.
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I would like to know the same thing
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shaun0207 said:
Where can I put ringtones and notifications so they are not picked up by my music player? Didn't have this problem until the MF9 update. I dont see a way to delete the folder out of the music player settings.
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i keep all my music seperate from my media storage and this is not an issue ( using apollo ) and ive never had this. the stock music player however doesnt care as long as its in a playable format it is going to pick it up. my advice : seperate your music from your ringtones,noticication sounds, and get a music player thats decent. should fix your problem.
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i keep all my music seperate from my media storage and this is not an issue ( using apollo ) and ive never had this. the stock music player however doesnt care as long as its in a playable format it is going to pick it up. my advice : seperate your music from your ringtones,noticication sounds, and get a music player thats decent. should fix your problem.
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yeah the musics is stored separately from my ringtones and notifications, but maybe I do need a new media player
shaun0207 said:
yeah the musics is stored separately from my ringtones and notifications, but maybe I do need a new media player
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its worth a shot.....worst thing that could happen is it does the same thing and your right back where you started. but in my experience with apollo ive never had this issue.
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its worth a shot.....worst thing that could happen is it does the same thing and your right back where you started. but in my experience with apollo ive never had this issue.
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I can't remember if it works for music files but, creating a file and naming it ".nomedia" is supposed to stop Android from indexing that folder.
As for no notifications during music playback, just put your phone in airplane mode... Unless you are streaming music then it won't work.
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I also want to know how to do this. it's very annoying when you listening to music, especially in the car and then a notification comes in and the notification sound take over the music. If only there was a setting or an app for it. Having to remember to turn down notification vol during music playback and then turning back up after you are done playing music can be a hassle.