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How to stop the increasing ringtone?

Is there a way to stop the "fade in" in the beginning of the ringtone. I do not like it's implementation. It is kind of too fast and the effect is annoying. I see no option for this anywhere.

Seeking how to stop the increasing ringtone too
I also have the same problem (actually not a problem, just dun want it)
I find all the setting in phone but no way out
any suggest?

If you set an mp3 as the ring tone, does it still do it, I don't think mine does :/

yes, I edit a mp3 in PC and copy in i9000 then set as ring-tone, I still behave the same, sad.......

have the same problem

it was on my omnia i900 too. The modding community managed to tweak it away, so its only a matter of time before you can get a small tweak to turn it off.
But I believe that Samsung made this a feature (i read it somewhere long ago) in that sometimes people have just finished a call and the phone is still next to the ear, they might receive another call (with the phone still next to their ear), with the fade in feature, the ringtone wont blast into the persons ear which can cause damage, instead it starts off low volume and then increases, allowing time for the phone to move away from the ear.
hope that made sense

i like it how it is, what is so bad about the volume up per ring?
at most after the 4th ring it goes to voice mail, it doesn't get that annoying

its not really a problem indeed, but I will notice a call when I at street after the ring-tone finish fade-ing, it may be the 2tnd or 3th ring of the person who call in, after I pick the phone out of my bag and looking the information who call in, it may be the 4th or 5th ring then that person may think it is no body to answer or the system make it goes to voicemail............I miss the call...........

AllGamer said:
i like it how it is, what is so bad about the volume up per ring?
at most after the 4th ring it goes to voice mail, it doesn't get that annoying
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Like most things it's called choice. I prefer no increasing ring as well.

I'd like this gone too! The fading ringtone is irritating

This also is a problem to me.
I don't understand why Samsung doesn't make this an option for us to turn the feature on or off, not to mention configurable fade-in time.
The problem is here since, I don't know, i900, perhaps?

I would also like to see this disabled. Hopefully someone will find out how to do it soon!!

Sorry to bump this thread, but I'd really like this problem solved also. Obviously there's no clear option to change this, however does anyone know where we can start looking? (ie. certain config files or similar for rooted users.)

There's still no solution?

any update on this?

have you tried 3rd party ring tones apps
those have its own way of playing sounds when a calls comes in, some replaces the stock features.
try ring extend and ringo plus and many many more
android market is full of it

AllGamer said:
have you tried 3rd party ring tones apps
those have its own way of playing sounds when a calls comes in, some replaces the stock features.
try ring extend and ringo plus and many many more
android market is full of it
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Thanks AllGamer, but I've tried many apps including Rings Extended, Ringo Lite and Zedge, but they just replace the ringtone picker. No matter which app I use, I always get increasing volume for incoming calls.
P.S.: I noticed something funny: I selected a ringtone from DoubleTwist playlist using Rings Extended. When I got an incoming call, I listened to a "hidden ringtone" which is similar to the digital phone ringtone. Probably Rings Extended failed to pick a mp3 from DoubleTwist and my phone used a "fallback ringtone" (such as the Nokia Tune when you remove an sd card with your ringtone). I think it's called "832" but I can't find it anywhere!

Sigh the increasing ringer is pretty lame.
Should be optional.

still no fix huh...

Check this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=759537

[Q] Less loud ringtones

Hi,
"Why have a less loud ringtone?"
Many of you would ask yourself this question right now (the devs do so too; did not found a single app for that).
The answer is pretty simple. When using StockDroid the smallest ringtone volume is "1/7". When the phone is used as an alarm clock it is usually put anywhere near the bed.
Incoming mails and chats are way too loud, if you want to sleep.
It is also very disturbing in the office where you do not want to get the attention of the whole room.
So is there any possibility to lower the rintone volume (maybe by rise the resolution of the slider -> instead of 7 steps 40)?
Thanks for ideas!
raid IO

raid IO said:
Hi,
"Why have a less loud ringtone?"
Many of you would ask yourself this question right now (the devs do so too; did not found a single app for that).
The answer is pretty simple. When using StockDroid the smallest ringtone volume is "1/7". When the phone is used as an alarm clock it is usually put anywhere near the bed.
Incoming mails and chats are way too loud, if you want to sleep.
It is also very disturbing in the office where you do not want to get the attention of the whole room.
So is there any possibility to lower the rintone volume (maybe by rise the resolution of the slider -> instead of 7 steps 40)?
Thanks for ideas!
raid IO
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Hi,
Try making a sound recording of the vibration sound of your phone.
Then, use that as your ringtone.

Hi,
thanks for your - not so serious - Idea.
I prefer an "out-of-the-box" app with no modification to the ringtones like editing with audacity or others..

[Q] [Bug report] How to preserve custom ringtones on update?

Hi
[EDIT] my phone = I9300, OmniRom = latest (with a maximum of google apps disabled/alternatives preferred)
I can't quite figure that one out:
On every single system update, I lose my settings in terms of my custom ringtones, alarms...
I tried 3 different ways:
- I copied them into System/media/audio/ringtones & alarms --> after every update, my custom sound files cannot be found anymore and are therefore not available to select from Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone & Default alarm sound
- so then I copied them into sdcard/media/audio/ringtones & alarms --> althought they remain there after every update, they are not available from Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone & Default alarm sound
- so finally I copied them into extSdCard/media/audio/ringtones & alarms with the same effect: althought they are still there after every update, they are not available from Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone & Default alarm sound
Somehow this looks like a bug to me...
Can someone please explain how I can preserve my custom ringtones after system updates?
Thank you VERY much
beng

How did you copy them? It might be a selinux/permissions problem.
For reference, I haven't had any problem on my Nexus 5 (all internal ext4 with emulated sdcard) with
Code:
[email protected]:/ # ls -lZ /sdcard/Alarms/
-rw-rw---- root sdcard_r u:object_r:sdcard_internal:s0 Luminescence.ogg

Code:
/sdcard/Alarms, /sdcard/Ringtones, /sdcard/Notifications
Those are directories especially for custom sounds, which of course will survive ROM updates. Why don't you put them there?

klenamenis said:
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/sdcard/Alarms, /sdcard/Ringtones, /sdcard/Notifications
Those are directories especially for custom sounds, which of course will survive ROM updates. Why don't you put them there?
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done just that: my custom sounds don't even show up (Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone & Default alarm sound), nor after a reboot!
honestly this is a major bug as far as I am concerned - I keep missing my phone calls as the ringtone will default to none, makes the whole point about having a mobile pointless!!!

Until you can give steps to repeat, that someone else can repeat, it appears to be a problem that is specific to your phone and configuration. If it were a significant bug, you wouldn't be the only one claiming it was impacting them.
Nothing personal, but unless you can replicate this on a fresh install, without additional software, and document how to repeat it, it likely will never be considered an OmniROM bug. One you can do that, a JIRA is perhaps the right way to raise attention on the issue.
As a note, opening additional threads will more likely get you labeled as whiner than get faster resolution. One is plenty.
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jeffsf said:
Until you can give steps to repeat, that someone else can repeat, it appears to be a problem that is specific to your phone and configuration. If it were a significant bug, you wouldn't be the only one claiming it was impacting them.
Nothing personal, but unless you can replicate this on a fresh install, without additional software, and document how to repeat it, it likely will never be considered an OmniROM bug. One you can do that, a JIRA is perhaps the right way to raise attention on the issue.
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Hi jeffsf
well I thought the steps were clearly detailed in my initial post?
The custom sounds I would like to set up as custom ringtones / alarms are snippets edited out of full mp3 songs (generally a loop edited out of the intro); If i use the default (boring) sounds provided, I keep my settings.
I first copied my custom snippets into System/media/audio/ringtones & alarms ; this works until I reboot following a new nightly update, my settings are lost; the ringtone is back either to the default one or to none (worse option as I miss my phone calls - I cannot work out a rule as to the default ringtone/none reset, sorry!); my custom sound files cannot be found anymore in the ringtones folder and are therefore not available to select from Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone & Default alarm sound
My second attempt was then to copy them into sdcard/media/audio/ringtones & alarms ; although they remain there after the reboot following any new nightly update, the settings are lost from Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone & Default alarm sound.
So my third attempt was to copy the snippets into extSdCard/media/audio/ringtones & alarms but it had the same result: although they are still there after every update, my previous settings are lost and the snippets cannot be selected from Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone & Default alarm sound ...
After all these tests, I am even more confused; I do not know/understand for sure what folders Android uses primarily / secondarily for ringtones / alarms...
jeffsf said:
As a note, opening additional threads will more likely get you labeled as whiner than get faster resolution. One is plenty.
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I do get the point! Not my intention to whinge but as explained, there is not much point in having a silent phone!
First I asked a question (support); clearly no working solution can be provided
so I take it to the next level: software correction requirement (indeed JIRA can be the software to use for this - this is actually what I am using at work!)
Or the solution is to choose another rom, shame really...

BenG7 said:
Hi jeffsf
well I thought the steps were clearly detailed in my initial post?
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Your observed behavior is clear in your first post, so there is no reason to repeat it. It adds no information by doing so.
The custom sounds I would like to set up as custom ringtones / alarms are snippets edited out of full mp3 songs
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A tiny snippet of new information. But still, you haven't identified what format you are using on the device or how you are copying the files into the directories you are using, only on your source.
clearly no working solution can be provided [...] Or the solution is to choose another rom, shame really...
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Or clearly it isn't a problem with the ROM. If it were a general problem with the ability to set and retain ring tones, there would most likely have been at least one other person who reported similar problems as you.
Unless you can replicate this (a) from a clean install, (b) without other software installed, (c) using a directory intended for the function, (d) clearly identifying how and where you have set the ring tone, and (e) how you updated, it most likely isn't a ROM bug.
GIven that this isn't impacting anyone but you from what I can tell, I would look at your own software, configuration, or use as the most likely cause.
Note also that two people in this thread have already clearly identified directories for these files that do not have the issues you mention.

unsupported audio format?
Hello,
I built omnirom from last sources and I I was in the same situation. My mp3 wasn't recognized anymore (regression? developper choix? I don't know)
Workaround: I converted them into ogg format, and it works like a charm (on my HTC Explorer).

Hi
Hey, for the first time I realise yesterdays nightly (20141030) solved this ongoing issue I had given up on:
it preserved my custom ringtone and alarm and I did not need to reset my ringtone & alarm after the update as I do after EVERY SINGLE update - a pain really!
Please keep it as such - thanks A LOT
cheers
beng

BenG7 said:
Hi
Hey, for the first time I realise yesterdays nightly (20141030) solved this ongoing issue I had given up on:
it preserved my custom ringtone and alarm and I did not need to reset my ringtone & alarm after the update as I do after EVERY SINGLE update - a pain really!
Please keep it as such - thanks A LOT
cheers
beng
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Nothing has been changed that would affect this.
Also, you probably stopped getting responses because your responses were inconsistent. Post 3 provided the standard location where these files should be placed.
In post 4 you claimed exactly that, EXCEPT that in Post 6, none of the directories in post 2 were in your list of things you tried...
In the end it really doesn't matter. Your device is getting dropped with L as it hasn't had a maintainer in months and there is no one to fix I9300 issues.

Entropy512 said:
Nothing has been changed that would affect this.
Also, you probably stopped getting responses because your responses were inconsistent. Post 3 provided the standard location where these files should be placed.
In post 4 you claimed exactly that, EXCEPT that in Post 6, none of the directories in post 2 were in your list of things you tried...
In the end it really doesn't matter. Your device is getting dropped with L as it hasn't had a maintainer in months and there is no one to fix I9300 issues.
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I can only report it works now.
Post 1 were the initial steps I took
I did as advised in post 3 ; this was post 4
Post 6 was only a repeat of post 1, not including steps from post 4, but these were carried out too, to no avail too.
Just forget it now.
Thanks

[Q] Help needed - difference in volume between music apps

Hi all, [I did a forum search using volume galaxy note 3; volume mod galaxy note 3 and didn't find anything related to my post below]
I have quite a bit of a head scratcher here and I'm not sure which way to go to resolve it....
I have an AT&T Galaxy Note 3 that is rooted running stock MJ5 firmware. When playing music using the speaker and built-in music app (or when setting up the sounds to use for ringtone, notifications, etc.), the volume output is decent respective to it's factory output level. However when I'm playing music via PowerAmp or JetAudio Plus - the volume output is not at the same level as it is with the built-in music app. I've made sure that AGC is off in JetAudio, de-selected the Limit option in PowerAmp, and checked and unchecked the Direct Volume Control option within the advanced audio settings in PowerAmp. In spite of all that I have checked - the volume output is not the same and it's driving me crazy. Here are all of the things that I've done so far (in no particular order) to see if I can 'fix' the problem:
1) Factory Reset my phone (from within the OS itself)
2) I've tried using the Volume Boosting Mods found in this forum post to see if that would correct anything.
3) Performed a FULL firmware restore (courtesy of this post) to see if I mucked something up along the way. (I kind of messed up my haptic feedback which was the catalyst for the restore. The volume restore was along for the ride at that point )
None of the above seems to work (EVEN with the firmware restore). Please note that with the firmware restore - I tested it out BEFORE loading my applications (except for JetAudio and PowerAmp). What makes the built-in music application different than apps such as PowerAmp, JetAudio, etc. that it accesses a different volume stream (say digital vs. analog)? (I know that last question was kind of confusing, but think of it as being analogous to Line Out vs. the 3.5mm headphone port for external sound output )
I know that the file used for modifying volume output levels is located in system/etc/snd_soc_msm (the file snd_soc_msm_Taiko_CDP is what's used to make the mods) but is there a specific line or lines contained within that file that control analog volume output for the built-in speaker?
I'm not sure how the PowerAmp or JetAudio app is configured to access volume output streams (if that makes any sense) but there seems to be something different because the volume output drops pretty badly when using either of these apps vs. the stock music player.
Has anyone else noticed this oddity (and found a way to fix it) or am I the odd man out here ?
Any help would be appreciated.

Silly question: Did you try disabling Adapt Sound?

ShadowLea said:
Silly question: Did you try disabling Adapt Sound?
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I don't recall having Adapt Sound enabled (I did see it but don't remember having any checkboxes ticked....). I'll reply back once I downgrade my phone back to JB (I was forced to take an OTA update to kitkat and I need root access).

rob.allen78 said:
I don't recall having Adapt Sound enabled (I did see it but don't remember having any checkboxes ticked....). I'll reply back once I downgrade my phone back to JB (I was forced to take an OTA update to kitkat and I need root access).
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So after going through a full factory reset (via ODIN), I can confirm that I'm not using Adapt Sound and have also ensured that I am not using any equalizers to enhance the sound in either application.

You cant compare PA or JA to the stock audio because those 2 apps using different drivers than a stock 1

rob.allen78 said:
I don't recall having Adapt Sound enabled (I did see it but don't remember having any checkboxes ticked....). I'll reply back once I downgrade my phone back to JB (I was forced to take an OTA update to kitkat and I need root access).
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You cant compare PA or JA to the stock audio because those 2 apps using different drivers than a stock 1
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Thanks for the info (The driver usage may be what the difference is respective to audio output.)
I wasn't really trying to compare the apps per se as more of a process of finding out if I have a unique hardware issue in which I would need to send my phone back to AT&T/Samsung for a warranty exchange.

ringtone keep resetting to KeypressReturn

Hi guys, I have a problem with my 6p that been bothering me for a while now. Whenever I change the ringtone on the phone to a Zedge tone or one of the defaults that came with the phone, it always resets to "KeypressReturn" within 2 days. When someone calls, the phone only vibrates which cause me to miss a lot of calls. I saw a similar post on AC by a person experiencing nearly the same issue but there was no viable solution mentioned.
Please help!

make sure that whatever app your using to set the ringtone has adequate permissions. IE it has access to storage.

I had already given Zedge has access to storage as per the advice in the AC forum. Also the Settings app has no permissions listed.

I just wanted to report back that this matter has been resolved. It was actually me that reset the ringtone to KeyPressReturn all the time. I have been using some customized shortcuts for volume from the AudioManager app for a few years now. Apparently, the developer made an enhancement to the application by allowing a user to change his/her ringtone and alert notification via the shortcuts. Since, I don't read the change notes for every single app I upgrade I was unaware that the ringtone option exists and the default was KeypressReturn. I modified my shortcuts and tested each one of them while going back and checking what it was set to in Settings. It been almost a full day now and my ringtone has not been reset. Thanks everyone for your time and suggestions!