Do I really need the text file in /system/etc listing ringtones or can it be deleted and pickup all apropriate encoded files instead.
I don't want to be converted to believing placing files on sdcard is just as good.
There is no ./etc equivalent for notification files it seems
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Can the Universal Play mp3 or wma files as ringtones thru the standard contacts application? I see where to assign ringtone but my wma tones are not shown. I placed them in a folder in the mydocuments folder in the internal memory. Do they need to go into a different folder? Or do I have to use a third party application?
Also, in WM5 I dont see a Windows folder when I select Explore thru active synch. In WM2003 inside of the Windows folder I had a Favorites folder. I am looking for this folder to copy and paste a few links I saved on my PC from my Jam.
Thank you for your help!
Darrin
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Sorry, I figured it out. Ill leave the post just in case someone else runs into this problem. I had my file settings to not show hidden files. Changing that to show all files I now have the Windows folder. The ringtones go into the windows\rings folder and under windows there is the folder for favorites.
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If you have MP3 or WMV files go to the option of the file u we be able to set that file as ring tone... Windows automatically copy that file in to Ring folder and shows u in ring tone list for u from Phone.
i am trying to send a sound file to my mate via sms and when i click attach>sound i cant seem to find where it is pulling these files from so i cant put my custom sound file in the folder.
/windows is the location you should drop your .wav files.
in earlier days the .wav should be in pcm format - to be hones I'm not sure if .m4a/.wav (any format)/.mp3 all are working now.
But if you have issues on all other formats then try .wav pcm-format. it does work.
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Kwas
i was wondering is it possible to do so because ihavent been able to find away to do it noir have i found anything on google that talks about it been trying get help with this all night someone plzzzzzz HELP! i dont want to go back to winmo just because i cant have text msg ringtones....
What I did to change mine was,
1 convert the file to .wma format
2 rename the file to Alert-05 (or 01 ,02 etc) (it needs to be Alert-## otherwise it won't be found it settings)
3 copy it to the windows directory using touchXplorer
4 select it using settings ...
there must be a better way but it worked for me, hope it works for you.
As neilarmes said.
Think that this is the only way to get custom alert tones and does work for custom ringtones as well. You have to bear in mind that when you rename the .wma file and move it using touchXplorer, it will overwrite an existing WP7 alert tone as you I don't think you can add extra tones.
Using the above method you can however add mp3 files to your ringtones folder to have custom ringtones. Would just advise not to have too much music synced to your device as the file names in the Zune folder don't immediately lead you to the file you're after.
Beany69 said:
As neilarmes said.
Think that this is the only way to get custom alert tones and does work for custom ringtones as well. You have to bear in mind that when you rename the .wma file and move it using touchXplorer, it will overwrite an existing WP7 alert tone as you I don't think you can add extra tones.
Using the above method you can however add mp3 files to your ringtones folder to have custom ringtones. Would just advise not to have too much music synced to your device as the file names in the Zune folder don't immediately lead you to the file you're after.
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Note about ringtones...all ended up doing is copying my custom ring tones (in mp3 format) using Zune as if they were music transfers. After syncing, go into the My Documents\Zune folder, I believe, and using TouchXplorer copy your ringtones to the My Documents\My Ringtones folder. After some lag in time, your customer ringtones will appear in your selection list. No conversion to WMA needed for ringtones.
As for the SMS sounds, I was about to try converting my mp3 notification files into WMA then renaming it Alert-11 through whatever, the copying it to the \Windows directory. Alert-01 thru 10 are already present. Going to see if naming the file other than Alert-xx.wma will work as well.
How do make the tones useable on the text messages and other notifications. Thanks
hjhjhj said:
Note about ringtones...all ended up doing is copying my custom ring tones (in mp3 format) using Zune as if they were music transfers. After syncing, go into the My Documents\Zune folder, I believe, and using TouchXplorer copy your ringtones to the My Documents\My Ringtones folder. After some lag in time, your customer ringtones will appear in your selection list. No conversion to WMA needed for ringtones.
As for the SMS sounds, I was about to try converting my mp3 notification files into WMA then renaming it Alert-11 through whatever, the copying it to the \Windows directory. Alert-01 thru 10 are already present. Going to see if naming the file other than Alert-xx.wma will work as well.
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I jsut tried "Alert-VM" and "Alert-TXT" but no dice. Also tried Alert-11 and Alert-12 to no avail. Time to rename the default guys and overwrite w/ the new ones!
There's no "Add" option in the settings for Notification Sounds, like there is in the Ringtones settings.
I couldn't paste any MP3s with ES File Explorer into the Notifications audio folder (or into the Ringtones folder, either, for that matter): "Read-only File System".
Is root needed to escape the stock notification sounds?
I did this; I copied my notifications and ringtones off my old phone and put them in the Ringtones folder on internal memory. I then added them with ES Explorer and it works perfect. The ringtone was a MP3 and the Notification was a OGG file.
I can't seem to open any app that will let me search for files, and they don't show up in the "music" folder that I get when I try to press the + in the ringtones folder.
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I can't seem to open any app that will let me search for files, and they don't show up in the "music" folder that I get when I try to press the + in the ringtones folder.
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I moved the files I wanted to use as ringtones into the Ringtones folder. (It's possible I actually wound up creating that folder as well, but I don't recall now.) I don't believe I've had issues with any app not letting me navigate to that folder to set a ringtone if the contents of that folder did not show up by default.
There are three files on the internal \ sdcard: Alarms, Notifications and Ringtones. These are empty on initial setup. You can put files in those folders and they will then appear in the drop-down list in the dialogues for setting, respectively, Alarms, Notifications and Ringtones.