Change stock Clock app timer noise?

Question

In the stock clock app (4.2 stock Android), there's a timer function; the one where e.g. you type in 8 minutes and an alarm goes off in eight minutes. However, the noise it makes is absolutely unbearable. It's like a smoke alarm. There doesn't seem to be an option to select a different sound. I'd rather not use a different clock app; I like the stock one. I just want to change the horrible noise. Any tips?

Answer 1

There are just 2 ways to fix this:

• either to fix an .apk for this app (change a path in source of that app to point to different sound file and build it from source. Or maybe you will be able to patch your apk using something like android-apktool)
• or to fix something else (not an app):

Mount /system as rw (either using adb or RootExplorer or other program). Go to folder /System/media/audio/. It usualy contains folders alarms, notifications, ringtones and ui. Then you can find and replace that annoying sound with another .ogg file for your taste.