Hot answers tagged ringtone
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SMS Popup does vibration patterns on a per contact basis (or for all texts).
Handcent does it only for all texts.
Missed Call will do vibration patterns for SMS (per contact), phone calls (per contact), Battery, Calendar events, device storage, etc.
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This isn't the "correct" way, but IMO it's a good way: use Ringdroid. With it, you can cut a suitable part of the MP3 to be used as a ringtone. This way you can get rid of those pesky intros on songs that have a slow start and save space by not having the entire MP3 duplicate in your ringtones folder.
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In System Settings -> Sound you should be able to select Pick Ringtone. If you don't find the ringtone you want, you can use any MP3 or OGG. Just put the file on your sdcard in /sdcard/Ringtones/. Media scanner will classify anything in this directory as a Ringtone.
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In last versions of Android (at least in Nexus S) it's kinda hard to set MP3 as a ringtone. There was an option before in the menus called "Set As" but in the new Music app it disappeared.
What you can do is copy your mp3 to /sdcard/media/audio/ringtones,
that ringtones folder might be empty or even not exist, in this case just create it.
Then you go to ...
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I'd highly suggest Zedge for awesome ringtones! Everyone in my family has been using it for quite a while, and finding some pretty sweet stuff :)
They have ringtones in the following categories:
All Categories
Alternative
Blues
Bollywood
Children
Christian & Gospel
Classical
Comedy
Country
Dance
Electronica
Entertainment
Games
Hip Hop
Holiday
Jazz
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Use volume-rocker
Click either up or down volume to silence your phone. This is the user-manual-recommended way. When you click it your screen stays on.
Android user manual reference
Note: this usually works with any phone, not just Androids. It used to work with old stupid-phones (antonym of smart-phones) as well.
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When the Galaxy Nexus is ringing...
Tap the power button on the right side of the screen.
The ringtone will stop and the screen will switch off. BUT the call has not been hung up.
You can even press the power button again to switch the screen back on and the ringtone is silent if the call is still waiting to be answered. The voice call will still be at ...
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As the iPhone system sounds are the property of Apple, I cannot help you find them. If you do, however, place ringtones on your SD card under /ringtones and other sounds like new mail notification under /notifications. Go back into preferences and you should now be able to select these sounds.
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I asked this question to a friend and he suggested the AudioManager Widget. It allows you to control volumes for Alarm, Media, Alerts, Ringer, System, and Voice Calls independently. It also allows you to toggle vibrate for alerts and ringer independently. So far, it seems to be a solid app.
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If you are rooted, you can push this collection of media files to /system/media/
Without root, android should still locate the files if you place them in a folder on your SD card called "media" and retain the rest of the file structure from the zip.
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I don't know if it could be your case, but if your phone is connected to your computer with UMS (USB Mass Storage) enabled along having a custom ringtone stored on your SD card (/ringtones folder) instead of MTP this will give you this kind of problem.
The phone will use a default ringtone since it cannot access the SD card files, because the UMS mode ...
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I placed mine in /sdcard/media/audio/ringtones. After that the sound appears in the settings menu.
See also: How do I set a custom MP3 as a ringtone for other notifications?
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I believe what you're asking about are similar to the Verizon ringback tones, right? Ringback tones are not set from a phone level, they are a feature added and managed by the carrier. Your wireless carrier could probably change it for you, but there is no way you could manage it all from your phone. I know Verizon offers ringback tones, if that's the ...
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By default you can set different ringtones for each contact by hitting the menu button form the contact window and choosing options. To add vibration into that mix you can use an app called WhoIsIt, that among other things lets you set different vibration patterns for each contact.
Another way is suggested in this answer.
A more powerful but complicated ...
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use Ringdroid! it's got a spectacular GUI, it automatically finds all music files on your phone, and allows you to make custom ringtones and set them directly from the app. Best ringtone app i've ever used.
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Another option is Ringo, which I've been using for over a year and it works great for just this purpose (I have a server that yells at me too). The free version has everything I need, though there is a paid version with more options as well.
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Ryan is correct and I would recommend SMS Popup. Been using it since my G1 days. Lots of options like quick replies, custom vibration, and alert repetition to complement the custom message tones. You will need to turn off the native message notifications though, but it's definitely worth it.
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New app called WhoIsIt lets you customize the ring/notification audio and vibration.
Lifehacker review
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The app Rings Extended combined with any free file manager will do what you want. Once installed, picking a ringtone will pop up a window asking which app to use for ringtone selection. Tick the option to make it a default and choose "Rings Extended". It will then allow you to pick any supported music file from your SD card for ring and notification tones.
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You don't need to make your own folders.
The proper file to put the mp3s is /system/media/audio/ - where you will find folders for /alarms , /notifications , and /ringtones
There are two things to keep in mind when doing this:
If you are using full-sized .mp3's , you will put considerable strain on the system when it comes time to load one. In my ...
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You probably found the correct location (if your "root of the device" refers to the root of your sdcard). For details on those directories, please check with Is there any documentation on the correct/expected directory structure of the external memory card?.
One thing which however may apply: For those files to become available with your settings, the Media ...
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On Samsung Galaxy S II (and possibly other similar phones) the stock Music Player app can do this. Just open the MP3 in any file manager, choose to play it with the stock Music Player, hit menu and select Use as... and Ringtone.
Another option is to use doubleTwist Player to show the music by artist/album and long-press the song you want, then select Use as ...
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This method can be used to increase the maximum speaker output on your HTC EVO 3D, but bare in mind, if you set the output level to high, it might be possible to blow out your phone's speakers.
Preparation
Note that this method uses software only available for Windows.
Install HTC Sync on your computer.
Get your 6-digit MSL code, using one of this two ...
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You can use Handcent app as the default ringtone picker. To set Handcent as default ringtone picker, go to
Settings | Applications | Manage Applications | All | Android System
(Sound picker for SE phones)
Click 'Clear Defaults' button.
After this, When you are choosing a ringtone, You will be presented with a dialog box asking you to select one ...
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One workaround would be to temporarily install another app that has a ringtone picker in order to show the ringtone picker selection screen, select Handcent, and remove the temporary app. For example, you can try Zedge.
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To update the ring tone directory, the media scanner has to run. Usually restarting the phone will do this, but if media scanner is not checking that directory when the device starts you can try to create a file in the sdcard ringtone directory with an app that triggers media scanner. I think Astro File Manager will trigger it.
If that doesn't work, you ...
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I tried rebooting when I was seeing the problem, and that didn't help. I wound up setting two songs from my SD card as the ringtone and notification sounds, and that didn't help either. My phone crashed hard today while downloading an app, and I had to pull the battery to restart it. After that, the original choices reappeared. Go figure.
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You could create a tasker profile that sets the ringer volume when a Bluetooth headset is connected.
I'm not sure how to handle the case when you disconnect the headset, though. You would only want to set the volume back to zero if it was zero when it was connected.
Edit: tasker gives access to current ringer volume via variable %volr
In a profile with ...
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It looks like all of the default ringtones and notification sound files are in /system/media/audio.
If you can't get to them when mounting via USB, you should be able to use something like ASTRO file manager to copy the files to your SD card and then get them that way. They just appear to be ogg files.
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I use Ringtone Maker, which is a free app. This app allows you to select a part of your song as the ringtone. It has some preselected portions (based on popular edits included in the database), or you can select your own portion of the song to set as the ringtone.
If you simply want the beginning of the song as your ringtone, @bakytn's answer is the way ...
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