How can I get different ringtones for my contacts?

[Guest Dirkz]

I have a audiovox smt 5600 and I have been trying to get a different ringtone for my contacts but when i try and i go to 'custom' ring tone i can only choose from the default sounds. I saved my custom mp3 in /storage/application/data/sounds and its not working. Any help would be great :)

[Guest doughick]

I beleive that you can have an MP3 as a generic ringtone, but not as a specific tone for a specific person - it has to be a .wav for that to work.

doug

[Guest BAZIL71]

But it is not fair... Guys, really... There must be a trick about it that we can use mp3 ringtones for each contact...

[Guest MisterOrange]

So far I've been able to get WMA files as well as WAV to work for a contact's custom ringtone. Still, it doesn't really make all that much sense that you can use MP3 for the general ringtone, but not a contact ringtone. It may be pointless, but I'm still looking for a way.

EDIT: Upon further testing on my Audiovox SMT 5600, I found that you can use MP3 files as ringtones for contacts if stored in "Storage/Application Data/Sounds/". I moved some MP3 files into this directory, chose a contact, and selected one of the MP3 files as the custom ringtone, and all went well!

My holy grail of ringtone-customization-awsomeness would be to be able to use mp3 (or even WMA) files as ringtones for contacts from my storage card. Then I could use the same songs I keep on the card to listen to for contact ringtones!

As it stands, I've only so far been able to set a MP3 on my storage card as a general ringtone using the registry hacking found here. When I try to set a MP3 or a WMA as a contact's custom ringtone, I am able to select the file from the list of available ringtones, but when I try to save the changes, I get the message "This ring tone is not working properly. You may want to choose a different one to use." Dang. Well, the dream of not needing to convert my music just to use as ringtones will just have to wait for another day. :)

Edited September 3, 2005 by MisterOrange

[Guest tivomaniac]

I can't find the option to assign a ring tone per contact anywhere on my new smt5600. What am I missing?

[Guest MisterOrange]

I can't find the option to assign a ring tone per contact anywhere on my new smt5600.  What am I missing?

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You can assign a custom ringtone to a contact by selecting "Edit" while viewing a contact, and choosing a ringtone for the box that says "Custom ring tone".

[Guest tivomaniac]

You can assign a custom ringtone to a contact by selecting "Edit" while viewing a contact, and choosing a ringtone for the box that says "Custom ring tone".

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Doh! Didn't scroll down far enough! Thanks!