message tone SOLVED THANKS

[Guest toadoftoadhall]

Is there a way to assign a mp3 file as a message tone, instead of the installed one. I have a particular tone i used in a nokia, and wouldlike to use that. Took me hours to find out how to change the ring tone for a personalised one, as ther is no browse option.

toad

Edited March 16, 2011 by toadoftoadhall

[Guest Lew247]

Yes

simply put the media file you want to use in /system/media/audio/notifications or alarms or /ringtones or /ui using adb or android commander(windows program)

The audio files in there at the moment are .ogg files I presume that mp3's will work as well - try it and see, if they dont then its simple enough to convert an mp3 to ogg (Google it)

[Guest jonmac73]

Is there a way to assign a mp3 file as a message tone, instead of the installed one. I have a particular tone i used in a nokia, and wouldlike to use that. Took me hours to find out how to change the ring tone for a personalised one, as ther is no browse option.

toad

Yes you can - go into messaging, menu button, settings and then set notifications to do whatever you want.

I have just copied some mp3 files into a folder on sd card - browse to that through the above and done.

[Guest toadoftoadhall]

Yes you can - go into messaging, menu button, settings and then set notifications to do whatever you want.

I have just copied some mp3 files into a folder on sd card - browse to that through the above and done.

I do that, but going into select ringtone, I dont seem to get an option to browse, only the installed tones. How do I get to browse from "ringtones"

and many thanks. It should be this easy.

tried copying a file to sys/media/notifications, but there is no notifications folder, and cant see an option to create one.

toad

[Guest Lew247]

its /system/media/audio/notifications

not /sys/

[Guest toadoftoadhall]

its /system/media/audio/notifications

not /sys/

sorry, my shorthand

after the media directory in system, I dont have a a notifications directory, and cant find a way to create one, if thats what I am supposed to do.

Should there be that dir there?

toad

[Guest Phoenix Silver]

sorry, my shorthand

after the media directory in system, I dont have a a notifications directory, and cant find a way to create one, if thats what I am supposed to do.

Should there be that dir there?

toad

what rom do you use ???

in froyo 2.2 it's in /system/media/audio/notifications

it's F1.......ogg files

[Guest jonmac73]

mine are just stored in a folder on sd card, go into notification settings, custom, music and all my mp3's appear in a list.

OSF running FLB 9b

[Guest toadoftoadhall]

mine are just stored in a folder on sd card, go into notification settings, custom, music and all my mp3's appear in a list.

OSF running FLB 9b

I must be on a different ROM, I am on standard 2.1

I dont have any notification settings, just "Notification Ringtone" with a bunch of crappy sounds. No option there for custom or browse.

Unless I am looking in the wrong place.

Settings/Sound & Display/ Notification ringtone.

[Guest rabwright]

Hi,

Sorry if this is to simple, I downloaded "zedge" from market and it has just about every sound sample I've ever used, allows individual ringtones as well as message tones.

[Guest toadoftoadhall]

Hi,

Sorry if this is to simple, I downloaded "zedge" from market and it has just about every sound sample I've ever used, allows individual ringtones as well as message tones.

Just installed it, but cant find a way to use your own tones with it and how to set it to messages, any hints :D

[Guest Qwertzycoatl]

Just installed it, but cant find a way to use your own tones with it and how to set it to messages, any hints :D

Are you trying to set your notifications from within the actual emssaging app or just the settings/sounds area on the menu?

Try from the messaging app itself (menu/settings) see if you get anything different.

If not then it is possible that the default messaging app on 2.1 doesn't allow this?

Have you made the folders on your SD card?

Create folders media/audio/notifications

Then place your mp3 in there and see if it is detected :(

[Guest NorthRiding]

Is there a way to assign a mp3 file as a message tone, instead of the installed one. I have a particular tone i used in a nokia, and wouldlike to use that. Took me hours to find out how to change the ring tone for a personalised one, as ther is no browse option.

toad

Once you have the music file you want on your phone (using one of the methods above or Bluetooth from your Nokia or just send it to your new phone)

Tap "Music" app, play whichever sound/track etc you have and select "Menu" (middle button at the bottom).

You then have a choice of items - select "Use as ringtone" - simples...........................no need to go into files etc - it is built in to the Music app (I am using fl9)

[Guest Qwertzycoatl]

Once you have the music file you want on your phone (using one of the methods above or Bluetooth from your Nokia or just send it to your new phone)

Tap "Music" app, play whichever sound/track etc you have and select "Menu" (middle button at the bottom).

You then have a choice of items - select "Use as ringtone" - simples...........................no need to go into files etc - it is built in to the Music app (I am using fl9)

Only issue with that is..... that is a phone ringtone not a message alert tone which was the OPs original query :D

[Guest NorthRiding]

Only issue with that is..... that is a phone ringtone not a message alert tone which was the OPs original query :D

Just looked at the ones I put in mine and they are in both the sd/media/audio ringtones AND notifications. Both the same. Don't know where Flib puts all his other ringtones and notifications but I downloaded mine to the phone by Bluetooth and they automatically went into both and are available for both. When I go to select a notification tone or ringtone, the ones I put in are available for both (in addition to the many more which are presumably in the rom).

Yes, sorry, you are correct. I have just tried to do it and it went into the ringtone only section. I obviously got confused because the tunes/sounds that I Bluetoothed from my old phone went into both and were available for both (automatically - I didn't put them there - just "sent" them to the new phone.

Sorry for confusion, not so simples after all.

Edited March 16, 2011 by NorthRiding

[Guest Azurren]

Only issue with that is..... that is a phone ringtone not a message alert tone which was the OPs original query :(

Download an App called "Ringdroid" (Free)

Select the track you wish to use, shorten it / lengthen it, do minimal editing or just click "save" then select what you want to save it as (Notification) then when it prompts you if you want to set it as the default notification sound click "yes"

This will also save the modified track in the correct directory on your SD card (So in the future if you ever change your notification sound you can always select it again without having to re-save it)

I have always used this method and works flawlessly :D

Edited March 16, 2011 by Azurren

[Guest toadoftoadhall]

Are you trying to set your notifications from within the actual emssaging app or just the settings/sounds area on the menu?

Try from the messaging app itself (menu/settings) see if you get anything different.

If not then it is possible that the default messaging app on 2.1 doesn't allow this?

Have you made the folders on your SD card?

Create folders media/audio/notifications

Then place your mp3 in there and see if it is detected :D

SORTED :(

I had been trying to make the dir on the phone, and it wouldnt let me. Easy to make it on the SD card, did that, copied the files over, mp3 and wav, and just used the android settings in notifications, Hurrah, and many thanks to all that helped.

All that to get a blackbird whistle song as a message tone eh, simple enough when you know how, but frustratingly hard when you dont.

Superb phone, and loving it even more now

toad, happy as Larry.

( who was Larry? ) But thats another question altogether.