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mp3 Ringtone !!

HI,
Please, How to set an mp3 file as a ring tone to the Magician?
Thanks,

Dear Friends,
I cant believe 77 viewers, with no single quote? unless my question is a stupid one !!!
Any guide line?
thanks alot.

just download this and install at Magician.

Rothstein said:
just download this and install at Magician.
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THANKS ALOT MASTER.
IT WORKS VERY WELL.

Not working for me. Installed, no error messages, but I still can't use mp3's as ringtone. Actually in file manager mp3's are not associated with any programs. Could someone give any help?

you dont need anything to set a .mp3 as a ringtone, just place the mp3 file in the rings folder under windows and go to the tone selection screen and it will be there.
PLACE MP3 FILE IN FOLLOWING FOLDER
\\My Device\Windows\Rings
then do this
Start>Settings>Sounds & Notifications>Notifications(on bottom)
Then Event:.. scroll down to Phone: Incoming Call then tap the drop down box by ring tone and it will be there.
There should deffinately be a FAQ sticky for this kinda stuff

windows moible second edition supports mp3 as ring tone by default

alix776 said:
windows moible second edition supports mp3 as ring tone by default
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I Have Windows Mobile 2003 (Second Edition) Version 4.21.1088 (Build 15045.2.6.0)
BUT I can not set mp3 file as a ringtone without the above software.

fone_fanatic said:
you dont need anything to set a .mp3 as a ringtone, just place the mp3 file in the rings folder under windows and go to the tone selection screen and it will be there.
PLACE MP3 FILE IN FOLLOWING FOLDER
\\My Device\Windows\Rings
then do this
Start>Settings>Sounds & Notifications>Notifications(on bottom)
Then Event:.. scroll down to Phone: Incoming Call then tap the drop down box by ring tone and it will be there.
There should deffinately be a FAQ sticky for this kinda stuff
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So it can't be done without placing the mp3 in the ringtones directory? In deed it's not working for me that way either. I can see the mp3 on the list, but after choosing and pressing an OK, it sets itself back to windows default. Actually I can't use anything else than windows default. I'm really getting mad, plz help! Where is the file associations menu? Maybe there's some problem there. This thing is messed up since I've installed and uninstalled winamp...

Work great on wm2005 1.60b
Man i dont know is if its the program or the windows itself..but under the settings of notifications all my mp3 is listed ..which i never knew!...this is GREAT!
AMD

Work great on wm2005 1.60b
Man i dont know is if its the program or the windows itself..but under the settings of notifications all my mp3 is listed ..which i never knew!...this is GREAT!
AMD

It would appear that by default mp3 ringtones are allowed, however once you install a third party app to play mp3's (you mention winamp) you lose the ability to use them(it seems that the Media player engine is used for this).Uninstalling the app makes no difference, you then have no mp3 player because the mobile version of windows does not restore the file association. The best way round this that I have found is to simply use an audio app (Nero wave editor in my case) to convert/edit the mp3s to wma. This has the bonus that most mp3 tracks are too long for a ringtone (how many phones ring for 3-4 minutes without kicking in the answering service ?) so when you convert you can also reduce the length.
I cant comment on the set ringtone cab posted here, never tried it, it may work
HTH

I am able to install the cab file without any error message but still can't use mp3's as ringtone. The mp3 file appears in the Sound and Notification drop down list, but whenever I select the mp3 file and try to play, it doesn't play and return back to Windows Default ringtone. Can anyone tell me that what is the problem?

cool_paki said:
I am able to install the cab file without any error message but still can't use mp3's as ringtone. The mp3 file appears in the Sound and Notification drop down list, but whenever I select the mp3 file and try to play, it doesn't play and return back to Windows Default ringtone. Can anyone tell me that what is the problem?
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The same problem I have. Also I don't think so that the easiest way to solve it is to convert each of my mp3's to wma or whatever. Somehow there should be a way to restore the file associations. Maybe if someone would have a media player to install (re-install) that could solve it. The problem is that I've also lost my former ringtones.

Have a look at this thread here. Ive just downloaded the files but not tried em yet. Seems to be able to restore file associations so that WMP becomes your default player. This should then allow you to use mp3's as ringtones
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=27269

cool_paki said:
I am able to install the cab file without any error message but still can't use mp3's as ringtone. The mp3 file appears in the Sound and Notification drop down list, but whenever I select the mp3 file and try to play, it doesn't play and return back to Windows Default ringtone. Can anyone tell me that what is the problem?
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GO TO START/SETTING/PERSONAL/PHONE (AND SELECT YOUR MP3 FROM THERE).
CHEERS,
YAARUB

So the file associations are normal again, thx to your help. But how can I set an mp3 as ringtone which is stored on the sd card other than copying it to the ringtones folder as it takes far too much space from the main memory? The settings-ringtones does not find the mp3 files either on the sd or in the system memory, only wavs and mids.

@Szilu
I'm afraid there is no other choise but to copy the mp3 ringtone to the main memory.
Im sorry

That's a pity. Anyway can you suggest any programs then to cut mp3's to smaller pieces? As 4 minutes is far too much thus the size can be shrinked. THX for your kind help.

Try "Sound Forge", But im not sure if it support mp3 files or .waqv only, their you can cut the file to small pieces.
good luck.

ringtone always goes to windows default, does not change wm5

I select a ringtone I used to have for my i-mate and now i loaded it for the jasjar, I select 'Set as Ringtone' it gives me the message that it has been copied and set....BUT if i go into the phone or if I call the ringtone selected is the Windows Default.....
any ideas?

Is it a MP3 ringtone? If so, if MP3s are associated with a program other than Window Media Player than this will happen.
I have Pocket Music on mine and I had to unassociated .mp3 with this program and now the ringtone stays set all the time.

I had the same problem on my pda2k wm5, finally to solve it i changed manually the registry where ringtone are written.
If you want to try, you need a registry editor, then go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Sounds\RingTone0\
Under RingTone0 you have the key "Sound" that is your actual ringtone and the key "SavedSound" that is still your ringtone (it's needed when you go to radio off to remember your ringtone).
Check this 2 keys and if are not your ringtone, write it manually: \windows\rings\xxx.wav

sh500 said:
Is it a MP3 ringtone? If so, if MP3s are associated with a program other than Window Media Player than this will happen.
I have Pocket Music on mine and I had to unassociated .mp3 with this program and now the ringtone stays set all the time.
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thanks for the solution
I had this trouble sooo often,and i didn't even realise it starts after installing Pocket music player. In the control panel setting where you choose your ringtone,i couldn't even set another ringtone,no audio preview no nothing,if i choose any and click okay,it goes back to default. i did what you said and file association for mp3 went back to wmp and eeeeveerything working fine as it should be thanks

mp3 ringtones not working anymore

I installed the NoteM program but since it crashed I uninstalled. The problem is that not all my mp3 ringtones are not working anymore.
In any file explorer the mp3s have no icon and when I tried to launch one I had to choose the program (wmp10). Now mp3 are opened with wmp10, I can listen to them, but the they have still the default unknown extension icon , not the wmp10 icon (in any file explorer). Also they are not working as ringtones either
Can anyone help, plz? I don't want to hard reset the device for now

NoteM did that to everybody. Only solution found so far is a hard reset. I tried using a program called pocket tweak to manually associate it with wmp. No luck though. I can associate mp3s with other programs and still have them function as ringtones, so i'm not sure that that is even the problem. It probably changes something in the registry that nobody has figured out yet.

I had the same problem when i install the pocket music player. Anybody has the the same problem with me?

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I had the same problem when i install the pocket music player. Anybody has the the same problem with me?
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Aparently pocketmusic associates the mp3 extensions to him.
Try to uncheck the mp3 extension in its preferences, it might work then.

yes, but then what's the point of having pocket music installed if the default player for mp3 is still the windows media player.

I don't think its a problem with the associations. I have my mp3s going to mort player with no ringtone problems.

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yes, but then what's the point of having pocket music installed if the default player for mp3 is still the windows media player.
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well, it's just necessary for pocket music to be unassociated to work
it's either that or you'll have to find another means for the ringtones
i don't see why you can't just open the mp3s inside pocket music

I can confirm it's an association issue.
I installed pocket player and it took the association from Windows Media Player for mp3's. For 2 days I could not figure out why mp3 ringtones stopped working. Then I changed the association setting for mp3 back and everything works fine.
Unless you use your pocket pc in some strange way i can't see why any music app needs to take over the association. To play mp3's I click on the pocket player icon on my today screen and then choose a playlist or album folder to listen to. I don't click on a single mp3 file.
Anyway try that it should fix your problem and not have any after effects.

Checking again, I agree. mine are still associated with wmp. I was just accessing them with mortplayer.

No Sound after installing Pocket Music
Hello,
I had the same problem when installing Pocket Music (no more MP3 ring tones) so I uninstalled it and linked the MP3 to WMP again but the problem is still here.
My problem is even much more important, my speaker are not working so no sound (playing MP3, phone call ...). My only way to have sound is to use my hand free hearings but the Qtel9100 is not making any more sound and on the phone calls, I can't speak and can't listen if not using hearings ???
PLEASE HELP ...

I tryed to restore my PDA but the problem of micro not working is still here. I can't even talk to someone calling me. I think about doing a hard reset but i don't know how to do it ?

Apache Ring Tones

How do I install ring tones on the Apache.

drop them in the windows/rings folder.
~mike

One thing is that if you have installed an mp3 player other than the default Windows Media, then you will not be able to use mp3s for your ringtones. You can always just re-sample the wav files.

I have installed TCPMP and can use mp3s as ringtones.....so I dunno what ur talkin bout.

Associate or Disassociate...that is the question..
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I have installed TCPMP and can use mp3s as ringtones.....so I dunno what ur talkin bout.
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I think the problem is that if you install 3rd party appl MP3 player and allow it to be associated with MP3's specifically, then Windows & phone rings will no longer automatically be associated with MP3's. This happened to me using PocketMusic, where on installation it offered to be associated with all these different formats. I thought 'Yeah Great' why not? Afterwards none of my MP3 Ringtones worked until I found this out.
So try disasociating all MP3's from your media player if you want Windows to recognise it for Ringtones. The downside is that in order to play your MP3's through your chosen MP3 player, you will have to 'File/open' (or something similiar) from within the player itself. Not a major problem, unless you like to select your MP3s through File Explorer, in which case you would have to associate your chosen file-type (MP3) from within the options menu of your 3rd party player.
Same goes for TCPMP and WMP10. If you associate .wmv or .wma in TCPMP and then usually select single tunes/vids through file explorer, then WMP10 will no longer be the default player as you associated that file type to another program!
Sorry bout the long post but It frustrated me to no end when I first got my WM device. Hope it helps.

Ring tone/MP3 problem

I have added bunch of MP3's to my storage card at the root level. 2 things are happening that are real weird.
1. They show up in the ringtone list but will not play.
2. When you go directly to file and try to launch and error pops up that reads. "the file can not be opened. either it is not signd with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. You might need to reinstall or restore the file." The wierd thing is if I pull it into WM player it works just fine. I only get this error when I try to open the file directly which I blieve if this is corrected my ring tones will work again.
Thanks for you help
Jeremy

jcgoldy said:
I have added bunch of MP3's to my storage card at the root level. 2 things are happening that are real weird.
1. They show up in the ringtone list but will not play.
2. When you go directly to file and try to launch and error pops up that reads. "the file can not be opened. either it is not signd with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. You might need to reinstall or restore the file." The wierd thing is if I pull it into WM player it works just fine. I only get this error when I try to open the file directly which I blieve if this is corrected my ring tones will work again.
Thanks for you help
Jeremy
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You tried putting these in the 'ring tones' folder to see if you have the same problem?

yep same problem there. I hate to do a hard reset, but i'm running out of ideas.

Sorry if it's a silly question but are you sure they're mp3 format, not aac or wma or something else?

i double checked and they are mp3.

Have you installed a 3rd party application that is registered as the default player for MP3? if yes - you need to make WMP the default player back.

how do I make it the default again?

I to am having the same problem....... My mp3 ringtones were working fine until I downloaded Pocket Music and all my mp3's were converted to pocket music. I tried to convert them back to WMP by using RESCO file explorer. I would "play with" and choose WMP and get an error saying "The System cannot find the path specified." Of course im no the most technical person, so if anyone can explain that and tell me what I need to do to fix the problem I would realy appreciate it.
Thanks

Ring Tone
I'm having a similar problem (Wizard). The ONLY ring tone that will play is the Windows Default. It won't play MP3, WAV or WMA, whether it's in the Windows root, the storage card root, the Ring Tones directory or the Rings directory.
At least the Windows Default will play otherwise I wouldn't have ANY ring tone.
Update: In another thread someone said change the associations in Pocket Player. Well, I don't have Pocket Player but I DO have BetaPlayer. I dropped the mp3 association and the WAV and WMA associations and the ringtones are working again!

I have the same problems with mp3 files as ringtone. I even delete the GSPlayer from the PPC...and still the same error. I try moving it directly to the ringtone folder...still no luck...
Can anyone help?

wratran said:
I have the same problems with mp3 files as ringtone. I even delete the GSPlayer from the PPC...and still the same error. I try moving it directly to the ringtone folder...still no luck...
Can anyone help?
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Do the Mp3 have to be in a particular codec or bit rate to work? Some of mine work. Some don't and I've noticed the ones that I've made myself are the ones that don't work...oh and some trekker ringtones I downloaded

Same here.
I removed all of the file associations with BetaPlayer and I am still having problems. I have a program called PocketTweak that lets me actually assign associations, but I cannot see all of my program files.
Let me know if anybody finds a resolution to this ... or if you know how to see all of the files so I can start associating WMPlayer to them. I have a feeling if I can figure that out, the ringers will start working again. But I could be wrong ...

Kangle
I found a fix for me.
I also have GSFinder. I used that to look at my file extensions and noticed that the file extension mp3 was gone, even though it appeared in my PocketTweak program. I added the extension mp3 and chose Windows Media file as the program to open it.
Then I went back into phone settings and presto. MP3 ringtones are now playing again.
Hope this helps some of you. I think installing PocketTweak somehow messed it up b/c it was working fine before then, even after installing BetaPlayer.
However, I did change some associations with BetaPlayer last night b/c I had a problem saving internet radio stations links to my PDA b/c BetaPlayer would automatically launch/open the stream as opposed to giving me the option to save. I wanted to save them b/c I use GSPlayer to listen to audio. So there is also a possibilty that I changed something last night that caused it not to work today. Oh well ... again, I hope this helps some of you.