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Special Edition ROM 1.2 and PhonExt

Rom version 1.2 Rocks, but I cant set ringtones using PhonExt via either contact or category settings......I've made sure the country code is correct and tried numbers with UK country code and without..... Can anyone help

Make sure your PhoneExt is running and you haven't accidentally closed it. You will see a little mobile phone on the extreme right of the Today screen Taskbar. You can click this icon and add Category (Group) Ring tones, or you can go directly to your Contacts, select a contact by holding down the stylus on the name and choose 'Set Ring Tone' in the menu that pops up.
Hope this helps.

Thanks, just check and its definatley running, any more ideas ?
Thanks again

No further ideas, I'm afraid. When all else fails, RTFM! :wink:
http://phonext.oabsoftware.nl/body-manual.htm

It seems you have to put the wav file inside the \windows\ringtone folder to get it works.

thanks everyone still no joy and even read the manual ! any more ideas !

Hope this story helps. I have ROM 1.1 and couldn't get PhonExt to ring the way I wanted. I discovered tonight that the .wav files should be <100k otherwise it doesn't ring. Perhaps bigger files take too long to load???
......just discovered that this is not true....it still doesn't work. If the files are too big though, the ring is not previewed when assigned to a category or contact.

PhoneExt
I am having the same problem with the ringtones as they don't want to work for the people calling. Guess I'm gonna end up switching to different program for rings until it's figured out what's causing it not to work. I haven't tried the less than 100k thing but will today.

play mp3 ringtones from storage card ?

I have some mp3 files in my storage card.
I am aware of software line mRing , Ringo etc. but is it possible to use mp3 files as ringtone from Storage card WITHOUT using 3rd party software ?
Any registry settings to change the ringtone folder from main memory to storage card ?
also, whether or not the above is possible, what is the best mp3 ringtone solution WITH software ?
thanks...

Well I just realized something. But is this normal ?
If I put the mp3 files in the root directory or in a 1st level directory, I can see them in Ringo sotware and but I can't see them in default contact ringtone selection.
If I put them in a 2nd level directory I can't see them from Ringo and default ringtone selection screen.
If I put the files in root directory I can see them both in Ringo and default ringtone selection screen.
is this normal ?

If you search the forum, you'd find that you've found the answer to your question. Now if you need an explanation of the solution rather than the solution itself, please contact Microsoft.

hi,
so you mean it's normal behaviour ?
I don't need an explanation of the solution.
what I want is to be sure that I'm not doing something incorrect or I don't miss something.
btw, I had searched the forum before opening this thread. There are so many threads about mp3 ringtones.

mrmrmrmr said:
hi,
so you mean it's normal behaviour ?
I don't need an explanation of the solution.
what I want is to be sure that I'm not doing something incorrect or I don't miss something.
btw, I had searched the forum before opening this thread. There are so many threads about mp3 ringtones.
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Yes, and I'd be cautious anyway. Having ring tones especially anything not in a vanilla wmv or similar format can slow up time it takes for your phone to start ringing. In addition storing the file on storage card makes this delay even worse and finally can cause phone to crash on incoming call. Not saying this will happen to you but if it does you'll know why. Once you have it set up test out delay until first ring and response time from off/sleep.
Mike

well, I decided to use "mring" as ringtone manager on my Hermes.
I would just pay for this great application but I found a problem with Hermes.
If I use mring , I can't connect to my GPRS connection after disconnecting.
To re-connect to GPRS I need to reboot the Hermes.
This means I just have "one" time connection to GPRS (for each reboot of the device)
If I uninstall mring, this problem disappears and I can connect to GPRS each time I try.
So ,I think there is a conflict with mring and GPRS connections.
Can anyone confirm this ? Does this work for anyone ?
What else can I use as an alternative to "mring" ?

hey guys, I am really desperatly looking for ringtone managing software.
please advise...

You can also put them in "\storage card\My Documents\" and they'll show up in the default ringtone manager but as mikechannon said, it takes a while for the ringtones to load. Like it'll say incoming call, then ring 2 seconds or so later.
What i do is i put all my ringtones in "\Storage Card\My Documents\My Music\Ringtones\" and then just copy the one i want as a ringtone to "\Windows\Rings\" and when i want to change it, i'll remove the one i have there and replace it with another one i want.

well, that's a nice idea but mring was also adding features as "ringtone to contact/category/know caller/unknown caller" , "sms to contact/category/know caller/unknown caller"
it also has "vip" settings for contacts marked as vip and it has profile support like (discreet/loud/normal...)
I am also looking for such features which the OS itself does not include.
so I am still looking for alternatives to mring.
any idea ?

Custom SMS Ringtone Help

Hi. I've been searching threads for the past two days trying to find the answer because I was sure that this has been asked before, but I couldnt find any threads dealing with it.
SO
My question is: Is there any way to set a custom SMS ringtone on my WM6.1 device that will stop playing when I read the text message? I am able to set the ringtone, but it plays through the whole song, even after the message is closed. Does anybody know what to do?
NOTE:
I am using an XV6800 (VERIZON)
ROM VERSION: 3.57.605.1 (MR1 UPDATE)

I don't know of a way to make the full song stop, but you can make the song shorter. Download Audacity on your PC http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ and us it to cut the song down to the desired length. It's a good audio editing program and it's free.

Use Myxer. Download your song from your comp, make it as short/
long as you want and then send it to your phone. This is the link https://www.myxer.com

Assign custom message tone in WM6
Windows mobile is infuriating in just this way; that simple-to-do tasks are made a nightmare, if possible at all. As it is WM6 comes with no way to just select your sound file and set it as your message tone, however it is possible to do what you're after.
copy/send the sound to your device, you can put it anywhere.
open File Manager
Find your file and use menu > edit > copy
go to My Device > Application Data > Sounds. Paste your sound here.
It will now show up on the sounds list. Hope this helps

Works!! Thank you!!

Ringtone and ".mid, .amr, .3gp, .mp4" files not working

Hi all,
I am using Elfin for past 4 months.
Earlier i used to put my own ringtones in folder "/Application Data/Sounds" and they worked.
But for past 1 month, no external ringtone put in "/Application Data/Sounds" is working. whenever i set my ringtone through Settings->Phne->Ring tone, it automatically sets it back to Ring-WindowsMobile.
I tried putting ringtones in /windows folder. but still i can only see those in Settings->Phne->Ring tone list and not able to set it.
somebody please help
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Whenever i try to open any ".mid", ".amr", ".3gp" or ".mp4" file, Windows media player open and displays error msg
"No Combination of intermediate filters could be found to make the connection"
'.mp3' and '.wmv' files play well in Windows media player
somebody please help
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Hi Kaplesh Patil,
1. Did you install any new softwares in your device after which this issue came.
2. Did you check your .mp3, .amr, .3gp, .mp4 file extensions and properties.
3. How do your rip those file. Do you use any specific software to do it.
4. If possible can you attach one of your not working file.

Hi HDR87
1. I keep on installing softwares. so its difficult for me to guess after installing which software this problem has started
2.Did you check your .mp3, .amr, .3gp, .mp4 file extensions and properties
???? what do u mean by check, i mean how to check.
3. i usually rip .mp3 ringtones by SoundForge. but what i am saying is all same files used to work fine before. but now they have stopped working.
4. Even built-in (factory) .mid, .amr and .mp4 also not playing with WMP.
5. to aggravate my problem, now even built in ringtones like Ring-WindowsMobile have also stopped ringing

It sounds to me like you have something you installed that is causing conflict. You will have to try to figure out what it was that you installed- Try by trial and error remove an app you installed see if it works and so on. Start with apps that are related to the devices audio capabilities - I have read about several people having problems with SRS WOW application.
Note that if you installed an app that created a Registry change, it is possible that even uninstalling the app may not change the Registry values back to normal and if this is what has caused the problem than only a hard reset would work (unless you can figure out which Registry values you need to change and what you need to change the values to.
Sorry I can't be of much more help; however, if you figure out that it is a registry value change and you figure out which values need to be changed, just let us know which ones and we will check what our values are set at so you can make the changes manually.

@ hotrod101
I am currently exploring my registry... If i figure out the values to be modified, i will share here, so anybody having similar problem might be able to use it

ringtone help
hey guys,
i need some help regarding the message tone for the elf. if i set the message tones to a song or any other sound, the tone won't switch off even after i've read the message and is replying.
can anyone help me on this?
also, are there any tweaks that i can use to duplicate and overwrite my contacts from sim to the phone so that there is only one name for each of my contacts? because for now, there is two names per contact.. one in the phone and one from my sim..
Anyhelp offered here is highly appreciated!
Thanks in advanced..

Barsha318 said:
hey guys,
i need some help regarding the message tone for the elf. if i set the message tones to a song or any other sound, the tone won't switch off even after i've read the message and is replying.
can anyone help me on this?
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Dude - you shouldn't be hijacking other peoples threads to ask your question. Use the Q&A Section and start your own thread or even better do some searching. This question has been asked before and even made it into the hall of shame.
To answer your question: If you are going to put a song or a long sound to message tone the whole song or tone will keep playing until it reaches it's end. (it's not like ringer wich is instructed to end as soon as you answer the call. Don't use a long tone or song. If you want to use a song, make sure you edit the song to make it just a short clip of it.

No Ringtone but calls come in and Phone Wakes

Weird one which has only come on in the last few days and I haven't installed anything that might have affected things.
Phone is set to "Ring" with a built-in ring tone (Old-Phone2) but when it doesn't ring when a call comes in. It wakes up, S2U2 shows the CallerID but it doesn't ring.
I have gone through sounds and notifications and it is set to "Phone, Incoming Call", "Ring", "Ring-OldPhone2", the speaker is on as I can hear other events. So, I set "Phone, Incoming Call", "Ring and Vibrate" and "OldPhone2" and it vibrates but no ringing.
Text messages and new email messages work but the ringing doesn't.
Is there anything else or anywhere else I should be looking to find out what might have caused this.
Stuff I have installed:
TomTom
SBSH Touch Calendar
PocketPlayer 4.0
HD Tweak
Diamond TF3D config
IContact
TCPMP
WAD2
Mobile TFL
psShutXP
SIP Change
SPB Weather
Plus some other stuff.
Thanks in advance

Anyone?
Please. I don't want to do a hard-reset and reinstall of everything
Thanks

this happens to when my hd fell from 3 feet to the concrete ground and the only way to get sound back was when i hard reset it.

Okay, this I think is because something has changed the association for .wma or .mp3 from Windows Media. This happens to a lot of us and I've never found a good solution. There are a couple of workarounds though.
First, set your default ringtone to a .wav file. That'll work, though if you reset you may need to re-associate that file to the default ringtone. Second, spring for something like Ringo which lets you assign ringtones to specific contacts. This will have a default setting which can in fact be assigned to a .wma or .mp3 file. It'll cost money though, unless there's a free one that I don't know about.
It's a really unbelievably annoying and stupid flaw in the design of the system. One learns to live with them.

copualt3 said:
this happens to when my hd fell from 3 feet to the concrete ground and the only way to get sound back was when i hard reset it.
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This may have been the problem as I dropped it last week.
bugs88 said:
Okay, this I think is because something has changed the association for .wma or .mp3 from Windows Media. This happens to a lot of us and I've never found a good solution. There are a couple of workarounds though.
First, set your default ringtone to a .wav file. That'll work, though if you reset you may need to re-associate that file to the default ringtone. Second, spring for something like Ringo which lets you assign ringtones to specific contacts. This will have a default setting which can in fact be assigned to a .wma or .mp3 file. It'll cost money though, unless there's a free one that I don't know about.
It's a really unbelievably annoying and stupid flaw in the design of the system. One learns to live with them.
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The phone is set to a default .wav file and it still doesn't work.
Bummer, looks like a hard-reset.
Thanks

I have the same issue here. Just fall down from the car holder to center stack. Now even wav file for ringtone and alarm is not working.
Can the software or setting issue relate to the fall? Or this is the hardware problem??
If we do the SPB restore the setting or hard reset, can it be solved?

If you are using MSVC disable notification for incoming call. It causes the behaviour you described - all sounds work except incoming ringtone.

I had to hard-reset and then I re-installed one of Dutty's ROMs and it works a treat now. Can't work out why a drop should produce a software issue.
Regards

For Touch HD, try this! It solves at least for me now .
If you have HD tweak try to set the 'Ringtone' function in 'Call' to
'Vibrate and Ring', that's it. I never change this before but it switch to 'Vibrate only' for some reason.
Dunno after changing of the ringtone song in Windows mobile menu 'setting' to another, then it turn-off the sound even you select the 'Vibrate and Ring'