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How to add a new SMS receive tone

I know how to use an mp3 as a ringtone.
What I desire is a way to set an mp3 or a wav file as my Sms receive tone.
Thank 'ee.

27 said:
I know how to use an mp3 as a ringtone.
What I desire is a way to set an mp3 or a wav file as my Sms receive tone.
Thank 'ee.
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First you have to copy the ringtone you wannna use, into the windows/rings-directory. ( my experience tells me that with SMS-tones, it's actually better to just put it directly in the Windows-directory, I have renamed mine, so my custom-ringtone is now my default ) :wink:
Then go to Start/Settings/Sytem/Add ring tone, when it's finished reading all your soundfiles, add the ringtone you want to use.
Then go to Start/Settings/Personal/Sounds & Notifications, open the dialogue-box, scroll down 'till you find SMS- settings, add your ringtone and bingo :wink:
Hope this helps...

Flipside said:
First you have to copy the ringtone you wannna use, into the windows/rings-directory. ( my experience tells me that with SMS-tones, it's actually better to just put it directly in the Windows-directory, I have renamed mine, so my custom-ringtone is now my default ) :wink:
Then go to Start/Settings/Sytem/Add ring tone, when it's finished reading all your soundfiles, add the ringtone you want to use.
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I can't believe I never clicked on that before. :lol:
Thank you!!

27 said:
Flipside said:
First you have to copy the ringtone you wannna use, into the windows/rings-directory. ( my experience tells me that with SMS-tones, it's actually better to just put it directly in the Windows-directory, I have renamed mine, so my custom-ringtone is now my default ) :wink:
Then go to Start/Settings/Sytem/Add ring tone, when it's finished reading all your soundfiles, add the ringtone you want to use.
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I can't believe I never clicked on that before. :lol:
Thank you!!
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I'm just happy to help :wink:

hey in my S100 when i go to "add ringtone" it does not show any of my mp3s, why's that? only mids and wavs! i copied 3 files to windows/rings and again the same... any suggestions plz? sorry 4 my engilsh!

dj_vts said:
hey in my S100 when i go to "add ringtone" it does not show any of my mp3s, why's that? only mids and wavs! i copied 3 files to windows/rings and again the same... any suggestions plz? sorry 4 my engilsh!
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Don't copy them to Windows\Rings.
Copy them to Windows.

made a mistake of purchasing this software called "Ringo" that handles ringtones and sms tones. Should have just moved the ringtones to the \windows folder

Thx 4 your replies. i did copied 2 files to \Windows folder. One .mp3 and one .mid and neither appeared in sounds&notifications on incoming text message... What am i doing wrong guys?

dj_vts said:
Thx 4 your replies. i did copied 2 files to \Windows folder. One .mp3 and one .mid and neither appeared in sounds&notifications on incoming text message... What am i doing wrong guys?
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This works fo me
Flipside said:
First you have to copy the ringtone you wannna use, into the windows/rings-directory. ( my experience tells me that with SMS-tones, it's actually better to just put it directly in the Windows-directory, I have renamed mine, so my custom-ringtone is now my default ) :wink:
Then go to Start/Settings/Sytem/Add ring tone, when it's finished reading all your soundfiles, add the ringtone you want to use.
Then go to Start/Settings/Personal/Sounds & Notifications, open the dialogue-box, scroll down 'till you find SMS- settings, add your ringtone and bingo :wink:
Hope this helps...
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Message sounds?

My first post in this incredible forum, I have all ready found so much help here and are most thankful, please keep it up.
Is it possible to make your own message sounds and use them when recieving text messages etc.
If possible at all what format should the file be in (mp3 wav)?
Tried with an mp3 placed in the windows folder it seems it cant find it.
Any help would be appreciated.

I'm not an expert so hopefully one will reply, but I think they have to be .wav and I think they have to go in the \windows\rings folder.
cheers

skidoo said:
I'm not an expert so hopefully one will reply, but I think they have to be .wav and I think they have to go in the \windows\rings folder.
cheers
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Actually, you are 1/2 right, they need to be wavs, but they go directly into windows, not in the rings folder.
Steve

Yep steve is correct the sound file will need to be a .wav and place into the windows folder, ring tones can be mid,wav and so on and they are placed into the rings folder within windows.

Sound file converter???
Morning all,
My first posting also and yes this has to be the mecca for knwledge of all Wizard related things. My question:
Does anyone know of any software downloads which can convert .wma, mp3 or similar files into .wav??? I'm a complete novice at this sort of stuff but the array of ringtones and message alert tones is rubbish on my K-jam. Thanks for any replies.
Del.

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manindesert said:
Morning all,
My first posting also and yes this has to be the mecca for knwledge of all Wizard related things. My question:
Does anyone know of any software downloads which can convert .wma, mp3 or similar files into .wav??? I'm a complete novice at this sort of stuff but the array of ringtones and message alert tones is rubbish on my K-jam. Thanks for any replies.
Del.
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You might try Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
It's a free download. I use Sound Editor in Roxio's Media Creator 8 -- one of the MANY useful tools in that program.

Re: Sound file converter???
You might try Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
It's a free download. I use Sound Editor in Roxio's Media Creator 8 -- one of the MANY useful tools in that program.[/quote]
Thanks very much mate, will give it a go and see the results.

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manindesert said:
You might try Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
Just downloaded the file.....works a treat. This site is the best, thanks guys and keep up the solid work.
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Re: Sound file converter???
manindesert said:
You might try Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
Just downloaded the file.....works a treat. This site is the best, thanks guys and keep up the solid work.
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YW -- (but I'm a GAL -- not a guy)!! LOL!! But, that's ok -- none of my friends can believe how "techy" I am, either. But, I'm the first one they come running to with a problem. Go Figger!!

Cheers all,
You keep refering to ring sounds, I am looking for Sounds for alarms and recieved messages, and alerts in general.
But I will try it now with wav files in stead of mp3.
Manindesert,
I'm using Sound Forge 7, but then again I really need it for all my music stuff, so give Audacity a shot.
Update Works fine with alarm and message sounds, thank you all.

Is there any way, hack or otherwise, that will allow you to point your rings/sounds to your SD card? Thought it would be nice to free some space and stop having to move files on and off the card. I change my ring tone with my mood

Javahater,
I've been loking for a hack/program/setting that will do that, but no luck so far.

Unfortunately, all SMS & ring tones must be located in main memory!
But there's a possibility to create a program that will browse a folder of ring tones on SD card & once u select a tone, it will be copied to main memory (and of course erase the old default tone from main memory) & will set this new file as the default ring tone for the phone.

Javahater and Ezzkht,
Maybe you should look here http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Wizard_Tweaks scroll down to this "ANY FOLDER RING TONES"
You will need a Registry Editor like Total Commander 2 or PHM Regedit
Hope this helps

Javahater,
Have been trying above solution for about an hour, seems that this solution doesn't work under WM5, or at least it doesn't make any difference if you change the folder or not (it only points to windows not windows\rings)
Will have to keep looking.

Mikebj said:
Javahater and Ezzkht,
Maybe you should look here http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Wizard_Tweaks scroll down to this "ANY FOLDER RING TONES"
You will need a Registry Editor like Total Commander 2 or PHM Regedit
Hope this helps
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Thanks a lot Mikebj, it worked like a charm & without soft reset
I just copied all my favourite ring tones to the Storage ROM & it works 100%
Thank youuuuuuuu 8)

Mikebj said:
Javahater,
Have been trying above solution for about an hour, seems that this solution doesn't work under WM5, or at least it doesn't make any difference if you change the folder or not (it only points to windows not windows\rings)
Will have to keep looking.
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AGREED !! I've got WM2003SE tried the steps mentioned http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Wizard_Tweaks no use.......it still picks up the default folder from \windows\rings, where as I am pointing it towards \Storage Card\Sound\ not working
ok just double checked.....in sounds and notifications options it goes to \windows\rings folder.....but I have o2 plus installed as well...and in o2 plus sounds and notifications options it points me to \Storage Card\Sound any ideas ?

Ezzkht,
Happy t worked for you, can't say the same for me.
Well it is getting more and more weird, when I look in my registry it only points to \windows\ not even \windows\rings\, despite this it still manages to pick up ringtones/sounds in the rings directory, and all sound files placed in the root of the SD Card(go figure).
I'm out of ideas right now, but am still looking for a solution and will be back if I find one.

I just used Resco Explorer with the registry editor add-in.
It worked with me without a soft-reset!
What device do you have, Mike?

Maybe some nice sounds
Hello everyone!
It's a little bit off topic, a little bit not
My advice: SD card is not really a good place for sounds, at least in my case. Why? Sometimes it happened that when I got a phone call, instead of my nice ringtone I've heard the standard one. I think it has sth to do with powering up SD card while changing from standby mode. It's just my impression.
Secondly: I'm looking for some nice SMS ringtones, not the funky ones... I'm getting a lot of messages and it's really boring if you hear "Heeeeellooooo! Your message is coooooomingggg!" every now and then. I will appreciate if you could share your ringtone with me
TroLoo

Custom Sounds for Text Messages etc.

Guys,
My apologies if this has been covered before.... Only I've had a really bad day in Theatre (I lost a loving, warm and friendly aged Lady earlier) and all I want to do now is pack up for today and go home.
So.... I have a few custom sounds in .wma format that I've placed into Windows/Rings and would like to use these for my Text Messages, Email Alerts etc.
Trouble is the Sounds & Notifications list does not show these in the drop down list of available sounds.
If I select Phone they do show but any of the others and they are not displayed.
Therefore, the question being ~ Is there any way to have these custom sounds displayed and readily available for my Phone?
Thanks in advance.

Ringtones need to be be in the Rings folder.
Don't know why but anything else needs to be in the Windows folder to appear.
Here is one from Python Holy Grail that I find good.

Farsquidge said:
Ringtones need to be be in the Rings folder.
Don't know why but anything else needs to be in the Windows folder to appear.
Here is one from Python Holy Grail that I find good.
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That is quite strange...... All my Ringtones are located in Windows/Rings.
I don't have a folder named Rings in the root.
Thanks for the Monty Python... appreciated.

Apologies, let me clarify.
Ringtones in Windows\Rings
All others Windows\
Hope thats clearer.

My Sounds and Notifications show all the wav files in the windows directory, plus any wav/mp3/wma in My Documents (device or storage card).
HTH

Farsquidge said:
Apologies, let me clarify.
Ringtones in Windows\Rings
All others Windows\
Hope thats clearer.
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Yes thanks... Got it now.
I've moved them into the Windows folder and they now work.
It's quite confusing when we mention ring tones and basically the ones I will be using are a ring tone.
But now I can see what you mean.... The default ring tones are in the Windows/Rings.
All other ring tones are in the Windows main folder.
Thanks.
gadgetuk437 said:
My Sounds and Notifications show all the wav files in the windows directory, plus any wav/mp3/wma in My Documents (device or storage card).
HTH
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Cheers for the contribution..... Didn't appreciate you could use .mp3 as well.
Thanks.

Carrying this forward, is there any way we can change the 'tap' sound?
The iPhone sound is very nice when you tap the screen but the custom HTC one is awful

Custom Ringtone.

I was trying to set a ringtone but all I could use was the ones that came with the phone, can someone help me onb how to set a one out of my music?
-Metta

Metta24 said:
I was trying to set a ringtone but all I could use was the ones that came with the phone, can someone help me onb how to set a one out of my music?
-Metta
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Hi Metta,
To add a custom ringtone, you need to copy the file to the Windows / Rings folder.
To add a custom message tone, you need to copy the file to the Windows folder.
Once the files are in the folder(s) above, you can select it as you would a normal ringtone/message tone.

rp-x1 said:
Hi Metta,
To add a custom ringtone, you need to copy the file to the Windows / Rings folder.
To add a custom message tone, you need to copy the file to the Windows folder.
Once the files are in the folder(s) above, you can select it as you would a normal ringtone/message tone.
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Thanks for this mate really helpfull

goto where your music is located and hold ur finger down on the one you want and it should come up with a menu set as defult ringtone if not use mp3 trimmer to crop it to what you want hit options and save hope this way helps too

Thanks alos Greg I will keep that in mind .

An easier way that i have used on many WM devices is to just make a "My Ringtones" folder in the root section of your sd card and any music u add to it will show up on the device as a ringtone. That way u are not taking up any space on the device.

Sik96teG said:
An easier way that i have used on many WM devices is to just make a "My Ringtones" folder in the root section of your sd card and any music u add to it will show up on the device as a ringtone. That way u are not taking up any space on the device.
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Good point, but for the sake of one song and when changed simply deleting the one you don't want is not to much imo.

Sik96teG said:
An easier way that i have used on many WM devices is to just make a "My Ringtones" folder in the root section of your sd card and any music u add to it will show up on the device as a ringtone. That way u are not taking up any space on the device.
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Thanks bud, iv just been puting them in root of my sd card. This makes things easier now

Metta24 said:
Good point, but for the sake of one song and when changed simply deleting the one you don't want is not to much imo.
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True but when you can have hundreds of ringtones on the sd card and you can use them to set different songs for people in your address book it makes life alot easier. Also it is one less thing to setup if you load different roms or reset your device.

Ringtone help

I cannot use a custom ringtone, say from google music. When I try to add a new one I get a screen that says Life's Good LG Mobile with a check box....no other options.
Anyone know how to do this?
John

jbrodeur said:
I cannot use a custom ringtone, say from google music. When I try to add a new one I get a screen that says Life's Good LG Mobile with a check box....no other options.
Anyone know how to do this?
John
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I put mine in the Ringtone file folder and have no problems.

rfarrah said:
I put mine in the Ringtone file folder and have no problems.
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How does one accomplish this? Thanks for the help.
I open the ringtones folder through File Manager....Ringtones......but there is no option to add?

jbrodeur said:
How does one accomplish this? Thanks for the help.
I open the ringtones folder through File Manager....Ringtones......but there is no option to add?
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Find where you have it stored on your phone (Downloads maybe?) and then Copy / Paste it to that folder. Good luck!

rfarrah said:
Find where you have it stored on your phone (Downloads maybe?) and then Copy / Paste it to that folder. Good luck!
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Thanks a ton. Did the trick!

The only ringtones I can see is LG ringtones. When I click the ADD icon it only shows me my music. I copied all the ringtones I had into the default Ringtones folder and they still don't show up

WhutChaDoin said:
The only ringtones I can see is LG ringtones. When I click the ADD icon it only shows me my music. I copied all the ringtones I had into the default Ringtones folder and they still don't show up
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Look for another folder. Especially on internal storage. Sometimes there is another folder buried within another, such as "Media".