Is there anyway to keep ringtones and other mp3 files out of the music app besides renaming a folder with a "." in front of it?
Place a .nomedia file in the folder containing audio/video files you want to keep the system from seeing. This will, however, prevent you from selecting those files from your ringtones settings.
XfooYen said:
Place a .nomedia file in the folder containing audio/video files you want to keep the system from seeing. This will, however, prevent you from selecting those files from your ringtones settings.
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Thats what I want to avoid, I just want to keep my ringtones out of my music but I still want my ringtones. Before, on my G1 (Cyanogen), I could put my music ringtones in an "audio" folder and that would keep them out but that doesn't work now.
That sux. The same problem existed on the Vibrant. Not sure which system folder preinstalled ringtones are kept in, but if it's not in the protected part of NAND you could temp root and push the files to internal.
I've heard you need to have a Notifications and Ringtones folders at the *root* of the SD card.
floepie said:
I've heard you need to have a Notifications and Ringtones folders at the *root* of the SD card.
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I tried that and i didnt work. I also tried getting root and placing the files into the media folder on root and that didnt work either. Anyone have any other ideas?
I purchased a set of ringtones on my previous device that were installed in the SD cards with the following path on the card:
audio/media/ringtones/
audio/media/notifications/
audio/media/alarms/
Probably won't work, but worth a try.
floepie said:
I purchased a set of ringtones on my previous device that were installed in the SD cards with the following path on the card:
audio/media/ringtones/
audio/media/notifications/
audio/media/alarms/
Probably won't work, but worth a try.
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I believe you have media and audio backwards in those directory trees. That's how mine are anyway. Unfortunately a quick check shows that media room sees every sound file in there. So I hate to burst your bubble but, you're right, it won't help with this.
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grankin01 said:
I believe you have media and audio backwards in those directory trees.
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Well, that's the path installed by the RCP Ringtones in Market. And, on the Vibrant, at least, they didn't appear in the Music app, and I could select them as ringtones.
That's cool. I think some people have one directory with no subs and android still sees them. I know they can be set up a multitude of ways.
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How could I use ringtones from my StorageCard ? I spent three days to solve this problem, but without succes. My 8282 want to have all ringtones in phone memory, then I can use it all . But phone memory is only... we know...
thx for help.
firbec said:
How could I use ringtones from my StorageCard ? I spent three days to solve this problem, but without succes. My 8282 want to have all ringtones in phone memory, then I can use it all . But phone memory is only... we know...
thx for help.
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As far as I'm aware your ringtone wether mp3 or wav needs to be on the internal memory and not the storage card.
Copy ringtones to windows/rings
But these shouldn't take up much space on your phone anyhow, plus you couild always crop the length of each tune to minimize the size
create a folder on your SD card called My Documents. Your HD should find all music placed in this folder when you search for ringtones.
wpr said:
create a folder on your SD card called My Documents. Your HD should find all music placed in this folder when you search for ringtones.
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this is great works - only need to restart after moving all files into new directory
thx thx thx
wpr said:
create a folder on your SD card called My Documents. Your HD should find all music placed in this folder when you search for ringtones.
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My apologies. Wasn't aware of this as I had tried doing this before but put all my ringtones into a folder within My Documents and phone didn't pick them up.
Great to know this, cheers bro
On my storage card my ringtones are in a My Ringtones folder inside My Documents and work fine.
ednap said:
On my storage card my ringtones are in a My Ringtones folder inside My Documents and work fine.
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Yeah I have this now, but originally I had this folder called My Rings
Didn't initially realise you had to be precise with the naming. Thought phone would have the ability to pick this up
All ok now though
Glad it worked.
Use file explorer on pda to find the tune (mp3) you want to use. Press and hold with stylus on the file (mp3), box pops up giving you option to set as ring tone. Easy peesy
Mick
Like my new Incredible compared to my BB Storm, but I'm missing a few things.
While I can add MP3's as ring tones, I can't figure out
Create two folders on your SD card. One named ringtones and another named notifications (for text sounds). Once you copy files to those folders they will show up in the list.
KB Smoka said:
Create two folders on your SD card. One named ringtones and another named notifications (for text sounds). Once you copy files to those folders they will show up in the list.
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For whatever reason this never would work for me. So what I did was create a folder on the root of my SD called media. Inside media created folders called ringtones and notifications. I then converted the MP3 or whatever format the media was in to M4A using the latest beta of Audacity (awesome app). Tossed the converted media into the appropriate folder, and voila, I can has sounds.
This may seem a little convoluted to some people, but it works for me.
download ringdroid from the market, allows you to pick the portion of the mp3 you want, and you can set it as alarm, notification, or ringer
KB Smoka said:
Create two folders on your SD card. One named ringtones and another named notifications (for text sounds). Once you copy files to those folders they will show up in the list.
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Actually, there should be three folders, and they should all be on the root of the SD card. The two you mentioned, plus one called alarms. These three folders will let the various sounds you load only show for the correct applications.
For instance, put a sound called alarm1 in the alarms folder and it will only be selectable as a alarm for various clock apps. However, put the same sound in notifications instead, and it will only be available to apps that use a notification alert, like calendars.
The other advantage to using these three folders is that it keeps the sounds from showing up in media player apps. I can't tell you how annoying it was to have my music playing randomly and then an alarm sound would play. Then I'm checking my phone to see what it is trying to remind me about only to discover that darned thing played in my media rotation.
StirCwazy said:
For whatever reason this never would work for me. So what I did was create a folder on the root of my SD called media. Inside media created folders called ringtones and notifications. I then converted the MP3 or whatever format the media was in to M4A using the latest beta of Audacity (awesome app). Tossed the converted media into the appropriate folder, and voila, I can has sounds.
This may seem a little convoluted to some people, but it works for me.
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Are the sounds showing up in the "songs" your media player lists?
I would recommend creating these folders under /emmc in place of /sdcard that way if the SD Card is removed your custom ring-tones/notifications will still work....
here is the folder structure that I am using:
/emmc/Media/Audio/Alarms
/emmc/Media/Audio/Notifications
/emmc/Media/Audio/Ringtones
Mixzing media player, if you use that, also allows you to set mp3's as ringtones.
rcicu said:
I would recommend creating these folders under /emmc in place of /sdcard that way if the SD Card is removed your custom ring-tones/notifications will still work....
here is the folder structure that I am using:
/emmc/Media/Audio/Alarms
/emmc/Media/Audio/Notifications
/emmc/Media/Audio/Ringtones
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I like this idea.....
Is there anything out there I can use to view these "system" folders on my PC? When I look at the phone on my computer I only see a couple folders.
I just use zedge app and let it do all the work.
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rcicu said:
here is the folder structure that I am using:
/emmc/Media/Audio/Alarms
/emmc/Media/Audio/Notifications
/emmc/Media/Audio/Ringtones
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Wouldn't the ringtones/notification sounds come up in the music player then?
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dali137 said:
Wouldn't the ringtones/notification sounds come up in the music player then?
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What I have noticed it that sound files in any of those 3 folders won't show up in my music player whether they are on the phone or the sdcard. If you put a sound file in the media folder it will show up, but nothing in the 3 sub folders will.
I haven't tried putting them anywhere else but I think it's safe to assume that folders named Alarms, Notifications, and Ringtones are ignored.
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Not a big compliant, but just wondering if this is fixable. I noticed that upon installation of Android some sound mp3s show up on the Music library. It really clutters up the Music library so I was wondering if there is any way to make it so the music library doesn't detect these specific sound folders/files that way they aren't detected and shown in the library. Anyone have any ideas?
do a search for ".nomedia" and you'll find the solution. easier than retyping the whole thing for you.
Reno_79 said:
do a search for ".nomedia" and you'll find the solution. easier than retyping the whole thing for you.
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BTW is there a trick so that Windows Mobile also doesn't detect these files?
Reno_79 said:
do a search for ".nomedia" and you'll find the solution. easier than retyping the whole thing for you.
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btw I can't really get this to work. I create a txt file named .nomedia on my PC to transfer onto my card. If I try to create this file on my device it says it can't because of the file name. Also, the "." in front of the folder name doesn't really do anything either.
Phenomenon said:
BTW is there a trick so that Windows Mobile also doesn't detect these files?
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Not that I know of, but then I've not booted into windows for months now lol
Phenomenon said:
btw I can't really get this to work. I create a txt file named .nomedia on my PC to transfer onto my card. If I try to create this file on my device it says it can't because of the file name. Also, the "." in front of the folder name doesn't really do anything either.
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Works perfectly fine for me, I have the blank .nomedia file in each folder I want my media player to ignore and I get none of the android mp3s in my music playlists. Remember Android creates a cache (basically a copy) of all it's notification mp3's in a folder called cache as well.
The problem I have with this is after adding the .nomedia you can no longer select them as ringtones/notifications either.
Anyone else get this?
its called "media hidden" , in the appstore , it'll do it all for ya
souljaboy said:
its called "media hidden" , in the appstore , it'll do it all for ya
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for Android or Microsoft? cuz i don't see it in either.
android market
its older name was "gallery enable" if none come up , put it in google
Reno_79 said:
Not that I know of, but then I've not booted into windows for months now lol
Works perfectly fine for me, I have the blank .nomedia file in each folder I want my media player to ignore and I get none of the android mp3s in my music playlists. Remember Android creates a cache (basically a copy) of all it's notification mp3's in a folder called cache as well.
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Did you create a text file? or does it have to be a specific type of file?
I'm tired of the ZTE sound picker, which apparently doesn't let me use my good old notification sounds.
Is there a way to flash a sound picker, like from CM or AOSP? I've seen people do it with the phone/dialer app…
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I'm tired of the ZTE sound picker, which apparently doesn't let me use my good old notification sounds.
Is there a way to flash a sound picker, like from CM or AOSP? I've seen people do it with the phone/dialer app…
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For the A2017U at least, "good old notification sounds" are reusable. On the Setup: Sounds & vibration page, under "Ringtones" look under the MUSIC tab (not RINGTONES tab as expected) for the .ogg or .mp3 file you placed in Ringtones or Notifications folder on your sdCard
amphi66 said:
For the A2017U at least, "good old notification sounds" are reusable. On the Setup: Sounds & vibration page, under "Ringtones" look under the MUSIC tab (not RINGTONES tab as expected) for the .ogg or .mp3 file you placed in Ringtones or Notifications folder on your sdCard
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I'm on A2017U / B29 rooted, and this isn't working for me.
nuserame said:
I'm on A2017U / B29 rooted, and this isn't working for me.
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Same here and can't explain your issue:
1. Place desired ringtone in "Ringtones" folder on internal sdCard (I used WhistlingWiazrd.ogg)
2. Reboot
3. Navigate to Settings:Sounds & Vibrations
4. On Ringtones page, under Ringtones heading click on your Carrier (I only have one as SIM2 is empty , although it does show SIM2)
5.Look under the three Tabs (Ringtones, Music, recordings) at topof page for your tone - mine was under Music
6.Select your ringtone
7. Reboot.
Do the same for Notification tone
Goodluck
amphi66 said:
Same here and can't explain your issue:
1. Place desired ringtone in "Ringtones" folder on internal sdCard (I used WhistlingWiazrd.ogg)
2. Reboot
3. Navigate to Settings:Sounds & Vibrations
4. On Ringtones page, under Ringtones heading click on your Carrier (I only have one as SIM2 is empty , although it does show SIM2)
5.Look under the three Tabs (Ringtones, Music, recordings) at topof page for your tone - mine was under Music
6.Select your ringtone
7. Reboot.
Do the same for Notification tone
Goodluck
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I followed your instructions exactly, with both ogg and mp3 files. They don't appear.
nuserame said:
I followed your instructions exactly, with both ogg and mp3 files. They don't appear.
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For the heck of it, try one more thing.
From the PlayStore, download and run: Rescan SD Media Card by Radefffactory.
I have used this on several devices. It scans and registers new files that are not picked up by the system for some reason. Also good when trying to copy files via MTP that are on the sdCard but cannot be seen by the computer.
Goodluck!
amphi66 said:
For the heck of it, try one more thing.
From the PlayStore, download and run: Rescan SD Media Card by Radefffactory.
I have used this on several devices. It scans and registers new files that are not picked up by the system for some reason. Also good when trying to copy files via MTP that are on the sdCard but cannot be seen by the computer.
Goodluck!
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Thanks — Rescan SD Media Card didn't work either, but I was finally able to find a complicated workaround: An app called Ringdroid from the Play Store lets you re-save any sound files on the device as notifications, alarms, ringtones or music. What's really weird is that different apps did or didn't see the same file: For Whatsapp I had to save the file as music, but Telegram sees it if I save it as a notification. Something is very strange on my phone.
Essentialers,
I'm a newbie and I just made the switch from iPhone to Android. I read a whole lot about the Essential phone and sure enough, everything checks out right. I installed all the apps/updates etc and I thought I was good to go except when I got stuck with transferring my ringtones over to the Essential phone. I transferred my .mp4 from my mac via the android file transfer over to the "Ringtones" folder on my device. But I can't seem to find the ringtones on my phone at all. How do I make sure that Settings > Sounds has the recent ringtones that I added?
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Essentialers,
I'm a newbie and I just made the switch from iPhone to Android. I read a whole lot about the Essential phone and sure enough, everything checks out right. I installed all the apps/updates etc and I thought I was good to go except when I got stuck with transferring my ringtones over to the Essential phone. I transferred my .mp4 from my mac via the android file transfer over to the "Ringtones" folder on my device. But I can't seem to find the ringtones on my phone at all. How do I make sure that Settings > Sounds has the recent ringtones that I added?
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I see you mentioned mp4, but you need mp3 files. I have few ringtones that I copied to ringtones folder and never had any issues and all of them show up.
Charkatak said:
I see you mentioned mp4, but you need mp3 files. I have few ringtones that I copied to ringtones folder and never had any issues and all of them show up.
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Thank you. Just corrected them and now I can see the ringtones.