I have a lot of ringtones on my phone, and for whatever reason I change them all the time, am constantly adding new ones, etc. etc.
Everytime I do so having to scroll through the whole horrible list of sounds I would never allow to come out of my phone is a bit annoying, so I was trying to think of a way to get them to all at least stack at the top.
Apparently the Android OS attempts to outsmart dumb people by removing underscores, and ignoring periods for the purposes of ringtones. Fortunately starting all filenames with a zero still works.
This, however is a bit obnoxious, and I was just wondering if anybody had suggestions as to characters I can prefix the filenames with that the phone will not filter out, and display at the top of the ringtones list
OR
any other ideas on "solving" the matter
so sure enough, a simple hyphen works.
Hopefully someone else will find this helpful, because for the time being, I just feel stupid.
Hi all,
Be gentle with me, but I think that after weeks of headbanging, I have stumbled across a fix for the problem of dissapearing ringtones in CM10. This works for me on my International S2 and I belive it accounts for the differing accounts of the problem, Some people have it, others not at all, differing periods before it kicks in etc.
I am on the Codeworx 21 August release from Rom Manager
I was looking through my Locale settings and found that I had some ringtones set for different locations, the files for these are now gone and I deleted the settings in Locale, ever since doing this, I have not had the dreaded 'Unknown Ringtone' problem once, despite trying to force it.
I am no MOD, but I am guessing that when an app changes the ringtone, either tyo a file it cannot find or perhaps at all, CM10 cannot substitute the default ringtoine as other roms do, I did not have a ringtone set in defaults, which may also have been a problem in my situation.
I am guessing that any program which alters your ringtone or notification settings can potentially have the same affect.
Apologies if this has been spotted before, but I have been combing the CM10 threads for weeks and not seen it, and hopefully if it can be confirmed by others, that it needs to be more widely circulated, hence the new thread.
Please post with details if it works for you!
R
Hi
[EDIT] my phone = I9300, OmniRom = latest (with a maximum of google apps disabled/alternatives preferred)
I can't quite figure that one out:
On every single system update, I lose my settings in terms of my custom ringtones, alarms...
I tried 3 different ways:
- I copied them into System/media/audio/ringtones & alarms --> after every update, my custom sound files cannot be found anymore and are therefore not available to select from Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone & Default alarm sound
- so then I copied them into sdcard/media/audio/ringtones & alarms --> althought they remain there after every update, they are not available from Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone & Default alarm sound
- so finally I copied them into extSdCard/media/audio/ringtones & alarms with the same effect: althought they are still there after every update, they are not available from Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone & Default alarm sound
Somehow this looks like a bug to me...
Can someone please explain how I can preserve my custom ringtones after system updates?
Thank you VERY much
beng
How did you copy them? It might be a selinux/permissions problem.
For reference, I haven't had any problem on my Nexus 5 (all internal ext4 with emulated sdcard) with
Code:
[email protected]:/ # ls -lZ /sdcard/Alarms/
-rw-rw---- root sdcard_r u:object_r:sdcard_internal:s0 Luminescence.ogg
Code:
/sdcard/Alarms, /sdcard/Ringtones, /sdcard/Notifications
Those are directories especially for custom sounds, which of course will survive ROM updates. Why don't you put them there?
klenamenis said:
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/sdcard/Alarms, /sdcard/Ringtones, /sdcard/Notifications
Those are directories especially for custom sounds, which of course will survive ROM updates. Why don't you put them there?
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done just that: my custom sounds don't even show up (Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone & Default alarm sound), nor after a reboot!
honestly this is a major bug as far as I am concerned - I keep missing my phone calls as the ringtone will default to none, makes the whole point about having a mobile pointless!!!
Until you can give steps to repeat, that someone else can repeat, it appears to be a problem that is specific to your phone and configuration. If it were a significant bug, you wouldn't be the only one claiming it was impacting them.
Nothing personal, but unless you can replicate this on a fresh install, without additional software, and document how to repeat it, it likely will never be considered an OmniROM bug. One you can do that, a JIRA is perhaps the right way to raise attention on the issue.
As a note, opening additional threads will more likely get you labeled as whiner than get faster resolution. One is plenty.
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jeffsf said:
Until you can give steps to repeat, that someone else can repeat, it appears to be a problem that is specific to your phone and configuration. If it were a significant bug, you wouldn't be the only one claiming it was impacting them.
Nothing personal, but unless you can replicate this on a fresh install, without additional software, and document how to repeat it, it likely will never be considered an OmniROM bug. One you can do that, a JIRA is perhaps the right way to raise attention on the issue.
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Hi jeffsf
well I thought the steps were clearly detailed in my initial post?
The custom sounds I would like to set up as custom ringtones / alarms are snippets edited out of full mp3 songs (generally a loop edited out of the intro); If i use the default (boring) sounds provided, I keep my settings.
I first copied my custom snippets into System/media/audio/ringtones & alarms ; this works until I reboot following a new nightly update, my settings are lost; the ringtone is back either to the default one or to none (worse option as I miss my phone calls - I cannot work out a rule as to the default ringtone/none reset, sorry!); my custom sound files cannot be found anymore in the ringtones folder and are therefore not available to select from Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone & Default alarm sound
My second attempt was then to copy them into sdcard/media/audio/ringtones & alarms ; although they remain there after the reboot following any new nightly update, the settings are lost from Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone & Default alarm sound.
So my third attempt was to copy the snippets into extSdCard/media/audio/ringtones & alarms but it had the same result: although they are still there after every update, my previous settings are lost and the snippets cannot be selected from Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone & Default alarm sound ...
After all these tests, I am even more confused; I do not know/understand for sure what folders Android uses primarily / secondarily for ringtones / alarms...
jeffsf said:
As a note, opening additional threads will more likely get you labeled as whiner than get faster resolution. One is plenty.
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I do get the point! Not my intention to whinge but as explained, there is not much point in having a silent phone!
First I asked a question (support); clearly no working solution can be provided
so I take it to the next level: software correction requirement (indeed JIRA can be the software to use for this - this is actually what I am using at work!)
Or the solution is to choose another rom, shame really...
BenG7 said:
Hi jeffsf
well I thought the steps were clearly detailed in my initial post?
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Your observed behavior is clear in your first post, so there is no reason to repeat it. It adds no information by doing so.
The custom sounds I would like to set up as custom ringtones / alarms are snippets edited out of full mp3 songs
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A tiny snippet of new information. But still, you haven't identified what format you are using on the device or how you are copying the files into the directories you are using, only on your source.
clearly no working solution can be provided [...] Or the solution is to choose another rom, shame really...
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Or clearly it isn't a problem with the ROM. If it were a general problem with the ability to set and retain ring tones, there would most likely have been at least one other person who reported similar problems as you.
Unless you can replicate this (a) from a clean install, (b) without other software installed, (c) using a directory intended for the function, (d) clearly identifying how and where you have set the ring tone, and (e) how you updated, it most likely isn't a ROM bug.
GIven that this isn't impacting anyone but you from what I can tell, I would look at your own software, configuration, or use as the most likely cause.
Note also that two people in this thread have already clearly identified directories for these files that do not have the issues you mention.
unsupported audio format?
Hello,
I built omnirom from last sources and I I was in the same situation. My mp3 wasn't recognized anymore (regression? developper choix? I don't know)
Workaround: I converted them into ogg format, and it works like a charm (on my HTC Explorer).
Hi
Hey, for the first time I realise yesterdays nightly (20141030) solved this ongoing issue I had given up on:
it preserved my custom ringtone and alarm and I did not need to reset my ringtone & alarm after the update as I do after EVERY SINGLE update - a pain really!
Please keep it as such - thanks A LOT
cheers
beng
BenG7 said:
Hi
Hey, for the first time I realise yesterdays nightly (20141030) solved this ongoing issue I had given up on:
it preserved my custom ringtone and alarm and I did not need to reset my ringtone & alarm after the update as I do after EVERY SINGLE update - a pain really!
Please keep it as such - thanks A LOT
cheers
beng
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Nothing has been changed that would affect this.
Also, you probably stopped getting responses because your responses were inconsistent. Post 3 provided the standard location where these files should be placed.
In post 4 you claimed exactly that, EXCEPT that in Post 6, none of the directories in post 2 were in your list of things you tried...
In the end it really doesn't matter. Your device is getting dropped with L as it hasn't had a maintainer in months and there is no one to fix I9300 issues.
Entropy512 said:
Nothing has been changed that would affect this.
Also, you probably stopped getting responses because your responses were inconsistent. Post 3 provided the standard location where these files should be placed.
In post 4 you claimed exactly that, EXCEPT that in Post 6, none of the directories in post 2 were in your list of things you tried...
In the end it really doesn't matter. Your device is getting dropped with L as it hasn't had a maintainer in months and there is no one to fix I9300 issues.
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I can only report it works now.
Post 1 were the initial steps I took
I did as advised in post 3 ; this was post 4
Post 6 was only a repeat of post 1, not including steps from post 4, but these were carried out too, to no avail too.
Just forget it now.
Thanks
Hi guys, I have a problem with my 6p that been bothering me for a while now. Whenever I change the ringtone on the phone to a Zedge tone or one of the defaults that came with the phone, it always resets to "KeypressReturn" within 2 days. When someone calls, the phone only vibrates which cause me to miss a lot of calls. I saw a similar post on AC by a person experiencing nearly the same issue but there was no viable solution mentioned.
Please help!
make sure that whatever app your using to set the ringtone has adequate permissions. IE it has access to storage.
I had already given Zedge has access to storage as per the advice in the AC forum. Also the Settings app has no permissions listed.
I just wanted to report back that this matter has been resolved. It was actually me that reset the ringtone to KeyPressReturn all the time. I have been using some customized shortcuts for volume from the AudioManager app for a few years now. Apparently, the developer made an enhancement to the application by allowing a user to change his/her ringtone and alert notification via the shortcuts. Since, I don't read the change notes for every single app I upgrade I was unaware that the ringtone option exists and the default was KeypressReturn. I modified my shortcuts and tested each one of them while going back and checking what it was set to in Settings. It been almost a full day now and my ringtone has not been reset. Thanks everyone for your time and suggestions!
Coming from an dual sim LG V10, I'm quite surprised and annoyed that there doesn't seem to be a stock option to assign a separate ringtone to each sim. This is probably Google's fault, but it's still amazingly shortsighted IMHO. When I work I sometimes want to ignore privat calls and vice versa, without having to get a look at my phone.
Anyone knows a work around without going to a new ROM directly?
Thxs
AFAIK it's not (currently) possible.
I'm facing same annoyance as well coming from various AOSP, Lineage and madOS ROM's where that was possible...
Changing ringtones
In an individual contact, click on three dot/line menu, on right