[Q] Custom ringtones?

kclive · Apr 11, 2014

I have been trying to add my custom ringtones to my M8 for a couple of hours now and can't for the life of me figure out how to get them to show up in the system. I am rooted and have a custom rom running but can't get the ringtones to show up. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

do0m · Apr 11, 2014

kclive said:
I have been trying to add my custom ringtones to my M8 for a couple of hours now and can't for the life of me figure out how to get them to show up in the system. I am rooted and have a custom rom running but can't get the ringtones to show up. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Try using ringdroid. I'm having trouble finding a way to set them as well. We used to be able to choose where to look for them but it seems to be removed.

an0ther · Apr 11, 2014

kclive said:
I have been trying to add my custom ringtones to my M8 for a couple of hours now and can't for the life of me figure out how to get them to show up in the system. I am rooted and have a custom rom running but can't get the ringtones to show up. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Must be .m4a to be recognized as a ringtone. I if they are .m4r just rename.

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kclive · Apr 11, 2014

an0ther said:
Must be .m4a to be recognized as a ringtone. I if they are .m4r just rename.

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Do you know what folder they need to go in? Still having some issues.

Wonders_Never_Cease · Apr 11, 2014

Create new folder named Ringtones,copy files into it,reboot

kclive · Apr 11, 2014

Wonders_Never_Cease said:
Create new folder named Ringtones,copy files into it,reboot

After doing that it still doesn't show up. I go into settings/sounds/ringtones and the only ones that show up are the stock ringtones. Should the new folder be on the internal storage or the sd card?

Any ideas?

Wonders_Never_Cease · Apr 11, 2014

Internal storage for it to show in your ringtones

kclive said:
After doing that it still doesn't show up. I go into settings/sounds/ringtones and the only ones that show up are the stock ringtones. Should the new folder be on the internal storage or the sd card?

Any ideas?

kclive · Apr 11, 2014

Wonders_Never_Cease said:
Internal storage for it to show in your ringtones

I must be doing something wrong then. I opened up the internal storage on my phone from my computer, created the folder ringtones, put the tones in it, rebooted the phone and still nothing. Am just about to give up.

Wonders_Never_Cease · Apr 11, 2014

Should look like this...if not right folder structure it will not read it....if they are a format the phone doesnt play then may not show as well...I use .mp3/ogg as my ringtones and no issues seeing them in ringtones selection. An after thought, custom ringtones for contacts or phone calls...not sure if same applies I would assume it would let you select if for contacts the same as for phone calls

kclive said:
I must be doing something wrong then. I opened up the internal storage on my phone from my computer, created the folder ringtones, put the tones in it, rebooted the phone and still nothing. Am just about to give up.

kclive · Apr 11, 2014

That is EXACTLEY how I have it. Do I need to set read/write permissions or anything?

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Wonders_Never_Cease · Apr 12, 2014

three pics im posting one is of the folder with the ringtones in it...the other two are of selectable ringtones shown in folder...not sure what the deal is with your phone...ive never had an issue with adding ringtones to the folder im saying to use and it not show in the ringtone list, what format are they?

kclive said:
That is EXACTLEY how I have it. Do I need to set read/write permissions or anything?

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Wonders_Never_Cease · Apr 12, 2014

mine are not .mp4a and are recognized as ringtones....

an0ther said:
Must be .m4a to be recognized as a ringtone. I if they are .m4r just rename.

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kclive · Apr 12, 2014

I have tried most formats except mp3 as I was told it needed a different format. I will try mp3 and see what happens.

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kclive · Apr 12, 2014

Wonders_Never_Cease said:
three pics im posting one is of the folder with the ringtones in it...the other two are of selectable ringtones shown in folder...not sure what the deal is with your phone...ive never had an issue with adding ringtones to the folder im saying to use and it not show in the ringtone list, what format are they?

I just tried with MP3 files and no luck. I went into settings/phone/sound/ringtone and the only ringtones there are the stock ones. Not sure what the deal is.

Wonders_Never_Cease · Apr 12, 2014

At a loss on this one as it works on all my phones the way I outlined it.....sorry

kclive · Apr 12, 2014

Wonders_Never_Cease said:
At a loss on this one as it works on all my phones the way I outlined it.....sorry

It shouldn't matter what rom I am running should it?

slapdaddy · Apr 12, 2014

Create a folder on your internal storage or SD card called "media". Inside that folder make a folder called "audio". Without quotes obviously lol. Inside that folder make a folder called "ringtones". Put all of your custom ringtones in there. I have mine in MP3 format and it all works fine.

You can also make folders named "notifications" and "alarms" inside the audio folder and add custom sounds to those as well. It's all picked up by my phone as soon as I add them.

I've been using this method since FroYo and it never fails. Also, I believe you can skip the "audio" folder step and put the ringtones folder directly into the media folder and it should work just the same.

Also, I would make the "r" in "ringtones" lowercase just in case...you never know when OSes will begin getting picky lmao.

Good luck.

Wonders_Never_Cease · Apr 12, 2014

It actually could matter...if the dev changed a line in aac it would have the issue your describing. I know this because when I was messing around with the build I use I changed that and couldnt get my ringtones to show just dawned on me about it

kclive said:
It shouldn't matter what rom I am running should it?

---------- Post added at 08:27 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:19 AM ----------

If on a custom rom ...look at this file...system\customize\ACC\default.xml

if it says this:
<item type="boolean" name="support_music_ringtone">true</item>

change it to:
<item type="boolean" name="support_music_ringtone">false</item>

and reboot

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