[Q] Original Sidekick Notifications and Ringtones

sbshetley · May 29, 2011

The old sidekicks are out of commission so I do not see where this would be a problem. Does anyone have the original Sidekick ringtones available? Specifically Dangerous Girl or the "Danger" ones.

xxxxairwavexxxx1 · Jun 1, 2011

dude seriously..... u shouldve just stayed with the old one -.-

sbshetley · Jun 2, 2011

Can't stay with the old one and still have internet. I think my wife would have. I had to pull it from her hands. I finally got an Iphone in her hands but that was hard for both of us. I couldn't get her to settle on an android device. I have the Inspire, one of the best phones i've ever had. She wants the ringtones though from it and I didn't have a developer key from Danger where i could get them. If it were even possible.

gearhead27 · Jun 2, 2011

I've been searching around on google for a good half an hour and haven't found anythng except a few youtube clips. All we need are the audio files to convert to an mp3 and the rest is easy. We could also download the videos from youtube and rip the audio that way.

sbshetley · Jun 2, 2011

gearhead27 said:
I've been searching around on google for a good half an hour and haven't found anythng except a few youtube clips. All we need are the audio files to convert to an mp3 and the rest is easy. We could also download the videos from youtube and rip the audio that way.

I actually thought about that. And then I thought about running them through Audacity for quality improvement. I just was hoping beyond hope that someone would have one. I tried to re-open a thread on another forum but no one has responded. The person had some of the effects, just none of the tones.

ncmacasl · Jun 4, 2011

I found a post with these files. (not allowed to post links yet!)

Dated 12/2008 on Android Community

New Message.zip‎ (25.2 KB, 4606 views)
Attention.zip‎ (18.5 KB, 1244 views)
Blue Flute.zip‎ (36.1 KB, 802 views)
AIM.zip‎ (44.3 KB, 1127 views)
Bell Tree.zip‎ (58.0 KB, 556 views)
Bird Call.zip‎ (25.5 KB, 471 views)
Default Beep.zip‎ (24.5 KB, 639 views)
Ding-A-Ling.zip‎ (38.8 KB, 473 views)
Evil Overlord.zip‎ (33.6 KB, 485 views)
Frogs.zip‎ (25.1 KB, 427 views)
Future Ring.zip‎ (74.3 KB, 578 views)
Siren.zip‎ (43.7 KB, 497 views)
Wah-Wah.zip‎ (42.7 KB, 530 views)

not sure if files still work, but worth a try!!!

Sweet Peaches · Jun 5, 2011

ncmacasl said:
I found a post with these files. (not allowed to post links yet!)

Dated 12/2008 on Android Community

New Message.zip‎ (25.2 KB, 4606 views)
Attention.zip‎ (18.5 KB, 1244 views)
Blue Flute.zip‎ (36.1 KB, 802 views)
AIM.zip‎ (44.3 KB, 1127 views)
Bell Tree.zip‎ (58.0 KB, 556 views)
Bird Call.zip‎ (25.5 KB, 471 views)
Default Beep.zip‎ (24.5 KB, 639 views)
Ding-A-Ling.zip‎ (38.8 KB, 473 views)
Evil Overlord.zip‎ (33.6 KB, 485 views)
Frogs.zip‎ (25.1 KB, 427 views)
Future Ring.zip‎ (74.3 KB, 578 views)
Siren.zip‎ (43.7 KB, 497 views)
Wah-Wah.zip‎ (42.7 KB, 530 views)

not sure if files still work, but worth a try!!!

Hey good to see you here!

I too wondered about the ringtones from the original Sidekick but I never had a developer key but that's okay.

ncmacasl · Jun 8, 2011

here is the link: http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f8/sidekick-new-message-sound-file-9870/#post106592 files are included (also several from the AIM app later in the same thread)

orange808 · Jun 9, 2011

A developer's key wouldn't help much with getting ringtones off the Danger powered Hiptops.

We would need an inside source that had access to "hands on" development at Danger to get the actual files that the Hiptop used. The original sound files were stored as Beatnik .RMF files--although the device did support up to 17 seconds of audio with a compessed 16-bit, 11kHz, IMA (4:1) WAV files.

Even if you could dump perfect originals, you wouldn't be able to use them on Android. Google did not license Beatnik's compression technology and the development community has moved toward XMF--an open format for MIDI triggered audio.

The best way to get the sounds now is to plug the device directly into a computer and record the sounds directly. That would require taking a few extra minutes to crop and clean up the recordings, but it should work.

The Pope of Dope · Jun 9, 2011

orange808 said:
A developer's key wouldn't help much with getting ringtones off the Danger powered Hiptops.

We would need an inside source that had access to "hands on" development at Danger to get the actual files that the Hiptop used. The original sound files were stored as Beatnik .RMF files--although the device did support up to 17 seconds of audio with a compessed 16-bit, 11kHz, IMA (4:1) WAV files.

Even if you could dump perfect originals, you wouldn't be able to use them on Android. Google did not license Beatnik's compression technology and the development community has moved toward XMF--an open format for MIDI triggered audio.

The best way to get the sounds now is to plug the device directly into a computer and record the sounds directly. That would require taking a few extra minutes to crop and clean up the recordings, but it should work.

Doing this as we speak.

orange808 · Jun 10, 2011

Does anybody have an original Sidekick or Color Sidekick? I traded mine in as I upgraded and the oldest device I own is a Sidekick 2.

It would be nice to have the sounds from the original device.

Sent from my SGH-T839 using XDA App

The Pope of Dope · Jun 10, 2011

orange808 said:
Does anybody have an original Sidekick or Color Sidekick? I traded mine in as I upgraded and the oldest device I own is a Sidekick 2.

It would be nice to have the sounds from the original device.

Sent from my SGH-T839 using XDA App

Sidekick Slide is what I got.

ncmacasl · Jun 10, 2011

The files I shared from the Android community seem to be from the original Sidekicks.

I have also posted the files here on my SugarSync account (similar to DropBox):

https://www.sugarsync.com/share/bt8m248oxzcbv

ncmacasl · Jun 10, 2011

Also, I have a CSK, a Sidekick 2, & a Sidekick LX (2007)

ncmacasl · Jun 10, 2011

@Orange, LOL I see you accessed the folder already!! let me know what you think!

orange808 · Jun 11, 2011

Nice work. Thanks.

I'll go ahead and rip the SKII audio, icons, and make a Danger checkerboard wallpaper.

I'll throw them on sugarsync when I'm done.

Sent from my SGH-T839 using XDA App

ged92781 · Jun 15, 2011

My thanks to those who have posted the sounds from the old Sidekicks. I rooted my Sidekick and put one of the tones on the internal memory at /system/audio/notifications/. I can set it as my chosen tone in the messaging app, but it doesn't play after I copy it. Also, I noticed the pre-loaded sounds are in .ogg format. Should ÷ convert the mp3 to ogg and retry? Or, should it work either way?

Sent from my T-Mobile Sidekick 4G.

sbshetley · Jun 18, 2011

Thank you!

Thank you for everyone's hard work!! The original sidekicks will be greatly missed, in my opinion. I haven't had a chance to play with the 4g yet, but my wife is still having withdrawls!

orange808 · Jun 19, 2011

Sidekick II backgrounds

Here's the Sidekick II classic "checkboard" wallpaper background.

Pull the wallpaper size to fit the entire image before you apply it.

The icon images will probably need to be resized. They also don't look quite right without the blue dot behind them. But, they seem to fit the rest of the Android theme better like this...

ncmacasl · Jun 22, 2011

is that the hi-def version? looks a bit low-res or was that on purpose?

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