CAB with ringtones

[GaMedic]

I saw in one of the buildos threads where luv2chill (i think) made reference to building a CAB with ringtones in it. I would like to know how this is done. I would like to build a CAB with all my ringtones and one with all my sounds to install after I flash my phone. If I misread and this isn't possible please let me know. This would be awesome to be able to this. I would like detailed instructions if it is possible . Thanks for any help you can provide.

[tiermann]

Why not just leave them in a "My Ringtones" folder on the extended rom? They won't take up ROM or storage space that way and you never have to touch them again. They'll just be there.

This is what I use for cab files..
http://www.ocpsoftware.com/products.php?nm=cecabmgr

[GaMedic]

Originally Posted by tiermann

Why not just leave them in a "My Ringtones" folder on the extended rom? They won't take up ROM or storage space that way and you never have to touch them again. They'll just be there.

This is what I use for cab files..
http://www.ocpsoftware.com/products.php?nm=cecabmgr

Will there be a delay in ringing like I have if I set a ringtone from a file on my storage card.? If I set a ringtone from there it delays ringing by 3-5 seconds.

[tiermann]

No.. Extended ROM is always there, unlike the storage card which loads up again each time the phone wakes up or resets. Read/Write speed is also the same as main memory because it's using the same media.

[GaMedic]

Originally Posted by tiermann

No.. Extended ROM is always there, unlike the storage card which loads up again each time the phone wakes up or resets. Read/Write speed is also the same as main memory because it's using the same media.

OK I made a folder named My Ringtones and put the files I wanted into the folder. They worked fine. However, I hide my extended rom so that my email attachment can be saved on my storage card instead of my phone which takes up too much space. When I hide the extended rom my ringtones are not visible anymore.

[tdb94]

Hey GA, you helped me out once before, quick ?? If I wanted to put my vast ringtones on my storage card like you stated you did in your post (even with the delay), do I need to create a certain file like my rings or ???? or can I just dropem in??? Wanna save space also but dont want to reflash the rom with a .cab right now. Also, do I have too redirect my contacts to the card to get the ringtones to work or will they just work like normal?? Thx

[the18thtee]

WinCE Cab Manager is a really easy application to use for building cab files. You most likely wont need instructions because most of it is self-explanatory.
On the other hand, why dont you just build the ringtones/sounds you want into the rom? There is already an oem called Additional Ringtones and Additional Sounds in the USER_OEM folder. Just drop your ringtones into the folder and edit the rgu to reflect the additional ringtones/sounds. The only real change to the rgu should be adding "TheNameOfRingtone.wma", under all of the others, you will know what i am talking about when you open the rgu. Just make sure that the rgu includes any ringtones you have added/removed and that you have commas after each entrys quotation marks (except the last one). This is also really easy to do, just open the rgu and you should be able to figure it out.

[GaMedic]

Originally Posted by the18thtee

WinCE Cab Manager is a really easy application to use for building cab files. You most likely wont need instructions because most of it is self-explanatory.
On the other hand, why dont you just build the ringtones/sounds you want into the rom? There is already an oem called Additional Ringtones and Additional Sounds in the USER_OEM folder. Just drop your ringtones into the folder and edit the rgu to reflect the additional ringtones/sounds. The only real change to the rgu should be adding "TheNameOfRingtone.wma", under all of the others, you will know what i am talking about when you open the rgu. Just make sure that the rgu includes any ringtones you have added/removed and that you have commas after each entrys quotation marks (except the last one). This is also really easy to do, just open the rgu and you should be able to figure it out.

The main reason I have not added into ROM is to save the room for programs. Ringtones tend to eat up a lot of space so I wanted to do them post flash.

[GaMedic]

Originally Posted by the18thtee

WinCE Cab Manager is a really easy application to use for building cab files. You most likely wont need instructions because most of it is self-explanatory.
On the other hand, why dont you just build the ringtones/sounds you want into the rom? There is already an oem called Additional Ringtones and Additional Sounds in the USER_OEM folder. Just drop your ringtones into the folder and edit the rgu to reflect the additional ringtones/sounds. The only real change to the rgu should be adding "TheNameOfRingtone.wma", under all of the others, you will know what i am talking about when you open the rgu. Just make sure that the rgu includes any ringtones you have added/removed and that you have commas after each entrys quotation marks (except the last one). This is also really easy to do, just open the rgu and you should be able to figure it out.

If I use the method of editing the rgu file do the ringtones have to be in wma format or can I used another format? The reason I am asking is some formats are smaller files. I don't know about wma is it a smaller file than amr files?

[GaMedic]

Also is WinCE Cab Manager free, if so where is the best place to download?