Ringtones directory

[BRIVERS73]

Originally Posted by es101346

why are all of the replies so vague? Media folder as in the one on the SDCARD or in system on the root of the device? And if you mean the folder on the device, how do you copy paste files into there? Gives me an error everytime i try. and if you mean the sdcard, I made the folders i was supposed to make, i tried playing the songs in the music player provided so i can set them as a ringtone, but when i play my own mp3s, and click menu, nothing pops up. only thing i can do is pause. so please explain exactly what to do to get my mp3s as ringtones. thanks

First you need to create a folder on your sdcard & name it media. Next create a folder inside the media folder & name it sudio. In the audio folder create 3 new folders named alarms(For changing clock alarms) notifications(For changing notifications) and ringtones. from there place the sounds of your choosing in one of theses folders. Now set a sound (be it ringtone, alarm or whatever) like you would usually do & your new sound file will now be in the list

[es101346]

Originally Posted by BRIVERS73

First you need to create a folder on your sdcard & name it media. Next create a folder inside the media folder & name it sudio. In the audio folder create 3 new folders named alarms(For changing clock alarms) notifications(For changing notifications) and ringtones. from there place the sounds of your choosing in one of theses folders. Now set a sound (be it ringtone, alarm or whatever) like you would usually do & your new sound file will now be in the list

thanks for a proper response ;] &

i just posted the way i did it directly in the root of the sd card.

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• plug your phone in
• set it as disk drive
• make a folder named ringtones directly on the root of the sdcard [not in the media folder like everyone was saying to do]
• put your ringtones in there
• change the usb type back to charge only
• go to sound and display, click phone ringtone, and your ringtones should be in there.

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[alex800]

I tried placing my ringtones in sdcard\media\audio\ringtones\ and sdcard\ringtones For some reason EVO only detects preloaded tones. What am I doing wrong?

[dasfool]

Originally Posted by alex800

I tried placing my ringtones in sdcard\media\audio\ringtones\ and sdcard\ringtones For some reason EVO only detects preloaded tones. What am I doing wrong?

Maybe it doesn't like the format your files are in.

[alex800]

I have about 50 different MP3 files in in ringtones directory that came from different sources. I doubt all of them are bad...

[blockhead428]

Originally Posted by alex800

I tried placing my ringtones in sdcard\media\audio\ringtones\ and sdcard\ringtones For some reason EVO only detects preloaded tones. What am I doing wrong?

My path is sdcard/media/ringtones. Works fine for me. Inside the media folder is where you make your ringtones, notifications, and alerts folders.

[alex800]

Originally Posted by blockhead428

My path is sdcard/media/ringtones. Works fine for me. Inside the media folder is where you make your ringtones, notifications, and alerts folders.

Same crap.... Tried .SDCARD\ringtones, .SDCARD\media\ringtones and .SDCARD\media\audio\ringtones with the same result.

[blockhead428]

Originally Posted by alex800

Same crap.... Tried .SDCARD\ringtones, .SDCARD\media\ringtones and .SDCARD\media\audio\ringtones with the same result.

Okay hoss, there might be something wrong with the ringtones you're trying to use. I'm looking at my sdcard file structure now. You should make a "Media" folder DIRECTLY ON THE SDCARD so no one says I'm being vague. This means that as soon as you mount your phone as a usb drive, whatever pops up and opens, create a new folder there called "Media". Inside this folder, I have "Alarms", "Alerts", "Notifications", and "Ringtones". Inside the "Notifications" folder, is where your messaging ringtones would go. Inside the "Ringtones" folder is where your phone call ringtones would go. I'm using mp3 ringers, so everything is working fine. I'm not too clear on what would go in the "Alarms" and "Alerts" folder.

And if those aren't clear enough, I've attached a crudely drawn image of detailed instructions. Enjoy.


But seriously, if you need more help, just pm me or post in here. I'll be happy to help.

[TheBundo]

I converted the old Buzzer_Loud.wav (great for an "alarming" alarm) to an mp3 on my PC, emailed it to myself, saved to SD Card (goes to Downloads by default, found that my SD card already had sd\media\audio with a notifications sub-directory under that. I added an alarms directory, copied the buzzer file over, open my alarm clock, and it was already there. I know I hadn't created the sd\media\audio\notifications folder (unless something I installed did), because the only file in there was some Facebook file, and I know more about 8-track tapes than I do about Facebook.

So the OS apparently reads in parallel from the main memory and the SD card for such files.

[unCOOL kiLLER]

Originally Posted by BGGDGG

I think i can help.. You need to get together all the ringtones, alerts, & alarms on your computer.. Create a folder named Media.. Inside the Media folder, create three more folders named, Notifications, Alerts, & Alarms.. Place all your ringtones in the Notifications folder.. All your alerts for text messages go in the Alerts folder.. All your Alarms sounds go in the Alarms folder.. Plug your EVO into your computer, select Disk Drive on your hand set.. Open up the Phone files,, copy (or move) the Media folder to the other files on the phone.. RESET.. Good To GO..

Tried this, didn't work. Notifications and Alarms work, but nothing shows up when I look at my Phone Ringtone section, just the tones that come with the phone.

When I look through my phone using the file explorer app called ASTRO, my new Media folder does not show up unless I'm looking through it to add a song as an Alarm, otherwise this new folder does not show.

Any ideas to for adding a Ringtone? Given I just got the Evo yesterday, so its an brand new stock ROM and all that.

Never mind fellows, seems not having an "s" in Ringtones made all the difference.