Pixel 2 stock ringtones --- Seriously, Google?

[DesertTwang]

My first cell phone, which I got in 2002, had a better ringtone selection than my 2017 Google Pixel 2. I find exactly two tones, be it for notification or as a ringtone, remotely acceptable, but the rest is just, no.

Do people really put up with this, or is there a place somewhere to get ringtones that do not sound like they came with a cell phone toy intended for toddlers?

 

[Ca_lvn]

Play Store Zedge Ringtones

 

[Almeuit]

Install another app and get what you need .

I personally have mine set to one from Google and have no real faults with it.

 

[B. Diddy]

I can't remember the last time I used preinstalled ringtones, because they're almost universally lame -- and I include iPhone ringtones. Especially iPhone ringtones.:'(

I just find a sound file online and download it to the /Ringtones directory. You actually don't have to install Zedge to do this -- just do a Google search for a particular ringtone or sound file you want. If its in Zedge, you can download it directly from their website, then move that sound file to the /Ringtones directory. My current ringtone is the end title theme from Buckaroo Banzai (which I trimmed down using Ringdroid), and my notification tones are various Star Trek sounds. Because I'm a nerd.

 

[Vega007]

I still remember when one of my favorite things to do upon getting a new phone was going through all the new ringtones that were available to me! Haha. But yeah, now with Zedge, I haven't even gone to the ringtone selection screen on the last several phones I've used/owned.

 

[gabbott]

Zedge is an easy way to get additional ringtones. For myself I'm just using the stock sounds and rather like them, shrug.

 

[idiotekniques]

Rcp ringtones are pretty good

 

[anon(1002654)]

Zedge is an easy way to get additional ringtones. For myself I'm just using the stock sounds and rather like them, shrug.

Me too... Lol

 

[anon(10092459)]

Stock Ringtones are fine with me... Just need to know you've got a phone call, right?

 

[Devhux]

Stock Ringtones are fine with me... Just need to know you've got a phone call, right?

I've noticed more and more when I'm out that quite a few people don't bother with changing the default notifications & ringtones anymore. Yes, there are exceptions like a friend of mine who has custom ringtones and text alerts for everyone, but that seems to be the exception these days.

 

[Mike Dee]

Stock Ringtones are fine with me... Just need to know you've got a phone call, right?

I don't care as much about ringtones....most custom ones are obnoxious

 

[libra89]

I've noticed more and more when I'm out that quite a few people don't bother with changing the default notifications & ringtones anymore. Yes, there are exceptions like a friend of mine who has custom ringtones and text alerts for everyone, but that seems to be the exception these days.

I feel bad for anyone that has an iPhone though. I notice this a LOT especially with iPhone users with text tones. One goes off and you have everyone else who has an iPhone wondering if their phone got that text.

Aside from that, I agree with the comment on the stock ringtones. I was disappointed in all of them but since I'm trying out this phone, I'm leaving it alone.

 

[anon(5630457)]

Oh good god no. The stock ringtones are terrible. I get all of my ringtones and notification sounds from Zedge.

 

[anon(5630457)]

I've noticed more and more when I'm out that quite a few people don't bother with changing the default notifications & ringtones anymore. Yes, there are exceptions like a friend of mine who has custom ringtones and text alerts for everyone, but that seems to be the exception these days.

iPhones are notorious for that. When I had an iPhone X, I had tri-tone for my texts, and whenever I got a text, half the people in the office would check their iPhones to see if they got a text. I'm always reminded of "be together, not the same" and that's particularly true in this case.

 

[idiotekniques]

I'm not a fan of the stock ringtones either. I changed all mine.

I customize the ringtone for my gf, my sister and some family and that's it for that. I customize SMS tones for my gf, sister, and a few good friends and everyone else gets a standard ring.

Then most apps get their own notification sound from Viber to Voicemail and everything in between.

I can say I don't think I used more than 1 stock notification/ringtone sound for accomplishing any of this. I used some ringtone and notification apps that I liked better than zedge though. Don't ask me which ones as I uninstalled them right after getting the tones

 

[dmark44]

There are a few notification sounds that I like, but I don't really care for the built in phone ringtones. I actually used to copy a built in ringtone that came from my HTC Incredible from phone to phone . It isn't on my 2 xl though

 

[jamezr]

I have iPhone 8 plus, Pixel 2XL, Note 8 and iPhone X and hate all the included ringtones.

I download Zedge for my Android phones and download all the custom ringtones I want.

Then i copy them to my PC and rename them and import to iTunes and sync them on my iPhones

 

[pseudoware]

I've used the same mp3 for my ringtone for several years. I copy it from my computer or cloud storage whenever I get a new phone. It's the sound of a phone ringing.

 

[Mike Dee]

I've used the same mp3 for my ringtone for several years. I copy it from my computer or cloud storage whenever I get a new phone. It's the sound of a phone ringing.

A friend of mine did that and his son asked him what it was to which he replied....a ringtone....yeah dad but what is it?

 

[sictheangel]

Honestly I find my Nexus 6 ringtones/notification sounds to be great, and since I rooted it along ago, I extracted all of the default sounds from it for safekeeping. Now when I transfer to a new phone I just copy those ringtones to their respective folders on the phone and set my apps to use them and I'm all good.

I do like the default notification sound from the Pixel 2, though. But the alarm selection SUCKS. Good thing I copied my Nexus 6's "Krypton" Alam sound or I'd never wake up to one