Folder Location for Ringtones?

[sjenkins1009]

With my old blackberry i could just add downloaded ringtones from my PC to a ringtones folder on my SD card. However after switching to my droid it seems that doesn't work the same. I placed some MP3 files into the Ringtones folder on my droid and they still don't show up on my list of ringtones... Am i going to the wrong folder or do i need to press and hold every mp3 and say add to ringtones and notifications?


Motorola Droid Software 2.2. Nonrooted

Thanks,
Steve

 

[dcreed]

\ringtones for ringtones
\notifications for notifications
\alarms for alarms

They'll show up at the end of the list, after the built-in ones. (e.g.- My "Loony Tunes" shows up after the built-in "World" ringtone.)

If your MP3s have ID3 tags, that title will be used.

 

[seanubis]

I thought the folder had to be under 'media', eg '/media/ringtones','/media/notifications', etc. That's how I have mine set up, and it works.

 

[dcreed]

I thought the folder had to be under 'media', eg '/media/ringtones','/media/notifications', etc. That's how I have mine set up, and it works.

I only learned about them being in the media folder after I'd already setup the ones in the root directory, and they work.

Maybe I just misread the post where I learned about the names of the directories. But, as said, they work in the root directory, so I don't see a great need to move them now.

 

[takeshi]

I thought the folder had to be under 'media'

Nope. Doesn't matter where the folder is. It just needs to be named correctly.

It's just popular for people to place them under a media folder (under media\audio, actually). I guess because it mirrors the folder structure in system.

 

[sjenkins1009]

Will have to test it out when i get home. Was at work when i was wondering. Thanks!

 

[ViperGeek]

I know this is a fairly old thread, but it was the first one Google highlighted and I wanted to share my recent research.

On my HTC Incredible 2 running Gingerbread (2.3.4) and HTC Sense 2.1, these are the de facto locations for the pre-installed and user-supplied Alarms, Notifications, and Ringtones:

Android OS
/system/media/audio/alarms
/system/media/audio/notifications
/system/media/audio/ringtones
/system/media/audio/ui (bunch of HTC-supplied .ogg files for keyclicks, etc.)

User-Supplied
/sdcard/Music/Alarms
/sdcard/Music/Notifications
/sdcard/Music/Ringtones

I fully admit and yield to the correct information posted above. These are just where I found the system sounds and where several of my ringtone apps preferred to store customized audio.

- Dave

 

[tammy819]

Not sure if this helps, but...I have the new Motorola Droid RAZR. .. I downloaded some ringtones from a website that were sent via text message to my phone. After that, I couldn't find the ringtones! I finally found them in a folder called MESSAGING (My Files > Internal Phone Storage > Messaging). THEN...I had to press-and-hold the particular downloaded tone and press "COPY". THEN...I had to go back to "My Files" and paste them into the SD Cards "Ringtone" folder, which can be found here: My Files > SD Card > Media > Audio > Ringtones. I pasted them there, and then they later showed up when I wanted to customize a contact with a special ringtone. I didn't have to go hunting for the file again, it just showed up in my choices of Ringtones. I hope this helps. It took forever to figure out and felt like a major fiasco. Good Luck. ~Tammy

 

[sdh91075]

so for the andrioid os i have to make a folder to put my sounds into?
Android OS
/system/media/audio/alarms
/system/media/audio/notifications
/system/media/audio/ringtones
or do I add / before the sound file name?

 

[ViperGeek]

I ran into this issue again recently. I ended up using Root Explorer to forced my ringtones and notifications into the read-only system folder /system/media/audio. I then stumbled upon a beauteous application called Rescan Media. After executing this immensely simple app, about five minutes later I could see all of my custom sounds. Awesome!

sdh91075, there's no need to use root to add media files to /system/media/audio/alarms (or ./notifications or ./ringtones). Simply place your sounds in the appropriate user-supplied folders and run Rescan Media. Your sounds will show up. Note that I have my sounds in:

/sdcard/media/alarms
/sdcard/media/notifications
/sdcard/media/ringtones

on the SD card. Apparently, the location isn't as important as the folder name. Check out:

Storage Options | Android Developers

which states (in part):


Music/ - Media scanner classifies all media found here as user music.
Podcasts/ - Media scanner classifies all media found here as a podcast.
Ringtones/ - Media scanner classifies all media found here as a ringtone.
Alarms/ - Media scanner classifies all media found here as an alarm sound.
Notifications/ - Media scanner classifies all media found here as a notification sound.
Pictures/ - All photos (excluding those taken with the camera).
Movies/ - All movies (excluding those taken with the camcorder).
Download/ - Miscellaneous downloads.

- Dave