How do I get ring tones on my device?

[Sandman333]

Coming from a BB, so I have a lot to learn. How do I get ring tones from my computer onto my Razr?

 

[SpyglassSally]

You can have them sent from some sites.
Also using the My Music application you can longpress on a song and select to make it a ringtone.

 

[Sandman333]

OK, but how do I transfer ring tones from my computer to the phone? On the BB, there was a "Ringtone" folder when I connected it to my laptop via USB. All I had to do was copy/paste into that folder and the ring tones were available. I see no such folder with android, so how do I do it?

 

[lowboydrvr]

OK, but how do I transfer ring tones from my computer to the phone? On the BB, there was a "Ringtone" folder when I connected it to my laptop via USB. All I had to do was copy/paste into that folder and the ring tones were available. I see no such folder with android, so how do I do it?

Paste them into the media folder ("mnt/sdcard/media/audio/ringtones).

 

[Sandman333]

I've got a media/audio/notifications folder, is that where they should go?

 

[pappy53]

I've got a media/audio/notifications folder, is that where they should go?

Make a new folder and call it "ringtones". Drag and drop into it. Works for me.

 

[Sandman333]

Make a new folder and call it "ringtones". Drag and drop into it. Works for me.

Ok, did that. They show up for phone ring tones, but not notification ring tones. Any way to get that?

 

[bubbadog]

Place them in the Notification folder also.

 

[Sandman333]

Thanks everyone! Now, is there an app out there that will let my phone act as a pager for SMS messages from a specified contact or keyword?

 

[androidcore]

Try " handcent sms " app... been using that since day 1 two years ago.. lol it will totally replace your stock texting apps. Why? Cause it does everything you can possibly want it to do. Heavily customizable... even down to the contact level.

It will do pop-up texts like pager apps do... even over your lockscreen so tgere is no need to unlock the phone to read/reply... but I don't know about "keyword" only for pop-ups...


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[Sandman333]

I'll have to try that. I installed Go SMS Pro (free) and it does everything I need other than repeat alerts until dismissed. There is no option for that. Does your app do that?

 

[Sandman333]

I looked at that app but do not see any setting for individual contact alerts.

 

[Sandman333]

Not impressed with Handcent. Went to their website to figure it out and the help files there do not match the menus in the app. There appears to be no way to set individual contact alerts, even though it says right on their website that you can. I've been through every menu multiple times and there is no setting for this.

Does someone have another app that works? Go SMS Pro does what I need other than it does not repeat the alert until dismissed. That's the only other function I need.