How to work out where a specific ringtone is used

[JimJackson00]

I have a new LG K10 (since May 2017) with Android 7. I've loaded several of my own ringtones so far for specific reasons which work fine. One of them (not a commonly used one!) is sounding occasionally but with no indication on any app as to what it applies to. For example, when the text ringtone sounds on the messaging app a number appears indicating how many texts are unread so I know where to go. Consequently, when this one plays, I cannot figure out what to open. Is there an easy way to discover where ringtones are actually used?

 

[ManiacJoe]

There is no easy way to do it beyond checking all your apps that do notifications. I would thing that sound or not, the notification bar should contain an icon for every app that gets a notification.

Some apps use the default notification sound set in the phone settings. Some apps use their own sound; some apps let you choose.

Some apps communicate well with the launcher you using and get the "unread" counts displayed; some do not.

Check the developer settings to see if there is some verbose logging you can turn on to see which app triggers the notification.

 

[JimJackson00]

Thanks, Joe. I was hoping I wouldn't have to go through app by app to check each one's notification options but I guess there isn't a "where used" option ( yet!!) for ring tones

 

[B. Diddy]

Moved to the new K10 forum.