Notification ringtones getting all mixed up!?

[seanubis]

Something keeps randomizing my various notification ringtones - eg, I have specific tones selected for Gmail, messaging, Facebook, Twitter, etc. They keep getting switched to random songs and other tones on an almost daily basis.

Any ideas what could be causing this?

I've been noticing some other strange behavior with my SD card lately - difficulty unmounting it and such. Do you think the ringtone problems could be related to problems on my SD card?

 

[BamaMan44]

Something keeps randomizing my various notification ringtones - eg, I have specific tones selected for Gmail, messaging, Facebook, Twitter, etc. They keep getting switched to random songs and other tones on an almost daily basis.

Any ideas what could be causing this?

I've been noticing some other strange behavior with my SD card lately - difficulty unmounting it and such. Do you think the ringtone problems could be related to problems on my SD card?

More than likely. If the SD card isn't registering when the notification is going off, then the phone will switch to the stock sound. If it is using the stock sound, then I would venture to say that it is your SD card.

 

[seanubis]

Thanks... but it's not going back to the stock sounds - it's going to different sounds on the card.

 

[Super Turtleman]

I've had the same problem as well. I have songs selected for my wife and kids with cell phones. Sometimes it'll switch them to another song I have on my sd card. Still can't figure out why but I suspect it could be related to accessing the card when I add something to it. Not sure though...still trying to figure it out.

 

[postal24060]

Your issue is most likely an app that is causing problems.

I had similar problems and the only way I was able to fix it was to wipe the phone and start over from the beginning installing one app at a time until I reproduced the problem. My malfunctioning ringtones were cased by the Norton security app.

 

[Super Turtleman]

I don't have any type of security app or task killer. I guess we'll see.

 

[ArtieTheOneManParty]

I use custom mp3 ringtones for all my calls. They worked fine prior to having to do a factory reset after the 2.2 update. They've even worked fine as recently as yesterday. Now when I select one as a ringtone, it plays a standard phone ringer. If I go to the sd card, it says, "sorry the player doesn't support this type of file". wtf?

 

[ArtieTheOneManParty]

I just did a battery pull, and they're working again. On one of my contacts, it was saying "unknown ringtone", but now it has the correct name.

 

[trucksmoveamerica#AC]

I have done a factory reset, and I still get the random ringtones, it even goes to mute sometimes on me. Glad I am not the only one with this problem. Beginning to wonder if this is froyo 2.2 related.

Mine will do random things, I will have a ringtone selected, then it will use the factory one here and there. It has a mind of its own, and getting very frustrating.

 

[stacyadell]

I use custom mp3 ringtones for all my calls. They worked fine prior to having to do a factory reset after the 2.2 update. They've even worked fine as recently as yesterday. Now when I select one as a ringtone, it plays a standard phone ringer. If I go to the sd card, it says, "sorry the player doesn't support this type of file". wtf?

Plus one on this one, the same thing just started hapenning to me recently too.

 

[slvrscoobie]

mines rooted, so I just moved the ringtones to the phone memory. stopped that issue dead. (used to have it select random songs from my playlist not even ringtones)

 

[WAldenIV]

mines rooted, so I just moved the ringtones to the phone memory. stopped that issue dead. (used to have it select random songs from my playlist not even ringtones)

I was thinking of trying this myself. Good to know it works.

 

[bohdiddley]

I have had 2 different android devices do this. I resolved the issue on both by uninstalling the Twitter app.