Can't use a sound file for ringtone

[drdnaught1]

Having trouble setting my ringtone to a new sound file. The sound file is a short mp3, I put it in the same folder as all my other ringtones are in, but when I go to Settings, Sound, then ringtone, that file is not listed among the others. I've done this many times before with other sound files and it's always worked. Is there some kind of setting file I need to alter?

 

[jefboyardee]

Can you convert it to a .wav file? That works on my dopey droid.

 

[Thom]

Some versions of Android require you to reboot (power off/power on) to refresh the list of ringtones. Give it a try.

... Thom

 

[PaulS]

Try finding the file in your file manager but don't highlight it.Then click on your phone button that lets you get to the,"More" option,Settings and make sure the show hidden files and extension options are ticked?

 

[zuben el genub]

Are your other ringtones MP3s? I had to create a folder called media and do a new folder called audio to get the Samsung to see MID and MP3 files. The Nexus 4 seems to be using that file as well.

 

[DanJ]

Restart you device one, open your music player, search for that ringtone there, long press on the that tone, and set it as ringtone.

It will work.

 

[Stuntman]

When I had my old HTC phone, I had to use an app called RingDroid. It takes your soundfile and does something to make the phone recognise it as a ringtone.

I currently have a Samsung and don't have to do this. I just copy the file over to my phone and my phone recognises it as a ringtone.

 

[Web_Paige]

It might be that it's too long. A lot of phones will only play ringtones that are between 1 and 15 seconds. If it's longer than the maximum amount of seconds allowed, the phone might not let the song upload to the ringtone folder. Might want to try a ringtone making app:

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[razicaz]

Try unmounting and remounting your SD Card ? And is the mp3 on DRM ?

 

[drdnaught1]

The first time, I had already tried rebooting my phone and it didn't work. But today, I tried it again, and that was all I needed.

The ringtone is not under DRM, it's very short (a few seconds) and most of my other ringtones are also short mp3s (one or two are MIDI). Thanks for the help guys, appreciate it.

 

[Thom]

Great.

It was so common with older versions of Android that we did it without thinking about it. The reason was that they scanned all directories at load time to locate all those with the names Ringtones and Notifications.

... Thom