Help Clock app won't use MP3's...

[Pitmonkey]

Hey all,

For some reason I can't use mp3's from my music library as alarm tones anymore. When I'm in the clock app and I try to change the alarm sound it only gives me the options to complete the action using the HTC ringtones or Zedge ringtones, whereas Music used to come up on the menu.

Anybody else got this problem...or preferably a solution?

 

[Pitmonkey]

p.s. I just checked and it won't let me choose Music to change the default ringtone anymore either, so the problem seems to be system wide...

 

[darklord74]

same problem here. was able to just go into clock and choose any of my music as my alarm, but now no longer an option. I don't know what caused this change on my phone.

Recently installed Ringdroid, and the new android music app. Thought they might be the problem so uninstalled ringdroid and uninstalled music updates rolling back to stock android music app (V2.3.4)

Also recently manually installed the Gingerbread 2.3.4 update.

I'm on a Samsung Nexus S (Rogers) and I'm not rooted.

Read somewhere that a file called ".nomedia" showed up in the root of some users' SD cards. When deleted it solves the problem, but I can't find such a file on my SD card using ES file explorer. Do i need to root my phone to find this file and remove it?

HELP! I really wish I knew what caused this problem (so I can avoid it again) and how to fix this and put my phone back the way it was.

This is exactly why I ditched my iPhone for my Nexus to get the so called "Pure android experience" and be able to use my phone the way I want to. If this was caused by my music update or my gingerbread update, I don't understand why Google would remove this feature, it's a step backward and very Apple-like move.