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Palafox

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I downloaded a cool ringtone and it only rings once and goes to voicemail (in 4 seconds). Is there a setting in Android/MT to repeat the ringtone or do I need to change ringtones?

BTW if changing ringtones is the only fix, how do I know which ringtones will repeat and which ones do not?
 
Palafox said:
I downloaded a cool ringtone and it only rings once and goes to voicemail (in 4 seconds). Is there a setting in Android/MT to repeat the ringtone or do I need to change ringtones?

BTW if changing ringtones is the only fix, how do I know which ringtones will repeat and which ones do not?
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All ringtones should repeat themselves. 4 seconds seems kind of short. I think there may be a way to change it, but I'm not quite sure. I can do some looking and see if I can find anything on it.

Edit: Here's something you can try: http://www.androidpit.com/en/android/forum/thread/407070/make-my-phone-ring-for-a-longer-time. IDK if it works as not as my screen doesn't work :/
 
Thanks marc12868... I tried the link but dont' think it's gonna work, my vm number seems very short like 3 digits... doesn't seem right so I decided not to mess with it.
 
Palafox said:
I downloaded a cool ringtone and it only rings once and goes to voicemail (in 4 seconds). Is there a setting in Android/MT to repeat the ringtone or do I need to change ringtones?

BTW if changing ringtones is the only fix, how do I know which ringtones will repeat and which ones do not?
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Is the ring tone an .ogg file, or .mp3?
 
thangfish, it's a MP3

ok here's the weird part... I got it from zedge, and it's inside my zedge folder, however when I set ringtones (it asks me if I want to use Android or zedge ringtones) I can only access the ringtone from the Android list (again even tho it's inside my zedge folder :confused:)

However other zedge ringtones do repeat (also mp3) and they're in the same zedge folder, accessed from the 'android' list.
 
Can you open these on a windows computer conveniently?

The reason I ask is I don't really know how to look on Android.

Anyway, in .ogg files, there can be embedded tags (similar to id3 tags for mp3 files). I use Winamp on a windows machine to view/edit these values, but whatever you can use...

Ogg files need a tag called :
ANDROID_LOOP = TRUE
or they won't repeat. I wonder if there is a similar tag/value in an mp3 file?
Sorry... I haven't messed with mp3 for ringtones, just ogg...
Maybe worth a shot to check out?
 
Download Audacity, it's free and there are versions for windows, Mac and Linux.
Edit your mp3 file in audacity, so it repeats in just the right place. Add effects, compression, volume, eq, etc if you want. Export as ogg/vorbis (like your stock ringtones). Then, in Winamp, add the tag ANDROID_LOOP= TRUE and the tag TITLE = (whatever name you want to see on your ringtone list). Stick it in your ringtone directory.
Done.:D
 
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