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tikonwc3

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Hello all my lg revo will not change its text sound to anything custom. I can change it to standard built in tones but how can I make it into the custom one if possible at all? Thanks for reading and any and all comments welcome :)
 
Do you want to use custom tones that you've created and copied to the phone? Or, are you using a custom tone app that you've installed? I'm using custom tones that I created and copied to the phone as Notification tones (in MP3 format). If you're using an app, there might be a problem if the app doesn't know where to store them (internal storage verses external card).

If you use one of the file manager apps (I use Androzip Pro), the on-board storage shows up as a folder named "./sdcard". The actual removable SD Card storage shows up as a sub-folder to that named "./sdcard/_ExternalSD". I created a folder in the internal storage named "./sdcard/Media/Audio" and added three sub-folders to that named "Alarms", "Notifications" and "Ringtones". I copied my custom tones from my PC to these folders and they show up in the pull-down list and can be assigned.

Alternatively, when you connect your Revo to your PC, you'll get separate drives (letters) for "INTERNAL" and "SD CARD" storage. You can create the folders from your PC on the "INTERNAL" storage at the root as "Media\Audio\Alarms", "Media\Audio\Ringtones" and "Media\Audio\Notifications" and copy the custom tones to the respective folder. - MarkC
 
Both, I can set it as phone ringtone and notification ringtone but nothing changes for the text message and sorry for not clarifying that better, it was a fault on my part :( thanks for the reply though :D
 
I edited my post a few times after you replied, so I might have changed something you hadn't had a chance to read. Creating the file structure is easy either on the phone or from a PC. I've never liked the overhead of custom tone apps and have always created my own. If the app you use says it works on the Revo, it shouldn't be an issue. - MarkC
 
I never imagined droid could be controlled at true root level lol But i have gotten the tones to show up in my notification sounds and ringtones sounds, I can set them to it but text message tone is the same sadly
 
Are you using the native messaging app? It has a setting to select the Notification tone just like the other apps and uses the same pick list. I've changed it several times. (I currently have an alternative messaging app [GO SMS Pro] and set the Notification tone in it after disabling notifications in the native app.) - MarkC
 
I appologize to all for my stupidity, And to anyone else who ever has this problem, i leave this for you. Open up your messaging, hit menu and tap settings scroll down to near bottom and notice that it says notification settings and has a select ringtone, that is how to fix this in my case, hope this helps anybody out there
 
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