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Notification Ringtones not long enough

The set of "Notification ringtones" on my Motorola Droid X do not ring long enough. When an message is received, I need a long "ringing" ringtone, not just a little "blurp" from the ones listed in the menu of the "Notification ringtones". The "Phone ringtones" are nice becasue they ring for many seconds...not just a second or two for any of the "Notification ringtones".

Can you choose a "Phone ringtone" for a incoming message? If not, how do you download a new "Notification ringtone" that rings for a longer period?

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Wildman

Yes you can use any sound you want for a alert, you van even use a full song if you want buy it will be a bit annoying.. All you have to do is copy mp3 to SD Card/ Media / Audio / Notifications and then reboot and you should see them added to stock Apps list.

Cody21

There are also a TON of Free ring tones apps out there that have rings tones of many lengths. ... RINGLERTS is one of them I know of ...

B33

Kimsgsca Wrote:

Can you choose a "Phone ringtone" for a incoming message? If not, how do you download a new "Notification ringtone" that rings for a longer period?

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Kim give Zedge a try they have some fairly long ring tones & notifications an Variety of them an the neatest thing about Zedge its a free app. so give it Try :smileywink:

keezy

Hmm. This is odd. I find that the notification tones are TOO long. I prefer a very short tone, as I almost always have my phone near enough to me to hear it.

As another poster said, there are many apps for different notification tones. I've tried Zedge, and there are quite a few good ones on there, but nothing short enough to my liking. You might find something you like on it, though.

ALSO, you might want to take your phone number off your profile. We can see it.

kimsgsca

Maybe I should have asked...how to you tell a ringtone application that you want to load a new ring tone to the "notification ringtone" list? I have downloaded serveral ringtones from Ringlert and Ringo Lite but they never appear in my phone ringtone or notification ringtone lists.

Ann154

To reiterate what Wildman wrote before.

You can move the MP3 (ringtone) files to the following folder structure and the android system will automatically add the tones to the ringtone selection list. You can use your computer file explorer to create and move the files. You can also use a file explorer application on your phone. Astro or Estrongs are some of the more well known file explorer Apps.

SDcard drive:/media/audio/ringtones
SDcard drive:/media/audio/notifications
SDcard drive:/media/audio/alarms

I have also had go luck with using Ringdroid to set the notification tones.

Cody21

+1 for Ringdroid - also, Ringlert - both great FREE apps for managing and downloading ringtones.

ChristinaB_VZW

kimsgsca wrote:
Maybe I should have asked...how to you tell a ringtone application that you want to load a new ring tone to the "notification ringtone" list? I have downloaded serveral ringtones from Ringlert and Ringo Lite but they never appear in my phone ringtone or notification ringtone lists.

Hi Kimsgsca,

Thank you to the community for your responses and suggestions! I would like to add to them for some additional comments. If you have not put the ringtones in their own folder, using the steps from Ann154 (Thank you Ann154!), you are still able to set the ringtone for calls and messages. Once a ringtone has been downloaded using an Android Market application, to set it as a ringtone for calls/messages, please follow these steps:

INCOMING CALL DEFAULT RINGTONE

Press Menu

Press Sound

Press Phone Ringtone

A pop-up box will appear, asking which application you would like to choose your ringtone from (you mentioned Ringlert and Ringo Lite in your last posting, and Zedge was also mentioned)-choose from that list ( I do not recommend checking the "Use by Default for this action" button)

You will be given the list of ringtones downloaded from that particular application-select the ringtone you want and press OK.

INCOMING TEXT/PICTURE MESSAGE RINGTONE

Press your Messaging icon from the home screen

Press Menu

Press Messaging Settings

Press Select Ringtone

Choose from the applications you have downloaded

Select the ringtone

Save your selection (this varies depending on the application you selected)

I hope you find this information helpful. Have a good day!

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