Can't add custom ringtones

I want make three custom ringtones, and I succeeded on one. Here's exactly what I did:

Last week, for the first contact, I transferred an MP3 file to the Downloads directory on the Thunderbolt using Windows Explorer with the phone connected to the computer with the USB cable. I went to the contact (People icon on the home screen) and selected Ringtone. The new one was in the list, I selected it, no problem.

Last night, I tried to do the same thing for the other two. I connected the phone and transferred two MP3 files to the Downloads directory (and verified they are there). I selected one of the two People and selected Ringtone; the two files were _not_ in the list of ringtones available.

How did I go wrong?

Accepted answers

mdram4x4

put them in a folder on the sd card called

media/ringtones

other folders can be music, wallpaper, notifications, alarms, books, ......

its the locations android looks for these items, or so i was informed during research

All comments

mdram4x4

put them in a folder on the sd card called

media/ringtones

other folders can be music, wallpaper, notifications, alarms, books, ......

its the locations android looks for these items, or so i was informed during research

CathyLane1

I don't have a folder by that name. Makes sense, though.

I put the first sound file in the downloads folder and it worked just fine; the second and third time, it didn't. Do you know why?

PJNC284

Did you try a reboot? Sometimes the media scan can be flaky and a reboot should reinitialize the scan.

CathyLane1

Yep.

I'll add that /media/ringtones folder with Windows Explorer and see what happens.

By "default," does the Thunderbolt have an SD card or just internal memory? I got mine in late April from a Verizon store. They did all the installation and setup. I didn't buy s separate SD card.

CathyLane1

I just added a /media/ringtones folder. It worked!