{"id":158,"date":"2011-11-24T11:43:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T00:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sijnstra.name\/blog\/?p=158"},"modified":"2011-11-24T11:43:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-24T00:43:34","slug":"getting-my-android-ringtones-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sijnstra.name\/blog\/2011\/11\/24\/getting-my-android-ringtones-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting my Android ringtones back"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a little post sharing my experience with getting my ringtones back on my HTC Desire Z (running official Gingerbread release).
\n**UPDATE 02-Dec-2011 This did not seem to survive a reboot. Worked when I copied the files across, but now the extra ringtones are no longer there.<\/p>\n

I transferred my ringtones (in .m4a format) from my BlackBerry to Android phone some time ago. They worked perfectly. Came up in the menu. Everything was working. Then I decided to clean up the SD card to make some more space. In the cleanup I moved the ringtones off the phone. Most disappointed as I had made these myself.<\/p>\n

After finding the files back, I thought I’d put them in a nice directory called <\/p>\n

ringtones<\/pre>\n
 under the <\/p>\n
\/media<\/pre>\n
 directory. That turned out to do nothing, so I looked up where to put these files. Everywhere seemed to suggest just creating the <\/p>\n
ringtones<\/pre>\n
 directory (noting the lower case ‘r’) in the root of the SD card. That didn’t work either.<\/p>\n
Then came the real clue – some advice to put them in a directory called <\/p>\n
\/media\/audio\/ringtones<\/pre>\n
So I created that directory (there was already a \/media\/audio\/notifications but not a ringtones counterpart). I used the File Manager app to create the directory and move one of the ringtones there. Strange thing – once that directory existed, the phone found all of the .m4a files I had put there, so the other ringtones appeared as well.<\/p>\n
So it seems that to use .m4a format ringtones, all you need is the directory \/media\/autio\/ringtones to exist, and it will find other ringtones directories. Would need further testing, but the origninal ringtones from the first import were in \/BlackBerry\/ringtones and they worked perfectly. Odd behaviour overall. Would need some work to completely flesh out, but at least I have better understanding of where those files should be.<\/p>\n
The distinction about .m4a files is that you can add any .mp3 media file as a ringtone, located anywhere on your SD card. There is a separate built-in add ringtone function for this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is a little post sharing my experience with getting my ringtones back on my HTC Desire Z (running official Gingerbread release). **UPDATE 02-Dec-2011 This did not seem to survive a reboot. Worked when I copied the files across, but now the extra ringtones are no longer there. I transferred my ringtones (in .m4a format) … <\/p>\n
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