why and how to solve this problem
Music is the main attribute of a mobile device. It is very important for owners to install their favorite ringtone on their smartphone. Therefore, if the melody for the Android call is not set, then you should find out the causes of the problem and solutions.
Android ringtone is not installed: main reasons
It's easy to put music on your device. The ergonomics of the platform are carefully thought out, and the interface is clear. But there are many topics on the forums where owners are interested in why they don’t put music on calls on Android.
Reasons include:
- Features of setting up the OS for a particular gadget;
- incorrect ringtone format;
- user errors;
- "glitch" of the OS itself.
Methods for solving the problem on Android are discussed below.
A common mistake among inexperienced users is trying to play the wrong audio format. It also often happens that after transferring a melody from another device, it stops being listened to. The cause of the error is a different set of codecs in gadgets.
How to solve this problem on Android
Some Android models only play MP3 sounds, while others can play everything. If the melody is heard by the player on the phone, then the device is functioning normally.
Read the instructions suitable for any smartphone model:
- Using a file manager. It is recommended to use both the built-in explorer and an application downloaded from an official source. For example, ES Explorer. Then you should open the root folder with the track and press for a few seconds. A menu will open, then click “Set as ringtone”. If your device model does not have this item, click on the 3 dots in the upper right corner and the gadget’s advanced capabilities will open.
- Using a standard player. Let's open the built-in player. Next, find the folder in which the desired track is located. Press and hold until the context menu appears. Here we click “set to call”. Instead of the built-in player, use third-party programs to play songs.
- Through OS installations. You can access them through the main menu of your smartphone. Here we select the sub-item “Sound”, then “Vibration”. Click “Ringtone”, look for the desired song from the list and install it.
- For non-rooted devices, you need to create a folder. It should be located in the gadget’s internal memory or on a memory card. Its name: media/audio/ringtones. A subsection of this folder should be created for the selected purpose of the composition: alarms - for an alarm clock, notifications - for a notification. If the owner has root rights, move the melody to system/media/audio.
- To place a track on the selected contact. To do this, visit the appropriate menu, find the person you need, and press his name. In the drop-down menu, click “Change”, then “Ringtone”. If your device does not have this feature, download the Rings Extended utility to Google Play.
The ringtone does not change even though I did everything correctly
If you are wondering why the melody still does not change, although I followed all the recommendations, try more radical measures:
- Perform a “rollback” to the original settings. This will solve the problem, but all files will be deleted. Therefore, it is recommended that you back up your data first.
- Remove "junk from the system." In recovery mode, find the clear flash section, click “Activate”.
If none of the methods help, the problem may be with the device. Show it to a service center specialist.
Possible problems and their solutions
Each method listed above usually works on all versions of the Android operating system and on smartphones of any brand. But if problems arise and the ringtone is not set, then it is worth understanding the following small nuances:
- Check the duration of the track installed on the call. If three-minute compositions are not played, then it is better to cut off the excess, at least to a minute, and sometimes to 30 seconds.
- Sometimes tracks for an incoming call can be added not from the entire library of files, but only from some directories. For example, it is sometimes better to download ringtones at: media/audio/ringtones, and notifications at media/audio/notifications.
- If an individual contact from the phone book cannot set the ringtone they like, then sometimes it’s worth re-selecting the method of saving the contact from the SIM card to the smartphone’s memory. It seems like a small thing, but it saves the situation.
If you can’t even select a ringtone from the list of available ones, then there is a problem with access rights to the file library; it is better to use the explorer downloaded from Google Play.
Every owner of a phone with an Android system wants to make it more advanced. Therefore, it is useful to know how to put a song on a call on Android. Not everyone likes the standard ringtones that the system offers. Many people want to hear a pleasant melody when calling. Everyone has a song that you listen to all the time, and you want everyone around you to hear it.
It will be nice to hear exactly that at the moment when someone calls. After all, there are so many new tracks now, and in this way everyone can show that they understand music and are supporters of one style or another. You can also select a ringtone for a specific person, alarm, or message. Android phones differ only in the OS version, despite this, the method of changing the ringtone is identical for everyone. Only the location of menu items and their names change.
Help me please! How to set your own ringtone on Android.
everything is very simple: In the root of the memory card, create a folder called “media” In it, create a folder called “audio” In it - the folder “alarms”, “notifications”, “ringtones” (respectively for alarms, reminders and call signals). Thus, the path to the folders will look like this: /sdcard/media/audio/alarms/ (alarm clock) /sdcard/media/audio/notifications/ (events, SMS) /sdcard/media/audio/ringtones/ (calls) To folder /sdcard/media/audio/ringtones/ save your ringtones. Then go to Contacts, select the desired contact, press Menu/Options/Default ringtone and set the desired one. With this program you can create a folder https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop
Find melodies in apps. It says download new and my ringtones. Choose the second one. Click on the cross on the side. Your music will come out. Click on the song and save it, when it is saved, click on it and settings will appear. Put it on call.
Andriod 6.0 itself should, in theory, create a “media” folder in which it is not necessary to create an “audio” folder, as Arthur Pirozhkovsky wrote. It is enough to create 3 folders right in the “media” folder: the “alarms”, “notifications”, “ringtones” folder, which will be responsible for the alarm clock, SMS and your ringtones, respectively. Move the melodies to the appropriate folders and when changing melodies they will already be visible in the lists of the same alarm clock, in the lists of notifications and in the lists of ringtones... The path is /sdcard/media/alarms/ /sdcard/media/notifications/ /sdcard/media/ringtones / I personally use HTC one M8. since I combined the internal memory with the SD card, the path to these folders is like this: internal memory\Android\media\com.google.android.talk\alarms\ ________________________________________________\notifications\ _________________________________________________\ringtones\
The Play Music app must be enabled on your phone
2nd answer, clearly!
We go to the settings, go to the profile, look for what we need and that’s it!)
There is no ringtone and only vibration
Here is a good instruction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCqBScj7jtU
The standard way to change the ringtone
This method is carried out through the general settings menu. Go to settings, then click on the “Sound” section, then click the “Ringtone” button.
A list of melodies that were installed by the manufacturer opens. Some smartphones and tablets allow you to set your own composition in the same menu. To do this, there is a “+” button at the top.
If there is no such button, we use a little trick. You will need to put the audio file in the desired folder with ringtones. After this, the composition will automatically appear in the general list in the sound settings described above.
To do this:
1.
We connect the phone using a USB cable to the computer. Click the “Start” button on your computer desktop and select “My Computer.” Next, you will see an icon for your connected mobile device. It needs to be opened.
2.
Find and open the “Media” folder. Next, click on the “Audio” folder located there, and already in it on “Ringtones”. The path to this folder will look something like this: \Media\Audio\Ringtones. This is where you should move the desired music file. If there are no folders with the same name on your device, you can look for where existing ringtones are stored on your mobile device. To do this, remember the name of any and enter it in the search bar. Select your mobile device as the object to search for the file. Having found a file with the name of this ringtone, we place our composition in the same folder where this file is stored.
3.
After placing the music file in “Ringtones”, we reboot the device.
After the completed actions, the composition appears in the general list of ring tones. Then everything is done according to the usual scenario. Go to the device settings, then to the “Sound” and “Ringtone” sections. The song you downloaded will be added to the standard sounds from the manufacturer. Click on it and confirm its installation as a call. This procedure will take you no more than 3 minutes.
How to set a ringtone on Android: setting a ringtone
On an Android phone, you can use not only standard ringtones, but also set your own ringtone. Moreover, thanks to the openness of the Android file system, there are several ways to do this. In this manual we will look at them in detail.
How to change the default ringtone on Android
Depending on the smartphone manufacturer, firmware and Android version, the phone comes with different ringtones preinstalled. To listen to them and select a specific one, follow the instructions.
Go to “Settings” and open “Sounds and notifications” (the item is located in the “Device” section, it may be called “Sound” or “Sound and vibration”).
If your firmware has standard profiles, click on the gear icon. If not, you will immediately be taken to the menu where the “Ringtone” item is located. Click on it.
When the "Run with app..." message appears, select "Media Storage" and "Only Now."
To set a new ringtone, mark it and click OK.
Changing ringtone on Android 8.0
On Android 8.0, the path is slightly different: Settings → Sound → Advanced settings → Ringtone → Media storage.
Installing your own ringtone on an Android smartphone
To set your own ringtone, you first need to download it to your smartphone. You can download it to your computer, then connect your phone to your PC using USB and transfer the track to any folder on your SD card or internal memory.
If you download music through a browser on your smartphone, the downloaded audio file will be located in the “Download” directory.
Change the melody through “Settings” and the file manager
For this method you will need a file manager. If Explorer is not pre-installed on your system, download any Explorer you like from Google Play, for example, Solid Explorer.
Then open Settings → Sounds & Notifications → Ringtone. Now select not “Media Storage”, but a file manager (in my case Solid Explorer) and click “Only now”.
Go to the folder where you downloaded the song and click on it. That's it, the ringtone is selected.
On Android 8 Oreo and 9 Pie
The method described above also works on Android 8 and 9, but in the latest versions of the OS a new function has appeared: go to “Ringtone” → “Multimedia Storage” and go to the very bottom. There is a button “Add ringtone”. Click on it, after which you will be taken to the “Files” application and you can select the desired song.
The track will appear in the list of ringtones and become available for selection.
Create a folder “Ringtones” and move the song there
Another way to put a song on a call is to create a “Ringtones” folder in the internal memory of the phone using a file manager and place the downloaded track in it, after which it will appear in “Ringtones”.
To do this, while in the root directory, click on the “+” in the lower right corner of Solid Explorer and select “New Folder”. Then enter "Ringtones" and click "OK" to save.
Move the song to "Ringtones". To do this, press and hold your finger on the audio file until additional options appear. Click on "Copy", go to the "Ringtones" folder and click on the "Paste" button in the lower left corner.
Now the ringtone will appear in the Settings → Sound → Ringtone → Media Storage menu and you can select it.
How to put a song on a call using a music player
You can also install any music player from Google Play and play a song using it. PlayerPro was used as an example.
Go to the folder with the track and click on the three dots to the right of it. In the menu that opens, select “Ring.”
If a window appears telling you that the app needs permission to install ringtones, click Allow. You will be redirected to the settings page. Activate the toggle switch “Allow changes to system settings” and go back. The track will be set as a ringtone.
How to set a ringtone using other music players is shown in the video.
Using ES Explorer
Using the ES Explorer file manager, you can also put a downloaded track on a call.
Go to the main screen of the application and open the "Music" section. Click on the desired track, select “ES Media Player” and click on the “Just this time” button.
The track will start playing. Click on the three dots in the upper right corner. A menu with options will open - select “Set to call” in it. In the pop-up window, also select “Set to ring.”
If a window appears warning you about the need to grant ES Explorer permission, click on the “Allow” button and activate the switch on the settings page. Go back and the ringtone will be set.
These were all the ways to put your favorite song on the ringer. If you have any questions, ask them in the comments.
Several ways to set sounds for a common call
To change the annoying standard call and play your favorite song, you don’t need to make a lot of effort and waste precious time. Let's first figure out how to set a ringtone for a call or alarm using the File Manager. Take your phone, open the menu. You should find a file manager, usually called “Files”, “File Manager” or “My Files”. Once you go there, you will see a lot of files and folders. In them you need to find the folder with your music. Having selected the melody you are interested in, press and hold until a window appears. In this window you need to select the “use as signal” option. Next, select from the list provided what exactly you want to set the melody for. If the item you need is not there, then click the ellipsis at the bottom of the screen, which will open an expanded list of options. In this list you need to find a sound change.
You can set the ringtone through the settings, and do it no less quickly and easily. In this case, you need to go to the “Settings” of the device. Click on Sound and the menu that appears will list everything you can change. Choose a call signal, alarm clock, or whatever you need. Next, select the desired track from the list of suggested sounds.
There is an even easier way to change the music. It can be applied without going to “Settings” or “File Manager”. To do this, you need to go into the player and, after listening to all the music, stop the selected track.
There will be options at the bottom of the screen. Click on them and you will see the inscription “Set ringtone”. Click on it and you don't have to do anything else.
Music player interface on a smartphone
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Method 1 - Through a standard player
All manipulations will be carried out in a standard music player. To prevent questions like “my player doesn’t see anything”: check in the player settings to see if the size limit for displaying files is set too large. All sorts of Facebook and many other applications store various small sound files in the phone’s memory, such as a proprietary notification sound, etc. There is a limit in the player to filter out such garbage.
- First, download the desired track from our internet sites and upload it to your phone in any convenient folder.
- Go to the music player. We hope that you did not play with root access and did not delete it.
- Let's open the same track.
- Click on the button with three dots, an additional menu will open.
- Click on “Set to call”.
- Profit!
Method 2 - Through settings
A more logical way, but not the fastest.
- Go to Settings;
- Open the Sound and vibration item;
- Open the Ringtone item;
- Open the Ringtone item again;
- We look down and click on the Browse button;
- We choose from four proposed file locations: from all audio files, through Explorer, select a ready-made recording in the voice recorder, select a track from the player;
- Confirm your choice;
- Profit!
PS Don’t let the situation repeat when your favorite song on the alarm clock becomes hated
