Having acquired a brand new smartphone or tablet on the Android operating system, the happy owner immediately begins to customize the system "for themselves." And the first desire that most users have is the desire to set their own melody for an incoming call. In addition, many users want to know who is calling us even before the phone is picked up. Often this is convenient at least so that, without taking the phone out of your pocket or purse, you already know whether it is worth picking up the phone at all, and what you need to talk about with the caller calling you.
The Android operating system allows you to quite flexibly configure user signals, and you can set your own melody for an incoming call or SMS in several very simple ways. Even if you are still new to this operating system, our article will tell you in an accessible way how to set a ringtone for a call or text message on Android.
How to set a ringtone for a call or SMS in Android settings
The Android firmware itself already has built-in functionality that allows you to set and change your ringtone for a call or text message. To do this, go to "Settings" through the main Android menu, select "Sound", and in it find the items that match the name for your purpose. The name of the items may differ depending on the version and manufacturer of the firmware, in general, look for something something similar to "Vibrate and ringtone", "Melody", etc. In my firmware, the menu items responsible for setting the ringtone are called "Phone ringtone" and the message melody ("Notification ringtone").
By entering this item, you will be able to set your own melody for incoming calls or SMS and MMS messages.
Many firmware in this way allow you to choose only from regular melodies built into the Android operating system by developers. For those who do not want to be satisfied with this and want to have a melody from their collection as a call, there is a simple solution - the Rings Extended application. It is free to download on Google Play, and when installed, it adds the user the ability to select a melody from all the audio files that are present in the system.
How to set a ringtone using the built-in player
The second simple way, which easily allows you to set any of your melody to a call in the Android OS, is to use an audio player. It can be either an audio player built into the system or an application installed by the user himself. The principle of operation remains the same. Consider setting your own melody for a call using the Player Pro player installed in my system as an example.
Once you enter the application and go to the music track selection list, you just need to select the audio file you would like to set to an incoming call and press it with a "long" press. In the context menu that appears after this, you must select the item "Use as ringtone" ("Use as ringtone"). Everything is done, after that the melody you have chosen has become the melody of the incoming call.
How to set a ringtone using the file manager
Another easy way to set your own ringtones is to use the file manager. Open it and go to the folder where you have the music. Make a "long" press on the name of the music file that you want to set as a melody, and among the pop-up menu items that appear, select "Use as a signal" or, if the firmware differs, a name that makes sense, which sets the audio file as a ringtone. This method does not work in all file managers, in some such a context menu item may be absent. In this case, just use any other way to select a ringtone.
How to set your own ringtone for a contact in Android
What should be done if the user wants to know the name of the caller without seeing the screen of their smartphone yet? For those who want to set their own ringtone for selected contacts, which would be different from the general signal set in the system, the Android operating system offers a very simple solution. To assign a custom signal to a specific contact, do the following:
1. Go to the list of your contacts;
2. Click on the contact for which you want to set a melody (note that you need to click on the contact name itself, and not on the call button);
3. Go to the options of this contact, for example, by pressing the "Menu" button on your smartphone;
4. In the window that opens, you will see an item that allows you to set a custom ringtone for your selected contact;
5. Select a ringtone. If you have an application like Rings Extended installed, you will be able to choose not only among regular Android audio files, but also among your entire audio collection.
How to set a ringtone for SMS in Android
There is another way that allows the user to change the melody played when receiving a message to his own. This is done from the messaging program. To put your own audio file on the message instead of the regular one, do the following:
1. Go to "Messages";
2. Press the "Menu" button on your smartphone, and in the menu that appears, select "Settings";
3. Go to "Notification settings";
4. In the selected menu item, you will be able to set your own melody when receiving a message.
Ways to set your ringtone or SMS in Android for advanced users
If you are an advanced user of your smartphone, or at least know what root access is and managed to get it, there are more exotic ways for you to set your own ringtones for calls or messages.
All signals hardwired into the Android operating system are stored in it at system/media/audio. Entering this folder using a file manager that can work with the system area (for example, Root Manager), you will find the "alarms", "notifications", "ringtones" and "ui" folders there. As the name implies, they store ringtones for alarm clocks, messages, incoming calls and interface events. Copy your audio tracks to these folders, and they will appear in your ringtone selection list in the standard way through the sound settings.
In addition, you can create a "media" folder in the root directory of the SD card of your phone or tablet (sdcard), inside it - the "audio" folder, and then, as in the previous paragraph, four more directories "alarms", "notifications", "ringtones " and "ui", where you will copy the desired audio files. In Android devices of some manufacturers, the built-in memory is already called sdcard, and an external flash memory card installed by the user will then be called sdcard-ext. Do not confuse when creating your folders, you need to do this in the root directory of the sdcard.
In this article, we looked at various ways to set custom ringtones and messages in the Android operating system. As you can see, everything is done quite simply, and even an inexperienced user can easily cope with the task. Customize your smartphone and follow the updates on the portal.
Emphasize your uniqueness. This also applies to ringtones and videos on your Android smartphone. A song or a ringtone from a reality show or a favorite movie as a call or SMS ringtone, a video with an incoming call is a sign of the individuality of the owner of the smartphone, telling others about his tastes in music and cinema. Following our instructions, you will be able to post a melody on any Android device yourself.
How to set a ringtone or SMS message on an Android smartphone
Instead of forcing others to listen to the standard Android ringtones set in the default call settings, you set something of your own, close in spirit, for example, arias performed by Vera Davydova, as a signal. You can set to a call or SMS any downloaded over the Web.
Set a permanent ringtone using the Music app
Your actions are as follows.
- Go to the Android main menu and launch "Music" - the default audio app.
Launch the built-in music app
- Select the desired song from the list.
Choose the one you need from the list
- The Music app will offer to play it. Press the "Options" key.
Using this menu, you can set the melody as a ringtone.
- Set this track as a call.
Click on this menu item to set the melody for the call
- The Android system will notify you that the selected song has been successfully installed on the incoming call.
Expect incoming calls if you want to hear how this song works
At the first incoming call, this song or melody will sound.
How to change the default ringtone through Android File Manager
The Android operating system, unlike iOS, does not create any difficulties with setting ringtones for calls and SMS. Any tune or song downloaded from the Internet using both the built-in Android Download Wizard, and with another "downloader" such as DVGet or tTorrent, will be saved on the SD card - each of these applications, as a rule, keeps its own folder on the memory card, in which "throws" all downloaded content. And it, in turn, is easy to find with the Android File Manager.
- Return to the main menu and select Android File Manager.
Go to File Manager
- Navigate to the folders on the SD card or in the built-in flash memory of the gadget.
Navigate to the contents of this memory
- Get to the folder where your favorite songs are stored, downloaded the day before. By default, this folder is Music, Sounds, Audio or similar.
The Music folder can contain your tunes
- Select the desired file from the list. The file name extension - mp3 - speaks for itself.
Select the desired track
- Press and hold for at least three seconds until the file name is highlighted. The file action menu will appear.
The file should be highlighted from the list after two to five seconds
- Press the "vertical ellipsis" key - a menu should appear in which select the setting of the melody as a ringtone on Android.
Confirm setting ringtone for calls
Congratulations! You now have the desired ring tone.
How to change and customize your ringtone for individual contacts or groups
How to change on one of the numbers
- Open the standard application "Contacts".
Select the desired contact from the list
- Select the desired subscriber from the directory and click on the "user" icon - the contact menu will open.
Tap the person icon in the app
- From the contact's menu, select Set Ringtone.
What ringtone do you want to set?
- Select "Find with File Manager". The Android File Manager will launch, making it easy to find the desired MP3 song.
Find the right soundtrack with it
Ask this person to call you back - the selected song will sound.
How to assign a ringtone to an Android contact group
The choice of melodies downloaded over the Web in the Contacts application has not yet been brought to mind - this is the task of new versions of Android. To set up your own ringtones, use third-party apps such as Group Realtones. Most of them are available on Play Market.
How to put a different sound on notifications or SMS
Check the sound of the melody. Send some free SMS, which will receive a response SMS. Or log in, for example, to any of your bank account or e-wallet, in which an SMS notification is configured when you enter it. Setting the melody for incoming messages is completed.
How to adjust settings for ringtones
Fortunately, the volume of ringing melodies and vibration are easily adjusted - with the volume "arrows" on the device itself. It is necessary to adjust the parameters of the ringing signal when music or video is not played on the gadget, it is better - at the moment of an incoming call. There is another way: give the command "Settings - Sounds" and set the volume and vibration to your liking.
Installing and configuring video for incoming calls
But if everything is simpler with melodies and music, then “video tones” with an incoming call are a special issue. Why is this even necessary, you ask. And yet, Android software developers have brought this possibility to life. One such application is Videotones Pro or VideoCallerID.
Videotones App
The Videotones Pro program, despite its "payment", has simple and affordable settings that make it easy to set a video for a call.
Select the desired video for incoming calls
Why the set signal can fly
The problem with setting ringtones in Android can appear suddenly. Causes:
- a flaw in the current version of Android (“crooked” program code, or the “custom” Android kernel does not support some functions);
- no Root rights (by default, ringtones are located in the Android system folder - \system\media\audio\ringtones, it is possible to replace them with those available in your music library);
- the third-party application you are using has not been finalized by itself or has not been updated with the necessary functions.
Video: How to set your own video clip on incoming calls using the VideoCallerID app
It is not enough to have a high-quality and expensive mobile device. Customizing your smartphone to make a good impression on others is easy! Now you know how to set any song or clip to an incoming call or SMS so that pleasant sounds can be heard from the speaker of your gadget.
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The modern world is, first of all, an incredibly large amount of information, people and entertainment, which of course cannot but rejoice, but finding the information you need is now almost impossible without the help of a small gadget such as a smartphone, and this is already a necessity. A smartphone can help solve any problems you may have, for example, at any time of the day, it will help you not only get the job done, but also distract yourself with numerous applications.
When buying a smartphone created on the Android system, the first thing that the happy owner of a new thing wants to do is to give the maximum individuality and personal convenience to his gadget. But most often, the newly-made owner of a smartphone does not understand anything at all and does not know what to do next with it and how to bring it to the required state, which often leads to questions of the following nature: How can I change the melody on incoming calls, alarm clocks and similar sound alerts? And you did not make a mistake with the address, we will provide all the necessary information to resolve all possible issues on the topic. Our little master class will help you forget about this problem once and for all.
To date, there are many ways and opportunities to set your favorite ringtone to your phone. But we can distinguish two distinct groups:
- A method in which only basic applications with standard settings are used (basic player, standard file manager, settings and many more other applications)
- And there is also a way that uses more ideal, advanced methods for solving the problem - using a memory card, where you can distribute the necessary files into folders, or directly to the section with system applications, but this is if you have the rights superuser.
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Using the originally incorporated programs and the capabilities of the Android system in solving the problem of setting your favorite melody to ring the phone is actually the simplest. The basic player will serve as an excellent example of how you can put a melody on a call.
Using the basic player
- The first thing you need to do is go to the menu of your smartphone and then find an application called Music in it.
- By clicking on the icon called Music, you will find yourself in the lists where all your favorite tracks are stored, this list will help you choose the song that will be on the contact.
- As an example, we took the song of Polina Gagarina - “Look at me my sun”. After you have decided on the choice of a music track, you first of all need to click the Options button and click on the Put on call item.
- So the installation of the desired track on your smartphone is completed using the most common basic player.
Put your favorite melody on a telephone contact using the file manager previously provided for in the basic settings.
Using a regular file manager
- You need to go to the menu of your phone and there you can see the File Manager.
- The next step will be to choose from which memory we will install music. From the memory of Android itself or from your memory card (if the necessary file is located there).
- After the manipulations we have done, we find the Music folder and open it.
- In the same folder there is a single file with the mp3 extension, which indicates that this is the same file.
- The next step is to hold this file for a few seconds. After that, a window should appear that will prompt you to perform various actions with this file. We choose another option, which is located on the right side.
- After that, a sub-list appears in which you must select Use as a notification signal. That's all we did!
The question of how to put a ringtone on a contact on an “Android” device worries a lot of users who are just starting their acquaintance with this mobile platform. Fortunately, this operating system does not create any particularly difficult obstacles to achieving the appropriate result. Probably, among all three operating systems (and we are talking about Android, Windows Mobile, IOS), the first one is the easiest to install your own ringtones for various purposes. In view of this, the question of how to put a melody on a contact on Android becomes even easier. In the meantime, it's time to move on from words to deeds.
How to put a ringtone on a contact on an Android device
Many users are unhappy with what set of ringtones and sounds the operating system offers them by default. They can be applied to several types of categories at once. We are talking about incoming voice calls, about the alarm clock, about text messages and much more. However, such a set of alerts does not suit, for example, young people who want to set original songs and music to calls. That is why the developers of the operating system provided such an opportunity. It turned out that even without using third-party software (for example, the Ringtone Maker utility), you can set your own ringtones. And to do this is not so difficult. Thus, it's time to answer the question of how to put a melody on a contact on Android.
Create folders
The first step towards achieving the corresponding goal is to search for a specific directory. To do this, you need to open it in the device itself. If you have already installed special software for these needs (we are talking about file managers from various developers), you can successfully use it, there is no fundamental difference. Of course, FMs differ in functional part and interface, but the meaning always remains the same, so the actions in each of the programs will almost copy each other. Thus, using the file manager or file manager, we go to a directory called SDCARD.
Further search
In fact, after you went into a folder called SDCARD, you ended up in the root directory of the memory card. This is where all the other folders that are written on it and, of course, every file are located. Next, we need to find a folder called DCIM. When you find it, click and open this directory. It may contain other folders, but we do not pay attention to them. Just create another directory and name it Media. After the operation is completed, you will be able to see a new object resting in the DCIM directory with the appropriate name. So we have taken another step towards answering the question of how to put a melody on a separate contact. Android, as we can see, is extremely simple in this regard, and then you need to open the newly created folder and create another directory in it, which we will call Audio. Consider that half of the operation is already behind you.
Android operating system: how to put a ringtone on a contact's call
So, in the Audio directory, we should create a few more folders: alarms - for the sounds set for the alarm, ringtones - for voice calls, notifications - event melodies, and ui - operating system interface sounds. Actually, melodies will need to be loaded into these directories. This can be done using a microUSB cable, as well as wirelessly.
After all the melodies are arranged in their directories, all that remains is to go to the contacts menu and select the necessary person. In the context menu, you can find the sub-item “Set ringtone”. After you click on it, a list of melodies to choose from will open. There you already choose the song you want.
Many users of smartphones on the Android operating system do not know about all the functions of their device. This OS allows you to set up almost everything and personalize your phone: set not only the standard ringtone, but also any of your own melody to the call and SMS, turn on the display of video during an incoming call, or put music on a separate contact or group in order to identify the caller without looking at the screen.
Default ringtone for incoming calls
Setting your ringtone
With the help of the player
Sometimes a user listens to music from his playlist and suddenly realizes that this melody must be on the call. Especially for such cases, another way to set the sound for an incoming call has been developed. It is much simpler than the previous one and requires fewer steps.
Through the file manager
By connecting to a PC
The Sound Selector application can display not only standard ringtones, but also custom ones. However, just the sounds saved on the smartphone will not be available. So how do they become visible to this program? This will require a computer and some theoretical knowledge.
How to change the ringtone on android - video
How to change the ringtone for an individual subscriber
How to change the ringtone for each contact on Android - video
How to assign a ringtone to a contact group
With the Group Ringtones app
In some phone models and versions of the Android operating system, you cannot select a ringtone for a group of contacts. For such users, the Group Ringtones application will come to the rescue.
How to put ringtone on SMS
How to set up SMS sound - video
How to put a video on a call
- Download and install the Video Caller Id app from GooglePlay.
- Open the app. In the side menu, you can select a contact, a group, or set a default video.
- For example, you want to set a video to a contact. Click on the big plus in the lower right corner to add a contact from the list.
- Select a person (or several people) from the contact list.
- Click the icon in the top right corner to add a video.
- Select an application.
- Click on the video to be set to the contact.
- After that, the person you selected with the attached file will appear on the main page. If you click on the contact icon, a context menu will appear where you can always change the settings.
How to set your video on an incoming call - video
Why is the melody not installed / flies / returns to the standard one?
Some of the possible causes of errors are:
- transfer ringtones from internal memory to a memory card;
- installing a memory card;
- updating the operating system (firmware).
Possible solutions to the problem:
- transferring melodies to the internal memory of the phone, for example, to the Ringtones folder;
- factory reset;
- phone firmware (last resort).
I had a problem, today I decided about the melodies for the contact. We flashed the phone on a new one, and everything worked, but they said about the old one, it was not completely stitched. Version set 4.1.2.
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You need to reset the program settings to default. Then everything will appear again. Go to settings - applications - ALL tab - menu (three dots in the upper right corner) - Reset settings - Yes
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You can always make your phone special by setting original ringtones, SMS, contact groups and individual ringtones. For these purposes, both standard tools and third-party applications available on GooglePlay are suitable.
