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thanks for the suggestions everyone; it's good to have specific apps to try - there are just so many, i get overwhelmed trying to pick and try many different ones to find ones that have the functionalty like. I don't really enjoy browsing apps - i'm a 'set it and forget it' user, not at all interested in playing around with stuff. Nor do I have the time, i'm a busy person and my phone is just a tool to make daily life smoother, i coulnd't care less about searching and playing with apps, nor do I want to have to check in with an online forum just to know what's going on with it. It's a tool - once i set it the way I want it, it should STAY that way until I change it.
sorry about the semi-swear words, i really didn't expect there would be kids on a forum such as this.
i also have no interest in creating my own ringtones, nor do i need any new ones - i have the ones i want for the ring and alarm, they are IN my music on the phone - all i want is for THEM to work.
and yes, i realize that many of these things are somewhat trivial, but it REALLY irritates me that something as basic as the ringtone doesn't work. it just makes no sense for a fancy expensive phone like this. if i wanted a "vanilla" phone i would have bought one - this phone is supposed to do something better than that - I got it cause i LOVED the things that were already installed on it, and it ticks me off that after I spent time and energy carefully researching and comparing phones til i found one with the exact things i wanted, they've now suddenly been removed after the fact - and i now have to go find and re-load these basics. At the very least, the fundamentals like ringtone and alarm function should work EASILY, with a simple "set" option, without having to go through all this nonsense just to have the basics function normally.
Thanks very much for the assistance; I'll check out the apps mentioned, and hopefully they will suit my needs; really appreciate the suggestions.
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Hi Catt,
I know how frustrating changes can be. I wasn't happy when they upgraded my device with ICS and ruined the LapDock experience by taking away the LINUX layer.. Anyway after reading your post, I checked my custom ringtones and noticed that the one I created and love using wasn't there either.. it wasn't on the list at all... I did various serching and trying different options and none worked. I have an app installed on my phone called X-plore File Manger which allows you to look in those hidden files and directories on your phone. I did not Root my phone. I found where the default Ringtones are stored and thought if I place a copy of my ringtone there, it would work. Unfortuantely that folder is locked, and would require me to Root my phone to do so.
So making a long story short, I installed a free app on the Play Store called Ringtone Maker https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.herman.ringtone
It found my ring tone and with simple click I made it my default ring tone. Although I has added features of making new ringtones, it works with making your existing ringtone the default ringtone.
BTW- I was a little confused at your posting at first, because after I upgraded to JB, I checked my ringtones and they were fine. It was after I had had rebooted my phone (Power and Volume Decrease button together) is when I lost my ringtone setting.