Yahoo Email App Question

[trackman1]

I transfered a wav file from my pc to the yahoo folder on my phone.....but it did not show up as an option ringtone in settings that i can select.... just the ones that the app had...like default yahoo etc...

any ideas what i can do??

thanks

 

[dezymond]

You'll need to drop the file into the ringtones folder which can be found in the media folder, iirc.

 

[trackman1]

thanks I put it in the ringtones folder and ..it still did not show...I also did not see a media folder iirc...I just put it in the Ringtones folder....

 

[trackman1]

I think i found the system media folder using explorer, but i dont know how to transfer the file there....when I am connected to the phone with usb...it does not show the system folder.....how can i get the file to that folder????



Thanks

 

[trackman1]

ok i fugured how to transfer the file using solid explorer...but when i tried to move the wav file to the folder it would not take and go to the folder..any ideas why???

 

[dezymond]

copy the file and paste it there.

 

[trackman1]

Thanks i tried that but got same error.....could it be I am transferring a .wav file to that folder...I noticed the files there are .ogg???

 

[dezymond]

What error does it give?

It could be because of the file type, but normally it would be able to transfer in and then not show up on the menu.

 

[trackman1]

it just gives me file ...operation error.....I cannot see that system media folder just looking from my laptop connected my phone...

 

[trackman1]

just a thought...would it be possible if i renamed the .wav file to .ogg.....would that work???

 

[dezymond]

It's not as simple as just renaming it, you'd have to convert it.

 

[cupfulloflol]

I don't think a .wav would prevent you from playing it as a ringtone. All of mine have been .mp3s, but as a test I converted a ringtone to both mp3 and wav. Both worked for me.

There should be 3 folders on your root of your sdcard for sounds Ringtones, Notifications, and Alarms. If you want to add ringtones, put things in the /sdcard/Ringtones/ folder. In this case you don't want a ringtone, you want notifications. Put the .wav in /sdcard/Notifications/ and then try selecting the notification tone again.

 

[dezymond]

I don't think a .wav would prevent you from playing it as a ringtone. All of mine have been .mp3s, but as a test I converted a ringtone to both mp3 and wav. Both worked for me.

There should be 3 folders on your root of your sdcard for sounds Ringtones, Notifications, and Alarms. If you want to add ringtones, put things in the /sdcard/Ringtones/ folder. In this case you don't want a ringtone, you want notifications. Put the .wav in /sdcard/Notifications/ and then try selecting the notification tone again.

PMd him mentioning that, we'll see if it works.

 

[trackman1]

ok i put the file in the sdcard/notifications folder...but it did not show up as an option for yahoo mail sounds

 

[cupfulloflol]

ok i put the file in the sdcard/notifications folder...but it did not show up as an option for yahoo mail sounds

Perhaps try an app like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.genie.ringme <-- Ringme.