Just downloaded ringtone on android cant find it

Seems to be something to do with how I am placing the file there, but still strange that media scan does not pick it up on reboot. Anyone know anything about media scanning? Maybe it is optimized on boot to skip folders like the Ringtone folders since those shouldn't change frequently?

What solved it for me - I had a hyphen - in my OGG filename, changing it to an underscore and restarting the phone Nexus 5 KitKat made it show up.

If you just copied over the file then it's permissions are like set at Force stop it, clear it's cache and then reboot. Note if you want to clear all it's data, pull your ringtones to a different directory first JIC then after your clear all data , move them back to your ringtones directory. I have a setting on my phone. I had the same problem, in my case I use my favorite song as alarm, since I install new apps for some reason I can not remember I force to stop the default app for music, and I went back to it and run it again and I was able to search for music files again,,,, it seems no default app is running and that's why can not run the option.

Try finding the song through your device music player. Play the song and while it is playing, select options then set as ringtone. I came across the same problem. My new Moto E 2nd gen would not play the ringtones I copied from my computer to my phone. I opened Google Music player and played them and then assigned them to my alarms.

What a pain in the neck! It is fixed now. MP3 ring tones listed in Android by "File Titles". Ex: I downloaded a file named "Notify. I'm sorry this is so long, but if you're still desperate it might help. I've unsuccessfully been through a lot of online advice.

I have a generic phone running 'N' that's Nougat, right? I'm only using one of the latter at present, and for some reason the guy at the store put the SIM card in slot 2.

I took T L Kannan's advice to give the ringtone file a title in addition to its name by going back to Audacity and not skipping the Metadata part of Export audio and of course placing this version in the phone's Ringtones folder , which may or may not have helped. Real resolution came from a bizarre experience I hadn't heard of before.

But wait! Testing the new tone by adjusting the Ring volume slider still plays the default ringtone! Apparently this is tied to the in my case, empty SIM 1 slot, because repeating all of the above nonsense allowed me to attach yet another, differently-named copy of my ringtone to SIM 1, with the result that the volume slider finally plays the equivalent of my new ringtone! The ringtone was found instantly. I put new ringtones onto my SD card but they wouldn't show up when I tried to select them.

Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Why can't Android Media Storage detect my new Ringtone file? Ask Question. Asked 7 years, 10 months ago. Active 8 months ago. Viewed 32k times. I have had this problem on both the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 of all phones.

I put this file in the "Ringtones" folder of my device. Most phones let you switch sound modes from the volume buttons itself. Here, change the mode to regular. On some phones, you simply need to increase the ringtone volume. Besides the silent mode, you also need to check the ringtone volume. Sometimes, we accidentally press the volume buttons which may reduce the ring volume to zero. Another important setting that you need to check is of the Do not disturb mode DND , which is different from the silent mode.

You also need to check the schedule mode of DND. When enabled, DND is activated automatically at a certain time. First, turn it off. Make sure automatic scheduling is off. The switch is present on the side of the phone. If you have checked all the solutions mentioned above, then the issue might be with the ringtone. Quite often, that is the reason behind the problem, and very few of us look there.

Basically, if you are using a downloaded ringtone or some other tone, it has an issue. Either its location has changed, or something is wrong with it. All you need to do is change your ringtone to another sound. Start with the built-in audio sounds. If everything goes well, then download new tones. Here, change the ringtone under Phone ringtone option.

If you use separate tones for special contacts and you are facing the same issue specifically for a particular contact, change their ringtone.

Sometimes, the issue crops up due to a third-party app. Asked 10 years, 11 months ago. Active 2 years, 8 months ago. Viewed 22k times. Improve this question. Vivek Vivek 4, 15 15 gold badges 54 54 silver badges 66 66 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Kevin Coppock Kevin Coppock k 43 43 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. But I have another sound board application which lists the tones without making a copy in the ringtones folder or notification folder.

How is that possible. Hmm, I'm actually not sure about that, then. Ok, I am doing it by placing the tones in their respective folders and it is working. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password.