Android is such an operating system that allows the user to individualize their device, completely customizing it for themselves. But sometimes Android mobile phone owners have a hard time trying to figure out the settings that at first seem not so complicated.

In the Android system, you can put a separate ringtone for any event

There are many options for changing ringtones on a smartphone. And today we will take a closer look at most of them.

All these methods are divided into 2 groups:

• using standard applications of the operating system - such as an alarm clock or settings;
• using advanced methods - through the distribution of the desired music to certain folders on the memory card, or using root access.

The first and, perhaps, the easiest way to change the ringtone on your smartphone is to do it using the built-in music player. To do this, you need to go to the main menu and open the "Music" or "Player" tab. On different phones, this program may be called differently, but it must be present in any case.

Find in the list of audio recordings the desired song that you would like to play and hold it down. A window will appear in which you will need to select the item "On a call" or something like that. Perhaps this item will be hidden under three dots, the “More” or “Advanced” button.

Set the ringtone using the file manager

Open the menu and find there an icon that says "File Manager". Next, we follow the path in which the composition is located. Either phone memory or SD card - it all depends on where you store your music files. Next, look for the Music directory and open it. Find the desired track and click until automatic selection is applied. Then open the context menu and click "Use as signal".

We put the desired composition through the standard settings

Using the menu, go to the settings. Next, go to the sound tab. And here the most interesting begins further. There is a call change function in the sound settings, that's for sure - but that's where it is, you have to figure it out. It may be called Vibrate and Ringtone, or Phone Ringtones, or something else. Click on the "Call" item and change the ringtones, indicating the desired composition in the file manager.

Unfortunately, even now there are still such phone models that allow you to set only standard ringtones as a call. The solution to this problem is thanks to the special application Rings Extended. The application is free, you can download it from the Android market. During installation, it is added to the system. After going into settings and selecting "Phone signal", the "Rings Extended" button will appear. By clicking on it, you can put any song or audio file as a ringtone.

We use a more advanced method to set the melody

If the previous methods didn't work, let's try a more advanced method. To do this, you will need to go to the memory card on the device through the file manager and create several folders there. The first folder we will create will be called media. Then, in the media directory, create the audio folder.

Having entered this folder, we will find ourselves in the sdcard / media / audio directory. Inside we create four directories: alarms, notifications, ringtones, ui. Please note that directories are created without dots and spaces, with a small letter. Thus, we will get:

• sdcard/media/audio/alarms - alarm signals;
• sdcard/media/audio/notifications - signals for notifications and SMS;
• sdcard/media/audio/ringtones - ringtones for the phone;
• sdcard/media/audio/ui - interface sounds.

Now, to set the desired ringtone, alarm, interface or SMS, you just need to put the desired melody in the appropriate directory. You don't have to create all 4 folders if you only want to change the standard signal - just create the path sdcard/media/audio/ringtones and put the desired song in the ringtones directory. After completing all operations, restart the device, and try to make a call through the phone settings - you will see that the audio recordings you moved have been added to the assortment of standard ringtones.

If you are root, then you can do even easier: copy the desired ringtones to the appropriate directories at system/media/audio.

How to set an alert for a call from a specific contact

To do this, we need to go into the phone book of the smartphone. Then select the desired contact and open the additional settings window. After that, select "Set Ringtone". And then select the desired signal and save the settings.

This method only works if the contact is stored in the internal memory of the smartphone, and not on the SIM card. Otherwise, putting a ringtone on a specific person will not work.

Conclusion

In fact, there is nothing difficult in setting up a call on Android yourself. But if the user encounters such an operating system for the first time, then he may simply not be aware of all its capabilities. Choose any of the described methods and set the ringtone to the music that you like!