Use any size MP3 file as a ringtone on your Samsung BlackJack II
By Will Park on Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 at 12:59 PM PST In Announcements, Developer, Samsung, Windows Mobile
There’s seems to be no end to the hacks and registry edits that are coming out for the Samsung BlackJack II. Sure, it’s a great smartphone, but there may be other WinMo handsets out there feeling a little left in the cold.
No matter. If you already have a Samsung BlackJack II in your pocket, then you’ll be glad to hear that you can use any MP3 file, of any size, as your ringtone. WMExperts has come up with an interesting workaround and registry edit that allows you to not only set any MP3 of your choosing as a ringtone, but it also gets rid of that annoying 300KB size-limit. Here’s how:
- Save your MP3 to your Samsung BlackJack II’s memory (I like to put my files in “My Documents”).
- Use your BJ2’s “My Stuff” file explorer (there is the standard Windows Mobile File Explorer and the “My Stuff” file explorer – use the latter) to navigate to your MP3 file.
- Highlight your MP3, hit “Menu” and set that MP3 as your ringtone.
- The “My Stuff” browser will ask you if you want to move the file to your “My Sounds” folder – do it. The file gets copied, not moved, to “My Sounds” so your original MP3 file is still chillin’ in the “My Documents” folder.
- Now to edit the registry to nix that300KB file size limit:
- Go into HKEY_Current User ? ControlPanel ? Sounds
- Delete the key of FileSizeLimit
That’s it. You should now be able to set any MP3 as your ringtone. Find one that suits your fancy and load ‘er up!
[Via: WMExperts]
Symbian devices can do this sinse 6600.
yeah. that still confuses the life out of me. how do i get to the hkey?
ok so i downloaded mobile registry 1.1, went to HKEY_Current User then I went to ControlPanel then I wen to Sounds, where I saw File Size Limit, and I deleted it, but as it was deleting, it said value instead of key. So now, instead of having atleast 300KB to download music, I have 0. Somebody please help me.
How do I get my file size limit back? After I have deleted it? Because at this point I rather have 300 KB than 0 KB!
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP
SBLK, open your reg edit, hit menu>new value>DWORD
set the value name to FileSizeLimit and the value data to 999999999
Works like a charm. Thanks!
does any of this work for FIDO? because ive when to sounds and cant find the FileSizeLimit
i am trying to find my hkey andreg edit and have no clue how to find either. Is my phone supposed to be plugged into my computer? I want to use my mp3’s as my ringtone and can’t find where these are located.
PLEASE HELP in Laymans terms!!!!
Thanks!!!!1
Yeah, who wrote this? How do I get to the registry? Searching for the file does not find anything. Who wrote this stupid operating system, anyway? Why should it be this difficult???????
Hey thank you so much for the help cuz i got it working then realized i deleted it and was in panic mode !! but all the tips on here helped so much i will def be bac ! thanks again !
( I was talking about the registry edit and my file size limit change ) lol
I had same problem as “SBLK” and what “Sarsface” worked great. Thanks
YEAH how do you get to the HKEY? i need more details than this, please.
I deleted my FileSizeLimit Key and now my phone says that i cant set anything over 0mb. Please help i tryed adding it back and ive put it everywhere in the registry and it still wont work! please help. email me at:Tgpc25@yahoo.com and let me know..
thanks!
I love the great insight!,
I feel like a complete blank, but what can I say?,
Not much on my mind worth mentioning. What can I say? I haven’t been up to much lately. It’s not important. Oh well.,
AWESOME…took me awhile to figure out how to access the hkey… but after I downloaded CeRegEditor it was a piece of cake…THANKS!!!
Can someone please tell me how to access the hkey to edit my regedit??? Im soooo clueless…..fastdrivingirl at yahoo
thanks
This is a poorly written article. Although the first part is clear, the writer leaves you hanging with the registry edit.
Find & download a mobile registry editor (I use Mobile Registry Editor; it’s free). After you install the editor on your PC, run it – make sure your phone is connected to your PC.
After the editor opens, maneuver to:
HKEY_Current User/ControlPanel/Sounds
DO NOT delete the File Size Limit – change it to 999999999
Closeout and you’re in business