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[bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:20:31 GMT

Every time I hook my phone up to my computer, my ringtone changes to the first song in my playlist instead of the mp3 I want. This is not exactly desirable. I think it has something to do with the "disabling"of the SD card while connected to the computer, but I don't know for sure. Anyone have an idea how to fix this?

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Nabeel — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:24:28 GMT

settings>applications> manage applications> all> live wire manager > clear data

see if it helps

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:54:29 GMT

Okay, I cleared the data, will check later if it has actually works, thanks

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Nabeel — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:55:59 GMT

remember to post the news here

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:18:31 GMT

Sadly that didn't work. It randomly changes to either a song on my playlist or back to a system ringtone. I haven't been able to figure out if there's a pattern to it. I thought maybe if I moved the song I want from SD to phonememory, but I can't figure out how to do that, either. I was using a file browser and tried to copy but I didn't have writing permission so that didn't work.

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

slimshaddy — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:29:15 GMT

have you installed some application related to audio..??

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:30:17 GMT

No, I have installed very few apps in fact. Nothing that helps with audio or whatever.

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Nabeel — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:45:51 GMT

then i would now suggest you to do a factory data reset
backup everything as it will erase all
settings> privacy> factory reset
see how it goes

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:57:49 GMT

That seems to be a drastic and cumbersome "solution". I'd have to reinstall everything and there's no guarantees, either. Is this really a unique problem? Would there be a setting that deals with SD-card connections (why does it disconnect as soon as you plug your phone into your computer, anyway? Is that standard behavior? Often it won't remember my where I was in my music playlist, either)?

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Nabeel — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:02:34 GMT

you are the first user to report such issue and yeah its Unique,

(why does it disconnect as soon as you plug your phone into your computer, anyway? Is that standard behavior?

happens when you connect you phone to pc in MSC mode

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:28:22 GMT

Perhaps I should connect in the other mode and see if that makes a difference...

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:09:13 GMT

I have this problem too, on a brand new Arc S.

The device randomly changes my ring signal to system default, and also assigns the message notification signal to some other event.

I'm very reluctant to just randomly try a factory data reset, without fairly good indication that it will actually solve the problem.

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Uliwooly — Fri, 25 May 2012 07:10:58 GMT

just give it a shot, don't forget to backup

Update Service (SUS)

http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/update-service/

http://www-support-downloads.sonymobile.com/Software%20Downloads/Update_Service_Setup-2.11.12.5.exe

Alternatives on How to backup Xperias

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/36355

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 07:28:37 GMT

I have a problem with personalising my contacts ringtones .... I have previously done this but since I upgraded to Android 4 I cannot change them from default tone .... anyone else have this issue?

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:56:18 GMT

So I gave it a shot, did a backup (which by the way is not supported in PC Companion) and then a factory reset. I then set my ringtone and message alert according to my personal preferences. Today the message alert had changed to something else.

Any other suggestions?

/Jonas

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Uliwooly — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:59:04 GMT

does this happen when you connect your phone to a PC or at all times?

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Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 17:07:35 GMT

I have not been able to pinpoint exactly what triggers this to happen.

I only occasionally connect to a PC, mostly to charge the phone through the USB port.

I have not installed any apps after factory reset, with one exception: I use DME (http://www.dmesync.com) to synchronize with MS Outlook.

This time the change seems to have happened overnight.

/Jonas

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Uliwooly — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 17:09:41 GMT

do you have a taskiller? antivirus? etc that might interfere with this?

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Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:02:46 GMT

No, nothing but DME added.

Re: [bug] Phone changes ringtone by itself

Uliwooly — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:10:21 GMT

that actually could be creating issues.

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