Ringtone size limit

[organiz3d_chaos]

IS there any way to remove the size limit of 300kb on ringtones, I had a Z3, not I got this Z9 and none of my old ringtones work, and its a pain chopping them down and changing bitrates.

Thanks.

[brett k]

yeah i noticed that, lots of weird random things on this phone eh?

[organiz3d_chaos]

Yea, it looks like AT&T did it to a lot of the newer phones....I think my girlfriends SE w580i is the same way..... hope there is a hack for it.... its kinda annoying

[CMatthews]

Yes the 300k size limit can be removed, I have done it on my Z9 here's the info on it:


SEEM 004E_0001, offsets 920, 921, 922 and 923. Converting the hex value of those four bytes to decimal comes up around 300K. Setting these four offsets to FF FF FF FF will allow one to go thru Media Finder, pick an MP3 and "apply as" a ringtone regardless of size. But I still couldn't use these "big" MP3s as contact ringer IDs.

Then I noticed the next four bytes (offsets 924, 925, 926 and 927) had the same 300K value. Throwing caution to the wind (and after F&B3) I set those bytes to FF FF FF FF. Still wouldn't let me use them as ringer IDs.

So I deleted my MP3s and reloaded them and bingo - I could use even a 8mb + MP3 as a ringer ID.

[organiz3d_chaos]

thanks for the info, I'll have to try this out....

[daywalker04]

Yes this is true. I discovered those seem edits. In some cases you need to set offsets 924, 925, 926, and 927 to FF as well. But for the majority of flexes this is not the case.

[jcsurf]

what version of p2kc did you use to mod that seem? thanks

[daywalker04]

To mod and edit seems I like to use XVI32. It's in the downloads section. I think it is the easieset hex editor to use. It's an "Oldy" but a Goody.

[rodgersp]

hi to all i have a new z9 and i can not get the p2k seem editore to work. i whant to remove the 300kb limet on ring tones but i am new to moding. i some one could give me a step by step on how to do this i knoe you have to change numbers top ff but i can not get the semm editor to upload from the phone help

[boreal4real]

My 920-923 and 924-927 values look a little something like this: "00 00 04 B0" which adds up to 180. Are these the right offsets?

Are 920, 921, 922 etc dex or hex numbers?

[daywalker04]

I have seen some variation in those values even within the same flex. Regardless of the orignal values anything other than FF is going to place a limitation on your file properties. All offsets are hex, and offsets 920-927 should be set to value FF.

[boreal4real]

Ah it works! I forgot to restart my phone after I made the seem edits. Rookie mistake by a rookie.

[kuhns]

I tried this and still when I open up Motorola phone tools and try to download a ringtone from my files it says mp3 codec may be inappropriate or missing what does that mean? I just discovered it might be a problem with Motorola phone tools because I just went into file transfer and did it that way and was able to do it.

[gixelz]

edit: works remove any music over 300k, restart and then readd, restart and everythings great

[rjl114]

are you setting mp3s from TF ?