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submitted 22 hours ago by lime@feddit.nu to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

ringtones were big there for a while, but now it seems everyone just leaves them on default.

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[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 2 points 30 minutes ago

The default one. Haven't even opened the ringtone page in the settings.

[-] Million@lemmy.zip 1 points 34 minutes ago

My ringtone is now default. But for a long time it used to be the aqua teen hunger force "dancing is forbidden" song, without the starting noise of the baseball bat destroying the radio.

My alarm is also some default now, but it used to be a 5 second long loop of the EVE online shield alarm closely followed by the hull alarm .

[-] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 1 points 44 minutes ago
[-] Outdated4134@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Barns Courtney 99

[-] kennedy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 hours ago

my phone has been on do not disturb since 2016

[-] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 hours ago

My phone is always on vibration since 4 phones ago. If I miss it I'll call you back, If I don't that's your answer

[-] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

Matrix ringtone.

So I can hope I can scape the simulation instead of answering to a scammer call.

[-] rotorwashed@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 hours ago

The satellite phone ringtone from Jurassic Park 3.

[-] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

I found some generic guitar riff mp3 years ago I liked. Been using that on every phone since then.

[-] murmelade@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 hours ago

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air outro.

[-] dosse91@lemmy.trippy.pizza 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

The default ringtone in LineageOS, but I use talk.wav from Quake (1996) for notifications, I love that sound

[-] SoulKaribou@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 hours ago

Indiana Jones theme

Every spam call is an adventure!

[-] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

Old-fashioned Rockford Files ring.

[-] rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 hours ago
[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago

My call ringtone and text ringtones are pad noises from Star Trek. My alarm is the red alert sound.

[-] themoken@startrek.website 5 points 21 hours ago

I used the communicator chime for a long time, but these days I'm basically permanently in do-not-disturb. My phone only makes sound when a close contact calls, or for a timer/alarm. Anything else can wait.

[-] PostProcess@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Portal theme tune, the one that plays through the radio when you are in the start habitat. Works beautifully.

Edit: https://archive.org/details/portal-radio-decompressed

[-] nathan@piefed.alphapuggle.dev 6 points 22 hours ago

There's this guy who I help with his computer and anytime he gets a text it goes "Hey good lookin! You just got a text!" which is fucking insane and also I love it at the same time

[-] ClipperDefiance@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago
[-] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)
[-] Vanth@reddthat.com 1 points 15 hours ago

There's a ringtone from the Jason Statham movie Crank where he hears a ring and it starts distorting because he's high AF. That's my ringtone. I like the frequency sweep and discordance; it makes it easier to pick out of background noise for me.

[-] 0_0j@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Link please

[-] mononomi@feddit.nl 5 points 22 hours ago

Mario kart wii options sound lol, it's actually perfect for a ringtone

[-] okr765@lemmy.okr765.com 1 points 1 hour ago

This is probably the most catchy soundtrack for me in any Nintendo game. I will put the Mario Kart Wii disc in just to go to the options menu and listen to this masterpiece.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 22 hours ago

that's perfectly annoying. same energy as the wii u chat tune

[-] lichengeese@lemmy.zip 3 points 20 hours ago
[-] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 18 hours ago

Silent these days. For a while I used the "black headcrab nearby" sound from HL2 as a text tone tho. Was fun watching people's reactions to it.

[-] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago
[-] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)
[-] jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 16 hours ago

A recording of me heavily exhaling so that nobody but me notices when it rings. I never have to put my phone on silent.

[-] jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 16 hours ago

And for alerts like texts, this single pop for the same reason.

https://freesound.org/people/Vilkas_Sound/sounds/463390/

[-] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 22 hours ago

Back in the day I had my entire phone setup with a custom Metroid 2 sound theme that I put together from MIDIs, plus custom ringtones for my dozen or so most frequent contacts. I remember using Power Puff Girls for my wife, TMNT for her boyfriend, Sailor Moon for my girlfriend, and Little Honda for my dad.

Nowadays it’s on silent all the time so I don’t bother. :(

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

It's kind of silly, but a long time ago when I pirated more games and software, I stumbled onto one of these key generators for one of my programs that I thought just had the best chiptune lol. Anyway, it has been my ringtone for years and years now.

My text tone is the RCT1/2 notification sound. Works perfectly as a phone notification noise haha. I've had this one for years and years too.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 4 points 22 hours ago

not silly, i'm using a midi from an old dos game!

[-] iveseenthat@reddthat.com 4 points 22 hours ago
[-] dingus@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Unfortunately I don't know the name of it or anything lol. It's a pretty unremarkable tune all things considered...it is just nostalgic to me!

[-] TotallyNotADolphin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 hours ago

Inspector Gadget theme song

[-] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Lemon Boy - Puzzle Pieces at the moment.
I don't get calls much so I change my notification tones much more frequently. Currently I have Reinhardt from Overwatch saying 'Unacceptable!' It's an example of my favorite kind of phone sound, which is situational injections. It's great to have little moments where someone is talking about something and my phone decides to join the conversation.

Friend: 'It was so annoying. How did he not see that coming?'
Phone: 'Lucio: Why are you so angry?'

Friend: 'I gotta hit the bathroom.'
Phone: *dramatic orchestra*

Friend: 'Hey, how much do you know about X?'
Phone: 'Krieger: I probably shouldn't show you this, but I'm totally going to.'

[-] TheAlbatross 3 points 22 hours ago

Most of the time my phone is on silent but I use a custom recording of bamboo blocks as a ringtone otherwise.

[-] Raptor_007@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

Technically default, but none of my devices make any sounds. Watch notifies me of events only haptically.

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

I had a weird itch that I just had to get the KotOR 2 Telos Apartment Console Ringtone for my phone, but I couldn't find it until I just found some weird scuffed version on Zedge that also had the Telos cantina music in the background with it.

[-] bzLem0n@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

The Stanfields - Fight Song (vocals removed).

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 points 22 hours ago

Amazing Horse

[-] BryceBassitt 2 points 22 hours ago

Mine's the Steel Samurai theme from Ace Attorney

[-] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 22 hours ago
[-] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 22 hours ago

i've been using this one for almost two decades now, for about as long as i've had a phone that could use custom sound files. although i've had my phone on silent since about then too.

[-] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 1 points 20 hours ago

I dont have a tone set and am always on silent mode. I hate the noises.

[-] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

My phone just vibrates lol

[-] brokenlcd@feddit.it 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

For the ringtone i have the ringtone from the sip pulsar phone we had in italy while for notifications i have the cascade chime from some doorbell in an ancient condo i worked at. Before that i had the "you got mail" from aol. But it was a bit too esotheric since no one where i live speaks english

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