In this guide, we will show you the steps to add custom notifications, ringtones, and alarm sounds on your Galaxy Watch 4/5. Both the fourth and fifth iteration of smartwatches from Samsung comes with 10 notification sounds and 10 ringtones. And that’s just about it. You do not have the option to download and set a custom tone of your choice, well at least not the native way. Adding more to the misery, there exists just a single alarm tone as well. Show
And as you might have guessed, there’s again no option to add a custom alarm tone. For many, that might not be an issue but for some users like us, why restrict ourselves to just a handful of tones when we know that our device is running an open-source OS that is capable of doing so much more? So making use of the same, this guide will make you aware of the steps to add custom notifications, ringtones, and alarm sounds on your Galaxy Watch 4/5. Follow along. Table of Contents
Add Custom Notifications, Ringtones, and Alarms on Galaxy Watch 4/5The below instructions are listed under separate sections for ease of understanding. Make sure to follow the same sequence as mentioned. STEP 1: Install Android SDKFirst and foremost, you will have to install the Android SDK Platform Tools on your PC. This is the official ADB and Fastboot binary provided by Google and is the only recommended one. So download it and then extract it to any convenient location on your PC. Doing so will give you the platform-tools folder, which will be used throughout this guide. STEP 2: Download Custom ToneNext up, download the desired custom notifications, ringtones, and/or alarm sounds for your Watch 4/5. It is recommended that the sound should be in .ogg or .mp3 format [.wav and .amr might also work but I haven’t personally tested them]. Moreover, once you have downloaded the tones, transfer them to the platform-tools folder. STEP 3: Enable ADB Debugging in Galaxy Wach 4/5
STEP 4: Connect Galaxy Watch 4/5 to PC via ADB Command
STEP 5: Send Custom Tones to Watch via ADBNext up, you will now have to send the downloaded custom notifications, ringtones, and/or alarm sounds to your Watch 4/5 via the ADB Push command. Here’s how it could be done
STEP 6: Refresh Watch Sound StorageNow execute the below command to refresh the watch’s sound storage settings so that it is able to identify the newly added sound. Make sure to replace the file type [notifications, ringtones, or alarm] and filename accordingly in the below command: adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE -d file:///storage/emulated/0/Ringtones/Droidwin.mp3 >nul STEP 7: Bring up Sound File ID
STEP 8: Add Sound to System
That’s it. These were the steps to add custom notifications, ringtones, and alarm sounds on your Galaxy Watch 4/5. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
About Chief EditorSadique Hassanadministrator A technical geek by birth, he always has a keen interest in the Android platform right since the birth of the HTC Dream. The open-source environment always seems to intrigue him with the plethora of options available at his fingertips. “MBA by profession, blogger by choice!” How do I add custom notification Sounds to my Samsung Galaxy?1 Head into your Settings > Apps.. 2 Tap on an app you would like to customise the Notification tone.. 3 Tap on Notifications.. 4 Select a category you would like to customise.. 5 Ensure that you have selected Alert then tap on Sound.. 6 Tap on a sound then press the back button to apply changes.. How do I add custom ringtones to my Galaxy watch?Samsung Galaxy Watch - Set Ringtones. From the watch screen, press the. Home button. to open the apps screen.. Tap. Settings. .. Tap. Sound. and vibration. ... . Tap. R. ingtone. ... . Select the desired tone (e.g., Glassy Tone, Droplet, Kalimba, etc.) then tap. ... . Tap. Ringtone vibration. ... . Select desired vibration (e.g., Basic, March, etc.) then tap.. How do I add custom notification Sounds to my Galaxy watch 4?Samsung Galaxy Watch4 - Set Ringtones / Notification Sounds. Tap. Notification sound. .. Select the desired sound. Selected when a dot is present.. Tap. Notification vibration. .. Select desired vibration (e.g., Basic, Brief, etc.) then tap. OK. .. |