It worked for her, this was my reason to figure this answer out. I had to try this on my wife's phone, she is running Android 9 on a not-too-expensive Samsung phone. Now remember your present choice of phone ringtone, because we will use this location to 'seed' the ringtones-list by changing your present ringtone (temporarily).Įven in a stubborn Samsung Android 9, when you tap to change your phone ringtone, it gives you a + icon (a plus in a circle) top-right on your screen: tap there and it will allow you to select your custom audio file. Go back only one step in the phone settings, instead of 'notification ringtone', now choose 'phone ringtone' and if you have two SIM cards, pick either of them. But if you see only a fixed list of tones (like in WhatsApp), you have to take yet another (non-intuitive) detour: Now, if you are lucky, you have a choice to use 'Media Storage' to set your phone default notification ringtone. Then go > Sound & Notification > Default Notification Ringtone Pull-down the notification bar and use the gear-icon or any other way to open your Android phone settings. If you only get a fixed choice of pre-set sounds, you need to 'seed' that list first with your own custom sound:įor this you have to use the phone-settings (not the WhatsApp settings).

If you get 'Media Storage' just navigate to your own custom sound file and you are done (you can use any MP3 file on your phone, as long as you know how to navigate to its location). When I tap on 'Notification tone' I get a choice of 'Media Storage' and one of my file explorer apps. Open the WhatsApp Chats Tab and use the three-dot-menu (top-right) and then > Settings > Notifications > Messages. I changed my phone to English (UK), but still your menus might be slightly differently called. I am writing this in April 2020, running Android 6 and WhatsApp Version 2.20.108 on a very humble Wiko. It seems to depend on your version of Android, and possibly on your version of WhatsApp.

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