Changing the ringtone of your Nexus 5 is necessary if you wish to customize your Nexus 5. Indeed, you might be exhausted of the original ringtone of your Nexus 5. Therefore, it’s possible to change the ringtone and even put one of your music. We will see 1st the technique to change the ringtone Nexus 5 through the parameters. We’ll see in a second time how you can put one of your music as a ringtone. Finally, for those who want to go further in the customization, we will see the right way to define a specific ringtone for a contact.
The method to change the Nexus 5 ringtone
Changing the Nexus 5 ringer is a very easy procedure. You will first have to go to the Nexus 5 settings menu. As soon you’re there, go to the Sound tab, then Phone ring . When you are there, you will find the ringtones that are already present on the Nexus 5. Whenever you wish to know what a ringtone looks like, you just have to choose it to hear an excerpt. Once you have identified the ringtone that you prefer, just check it and confirm. If you do not like the original Nexus 5 ringtone, go to the next step to make one of your music ringtone.
The method to set a music as a ringtone on the Nexus 5
If you wish to put one of your music as a ringtone, you will need to transfer this music to a particular folder of your Nexus 5. Indeed, for the music to show up in the list of available ringtones on your Nexus 5, you will have to put it in the Music folder . For this, you should use your computer or the file manager of your Nexus 5. All you need to do is copy and paste the music into the Music folder. In the event that you do not know how, see our article to copy paste a file on Nexus 5. Once done, you should see your music appear in the Nexus 5 ringtones list.
Tips on how to customize the ringtone for a contact
It is sometimes useful to be able to distinguish the calls of your contacts by a special ring. Certainly, if you want the calls of your friend or family members to have a particular ring, be aware that it’s possible. To assign a ringtone to a contact, the contact must be saved to your mobile phone . This means that if the contact is saved on the Nexus 5 SIM card, this technique will not work. If the contact is saved on the Nexus 5, just go to the contact card and click Edit . You should then see a ringtone tab that will allow you to set the ringtone for that contact. That is it, you can now know who’s calling without having to watch your Nexus 5.
