How to set a custom ringtone on your Samsung Galaxy A8

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How to set a custom ringtone on your Samsung Galaxy A8

We will show you through this article how to set a custom ringtone on your Samsung Galaxy A8, especially if this ringtone comes from an MP3 file.

Even better, we’ll show you how to edit your favorite MP3 tracks on your Samsung Galaxy A8. For example, you may want to retain only the chorus of your favorite music as a ringtone for your Samsung Galaxy A8. This is possible through many applications for your Samsung Galaxy A8 as discussed in the second part of this article.

Finally, we’ll see how to set a custom ringtone for a particular contact.

We assume in this tutorial that you have all the knowledge about the property rights of musics and ringtones used on your Samsung Galaxy A8.

Set MP3 music as a ringtone for your Samsung Galaxy A8

Setting an MP3 music as a ringtone on your Samsung Galaxy A8 is relatively easy when you know how to do it.

Our other articles on Samsung Galaxy A8 can help you.

Indeed, the Android system is well known for its great operability and availabilities, especially on your Samsung Galaxy A8. To set your favorite MP3 music as a ringtone, you need to go through your favorite music player on your Samsung Galaxy A8, or go through the ‘Settings’ menu. In all cases we assume that you have downloaded the desired music on your Samsung Galaxy A8. You can do this through a music download service or a USB cable from your computer, if you have the proper rights to do so.

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Go through a music player on your Samsung Galaxy A8

An interesting option to put a custom ringtone on your Samsung Galaxy A8 is to go through a music player.

If you do not already have one, there are many downloadable ones on the ‘Play Store’ of your Samsung Galaxy A8: you just have to type ‘music player’ in the search bar and then make your choice.

To do this, you just have to play the music, then click on the options button of your Samsung Galaxy A8. You will then have the choice to set the music played as a ringtone for your Samsung Galaxy A8, or even as an alarm.

Use the “Settings” menu on your Samsung Galaxy A8 to customize the ringtone

Another interesting option is to go through the “Settings” menu of your Samsung Galaxy A8, accessible from the main screen.

You can then go to the parts ‘Sounds’ then ‘Ringtones’. From there, you will have to choose to add a ringtone.

Navigate through the tree of your Samsung Galaxy A8 to find the music you want for your Samsung Galaxy A8. Validate, and your Samsung Galaxy A8 has now a new ringtone!

Customize music as a ringtone on your Samsung Galaxy A8

Numerous applications available on your Samsung Galaxy A8’s ‘Play Store’, such as ‘Ringtone Maker’, allow you to edit and customize ringtones for your Samsung Galaxy A8 at will. To access it, simply go to the Play Store of your Samsung Galaxy A8, then type in the search bar ‘personalization ringtones’ or a similar query.

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You will then have a wide choice of applications allowing you to customize the ringtones.

Do not hesitate to rely on user ratings or overall rating of each application before downloading one to your Samsung Galaxy A8. Your imagination will then be almost your only limit for editing the chosen songs.

Customize a ringtone for a single contact

On your Samsung Galaxy A8, you normally have the option of choosing a music, for example an MP3 song, specific for a particular contact.

This is very handy if you want to know who is calling you, even before you look at your Samsung Galaxy A8 screen.

To do so, you can go to the ‘Contacts’ menu of your Samsung Galaxy A8, and then open the contact card for which you want to set up a ring tone.

Once on the contact card, you will normally have access to a ‘Ringtones’ option.

You will then have multiple choices between the default music for your Samsung Galaxy A8, another ringtone available among the ringtones of your Samsung Galaxy A8, or even the possibility to navigate through the memory of your Samsung Galaxy A8 to find an MP3 song.

We advise you to use this last possibility if you want to load an MP3 file for your contact.

Validate and you have put a custom ringtone for your contact on your Samsung Galaxy A8.