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

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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

[–] mononomi 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 2 days ago

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

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[–] SoulKaribou@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Indiana Jones theme

Every spam call is an adventure!

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Old-fashioned Rockford Files ring.

[–] rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago
[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day 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.

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 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

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 2 days ago

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

[–] iveseenthat@reddthat.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] dingus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day 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!

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Star Trek communicator sound that I downloaded, haha

[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Me too, the original communicator from the 1960s!

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

I've been using the same sound for several years across multiple phone changes, and when my now-wife-then-coworker heard it at work one day she made fun of me. Now she's a Trekkie too, haha.

[–] lichengeese@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago
[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago
[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days 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.

[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 2 days ago

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

Inspector Gadget theme song

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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 1 day ago

Link please

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[–] Carl@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Been rockin this for years, I will never change it

for my notifications I have a folder with all of navi's sounds from OOT, and I used to have a program that randomized them every time I got a notification, but something changed somewhere and I haven't been able to get that to work for a while.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

Amazing Horse

[–] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It was the ringtone from Crank for a while… but now I haven’t a clue what my ringtone is - whatever came by default on my phone. I don’t think I’ve ever intentionally turned it off silent.

[–] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[–] BryceBassitt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mine's the Steel Samurai theme from Ace Attorney

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 2 days ago
[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 2 days 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.

[–] jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 1 day ago

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

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

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 1 points 1 day 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.'

[–] bzLem0n@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

The Stanfields - Fight Song (vocals removed).

[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i downloaded the dane cook ringtone app for android and ios. my ringtone cycles automatically between dane cook stand up bits and my text alert is him yelling in the octagon at madison square garden

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

My phone just vibrates lol

[–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 days ago

SSBM Corneria

[–] brokenlcd@feddit.it 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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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