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

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[–] 9 points 1 year ago

My phone is always on vibration since 4 phones ago. If I miss it I'll call you back, If I don't that's your answer

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    Portal theme tune, the one that plays through the radio when you are in the start habitat. Works beautifully.

    Edit: https://archive.org/details/portal-radio-decompressed

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    My call ringtone and text ringtones are pad noises from Star Trek. My alarm is the red alert sound.

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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

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    my phone has been on do not disturb since 2016

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    Work or family doesn't need to reach you urgently or do you have a separate work phone or something

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I have one phone that I check every now and then to see if I missed anything. If anyone needs to reach me I'll see it when I see it and get back to them if it actually is important. Work doesnt need me if I'm off the clock. Also have notifications off on every app except my bank (and texts and calls) I have never feel more calm. Everything wants your attention these days

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I mean sometimes at work or in life there's something urgent. Outside of work I don't have to be immediately reachable but at work I really don't have that option because things wouldn't go anywhere not being able to reach others by phone.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Not OP but same. I literally don’t remember my phone’s ringtone. Generally my phone is nearby and I check regularly for messages. Yes, calls and messages sometimes wait a few hours. I like it that way. I’ve never missed anything so important that I stopped silencing my phone and 99% of the communication I receive can wait till I’m ready to deal with it.

    Before that it was Strongbad’s theme for Teen Girl Squad.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    If it took me a few hours to reply at work I'd have very pissed off coworkers, not to mention how pissed off I would be if I was in the other end of it hah. I guess you're lucky in that things aren't as urgent.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Third Sanctuary from Deltarune by Toby Fox.

    There's a lot of emotional investment in that song at the moment. And the ringtone is just the very first riff on repeat, as that part sounds like an actual ringtone (wondering if that's on purpose)

    This song is famous for having an absolutely insane time signature that somehow works, as shown in this visualizer: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=De0FDShxgrs

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 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.

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  • 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. :(

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Fresh Prince of Bel-Air outro.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    The satellite phone ringtone from Jurassic Park 3.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • Most of the time my phone is on silent but I use a custom recording of bamboo blocks as a ringtone otherwise.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I genuinely don't know I have never heard it

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    My ringtone is the bandit radio from STALKER: Clear Sky. Cheeki breeki!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_podzD4cSA

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I stopped bothering to personalize my phones, because they don't feel personal. They're just disposable tools.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    My ringtone is now default. But for a long time it used to be the aqua teen hunger force "dancing is forbidden" song, without the starting noise of the baseball bat destroying the radio.

    My alarm is also some default now, but it used to be a 5 second long loop of the EVE online shield alarm closely followed by the hull alarm .

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

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The default one. Haven't even opened the ringtone page in the settings.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago
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    Inspector Gadget theme song

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Mine's the Steel Samurai theme from Ace Attorney

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I have different Owen Wilson 'wow's for each of my most regular contacts message notifications.
    For my ringtone it's the metal gear solid codec call.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It's like dun-dun dun dun-dun-dun dun dun dun-dun. DUHN-DUHN DUHN-DUHN-DUHN-DUHN DUHN DUHN DUHN-DUHN.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago
    • Phone call: Circuit (from iOS, copied over from when I used an iPhone)
    • Notification: Pizzicato (mostly for nostalgia)
    • Alarm: Argon (sometimes have to switch it up or I'll sleep through)

    In practice, it's on silent at the office and vibrate elsewhere.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    ATT Firefly, from a Lumia 920.

    My text tone is the fatal error sound from XP:

    https://youtu.be/kBNOZdXwzdg

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    I thrive on monotony

    Default android

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    The Stanfields - Fight Song (vocals removed).

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I've set my phone to have all notifications silent except for ringtones, which I like best :-)

    my main ringtone is death grips - system blower (the train sound opening), and meowfey - from the start (a memey cat meow cover of the original) set for my partner.

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    I work for the NHS, everyone has the same ringtone on their work phones. It’s infuriating.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Cadence of Hyrule's jazzy Song of Storms rendition. It's very fitting as a ringtone for those out of the loop, and those in the loop usually get a kick out of it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    The Crash Bandicoot theme though I never have my phone off silent.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I found some generic guitar riff mp3 years ago I liked. Been using that on every phone since then.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Old-fashioned Rockford Files ring.

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    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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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    The default. I know I can change it but idc what my ringtone is. As long as it alerts me to calls it's fine.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    A recording of me heavily exhaling so that nobody but me notices when it rings. I never have to put my phone on silent.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    The default ringtone in LineageOS, but I use talk.wav from Quake (1996) for notifications, I love that sound

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Indiana Jones theme

    Every spam call is an adventure!

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  • My phone just vibrates lol

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

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year 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.'

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • Matrix ringtone.

    So I can hope I can scape the simulation instead of answering to a scammer call.

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  • Stole a sound effect from Scooby Doo. And the notif sound is Slick Ricco 01

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Barns Courtney 99

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Combustible Edison - Vertigogo

    Perfect slow start that builds up, and a great song.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Mega Man 2 theme. Phone is usually on vibrate but I put it into noisy mode from time to time.

    I work in cyber security and I was spending the day in the SOC (security operations center, room full of nerds and a ton of monitors, everyone is watching security events). I left to take a piss and didnt take my phone. Someone called and ringtone played at top volume while I was away. Upon return I was greeted to half the room thinking it was funny the other half being most irritated with me. I was a director back then, so they couldn't really say too much (I mean, I wouldn't have cared, but corporate pecking order) which made it all the funnier.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    It’s silent because the sound gives me a lot of anxiety. Just thinking about it now, I feel anxious in my core.

    I don’t like surprises and I get a lot of spam call, but I do miss fun ringtones.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Dingbiribiribunbaaa bumbaa bumbaaaa Dingbiribiribunbaaa bumbaa bumbaaaa Dingbiribiribunbaaa bumbaa bumbaaaa

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I used to be always on vibrate, but then I found out I can schedule do not disturb via calendar events, so I have started leaving my ringer on with it automatically disabling when I don't want it on.

    This is my ringtone: Moment (instrumental) from Marmalade Boy. Watched this anime with my friends and this track is unforgettable. The show is about this girl whose parents divorce and get remarried to another couple who also got divorced, and then she tries to date her step-step-brother who is both her mom's husband's son and her dad's wife's son.
    This track plays any time something dramatic happens, which is like every 5 minutes.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Unsolved mysteries theme song

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