Different ring tone for contacts and non-contacts?

[droidros]

I would like to set TWO different ring tones. One for anyone in my contacts list, and the second one for everyone else. I know how to set the ring tone for individual contacts, but I can't find a way to set one for all contacts and another for those who aren't in contacts.

Is there any way to do this?

I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 10+

 

[Stephanie Blue]

In order to defeat those constant robocalls , I downloaded a file of just silence and made IT my default ringtone. I guess they are still calling, but at least I don't hear it. Then for anyone whose call I actually wanted to hear & pick up, I designated a specific ringtone for them. Something similar might work for you.

 

[ozonetrooper]

Assign each contact with the wanted/unwanted tones, slow and pita but will get you the same results.

 

[droidros]

Assign each contact with the wanted/unwanted tones, slow and pita but will get you the same results.

Thanks, but it is a PITA to do them one at a time, which is why I was asking.

 

[droidros]

In order to defeat those constant robocalls , I downloaded a file of just silence and made IT my default ringtone. I guess they are still calling, but at least I don't hear it. Then for anyone whose call I actually wanted to hear & pick up, I designated a specific ringtone for them. Something similar might work for you.

Thanks, but again, this would involve assigning a ring tone to each person on my contact list. I want to be able to hear anybody who's on my contact list.

It sounds like there is no way to do what I want, which seems pretty basic.

 

[olbriar]

You might be able to long press a contact and then select ALL. Then make them all favorites and then assign a ringtone for favorites.

 

[kate]

Another option - some Phone apps let you group contacts, like Friends, Coworkers, etc.

You can select all your contacts and add them to the same group, then assign a ringtone to that group.

 

[ozonetrooper]

My G7 has that option.

 

[droidros]

You might be able to long press a contact and then select ALL. Then make them all favorites and then assign a ringtone for favorites.

Thanks. I figured out how to select all (and somehow they all get put in favorites) but could not assign a ring tone to Favorites.

 

[droidros]

You might be able to long press a contact and then select ALL. Then make them all favorites and then assign a ringtone for favorites.

Thanks. I did that but could not find a way to assign a ring tone to favorites.

 

[droidros]

Another option - some Phone apps let you group contacts, like Friends, Coworkers, etc.

You can select all your contacts and add them to the same group, then assign a ringtone to that group.

Thanks. Although I figured out how to create a group, I couldn't Select All when adding a member. When I tried Select All first, it didn't give me an option to add to a group, only to discard. But at least I can assign a ring tone for a group, so I'll just create several groups and assign ring tones. Probably better to do it that way anyway.

 

[olbriar]

Trying to find a "mark all" add to a group option I fell short.... sorry. Adding each contact individually and setting a given ringtone per group seems to be the way of the stock Samsung dialer. It should be easier than that.

 

[ocnbrze]

i found this:
Group Ringtone

from the decription, this sounds like what you are looking for:

Group Ringtone automatically sets the custom ringtones of your contacts based on the group membership of each contact. So now you can also use Google Contacts to manage your ringtones.

Group Ringtone also supports a default ringtone for all your contacts. By setting the default ringtone different from your phone's default ringtone, you can have different ringtones for stored contacts and "unknown" (not stored) contacts.