How to set Samsung Galaxy S3 a MP3 music as an email or text messages notifications ringtone

If you would like  to set your own favorite music MP3 as a custom notification ringtone on your Samsung Galaxy S3 SIII i9300 for any text messages or twitter, facebook,  gmail  received emails as well as any other notification that requires a ringtone. This tips will show you some simple steps ahead on how to set that favorite music of yours and used it as your default Text or Email messages ringtone.

At first you need to have some good quality MP3 music files that are loaded into your pre-formatted external micro SDcard of your Samsung Galaxy S3. If you don't know where to put or copy the music to your microSD card. Follow this guide:

* Insert the micro SD card to your PC or laptop SD card slot or card reader.
* Once its connected, open its content and locate the folder named 'Sounds"  then copy and paste all of your favorite music MP3 tracks or album on that specific folder.

After you have already loaded the music files unto your extenal microSD card, you need to copy or move that music file from the external SD card to your phones internal memory.  But first you must create a new folder named "Notifications" to your phones media files in order for this to work.
To do this follow this steps:

step 1
* Go to Apps > General File Browser
* Tap on 'My Files' folder

step 2
Once you're in here there two folders options you can choose the extSD Card and the sdcard.
Just select the 'sd card' folder which is the internal memory of the phone and not the extSD card which is the external memory card of the phone.

step 3
When your in SDcard option, scroll down and then
* Tap on a "Media" folder. You should see a folder named audio.

Now what you need to do in here is create folder and named it as "Notifications".
* Hit on "Menu" button
* Tap on "Create folder"
* Then type the name of the folder as "Notifications"
* then hit "OK" button.

step 4
Once the new "Notifications" folder already created.
* Tap on it, then you find its empty. It should be on a file folder like this /mnt/sdcard/media/notifications
* Now all you have to do next is copy a song or music track with MP3 format from your external SDcard or exSD card.

step 5
Go back to home screen menu then
Go to Apps > General File Browser
* Tap on 'My Files' folder
* This time tap on "extSd card" folder - your external Sd card.
* Once in there, locate the music mp3 files where you have stored.

step 6
Once you have chosen a music file.
Hold down that music track, then tap on a pop-up option where it says "copy"

Then it will prompt you where you want to copy that music track.
* Just simply select " SDcard" and navigate to "Media" then to the "Notifications" folder you have just created.
* Then tap on option "Copy" on top of the browser.

step 7
Now adding the Music MP3 track as a Text messages Ringtone
* Goto "settings"
* Tap on "Sound"
* Tap on "Default Notifications"
* Just simply find and select the Music file that you have just copied and tap "OK" button.
Now that you have set it a certain music of your choice as a deafult notification ringtone,  you can then try it by sending a text message on your Samsung Galaxy S3.