[Q] Default ringtone picker - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Since updating to XXELL4 with Kies and then re-rooting with CF auto root, I've had a few of problems.
One of the most annoying is that the default ringtone and notification sounds now show as "Unknown ringtone". If I try and change it, I'm not offered the default ringtone picker, only "ES File Explorer" (I've tried uninstalling this, but then Settings crashes when I try to select a ringtone!).
If I try and set the ringtone with ES File Explorer (a default ringtone from /system/media/audio/ringtones/), it just shows "Silent" as the ringtone, rather than what I pick.
Has anybody else had this issue?
Does anyone know what the default ringtone picker application is? Perhaps I can just reinstall the apk from somewhere.

arghness said:
Since updating to XXELL4 with Kies and then re-rooting with CF auto root, I've had a few of problems.
One of the most annoying is that the default ringtone and notification sounds now show as "Unknown ringtone". If I try and change it, I'm not offered the default ringtone picker, only "ES File Explorer" (I've tried uninstalling this, but then Settings crashes when I try to select a ringtone!).
If I try and set the ringtone with ES File Explorer (a default ringtone from /system/media/audio/ringtones/), it just shows "Silent" as the ringtone, rather than what I pick.
Has anybody else had this issue?
Does anyone know what the default ringtone picker application is? Perhaps I can just reinstall the apk from somewhere.
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Try installing RINGO PRO app from the app market... it might help... besides it has some cool functions too...

I ended up doing a factory reset, which fixed this issue. Ringtone pickers from Play weren't working either.

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