Songs from Google Play don't show up on phone I'm trying to make a custom calendar notification on my mom's Samsung Galaxy S3 (Android 4.1.1) because the built-in ones are too short for her to hear. This article says I can move a music file to the notification folder in MyFiles.

So I bought a song from Google Play and looked for the file on her phone. Wasn't there. Checked every folder, but no luck.

Did some more searching and found this article from Google Play troubleshooting how to get songs to show up on your phone. Absolutely none of the menu options even existed on my mom's phone, so it was completely unhelpful.

Tried to search for how other people added songs as ringtones from Google Play on their phones. I found quite a few articles addressing it. They all said to add the ringtone from the Music Player app. Checked the Music Player app, and the song wasn't there.

That might explain why the song doesn't exist on her phone, except I can play the song on her phone through the Play Music app. I clicked "Keep on Device," but the song still doesn't seem to exist.

How do I get the song I bought from Google Play to show up as a file on my mom's phone?

However, if anyone provides a quick way to skip all this mess and just make the notifications last longer, that would be appreciated too.
I found this link helpful for downloading Google Play music onto my Samsung Galaxy SIII.

https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1250232


Navigate to Google Play Store
Select Music
From the left soft key on your phone, select My music
From the upper left menu in Google Play (it should say Listen Now), select Playlist
Scroll to find the Free and Purchased playlist and select it
On the right side of Google Play, below the playlist image you should see a thumbtack in a circle. It will probably be grey.
Make sure you are connected to WiFi (to avoid using data) and select the thumbtack. It should turn orange and your download should start.


I have not found a way to download individual songs yet...