iPhone ringtone

[LordGrover]

FFS!
This bag of st apple mobile is getting on my tits now.

I would like to choose my own ringtone from my own music files. Will this poxy device let me? Will it fk!

I've looked at several threads including this one: click, with no success.
The instructions here looked promising but I'll be jiggered if it'll work for me.
Before someone mentions audiko.net - I'm not paying three fking pounds to play my own music!

I am fairly competent and have reasonable experience of proper computers such as Windows, SCO, AIX, linux, etc. but this apple bks confounds me every fking time.

NB. I do not have access to any apple macintosh computers or OSX.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[mrmr96]

Yes it is possible - I've done it. There's a guide on thet net and it involves putting the file in a particular folder and changing the filename extension to something that isn't .mp3. Sync with the phone and job done.

Can't remember where that guide is, but I'm sure a quick play with Google will turn it up.

[GSP]

I think audiko.com is the site I use.

Its really easy.

You upload a song, cut the 30 seconds out of it that you want as you ringtone. the website creates a file. You drop that file in the ringtone folder on Itunes.

Sync... job done.

Took me 10 minutes to do 5 songs.

I think thats the right site but I cant check at work.

[DeputyDawg]

correct, change the extension from .mp3 (as an example) to .m4r

[Liszt]

You can do it in iTunes. There is a guide on the net, is simple and quick.

Don't have acess to itunes here but it is about selecting a piece of a track and converting it to a different format, then renaming it.

[Ian_T]

And it absolutely HAS to be less than 30 seconds, or it definitely won't work.

[Devilstreak]

My thread is here! I got an iphone 3 days ago after having the n97 for ages but having to sell it. Anyway I finally figured out how to play my own music as a ringtone after much faffing about changing file extensions etc.

But here is my question. How on gods green earth can I set my own message tone? Many websites offer solutions but non work apart from jail-breaking, Which I don't want to do yet.

Can any one shed any light on it? Is it possible?

[Ian_T]

You can, but only if you jailbreak it.. I use Blackra1n, and changing the tones then is trivial. Doesn't work so well with the 3GS at the moment though. If you reboot the phone, you need to re-jailbreak it, which is a pain if you aren't near your PC/Mac. Not sure it works with the latest iPhone O/S yet either. I'm sure this will be sorted soon though.

Edited by Ian_T on Thursday 18th February 16:14

[LordGrover]

GSP said:

I think audiko.com is the site I use.

Its really easy.

You upload a song, cut the 30 seconds out of it that you want as you ringtone. the website creates a file. You drop that file in the ringtone folder on Itunes.

Sync... job done.

Took me 10 minutes to do 5 songs.

I think thats the right site but I cant check at work.

When I tried Audiko they wanted £3.00 for the privilege.
Ridiculous.

Thanks anyway

Just looked again. There is an option to pay £3 which you can side-step. Apols. This may do the job.
It works for some of my files but not the one I want at the moment. Grrr.

Edited by LordGrover on Thursday 18th February 16:25

[LordGrover]

I'm guessing the 'online guide' several of you referred to is the one I mentioned in the original post. I can't get it to work.

[LordGrover]

Brand new, works phone so Jailbreak is not practical I'm afraid.

[LordGrover]

Thank you very much. That's done the trick.

ETA: No it hasn't. Same issue.

It's still 1:29 so won't import as ringtone.


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Edited by LordGrover on Thursday 18th February 16:36

[Devilstreak]

LordGrover said:

Thank you very much. That's done the trick.

ETA: No it hasn't. Same issue.

It's still 1:29 so won't import as ringtone.


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Edited by LordGrover on Thursday 18th February 16:36

Click ok on that top image. Then go to the second image and right click > create aac version.
then find the aac version> click show in explorer> delete both from itunes screen.
Go to the explorer one and change the extention to .m4r. Then double click it and it will automatically go into the ringtones bit of itunes, Then sync the phone. Job done.

I learnt this last night

[LordGrover]

Found it was already uploaded by some kind soul anyway.

Thanks to all for help.

If anyone wants it, it's here: click.

[wiffmaster]

Hasn't anyone told you? It just works. You can't do it your way, you have to do it the Apple way. If you don't want to do it the Apple way, you're wrong.

Edited by wiffmaster on Thursday 18th February 17:23

[pdV6]

wiffmaster said:

Hasn't anyone told you? It just works. You can't do it your way, you have to do it the Apple way. If you don't want to do it the Apple way, you're wrong.

True.

As opposed to the series of hoops my cheap as chips phone forces you to jump through:

• Locate desired music
• Press "Set As..." and select "Ringtone"

[The Moose]

Ian_T said:

And it absolutely HAS to be less than 30 seconds, or it definitely won't work.

Bullst.

I have had whole songs on there.

Cheers

The Moose

[Ian_T]

Bo**ox! (sorry - just joining in the general banter you obviously love!)

Love to know how then, as nobody I know has managed that. No sarcasm, serious question. (minor edit - apparantly it can be up to 40 seconds if you use GarageBand.. useful if you don't have a Mac).

Edited by Ian_T on Thursday 18th February 18:18

[MiniMan64]

Just wondering if these same files can be used as alarm chimes or not?

And if not, next question, how can I use a song on the I-Phone as a wake up call?

[mikey_p]

dibbers006 said:

*Copy the .MP3 or .WAV File to your Desktop

• Go to Preferences in iTunes and have it setup to Import as .ACC
• Drag .MP3 into iTunes
• Play the track until the desired section you require for a Ringtone
• Take note of the TIME
• Get Info up on said Track and alter the start time to the time you have just decided upon
• Set END Time to 29seconds later
• Drag .ACC File OUT of iTunes to Desktop
• Alter Extension to .M4R
• Double Click File
• iTunes will now Import this File back in as a Ringtone and will put it in a special Playlist
• Sync Phone with iTunes enabling Ringtones to be Synced

HTH

I'm amazed how popular these phones have become when something as simple as setting your own song as a ringtone takes that much effort.

I've always hated how restrictive Apple products are.