OK, so my old ringtones came back with 1.1.2!!!

what

my iphone is plugged in and when i search for a update there is not one available??

What specific method are you using? I want to try this out for myself!

Ah, so it does work! The one I was trying would make them show up in iTunes and not transfer.

But they are transferring again!

Maybe Steve heard the outcry? Maybe this is a mistake? Either way this is sweet!

This is great. Would like to hear more people confirm this!

I downloaded mine through iTunes last night then when i went to install it said 1.1.1 is the latest version, so i did a force restore in recovery mode and it installed 1.1.2.
Shrug.

Nothing too special.

Lartymarf said:

This is great. Would like to hear more people confirm this!

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I can confirm it works - I searched for an AIFF file on my hard drive converted it to AAC and changed the extension to .m4r imported to iTunes and its now on my phone as a ringtone

FreeState said:

I can confirm it works - I searched for an AIFF file on my hard drive converted it to AAC and changed the extension to .m4r imported to iTunes and its now on my phone as a ringtone

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Cool tks for confirming.

suhweet!!! I can't wait to get home and load on some of my old ringtones I was forced to give up with the purchase of my iPhone!!

It looks like 1.1.2 now has a separate folder to hold custom ringtones, so any ringtones with a .m4a/.m4r (not sure which extension) that were nullified by iTunes 7.4.2 and 7.4.3 seem to now be back under iTunes 7.5.

I have an the UK iphone, and have followed all the steps from all the other websites, and have managed to get to the last step where I have the .m4r file on my desktop, but it simply refuses to copy into the Ringtones folder.

Does *anybody* know what I am doing wrong?

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I followed all of the steps to create a new custom ringtone from an existing MP3 and my custom ring tone (which is just 11 seconds long) shows up in:

• The Ringtones folder in iTunes
• The Ringtones tab when my iPhone is connected
• The Ringtones folder when I expand the contents of my iPhone in iTunes

However, when I go to Settings | Sounds | Ringtone on my iPhone which is running firmware version 1.1.2, my custom ringtone is not displayed in the list of available ringtones. How do I get the custom ringtone to show up under Settings | Sounds | Ringtone on my iPhone?

Figuring that there was "something" that triggered the custom ringtone section to show up on my iPhone, I downloaded the trial version of iToner and let it sync a ring tone to my phone. After iToner finished syncing, the custom ringtone section showed up on my iPhone.

Here are the exact steps I followed to get custom ringtones on my iPhone. I am using iTunes 7.5 (19) and iPhone firmware version 1.1.2. My system is a MacBook Pro with Leopard installed.

1. Select the song in iTunes that I want to use as a ringtone. Protected AAC files will not work.
2. Right-click on the song and select Get Info
3. Go to the Options page and select the start and end times for the ringtone
4. Right-click on the song again and select Convert Selection to AAC
5. Right-click on the converted song and select Show in Finder
6. Drag the .m4a file from the Finder window to your desktop
7. Go back to iTunes and delete the converted song from iTunes. When I skipped this step, double clicking on the .m4r file to import the ringtone into iTunes did not work properly.
8. Right-click on the song file on your desktop, select Get Info and change the file extension from .m4a to m4r. You should get a warning message about changing the extension.
9. Open a Finder window and locate the Ringtones folder underneath your iTunes folder. The path should be /Users/<your ID>/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Ringtones. If this folder does not exist, create it.
10. Drag the renamed song file from your desktop to the Ringtones folder in Finder.
11. Double-click on the .m4r file now stored inside the Ringtones folder. iTunes should change to the Ringtones folder under Library near the top and start playing the ringtone
12. Plug-in your iPhone to begin the sync process. This should copy the ringtone over to your iPhone. You can verify this after the sync is complete by expanding the iPhone contents inside iTunes and then, selecting the Ringtones folder.

Now, after doing the sync step above, I still did not have a Custom category under Settings | Sounds | Ringtone on my iPhone. I suspect that "something" must be done to get this to appear (like purchasing and syncing a ringtone for instance). So, to work around this, I downloaded, installed and ran the trial version of iToner. After doing one sync from within iToner, the Custom category showed up on my iPhone.

ok, so i followed your steps until i got to the change file extension. Im using a windows operated pc. How would i change the file extension on my computer.

bourg778 said:

ok, so i followed your steps until i got to the change file extension. Im using a windows operated pc. How would i change the file extension on my computer.

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On a PC the process is a little different. Once you have the clip you want in the AAC format*, simply right-click the icon, select Rename, and change the last letter of the extension. The file icon should change to an iTunes Ringtone icon.

You don't have to drag the file around anywhere; simply double-click the icon and it'll put it into your iTunes ringtone folder. Sync your iPhone and it'll be in the ringtones listing. Easy peasy.

* I have all my music in mp3 format. To make my ringtone, I made the clip I wanted using an mp3 editor and saved it to my desktop. Then I imported the clip into iTunes (File>Import...). The easy way to find the clip in your iTunes library is to sort your music by playing time, with all the short tracks at the top. Right-click your clip and convert it to AAC. If you right-click it again and Get Info, it'll show you exactly where iTunes has filed your clip. From My Computer, go to that folder and then pick up the instructions from above.

ETA: The above refers to XP, not Shista.