New iPhone user: How to add custom ringtones to iPhone 4?

toasty hoodie · Oct 16, 2011, 09:22 PM

Just got my new (to me) iPhone 4 today. Looking to learn how to add custom ringtones to it as I need something different for a few different contacts.

Thanks ahead of time!

nippyjun · Oct 16, 2011, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by toasty hoodie

Just got my new (to me) iPhone 4 today. Looking to learn how to add custom ringtones to it as I need something different for a few different contacts.

Thanks ahead of time!

Easiest way is to buy them in the iTunes store on your phone.

The cheapest way is to make or get free ones. Use google for instructions how to do this.

dontwalkhand · Oct 16, 2011, 11:34 PM

If you are on a Mac, use GarageBand, this is the best way to do it, and it'll be free.

After you finish creating your song (or chopping down a song you already have) go to the Share menu and then choose Send Ringtone to iTunes. From there, drag it from your iTunes library onto the phone.

Hope this helps

mcdj · Oct 16, 2011, 11:44 PM

How to make a ringtone without Garage Band.

1. Import your desired track into iTunes.

2. CTRL/Right click the track and select "Create AAC version".

3. CTRL/Right click the newly created AAC version and select "Show in Finder" (Mac), or whatever the likely equivalent is on a PC…show file?

4. Go to the folder the AAC file is located in. It will be called songname.m4A. Rename the extension to m4r and move it to your desktop.

5. Go back to iTunes and delete the AAC version from your library.

6. Go to your desktop and double click the m4r file. It will be imported into iTunes as a ringtone.

7. Done.

Ice-Cube · Oct 17, 2011, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcdj

How to make a ringtone without Garage Band.

1. Import your desired track into iTunes.

2. CTRL/Right click the track and select "Create AAC version".

3. CTRL/Right click the newly created AAC version and select "Show in Finder" (Mac), or whatever the likely equivalent is on a PC…show file?

4. Go to the folder the AAC file is located in. It will be called songname.m4A. Rename the extension to m4r and move it to your desktop.

5. Go back to iTunes and delete the AAC version from your library.

6. Go to your desktop and double click the m4r file. It will be imported into iTunes as a ringtone.

7. Done.

Before step 2, you can also right click on the track, and determine the length you want to crop under Get info>options>start/stop time.

toasty hoodie · Oct 17, 2011, 01:34 AM

Thanks, I'll give it a try. I have a Mac btw.

It's just that there were some ringtones from my Droid that I got from Zedge that I wanna use on my iPhone.

toasty hoodie · Oct 17, 2011, 02:05 AM

The AAC conversion worked perfectly, thanks!

BGTHEMOGUL · Oct 19, 2011, 03:44 PM

This worked perfect and helped me out a lot!

TullyMars · Dec 5, 2011, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ice-Cube

Before step 2, you can also right click on the track, and determine the length you want to crop under Get info>options>start/stop time.

Ice-Cube.....thanks for the post. Just set up a friend with the iphone and this got them up and running in no time.....much obliged!

tracked · 06:13 AM

Adding custom ringtones to iPhone is so easy i found a great article http://www.nkjskj.com/ios/app-ios/ma...tom-ringtones/

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mcdj macrumors 603 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NYC	How to make a ringtone without Garage Band. 1. Import your desired track into iTunes. 2. CTRL/Right click the track and select "Create AAC version". 3. CTRL/Right click the newly created AAC version and select "Show in Finder" (Mac), or whatever the likely equivalent is on a PC…show file? 4. Go to the folder the AAC file is located in. It will be called songname.m4A. Rename the extension to m4r and move it to your desktop. 5. Go back to iTunes and delete the AAC version from your library. 6. Go to your desktop and double click the m4r file. It will be imported into iTunes as a ringtone. 7. Done.
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Oct 17, 2011, 01:34 AM	#6
toasty hoodie Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2011	Thanks, I'll give it a try. I have a Mac btw. It's just that there were some ringtones from my Droid that I got from Zedge that I wanna use on my iPhone.
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Oct 17, 2011, 02:05 AM	#7
toasty hoodie Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2011	The AAC conversion worked perfectly, thanks!
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Oct 19, 2011, 03:44 PM	#8
BGTHEMOGUL macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2010	This worked perfect and helped me out a lot!
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