I have Custom Ringtones working in 1.1.1

Thanks!

It works great. My customs ringtones are working again.

Well if only I had 7.4.0

I hate the default ringers. Matter of fact earlier I missed a call because I didnt even hear it ring. Granted the phone was in the other room, but with my old custom one you couldnt not hear it.

Ya, ya, I can buy one from iTunes. Well, I would if the selection was better. The custom one I had isnt available to be made into a ringtone.

stonedgrace said:

http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite...es7/Mac/061-3602.20070905.mUy57/iTunes7.4.dmg

iTunes 7.4.0

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thank you very much

I cant install it because i already have 7.4.2 installed, if i delete 7.4.2 and install 7.4 will i have to put all my music back onto itunes or will it be all there?

Just an FYI that with a non-modified/hacked iPhone, when I went to 1.1.1. under iTunes 7.4.1. all my custom, non-iTunes ringtones survived the update and subsequent syncs. I started a new thread with more specifics.

And Bernie-Mac, export your iTunes library prior to deleting 7.4.2. and installing 7.4.0. I don't think Apple has changed the database so you should be able to re-import under 7.4.0.

Worst case, just upgrade back to 7.4.2. and re-import.

(on a mac) I just downgraded from 7.4.2 to 7.4.0. At first it wouldn't let me install, saying a new version already existed. Then I dragged the iTunes app to the trash and tried again. Worked like a charm. The library was not disturbed in the least.

Cool thanks guys!! i just did what mcdj did and it worked perfectly

:edit: I just tried the method the op posted...worked perfectly as well, thank you for the method

Hmm...yeah only 2 of mine worked out of like 5 but hey 2 free ringtones are better than none

You can get more than 2 ringtones, but sometimes you have to work at it a little. Remove the ones not working from the Ringtone library and re-sync. Try soft reset of the iPhone (but probably not necessary). Then make the ringtones again. I've done 3 out or 4 and 1 was a bear to get in. The fourth I'm starting from scratch - that is when I stop reading and posting.

As you already found out. You can uninstall 7.4.2 and reinstall 7.4.0 and all your music will still be there. You can also sync to a PC (with the Ringtone sync UNchecked) and not lose your ringtones. (You need a Mac to install the ringtones in the first place, though.)

I'm psyched that it works.

Cinemagic said:

You can get more than 2 ringtones, but sometimes you have to work at it a little. Remove the ones not working from the Ringtone library and re-sync. Try soft reset of the iPhone (but probably not necessary). Then make the ringtones again. I've done 3 out or 4 and 1 was a bear to get in. The fourth I'm starting from scratch - that is when I stop reading and posting.

As you already found out. You can uninstall 7.4.2 and reinstall 7.4.0 and all your music will still be there. You can also sync to a PC (with the Ringtone sync UNchecked) and not lose your ringtones. (You need a Mac to install the ringtones in the first place, though.)

I'm psyched that it works.

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Oh look at that, yeah i tried removing 2 that didnt work and re-syncing them and it worked! Thanks! One of my ringtones in the ringtones tab is 32 seconds for the first copy and the second copy is 33 seconds so i guess im going to have to make that one form scratch again, oh well, and yeah im psyched this works too!!

stonedgrace said:

http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite...es7/Mac/061-3602.20070905.mUy57/iTunes7.4.dmg

iTunes 7.4.0

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Thanks a much, stonedgrace.

If this place had rep points I'm sure you'd be buried in them by now.

(Still haven't updated to v1.1.1, just keeping this in my back pocked, just in case.)

We still need a windows way of doing this....i'm sure not everyone has a mac

Question: When renaming the file from .m4r to .m4a is that the file located in the ringtones folder in music? When I rename hte file to .m4r and double click it, it auto moves from the folder its in, to the ringtones folder.

I got one to work last night, but can't get any others, and i don't remember what was different about the first one.

FYI here is my process:

I make mp3 into ringtone using audacity. Double click 30 second mp3 ringtone, opens in itunes, and convert to AAC. Delete 30 second AAC and mp3 from itunes but keep files.

Then I open the folder and change the .m4a to .m4r, double click it, and it plays in itunes under the ringtones heading. The files moves from its original folder, into a ringtones folder.

I then go into that folder, change it to .m4a and drag it to makeiPhoneringtone. It copies that and puts it into the ringtone folder. I now have two 30 second clips, clip and clip1 both with a m4a extension.

They both appear on the sync list, but do not sync. When they do sync, they do not play.

Any advice?

So you can use rintones with 1.1.1 and itunes 7.4.0

and you can use rintones with 7.4.2 if you have 1.0.2

But you can't use ringtones if you have 1.1.1 and 7.4.2.


This reminds me very much of Batman (the first movie) where perfume alone won't cause the Joker's chemical effect, BUT perfume mixed with hairspray will permanently distort your face.

So ringtones don't work with 7.4.1 and 1.1.1?

Thanks, though. This was the only problem I had with 1.1.1 - no free ringtones.

wow i played with this and it worked!! thanks you are a god... i just needed one ringtone which is this one that isnt on itunes..

http://homepage.mac.com/ejrizo/cellphoneringing.m4a

cause i want a normal sounding tone... and i got it!

p.s. this file is straight from garage band

WHAT HAPPENED!?!?

I Had it! I hear the Flock of Seagulls on the phone, and then all of a sudden, i see the file, but no music! WHAT!?!?! I WAS SO CLOSE!!

Yeah, I had that problem. They showed up on the list but were silent.

So, I downgraded to 1.0.2.

The General said:

Yeah, I had that problem. They showed up on the list but were silent.

So, I downgraded to 1.0.2.

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Hmm??????

I thought that was impossible to go from 1.1.1 to 1.0.2

drm309 said:

Hmm??????

I thought that was impossible to go from 1.1.1 to 1.0.2

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Nope.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/362515/

The General said:

So ringtones don't work with 7.4.1 and 1.1.1?

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They do for me (on the Mac), with the proviso that iTunes 7.4.1 sees the ringtones and will sync them to your iPhone before you upgrade to 1.1.1.

There have been some reports that if you try and change your default ringtone or any ringtone assigned to a Contact after upgrading to 1.1.1, it will no longer work.

In my case, I used the ".m4x rename" trick to get them into iTunes and sync them to my iPhone. While I have all the third-party tools to do this for Mac and Windows (iToner, MakeiPhoneRingtones, etc.), I did not use them to get ringtones into iTunes or the iPhone.

so what exactly is the proper method to going down to 7.4?

If i copy my entire itunes library on an external HDD, then delete iTunes and then install itunes 7.4 and paste back my music where itunes sets itself, im good?

illegalprelude said:

so what exactly is the proper method to going down to 7.4?

If i copy my entire itunes library on an external HDD, then delete iTunes and then install itunes 7.4 and paste back my music where itunes sets itself, im good?

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You should not even need to do that much. Just export and save your iTunes database and when you downgrade, just import it back in. The process is well-outlined on Apple's support forums.