I'm tired of using work arounds for custom ringtones only to have them get wiped out after an update. I am willing to pay for the iTunes feature, but I find musical ringtones (parts of songs) annoying. Has anyone found anything within the iTunes music store that has interesting cell phone sounds?
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Anyone else not like music for their ringtone?
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Never mind ringtones, if someone can figure out how to get Chewbacca to growl when a SMS arrives I'll be happy !
I can't understand how anyone has ANY ringtone. The only place where it seems socially acceptable to have audible ringtones is in one's own home, or perhaps outdoors.
I certainly can't take my ringer off vibrate while at work.
I just always leave mine on vibrate rather than risk a faux pas.
I certainly can't take my ringer off vibrate while at work.
I just always leave mine on vibrate rather than risk a faux pas.
I'm in agreement with you on this one. Non-song ringtones would be very welcomed. Perhaps it would then be possible to pick one that I could hear or even bump the volume up with the itunes editor. I'll never purchase a song for a ringtone that sounds like crap anyways on the external speaker.
Precisely. Custom ringtones in public are not as cool as everyone likes to believe. But more and more people love to show off their toys as a sign of affluence... and the problem is now kids have developed an "entitlement" attitude... in surveys done year after year, teenagers now more than in any previous survey year aspire to be wealthy at an early age... Not surprisingly, they try to exude affluence by running up credit cards to buy fashionable clothes, gadgets, etc. rather than learning fiscal conservancy.
Of course we live with an administration that doesn't teach fiscal conservancy either, so it's not surprising that kids think it's all right to run amok with debt.
What are the default ring tones like on iPhone?
Any classic rings?
I fecking hate fancy crap melodies and songs for ring tones.
Any classic rings?
I fecking hate fancy crap melodies and songs for ring tones.
The problem with the default tones is they arent loud enough. And if you ask me there isnt an acceptable "phone ring" at all. Only option is the old fashioned telephone, which sucks.
Cool. I just want a 'Brrrrr Brrrrr'
sound and not Eminem telling me phone is ringing. Regarding the volume. Thats not too much of a problem as I always have ring and vibrate on together. Hopefully that is an option on the iPhone?
Cool. I just want a 'Brrrrr Brrrrr'
Regarding the volume. Thats not too much of a problem as I always have ring and vibrate on together. Hopefully that is an option on the iPhone?
It is. Ring and vibrate always on here.
What I'd like is "vibetones." Change the vibration based on the event, sort of like Morse code. Maybe assign a special vibration pattern to specific callers, etc.
Your theory also explains why everyone complains that the ringers aren't loud enough; it's not loud enough until *everyone* can hear it.
Agreed. Before 1.1.1, I had a corporate sounding ringtone on the phone. Just something similar to what I have at my office. IMHO, musical ringtones just sound inappropriate - especially in an office environment.
So...does iTunes have any ringtones that fit this description???
--DotComCTO
Agreed. I only have my ringer on at home- never at work, never when I go out, never anywhere else.
It's surprising how many obnoxious, clueless people leave their phones on all day long. At my old office two older guys ALWAYS had their ringer on, extremely loud, and would let it ring. If it was someone they didn't want to talk to, they would let it ring until it stopped. Honestly- press a friggin button and turn that garbage off!
hahaha agreed. I cannot stand music ringtones. With the exception of something unqiue or old school at times. . . lol "dbag"
Not to get into a thing, and I hate all custom ringtones (except for my IT Crowd and Adult Swim ones ) but listening to a ringtone is no more annoying than listening to someone yammering away on their phone, except the phone calls usually last more than a couple of rings.
Yes I know that I have a cell phone. I'm just saying that other people's conversations haven't magically become pleasant to listen too just because cell phones are common place.
If you want to keep your ringtones through software updates then just upload then to the same directory that Apple keeps their official ones.
) but listening to a ringtone is no more annoying than listening to someone yammering away on their phone, except the phone calls usually last more than a couple of rings. Yes I know that I have a cell phone. I'm just saying that other people's conversations haven't magically become pleasant to listen too just because cell phones are common place.
If you want to keep your ringtones through software updates then just upload then to the same directory that Apple keeps their official ones.
Guess I'm an idiot as I confess I have used some Jazz and Classical as ringtones before.
Never mind ringtones, if someone can figure out how to get Chewbacca to growl when a SMS arrives I'll be happy !
Using gunfire as a ringtone at a policeman's convention might really be fun.