iPhone XR I have an .m4r ringtone on my PC. How the *** do I get it onto my iPhone?

[martin2345uk]

I have the m4r file, 29 seconds long, in a folder. I open iTunes, connect my iPhone, open the "Tones" folder and drag the tone into there but it gives the little red "Not allowed" symbol. If I change the file to m4a, iTunes will happily play it.

Any ideas?

 

[Spetsgruppa]

it must be in a format of what iTunes will play. i was planning to put in a ringtone but gave up lol.

 

[martin2345uk]

They’re in .m4r format which I believe is the right one? I also gave up anyway 😂

 

[Apple_Robert]

The app iMazing (comes with free trial) easily puts custom ringtones on your phone. Works every time for me. Simple drag and drop.

 

[anitak1982]

I prefer the original text tone from my first phone that is on an .m4r file. I put it on my iphone through itunes. I watched a youtube video how to do it.

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

Yeah I’d recommend just finding a recent step-by-step guide that will walk you through the conversions. It’s definitely not easy. I did a whole bunch of them last year and eventually ended up defaulting back to the stock sounds.

 

[jr866gooner]

I had to use garage band on my iPhone and the file can be added to the files area in the files app.

There are articles explaining the process.

 

[svish]

Use iMazing to transfer ringtones to iPhone