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Hey everybody,
Like many of you I have had my share of problem in the ringtone department, all is not lost however. I am using Windows by the way.

My set up:
---------------------------------------------
iTunes 7.5
iPhone 1.1.2
That's all you need....oh wait you need your song too (Don't!!!)
---------------------------------------------

Here's what I have been doing, and it has worked every time (at least the last 10 time I have tried).

First get your song, trim it to less than 30 seconds. My 30 second song was always in mp3. Now open this file with itunes, and convert it aac.

The aac file should be directly underneath (it was for me) the original file (in iTunes). Right click on the converted file (they both will have the same name) and click on get info. A new box should come up, now on the bottom you should see the path, right click on that path and click "show in windows explorer"

Now you should see you file, it should have a .m4a extension. Zip this file. Now go back to itunes and delete both of your files, the original song and the converted song.

Go back to windows explorer, and unzip the zipped file. Now change the name from m4a to m4r. All lowercase.

Double click click on the m4r file, and iTunes should pop with your ringtone should appear under the well, the Ringtone tab.

I am going to skip the steps for the sync part (if you need that, let me know)

Now sync! You should be good to go, if not, let us know!

Good luck and have a great day!
 
Will this Windows method correct the "everything works fine, but the ringtone won't actually play" error? In other words, I convert. I rename. I sync. It shows up on the iphone under the custom tab. I select it. Silence. If the phone rings only vibrate. It plays in iTunes. It sounds great. It's less than 30 seconds. Everything works perfect EXCEPT once it gets put on the phone, it goes silent. The stock ringtones still work, so something isn't right. Any ideas?????
 
Resevdog said:
Will this Windows method correct the "everything works fine, but the ringtone won't actually play" error? In other words, I convert. I rename. I sync. It shows up on the iphone under the custom tab. I select it. Silence. If the phone rings only vibrate. It plays in iTunes. It sounds great. It's less than 30 seconds. Everything works perfect EXCEPT once it gets put on the phone, it goes silent. The stock ringtones still work, so something isn't right. Any ideas?????
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Can you please tell us which version of iTunes you are using, and which iPhone firmware version you are using?
 
Oh, sorry. I'm using all the latest versions. iTunes 7.5, iPhone 1.1.2. Vista. (yeah yeah, it's a work deal...)
 
Hi All

I have done everything and what i dont seem to know how to do is rename the file on XP any help????

Thanks
 
movielover21 said:
Hey everybody,
Like many of you I have had my share of problem in the ringtone department, all is not lost however. I am using Windows by the way.

My set up:
---------------------------------------------
iTunes 7.5
iPhone 1.1.2
That's all you need....oh wait you need your song too (Don't!!!)
---------------------------------------------

Here's what I have been doing, and it has worked every time (at least the last 10 time I have tried).

First get your song, trim it to less than 30 seconds. My 30 second song was always in mp3. Now open this file with itunes, and convert it aac.

The aac file should be directly underneath (it was for me) the original file (in iTunes). Right on the converted file (they both will have the same name) and click on get info. A new box should come up, now on the bottom you should see the path, right click on that path and click "show in windows explorer"

Now you should see you file, it should have a .m4a extension. Zip this file. Now go back to itunes and delete both of your files, the original song and the converted song.

Go back to windows explorer, and unzip the zipped file. Now change the name from m4a to m4r. All lowercase.

Double click click on the m4r file, and iTunes should pop with your ringtone should appear under the well, the Ringtone tab.

I am going to skip the steps for the sync part (if you need that, let me know)

Now sync! You should be good to go, if not, let us know!

Good luck and have a great day!
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i love you!!!!!!!!
 
Caedo said:
I have done everything and what i dont seem to know how to do is rename the file on XP any help????

Thanks
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I am assuming you are unable to see the extension of your file.

Here's what you do:

Open Windows Explorer. Click on Tools-->Folder Options--> Click on the View Tab --> Now look for a check box with the text "Hide extensions for known file types" --> Uncheck this check box and click apply

You should now be able to see the file extensions.

Hope that helps. Have a good one.
 
but when you do this you have a ringtone that is the full song right? not just the part of the song???
 
cdavi060 said:
but when you do this you have a ringtone that is the full song right? not just the part of the song???
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Unfortunately at the moment, the limit is set at 30 seconds . Although some have said there are higher limits - around 40 seconds or so, I have maxed out at 30 seconds.
 
I used iToner and it worked great for me, I mean how many rintones do you need to add over a 30 day free period, and what the heck if you want to ad more at a layter date is 15 buck going to break the bank with a 500 bucks phone??????
 
ndwgolf said:
I used iToner and it worked great for me, I mean how many rintones do you need to add over a 30 day free period, and what the heck if you want to ad more at a layter date is 15 buck going to break the bank with a 500 bucks phone??????
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Why should people pay for it, when it can be done for free?
 
Hey I have followed all the instructions on this forum for the ringtones..........BUT i need some help i am running itunes 7.5 BUT i have a Iphone version 1.0 not a 1.0.1 or a 1.0.2.....the virgin batch from back in july..........now everything worked i got the m4r converted from the m4a and i double clicked it and it added itself to the ringtone folder on itunes but now when i want to sync it up with my Iphone there is no ringtones tab??????????..........on my itunes though there is a ringtones folder and my ringtone is in there and everything but no Ringtone tab on my Iphone section..........what could be the prob here????.......what can i do for a version 1.0???????/
 
oh and btw I have installed appsnap or apptapp software and it works beautifully with version 1.0 that i have so i dont know if that helps as well.........i just nned to fix the ringtones part...........have the songs in itunes ringtone folder when i open up iyunes just when i open up the iphone part where it has tabs for music and videos no tab for ringtones grrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!.....help please
 
converting ringtones

I have a PC. I know this is a mac forum but I was wondering if I could get some help. I have windows vista and I don't know the process I have to go through to convert MP3 into M4R which I think is the formate needed for iphone ring tones. If anyone does can they go into detail and how I go about this process. Step by step. Thanks.
 
itunes 7.5 ringtones free??

I have 7.5 itunes and Iphone with most recent software upgrade and macbook pro and am unable to get free ringtone. I've followed the instructions exactly and see the song I want in the ringtones section of Itunes, but iphone does not see it. Any suggestions?

thanks much
 
ringtones

joohio37 said:
is there a step by step yet for windows ?


jeff
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if ur ringtones r not syncing follow this, if u r trying to put ring tones on ur iphone but the same song is showing up loads of times and it only plays that song as well follow this.

i have read a lot of threads and came up with a lot of errors, here is how it worked for me.

the best way to put ringtones on jailbroken 1.1.3 iphone and latest itunes do the following:

1.find the song and use windows movie maker to cut it under 30seconds.
2.save it as a movie file to ur desktop. it will say wma at the end of it, with a windows media player sign.
3.open itunes and drag file into music folder. this will ask u if u want to chage to AAC click yes.
4.then drag file back to desk top once converted.
5.click on the file to re-name, the extension will say e.g- billyjean.m4a, change this to billyjean(m4r). the symbol will then say ringtone on it.
6.drag this file back into the ringtone section of the library where it will save.
7. go to ur iphone IMPO--**make sure the manually sort out my account is unchecked, or else this will not work.****8. go to ringtones on the tab at the top, ur ringtones will appear here, the sync them all.
finished: now all ur tones should appear on ur iphone.
 
changing extensions on windows

itsyaboyaj said:
i might be slow, but how exactly do u change the extension on the file
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Windows Explorer
The first thing to do is open Windows Explorer (or My Computer) and view the file you wish to change.


At this stage you might notice that your file does not appear to have an extension. This is probably because you have Windows set to hide extension names. Go to Tools > Folder Options, then click the View tab. Uncheck the box titled "Hide extensions for known file types".


Click OK. Now you should be able to see the file extensions for all files. Right-click the file name and select Rename.

all you have to do is convert file to aac first using itunes, drag it back to desktop, the file extension will say (m4a) just rename to (m4r) you are just chaging the name not the file.

hope this helpd
 
How to Add Ringtones for FREE

how do you chang a file to AAC? I clicked on convert to AAC through itunes but how do you get it to save as an AAC file? When I copied the file I went to properties to check and the file became an M4a. Help please
 
bigdmoney4life said:
how do you chang a file to AAC? I clicked on convert to AAC through itunes but how do you get it to save as an AAC file? When I copied the file I went to properties to check and the file became an M4a. Help please
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that is what is supposed to happen.

the file is supposed to become .m4a

you then just change this m4a to m4r then drag this into your ringtones library folder in itunes.

make sure you uncheck manage my own folders on the iphone summary page, then jus sync the tone and there you go. if you have any more troubles let me know. if you need a proper step by step jus email me ill try step by step.
 
movielover21 said:
Hey everybody,
Like many of you I have had my share of problem in the ringtone department, all is not lost however. I am using Windows by the way.

My set up:
---------------------------------------------
iTunes 7.5
iPhone 1.1.2
That's all you need....oh wait you need your song too (Don't!!!)
---------------------------------------------

Here's what I have been doing, and it has worked every time (at least the last 10 time I have tried).

First get your song, trim it to less than 30 seconds. My 30 second song was always in mp3. Now open this file with itunes, and convert it aac.

The aac file should be directly underneath (it was for me) the original file (in iTunes). Right click on the converted file (they both will have the same name) and click on get info. A new box should come up, now on the bottom you should see the path, right click on that path and click "show in windows explorer"

Now you should see you file, it should have a .m4a extension. Zip this file. Now go back to itunes and delete both of your files, the original song and the converted song.

Go back to windows explorer, and unzip the zipped file. Now change the name from m4a to m4r. All lowercase.

Double click click on the m4r file, and iTunes should pop with your ringtone should appear under the well, the Ringtone tab.

I am going to skip the steps for the sync part (if you need that, let me know)

Now sync! You should be good to go, if not, let us know!

Good luck and have a great day!
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Great tip, works flawlessly. Thanks.
 
shayin said:
that is what is supposed to happen.

the file is supposed to become .m4a

you then just change this m4a to m4r then drag this into your ringtones library folder in itunes.

make sure you uncheck manage my own folders on the iphone summary page, then jus sync the tone and there you go. if you have any more troubles let me know. if you need a proper step by step jus email me ill try step by step.
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How do you change m4a to m4r?
 
bigdmoney4life said:
How do you change m4a to m4r?
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first you do this!!!

Windows Explorer
The first thing to do is open Windows Explorer (or My Computer) and view the file you wish to change.


At this stage you might notice that your file does not appear to have an extension. This is probably because you have Windows set to hide extension names. Go to Tools > Folder Options, then click the View tab. Uncheck the box titled "Hide extensions for known file types".


Click OK. Now you should be able to see the file extensions for all files. Right-click the file name and select Rename.

then the file will say blahblah.m4a, just delete the 'a' on the end and put an 'r' in its place. there you have it youve changed a m4a file to a m4r file.
 
I can't sync ringtones to my iphone

I followed the above instructions and got ringtones in my itunes library and they will not sync to the iphone. When I drag them directly to the iphone logo on itunes, they copy ok. However, all the custom ringtones on the phone itself are the same song! Has anyone seen this problem?
:confused:
itunes 7.6.1
iphone 1.1.2
 
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