Ringtone for iphone 3G

MrsE_2

I've got an iphone 3G:( (I thought it was a 3GS).

Itunes software has moved on & now I can't have a ringtone, just the standard ones that come with the phone - that everyone else has & you never know if its your phone ringing:mad:

I took it into the ishop yesterday - they said it couldnt be updated any further.

Now the phone is fine, I just want a ringtone, so rather than buying a new iphone (:eek:) the man in the shop said I could create one & drag from itunes to the phone.

I have no idea how to do this & them not getting a sale weren't going to help.
Idiots guide to how I can do this:o

Toxteth_OGrady

Was tempted to LMGTFY it but here you are:

http://maketecheasier.com/create-an-iphone-ringtone-using-itunes-for-free/2009/05/15

MrsE_2

Toxteth_OGrady wrote: »

Was tempted to LMGTFY it but here you are:

http://maketecheasier.com/create-an-iphone-ringtone-using-itunes-for-free/2009/05/15

No idea what LMGTFY, but thank you.

This might be a stupid question, but I see Amazon sell music downloads at a better price than itunes.
If I bought some off Amazon I would still be able to do the whole converter thing on them?

Toxteth_OGrady

Click on LMGTFY

Toxteth_OGrady

MrsE wrote: »

If I bought some off Amazon I would still be able to do the whole converter thing on them?

I would imagine that if you added them to your iTunes library from your Music folder, then yes.

MrsE_2

I've downloaded 2 albums from Amazon to Itunes, but I can't get them onto my phone.

Is this also because I'm running an old 3 G phone?

I've googled & googled it & I can't see how I can't do it!!!!
Apple are updating their help stuff & I cant access it.

Mr_Toad

MrsE wrote: »

I've got an iphone 3G:( (I thought it was a 3GS).

Itunes software has moved on & now I can't have a ringtone, just the standard ones that come with the phone - that everyone else has & you never know if its your phone ringing:mad:

I took it into the ishop yesterday - they said it couldnt be updated any further.

Now the phone is fine, I just want a ringtone, so rather than buying a new iphone (:eek:) the man in the shop said I could create one & drag from itunes to the phone.

I have no idea how to do this & them not getting a sale weren't going to help.
Idiots guide to how I can do this:o

He was right, you can make your own ringtone from any song you have in iTunes.

Chooses the song you want.

Right click and 'Get Info'

Go to the options tab and tick the start and stop time boxes.

A ring tone can only be up to 30seconds long so if you want the intro as your ringtone set the start to 0 and the stop time to 30 seconds. You can choose any 30 second chunk of the song. so start at 10 end at 40 is OK

click Ok then right click and select create AAC version

This will create a copy that is only 30 second long.

Drag the copy, not the original, to the desktop then delete the copy from iTunes

Go to the desktop and the song should be there called something.m4a

Right click and rename the song - change the last 'a' in .m4a to an 'r' so the song becomes something.m4r - important as .m4a = song and .m4r = ringtone

Double click on the song and it should open in iTunes and play - this is how you get the new ringtone into iTunes the easy way.

Now sync your iPhone and you should have your new ringtone. It should be in the Tones folder of iTunes.

Have a go and let us know how you get on.

Mr_Toad

One thing that does occur to me is that I think this only works on songs that you've imported from a CD - I'm not sure it will work on song's bought via iTunes because of the copywrite (DRM) protection. I'm not sure and I can't check as I've never bought a song from iTunes, all my stuff comes from my CD collection.

Perhaps someone else can try it and clarify.

MrsE_2

Did you see my last post?

Maybe the reason I can't do this is because my phones a 3G?

MrsE_2

masonn wrote: »

One thing that does occur to me is that I think this only works on songs that you've imported from a CD - I'm not sure it will work on song's bought via iTunes because of the copywrite (DRM) protection. I'm not sure and I can't check as I've never bought a song from iTunes, all my stuff comes from my CD collection.

Perhaps someone else can try it and clarify.

Can't do it on purchased downloads.

I can't get music from my PC to phone to try.

matphil

I've used this site for mine although I don't know if it would work on a 3G as mine is a 4.

http://www.free-ringtones.cc/