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Old 05-07-2010, 20:36
Joshyx
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Hey guys

I recently got the iphone 4 and just wonderd if theres a way to change the ringtone, i have a song on there that i want to change it to.
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Old 05-07-2010, 20:45
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You can't simply select a song as a ringtone. It needs to be an AAC file of 30 seconds or less, with the file extension .m4r instead of .m4a.

You can use iTunes to make your own songs into ringtones.

lexy_86 posted instructions here:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...4#post41470194


You can make your own ringtones using iTunes. Listen to the track you want and make note of the start and stop points of the song you want use. It should be no longer than 30 seconds.
[LIST][*]Select the song you want to use
[*]Right click and select 'Get Info'
[*]click the 'Options' tab and input your selected timings in the boxes and make sure these are ticked. Press 'OK'

[*]Then right click the song again and select 'Create AAC version' . Allow iTunes to do it then scroll to the top of the library, you should see your track there.
[*]Now drag and drop the track onto your desktop.
[*]Once on your desktop right click rename ( the file will be a m4a type. Change the 'a' to 'r' so it now says 'm4r') This will change the file type.
[*]Now back in iTunes, click 'File' then select 'Add file to Library'. Select desktop and you should see your ringtone file.
[*]Now it's added back to iTunes, it will be under the ringtone tab. Now you can just drag and drop it to your device.[/LIST]


It sounds long and complicated but once youve done it a couple of times it's a breeze.
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Old 05-07-2010, 20:55
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That's some good advice above - unfortunately it's not as easy to change your message tone.

For some strange reason, Apple think the iPhone will explode if we're allowed our own message tones
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Old 05-07-2010, 21:03
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Thanks alot mate
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Old 06-07-2010, 12:39
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I couldn't get the option to convert to AAC when I tried to do it on mine and found using a download called iringer to be a very simple and quick way of making a ringtone. It does it all automatically for you and sticks it back into your itunes library under ringtones without the need to do any of the renaming in the other method.

In itunes, you just need to make sure you have ticked the box to show 'Ringtones' in your list of media and also select ringtones to sync up.
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Old 07-07-2010, 20:49
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You can't simply select a song as a ringtone. It needs to be an AAC file of 30 seconds or less, with the file extension .m4r instead of .m4a.

You can use iTunes to make your own songs into ringtones.

lexy_86 posted instructions here:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...4#post41470194
How do i get the ringtone tab up???
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Old 07-07-2010, 21:18
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It won't show until you have some ringtones in your library AFAIK.

Once you've made an AAC file with the .m4r extension & added it to the library, you should see "Ringtones".
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