It's just so hard. I've tried to put my itunes songs in the ringtones folder of my iphone but it doesn't work. I've tried converting it to m4r and it doesn't work. What more can I give?!
Please help
Please help
I can't use my own ringtone on my iphone.
Hi, you could try this site here for some help?
http://gigaom.com/apple/free-custom-...g-only-itunes/
http://gigaom.com/apple/free-custom-...g-only-itunes/
Thank you both, you're stars!
I think using the app option was easier simply because it was easier to edit the point in song you wanted.
I think it's odd that you can't just drag a song from your itunes library to the ringtones folder of your iphone, and then it just converts automatically.
Thanks again.
I think using the app option was easier simply because it was easier to edit the point in song you wanted.
I think it's odd that you can't just drag a song from your itunes library to the ringtones folder of your iphone, and then it just converts automatically.
Thanks again.
Originally Posted by Nuartey1:
“Thank you both, you're stars!
I think using the app option was easier simply because it was easier to edit the point in song you wanted.
I think it's odd that you can't just drag a song from your itunes library to the ringtones folder of your iphone, and then it just converts automatically.
Thanks again.”
“Thank you both, you're stars!
I think using the app option was easier simply because it was easier to edit the point in song you wanted.
I think it's odd that you can't just drag a song from your itunes library to the ringtones folder of your iphone, and then it just converts automatically.
Thanks again.
”
It's not odd - Apple sells ringtones through iTunes for 3 times the price of the song, so having MP3s autoconvert would be shooting themselves in the foot a little. I'm surprised they haven't been pulled up on this for being anti-competitive or at the very least misleading, as there are clearly ways to get custom ringtones without paying extra.
Thats apples way of shafting it customers. Lets make it hard for them to make ringtones, send stuff on Bluetooth etc etc.
Charge them money for standard things!!
Charge them money for standard things!!
Originally Posted by BOOTHY2905:
“send stuff on Bluetooth etc etc.”
“send stuff on Bluetooth etc etc.”
People still do that?
i havent done that since i was 14years old and that was almost 11 years ago
Originally Posted by mikey86uk:
“People still do that?
i havent done that since i was 14years old and that was almost 11 years ago”
“People still do that?
i havent done that since i was 14years old and that was almost 11 years ago
”
Yep, hence why every other phone manufacturer includes this facility.
How do you transfer mp3's, pics etc between phones if needed?
Via Bluetooth of course.
He's your stereotypical apple lover thats trying to bump them up by pretending he doesn't use a feature that came in late on the iphone!
He's your stereotypical apple lover thats trying to bump them up by pretending he doesn't use a feature that came in late on the iphone!
Originally Posted by mikey86uk:
“People still do that?
i havent done that since i was 14years old and that was almost 11 years ago”
“People still do that?
i havent done that since i was 14years old and that was almost 11 years ago
”
havent done - is that because you cant?
Originally Posted by BOOTHY2905:
“Via Bluetooth of course.
He's your stereotypical apple lover thats trying to bump them up by pretending he doesn't use a feature that came in late on the iphone!”
“Via Bluetooth of course.
He's your stereotypical apple lover thats trying to bump them up by pretending he doesn't use a feature that came in late on the iphone!”
Late? Surely Bluetooth file transfer still isn't available on the iPhone unless you use a third-party app, and only then to other users of the same app?
try this website http://audiko.net/
just upload your track then cut to size and walla just remember to skip the send via sms and it will give you an option to download then just place in iTunes folder on computer where your music is saved and drag and drop into iTunes then sync easy
just upload your track then cut to size and walla just remember to skip the send via sms and it will give you an option to download then just place in iTunes folder on computer where your music is saved and drag and drop into iTunes then sync easy
Originally Posted by BOOTHY2905:
“Via Bluetooth of course.
He's your stereotypical apple lover thats trying to bump them up by pretending he doesn't use a feature that came in late on the iphone!”
“Via Bluetooth of course.
He's your stereotypical apple lover thats trying to bump them up by pretending he doesn't use a feature that came in late on the iphone!”
I think you'll find that sharing music is technically illegal. So not Apple users pretending not to want to use a feature every other phone has, but something no phone should really permit.
Now not allowing bluetooth transfer of photo's natively is a bit daft, but that is why it is an app phone. Where it is not provided as a native feature an app can fill that gap and maybe better than Apple could have done in the first place.
Apple sell music, they have contracts with all major record companies. If they opened up the ability to access the songs stored on your idevice and share them with anyone you chose they would find themselves losing those contracts and getting more stick from the music industry than they already do.
Wheter you agree with what Apple do and how they go about implementing them is up to you, but if you look at it from the view point of Apple, they have to have these restrictions in place in order to maintain the widespread hold they have over content providers. If they let even the smallest item slip through they risk losing everything they have built up in a very short time (compared to the other phone makers).
WIth the exception of Sony, I don't think any of the other phone manufacturers sell music. Those that tried all failed at it. This maybe why they can get away with turning a blind eye to the file transfer of music. I'm not sure how Sony do, but it's only their own music they deal with so they only need to worry about pissing themselves off.
Originally Posted by denzil28:
“I think you'll find that sharing copyrighted music is technically illegal. So not Apple users pretending not to want to use a feature every other phone has, but something no phone should really permit.”
“I think you'll find that sharing copyrighted music is technically illegal. So not Apple users pretending not to want to use a feature every other phone has, but something no phone should really permit.”
Fixed it for you. There's no legal reason why I can't record a song that I wrote and share it with my friends.
Besides, songs aren't the only data people would like to share. Documents, PDFs, photos, videos, and much more are perfectly legal to share, but Apple doesn't allow it, which is just backwards in this day and age.
Originally Posted by david.boobis:
“Fixed it for you. There's no legal reason why I can't record a song that I wrote and share it with my friends.
Besides, songs aren't the only data people would like to share. Documents, PDFs, photos, videos, and much more are perfectly legal to share, but Apple doesn't allow it, which is just backwards in this day and age.”
“Fixed it for you. There's no legal reason why I can't record a song that I wrote and share it with my friends.
Besides, songs aren't the only data people would like to share. Documents, PDFs, photos, videos, and much more are perfectly legal to share, but Apple doesn't allow it, which is just backwards in this day and age.”
Of course, I was taken it as given but should maybe have clarified.
I did say that I thought the fact you can't share photos natively is a bit backward. However these are smartphones so we really need to embrace the smart phone technology and go with e-mailing PDFs, videos and photos. E-mailing is a damn site quicker than Bluetooth for sharing files. One of the reasons Apple don't support Bluetooth for file sharing is because of this, you've got a mini computer in your pocket, why do you want to use 15 year old technology when you have a data plan and a 3G network (most of the time, but a bit sketchy if you're with O2!!!).
Originally Posted by denzil28:
“Of course, I was taken it as given but should maybe have clarified.
I did say that I thought the fact you can't share photos natively is a bit backward. However these are smartphones so we really need to embrace the smart phone technology and go with e-mailing PDFs, videos and photos. E-mailing is a damn site quicker than Bluetooth for sharing files. One of the reasons Apple don't support Bluetooth for file sharing is because of this, you've got a mini computer in your pocket, why do you want to use 15 year old technology when you have a data plan and a 3G network (most of the time, but a bit sketchy if you're with O2!!!).”
“Of course, I was taken it as given but should maybe have clarified.
I did say that I thought the fact you can't share photos natively is a bit backward. However these are smartphones so we really need to embrace the smart phone technology and go with e-mailing PDFs, videos and photos. E-mailing is a damn site quicker than Bluetooth for sharing files. One of the reasons Apple don't support Bluetooth for file sharing is because of this, you've got a mini computer in your pocket, why do you want to use 15 year old technology when you have a data plan and a 3G network (most of the time, but a bit sketchy if you're with O2!!!).”
Bluetooth is still widely used. Its still the best technology we have for certain tasks. Using bluetooth to share photos, documents is still a viable option for most people. Just because apple dont allow it, doent mean is no good, and its old hat.
Originally Posted by ACU:
“Bluetooth is still widely used. Its still the best technology we have for certain tasks. Using bluetooth to share photos, documents is still a viable option for most people. Just because apple dont allow it, doent mean is no good, and its old hat.”
“Bluetooth is still widely used. Its still the best technology we have for certain tasks. Using bluetooth to share photos, documents is still a viable option for most people. Just because apple dont allow it, doent mean is no good, and its old hat.”
OK, fair point so maybe I should also elaborate slightly to justify my post. In a smartphone, with full e-mail and internet connectivity bluetooth transfer is pretty much redundant and very much a last generation feature. It is much slower than e-mail and a bit of a faff to get set up at times.
If you are going to embrace current technology and get a smartphone such as an iphone then you should also embrace the changes that come with that.
For older or more basic phones, I agree, bluetooth is probably still the best method and I can see how it can be frustrating when wanting to send a photo from an iphone to an older style phone. But really, how often does that happen these days.
I use bluetooth on my iphone for connection to a hands free kit. So the technology certainly still has its place and I use it on a daily basis. I just dont think it is a viable modern day solution for sharing photos etc.
Originally Posted by denzil28:
“OK, fair point so maybe I should also elaborate slightly to justify my post. In a smartphone, with full e-mail and internet connectivity bluetooth transfer is pretty much redundant and very much a last generation feature. It is much slower than e-mail and a bit of a faff to get set up at times.
If you are going to embrace current technology and get a smartphone such as an iphone then you should also embrace the changes that come with that.
For older or more basic phones, I agree, bluetooth is probably still the best method and I can see how it can be frustrating when wanting to send a photo from an iphone to an older style phone. But really, how often does that happen these days.
I use bluetooth on my iphone for connection to a hands free kit. So the technology certainly still has its place and I use it on a daily basis. I just dont think it is a viable modern day solution for sharing photos etc.”
“OK, fair point so maybe I should also elaborate slightly to justify my post. In a smartphone, with full e-mail and internet connectivity bluetooth transfer is pretty much redundant and very much a last generation feature. It is much slower than e-mail and a bit of a faff to get set up at times.
If you are going to embrace current technology and get a smartphone such as an iphone then you should also embrace the changes that come with that.
For older or more basic phones, I agree, bluetooth is probably still the best method and I can see how it can be frustrating when wanting to send a photo from an iphone to an older style phone. But really, how often does that happen these days.
I use bluetooth on my iphone for connection to a hands free kit. So the technology certainly still has its place and I use it on a daily basis. I just dont think it is a viable modern day solution for sharing photos etc.”
Thats a fair point you make. I do agree, if you have a gadget (not just phones) you use it to the maximum of its abilities. No point in buying a smartphone, just to phone and text.
If we do want to use current technology for sharing files, then cloud computing is the way to go. Compared to cloud computing, emailing is old hat. Emailing is fine for small files. A decent high quality photo would be quite big, emailing 4 or 5 photos over 3G would take an age.
Originally Posted by ACU:
“Thats a fair point you make. I do agree, if you have a gadget (not just phones) you use it to the maximum of its abilities. No point in buying a smartphone, just to phone and text.
If we do want to use current technology for sharing files, then cloud computing is the way to go. Compared to cloud computing, emailing is old hat. Emailing is fine for small files. A decent high quality photo would be quite big, emailing 4 or 5 photos over 3G would take an age.”
“Thats a fair point you make. I do agree, if you have a gadget (not just phones) you use it to the maximum of its abilities. No point in buying a smartphone, just to phone and text.
If we do want to use current technology for sharing files, then cloud computing is the way to go. Compared to cloud computing, emailing is old hat. Emailing is fine for small files. A decent high quality photo would be quite big, emailing 4 or 5 photos over 3G would take an age.”
Yes, I forgot about the cloud (such as dropbox). I downlaoded the Dropbox app but haven't been bothered to download it on my home computer yet. I see they have updated the app with multiple photo uploading now so really must make use of it.
Originally Posted by denzil28:
“Yes, I forgot about the cloud (such as dropbox). I downlaoded the Dropbox app but haven't been bothered to download it on my home computer yet. I see they have updated the app with multiple photo uploading now so really must make use of it.”
“Yes, I forgot about the cloud (such as dropbox). I downlaoded the Dropbox app but haven't been bothered to download it on my home computer yet. I see they have updated the app with multiple photo uploading now so really must make use of it.”
I use dropbox myself. Its great for sharing stuff, and very easy to use. Have it on my work pc, home desktop/netbook and phone. So much easier than using a USB stick
right put your handbags down and tell me how i can use an mp3 as a message tone on the iphone (3gs) I don't mind converting the format etc and have already done my ringtone but I can't add my own message tone.
Originally Posted by denzil28:
“I think you'll find that sharing music is technically illegal. So not Apple users pretending not to want to use a feature every other phone has, but something no phone should really permit.
Now not allowing bluetooth transfer of photo's natively is a bit daft, but that is why it is an app phone. Where it is not provided as a native feature an app can fill that gap and maybe better than Apple could have done in the first place.
Apple sell music, they have contracts with all major record companies. If they opened up the ability to access the songs stored on your idevice and share them with anyone you chose they would find themselves losing those contracts and getting more stick from the music industry than they already do.
Wheter you agree with what Apple do and how they go about implementing them is up to you, but if you look at it from the view point of Apple, they have to have these restrictions in place in order to maintain the widespread hold they have over content providers. If they let even the smallest item slip through they risk losing everything they have built up in a very short time (compared to the other phone makers).
WIth the exception of Sony, I don't think any of the other phone manufacturers sell music. Those that tried all failed at it. This maybe why they can get away with turning a blind eye to the file transfer of music. I'm not sure how Sony do, but it's only their own music they deal with so they only need to worry about pissing themselves off.”
“I think you'll find that sharing music is technically illegal. So not Apple users pretending not to want to use a feature every other phone has, but something no phone should really permit.
Now not allowing bluetooth transfer of photo's natively is a bit daft, but that is why it is an app phone. Where it is not provided as a native feature an app can fill that gap and maybe better than Apple could have done in the first place.
Apple sell music, they have contracts with all major record companies. If they opened up the ability to access the songs stored on your idevice and share them with anyone you chose they would find themselves losing those contracts and getting more stick from the music industry than they already do.
Wheter you agree with what Apple do and how they go about implementing them is up to you, but if you look at it from the view point of Apple, they have to have these restrictions in place in order to maintain the widespread hold they have over content providers. If they let even the smallest item slip through they risk losing everything they have built up in a very short time (compared to the other phone makers).
WIth the exception of Sony, I don't think any of the other phone manufacturers sell music. Those that tried all failed at it. This maybe why they can get away with turning a blind eye to the file transfer of music. I'm not sure how Sony do, but it's only their own music they deal with so they only need to worry about pissing themselves off.”
So how then is it possible for me to put illegally downloaded tune's onto my ipod then?
Originally Posted by denzil28:
“I think you'll find that sharing music is technically illegal. So not Apple users pretending not to want to use a feature every other phone has, but something no phone should really permit.
Now not allowing bluetooth transfer of photo's natively is a bit daft, but that is why it is an app phone. Where it is not provided as a native feature an app can fill that gap and maybe better than Apple could have done in the first place.
Apple sell music, they have contracts with all major record companies. If they opened up the ability to access the songs stored on your idevice and share them with anyone you chose they would find themselves losing those contracts and getting more stick from the music industry than they already do.
Wheter you agree with what Apple do and how they go about implementing them is up to you, but if you look at it from the view point of Apple, they have to have these restrictions in place in order to maintain the widespread hold they have over content providers. If they let even the smallest item slip through they risk losing everything they have built up in a very short time (compared to the other phone makers).
WIth the exception of Sony, I don't think any of the other phone manufacturers sell music. Those that tried all failed at it. This maybe why they can get away with turning a blind eye to the file transfer of music. I'm not sure how Sony do, but it's only their own music they deal with so they only need to worry about pissing themselves off.”
“I think you'll find that sharing music is technically illegal. So not Apple users pretending not to want to use a feature every other phone has, but something no phone should really permit.
Now not allowing bluetooth transfer of photo's natively is a bit daft, but that is why it is an app phone. Where it is not provided as a native feature an app can fill that gap and maybe better than Apple could have done in the first place.
Apple sell music, they have contracts with all major record companies. If they opened up the ability to access the songs stored on your idevice and share them with anyone you chose they would find themselves losing those contracts and getting more stick from the music industry than they already do.
Wheter you agree with what Apple do and how they go about implementing them is up to you, but if you look at it from the view point of Apple, they have to have these restrictions in place in order to maintain the widespread hold they have over content providers. If they let even the smallest item slip through they risk losing everything they have built up in a very short time (compared to the other phone makers).
WIth the exception of Sony, I don't think any of the other phone manufacturers sell music. Those that tried all failed at it. This maybe why they can get away with turning a blind eye to the file transfer of music. I'm not sure how Sony do, but it's only their own music they deal with so they only need to worry about pissing themselves off.”
Its absolutely nothing to do with that ffs lol
If it was then there would be absolutely no way like said above for you to put your own music on your ipod/ipad/iphone/imac etc.
Its all about apple being in control and making more money for simple things.
