Guide to add custom ringtones to your iPhone

[Mubs]

I've compiled a guide for anyone that wants to have a custom ringtone on their iPhone. This can also be used as a base for adding other modifications to your iPhone. I've also assembled a nice little package with everything you need to follow my guide. At the moment, this version of jailbreak only works on intel Mac's. The universal one I found didn't work correctly so I'll let you know when I find a universal version.

I have to start off by saying that all the hard work was not done by myself. It was done mostly by "geohot", "nightwatch" and "ziel", as well as the rest of the guys in #iphone-dev. Thanks guys, you rock!

<b>Although highly unlikely, messing with your phone this way has the potential to screw things up beyond repair. If you do feel you have messed something up, in most cases a simple restore will do the job. I am not responsible if you brick your iPhone.</b>

It's a good idea to make sure you have a backup of the stuff on your iPhone before starting this procedure.

Keep iTunes closed throughout this guide as it may complicate things. If it opens, pause to close it, then continue. You'll also want to keep your iPhone docked and plugged into the computer during the entire process.

<b>Step 1:</b> Download the <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/42629387/iPhone_goodies.zip.html" target="_blank">magical package of goodies</a> and unzip them to your desktop. I'll be assuming you've done this throughout the guide.

<b>Step 2:</b> After you've unzipped your goodies, pop open the Terminal located in the Applications > Utilities folder.

<b>Step 3:</b> In the terminal, type the following -
<blockquote><i>cd ~/Desktop/iPhone\ goodies/tools/</i></blockquote>Hit return, then type
<blockquote><i>./jailbreak</i></blockquote> and press return.

<b>Step 4:</b> Restart your iPhone into soft recovery mode by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button and Home button at the same time. Keep these two buttons held until you see a yellow exclamation mark with the words "Please Connect to iTunes" at which point you can let go. You will see a spinning gear shortly after while the iPhone boots. When it's done, it will restart.

You are now out of jail, lets do something fun! How about setting up the CTU ringtone?

<b>Step 5:</b> In the same terminal window which is currently in the "tools" directory from before, type the following -
<blockquote><i>./iphoneinterface</i></blockquote>Hit return. You should now see the following:
<blockquote><i>Waiting for phone... established.
iPhone state: Activated
type "help" for help
iPhone:/#</i></blockquote><b>Step 6:</b> Time to upload your CTU ringtone. The following is all case sensitive so I recommend copying and pasting. At the prompt, type -
<blockquote><i>cd Library/Ringtones</i></blockquote>Hit return, then type -
<blockquote><i>putfile CTU.mp3</i></blockquote>Hit return again. Type <blockquote><i>quit</i></blockquote>and press return. You should now have the CTU ringtone on your iPhone. You can choose the ringtone from the Ringtone preference pane in Settings.

But wait a tick, iTunes doesn't understand what's gone on with your iPhone. What do you do? It's time to put yourself back into jail so you can continue using your iPhone normally. Don't worry, your sweet new ringtone will still be there.

<b>Step 7:</b> Assuming that you've still got the magical folder unzipped on your desktop, type the following into a terminal window -
<blockquote><i>cd ~/Desktop/iPhone\ goodies/tools/</i></blockquote>Press return

<b>Step 8:</b> Type the following -
<blockquote><i>./iphoneinterface</i></blockquote>Hit return. You should now see the following:
<blockquote><i>Waiting for phone... established.
iPhone state: Activated
type "help" for help
iPhone:/#</i></blockquote><b>Step 9:</b> At the prompt, type -
<blockquote><i>cd System/Library/Lockdown</i></blockquote>Hit return, then type -
<blockquote><i>rmdir Services.plist</i></blockquote>and press return.

<b>Step 10:</b> Right now you're pretty naked as you've just removed the Services.plist from your iPhone. Don't worry, we have another in the tools folder ready to go.

To upload the new copy, type -
<blockquote><i>putfile Services.plist</i></blockquote>press return and type -
<blockquote><i>quit</i></blockquote>
hit return once more and you're done!

<b>Step 11:</b> Changes will not take effect until you restart your iPhone. To do so, hold the Sleep/Wake button and Home button at the same time until the screen goes black. Turn it back on and your iPhone should now be in correct working order able to be synced. The CTU ringtone should still be available.

There you have it! I've also included some tweaked AT&T logos for your tweaking pleasure. If you're feeling adventurous, they go into the System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app/ directory on your iPhone.

<b>Note: Everything you want to upload to the phone must be located in the "tools" directory.</b>

Have fun!

[Michael Johnston]

Awesome, Mubs! I'll be trying this out right away. I'll let you know if it works :)

[Mubs]

Haha, no problem. I hope it doesn't wreck your phone. Make sure you follow the instructions and don't stray from the path. If you know your way around the terminal, it should be easy.

[Michael Johnston]

I had a problem getting the iPhoneInterface app to see the phone at first. I managed to get it working by undocking, redocking and then running it again. I had to cd back to the /Desktop/iPhone\ goodies/tools/ directory before I did it, though.

Just FYI for everyone!

[Michael Johnston]

Awesome, it worked! That was astonishingly painless. Thanks again Mubs, I'll be trying your custom carrier logo next. If it works, can I post this on the front page?

[Mubs]

I don't have a problem with you posting it or whatever. I'm just happy that my instructions are good.

[Edward Kirk]

Nice. I must say, Michael, you're either very brave or a complete idiot. I don't think you're an idiot, but I'd never do that with my iPhone. You know, the one I don't have yet that I keep talking about because I don't have it yet but want really bad, and would probably be able to work better and more effectively with.

That reminds me, you're not paying me enough.

[Dirty D]

the link is no good, can someone please re-upload the file?

[Mubs]

Seems to still be working. Maybe rapidshare crapped out for a while

[bignumbers]

That's remarkably straight-forward, and I suspect should provide ample additional tricks.

While I ponder my choice of ringtone, I'm curious - why the replacement of Services.plist?

[Mubs]

That's remarkably straight-forward, and I suspect should provide ample additional tricks.

While I ponder my choice of ringtone, I'm curious - why the replacement of Services.plist?
The jailbreak program replaces the original services.plist, among other things, to make the phone read and write capable outside of the iTunes sandbox. The Services.plist included with the other goodies is the original file which reverses the change allowing iTunes to see the iPhone correctly.

[Unregistered]

Works great But i have one question.. I tried copying a full sized mp3 that i re named to TI.mp3 and it shows up but there is no sound.. Is it too Big?

[Michael Johnston]

Works great But i have one question.. I tried copying a full sized mp3 that i re named to TI.mp3 and it shows up but there is no sound.. Is it too Big?
I don't think there's any problem with doing that. I copied an entire Beatles song and it works perfectly. Have you verified that the song will play on the phone in the iPod? If it doesn't play there, it likely won't play at all.

[laz305]

do we have to convert the mp3 to m4a first? and i look forward to the PC version of this intensely

[Michael Johnston]

do we have to convert the mp3 to m4a first? and i look forward to the PC version of this intensely
No, I don't think you need to convert it. The CTU ringtone he provided was .mp3 so anything iPhone can play should work

[Gene]

Did not work for me. Says "Looking for iPhone: pairing issue"

does this have to be run on the computer the phone was activated on??? My iPhone was setup/iTuned on a Powermac G5 but this software only runs on an Intel Mac so I used my Macbook.

Gene

[Michael Johnston]

Did not work for me. Says "Looking for iPhone: pairing issue"

does this have to be run on the computer the phone was activated on??? My iPhone was setup/iTuned on a Powermac G5 but this software only runs on an Intel Mac so I used my Macbook.

Gene
I don't think that matters. Make sure that you have the latest iTunes on the MacBook. I believe the software needs iPhone sync capabilities that iTunes provides. Try restarting your iPhone, computer, and re-docking. Otherwise I'm not sure. Maybe Mubs could help if that doesn't work.

[Gene]

I don't think that matters. Make sure that you have the latest iTunes on the MacBook. I believe the software needs iPhone sync capabilities that iTunes provides. Try restarting your iPhone, computer, and re-docking. Otherwise I'm not sure. Maybe Mubs could help if that doesn't work.

I had just finished updating OSX and iTunes (7.3.1). I also did a reset on the iPhone. None of that made any difference. I get a pairing issue message with jailbreak and the iphoneinterface programs.

It IS interesting to note that inserting the iPhone into the cradle does NOT invoke iTunes as it does on the Powermac. There is a "ding" noise like a USB device being recognized but that is it.

[Gene]

I played some more. I started iTunes and let it see the iPhone which it did.

Then, running ./jailbreak works differently from what I got before...

Looking for iPhone
Sending Files......

But, I cannot seem to get the next step.... soft reset, to work. I hold the sleep/wake and home buttons (forever) but do not get the yellow message... it just gives me the Apple logo and then black screen and it is off. does this mean it did not really run jailbreak properly???

[Mubs]

I played some more. I started iTunes and let it see the iPhone which it did.

Then, running ./jailbreak works differently from what I got before...

Looking for iPhone
Sending Files......

But, I cannot seem to get the next step.... soft reset, to work. I hold the sleep/wake and home buttons (forever) but do not get the yellow message... it just gives me the Apple logo and then black screen and it is off. does this mean it did not really run jailbreak properly???
Now that I think about it, that's exactly what you needed to do. If jailbreak cannot see your iPhone, you may need to run iTunes and then quit out of it. However, you can't have iTunes running while you're doing the jailbreak process.

I'm not sure what the problem is with the soft restore; you may need to try doing it again. Make sure you're pressing both buttons all the way. Let me know if it doesn't work out!

[Unregistered]

I'm not sure what the problem is with the soft restore; you may need to try doing it again. Make sure you're pressing both buttons all the way. Let me know if it doesn't work out!


Success!!! it all works now.

my final problem was the iPhone needs to remain IN THE CRADLE when doing the soft reset..... this was not clear from the docs. I was taking it out of the dock and doing the reset in my hands.

So, the keys to the problems I had are:

1. Start iTunes at least once and have it see your iPhone. Be sure to exit from iTunes.
2. when running ./jailbreak, LEAVE THE PHONE IN THE CRADLE when doing the reset step.

then it all works properly after that.

Thanks to all!!!

[CyberGreg]

Awesome work, especially the carrier logo. I felt compelled to post my custom logo "Apple".

:cool:

Edit: I'm a little old for pwn3d ;-)
Edit 2: Added black "Apple"

[Unregistered]

I'm glad everyone on here has had such a terrific experience doing this, but I feel like I should contribute my cautionary tale lest anyone think nothing can go wrong. I followed all of the instructions exactly and was able to get the CTU ringtone, as well as another telephone-ringing mp3 I got off the internet, onto the iPhone. But then I got greedy. I tried to put a couple of my own (music) mp3's on it, and something went awry. It may have had to do with the fact that I'm pretty command-line ignorant, and I didn't quite know what to do with a filename that had a space in it. Beyond that, I'm honestly not sure what could have gone wrong. Everything looked fine in the terminal down to the lockdown process.

Afterward, however, iTunes refused to recognize the phone. It realized I was plugging in an iPhone, but gave a cryptic "cannot connect" message, followed by a string of characters. Nothing I did seemed to fix the problem. I tried running through the whole jailbreak procedure again, to see if that would fix things up, but jailbreak couldn't connect either. I even did a complete reset (the one that deletes all content and settings) from the iPhone, to no avail. And, since iTunes couldn't connect with the phone, I couldn't do a software restore.

SO... I decided to take the phone to the Apple Store, hoping they wouldn't figure out I had done something MOST LIKELY WARRANTY-VOIDING. Luckily for me, they didn't. But they also couldn't fix the problem, though they didn't really try anything I hadn't already done. I ended up walking away with a brand-new phone (warranty replacement), but I'm a little disinclined to try the whole custom-ringtone thing again until Apple officially supports it. I mean, with Apple, fool me once...

Just my $.02. Have fun, and good luck!

[macgeek800]

Last login: Sun Jul 15 18:48:21 on ttyp1
Welcome to Darwin!
[JGs-Computer:~] jonathan% cd ~/Desktop/iPhone\ goodies/tools/
[JGs-Computer:~/Desktop/iPhone goodies/tools] jonathan% ls
694-5259-38.dmg Readme.txt
Bosun.mp3 Services.plist
CTU.mp3 iPhoneInterface
Default_CARRIER_ATT.png iphoneinterface.dev
DisplayOrder.plist jailbreak
FSO_CARRIER_ATT.png kernelcache.restore.release.s5l8900xrb
Makefile.osx main.cpp
Makefile.win restore.log
MobileDevice.h tree.cpp
[JGs-Computer:~/Desktop/iPhone goodies/tools] jonathan% ./jailbreak
[jailbreak 1.0] by ziel w/ special thanks to GeoHot and the rest of the #iphone-dev crew.

Looking for iPhone...
Sending Files...

*** If iTunes is running, please close it.
*** Hold the POWER and HOME buttons for approximately 25s.
*** Release when the display says 'Please Connect to iTunes'.

Sending More Files...
Booting iPhone...

Waiting for iPhone to finish booting...
Moving files into place...
Problem with Ditto: 6

Sorry, apparently things just didn't work out.
Look on the bright side, if jail was that good for Paris maybe you should give it a second chance. ;)

Now why is MyHumps my ringtone?

Jonathan Gleich
The Macgeek

[macgeek800]

Well, restore and more, I got it working.. BUT NOW I can't sync my itunes with the iphone, I get a "Itunes cannot connect due to a error (0xE8000022)


Any Ideas?

Jonathan

[CyberGreg]

Did you try 'putting' the services.plist file back on it.

[macgeek800]

Did you try 'putting' the services.plist file back on it.

yup -- other things then happened, it Showed my iphone as a 300 meg device

I gave up, reformatted, restored. Will wait a bit longer to play!

Jonathan

[Unregistered]

Hey Jonathan,

0xE8000022 is the same error I was getting before, when I "bricked" mine (the old one that is). How'd you get around it to do a software restore?

[Mubs]

yup -- other things then happened, it Showed my iphone as a 300 meg device

I gave up, reformatted, restored. Will wait a bit longer to play!

Jonathan
Running jailbreak essentially replaces services.plist with a modified one. This enables access to the disk, but it has a side effect. iTunes only recognizes the 300MB partition instead of the iTunes one.

The reason you rmdir services.plist and then putfile the other one is because the one you're putting is the original and reverses what jailbreak did. You need to restart your phone after you putfile the new services.plist to get iTunes to recognize your phone correctly again.

[macgeek800]

first - to unBrick a iPhone, put the unit into Restore mode (sleep/wake button and home) Then Sync with iTunes, it will let you restore to factory.

Second, SUCCESS!! :) :)
My problem was my services.plist file must have been corrupted somehow.
I Dl'ed a new one. and everything went smoothly!

As I wade deeper in, I will try and do more and more customizing I know in a months time there will be a iPhone Toolkit with everything in one nice GUI package! - but for now its FUN to play!!

Jonathan
The Macgeek

[Unregistered]

How do you know you're in "restore mode?" Is that when you get the yellow "Please connect to iTunes" message? Because even then, iTunes wouldn't talk to the iPhone.

Sorry to be a bother... just really curious about this one.

[CyberGreg]

For those that might be interested...

I just replaced all the original wallpapers with my own. Just make your own 320x480 images and number them 01.png, 02.png, 03.png, etc. Then make a thumbnail version that is 75x75 pixels and name it 01.thumbnail.png, 02.thumbnail.png, etc.

Once you are running iPhoneInterface;
cd /Library/Wallpaper
If you ls you'll see the stock ones. Oddly enough they skip some numbers
I loaded 19 and removed the rest with the rmdir command (rmdir 22.png)

Remember to upload the Services.plist file before you exit.
:cool:

[Mubs]

first - to unBrick a iPhone, put the unit into Restore mode (sleep/wake button and home) Then Sync with iTunes, it will let you restore to factory.

Second, SUCCESS!! :) :)
My problem was my services.plist file must have been corrupted somehow.
I Dl'ed a new one. and everything went smoothly!

As I wade deeper in, I will try and do more and more customizing I know in a months time there will be a iPhone Toolkit with everything in one nice GUI package! - but for now its FUN to play!!

Jonathan
The Macgeek
Awesome! I'm not aware of the iPhone toolkit you're talking about, but I do have all of the images iPhone uses. I can imagine that you can achieve quite a bit of customization by replacing these. I used a few to make the custom carrier logos.

iPhoneIcons (http://rapidshare.com/files/43379075/iPhoneIcons.zip.html)

[hal128]

Just a heads up, I found a ringtone hack that works on windows. Somebody translated jailbreak for windows xp and vista. Its in this thread here (http://www.iphonealley.com/forums/showthread.php?t=445).

[Mubs]

How do you know you're in "restore mode?" Is that when you get the yellow "Please connect to iTunes" message? Because even then, iTunes wouldn't talk to the iPhone.

Sorry to be a bother... just really curious about this one.
You know when you're in the restore mode when you see the yellow exclamation mark with the "Please connect to iTunes" text. iTunes should talk to the phone at this point.

If it doesn't work, try putting it in this mode manually by placing the phone in it's dock and holding the sleep/wake and home buttons until it says "Please connect to iTunes".

[thatfreakinaaron]

<b>Step 3:</b> In the terminal, type the following -
<blockquote><i>cd ~/Desktop/iPhone\ goodies/tools/</i></blockquote>Hit return, then type
<blockquote><i>./jailbreak</i></blockquote>


hey after i type ./jailbreak do i press the return key?

[HouseHeadNY]

Hey mubs and michael, any news on a working universal jailbreak yet? also, can either of you post in depth how to replace the att logo with a apple logo, i noticed that was possible and someone also said you can replace the system wallpaper, how can you find what folders you should place them in and what commands do you use in the terminal, a step by step tutorial for placing images would be totally awesome! planning on going out and buying a intel by monday if universal still dont work! lol, can you tell i absolutly hate the default ringtones! lol :)

[HouseHeadNY]

CyberGreg, hey nice job on the wallpaper but im not very familiear with the terminal app, after you direct iphone interface into the wallpaper directory, do you just overwrite the original wallpaper or do you have to remove the original and then put the new ones? can you run through the commands to do this ie.what exactly i should typr to putfile and so on.. Thanks in advance!

[Unregistered]

how do I take a ringtone off of my phone. Is it the opposite of putfile (filename). I tried rmfile filename but it didn't work. What's the command for removing files from a directory? Thanks.

[Michael Johnston]

how do I take a ringtone off of my phone. Is it the opposite of putfile (filename). I tried rmfile filename but it didn't work. What's the command for removing files from a directory? Thanks.
Strangely enough, to remove something the command is rmdir (filename)

[Mubs]

I've written up a guide for replacing the AT&T logo with a custom one. The guide also goes into further details as to what all of those commands mean.

Find it at http://www.iphonealley.com/forums/showthread.php?p=837

Enjoy!

[bitSplit]

Hiyall,
I've written a UI wrapper for Mubs's most excellent guide and I'd like to offer it to the community:
http://rapidshare.com/files/44448669/iFuntastic_1.0.0_b002.zip.html
It's for Intel Macs only, and is a beta version - use at your own risk.
It essentially follows 'The Guide' by performing the shell commands in response to user actions. It displays what it's doing in the console.
You can add and remove ringtones (only, for now.)
Chris

[HouseHeadNY]

Mubs for posting the guide to replacing att logo and for explaining these terminal commands! you rock!

[Mubs]

Hiyall,
I've written a UI wrapper for Mubs's most excellent guide and I'd like to offer it to the community:
http://rapidshare.com/files/44448669/iFuntastic_1.0.0_b002.zip.html
It's for Intel Macs only, and is a beta version - use at your own risk.
It essentially follows 'The Guide' by performing the shell commands in response to user actions. It displays what it's doing in the console.
You can add and remove ringtones (only, for now.)
Chris

HOLY CRAP! That's so awesome! Thanks man!

I'd love to work with you on tweaking it and adding other things.

[craze360]

ok i have windows and i have added some ringtones and i wanted to know if anyone knows how to remove ringtones, please help :confused:

[Edward Kirk]

ok i have windows and i have added some ringtones and i wanted to know if anyone knows how to remove ringtones, please help :confused:

Ok, so, I'm guessing you're new to the forums. There is a Help forum (http://www.iphonealley.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=16), I might suggest posting questions/problems there in a new thread to get them answered. Just a thought.

[craze360]

ok i have windows and i found out how to remove the custume ringtones i put in but i want to also remove the ringtones that came with the phone for example i would put: rmdir /var/root/Library/Ringtones/CTU.mp3
to remove my custume ringtone CTU.mp3. now i want to remove the Ascending ringtone that come on the phone so i would put:
rmdir /var/root/Library/Ringtones/Ascending but i dont know what kind of file those ringtones are, dose someone know?

[Mubs]

ok i have windows and i have added some ringtones and i wanted to know if anyone knows how to remove ringtones, please help :confused:
cd to the ringtones folder and run "rmdir ringtone.extension". For a list of files after you've cd'd to a particular directory, type "ls". That way you can tell what you have. That's a unix thing, so I'm not sure if iPhoneInterface on Windows will do the same. if not, I'd guess it's something like dir.

I know, you'd think it's only for removing directories, but it does files too. I think it's the same in windows.

[Unregistered]

Problem with AFCFileRefOpen: 7

This is the error I receive when I try the putfile. Can someone help me out here?

[craze360]

ok i have windows and i found out how to remove the custume ringtones i put in but i want to also remove the ringtones that came with the phone for example i would put: rmdir /var/root/Library/Ringtones/CTU.mp3
to remove my custume ringtone CTU.mp3. now i want to remove the Ascending ringtone that come on the phone so i would put:
rmdir /var/root/Library/Ringtones/Ascending but i dont know what kind of file those ringtones are, dose someone know?

[Mubs]

Problem with AFCFileRefOpen: 7

This is the error I receive when I try the putfile. Can someone help me out here?

It's possible that you're trying to "put" a file that isn't in the tools directory. All files that you want to upload to the phone need to be in there.

ok i have windows and i found out how to remove the custume ringtones i put in but i want to also remove the ringtones that came with the phone for example i would put: rmdir /var/root/Library/Ringtones/CTU.mp3
to remove my custume ringtone CTU.mp3. now i want to remove the Ascending ringtone that come on the phone so i would put:
rmdir /var/root/Library/Ringtones/Ascending but i dont know what kind of file those ringtones are, dose someone know?

I already answered your question. To get a list of all the ringtones, use cd to go to Library/Ringtones. Once there, you can type "ls" and hit return to get a list of ringtones. Use rm to remove them individually. There doesn't seem to be a way to remove entire directories.

Does this help?

[Unregistered]

Alright.. so is this just for Apple Mac's?
because i have Windows, and the CTU made it to my ringtone folder in my iphone, but i can't hear anything. Also, everytime I get done entering "putfile CTU.mp3", it goes to the Windows thing where it says there's been a problem blah blah would you like to report this problem..
please help! i hate apple ringtones.

[iPodAddict]

Alright.. so is this just for Apple Mac's?
because i have Windows, and the CTU made it to my ringtone folder in my iphone, but i can't hear anything. Also, everytime I get done entering "putfile CTU.mp3", it goes to the Windows thing where it says there's been a problem blah blah would you like to report this problem..
please help! i hate apple ringtones.
Yes, this guide is for Mac users, but it can probably be adapted. It's outdated, though. You should go find a copy of iPHUC, which is the sucessor to iPhoneInterface. That might make your ringtone work properly. It sounds like it didnt copy correcly

[*joe]

I did all your steps and somehow got it to work without doing some steps i dont know how but whetever. my question is when i pick a song to be my ringtone it works fine when anyone calls, but is there some way of choosing wich part of the song you want to play,instead of having it to start from the beggining of the song?

[nguy0607]

Here is my situation. I followed the instructions on hacktheiphone.com to add custom ringtones using WinSCP on my PC. Everything worked out just fine. I got to customize my own ringtones and stuff, but then I realized my youtube won't play any videos. It connects to youtube and shows all the listing of the videos but would not load and would not play. The only way to get youtube to load and play is to undo the changing in MeCCA file. Anyone knows how to solve this problem?
Thanks

[Chad Vader]

which file did you change and why?

[rscow]

I used the tutorial on hacktheiphone.com. Specifically, used Fugu to d/l MECCA to my mac, then used the hex editor to edit. Then reloaded with Fugu.

Changed the name of one of my custom tones, Cucarachas Enojadas.m4a to Cucarachas Enojadas .m4r and uploaded to System/Ringtones on my iPhone.

It was in the list. It played.

Then, I sync'd with iTunes 7.5. The tone was still there afterwards. Still works.

Thanks, Mub!

RDS
MBP / 10.5

[*porn star evan]

use iphoneringtone maker to make a ringtone under 39 seconds than import that file into itunes 7.5 than convert the file to aac than just show in explorer and again change the file type to .m4r and than just drag to itunes it works i have 6 ringtones in my custom file, and than delete the other copies of it, this is for iphone 1.1.2 and the new itunes 7.5 "thats cool it works again like it did in 7.4" im happy im on my 3rd apple store boxed replacemt for sum reason thou!

[newwavedave]

use iphoneringtone maker to make a ringtone under 39 seconds than import that file into itunes 7.5 than convert the file to aac than just show in explorer and again change the file type to .m4r and than just drag to itunes it works i have 6 ringtones in my custom file, and than delete the other copies of it, this is for iphone 1.1.2 and the new itunes 7.5 "thats cool it works again like it did in 7.4" im happy im on my 3rd apple store boxed replacemt for sum reason thou!

Can anyone else confirm this? I am able to drag to add the ringtones to the playlist in 7.5, but when I go to synch my phone it only shows the one ringtone that I've actually purchased... I don't believe I've updated to 1.1.2 yet...

[fozystyles]

the easiest guide to get a ringtone on you iPhone was found here by me. check it out http://hacktheiphoneitouch.blogspot.com/, when you get there go to site map and scroll down for ringtone maker and other cool stuff, it has firmwares and all software to get your iphone up to fate and fate.lolz

the coolest blog i seen .

[fozystyles]

go to hacktheiphoneitouch.blogspot.com and click on ringtones or YOUTUBE 1.1.2 firmware unlock....i follow the steps and it all worked for me like butter. i also fized th eedge apn settings an dyoutube, aswell as nintendo app...
its the coolest blog i think....well this site is cooler but its still done with precision!
thanks hope this helps

[adeibiza]

i did a blog about this here http://mrlk.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/free-ringtones-for-your-iphone-its-dead-easy/

simply put: take a 30 sec mp3, put it in itunes - convert it to aac - find it in the itunes folder, rename it to an m4r file (its displayed as an m4a) - winscp into your phone and stick it in the ringtones folder

thats it

[Blik]

I've put several custom ringtones on my iPhone 3G that were in no way purchased from iTunes. I am using a PC (not a MAC) and the new iPhone (3G/2.0). You don't need any special software... just iTunes 7.7 and you iPhone. Here's how you do it:

1. Listen to your MP3 and decide what part of the track you want as your ringtone (30 seconds maximum). Note the play time (for example, I would like to use 0:43 to 1:05 as my ringtone).

2. Right click on the MP3 in iTunes. Select "Get Info." Select the "Options" tab. Make sure the "Start Time" and "Stop Time" boxes are checked and enter the times you have selected for your ringtone. Click "OK."

3. Right click on the MP3 again, and select "Convert Selection to AAC." iTunes will create a second track with the same title.

4. Click and Drag the new track onto your desktop. Delete the track from iTunes.

5. On your desktop, right click on the track and select "Properties." If the filename has ".m4a" at the end, just change it to ".m4r", if it just has the track name, you will need to click "Cancel," open up "My Computer," select "Tools" and then "Folder Options." From there, you will select the "View" tab and uncheck the box next to "Hide extentions for known file types." Then go back to the beginning of this step and change ".m4a" to ".m4r"

6. Now the rest is simple. Back in iTunes, go to "File">"Add File to Library." Select the track from your desktop and click "Open." This will put the track in the Ringtones section of your library.

7. Go into the iPhone section of your iTunes and your newly created ringtone should be in the ringtones section ready to be synced! It will appear where the rest of the ringtones are in your phone.

[xxhalfbloodprincexx]

after step 3 my iphone shows the usb cord and the itunes logo, it doesn't show a turning gear or say connect to itunes, however it implies to connect to itunes.

also in the terminal it says "segmentation fault" after it says "sending more files..."

what's going wrong?

[Michael Johnston]

Just FYI, this guide is SUPER old. :)

[HackThatPhone]

Here's a more up to date guide:

http://www.hackthatphone.com/20/custom_audio.html

[HackThatPhone]

MP3 to M4R Converter (http://www.mp3tom4rconverter.com) not only can help you convert MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, OGG, M4A, AC3 to M4R iPhone Ringtone, but convert any video format to M4R. Apart from converting function, MP3 to M4R Converter can get the segment from your video and audio sources exactly by setting the start and end time. Certainly, you can pre-listen the clipped music.

And another canned sales pitch for a product that costs money. Guess we can expect this post in every thread about ringtones huh? Why pay for something you can do for free with iTunes?