Make a RAZR Ringtone with iTunes
General November 1st, 2005Use iTunes and Bluetooth to create your own ringtones for the Moto RAZR. It isn’t as hard as you think. Just use the right settings. When I used the wrong settings, the transfer failed when loading my phone. All of these instructions are for a Mac but if you follow along, I’m sure you will get it.
1- First you need to find what you want to use in your iTunes Library. Make a playlist and put your soon to be ringtones in it.
2- You’ll need to clip them to about 30 seconds long. This is about how long your phone will ring. No need to use the extra space with sound you won’t be able to hear. To do this just get info on your song and set the start and stop point in the options tab. Click OK and move on.

3- Next you need to set iTunes to convert your music to 22 khz and mono encoding. I used a lower bitrate to save space. These settings are found in the iTunes Preferences under the advanced tab. When you choose custom for the bitrate setting the second dialog box will pop up.


4- Convert the songs to mp3 and find them in your Library. I used a smart playlist with recently added songs. I then dragged the song to my desktop. This made a copy so if anything went wrong I could just go back to iTunes.

5- Now that you are to this stage you can go back to iTunes and set the in and out points on the original song back to normal. It’s easier to do this now while you are thinking about it. Your ringtone version should still be there. You can easily pick these out by looking at the bitrate which will likely be lower.
6- Send the audio files to your phone using a bluetooth connection and be sure to tell the phone to store them. I just use a D-Link USB adapter and it works great.
7- On your phone set the audio for one of your new tones and you should be good.
Enjoy your new ringtones!
January 8th, 2006 at 6:25 am
Does my mac have to have bluetooth or only my phone? cuz my mac doesnt have blue tooth..
January 8th, 2006 at 4:44 pm
Hello Helen, You would need to have bluetooth on your mac as well. I just use a USB bluetooth adapter from D-Link. It was about $30 and works great. You can sync the address book and calendar with the USB connection to the phone but have to use bluetooth to get access to photos, video and sound files.
January 20th, 2006 at 4:25 pm
I was googling exactly this and came across your site. Excellent, thanks so much!
February 8th, 2006 at 7:52 pm
will it work if i use the little black usb adapter and a usb cord to transfer the songs?
if so, how would i do it?
February 8th, 2006 at 10:19 pm
The USB connection will let you sync with the phone and exchange the address book and calendar information but not files. The only way I found was to connect via Bluetooth.
February 13th, 2006 at 7:03 pm
Thanks for this info! I look forward to adding new ringtones!
February 13th, 2006 at 8:24 pm
Is it supposed to send the entire file even when you’ve changed the settings? I’m sending a 5.3 MB file.
February 13th, 2006 at 9:00 pm
It looks like you are sending the full length file if it is 5+MB. Be sure that you encode a new file with lower bitrate settings. Look in your library for the short file at the lower bitrate. You can turn on the columns with the info to quickly see the bitrate. Once you find the short one you can move it to the phone.
February 16th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
dude, I love you. I was trying to find a place that would tell me the settings, and then I came across your blog which was a million times better…a full step by step through iTunes for Mac (makes it even better), just brilliant
February 28th, 2006 at 6:05 pm
doe sthis work with the cingular v3 phones as well? and does this work on windows or only mac?
February 28th, 2006 at 10:22 pm
i went out and bought the program and converted all the numbers in itunes. all the files from my phone show on the computer under the bluetooth exchange but how do i put the song onto the phone. im reallly getting frustrated and close to throwing my phone off a cliff into the ocean and just buy a nextel already.
March 1st, 2006 at 12:16 am
Cool! Very informative!!!
March 2nd, 2006 at 11:07 pm
aw man, you’re amazing. beautiful work. thank you.
March 3rd, 2006 at 4:11 pm
Jake: Once you have the files converted you need to transfer them to the phone via bluetooth. On my mac it shows up with a folder for audio. Once I put the file in that folder it was a matter of selecting it to use as a ringtone on the phone. As for working on a PC, I don’t know. I imagine it would all work the same as you are just transcoding the file to a different length and bitrate.
Good Luck.
March 3rd, 2006 at 4:17 pm
Amy and Toto: My pleasure. I hope it helps.
March 4th, 2006 at 12:04 pm
Thanks for the simple instructions! I just created my first ringtone. Only problem is it’s a bit LOUD.
March 7th, 2006 at 10:38 am
Does this still work for the new Razr V3c? I thought Verizon somehow turned off the OBEX transfer on the new V3c. Let me know if this will really work with the new V3c.
March 7th, 2006 at 3:21 pm
I am not sure about the V3c. I only have a V3. I usually keep stuff like phones and computers for a long time. If it works for me I use it. I use cingular for my service. You may be able to send the file through a data service if you aren’t able to browse your phone. Motorola Phone Tools may work as well but I haven’t tried it and it is Windows only.
March 9th, 2006 at 12:31 pm
the music i bought from itunes doesn’t transfer to my phone, but the music i download from limewire does. is there anyway to fix this?
March 9th, 2006 at 2:59 pm
Hi Laura, Good point. Itunes won’t transcode purchased music directly. However, you can burn an audio CD and then import them back into itunes. Once they are back in you can trim them for length and change the bitrate etc.
March 12th, 2006 at 7:40 pm
Thanks for the help, but I’m having one problem. When I send the audio file that I create, it appears on the phone in the “sounds” section, but there is no option to set it as a ringtone. Is anyone else having this problem?
March 13th, 2006 at 9:55 am
Hi Nick, Once you have it in the sounds folder on the phone, you should be able to customize one of the audio profiles to use it.
March 13th, 2006 at 10:18 am
lol maybe im just being stupid, but its not working for me. I’ll be more specific, maybe you can help me. I can upload the audio file fine using bluetooth, and I store it in the sounds folder. When I go to the ring styles menu, my audio file does not appear as an option for a ringtone.
Also, I noticed that the preloaded sounds on the phone (that are in the same “sounds” folder) have the option in the menu to “apply as ringtone”. However, my sound files do not have that in its option menu! I have double checked that I have encoded the new file correctly in iTunes. Please Help!
March 17th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
You might try using the Send File function rather than the Browse Device. When you are prompted to store the file, you should be given the option to Apply as Ringtone. Once you have done that, the file should be your ringtone.
March 17th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
Hello…. I am trying to use the same method for my Motorola V557…. has the MP3 encoder been removed from the most recent iTunes version? How do you pull that up?
Thanks!
March 18th, 2006 at 7:48 am
Genius! I was going to break out garage band to do it… Now all they need to do is give the waveform in the itunes options dialog so that you can select start and finish that way… we should get lots of people to suggest that feature.
Not to mention the ability to have your import options left alone, so that you dont have to change those prefs between making ringtones and rippping new CDs. should be able to have “Convert…” in the right click menu… though, export to ringtone would be nice too. =)
March 19th, 2006 at 11:31 pm
hi it works get
March 20th, 2006 at 6:03 am
HF, The MP3 encoder is still there. It is in the preferences->advanced->importing tab in the dropdown list.
March 21st, 2006 at 12:30 pm
What is happening to Nick is happening to me as well. The “apply as ringtone” function does not come up for any of the ringtones Ive made. Ive tried almost all the things I can think of and nothing is working. I thought I would finally get it after following this tutorial, but it still doesnt work. I heard something about the manufacturer not allowing their phones to use homemade ringtones because of legal issues…that could be it. But I’d really love to know if their is something I can do to make it work.
March 31st, 2006 at 9:46 am
how do you bluetooth i mean liek bluetooh music to ur phone im done all the steps except for the one were it says bluetooth the music to my phone how do you bluetooh?
April 1st, 2006 at 10:34 am
You connect with bluetooth and browse the phone as a drive. Then put the music in the “audio” folder.
April 2nd, 2006 at 11:24 am
You don’t need bluetooth if you have a mac, when you plug it in with USB, just drag and drop it into the ringtone directory on your folder. Then in the Multimedia -> Sounds just move it to the phone and ta da….
Awesome, i did it with the 24 Cisco IP phone mp3 and now all the 24 crazies are really jealuous
April 4th, 2006 at 6:37 pm
hmm i turn the bluetooth on and everything but it cant find the computer. am i doing something wrong
April 7th, 2006 at 10:42 am
i seem to be having the same problem as nick. i have tried browse device, send file, i even renamed the files on the phone to have the extension .mp3 like the default ones. for some reason i am still unable to set an itunes files as my ringtone. anybody…any idea…any help????
April 7th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
i havent bought bluetooth yet but i want to make sure this will work with my razr, i have maosx and also i dont have panther, do u need panther, but my question is, where would i go to send it thru bluetooth, or does that option come up once i connect an adapter to my computer, thanks for the help . . .
April 8th, 2006 at 3:13 pm
I am not sure if you need panther. I don’t think it would be necessary. Once you plug in a bluetooth adapter, you will pair the computer with the phone. There is a bluetooth preference panel in system preferences that lets you set up a menu bar item. Then you would just enable bluetooth on your phone and connect to it. Then you can send files to it.
April 11th, 2006 at 1:56 am
Corrupt file!
April 11th, 2006 at 2:18 am
Great info, best I have found on the net. Complements to the creator! Mac would love to see this.. I followed 1-7 30 sec clip adj… 22kHz.. 32kbps MP3 encoding toothing
No problem with toothing can browse device… Can send mp3 files The phone is seeieng them… Every time I try to play… says “xxx.mp3″ Corrupt. Delete? if I select xxx for ringtone, phone doesn’t ring… Moto.mp3 that came pre-installed is mp3 Details size:122 Kb bit rate: 64 length: :15 type: mp3 Why does it play MOTO and no other mp3’s Any one send me a ringtone mp3 to tooth that works to eliminate this as a cause… jglaser@hawaii.edu
Before finding this info!; I have been working on this for the last few days I have had the phone… got it new…from 3rd party online twi wirless… I talked cingular, apple, and moto, no one knows why there is some typy of block on this mp3 playback feature… moto gave me a case #10-0000…said thay would send a box… send in the phone… is this me, moto, apple/itunes/ cingular… got the phone online… phone spces said mp3 playback and On-board downloadable mp3.. Got the phone, on box,it leaves out mp3 playback,”On-board downloadable mp3″ is the only feature under advanced features… Firmware problem/update? ANY 1 outthere? Thanx you reading!!! Just
DO I try moto phone tools mpt?
tiger g4 1.667 powerbook moto processor (still with out intel) You think the phone being moto and the cpu being moto there should be some sort of =playing ground…
April 11th, 2006 at 2:21 am
terral, Hats off to you for this bloggg how did you get all the info on this …. mp3 looked everywhere and this is by far the best step-by-step yet, wish it would work for my phone! j
April 12th, 2006 at 8:13 am
just, I will send you a file that works with my phone. I know I had the same problems early on when I was playing with ringtones. Did you save it as a mono file?
Terral
April 12th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
Yes the ring tone worked…. you sent! thanx!!! Mono was selected…. Channels: mono …. under get info! I am thankful your tone worked…. gives me hope. Now I feel like it is me/user error!
I follow the steps to a T…… What am I doing wrong…. new itunes v6.0.4 (3) yours i noticed is tunes v5.0.1 in info….
best, JH
April 12th, 2006 at 2:33 pm
The new v6.0.4 (3) you sent works and plays great! Thanks I wish I could just follow directions for once…. I believe I am, no luck yet…. will read 1-7 again… See if I missed something… both files you sent look like the same settings as my files…? Strange
Best wishes! your friend in the mid pacific……. all alone with people with island fever J
April 12th, 2006 at 3:50 pm
is all good in da h0od!!! J
April 17th, 2006 at 2:29 pm
Thanks a million for the excellent step by step. I got it to work on the first try. It’s great that this can be done using iTunes, I wasn’t aware of the full level of control you have over tracks in your library. Current Ringtone: AC/DC ~ Back in Black(truncated to 20 sec. sound clip) Current Phone: Moto Razr V3 Black Current Mood: Much happier!!!
April 18th, 2006 at 9:50 pm
Awesome! Worked the first time I tried it. Our 2 Moto Razr are ringing much better. We’ve got 10 new ringtones and more planned. Thanks again for making this soooooooo easy!
April 25th, 2006 at 2:57 pm
How can I ever repay you. This worked perfect the first time. the only thing i did different was move my new short song to my desktop. Made it easier to find when I Bluetooth browsed.
April 27th, 2006 at 7:52 am
Great explanation. You rock.
It seems like some files are still much larger than others (some are 500k and some are as small as 150k), both for 30 seconds at the same bitrate. The larger ones take 20 seconds or so to load and begin playing, so as ringtones they’re kinda useless. Is there a way to make them even smaller?
April 27th, 2006 at 8:33 pm
hey i have a question, i have an olympus camera and i found out that my usb cable fits my razr to my computer. But when i try to use it it say that i need to have a disk. dia you need to have a disk in order for this to work? if not how can i make mine work?
April 28th, 2006 at 5:15 am
Chris, I haven’t had any trouble playing files in the past. The only way to make them smaller is to reduce the bitrate or the length of the clip. One of the first times I made a tone I accidentally grabbed the wrong clip. It was the shorter version but before compressing it. Do a “get info” on some of your clips and see if they are the right bitrate, khz, mono etc.
Dean, The USB cable will work for syncing contacts, calendar, phonebook but will not work for transferring files to the razr. On my mac I didn’t need a disc to connect via USB. I did need a USB Bluetooth adapter to transfer music, pics and video.
April 28th, 2006 at 6:52 am
I figured out the answer to my question!
It was the album artwork… when I went to “get info” and deleted the album artwork it solved my problem! Somehow the artwork must be part of the audio file unless you remove it.
Once again, thanks for the posting.
April 28th, 2006 at 10:33 pm
hi , when i tranfer the 20 sec song via usb to my mobile , it is stored in the itunes folder and there is no option of setting it as ringtone
April 29th, 2006 at 6:05 pm
I’m having the same trouble as just was. I can’t select the file as a ringtone for some reason! I’ve followed all the directions! Help!
April 29th, 2006 at 8:25 pm
abhayjit, I just have a v3 (pre itunes) and I put the tones in the “audio” folder. Then I select them from there. I am not sure how the new phones layout their storage. I am usually pretty slow to upgrade electronics. I try to get as much use as possible first.
Charlie, I had trouble early on when I was figuring the settings out. It would not work for me if the encoding was different. Try redoing your settings and re-encoding a song file. Maybe try a different one. Good luck.
April 30th, 2006 at 8:58 pm
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. Paying $2.00 for a song that I don’t even want that everyone else has ..is now over. You make me love technology. I have a Razr and i wasn’t sure if it would work… but it did!!! THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 1st, 2006 at 7:01 am
Terral,
I think my problem may stem from the fact that I’m using moto4lin over USB to put files on the phone. According to that tool, the mp3 that I can select as a ringtone (the moto one) has an attribute number of 44. The song I’m loading on the phone gets the attr. # of 4 by default. Whenever I try to change it to match it doesn’t work. Could it be that transferring by USB is the problem? (since I’m using moto4lin)
May 1st, 2006 at 7:13 am
Charlie, That could be it. If you transfer via bluetooth it may work just fine.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:13 pm
I am able to convert and transfer mp3 files just fine to my V3. The problem comes in when I try and play the song on my phone. When I select the song to play, there is a 10 second pause until the phone responds and plays the song. This 10 seconds transfers over to when a call comes in. The callers phone will ring for 10 seconds before my phone even registers the call, then it will vibrate and play the song. I’m following the directions exactly as shown, but it just doesn’t want to cooperate. Any ideas?
May 2nd, 2006 at 3:38 pm
Chris, I’ve never had that problem. Not sure if you are the same Chris, but Chris a few comments above had the same problem and it turned out to be the album artwork. You might try his remedy and see if it helps.
May 3rd, 2006 at 12:16 pm
Chris, i had the same problem. Just make sure that the file size of the ringtone is less than 200 KB and everything should work fine.
May 5th, 2006 at 8:20 pm
I wanted to use my .mp4 files for ringtones. What a google chase! Finally figured it out. DL Audio HiJack (setting is 22500 khz during capture) capture to .aiff, import into Audacity, cut out what I don’t want then save as .mp3. Upload to phone and happy daz!!! My ringtones.
May 6th, 2006 at 3:11 pm
dude im getting pist. ive been on the computer for 4 hours everyday and i still cant figure this out. i went and bought a black usb cord from insten.com for 30 bucks and no matter what i do my computer wont detect my phone. it detects my disc i recieved with my usb cord and it says that it is downloaded and ready to use, yet it is no where to be found on my computer. should i just give up? i am getting very frustrated and about to break my razr.
May 6th, 2006 at 8:00 pm
Thanks so much. Worked like a charm. Also saved my daughters ringtones when she had to exchange phones. Will this work on any bluetooth enabled phone?
May 7th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
I tried it and I love it! Thank you for showing us how to make our own ringtones so easily! I have only one problem. For some songs the size goes to 800KB which is too big and causes delays on the phone. Any reason why some songs wouldn’t copy as 30 second clips? Thank you!!!!!!!!
May 9th, 2006 at 9:00 pm
When i try and send via bluetooth to the “audio folder i get a error “the last operation failed: bad request”
May 14th, 2006 at 7:00 am
i have a razr v3c from verizon and i think they disabled the phone from receiving files… anyone have the new razr with verizon where this DOES work?
May 15th, 2006 at 12:42 am
You are the man, works great even when using itunes for windows!
May 18th, 2006 at 10:58 pm
[…] Step 1: Make the ringtones, using these instructions. Step 2: Send it to your phone, using these instructions. […]
May 21st, 2006 at 4:28 pm
I have the V3 but for some reason i can’t get the ringtones to be LOUD it is alwayz low don’t matter what frequency i put it on. I use mobiledit to upload my songs and convert it to mp3 with a music converter.
May 21st, 2006 at 8:54 pm
Im using moto4lin and audacity and a usb cord i can transfer the newly made ringtone and even play it on my v3 but when I go to apply as ringtone and it says ringtone changed however when some calls it reverts back to the default ringtone any one had this problem?
May 21st, 2006 at 11:07 pm
Hey…does this work with the rzar V3c? and if not does anyone know how to get it to work with it? thanksss
May 27th, 2006 at 11:25 pm
hey how do you conect you v3 to your computr using bluetooth? any tips?
May 28th, 2006 at 10:58 pm
I do everything the way the instructions say to but when it finally gets to the part on my phone where I’m expecting the Apply as Ringtone/Store only/etc. it will tell me “File Type Not Recognized” Do you know what I’m supposed to do after that?
Thanks
May 29th, 2006 at 4:44 am
Aggie2013, I use the built in bluetooth browser on my mac. When you have bluetooth enabled the icon should show in the top right corner of the menubar. Browse the device or send files from there.
Annie, Not positive whats happening but it may have to do with the encoding of the song. Make sure the file type is mp3 and the bitrate and other encoding settings are right. Try another song as well.
June 1st, 2006 at 3:46 am
ive sent files as .mp3s, ive sent them as .midis and i still cant get them to work. Im emailing them to my phone, as i cannot figure out how to find bluetooth on my Windows XP, so I email the mp3s and they come in but it says “unrecognized format”, and I email the midis and they never even come.
im so sad, i want paula abdul on my phone!!
June 4th, 2006 at 4:02 pm
i have a linkys system. would taht work as a blue tooth?
when i plug in the phone with a usb cable it says i need a disk. if i click cancel it will not show up on “my computer”
June 6th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
So, i have a new razr V3c and have been on about every site trying to get songs on my phone. I have followed these instructions…. but my mac doesn’t let me connect with my phone. it will recognize it, but i can’t send or browse the phone. so i have made the file (229kb) mono, 64 kbps and have been trying to send it to my phone by changing it to a .mid file, and using xxx-xxx-xxxx@vzpix.com
everytime i send it my phone will connect and recieve almost all the file, before saying “UNABLE TO DOWNLOAD PIX/FLIX MESSAGE”
is there anything i can do? thanks
June 12th, 2006 at 12:29 pm
How do i send it to my phone. do i need a cerain software to send it!
June 16th, 2006 at 11:35 am
You Rock! Thanks so much for this! It was pretty easy with a bit of help from my co-worker! Thanks so much!
June 18th, 2006 at 4:46 pm
After all is done and I don’t have a bluetooth usb. is there anyway to send the song as a text message to the cell phone?
June 19th, 2006 at 12:54 pm
i can transfer my mp3’s to my v3c with the usb cable, but i cant set them as ringtones. does anyone know how to do this?
June 20th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
So i clip the song i want as my ringtone and then click “ok” it takes me back to my playlist! What’s the deal??
June 21st, 2006 at 8:31 am
Excellent! If you ever visit the Bahamas i’ll have a drink waiting. Good info.
June 22nd, 2006 at 2:43 pm
Unsatisfied: Now you need to convert the clipped song to a new mp3 with the settings above. The new lower bitrate song is the one you load to your phone.
June 26th, 2006 at 11:14 pm
Is there any way to make the files you sent to your phone louder? Mine are pretty quiet… thanks!
June 27th, 2006 at 5:01 am
Is this task possible without Bluetooth?
June 28th, 2006 at 1:03 pm
Hey John, I see you found out how to transfer the MP3s to your V3c, how did you do it, walk me through it.
June 29th, 2006 at 9:20 am
Any answer on whether this is possible with Verizon? I’ve got a Verizon RAZR v3m coming next week.
July 2nd, 2006 at 11:12 am
More recent Verizon Motorola phones are disabled for Bluetooth (or USB) file transfer. All new Verizon phones also do not permit user-created ringtones if one imports via a transflash card on the phone (RAZRs don’t have this card option anyway). One needs to get the files into the phone’s internal memory, into the “audio” folder. As mentioned in Jesse’s prior post, email to your phone as an attachment somehow doesn’t work either (some have suggested this work around in other forums despite the incurred nominal email charge … but perhaps this is blocked as well).
There are hacks to switch seam files to allow all of the above described at Howard Forums (enabling both types of file transfer -and- use of your mp3 files as ringtones). Hacking the phone requires a PC and the process is not for the feint of heart as it likely invalidates warranties and if done improperly, could create new problems in use of the phone. It’s unfortunate that Verizon has chosen to cripple their phones to this extent as $2 per ringtone is ridiculous, especially as it is a locked system w/o other options (even your iPod will play customer generated mp3s vs charge via iTunes for every single song you want to put on the device).
If you have an E815 (and not the RAZR) and just want to use your phone as an mp3 player, Verizon allows an alternative. Get a transflash card (microSD for the E815 phone … not the larger miniSD) and an adapter to hook up to your computer (transflash cards usually come with an SD shell to insert in, so you need an adapter that accepts SD cards). These cards need to be formatted on the computer first if of a size great than 512 MB (not sure why this is required, but some have reported problems if they skip this step and just format on the phone). I did this and then reformated/erased on the phone which created a folder series it requires (including an audio folder). Anyway, after this formatting, one can then transfer mp3 (not iTunes AAC or unprotected AAC files) to play in the phone. For at least the E815, one will need to get new headphones or a jack adapter as the jack size is smaller (2.5 mm) than the 3.5 mm used in iPods and other devices. Not a true iPod replacement (less accessible interface, won’t play non-mp3 files), but I always have my phone with me and hate carrying extra stuff so it’s a nice back-up. There are stereo headsets that can manage phone calls and music listening (e.g. see the expensive Sony HBH-DS970 which links via bluetooth).
July 4th, 2006 at 11:26 am
You are my hero! I have the new mac powerbook and a v3 razr - process went through without a hitch - bluetooth is my favorite toy now haha
July 6th, 2006 at 5:32 pm
THANKYOU! i thought i would NEVER get ringtones on my phone after trawling the net for info but this was soooo easy. even motorola couldn’t help me. you’re a star!
July 11th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
If you’re having trouble with the “corrupt file” error, try increasing the bitrate that you’re using. I found that by switching to stereo and increasing the bitrate and sample rate, the files I was making started working. I haven’t experimented to see exactly how low you can bring the settings before it stops working, but I thought I should throw that out there.
Happy ring-tone…ing!
July 14th, 2006 at 10:29 pm
Does anyone have a problem with their ringtones? Whenever my phone rings the ringer starts then pauses for a few seconds then continues! Is my phone broken or just on a wrong setting? someone help!
July 15th, 2006 at 7:08 am
Amanda, Someone up above had a similar problem. It turned out to be the album artwork was embedded in the song. Once they deleted the artwork it worked fine.
July 15th, 2006 at 4:03 pm
I followed the instructions, and everything worked except the part when i had to hook my computer up to my phone (motorazr v3c). my computer found my phone using the bluetooth, file exchange, but when i wanted to “browse device,” it said, “device does not have the necessary services.” is this because my phone is not a v3? someone help!
July 16th, 2006 at 7:35 pm
can u email it?
July 18th, 2006 at 11:16 am
How To Make Ringtones for a Verizon RAZR
I bought a Motorola V3m from Verizon. The V3m has the microSD/TransFlash card function enabled, amongst a few other things. Verizon has disabled OBEX along with the ability to transfer mp3 files via the transflash. I have a workaround, however, that I came up with.
Convert your CD/MP3/WhateverAudioYouHave into a WAV file. Clip it to about 30 seconds or less. Then, when saving the file (still in .wav format) set the sample frequency to 22050 Hz, mono. This is your ringtone file.
Visit Verizon’s GetPix website and go to PixPlace. You can generate messages (picture messages with sound, too.. get where I’m going?). Create a message to your own phone number, with your sound clip inserted. They don’t allow mp3 sounds to be inserted, thus the need for the .wav file.
You’ll receive your txt message with attached sound. I’ve found the quality suffers a bit but it still beats having Verizon take every penny they can while FORCING me to buy their services. It’s robbery.
July 18th, 2006 at 5:41 pm
thanks man youre a lifesaver, i almost bit the bullet and let cingular sell me some ringers. this is great.
July 18th, 2006 at 7:53 pm
Amanda, I had the same problem, but only with two of the several ringtones I made using this tutorial. It turned out they were 2-3 times the size of the working tones, which explained the behavior of the phone. By the time it got the song file loaded when someone was calling, the caller had already rung several times, so only a few seconds (or less) of the ringtone ended up playing before they went to voicemail! These tones would take just as long to load in the audio menu. While other ones played instantly, these two would freeze the phone for ~25 seconds until they loaded.
To fix this, I had tried reducing the bit rate and sampling rate to lower the file size, but the sizes didn’t go down by much! I was stumped. It turns out that, as Terral suggested, it was because the artwork was embedded in the mp3. Once it was deleted, problem was solved! WOOHOO!! I’m so glad I came back to this site, this problem was really bugging me. Give that a try, I hope it works for you!
And THANK YOU Terral for such a fantastic guide!!! I was SO excited to find this site. It’s so thorough and well-written. Plus I had no idea songs could be clipped with iTunes, I thought I’d have to get some other software to do it!
July 25th, 2006 at 4:41 pm
I just purchased a Cingular Razr, and i was trying to mod my songs to the appropriate bitrate and such on a PC, but i dont have the settings on itunes. For instance, i cant set it to 22 khz and i can only convert my selection to AAC Do i need to update my itunes or should i try this on a mac instead?
July 26th, 2006 at 6:43 pm
how do i transfer the songs on to my phone it dosent say in the pages
July 26th, 2006 at 10:49 pm
Hi… I have the Razr V3m from verizon and I got everything down… but I can’t seem to set my song as a ringtone, even when I change the file format to WAV. My file size is only 448kb. Can someone walk me step by step on how to get my songs to be set as my ringtone?
July 31st, 2006 at 9:35 am
You can also use Audio Hijack and record the preview for any song in the iTunes store! I do this and use the settings Terrel specified, but with Audio Hijack instead of iTunes. Works like a charm and lets me get virtually ANY song as a ringtone!
August 1st, 2006 at 7:53 am
Hey, im stuck on part 3 where i have to convert the itunes to 22khz and mono encoding. i dont know where on itunes to look to change this. please help!!!
August 1st, 2006 at 8:29 pm
too bad when you convert the songs to the 30 second format it makes no difference once uploaded to your phone. no matter how many times i’ve tried, the full song still goes to my phone.
August 1st, 2006 at 10:05 pm
Great guide.
I can’t get it to work with the Telus V3c though. I can get the files to play fine on my phone but can’t set them as ringtones. I think Telus has disabled this.
Oh well.
August 2nd, 2006 at 4:28 am
i’m an idiot and it was late and now i got it to work. thanks for putting this up!
August 2nd, 2006 at 6:49 am
im having a problem with connecting my fone with my computer. i turn bluetooth on on my fone and the computer doesnt pick it up. do i need some kind of software?
August 2nd, 2006 at 9:20 am
Leslie, If you are using Mac OSX then the software is built in. As long as you have bluetooth on your computer you should be able to connect to the phone. First pair the computer and your phone. Then you can transfer files.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:47 pm
Will all of this work for SLVR and sending it through iTunes by a USB cord?
August 4th, 2006 at 6:26 am
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August 5th, 2006 at 10:43 am
Dude, you rule…and here i thought i was going to have to shell out tons of dough to get the stuff i wanted, this worked like a charm!!
August 5th, 2006 at 9:09 pm
Thanks so much for these instructions. I was so excited to find out how to do this!
August 6th, 2006 at 9:32 pm
no matter what i do my computer wont detect my phone. it detects my disc i recieved with my usb cord and it says that it is downloaded and ready to use, yet it is no where to be found on my computer. what should i do?? im getting so aggervated!
August 7th, 2006 at 4:03 pm
Ahhh…you don’t know how happy you’ve just made me. I have been fiddling around for about an hour, determined to figure out how to get this to work. I finally googled it and found your instructions.
I usually consider myself pretty computer-savvy, but I never really knew much about bluetooth and how it works. As soon as I found your site, I was up and running in no time.
Thanks for your help!!!!!
August 9th, 2006 at 3:34 pm
When i try to browse or send file through my bluetooth connection it just tells me that the “Device does not have the necessary services”. What’s up?
August 9th, 2006 at 4:02 pm
Oh nvm. I have verizon. Does anyone know of a possible way to do it for a verizon razr?
August 10th, 2006 at 6:40 am
GREAT!! EASY AND FREE!!!!!!!!!
August 10th, 2006 at 2:59 pm
Hi, how can I connect my cell phone to the computer, I did the seem edit and my computer is bluetooth, but where do I go to actually put the music in the cell phone?
August 12th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
I have the same problem as Wesley I am getting an error message that Device does not have necessary services. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 14th, 2006 at 3:28 pm
Jeff, You will need to use bluetooth to transfer the files to your phone. On the mac you can use the bluetooth utility to browse the phone and then transfer the files. I have Cingular service and it has been working for me, although it seems that Verizon has disabled that option according to Wesley above.
Grant, I am not sure if there is a way around Verizon’s restrictions. Check back and see if someone else has been able to do it.
Thanks Terral
August 15th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
Hey guys,
I own a Cingular V3.
I got it to work except I have one question. I see all of my mp3 files in the MY STUFF and then Sounds section.
I can ONLY Apply as Ringtone though. How do I set these up to ring for certain adresses in my phone?
For example, my friend calls, it will play something specifically I want it to play for him.
If I go to my address book and try to choose a ringtone, my mp3s do not show up for some reason there….
Any ideas?
THANKS!
August 15th, 2006 at 9:31 pm
In other words, I cannot set up a RINGER ID from the MP3s I just sent over…..even though I see them and can play them under my AUDIO section….
August 16th, 2006 at 7:14 am
I read throught all of thsi and I totally understand the “making” of the MP3 files in iTunes (bit rate, file size etc). Some one asked the question of weather or not these files can then be EMAILED to a V3 (T-Mobile). When I email these files to my phone the phone does not recognize the mp3 format? Any suggestions… I don’y have Bluetooth on my Mac…
August 18th, 2006 at 10:57 pm
Thank you, THank U, TY! This is exactly the information I’ve been looking for. I now have “Hey Ladies!” blaring out of my RAZR speakers each time someone calls. Thanks again. Great article.
August 21st, 2006 at 4:22 pm
hey thanks for the tip… I found this info surprisingly difficult to come by, but your instructions made it really simple. The only problem I had was finding the mp3 encoder window… but once I found that it was easy.
August 21st, 2006 at 7:59 pm
Guess I should have read this earlier… V3c and verizon disabled the OBEX transfer protocol. Im going to try another way as described here in this forum
August 22nd, 2006 at 11:28 am
Just a big big thank you. Got the phone yesterday. Got my first ringtone on today. Following instructions worked fine first time with a Macbook/V3i. This is now the coolest feature on the whole damn phone. You are a star:)
August 22nd, 2006 at 8:38 pm
I cant figure out how to save the song with the presets (time constraints) i set with iTunes. when i try to transfer it, it attempts to send the entire song, and tells me it will excede my memory…any suggestions?
August 23rd, 2006 at 1:41 pm
Chris, All you have to do to save the time presets is click ok in the information dialog. All this does is tell iTunes where to start and stop playing. The file size is still the same. You’ll need to select the shortened song and convert it with the mp3 encoder and setting described above. You should then have 2 copies of the same song. One large and one small (file size). You can then remove the time preset from the original song and transfer your new shortened version.
August 23rd, 2006 at 9:58 pm
OK I think I’ve got it figured out
First I am running Ubuntu/ Audacity/ Bluetooth Razor V3 (T-Mobile).
I was getting the “File Type Not Recognized” error. Bottom line is you have to save your mp3 as version MPEG-1 for the phone to recognize the format (IMHO). I guess iTunes does it automatically or like Audacity will try to as long as the original rate is above 32k???
By googling around I found out the Razor has “issues” With MPEG-2 & MPEG 2.5 versions of the mp3 format. So I figured out how to force Audacity to save in MPEG-1 Layer3 version of MP3. If you are not using my setup, I’ll leave it up to you to figure it out. But if you use Audacity here’s what I did.
I tried adjusting the output in the preference tabs to 32k+ with a 128 bit rate sample and then using EasyTag seeing what verson was saved (Gnome properties incorrectly stated MPEG-1, don’t trust it). It had no effect.
I realized my WAV was sampled at 8k. This limited the output rate to 8k. I had to resample it at 32k+ (44.1k). Left click on the file title of the displayed sample and choose the “Set Rate”. This compressed the timing (Alvin & the chipmunks effect). I then played with the Change Speed effect (-82) to make it sound ok again. This time my output finally showed 44.1k 128 bit rate and MPEG-1. I uploaded to the phone and set it as my ring tone!
August 26th, 2006 at 5:36 pm
I have a question about the V3c. Can I create my own ringtones using the clips in my sounds? If so, then how? I did it when I had the V3, but I’m not sure if it is possible in the V3c. Thank you.
August 26th, 2006 at 8:58 pm
Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for… and it worked on my first try! Thank you! (The screenshots really helped.)
August 29th, 2006 at 8:58 pm
google popd this up
worked great thanks
August 30th, 2006 at 12:42 pm
I was able to use these instructions and bypass bluetooth because my wireless carrier, US Cellular, provides free email addresses that are linked directly to the phone. So I can attach files in an email from my home computer and download the messages from my phone. (This may help some of you with bluetooth problems or no bluetooth at all).
However, the ringtones I made are almost inaudible, no matter how loud I specify my ring style to be in my phone. I went back to iTunes and checked the info on the MP3’s and it says the volume is -10 db. Is there anything I can do to permanently raise the volume of these files?
I appreciate any help that can be afforded.
August 31st, 2006 at 7:27 pm
i cant get my stupid thing to work i have a regular usb and it dont work waz up with that
August 31st, 2006 at 7:30 pm
help me people i have a razr v3 i need ringtones i got itunes i dont no why but i got it o ya for my ipod lol anywayz i need help to put song on my razr
September 1st, 2006 at 7:45 am
I just found your link. Thank you! I was screwing around with QuickTime Pro to do this; I didn’t even think of simply using iTunes. Your encoding info (Including the advice to use mono) saved me a lot of time.
September 1st, 2006 at 7:12 pm
THANK YOU!! This is so much fun
I actually used ITunes to create the ring tone, transfered it to an IPaq then used the bluetooth on the IPaq to send it to my Razr.
September 7th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
1 more addition- you need to strip out lyrics, etc. from the mp3 file before sending it to the RAZR. My phone kept telling me that my mp3 was corrupt, even though the settings were correct.
Turns out I had added lyrics to the original mp3. I stripped that out, as well as the regular ID3 info, and the song then worked on my RAZR. (not sure if all ID3 info needs to be removed, or just superfluous stuff like lyrics and artwork.)
September 10th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
i have 512 mb memory in my v3i but its showing that itunes can have upto 50 songs!!! how to change this setting?????????????
September 11th, 2006 at 8:25 am
I have done all that you suggested, but when I try to download the playlist to my razr (I have a PC) it says that the FTP connection failed. Any suggestions?
September 12th, 2006 at 6:52 pm
This website was great, I followed the steps 1 by 1 and and everything worked. I didn’t even know my mac could do that. Thanks I thought it would be much more comlicated, and i’m onky 14 and i could do it with no problem. Chears again
—keep up the good work
September 14th, 2006 at 6:40 pm
I’m also a telus customer with a new v3c RAZR. I’ve sent the files to the phone using bluetoothand that worked fine…I’ve used the settings on the post and others…I can play the songs but can’t set as ringtone…..My daugther has a new single that I want to turn into my ringtone. There must be a way to get these on the phone. Has anyone had any luck or have we all given up?
September 16th, 2006 at 8:21 am
This was great. I had just sent my razor of to get repaired and lost about $150 worth of ringtones. Now I can get them back at no charge and I have more to choose from. I also got to put a wall paper on my phone that I wanted. Call me stupid but didn’t realize I could do this with my phone.
I did experience the same problem with my new tones with the delay effect. Took out the art work and sent it. Worked like a champ.
Thanks again for this thread.
September 16th, 2006 at 6:13 pm
uh do i need the dsb cable to do this
September 17th, 2006 at 8:33 pm
I just got a couple of used Motorola V557 phones today. They have bluetooth, use mp3 for audio, and worked first shot. Piece of cake. Use the same instructions and you should be up an running.
September 18th, 2006 at 6:54 pm
This process was incredibly easy. Thanks! I used it for sending new rings and other full file songs to my SMT5600 smartphone. I can seem to get this to send the songs to my razr though. The USB connection doesnt work because the computer requires software? Oh well… I will use my SMT
September 20th, 2006 at 2:10 pm
did you hav ea v3i?
i copied all of the new ringtone files from itunes and dragged and dropped them onto the desktop
from there i copied the new files onto the phone via USB cable but when i disconnect the phone and attempt to apply one of the ringtones as a new ringtone…the files dont appear on the ringtone list
suggestions?
September 21st, 2006 at 1:42 am
I have the same problem as dirty. I have Cingular and a RAZR V3. I can move the mp3 onto the phone. I can play the mp3 on the phone by going to My Stuff -> Sounds. Then I select the menu key and say “Apply as Ring Tone”. But this doesn’t do anything. Incoming calls are still the old one and the mp3 doesn’t appear in the list of sounds when i go from:
Settings -> Audio -> Detail -> Calls
So there is no way to apply the ringtone. Any ideas?
September 24th, 2006 at 9:58 am
i did everything you said, but i dont have a mac and i didnt transfer through bluetooth i used a usb cable my ringtone is in my itunes folder on my phone but theres not option on audio to set any of these as a ringtone
September 26th, 2006 at 5:42 am
Easy! Great instructions. Worked for me w/ no problems. Thanks for putting these instructions on the web.
September 26th, 2006 at 6:12 pm
I followed your directions to the T and everything worked….I got it transferred to the phone, applied it as my ringtone and everything…but I am having a slight problem.
When I go to play the ringtone on my phone it takes a bit of time to load then it makes a ridiculous staticy noise before the ringtone starts. And when I have it set as my ringtone, when I call my phone my phone looks as if it is getting a call my it like stalls then will start to ring and vibrate and all that mess.
Am I doing something wrong?
September 28th, 2006 at 8:51 am
Samantha, The delay is probably due to artwork and/or lyrics in the file. You can select the file in itunes and “get info” then delete the artwork and lyrics and you should be good to go.
October 2nd, 2006 at 8:33 pm
That was brilliant! Since I don’t have bluetooth on my lowly PC, I loaded a few 30-second mono clips of audio onto a thumb drive and went over to my local CompUSA. I transferred the songs to a demo MacBook and from there paired my T-Mobile V3r with the MacBook and hit “Send File” on the Bluetooth menu. It worked great! Free ringtones! They sound better than the ringtones you buy, and they’re customizable too! Thanks!
October 3rd, 2006 at 5:45 pm
Thanks, that worked great! I was wondering why my v3 razr was saying the songs were not supporte, when I knew it supported MP3s.
If anyone needs a free music editor to edit songs into ringtones go to http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/ for a free editor.
Also if you dont have bluetooth on you computer you can send you files to your phone from
http://www.funformobile.com/pages/ringtone/uploadRingtone.php
It sends a link to a music file you upload to the site to your cell free of charge.
Hope this helps.
October 4th, 2006 at 11:05 am
This worked perfectly, thanks a lot!
October 5th, 2006 at 7:50 pm
Works perfectly for me. I have a Cingular Razr and a Mac with built-in Bluetooth.
Joe: Goto Settings > Audio > Detail. Look at Calls. If it is set to “Set by Themes” select change and set it to your MP3.
October 6th, 2006 at 11:58 pm
I went out and bought a USB cord, but when I connect my phone it says that the soft ware can not be found. Do I have to download something first? OR is their a disk I need to buy before my computer will read my phone? I’ve spent the last few hour of my life on this so I figure I should ask for help before I do something to my new Razr >>’
October 10th, 2006 at 7:07 pm
it worked but on number 3 i got stuck where it said….3- Next you need to set iTunes to convert your music to 22 khz and mono encoding. I used a lower bitrate to save space.
do u have to have a certan itunes?
October 11th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
U don’t need a mac. Connect the phone with a usb cable and open the phone folder in the computer. Open mobile folder and drag files into the ringtone folder. Afterwards go into the sounds option on your phone. Highlight your track and go to options and move to phone. BAM!!!! Now you could select is as a ringtone.
October 12th, 2006 at 1:52 pm
I have tried this many times, and was able to upload my files to my razr (thank you for the clear instructions). However, none of the suggestions seem to fix the “corrupt file” issue for me.
Help! I cannot stand the ringtones included and cannot afford to buy more.
October 14th, 2006 at 12:33 pm
I could not get the ringtones to play on my phone. It said the file was corrupted. I then removed all the IDG Tag information, and reuploaded it. Bingo!
I’m also using Windows XP. It doesnt “optimize for velocity engine,” instead it’s MMX/SSE. Still works perfect.
October 14th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
Excellent instructions. Just what I was looking for. No need for all those cheezy software programs which never seem to work anyway. For people having problems sending the files, I used the bluetooth ‘browse device’ and dropped the file right into the audio folder. It was then in the list of ringtones along with all the default ones.
Thumbs way up for the clear and simple instructions..!
October 16th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
can the program that comes with my razr for downloading ringtones, work on my mac? I tried but, it doesn’t seem to install anything.
October 20th, 2006 at 9:19 am
[…] I just recently upgraded my cell phone to a Motorola RAZR from a dinosaur. If you're picturing thisthen you aren't far off.Anyway, when I found out that the RAZR could play MP3 ringtones, I was stoked. I had the perfect song in mind: Metallica's Master of Puppets. Only I didn't want the chorus, because the chorus is lame. Anyone who knows anything about rock knows that the best part of the song is the opening riff. So I went to Cingular's download site. They have Metallica. Sweet. They have Master of Puppets. SWEET. It's just the chorus. Sheeeet. I'm up sheeeet creek without a paddle.Luckily, there exist many people on the internets who are orders of magnitude smarter than I am. Using this article, iTunes, and my handy new Motorola PC Bluetooth adapter, I cut the song to the appropriate 30-second chunk, reduced the bitrate, and then copied it to my phone. Presto, I now have the greatest ringtone ever.And if you disagree with me on that last point, then I politely suggest that you go suck on a tailpipe.That is all. Thank you. Posted: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:34 PM by Jon Sagara Filed under: Nerd […]
October 22nd, 2006 at 6:53 pm
I managed to make the mp3 file and upload it to my RAZR using the USB cable and Moto4Lin software. The mp3 is in my songs (in Multimedia) and I set it to “Apply As Ring Tone” for Line 1 - which the phone acknowleges as “Changed : Calls”, but when I get a call, I still hear the original MIDI ringtone I had set before it. When scrolling through ringtone options in “Ring Styles”, I don’t see the mp3, only the factory preset MIDI tones.
wtf?
October 24th, 2006 at 11:05 am
wow. you explained it so clearly. thanks!
-esteban.
November 4th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
i cant get to do this stuff its hard! i cant find the bit rate?
please write back!
thank you!
November 5th, 2006 at 7:38 am
Fleshmachine The directions you gave worked great from my MacPro to the Verizon V3m but I now have to figure out how to get the volume loud enough on the file, no way I can hear this as a ring tone, probably comes out around 1/3 or less the volume as tested in GetPix test. THanks for the info bro’
November 5th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
Ok, I have the newest version of iTunes, and I razr V3c, a mac, and no bluetooth, just a usb cord, is there any way that I can send songs to my phone with the usb, so that I dont have to go and spend more money and get the adapter, cause I already have motorola phone tools, only it doesn’t work with mac, and my other retard computer is a piece of junk eMachine and it wont run it with out freezing up, so, PLEASE HELP ME, I am usually good at stuff like this seeing as I am a 14 year old computer freak, but I am tired of trying to figure it out, again, PLEASE HELP ME :~P
November 6th, 2006 at 1:55 pm
I have the file downloaded on to my razr but its in sounds and i dont know how to set it as a ringtone HELP
November 6th, 2006 at 6:40 pm
Do I get Free Ringtones?
November 6th, 2006 at 6:42 pm
Thank You
November 6th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
terral! please help me bud. I have a V3c with telus,there is no audio file,I get them on my phone, they go to sounds,but you cant apply as a ringtone.
i know a lot have asked this
but is there away of fixing this problem
November 7th, 2006 at 5:50 am
Hi Evan. I’m on Cingular and haven’t had any problems assigning files as ringtones but I think Telus may have made it difficult to do. I searched around and found a number of threads that had instructions to enable them. I haven’t tried this but others have.
They recmmended deleting a couple files on the phone. audio/TempToneDB.db and MyToneDB.db. You will probably need other software to do this. They were using something called Bitpin or Bitpim? Once you remove those files, power cycle the phone and it will rebuild the database when it starts back up. You’ll have to do this each time you add or remove ringtones.
November 7th, 2006 at 11:55 pm
how do you use bluetooth to put songs from my itunes to my phone. im stuck at stage 5. please helpe me, im really dumb and new to this..
November 9th, 2006 at 7:39 am
My T-Mobile RAZR will not allow me to assign ring tones to numbers stored on the SIM card. This is clearly stated in the manual. So if you are having trouble assigning ring tones even though they are on the phone it is most likely because you are trying to assign a tone to something on the SIM card.
November 10th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
Hi, so I made the clip of the song. But where in itunes do I do steps 3 and 4? Because I didn’t do it and sent it to my phone anyways, and it didn’t play, and I tried looking on itunes and can’t seem to do it.
November 10th, 2006 at 11:06 pm
Great Site. I too am trying to handle this dilemma. I have a Verizon RAZR V3M, and a 17″ Mac with Bluetooth. My Mac recognizes the phone, and I got through every step. At the end of the process, I get the message “Validating Device” and then “Device does not have the necessary services.”
I’m bummed. Everyone else is gushing about this, and I can’t get it to work…
Anyone got any ideas?
Patrick
November 13th, 2006 at 9:29 am
Ada, Steps 3&4 are in the iTunes preferences. You will need to set the bitrate lower so the song will play.
Patrick, Sounds like it is disabled. I’m not sure of any workarounds. Sorry.
November 13th, 2006 at 9:49 pm
I converted the file and put it in the audio folder but im not really sure where to go from there? I thought it would come up in sounds but it doesnt. I have the v3i.
Any ideas would help
November 20th, 2006 at 4:45 pm
I saw this blog on google and thought it was pretty useful. It seems you know alot about phones so i was wondering if you could help me out. My phone for some reason doesnt want to recieve the ringtones i download from my computer. I have the program “Motorola phone tools” to put ringtones and after im done cropping the ringtone and sending it to the phone it says file was successfully sent, all seems well untill i go to look for the ringtone which is not there for some reason. Also when i try to recieve ringtones through bluetooth my phone always says “file is corrupt” but on the other hand i can send ringtones through bluetooth to other people. PLEASE HELP!!! I would really appreciate it, your my last resort
November 23rd, 2006 at 1:46 pm
I tried this with a Nokia 6133 and you can upload ringtones to this phone pretty much the same way as the V3 Razr. (The V3r from T-Mobile also!) With the Nokia 6133 you must set iTunes to import using WAV encoder set to 22.050kHz, 8-bit, mono. My daughter loves her new ringtones. One other note. I find if you are having problems downloading or saving a tune from any source that you can “capture” it with Audacity (which is a free program). Simply start the record function on Audacity then play the tune from its source (a CD or a website). Once captured with Audacity you can edit it with Audacity then save it as either an MP3 for Razr or WAV for Nokia and add it to iTunes. Once that is done you would upload to the phone as per the above instructions.
November 24th, 2006 at 12:19 pm
how do you complete step 6 using a USB cord? im using windows, is that why it’s not working? i tunes doesnt even read my phone when i hook it up to the computer.
November 25th, 2006 at 9:32 pm
I have the new RAZR V3m by sprint. I followed the intructions but i cannot get the song to go to my phone. it just says Failed: connection interrupted. I don’t know why this is coming up. any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks!
November 27th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
Hi,
I have a razr v3i, as all know the indian editon of v3i itunes plays only 50 songs. So is there a way to increase this number can i play more songs. Do i have any other MP3 Play for v3i to use
November 27th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
i really need help with this i did the steps and like i dont know how to send it to my phone who is this possible please write bakc thanks….
November 28th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
I just got my 2000t and all of my songs are skipping in iTunes, and I cant figure out why. If someone could help me out and tell me how to fix this I would really appreciate it because its driving me crazy. Thanks for the replys.
November 29th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
so this is pretty much the sweetest thing ever it awesome being able to put any music on there but it does suck that you can only do 30 seconds : ( but its still krazy kewl and in case some of you haven’t figured this out you can set it to start at any time but you still have to end it in 30 seconds but at least if you don’t like the first 30 seconds of the song you can do a diferent 30 seond section of the song. So again this is pretty much sweetness I don’t have to pay for ringtones anymore!!!!!
November 30th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
I followed all of your instructions but when I try to convert a song to MP3, I get a message stating that the file cannot be converted because it is protected. Any suggestions.
December 1st, 2006 at 6:17 pm
Posie, You can use the protected song but you will have to burn it to a cd first and then reimport it using the same instructions.
December 1st, 2006 at 6:19 pm
jessica, You will need to transfer the file with bluetooth. Then you can use it on your phone.
December 1st, 2006 at 7:47 pm
Quote:
My T-Mobile RAZR will not allow me to assign ring tones to numbers stored on the SIM card. This is clearly stated in the manual. So if you are having trouble assigning ring tones even though they are on the phone it is most likely because you are trying to assign a tone to something on the SIM card.
Correct, you cannot assign any ringer to anyone stored on the sim card.
You people are not getting it. I repeat, THERE IS NO WAY TO PUT ON RINGTONES USING A USB CORD, YOU NEED BLUETOOTH!!!
December 2nd, 2006 at 12:26 pm
Hi, I have a razr v3, mobile phone tools and a usb chord. I was not having a problem untill recently. I bluetoothed some ringtones to people and I accidently went to move instead of copy. so now when I try to use the person’s phone to get the tone back it says file corrupt, also, some of the tones have disappeared off my phone and I now only have a select few to use as alarms and ringer ids.and when to use the program to put the tne back on my phone it doesn’t show up in the sounds folder. Could someone please help me. This is getting frustarting!
December 2nd, 2006 at 2:05 pm
Wow. I cannot beleive how easy that was. Your tips were brilliant as well, (I know I would have forgotten to reset the start/stop).
You have truly done a good thign and added fun to my world.
Blessings!
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:08 pm
how do you get to the bluetooth i have an imac the kind where you can swivel around the screen but i dont know how to connect the phone to the computer with bluetooth
December 4th, 2006 at 6:05 pm
Great work Terral. I just wanted to add a morsel I found which may make uploading easier for the money/tech challenged.
1)Create ringtone like described above and save to location of your choice. 2)Send a picture to your email acct. like your home email or office email…whatever. This will show you what your phone’s MMS “multimedia address” is. 3) create an email with this address. On Cingular which I have it looks like this> (phone number with no spaces including area code followed by @mms.mycingular.com) 2225551212@mms.mycingular.com
4)Attach the file you wish to send to your email and send it. 5) receive the text message and you should have an option for saving the media, or saving the file. My Smg D807 says save media, my gf’s LGCU500 just has you acknowlege the file is accepted. 6) typically the phone will save the file to the “downloaded music” if mp3 or midi or if a .gif, .jpg it should go to downloaded graphics location. This is phone dependant, but it ends up in the same location as files sent via bluetooth…as far as my phone is concerned. 7) do what you wish with the file…apply as ringtone or save in other location or whatever.
I would guess this would count to your multimedia plan limitations…multimedia messaging limits and all. But is an easy avenue to go down as most of us are used to sending picture messages and texts. However bluetooth is still a tad faster, but I have yet to see if it offers any better quality in sound than the method I described above…it is however free so that’s at least nice.
J
December 5th, 2006 at 9:46 pm
Thank you Chas! I have had a Nokia 6133 for a week now and have been trying to get a custom ringtone to play ever since! None of the formats seemed to work, but thanks to your note, I’ve got it working! T-Mobile has really disappointed me by trying to force users to buy ringtones from their store…
Thanks again.
Chas Says:
November 23rd, 2006 at 1:46 pm
I tried this with a Nokia 6133 and you can upload ringtones to this phone pretty much the same way as the V3 Razr. (The V3r from T-Mobile also!) With the Nokia 6133 you must set iTunes to import using WAV encoder set to 22.050kHz, 8-bit, mono. My daughter loves her new ringtones. One other note. I find if you are having problems downloading or saving a tune from any source that you can “capture” it with Audacity (which is a free program). Simply start the record function on Audacity then play the tune from its source (a CD or a website). Once captured with Audacity you can edit it with Audacity then save it as either an MP3 for Razr or WAV for Nokia and add it to iTunes. Once that is done you would upload to the phone as per the above instructions.
December 7th, 2006 at 4:24 pm
I noticed you said you use the usb for syncing. How do you do that?!? I tried to use isync but it won’t find my phone. Is there a special setting?
December 7th, 2006 at 7:48 pm
everytime i try to get a song from bluetooth it loads but when its done it just says “file is corrupt” and doesnt save it. waht do i do?
December 7th, 2006 at 10:35 pm
WOW!!!!
Man, you are amazing. It took me all of about 2.3 seconds (OK, maybe a TINY bit longer, but not much) to convert several christmas songs and set them as ringtones.
GREAT, GREAT, GREAT JOB!!!
BTW, Razr V3 on T-mobile, FWIW.
Scott
December 9th, 2006 at 10:51 am
If you are getting the “File Type Not Recognized” or “File Type Not Recognised” error when you send the song, you are skipping step 4. You have to highlight the song, right click, and scroll down to “Convert Selection to MP3″ then double click. To find the recently converted song: Click File on the itunes menu bar and click New Smart Playlist. On the New Smart Playlist menu click Artist then double click on Date Added. You should see the current date there. Click OK and a playlist will be added with the songs in it that you just converted.
December 9th, 2006 at 10:20 pm
dude!!! i love u man, if u were a chick i’d kiss u LoL hahah
Worked out great, i tried everything, USB, my old softwares, etc. NOTHING would work.
But i went out and bought a bluetooth for my comp, my razr v3m synced up nicely
then i added the song and it worked GREAT
plays extremely perfect.
lol the only problem is, i can’t delete the ringtones now :S i click options on my razr v3m(sprint) and there is only “listen, sort” only :S there is no delete.
December 13th, 2006 at 7:19 pm
Hey Spyke, i have a V3m, too, but i can’t get it to work. can you help me out?
December 15th, 2006 at 12:42 pm
Ok….I have a problem that I don’t think is listed above. I have edited and added files with itunes and Modding software. My phone plays the sounds and I am able to select them and even “apply as ringtone”. However, when I get calls……..the phone doesn’t ring. I have a Mtrola Razr V3. Is 64 kbps required? These files are 112kbps cause I tunes wouldn’t convert to 64 for me (?). This phone has been hacked before but I just can’t figure out why it won’t apply my sounds as ringtones. I even downloaded ringtones from Kaza, and they won’t work either. Help would be greatly appreciated.
December 16th, 2006 at 9:46 am
Hey, I REALLY appreciate you putting this up! However, iTunes wont let me convert to mp3…I tried to redownload the song, but it just downloaded the old way…I will know how to put it on my phone when I get it converted, but how do I convert it? It says: “Song could not be converted because protected files cannot be converted into other formats” I’m sure this is an easy fix but I cant figure it out…Thanks for your help!
December 17th, 2006 at 10:41 am
I m trying to get music videos on the v3i. Any ideas on how to?
December 17th, 2006 at 7:33 pm
Jasper, make sure the album art and lyrics are deleted. I think it takes a while to get through those. That may be the problem?
Mynx, To make a ringtone from a protected file (purchased file) you will need to first burn a regular CD and then re-import the song. You can import with the correct settings straight from the disc.
December 19th, 2006 at 5:32 am
I can’t seem to delete ringtones I’ve transfered over using Motorola Phone Tool’s File Transfering Studio. I’m using a Sprint Motorola V3M. Can anybody help me delete these ringtones? On the phone itself there’s no option to delete it, but yet, there’s an option to delete it in the File Transfering Studio in Motorola Phone Tools, but it doesn’t delete them after I click “yes” to delete.
December 19th, 2006 at 10:08 am
SUCCESS! I used moto4lin on an iBook with a Cingular V220 and USB- had the same experience as many here - was able to upload and play, but not set as a tone. Deleting the files audio/TempToneDB.db and MyToneDB.db on the phone and restarting allowed me to set the new uploaded files as ringtones. Still experimenting, but I would use moto4lin to backup those files first as well. YMMV. BTW, Moto4lin seems finicky about which USB port you use. It appears to want you to plug the phone in the same port as when you set it up. I was having issues where it would connect one time and not the next, using the same port appears to have fixed this.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:48 pm
Thank you for your help.
December 23rd, 2006 at 7:27 pm
bought the phonetools http://www.wirelessground.com/momiusbmopht.html but can’t get the darn itunes up with it..any help?
December 24th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
I m trying to get music videos on the v3i. Any ideas on how to??
December 26th, 2006 at 4:08 pm
i successfully got the ringtones onto the phone but everytime i try to make it my official ringtone it seems to work until i get a phone call when it plays my old ringtone not the one i want it to.
what should i do/
December 27th, 2006 at 8:57 pm
Ok I just go tmy mits on Phonetools. For my motorazr red It does all of the cutting converting and applying via a CHEAP usb cable from the local junk store for 2$ ;p If itunes is annoying many freeware (mac or pc) apps exist for making audio conversions bitrate samplerate etc. Im sure as well for those whom have the little micro sd card in the phone below the battery can shift junk of the appropriate BR to the phone too. I avoid messing with the card since it is so tiny its almst impossible to get out of the adapter or phone.
Now just to find a way to connect this samsung up to a app similar to phonetools. >_
December 28th, 2006 at 3:14 pm
This was excellent. Got it to work in no time on my V3 from Cingular. Thanks for letting the rest us know how its done.
December 30th, 2006 at 11:43 am
I am having problems getting the ringtones onto my phone. I followed all the steps for converting the files in itunes, but when I try to send them to my phone via bluetooth it says: “device does not have the necessary services. I have the product red Motorola Razr V3m as well as the product red bluetooth headset. Please help!! I am going crazy!!!
January 1st, 2007 at 11:29 pm
The directions left by FleshMachine about half way up work perfectly for the V3m. It is sooooo super frustrating that Verizon blocks out file transfers like that but converting to .wav files isn’t that bad at all. That might be why you (Moose