Purchase a San Disk Mobilemate SD+. It is a USB reader that supports about 6 different kinds of memory media, and you can plug the transflash directly into it or plug the transflash into a SD card housing and then put the SD housing into the Mobilemate. I purchased my Mobile mate from ebay a few months ago for around $15 - check around for other prices. I like it because it supports so many different kinds of media - I can use my SD memory card from my digital camera in it as well as the transflash.
Ringtones - here is the solution.
Make a ringtone (mp3 format) that is about 25 seconds long. You can do this with any song in iTunes using the export feature and also use itunes to edit the length of the song.
Transfer from your Mac to the transflash card. The directory structure should be motorola/shared/ringtone. (There is also an audio folder within the /shared folder, not sure if you should use this folder or the /ringtone folder, so I used the /ringtone folder). Insert the transflash card back into your e815.
1. On your e815, choose Media Gallery > Sounds. You should see all of the mp3 files you just loaded onto your transflash card (if you do not, make sure you to Switch Storage Device to select your transflash card instead of the phone)
2. Highlight the song you wish to use as a ringtone, then select the center menu button, then select Send in Message >Select
3. When the To: dialog box pops up, enter a fake number as the send address. I use 5551212@verizon.com. After entering this fake number, select OK.
4. Select OK again.
5. Select Send.
6. One of two things will happen at this point. 1) The phone will go through the motions of sending the message - you can see this via the progress bar or 2) the phone will display an error message saying something about not being able to send the message. Either of these scenarios is acceptable.
7. Now select your Message Center, and open your Outbox. You should have at least one message in the Outbox, which is the message you just attempted to send.
8. Highlight the message, then select Read. Your mp3 file should begin to play. Choose pause to stop the playback.
9. Select the center menu button, choose Save Items > Select. The dialog box will say Save What? at the top - make sure File is highlighted (it should be the only option you can choose). Choose Select.
10. The mp3 file should begin to play again. On the screen bottom right you should see Store. Select this. A dialog will then pop up asking where you want to store it - Transflash or Phone. Choose Phone.
11. Now that the mp3 file is stored on your phone, you should be able to select it as a ringtone.
Let me know if this method works for you. It worked for me using my old Motorola v710 cell phone, and it works for me on my new e815.
Cheers.
