Iphone/Ringtone problem

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Iphone/Ringtone problem

I just purchased 3 ringtones from Itunes. Clocks, Shipping to Boston, Calling Elvis. Ringtones are showing in Itunes just fine. Plugged in Iphone to sync. Manually manage music is checked. I clicked and dragged the 3 ringtones to the iphone. They now show up on the left side under the iphone. I have synced the phone and 3 ringtones are showing up on the phone but they are all the same, Shipping to Boston!

I have tried to click or unclick "Sync Ringtones" at the top. That didn't work.
I have deleted all the ringtones and tried again. That didn't work.

Nothing seems to help. Three ringtones show up, they are just all the same song!

I have the 16G Iphone but my library is almost 80G so I don't want to automatically sync music. I like to manually manage the music. Click and drag should work, shouldn't it? It does for music, videos, podcasts, and TV shows.

What should I now do?

MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Feb 27, 2008 10:38 AM

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Answer 1

DaVBMan

Level 6

9,280 points

Feb 27, 2008 10:40 AM in response to jhstubbs

There have been numerous reports of this. Sorry to say I have not paid attention to the threads to know the answer.

Can say if you search you may find the threads here (I know the search isn't all that perfect..IMHO).

Also, I recall seeing this issue talked about most when 1.1.3 came out. Any chance have you updated to 1.1.4 from yesterdays release? It may fix the problem if it was somthing they fixed.

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Answer 2

Feb 27, 2008 10:59 AM in response to DaVBMan

I am having the exact same problem...I have run the software update and it is still not addressed....3 ringtones purchased, I've tried all the suggestions I have found on the board...no fix....only 2 show up, duplicate names, etc....ARRRGHHH....

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Answer 3

Damon M.

Level 4

3,705 points

Feb 27, 2008 11:15 AM in response to jhstubbs

One thing to try.
Uncheck the manually manage on the summary page and check the automatically sync.
Click apply in the bottom right.
Now go to the music tab and set the music to sync.
Now go to the ringtones tab and set the ringtones to sync.

Click apply in the bottom right.

Hope this helps.

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Answer 4

lse322

Level 1

0 points

Feb 27, 2008 11:16 AM in response to possumqueen

I have just had the same problem with 3 ring tones I just purchased. No workaround/fix yet that I can find.

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Answer 5

Feb 28, 2008 6:25 PM in response to jhstubbs

i'm having a very similar problem, though my ringtones are all ones i've made in garageband.
when syncing, i'm getting omissions and duplications even though when i check my phones ringtones using the itunes interface, it says there are all there and working (i can even play them through itunes)
but when i disconnect my phone, it will be missing 4 or 5 ringtones and of the remaining tones, several with have 4 to 5 duplicates of the same ringtone.

frustrating that apple can't seem to get the iphone software out of beta....

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Answer 6

Feb 28, 2008 10:45 PM in response to jhstubbs

What should I do whether I've got this alert
"Wannabe" was not copied to the Iphone because you are not authorized it to play on this computer ?

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