Setting purchased ringtones in the UK

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Setting purchased ringtones in the UK

I am using the iPhone 3G in the UK and cannot find a way of setting anything but default ringtones. I purchased 48 ringtones from the Apple Store but apart from being able to listen to them on the iPod they are pretty much useless.
Can this be done in the UK? I am not asking to create my own ringtone (I know this is only available in the US) but just to set already purchased ones.
Please help.

iPhone OS 3.0.1

Posted on Aug 19, 2009 4:51 AM

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neuroanatomist

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Aug 19, 2009 9:17 AM in response to albena123

You cannot purchase ringtones from the iTunes Music Store outside the US. You may think you 'purchased 48 ringtones' but you didn't. When purchasing a ringtone, the first time you click Buy you are buying the song. That's what you did, and that's how you can play the song on the iPod. In the US, you can then select the song in your iTunes library, click the bell icon, make a ringtone, then Buy that ringtone. If you didn't spend money twice, you didn't buy a ringtone.

For non-DRM protected tracks, you can make ringtones in iTunes. You can also use GarageBand (if you have a Mac), or various 3rd party software to make ringtones.

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roaminggnome

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Aug 19, 2009 9:26 AM in response to albena123

As Neuro says, you only purchased the "song" for the ringtones. You would still have to open the ringtone editor, create the ringtone, and buy each ringtone.

However, as this feature is ONLY available in the U.S. at this time, you cannot do this.

There are however many ways to create ringtones for free. Google will find many of these.

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albena123 Author

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Aug 20, 2009 1:24 AM in response to roaminggnome

Thanks guys for your replies.
I find it very annoying that you cannot do that in the UK but will have to wait and see what happens in the future.

I will explore other options for creating a ringtone.

Thanks again.

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rog123

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Aug 20, 2009 12:17 PM in response to albena123

You can create your own iPhone ringtones in the UK and it's very easy and free! I've done it with 100% success for my 3Gs and it is very easy to do. Go to Google search in UK and type 'How to create FREE iPhone ringtones using only iTunes 8' Click on the top link and print what you see and simply follow the instructions! It can be done with Windows or a Mac. Yiu then only have to discard your purchased tones and become totally you. Enjoy!!
Cheers.

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albena123 Author

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Aug 21, 2009 1:19 AM in response to rog123

Thank you rog123 - this is very helpful and will give it a go at the weekend.

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