Many years and iPhones ago, I created ringtones from music I legally own but not bought from the Apple Store. They worked fine on all iPhones but since the last upgrade, they are no longer on my phone.
The options under settings only ask about downloading "purchased" ringtones. Is this a new scheme for Apple to make Money?
How do I get my old ringtones back?
iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 16
The easiest way is to transfer your ringtone files to e.g. iCloud Drive, also use the app Garageband to insert it as ringtones in the iOS system.
1. On your computer, go to https://icloud.com, sign in with your Apple ID
2. Open Files and drag n drop your Ringtones files in there.
3. On your iPhone, open the Files app, if you can see the ringtone files, you're good to go.
4. Download Gareband in the App Store, it's free. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/garageband/id408709785?l=da
Once Garageband is downloaded, use this YouTube guide to insert the ringtones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e4BLhef-e4
(In the guide, approx. 1:36 into the video, he chooses Music, you have to choose Files, since that's where you placed your ringtones)
The easiest way is to transfer your ringtone files to e.g. iCloud Drive, also use the app Garageband to insert it as ringtones in the iOS system.
1. On your computer, go to https://icloud.com, sign in with your Apple ID
2. Open Files and drag n drop your Ringtones files in there.
3. On your iPhone, open the Files app, if you can see the ringtone files, you're good to go.
4. Download Gareband in the App Store, it's free. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/garageband/id408709785?l=da
Once Garageband is downloaded, use this YouTube guide to insert the ringtones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e4BLhef-e4
(In the guide, approx. 1:36 into the video, he chooses Music, you have to choose Files, since that's where you placed your ringtones)
If you have purchased ringtones in iTunes, they can be "re-downloaded" here:
Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Ringtone > tap Download All Purchased Tones
If your ringtones were not purchased in iTunes, then you need to transfer them to your iPhone again.
Well I tried all of those methods. Garageband didn't seem to have method for adding already made ringtones. I was probably just too inpatient to follow it all the way through. However I did plug my phone into my windows PC and opened iTunes (yes the app that is no longer supported), and when it appeared, I transfered the ringtones on my PC to the iPhone. All is well now and when my phone rings it once again plays the Beatles "You say Hello and I say Goodbye"
Thank You
they are no longer on my phone
Have you check at -> Settings -> Sound & Haptics -> Ringtone | Text Tone | etc?
And how does one transfer them from a Windows pc to an iPhone 14. I guess that is my real question.
Yes checked all of that. Need to know how to get them from my windows pc to my iPhone 13. When I upgraded phones last year they were transferred from my old phone
Good to hear. You're welcome.
Missing home made ringtones
