Use a Ringtone as Text Tone on iPhone - iOS 17

I prefer to use text tones as ringtones. I see here almost everyone had the reverse problem of mine. Even after the update I can’t make text tones a ringtone. Can’t access them even. Nothing that I have purchased. Anyone else? Or anyone have a fix?

Swansong604 wrote:

This is very disappointing as I used to use ringtone for VIP emails I can’t miss at noght when I’m sleeping when I’m oncall. Not it just a quick text tone. This needs to be fixed.

Update to iOS 17.1.1.

I’m trying to use a ringtone as a text tone and ringtones are No longer listed at the bottom. I used a ringtone for a text tone for the last 10 years and now I can’t. I need a ringtone for texts for critical texts that I receive at night when I am oncall for work. And you can no longer do that. RINGTONES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR TEXTS !!

I have a call booked with Apple on this. Text tones are too short to be used as an alarm for contacts set to 'bypass' for emergency messages. I cannot allocate a longer tone and there is no repeat function. Longest useable tone I've found is 'anticipate' in the classic list. I cannot allocate ringtones to text messages despite having the latest update.

I am also having the same problem accessing my ringtones for my text tones in the latest update. My phone is showing that it is updated to iOS 17.1.1. In this latest update, the ringtones are no longer listed as options for my text tones.

vinsh wrote:

How do I get STRUM ringtone as my text notification that I always had?

You will either need to create it yourself from a sound file or search the iTunes Store for one that's similar and buy it.

I’m in the exact same position, too. I needed the obnoxiously long and loud “Radiate” ringtone as the text tone for being on call. Seriously concerned I’m going to sleep through the my work’s emergency system text now.

i agree the ring tones should be allowed on the text messages like they used to. I have contacts assigned so a text or call are the same sound so I know who it is and I'm a nurse so all the doctors are assigned a special sound (ring or text) so when covered in isolation gear I know if it's important enough to leave the room to check it or not!!! Plus when I'm on call the longer phone call tones used as a text sound help make sure it wakes me for emergencies!!! I see NO reason to stop us from having that choice like we used to have in all the other iOS. PLEASE RETURN THIS FUNCTION!!!

PeakNewby wrote:

please please please log a complaint with Apple so they can get the message. I'm not sure they are aware of the difference they can make.

I'm sorry but I have no complaint to make. Apple restored the ability to use custom tones for texts (as long as they were under 30 seconds). That resolved my issue.

O.M.G i thought i was the only one with this problem because i used to have the text tone “by the seaside” before the iOS 17 update and now it’s just gone and then when i checked the ringtones section there it is, like i loved that text tone but ever since the new update i haven’t been able to do it this is *** i can’t even please apple change this back or at least at by the seaside back to text tones

you finally have convinced me to leave APPLE

between not being able to set the phone the way I had it with text and ring tones

and

the security leak that had POLICE DEPARTMENTS putting out warnings within 12 hours of the upgrade

I am now searching for an android after all these years with iphones

This is very frustrating...this happened a couple of days ago. Same issue here. I have IOS 17.2.1. Apple support could not help. I was always an Android user and switched because of my family. I am going back to Android. I am just disappointed just got an updated Apple phone. The Apple iphones have been so complex and not intuitive for me. It was so easy with an Android.

needchange12 wrote:

you finally have convinced me to leave APPLE

Me? Personally? I never knew I had that sort of power.

the security leak that had POLICE DEPARTMENTS putting out warnings within 12 hours of the upgrade

There was no security leak. It was a bunch of click-bait headlines to stories by people who didn't actually understand how the NameDrop feature worked.

I am now searching for an android after all these years with iphones

You should always buy the tool that best meets your needs. No one here has any vested interest in what that is. But, if security is a major concern for you, you might want to do some research about what mobile phone operating system is most secure.

I have always had one of the Apple default text tones as my ringtone. I can no longer set a Text tone as my ringtone as well. Very frustrating! It was not removed but I was listening to other ringtones and accidentally selected it as my default… Now, I cannot get the text tone (Bell) back for my ringtone.

tstreetkid wrote:

Apple fix this! Any of the stock tones, text or ring, should be assignable as either a text tone or a ring tone, like before iOS 17.

You aren't writing Apple here. This is a user to user only forum, which Apple doesn't actively participate. If you want to share your request with Apple, you can use this link --> Feedback - iPhone - Apple