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iPhone 3GS iOS 4.1 Update No Custom Ringtones

Hi Everyone!

I just upgraded my iPhone 3GS to iOS 4.1 and now I can no longer set customized ringtones for individual users. At first, my phone had lost all my contacts (which are synced to an Exchange server). When I restored my contacts I noticed that I can no longer have custom ringtones for individual contacts. There's no option there any more. Just the number, a "notes" section. Anyone else have this problem?

Custom Built PC, Windows 7

Posted on Sep 8, 2010 12:34 PM

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Sep 11, 2010 9:15 PM in response to Gearz1701

For some reason in iOS 4.1 the option to add a ringtone was removed from the main view of an individual contact. Now the only way to assign one is via the Edit option, which I find to be a pain! I liked it in iOS 2.x and 3.x that you could quickly assign ringtones WITHOUT having to tap edit and scroll down.

Once the ringtone has been added, THEN it does show up and is changeable without having to tap Edit on the contact you assigned one too.

Definitely a step backwards!

I would also love the ability (been asking since day one) to assign a ringtone to a GROUP of contacts. Such a pain doing them one by one and if you ever need to turn contact syncing off and on for MobileMe then you lose all your ringtone assignments.

Sep 17, 2010 6:22 AM in response to Gearz1701

Not Only did they "bury" this useful feature - they also dis-associated all my existing definitions of ring tones for all my contacts!!! Grrrrrrr!

250+ individual ring tones that let me know who's calling for over 700 contacts!
Dumb move! Why should they care how I use my iPhone?
They have no right to redefine settings on my contacts..!!

Whose bright idea was this to not save the exist ring tone definitions?!!?
(..please wait while iPhone is backed up....... yeah right!!)

Please folks "un-bury" this feature again and next upgrade "SAVE the ringtones"!

Thanks!

Mike

iPhone 3GS iOS 4.1 Update No Custom Ringtones

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