Problem putting a custom ringtone on my iPhone 4

Select Sync Ringtones under the Ringtones tab for your iPhone sync preferences. Select the ringtone or ringtones below that you want transferred to your iPhone followed by a sync.

You manually manage your music?


If not, then you need to go to the ringtones tab, select sync ringtones, then select the ringtones you want to sync.

You can only use custom ringtones for telephone. They will not work for mail/text/etc.

You would put a ringtone onto your iphone via itunes.

http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_iOS4_UserGuide.pdf


Go to the ringtone tab and select it to sync. Take a look at the manual.

make sure the ringtone is in m4r format or it wont sync it to your phone.

Here are the instructions for creating custom ringtones from songs on your iTunes. It works flawlessly for me. It looks more complicated than it really is. Maybe something in there can help you with your problem.

Instructions

Things You'll Need:
iTunes
Mac or Windows computer
Non-DRM song (i.e., one not bought from the iTunes Store)

1. Open iTunes.

2. Find the song that you want to make into a ringtone.

3. Listen to the song and find the part of it you want to use. The chorus may be a good place to start.

4. Write down the start and stop times of the clip.

5. Right-click the song and select "Get Info."

6. Click the "Options" tab.

7. Type in the start time of your ringtone in the text box next to "Start Time" in the minutes:seconds (i.e., 2:01) format.

8. Type in the end time of your ringtone in the text box next to "Stop Time." Make sure the ringtone is no more than 40 seconds long.

9. Click "OK."

10. Right-click your song again and select "Convert Selection to AAC." Wait for iTunes to convert your song. It will create a duplicate version.

11. Right-click the ringtone and select "Delete."

12. Click on the "Keep Files" button.

13. Find the file. It's usually in your User folder under "Music > iTunes > iTunes Music" and under the band's name. It will have an extension of m4a.

14. Replace the m4a extension of your ringtone with m4r. You can either double-click slowly to rename your file, or right-click and select "Get Info" on a Mac or "Rename" on a Windows PC.

15.Click "Use .m4r" or the PC equivalent when the system warns you that the change may affect the use of your file.

16. Double-click the ringtone file. ITunes will automatically add it to your ringtones folder in your iTunes Music Library.

17. Connect your iPhone and sync your ringtones.

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