Why does the ringtone sound worse AFTER I download it?

I am an audiophile and I have been experimenting with audio files in different formats and using Adobe Soundbooth CS4 to edit and master these ringtones I am creating to see if I can get the phone to playback the ringtones nicely.

I have tried converting the audio to mono and pulling out midrange frequencies and also adding a high pass filter to remove low frequencies all together. I have tried many other audio settings without much success. I have been able to improve it slightly BUT it still sounds like rubbish compared to my 3GS playing the exact same ringtone file that has NOT been edited or remastered in anyway.

I do hope that Apple aren't beating around the bush with this "bug" and fix it. "iphone 4S ringtone quality" - these keywords open a can of worms when you type it into Google search. So if Apple even dare to tell us Apple product owners that they have NEVER heard of the issue, that is downright ignorant on their part and a **** poor effort from their technical team.

Clearly, the phone is performing some sort of post audio processing on the ringtone files, hence making them sound like complete utter ****. This is not the case when you select the same file as a "text tone" because I can only assume that apple has assumed that people would have a very short length text tone, hence no post audio processing.

If my 10 year old Nokia phone can assign and use an full length MP3 music file as a ringtone without a problem, I am certain that a phone with a dual core processor and bucket loads more memory can do it too.

Come on Apple, step up and fix it or I'm going to turn this 4S into another iPod and get an android/windows 7 phone based phone that CAN actually play custom length, full quality audio files AS an assignable tone without any problems.

One of many annoyed iP4S owners,

Owen

Does anyone have access to the Apple Express Lane Support? I'm wondering what they think about this problem.
T-Mobile and the hungarian Apple Support said: they have no information on this bug/issue. This is why I would rather ask the the Express Lane.

The thing is: I've bought mine at T-Mobile Hungary. This way the hungarian Apple Support says that I must ask help from T-Mobile. Well, T-Mobile sent it to Apple, and as said before they replaced the whole phone due to network problems, but not a single word was said about the ringtone issue. Fact: you can't access the Express Lane from Hungary, the Apple Support redirects you to T-Mobile, who can't do anything than to send it to Apple.

Costumer care at it's best.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Give it a try.

Same problem here, I have used the form Gabor has posted. Lets see what they say, I have hopes this can be fixed in the next update which shouldn't be long. Seems quite an oversight though for a company that is so meticulous.

I am having the exact same problem. I don't understand why this is happening, and there doesn't really seem to be a fix. Thankfully, I rarely get a phone call, so I won't have to deal with the terrible sound quality all that often.

Still, it's really annoying 😟

I don't know if i need to get a new phone or if it is just a software bug.

I think you should wait one or two weeks or so. The iOS 5.1 should be out in the first half of February. (No official date, just guesses.) I had my phone replaced by Apple, and nothing changed. Should be a bug, but we'll be smarter when iOS 5.1 comes. Hopefully.

Good news Ladies and Gentlemen 🙂

Some people on a hungarian iPhone 4S forum are using iOS 5.1 Beta 3. One of them said, that this ringtone issue is fixed. All we need is the final iOS 5.1... Fingers crossed.

That's amazing news! Can I have a link to that?

Good news: iOS 5.1 is out, and it solved the ringtone bug. Yaaay!

I have iPhone 6s and iOS version 9.2, and the same issue. I just compare the quality from settings and from itunes - A VERY big difference, WORSE! It looks like I downloaded it from some pirate site for SMS, however it's iTunes 😕. How can I fix it? Because standard tones sounds more clearly than it.

How can this bug be still unfixed after 4 years.

Happening on my 6s; asked for refund on my purchases.

Poor introduction to my first iPhone and I'm wondering why Apple is so popular. Fairly disgraceful.

oh my fxxxxxxxx god when wil this be fixed????can someone official respond?????

Same here.. on iPhone 6s with iOS 9.3.1. 😮

im used audacity and cut frequences , after this operation sound like good