HOW TO SYNC YOUR RINGTONES TO THE iPHONE

All this sounds great, and I have been able to do everything up to the first step 8. There is no Device Tone to drag the file from the Tone library to. What am I missing? I never get success at your second step 8, no ringtone at the top of the screen in my iPhone.

I want to scream... I have done everything you said to. The ringtone is in the tone bell under the device but is not on the device. I keep syncing the phone and it is not there. It will play on itunes, but is no where to be found on the phone. I need help...

Thank you so much.... finally it works GREAT!!!! 😁

When you click on your device click on the tones tab. Make sure it is set up to sync. That was my problem. I didn't have it set to sync so my ringtones weren't showing up. As soon as you set it to sync they should show up.

Where in ther world is the tones tab on my iphone, i have looked everywhere! Thanks.

The tones tab is under the library of you don't have it look at the posts above and it will tell you how to enable it.

This is the BEST instructions I have found. WORKED LIKE A CHARM !!!! 😉 Thank you so much. You saved my iphone for I was ready to return it and get my android back. Thanks Again.

P.S. To all ...Be sure to make sure the tones box (Go to Edit, Perferences, General tab) is checked - very Important! It won't work if this isn't done.

Thanks Again,

Sunviews

The instructions here are excellent and my son manages to follow them on his itunes a/c. My problem is that despite checking Tones under Preferences on my itunes a/c, I still cannot drag the ringtone from the desktop (made using Ring Tone Maker app and following the instructions to the letter). It appears in the Music area instead. If I try to manually add it to the Library via the folders on my PC, there is only the Music folder available under Itunes - no Tones folder is listed. Hope you can help, because really, it shouldn't be this hard...

FIRST > Make sure that your iphone is connected to your PC!

I would do it again. Go to Edit>Perferences>General Tab> click tones. Now go back to itunes and on the top left hand side under Library you should see a symbol of a bell (labeled tones). If you don't have this, its not going to work.

Now drag the folder from the desk top that you created for your ringtones to the bell (tone folder under library).

Your ringtones are going to appear in itunes just like your music. You will see a list of them (I created 10 when I did it).

It looks just like your songs except after each one it will have .m4r after each title. These are your ringtones not songs.

Click on the arrow just left of the name of your device (iphone). A list of folders will appear. You should see a bell icon labeled tones.

Now highlight the first ringtone and while holding down the mouse button drag it from the list under itunes (looks just like your songs) to the bell icon under your iphone. Continue doing this until you have done all ringtones in the list.

To see them > you now must look at your iphone > Go to Settings > Sounds >Ringtones. There they are, all that you transferred. They are listed at the top of the list above the default ones that Apple put on the iphone.

Now all you have to do is assign them to the contact person you want.

I hope this helps you. If you cannot get the tone folder (bell icon) to appear under Library after clicking on it , the only advice I have is for you to contact Apple because it should appear if you have the box checked.

Good Luck😉

sunviews

Her problem is not showing the bell icon on itunes its not showing on her iphone. we are haveing the same problem. Which you can not check the box to sync the tones. anybody else having this issue? please help we have done everything in this post and it only effects the itunes not the device pulled up on the itunes.

please help us

"FIRST > Make sure that your iphone is connected to your PC!"

lol, do we know each other? Had my 9 yr old son with me - no stupid mistakes allowed 😉

The problem is when I drag the ringtone (created with the Ring Tone Maker app) from the desktop to the Library (left hand side of itunes), it highlights the entire Library section in a blue box - not the singular Tones folder (which I def. have). Dropping here just puts it into the Music area (I can play it from there, not that it is any use to me!). Dragging and dropping into the actual Tones page (right hand side) has no effect.

This is my sticking point. It works perfectly well (following your instructions) for my son with his a/c on a different PC. (He has 10 to my zero as well 😉)

How frustrating is this? A lot. But THANKS for your detailed and quick reply. 🙂

Josie, You are there and just don't know it. When I did drag the ringtone folder from my desktop it TOO highlighted the entire section for me but I put the words right on top of the bell (tone folder).

I too thought that this wasn't going to work because it highlighted the entire section and wondered if it was going into the right folder. The files appeared instantly to the right and looked like the songs except each one had .m4r after each one. I knew I had the ringtones then!!! This procedure worked the first time for me.

I too could play them. These are your ringtones. They are supposed to appear in a list like your music under the graybar labeled "itunes".

Click on the arrow (its accually upside down) to the left to the name of your device (iphone). A list of folders will appear. You should see a bell icon labeled "tones". IMPORTANT - MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS DONE PRIOR TO CLICKING ON YOUR FIRST RINGTONE SO THAT THE FOLDER IS WAITING FOR YOU.

You will not be able to do this once you have the highlighted ringtone on your cursor. Again it will highlight the area blue but you must put the words right over the bell icon labeled tones.

To see them > get your iphone> go to Settings>Sounds>Ringtones. They will be at the top of the list above the default ones Apple put on the phone.

For Adamusmc> .These insturctions should work. I would make sure that the connection with the usb cable connecting the iphone to the computer are tight and plugged in all the way.

You will not have a bell icon on your phone its labeled just ringtones.

If you cannot do the first paragraph I listed above on your computer under edit (in itunes) then I would contact Apple.

The website is standard for everyone. When you go to Edit>Perferences>General Tab it appears grayed out like your unable to click on anything. But it does work.

I hope this helped the two of you. If not, let me know and I will try again.

Happy Syncing,

Sunviews 😎

P.S. Let me know if this works one way or the other so that it will HELP others going thru the same thing. Thanks,🙂

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The reference was perfect. It was an effective one and good for average users. Even newbies can understand it easily. +1.

SVs, firstly, thanks again for your patient and detailed reply! I've been at this for ages today, trying every bloody thing known to man and finally - problem solved! 🙂

Your instructions are accurate (and excellent!). The problem appears to be that I was making a ringtone from a song acquired electronically (non Itunes). Although the ringtone I made had the correct file extension, it would NOT drop into the Tones folder NO MATTER WHAT I TRIED. Thinking that there could be no other reason why it didn't work I created a ringtone from an Itunes acquired song - worked. I then created a ring tone from a CD loaded into my Itunes - worked. The thing that does my head in is all the time I've spent on this stupid ringtone when the song is on a CD I physically bought the day after the electronic file arrived (I actually pay artists for music!) but I was too lazy to load it in over the top of the electronic one already in Itunes. So, off to load my CD, and the next time someone phones me it will be to Buried Alive by A7X - which will be a very welcome change from the std stuff the phone came with! 😀