Q: HOW TO SYNC YOUR RINGTONES TO THE iPHONE

Don't know if the problem has been solved, but the reason the files arnt transferring is the need renaming as for some reason the file name Ringtone Maker gives is invalid hope this helps :)

I have the same problem. I had two ringtones then when I updated to the itunes 11 I synced my phone but It keeps cancelling ONLY  when I have Tones in my Tones library. When I remove the tones from the itunes it sync everything else.

Yes the files are m4r file types.

Please someone explain why this is happening.

I had the same problem, when i udgraded my iTunes, my ringtone was lost.. how can i save ringtones on my iPhone?.. this iTunes 11 is not user friendly like the previous version..

I was doing it all WRONG.  You have to drag and drop the ringtones under LIBRARY then a Tones option will appear next to Summary > Ingo > Apps > TONES.  Then you should be able to drag these ringtones from the LIBRARY > TONES to YOUR DEVICE > TONES then sync..

To put ringtones in your device(iphone) first of all you need "ringtone maker application" in your device,make ringtone with the help of that application,then connect your device with mac/pc,open itunes in your mac/pc,after synchronizing device will appear in itunes,click your device and go to "apps"  ( SUMMARY>INFO>APPS ) scroll down and then you will find "FILE SHARING" ,click on your "ringtone maker application" then you will find in the right hand side box  "ringtone" made by you, drag that ringtone n paste on your desktop,then click "done" . On the left hand upper  side you will see music icon ( i guess its by default ), click on that music icon then u will see some more icons,click on "tones" icon ,drag ringtone from your desktop  to "tones",then again open your device in itunes and go to "tones" (SUMMARY>INFO>APPS>TONES) n then syc your device.

enjoy

Why do people keep listing the same steps that have been posted like 10 times already? We get it the steps have already been given. You repeating them in a less comprehensive way isn't going to fix peoples issue all of the sudden. We are doing the steps correctly they just plainly are not syncing. These steps worked fine before updating to Itunes 11 and ios6. Now they do not. I've done this dozens of times. But after the update it just doesn't work. If you have updated to Itunes 11 and ios6 and have figured out how to do it then please share how. But please don't list the same steps again. Just say what you did differen't or if you used the exact same steps and had success but don't or do know why.

I finally got it to work. What I did was instead of selecting "Sync All Tones". I did the "Selected Tones" option. Then manually selected all the ringtones individually. Then hit "Apply" > "Delete and Sync" and then it decided to work all of the sudden. Go figure...

I m also talking about iOS 6.0.1 and iTunes 11,

What u did in last step , I was also talking the same About syn.

The main issue here is simply doing the Edit Preferences > General Tab > Tones was not enough to get the files to transfer. Not sure why they were trying to emphasize that step, as the Tones checkbox was a default selection on my version of iTunes (11.0.1), but perhaps it wasn't that way on previous versions. I was trying to drag tones from my Library Tones folder into my iPhone Tones folder and nothing was happening.

The step that's missing in the OP's instructions is once your iPhone is connected to your computer and you see the Device list in your iTunes sidebar, you click on the device, then you should see some subtabs on the screen, one of which is Tones. Click on that, and then there will be two options -- to sync all tones or only sync selected tones. I didn't try Sync All, but Selected Sync worked. Hope this helps.

i tried over & over to download ringtones from itunes to my iphone4 and there is nothing there in itunes for me to pull down............there isn't even anything there fro me to sync my phone neither......begging for help???? please please please if someone could help me out, been trying for days.............getting ready take **** phone back..........

thank you very much

wildcherrii

but, how?  when i copy & go to paste to libary, the libary is selected on itunes store, and i can't take and click on it while im holding it to paste it.....this is the most electronic device, that i have ever had that i can not work..........iam so confused???

I did that but it is still not working.. all it does is vibrate.. it doesnt actually play the tone. i set it to all my contacts.

I have read thru all the replies and did not see the same issue(s) as I'm experiencing. I have downloaded 6 ringtones (all .m4r format) on my Windows pc. I clicked and dragged it to "tones" in iTunes. 3 tones was successfully copied but the other 3 won't copy. When I tried copying the 3 that won't transfer/copy, I keep getting an icon with an arrow and with a "link" label but won't copy.

Copying and/or moving the 3 tones to my music library did not do the trick also. I would get the same icon with arrow and link label everytime I try moving it.

Also, when I try to play the 3 tones that won't copy on my pc, iTunes would open but will not play the sound. But if I try to play the 3 that were copied/moved it would play the tones. I can also play .mpeg formats with iTunes but not the 3 that won't copy or move!

I have iTunes 11. Hope somebody can help. Thanks much!

In my itunes under

My Iphone > Apps ... there is no thing called File Sharing.. what can i do ?:(

Tones are there but will not sync to the phone. Same problem here and no solution.  Maybe we should all trash the ipone and get a Samsungs Slll or Nokia.

It seems like Apple techs couldn't care about their crappy product.