Iphone 5 won't sync Custom ringtones while Ipad with updated sofware will sync thos same ringtones. Why? What to do?

This worked like a charm.... I just dragged the ringtones from my itunes TONE folder (which I created under music) and dropped them on the TONE folder that showed up in my iphone5 .

I viewed the youtube link. Ringtone shows up in both "Tones" and in the tones section of "On This Phone" in itunes. I have synced with no success. I have removed it and resynced it with No success. Any ideas please???

I was having same troubles...

From your device page select "Tones" (mine was between Apps and Music) tab along the top menu bar...

From there there will be a Sync Tones square checkbox, check it

Select the All tones dot /circle

Finally then sync.

It was what did the trick for me, hopefully it helps someone else out there. I was ready to put my head through a wall trying to figure out what to do!

None of this I mean none of this worked for me until I did a total new sync of all my music and tones, It you haven't previously synced with the "manage music manually" when you check this choice you erase all of your itunes previous files and start over. Not really a big deal but it was the only way to get my tones to update. Just takes time for all my music to sync.

Okay just finished sync, NO TONES AGAIN! I am not a newbie to the iTunes/iphone world. I know how to do this and this is not working. Iphone 5s or new IOS 7 I don't know which.

Finally figured this out. DO NOT use and app for your phone to do this. I used my most updated Garage Band on my iMac, which is the Garage Band 09' one. Took me like 5 minutes to do and you can find a walk thru on You tube if you google Garage Band (your version) ringtones.

Now I have my whole iTunes library at my disposal to make ringtones with. Sweet!!

Unfortunately you have to convert Mp3 to M4r to work now. Spent 2 hours to figure this out.

See below !!!

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Apple® iTunes® can also be used to convert an MP3 to M4R but the process is a little involved and the directions might be slightly different depending on the version. In general, the imported MP3 must be first converted to the AAC format (which is essentially the same as M4P), then manually renamed from an MP4 to an M4R file.

To use iTunes® to convert an MP3 files to M4R, add the MP3 file to your iTunes® Library. Right-click on the file once more, and choose "Create ACC version" from the popup menu. (This will only appear if you select under iTunes Preferences > General > Import Settings > Import Using AAC Encoder

on a MAC:

Now navigate to the folder where iTunes® has saved this file (or Right Click and Show in Finder ). It should have created 3-4 different versions there.. Mp3, m4a and M4r. Select the M4r version and drag over to TONES in iTunes...now sync your phone with iTunes

On a PC

Now navigate to the folder where iTunes® has saved this file (or Right Click and Show in Finder ). Use the computer’s Search feature to find the file name, or look in the default Music folder, then inside the iTunes® folder. Scroll down until you find the saved file, which will be an M4A file.

Drag the file to the Desktop (a copy will be generated), then go into iTunes® and delete the original file. The Desktop copy will remain.

Return to the Desktop and rename the ringtone file with an M4R extension. If you cannot see file extensions, go to Folder Options (via Control Panel) and under the View tab, uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types" and try again. Once the file has been successfully renamed, click on it and iTunes® will import it into the Ringtones folder. Synch your iPhone® to upload the ringer.