Can you put any MP3 onto your phone?

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Can you put any MP3 onto your phone?

I've asked someone with a 4S this, and they so far are having big difficulties.

On my phone (not an Apple device), I can use an MP3 I made. It's made using audio editing software, and it starts with the Thunderbirds are go, and then merges into another track. So it's rather amusing and lightens my day when I get a call and I hear it.

But I want to know if I could put that track onto an iPhone, and use it as a ring tone.

A friend has tried with her cable and with iCloud, to no avail.

With Windows/Android/Blackberry phones, doing this is truly simple.

How do you do this on the iPhone - if possible at all?

Posted on Jan 17, 2013 3:11 PM

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Answer 1

ejpre

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Jan 17, 2013 3:20 PM in response to simon_a6

http://www.pcworld.com/article/156234/Turn_Any_MP3_into_an_iPhone_Ringtone.html

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Jan 17, 2013 3:22 PM in response to ejpre

Oh my heavens. What if you just want the entire track to be used?

Does iTunes force any AAC ringtone file to never be more than 30 seconds?

So if you do have a track you even bought from iTunes, you cannot use that as a ringtone?

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Jan 17, 2013 6:20 PM in response to simon_a6

simon_a6 wrote:

Does iTunes force any AAC ringtone file to never be more than 30 seconds?

That is correct. Ringtones cannot be more than 30 seconds.

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ckuan

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Jan 17, 2013 6:46 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Not quite true. The ringtones I've made 😉are 35 seconds long.

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Jan 17, 2013 8:12 PM in response to ckuan

Hmm. I thought the limit was 30 but apparently, it could be a bit longer. A whole song won't work, though.

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ckuan

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Jan 17, 2013 8:56 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Meg St._Clair wrote:

... A whole song won't work, though.

True.

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simon_a6 Author

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Jan 18, 2013 12:52 AM in response to ckuan

And is there really not an easier way to get a song on the phone and apply it as a ringtone, that than 9 step process?

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ckuan

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Jan 18, 2013 4:35 AM in response to simon_a6

There are Ringtone app for those too lazy to DIY.

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simon_a6 Author

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Jan 18, 2013 4:38 AM in response to ckuan

"Lazy"?

Every phone out there you can find an MP3, and "Assign as Ringtone".

iPhone makes it incredible overlight complicated - even putting up barriers to stop you.

So I don't think the lack of desire to following nearly a dozen steps to do what all other phones do in abotu 3 clicks, could be classed as lazy.

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Jan 18, 2013 4:48 AM in response to simon_a6

There are quite a few apps available in the App store that make this a little easier. Some are even free.

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simon_a6 Author

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Jan 18, 2013 4:49 AM in response to rickfromharleysville

Are you permitted to post links to them on here? If not, I understand.

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ejpre

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Jan 18, 2013 4:51 AM in response to simon_a6

Try going to the app store and typing "ringtone". There are several of them. I don't have any experience with them, but some of the free ones get good reviews.

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