My ringtones disappeared, how do I get them back

My ringtones disappeared, how do I get them back. These are ringtones that I purchased and when I did a backup on the computer with my iphone 5 they no longer exist on my phone. Where did they go?

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4, Ringtones

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 8:39 PM

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Sep 20, 2013 6:35 PM in response to lilk13

I unchecked all ringtones and also stopped syncing any music, pictures, tv or movies completely.

I checked each ringtone individually and ran sync, for every one of them.

Then I went to music and checked each play list individually, syncing after every one, and it worked. It finally finished a sync for the first time - EVER...oh my goodness what a mess... 😐

Jul 23, 2016 6:17 AM in response to lilk13

After a LOT of searching for missing ringtones, both purchased and created, I found this answer. I had moved them from the original folder where I had originally stored them. They were listed in the 'tones' library, but the library could not find them. I right clicked and selected 'get info'. It then told me that it could not find the file and allowed me to find it. Afterwards, I synced the phone and voila! there they were again. I hope this helps!

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