Missing ringtones since ios7 update

The advice from here solved the same issue for me.

http://www.telegraphicsinc.com/2013/09/ringtones-not-syncing-on-new-iphone-ios7/

I used the Finder to search All My Files for all the .m4r fils on my computer. All the "missing" ringtone files were still there, just not being listed or seen by iTunes. Then I copied these files to a folder on my desktop. In iTunes, I used the "add to library" command in the Ringtones section to get the ringtones seen by iTunes, then synched my iPhone. All the ringtones were back in service and linked to the contacts and alarms as before.

That only helps if you've sync'd your phone to your computer. If you sync to the cloud I guess you are screwed?

You can get a credit for them if you complain long enough. It took multiple emails with them denying they had any record of the tones then saying they were now unavailable in iTunes then finally giving me three song credits when I asked for a manager. I wonder how many millions of dollars of ringtones they've deleted in this upgrade. Pretty savvy business move.

Hi,

This worked for me -- with some tweaking. The ringtones didn't populate the contact list, but at least I got them to load onto the phone.

Will heed advice here and WAIT before uploading. It wasn't only the ringtones, which were a comparatively minor inconvenience to my phone going into recovery mode/deactivated and it taking 25 (literally) hours to figure out how to reinstate it. And it's still not back to the way it was.

Anyway, THANKS, Flebsplick!!

I got a new iPhone 5 and it did the same thing on the Ringtones. All I had to do was dock it on my laptop and iTunes synced everything, including the RINGTONES, back onto my new iPhone. That's all it took for me. Just a few seconds. I would've thought it would've done that when I backed up from iCloud in the store but it didn't. So I docked it and violā!!!

YOU ARE DOING THE WRONG MOVES. 🙂 Just open iTunes, open the folder with Tones on your PC and drag them to iTunes window. When you check for the TONES TAB.... OH MY GOD! IS THERE!!! 😀 So simple...

Thank you so much Flebsplick!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your my hero..... 🙂