Can't get ringtones to transfer to new iphone

I was able to transfer my tones the last time I bought a new phone, but not this time. I even have a purchased one that I can't transfer. When going to file transfer it seems to only want to transfer FROM my phone TO the computer!

So I purchased the iPhone x, backed up my 7 plus, continued with the transfer to the X process off iTunes like I've done on every other phone, and my tones did not carry over. I tried then going into my folder for tones on my MAC, saved the tone to my desktop, dragged it over to tones, and still it will not sync. It has the "dotted circles". I went into my phone in iTunes and unchecked music, sync... still nothing. It won't un sync, or re sync any of my tones, or music.

Same here!! I have so many ringtones that I made or purchased that did not sync or download. I had specific tones for certain people so that I didn't have to look at the phone to know who was calling and now I have only a few tones left. I have tried doing the drag and drop and am having the same issue as you. Every time I sync it, all it does is add the ones that I had redownloaded onto the phone (purchased ones) to the list looking vastly different than what the other tones look like with a ton of numbers that make the specific tone unidentifiable. This iTunes update sucked and I'm kind of upset I bought the new phone.

Hi,

I too had been disappointed with this issue, as I am not able to transfer my recently purchased ringtone on my other devices. After an exhaustive search, I have almost given up, the suddenly this evening I found following. Bingo Here is the likely solution for you.

Go to Sound & Haptics and try to change your Ringtone/Text Tone/New Mail tone etc. You will be taken into a list of alert tones, ringtones screen. Scroll to the top. Under Store section, you will find Tone Store. Just below you will find a message "Download all my purchased Tones" Just touch and you are done!!

Hope this helps.

Hi

Recent new 6s from 5C. ITunes backup of 5C. New phone then updated from backup. Noticed that no ringtones had transferred across.

Using an iMac. Plugged old and new phones in via USB. ITunes recognised them both together. Under 'Tones' I can see my ringtone on old phone but not on new. (You don't have to do this as you may only have 1 USB cable)

The secret was to actually find the ringtone file. Initially I did a spotlight search for a .m4r file which took me to - Macintosh HD - Users - XXXXXX - Music - ITunes - ITunes Media - Tones. There you will find your tones.😎

Right click - Copy and then in ITunes paste it into the Tones folder of your new device.

Hello ama786,

The following article provides steps that can help get your information and data transferred to your new iPhone.

iOS: Transferring information from your current iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to a new device

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2109

Cheers,

Allen

you can use "purchase transfer" option from itunes sw only for apps and ringtones purchased with YOUR APPLE ID.

this means that if you synced them from another itunes library or purchased them with another apple id, you will not see them

Yikes. Does this mean all of my non-Itunes ringtones are gone forever?

Hope this attached video helps!!

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