Where is the "old phone" sound?

I had my iPhone 5S replaced tonight and did not do a restore. I am looking for the ringtone called "Old Phone?" How can i get it?

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Oct 16, 2013 6:29 PM

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Posted on Sep 9, 2017 3:41 PM

I've got a couple of American-sounding "older phone ringtones" that are already in the iPhone m4r ringtone format right here that you can download:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4ok1ktfzjt65afq/AACSAju5Z5oZXT-Nx8VcqrVEa?dl=0

Click on them to get a download box up.

To install custom ringtones (mp3, wav, etc) onto iPhones, these are the steps (there are other, different ways of doing it, but I found these steps to be the most straightforward & simplest):

1. If your fav ringtone is in a format other than m4r (likely), then you've first got to convert it/them to iPhone's proprietary m4r format.

Google search the keywords "convert to m4r" and you'll find several free online converters. Note that some of the hits show that to convert your mp3, etc to m4r, for example, use iTunes to first convert it to the AAC format, & then etc etc. I chose to just go with converting my mp3 ringtone directly to m4r using an online converter, & then saving it to my Desktop. Very simple.


2. Once converted, downloaded and saved to your computer, you've got to use iTunes to upload your new .m4r ringtone from wherever you saved it on your computer into your iPhone's "Tones" library.

Fire up your iTunes. Plug your iPhone into your computer. When the iPhone icon shows up up in the top-left, click on it. Your iPhone's folders, etc will then show up.


4. Now that your iPhone is communicating with your computer's iTunes, you'll next be adding your new m4r ringtone into your iTunes library...

Up on top, click on "File," then click on "Add to Library..."

Navigate to where your new ringtone is at, select it, then click on the "Open" button (in that window, you can also multiple-select files of any kind that iTunes recognizes by holding down the Command key & select and/or de-select multiple music or ringtone or video, etc files, and iTunes will automatically route them to the correct iTunes folder).


5. Next, in your iPhone window in iTunes, on the left side you'll see 2 vertical lists. Click on "Tones" in the top list.

In the next "Tones" window you'll see, click on "Sync Tones" up at the top to put a checkmark in there.

Now select either "All tones" if you've got other tones already syncing to your iPhone, or select "Selected tones" if you want to upload only 1 or 2 ringtones to your iPhone & that's all you want to upload to your iPhone's Tones folder. If you selected "Selected tone" instead of "All tones," then in the window containing the name(s) of your new ringtones, click-checkmark whichever "Selected tones" you want to upload to your iPhone.

NOTE: To keep your new ringtone on your phone, you've got to keep "Sync Tones" checkmarked.


6. Now click on the "Sync" button in the extreme lower-right corner of your iTunes window.


7. When syncing is done, on your iPhone go to Settings -> Sounds -> Ringtone.
Up at the very top of the list of ringtones available you'll see your new ringtones. Select whichever one you want and you'll hear it right away, and your iPhone is now set to ring that tone whenever somebody calls your number.


KK

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Sep 9, 2017 3:41 PM in response to Ch47b

I've got a couple of American-sounding "older phone ringtones" that are already in the iPhone m4r ringtone format right here that you can download:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4ok1ktfzjt65afq/AACSAju5Z5oZXT-Nx8VcqrVEa?dl=0

Click on them to get a download box up.

To install custom ringtones (mp3, wav, etc) onto iPhones, these are the steps (there are other, different ways of doing it, but I found these steps to be the most straightforward & simplest):

1. If your fav ringtone is in a format other than m4r (likely), then you've first got to convert it/them to iPhone's proprietary m4r format.

Google search the keywords "convert to m4r" and you'll find several free online converters. Note that some of the hits show that to convert your mp3, etc to m4r, for example, use iTunes to first convert it to the AAC format, & then etc etc. I chose to just go with converting my mp3 ringtone directly to m4r using an online converter, & then saving it to my Desktop. Very simple.


2. Once converted, downloaded and saved to your computer, you've got to use iTunes to upload your new .m4r ringtone from wherever you saved it on your computer into your iPhone's "Tones" library.

Fire up your iTunes. Plug your iPhone into your computer. When the iPhone icon shows up up in the top-left, click on it. Your iPhone's folders, etc will then show up.


4. Now that your iPhone is communicating with your computer's iTunes, you'll next be adding your new m4r ringtone into your iTunes library...

Up on top, click on "File," then click on "Add to Library..."

Navigate to where your new ringtone is at, select it, then click on the "Open" button (in that window, you can also multiple-select files of any kind that iTunes recognizes by holding down the Command key & select and/or de-select multiple music or ringtone or video, etc files, and iTunes will automatically route them to the correct iTunes folder).


5. Next, in your iPhone window in iTunes, on the left side you'll see 2 vertical lists. Click on "Tones" in the top list.

In the next "Tones" window you'll see, click on "Sync Tones" up at the top to put a checkmark in there.

Now select either "All tones" if you've got other tones already syncing to your iPhone, or select "Selected tones" if you want to upload only 1 or 2 ringtones to your iPhone & that's all you want to upload to your iPhone's Tones folder. If you selected "Selected tone" instead of "All tones," then in the window containing the name(s) of your new ringtones, click-checkmark whichever "Selected tones" you want to upload to your iPhone.

NOTE: To keep your new ringtone on your phone, you've got to keep "Sync Tones" checkmarked.


6. Now click on the "Sync" button in the extreme lower-right corner of your iTunes window.


7. When syncing is done, on your iPhone go to Settings -> Sounds -> Ringtone.
Up at the very top of the list of ringtones available you'll see your new ringtones. Select whichever one you want and you'll hear it right away, and your iPhone is now set to ring that tone whenever somebody calls your number.


KK

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