1.1.2 Custom Ringtones with iBrickr - iPhone 3G

iMerlin · 12-12-2007, 04:14 AM

So, this post assumes you have a 1.1.2 jailbroken iPhone with iBrickr 0.91 running on a Windows PC. (iBrickr does work with 1.1.2 btw)
Im not sure if this has already been posted or not. I was playing with iBrickr tonight and made a couple of attempts to upload an m4r file into different folders to see if they would show up in my phone.
Finally I got it to work...
First click on Files...

Then click on Library...

Then Ringtones...

Then click on UPLOAD FILES and select an m4r file. Here is one after I uploaded "The Package"...

Here is a shot of the custom ringtones I added using iTunes, notice how they show up in a section labeled "Custom"....

And a shot of the new ringtone added using iBrickr...

shyn320 · 12-12-2007, 07:42 AM

Thanks works great it doesnt even have to be 30 secs long like the other methods i seen and its soo easy

iMerlin · 12-12-2007, 01:10 PM

Well shyn, Im glad I was finally able to help someone on these forums!!
Yeah, after I figured this out I moved all of my ringtones here instead of having the custom section now they are all listed with the others. I also used iBrickr to delete some of the stock ringtones I didnt like.
Im not sure if this holds up through a sync though. I havent had a chance to sync it.

iMerlin · 12-13-2007, 01:33 PM

For anyone who cares...this method does hold up through a sync. I find this method a lot easier then the ones Ive used in the past which involves multiple steps in iTunes. You dont need to worry about length of the tone either.
I havent tried putting the MP3 file in the ringtones directory, but every m4r file Ive tried has worked.

Griffinaz · 12-13-2007, 02:18 PM

Thank you for sharing this with us. For those of us that use swaptunes to sync with two seperate computers this is very helpful. Before this I had to copy the ringtones off the phone through ssh an then resync them on each of the two computers (ringtones added through iTunes store them in the /var/root/media/iTunes_control.... folder and swaptunes renames that folder depending upon which computer your syncing with). So if I had it set for my home computer it would play one ringtone and then if I swapped it to the other computer a default built in ringtone played instead.
Using this method all my ringtones are seen by the phone as built in ringtones and always available. Very nice find and thank you again for sharing the information with us.

Griffinaz · 12-13-2007, 02:21 PM

One other thing, iBrickr works with jailbroken 1.1.2 but there are some problems with installing some of the Applications using that program. It works great for file transfers and such but be careful when installing software. I suspect it has to do with permissions but I had several severe problems with software installed using the iBrickr pxl onto the phone.

iMerlin · 12-13-2007, 02:23 PM

You're welcome Griffinaz. I never even thought about users in your situation with swap tunes. Good call.

iMerlin · 12-13-2007, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griffinaz

One other thing, iBrickr works with jailbroken 1.1.2 but there are some problems with installing some of the Applications using that program. It works great for file transfers and such but be careful when installing software. I suspect it has to do with permissions but I had several severe problems with software installed using the iBrickr pxl onto the phone.

Good warning Griff. But do you have any examples? I used iBrickr to upload a couple of apps and havent had any issues with those apps. Granted Ive only loaded like 3 apps with iBrickr, I prefer to load all of them from the Installer app so I know when there is an update to that app. But I used iBrickr to load my NES app and all my ROMs as well as a few others I cant think of right now with no problems.
I wish the author would update iBrickr though. Would be nice if it was fully functional like when it was 1.0.2.

Griffinaz · 12-13-2007, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iMerlin

Good warning Griff. But do you have any examples? I used iBrickr to upload a couple of apps and havent had any issues with those apps. Granted Ive only loaded like 3 apps with iBrickr, I prefer to load all of them from the Installer app so I know when there is an update to that app. But I used iBrickr to load my NES app and all my ROMs as well as a few others I cant think of right now with no problems.
I wish the author would update iBrickr though. Would be nice if it was fully functional like when it was 1.0.2.

Unfortunately I can't remember what they were. I installed about 20 applications using iBrickr and my phone started crashing, when it wasnt crashing only certain programs would launch, when I removed them and installed them again through installer there were no problems with it. I had posted something about it in another persons post and unfortunately have not been able to find it again. The responses I got to my post were a lot of "Don't use iBrickr", "That is why iBrickr says it doesn't work with 1.1.1 or higher", etc.. I did, however, install an older version of Installer onto my phone from iBrickr recently when I ran into another problem caused by the screenshot program and it is working fine (other than not wanting to upgrade itself to a newer version) so maybe it was just a fluke at the time but from the responses I got from others that had tried Applications installed from iBrickr it appeared to be pretty common to have problems with them.

iMerlin · 12-13-2007, 06:04 PM

Yeah, that makes sense. A lot of people say they cant get it to work at all with anything above 1.1.1. All I know is that it works well for something like this.

On another note...this method can probably be transfered to any application that allows access to the actual files on the iPhone. Not just iBrickr. Just upload the m4r file to /Library/Ringtones and you should be golden.