iTunes and Ringtones

SpongebObiWan · 09-06-2007, 03:57 AM

I may have heard him incorrectly, but I thought in Steve Jobs address today in SF, he said a new version of iTunes was "shipping" tonight, and that with the new version, people would be able to make their own ringtones for the iPhone. I just got the new update (ver. 7.4) all installed, and I see none of the "bells" Steve mentioned. I must say I have a PC and not a MAC. I'm just wondering if that feature is available only for the MAC. Anybody have any info on this?

n_kat · 09-06-2007, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by SpongebObiWan

I may have heard him incorrectly, but I thought in Steve Jobs address today in SF, he said a new version of iTunes was "shipping" tonight, and that with the new version, people would be able to make their own ringtones for the iPhone. I just got the new update (ver. 7.4) all installed, and I see none of the "bells" Steve mentioned. I must say I have a PC and not a MAC. I'm just wondering if that feature is available only for the MAC. Anybody have any info on this?

I'm on a mac and don't see them either.

Austinsdc · 09-06-2007, 12:35 PM

I have a ringtones tab, but no ringtones for sale on iTunes store. I think he said the ringtones will come next week.

jviphone · 09-06-2007, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by Austinsdc

I have a ringtones tab, but no ringtones for sale on iTunes store. I think he said the ringtones will come next week.

I guess that means that Ill be sticking with my hacked version of my iphone that I can use my own ringtones from .mp3 files

jagxk · 09-06-2007, 01:57 PM

I have the ringtone tab but I do not think you can buy the ringtones yet.

gts · 09-06-2007, 10:05 PM

I got a ringtone off the iStore (just did a serch for Ringtone) but not able to upload or see the little bell or edit it or anything like the show on the web site. It could be that iTunes is not fully updated with the ringtone option yet. I see the ringtone tab on my iPhone section when I plug it in but that's about it.

ahaxton · 09-07-2007, 03:04 AM

Just use iToner, simple nice program.

Iphonebro93 · 09-07-2007, 06:11 PM

when does ringtones even come out i want it now and i dont have a ringtone marker.

stpamamos · 09-08-2007, 12:59 AM

I only know how to work this for PC, sorry.
Make sure that under folder options who have the "Hide extensions for known file types" UNchecked.
Then, make sure whatever song you want to use as a ringtone is in AAC format, if it isn't, you can simply click on the song in iTunes and change the format..easy.
Then go to "add file to library.." and find the AAC file you want as a ringtone...at the end of the file will be the extension ".m4a"; simply change it to ".m4r" and upload. You won't see it in "Music", but if you look under the "Ringtones" tab on your iPhone you will see the file is now on the list to sync to your iPhone.

I have done two files so far, it works great!

Flyingstar · 09-09-2007, 03:09 PM

It synced as a song but could not import under itune ringtone tab. Also you are suposed to be able to asign a ring tone to an email or text alert and I could not do that either??? And I can't change setting under ringtone tab for sync all or select one?? I guess the latest version of itunes I downloaded (7.4.1) is not operational yet???