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How do I get a custom ringtone onto an iPhone?

by Angelina1161995 Aug 2, 2018 1:04AM PDT

Hello Everyone!!!! I'm new here so please bear with me. I used to have the iPhone and switched to the Samsung Galaxy S7 about a year ago. I have decided to switch back to the iPhone and I need everyone's help. I want to add a custom ringtone to the iPhone and I'm not sure how to do that. Does anyone know?

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Re: custom ringtone

by Kees_B Forum moderator Aug 2, 2018 1:21AM PDT

If the download site you selected to download it from doesn't tell how to use what you download it's a rather bad site. Why not find a better one?

Anyway, https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iphone/how-set-song-iphone-ringtone-3635061/ tells how to do it.

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Custom ringtone

by SantiagoCOL16 Aug 3, 2018 10:24AM PDT

First, you have to download the song you want into the iTunes library of your computer. But, you have to know that the maximum time of a ringtone is 30 seconds. This means we have to select the part of the song you want and cut it. You can do this through computer online editors or even with iTunes.

After that, you have to right-click on the song and click "Create ACC Version", now you'll have two same songs. Now, right-click in the ACC version and select "Show in Finder" and show more information. In a Windows I think you just have to click in Information. Change the extension from .m4a to .m4r and save. It's better to save this in desktop.

Now connect your phone and search the option "Tones". Drag the version you saved in desktop to here. Click on the iPhone icon and sync the tones. Now just sync your iPhone and disconnect.

From your iPhone go to settings>sounds>ringtones and select the tone you synced!

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