I went to the T Mobile website to browse through ringtones. I tried two different computers and two different browsers and could not listen to any of the ringtones. Ross suggested I make my own ringtones and send them to my phone via blue tooth.
1. First I had to cut the mp3 into a ~30 second clip. I used the free WavePad Sound Editor and that worked just fine.
2. I converted the mp3 clip to a 3gp using the ImTOO 3GP converter (again, free).
To do this I selected Blackberry 3GP video from the drop down profile menu.
--I clicked the icon next to profile settings and changed the advanced audio settings to:
audiocodec: mpeg4acc
bitrate: 128
sample rate: 22050
channels: 1 (mono)
volume: 100%
disable audio: false
3. I saved all these files to a shared folder so that I could use the blue tooth on Ross's laptop to send the file to my phone. The file must be less than 300kb to be used as a ringtone (so I double checked to make sure before sending it).
Now I can make my own (completely free) ringtones in just a couple of minutes. Who knew I could get so technical? I guess that's what happens when I get frustrated and stubborn.
2 comments:
No kidding. I held my phone up to the television speaker and recorded the Buffy theme song. Then I used that audio file for my ring tone. It's been the ring tone for the last 3 phones I've had.
But I also have a file of the Buffy "grr argghhh" sound and my last phone would let me use it for the text message/voice mail message tone but this one only allows me to select from 7 types of beep, beep beep, etc.
I am impressed. I gave up at 950 and decided it was impossible. I then tried Mario Kart and decided a Star on Rainbow Road was impossible...
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