Truly Free Ringtones

Here is a simple guide to create truly free ringtones...no gimmicks...and legally. This should work with any service provider, within some given limitations.

Here goes...

1. You must have the mp3 on your computer already for this guide to work. Getting free music should be in my next post, so stay tuned.
2. Go to Audiko and upload your music file. This should take around a minute.
3. Now you can drag the blue area to the portion of the song you want to have as your ringtone. It is set at 20 seconds, but you can drag this longer or shorter if you wish. *You can play the portion either by double-clicking a position in the song or by clicking the play button to the left of your song title.
4. After choosing whether to fade in and/or fade out, click "Create Ringtone"
5. If you have an iPhone, obviously download the iPhone version. Finally, drag and drop this file into iTunes, and when you sync your iPhone, this ringtone will be transferred right over, the same as if you had actually bought it.
6. If you don't have an iPhone, download the mp3 ringtone to your computer, and remember where you save it. Note that some Verizon phones have a limit of either 350 kb or 30 kb depending on the model, so if you notice that this file is too big, you may need to shorten it up.
   
7. Continuing for the non-iPhone users....head over to FunForMobile's Upload Tool. Enter in your information, and you should receive a text very soon with either an attached ringtone or an easy link to download it.

Now this assumes that you are fine with both receiving texts and using a data plan. Yet if you happen to be cheap, there is an alternate way, provided you have a usb cord for your phone. If you do, plug it in, and be sure that all of the correct drivers are installed. Then, download and install Bitpim, which will allow you to access the inner folders of your phone, pretty much no matter the model. Note that this program can easily damage your phone if used improperly. Once you have installed and opened Bitpim with your phone plugged in, you should see your phone's folder structure on the left pane. After exploring around, you should be able to find your ringtones folder, and if you are sure that your phone supports mp3 ringtones, you can simply drag the mp3 ringtone you made from Audiko into this folder. There are conversion options that will pop up, I recommend choosing a bit rate of 96 kbps with a mono output to save space. Click convert, wait for it to finish transferring, disconnect your phone, and it should be there.

Finally, if your phone does not support mp3 ringtones, you have another option. You can basically be sure that your phone supports qcp ringtones. For this, you can simply go to Media Convert, upload your mp3 ringtone, and convert it to qcp right there. From there, you can either go the FunForMobile upload route or the BitPim route, depending on your preference.

Questions or suggestions? Leave them in the comments. Thanks