How to make your own iPhone ringtones

By Joseph Hanlon on 07 August 2008

Just because Apple charges for iPhone ringtones doesn't mean we should have to pay for them. Follow our step-by-step guide to creating your own ringtones using your favourite MP3 files.

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  • Greenacres95 commented on 14/11/2009 14:25

    I have tried to sync my ringtone from itunes to my iphone but it gives an error message "were not copied to iphone because they could not be found". I have changed the file extension to m4r but it still won't load. Can anyone suggest another way to do it?

  • 1 commented on 13/11/2009 16:14

    Im using vista... cant change i to .m4r when i show it in windows explorer andthen try to change the name doesnt give me option to chane it from .m4a to .m4r.

    Suggestions?? What am i doing wrong?

  • 1 commented on 13/11/2009 16:07

    Im using vista... cant change i to .m4r when i show it in windows explorer andthen try to change the name doesnt give me option to chane it from .m4a to .m4r.

    Suggestions?? What am i doing wrong?

  • smithyana commented on 12/11/2009 18:09

    I just used this today and it still works! in itunes 9 you need to "create AAC version" then follow directions as normal.

  • blairos commented on 10/11/2009 19:15

    this is great but it doesn't add it to your ringtones list in your phone? it is in the ringtones folder under my iphone in itunes, however when trying to assign it to a caller, it is not on the list. any clue?

  • Fireman Sam commented on 10/11/2009 08:15

    'fthis', you are the man! You advice works perfectly

  • wiki commented on 10/11/2009 03:35

    Yes! http://www.iphoneringtones.ca is great, thanks for the tip!

  • makit commented on 10/11/2009 03:25

    This method no longer works, but there are plenty of free ringtones available for free on the web. Just google it. My favourite site is www.iphoneringtones.ca All their ringtones are free and there's a big variety.

  • aaaaaaaaaaaa commented on 09/11/2009 23:03

    To change from m4a to m4r, if using windows xp, AFTER you convert to acc version, right click the song file, select 'show in windows explorer' and once there, change the file name by adding .m4r to the end. SOmetimes it also helps if you just make the song file name into one word eg. change "come together- beatles" into one word like "beatles". (obviously the end result will be beatles.m4r) For some reason it makes it easier to drag into itunes later on. You know that its worked if the icon changes into a ring tone icon once you add .m4r to the end of the song title.

  • kylie2100 commented on 04/11/2009 20:58

    when i try to use the ringtone i created it comes up with an alert saying i cant as i havent purchased it from itunes....help!!

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