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Make your own ringtones for Verizon phones
This may work with other companies phones, but this is how I make my own ringtones for my Verizon cell phone, instead of paying a ridiculous price to the phone companies.
First, some background, I have...
1) a calling plan that includes "picture messaging"
2) A camera phone that also does polyphonic ringtones, the Motorola V325
First, find a song, or sound effect, or whatever you want to be a ringtone, and make sure it's in MP3 format.
Now, for a ringtone, you want to edit it down to about 30-40 seconds. The reason for this is that the phone will not keep replaying your ringtone until you either pick it up or it goes to voice mail, so you want it long enough so you'll hear it. For a text message alert, I keep it under 5 seconds. Use any MP3 editing program to delete the protions of the MP3 file you don't need. I use Cool Edit 96.
Once you get it cut down to what you want, you need to drop the volume. On my phone, the standard ringtones are at 77db, I found my first attempts at ringtones were coming in at 100db, a little to loud and it causes distortion. I then use MP3 Gain to drop it down to 80db.
Once that is all done, fire up your email and email the resulting MP3 to your phone. For Verizon Wireless customers with Picture Messaging, it'll be your phone number followed by @vzwpix.com
For example, a phone number of (123)456-7890 would be 1234567890@vzwpix.com
Once you send it, a minute or so later your phone will alert you to a new message. In that message will be your ringtone, converted from MP3 to the correct format for the phone. It will give you an option to save the file to your phone. Once you save it, go into the menu where the default ringtones are, and you'll find it there, mine show up at the bottom of the list. Select it as your default ringtone and you're good to go.
First, some background, I have...
1) a calling plan that includes "picture messaging"
2) A camera phone that also does polyphonic ringtones, the Motorola V325
First, find a song, or sound effect, or whatever you want to be a ringtone, and make sure it's in MP3 format.
Now, for a ringtone, you want to edit it down to about 30-40 seconds. The reason for this is that the phone will not keep replaying your ringtone until you either pick it up or it goes to voice mail, so you want it long enough so you'll hear it. For a text message alert, I keep it under 5 seconds. Use any MP3 editing program to delete the protions of the MP3 file you don't need. I use Cool Edit 96.
Once you get it cut down to what you want, you need to drop the volume. On my phone, the standard ringtones are at 77db, I found my first attempts at ringtones were coming in at 100db, a little to loud and it causes distortion. I then use MP3 Gain to drop it down to 80db.
Once that is all done, fire up your email and email the resulting MP3 to your phone. For Verizon Wireless customers with Picture Messaging, it'll be your phone number followed by @vzwpix.com
For example, a phone number of (123)456-7890 would be 1234567890@vzwpix.com
Once you send it, a minute or so later your phone will alert you to a new message. In that message will be your ringtone, converted from MP3 to the correct format for the phone. It will give you an option to save the file to your phone. Once you save it, go into the menu where the default ringtones are, and you'll find it there, mine show up at the bottom of the list. Select it as your default ringtone and you're good to go.
hmm...I think my plan includes picture messaging... I guess I'll have to try that..but I'm not really THAT inspired... *sigh*
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