Unlock the Secret to Personalizing Your iPhone with Custom Ringtones – Learn How in Just 5 Easy Steps!
Are you tired of hearing the same-old boring ringtones every time your iPhone goes off? Are you looking for a way to add some personality to your device? Luckily, creating custom ringtones is easier than you might think. This article will guide you through five easy steps to create personalized ringtones for your iPhone.
Step 1: Choosing Your Song
The first step in creating a custom ringtone is choosing the song you want to use. You can use any song in your iTunes library, as long as it is in a compatible format. Make sure you select a section of the song that sounds good as a ringtone, as you will be trimming it down in the next step.
Step 2: Trimming the Song
Once you have selected your song, it’s time to trim it down to the part you want to use as your ringtone. Open the song in iTunes and use the “Get Info” option to adjust the start and stop times. You can also use an audio editor to cut out the section you want. Keep in mind that ringtones can only be 30 seconds or less, so make sure you trim it down accordingly.
Step 3: Converting the Song to AAC
Next, you’ll need to convert your trimmed song to a compatible ringtone format. In iTunes, go to “Preferences” and select the “Import Settings” option. Choose “AAC Encoder” and then select the file format you want to use. Once you have made your selection, go back to your song and choose “Convert to AAC” from the “File” menu. This will create a new version of the song in the correct format.
Step 4: Renaming the Song
Now that you have your ringtone in the correct format, it’s time to rename it. Change the file extension from .m4a to .m4r. This will make the file recognizable as a ringtone by your iPhone.
Step 5: Adding the Ringtone to Your iPhone
The final step is to add your new ringtone to your iPhone. Connect your iPhone to your computer and go to the iTunes “Tones” section. Drag and drop your new ringtone into this section. Once it has been added, go to the “Sounds & Haptics” section of your iPhone’s settings and select your new ringtone from the list.
Congratulations! You have successfully personalized your iPhone with a custom ringtone. Now every time your phone rings, you’ll hear a unique sound that suits your personality. Creating custom ringtones is a great way to add some fun and flair to your device, so don’t be afraid to experiment and try out new songs. With these five easy steps, you’ll be a ringtone expert in no time.
iPhone has so much to explore and that is what we like about it. It provides almost every feature that a person needs to make their work easy, but all you need is patience and a bit of research work to find those features.
The same case goes with the ringtones.
Have you got bored listening to the limited ringtones provided by the iPhone? If yes, then this article is for you. Here, we are going to show the method using which you can make your own ringtones and set them on your iPhone.
Although it is quite hard to find the steps to make customized ringtones on the iPhone, but this is what we are here for. So without any further ado, let’s get started.
Note: You can follow these steps on Windows PC or Mac for adding ringtones to iPhone from computer.
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Make And Set Song As Ringtone For iPhone
The steps to make and set a song as a ringtone on the iPhone are a bit typical, but we tried to make them as simple as we could. Follow the method given below to make the magic happen.
Make A Ringtone On iTunes
To get started you need to add the desired song to iTunes. Here’s how.
First of all, download iTunes on your device and launch it.
After that, select the Music category from the various categories available. Also, click on the Library option given at the top.
Now, select the music which you want to make as your ringtone (The song should be locally present on your device.)
Right-click on that song and select Open with > iTunes.
Now the song will be added to your songs Library in iTunes.
Creating AAC Version
Tap on the tree-dot icon given adjacent to the song name (which appear when you hover on the song) and click on Song Info.
A new window will open now. Jump to the Options tab from the Details tab.
Now click on the Check-box, given in front of the Start and Stop option.
Provide the desired time slot for your ringtone. Starting time of the song in the Start column and the ending time in the Stop column. (Time should not be more than 30 seconds.)
Next click on OK.
After that, click on the File option at the top left of the screen.
Now select Convert and click on Create AAC Version. Make sure the song is selected when you perform this operation.
A copy of the original song will be created in the songs library. The duration of that duplicate song will be the same as you desired.
Now, don’t forget to deselect the time duration for the original song. You can do that by going back to the Song Info and then under the Options heading. If you don’t do this then the original song will be played only for the time duration you selected above.
Making M4R File
To view the duplicate or the AAC file in File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac), right-click on it in iTunes and select Show in Windows Explorer (Windows) or Show in Finder (Mac).
You will automatically jump on the Window-Explorer screen now, where you can see your song.
Now you need to change the file format from m4a to m4r. In order to do that make sure that the File Name Extensions option has been enabled on your device. For that, click on the View tab and then enable the File Name Extensions by clicking on it.
Now change the format of the song to M4r by simply Right-clicking on the song, clicking on Rename and replacing the existing format with M4r by simply adding .M4r at the last.
A small window will pop-up on the screen now, click on Yes.
Your file format has been converted now.
Set Song As Ringtone On iPhone
Go back to the Songs Library in iTunes.
Next, connect your iPhone to your PC or Mac now using the USB cable.
After connecting the iPhone, a mobile icon will reflect on the extreme left of the screen. Click on it and choose the Tones option.
Now go back to the song in your Finder or Windows Explorer whose format you changed to .m4r and copy it (Ctrl+C). After that, paste it in iTunes under the same Tones option. (Right-click to paste might not work in Tones, so you can simply paste using Ctrl + v using your keyboard.)
You can remove the USB cable now. The job of your computer and iTunes has been done.
Launch the Settings on your iPhone and tap on Sounds.
Now tap on Ringtone.
Tadaa!!! The song has been added to the Ringtones. Just tap on it to set it as your ringtone.
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Conclusion
Although iOS provides a great variety of ringtones to set from but customizing and setting a ringtone or song of your own choice has its own fun.
Setting a ringtone on an iPhone is a quite laborious and time-consuming task, but it is worth giving a shot.
If you own an Android as well and want to set up a custom ringtone, learn how to set Google Play music as a ringtone.
We tried to make these steps as elaborated and simple as we could, but even then if you face any kind of trouble, don’t hesitate and do let us know in the comment section below.
