How to Download and Create Free iPhone 3G Ringtones

September 5, 2008 · Filed Under How To and Online Tutorials · Comment 

How to make your own iPhone ringtones? Unlike other mobile phone, Apple’s iPhone 3G does not allow you to set your mp3 as ringtone, by forcing user to purchase ringtones from iTunes is outright daylight robbery. GeckoandFly has discovered and compiled a list of do it yourself iPhone ringtones.

Method 01

Step 1 : Edit the mp3 by trimming out the thirty seconds of the song using music editing software such as Audacity for Windows and Garage band for Mac.

Step 2 : Open the song in iTunes, in iTunes, right click on the song and export to .aac format or iPod format.

Step 3 : Open the .aac song and rename it, change the extension from .m4a to .m4r (iTunes’ ringtone format).

Step 4 : Delete the original mp3 you created in your iTunes library, once you’re done, re-add the newly changed .m4r song into iTunes and drag it into your iPhone ringtone section. Remember, delete and re-add your song!

Method 02

The guys from Rogue Amoeba has this cool application for mac user, its called make iphone ringtones and as the name implies, it create ringtones for your iphone with a simple drag and drop task, just drag and drop!

Step 1 : Convert your .mp3 file to .acc format, use Fission, another free software by Rogue Amoeba, or convert it in iTunes, as long as the format is .acc

Step 2 : Simply drag and drop your new song to the “Drop AAC Files Here” window in the MakeiPhoneRingtone software. Magically, the ringtone will appear inyour iphone during your next sync.

Method 03

Here is another drag and drop application without the need to convert it from mp3 to acc, if all the above free method fails to create your iPhone ringtone, do give this shareware a try, it’ll set you back by $15. Ambrosia iToner enables you to quickly transfer custom ringtones for your iPhone - without modifying, hacking or having to reset your iPhone. Simply drag and drop your MP3, AAC, WAVE, or AIFF audio files on iToner’s window, click the Sync button, and you’re done.

Method 04 - The Best Solution

Just drag any movie or unprotected music file onto PocketMac RingtoneStudio and it does all the rest. It is the simplest method I’ve come across, the easier!

  • If the movie or song is less than 30 seconds in length, PocketMac RingtoneStudio converts it automatically into the proper ringtone format.
  • If it’s longer than 30 seconds, PocketMac RingtoneStudio will open up a preview window so that you can select the exact 30 second clip you’d like.
  • PocketMac RingtoneStudio will place your completed ringtones into iTunes’ “Ringtones” folder.
  • The next time you connect your iPhone, your ringtones will be automatically synched.

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How to Create or Download mp3, Polyphonic and Nokia Ringtones

September 2, 2008 · Filed Under How To and Online Tutorials · Comment 

Your phone rings for 20 seconds but your mp3 ringtone is a full-length song which not only a waste of memory space, but it defeats the purpose of having it as your favorite ring tone when what you want is the chores halfway into the song to play as your tone, not the beginning of the mp3 song.

Ever heard of Audacity? This is where the free open source Audacity comes in, it is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. What it does is it’ll trim your mp3 down to the exact 30 seconds chores you always wanted.

1. Download Audacity (free) and LAME mp3 encoder (free)

2. Install Audacity, unzip LAME mp3 encoder, you’ll need the LAME file in step 4.

3. Launch Audacity, using the Zoom and play buttons, locate the 30 seconds of your song you want to be your ringtone. Use the select tool to highlight the 30 second ‘ring tone’, from the Edit menu, select “Trim.” Screen shot below.

4. Hit ‘Export Selection as mp3′, a new window will pop up requesting for the LAME mp3 encoder, select ‘yes’ and locate the file in your hard drive.

5. Volla, you’re done. Transfer the mp3 to your ringtone and wait for a call.

P.S. Audacity is a powerful mp3 editor, be creative and browse around Audacity’s editing tool for effects such as ‘fade in and out’.

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Apple iPhone Games

August 12, 2007 · Filed Under Computer Gadgets & Hardware · Comment 

Apple iPhone Games

It appeared that rumors for once is true, somehow someone manage to run Doom on Apple iPhone, not quite sure how these guy did it considering the fact that Apple prevent developers from writing softwares for iPhone. Running Doom on iPhone is the first challenge, the second challenge would be the playing part - there is no buttons, except for one.

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