Ringtone for all calls
- From the Home screen, tap Settings.
- Tap Sounds.
- Tap Ringtone.
- Scroll to and tap the desired ringtone.
- Press the home button at the bottom of the device..
Ringtone for calls from one contact
*** Note: You cannot assign a ringtone to contacts stored on the SIM card.
- From the home screen, tap Phone.
- Tap Contacts.
- Tap the contact you wish to change.
- Tap Edit.
- Tap Ringtone.
- Tap the desired ringtone.
- Tap Done.
Create a Ringtone:
- Open iTunes.
- Play the song from which you want to make your tone and note the start and stop times you want. The total time needs to be 30 seconds or less.
- Select the song and press command-I, or right-click the song (2-finger click if you are using the trackpad) and select Get Info.
- Select the Options tab and copy the Stop time to the clipboard or to another document. You will use this later to restore the original time to your song. Enter your chosen start and stop times for the tone and make sure they are clicked. Increase the Volume Adjustment if the song is not very loud (you may need to experiment with this). Click OK.
- Right-click the song again, or select it and click File (in the top menu) –> Create New Version –> Create AAC Version. The menu may only show an option to Create MP3 Version, or some other format. If so, click iTunes (in the menu at the top of the screen) –> Preferences –> General. Where it says When a CD is inserted, click Import Settings, then under Import Using: select AAC Encoder and iTunes Plus for the setting and click OK.
- After you create your new version it will appear as a duplicate track except the time will reflect your adjustment.
- If you want to change the title, do it now. I tried changing the title after deleting it from iTunes (the next two steps), but when I brought it back in to iTunes, iTunes used the title it had had before.
- Right-click the original song and restore the start and stop times to their original values. If you don’t, iTunes will only play the part you selected for the tone.
- Right-click the short track you just created and select Show in Finder. Move the file to a location outside of the iTunes folder, such as the desktop, or a folder for your homemade ringtones.
- Delete the track in iTunes.
- In the folder where you have moved it, select the file and click on it again (don’t double-click) so you can edit the filename. Change the extension from .m4a to .m4r (and confirm when asked). If you don’t see the extension, make sure you are in Finder. Click Finder –> Preferences –> Advanced and check Show All File Extensions. Do not simply add an extension if you don’t see the current one.
- In iTunes, click on File –> Add to Library (or press command-O) and find/select it there. Open your Tones library to see if it is there. If Tones is not an option in your Library selector button (upper left corner of the iTunes window), click iTunes –> Preferences –> General and check Tones in the Show selection.
- Connect your iPhone to your computer and click the iPhone button in iTunes. Click the Tones button in the banner menu and check Sync Tones. Click All Tones or click Selected Tones and make sure the ones you want are checked.
- Click on Apply at the bottom of the window to sync your phone.
- When the your has synced (or “sunc”?), open it and tap Settings –> Sounds –> Ringtone, and your new tone should be there. Tap it and listen to see if it starts the way you want and is the correct volume. If everything is fine you can treat it like any other ringtone. Text tones, mail tones, individual ring-tones, etc., all access the same menu of sounds.
- If you want to do it over, you can delete it from your phone the same way you would delete any song or tone. Go back to step 12, click Selected Tones, uncheck any tones you want to delete from your phone and click Apply to sync the phone again. Then delete that tone from iTunes on your computer.
