iPhone Ringtones

iPhone ringtones are short pieces of tones of 30 seconds maximum that replace your iPhone's built in rings. They could be as simple as monophonic rings or as complicated as an actual clip of a song. With custom ringtones you can distinguish between different callers by assigning them different ringtones.

In your iPhone you can select a default ring tone for the system, and you can also set a ringtone for any of your contacts.

Therefore, when this contact calls you, not only his phone number and picture will display on your screen, but also the ringtone that you selected for that contact will be heard. 

So, you would know who is calling and you can decide to pick up or not, just from the ringtone sound.

To set your default ringtone, go to Settinigs and then sounds.  You can set your ringtone volume and also change the default ringtone. (see picture on left)

To set the ringtone for each individual contact, open the Contacts app, and tap the contact you want to set the ringtone for. You will see a ringtone button, that gives you access to all your ringtones, select the one you want.

The iPhone comes with some built in ringtones, but they are nothing compared to the ability to make your own ringtones from your favorite iTunes library.

Imagine the ability of converting any song you have in iTunes to ringtone . It is possible but unfortunately, without purchasing the song, it is not that simple.

Due to copyrights, Apple is strict about allowing you to make iPhone ringtones easily from any song you have in your iTunes library. Apple doesn't know where those songs came from. Therefore, they want you to buy them first from the iTunes store. Apple charges $0.99 for the song and another $0.99 to convert it to ringtone.

Purchase iPhone ringtones from iTunes:

This is the official method that is supported by Apple. It only works with purchased songs from the iTunes store.

It will not work with songs you purchased from another online store, or songs ripped from a purchased CD or downloaded from the internet.

Therefor, it costs $1.98 to have a ringtone using the Apple simplest method, which is right click on the purchased song, and select create ringtone.

If the song is not purchased from iTunes store, you will get a message from iTunes telling you that. This $1.98 price is still better than other companies who charge $2.99 for a ringtone.

Other options for ringtones:

There is a work around to convert non purchased songs to ring tone. click here to see how you can make free iPhone ringtones using iTunes from any song you have in your iTunes music library. Or simply use GarageBand.

There are several other methods of creating ringtones that could be used on your iPhone. Another method is to make ringtones for iPhone using your Mac or PC. You will do all the work on the desktop computer, and finally export the final ringtone to iTunes and sync with your iPhone.

On the other side, you can make ringtones on the iPhone itself using apps from the App Store.

Simply use an application like Ringtone Recorder Unlimited Free that use the iPhone’s microphone to capture any sound as a ringtone, or use an app like 1001 Ringtone which has ready created  ringtones. Click here to learn how to  make your own ringtone with apps from the AppStore.

The other way of creating ringtones is done on the iPhone itself and requires a jailbreak, but it is a much easier method. You create iPhone ringtone by installing third party applications from Cydia.

The advantage of using the jailbreak method is that you have access to the file system, which means your finished ringtone will be installed on your iPhone without the need to sync with iTunes.

Another simple method of creating your own iPhone ringtones is to make ringtone using the web. There are several websites that allow you to create ringtones for iPhone. Those websites vary in look & feel, and you have to register with them first to use their service.

If you search the internet for free ringtones, you will find tons of those websites. Just be cautious with some websites as they might charge a monthly fee and make sure they have free service to try first at least.

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