Iphone 3gs custom ringtones

the custom ringtones disappear after 2-3 calls. It goes back to a preloaded tone. Why does this happen

Hahaha...funny! I just did more of a search and fixed the problem. Follow this to fix the issue:
Delete the ringtones from your iphone.
Sync your phone.
Add the tones back again from itunes.
Sync again.
Fixed!

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Syncing contacts on an iPhone removes custom ringtones for a contact

I kept noticing that my custom ringtones regularly vanished on my iPhone 3G. This article explains why:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1948
This is a nuisance. Any idea when Apple will fix it?

Mine are usually fine - it's only when I do a sync history reset that I lose them

I updated my iphone 3gs today to the ios 5. I have 4 custom ringtones in my itunes library, but it will only allow 3 to sync to my phone. They were all on before I updated today. I have deleted the one that won't transfer

I updated my iphone 3gs today with ios 5. I had 5 custom ringtones on my phone before updating. After updating, it will not allow me to transfer 2 of those ringtones onto my phone. I deleted both ringtones and recreated them. They are in my itunes ringtone library, and show under my phone ringtones. When I sync my phone, 2 will not sync onto my phone? Any information will be greatly appreciated!!!!!

have you tried resetting
hold sleep / home button until apple logo appears ignoring red slider and
allow to reboot
If that doesn't help try this
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

IPhone 3GS iOS 4.1 Update No Custom Ringtones

Hi Everyone!
I just upgraded my iPhone 3GS to iOS 4.1 and now I can no longer set customized ringtones for individual users. At first, my phone had lost all my contacts (which are synced to an Exchange server). When I restored my contacts I noticed that I can no longer have custom ringtones for individual contacts. There's no option there any more. Just the number, a "notes" section. Anyone else have this problem?

For some reason in iOS 4.1 the option to add a ringtone was removed from the main view of an individual contact. Now the only way to assign one is via the Edit option, which I find to be a pain! I liked it in iOS 2.x and 3.x that you could quickly assign ringtones WITHOUT having to tap edit and scroll down.
Once the ringtone has been added, THEN it does show up and is changeable without having to tap Edit on the contact you assigned one too.
Definitely a step backwards!
I would also love the ability (been asking since day one) to assign a ringtone to a GROUP of contacts. Such a pain doing them one by one and if you ever need to turn contact syncing off and on for MobileMe then you lose all your ringtone assignments.

Custom Ringtones Show Up in iTunes Folder, but Not on iPhone

I've recently upgraded from a 3GS to a 4G. I have a few custom ringtones that I created from .MP3 files (converted to .m4r files). I had these same ringtones installed on my 3GS and want them on my 4G.
I transferred to my 4G by dragging them from the Windows folder to the iTunes device folder. The 5 ringtones show up in iTunes under the Ringtones folder. Only one of them shows up on the phone as being transferred.
I had done this a couple of days ago, and noticed then that only one ringtone was being shown under Custom Ringtones on my phone. Tonight, I uninstalled them all, rebooted my phone, and then re-dragged the files as per above. Again, all show up in the folder on the iPhone in iTunes, but one shows up on the phone. This is now a different one than a couple of days ago.
Soooo... what can be causing this? The files are apparently on my phone, but not appearing in the usable list. I need some help in resolving this. I've looked through these forums and seen similar issues. There doesn't seem to be a 'proper' way to do this. I manage my phone manually, and have not done a 'sync' with the ringtones as they show up in the folder... (I don't really see the need to sync if they're appearing in iTunes as on the phone).
Thanks!

Hi
having the same problem with my both devices.
already have custome ringtones and wanted to add more, followed the instruction and now i have them in iTunes under the Ringtones section.
my devices are iPhone 4 and using OS 4.21
during the sync i saw that the ringtones are added and they appear under the ringtone selection under the device info, however they do not appear on the device after sync.
any help??
by the way, i have read all the previous messages and i cant find any ringtone folder under iTunes folder

Iphone 3gs wont sync Ringtones

Hello, can someone please help me with this?
I just got the Iphone 3gs 2 days ago for my birthday. The man at the store told me that the ringtones on my old phone could be transferred to my Iphone through Itunes. When I look in my Itunes the first problem I had was not being able to put anything in the Ringtone section. My ringtones I have downloaded from the internet site called "Phonezoo". My old phone was much simpler (and now I'm debating my purchase of this Iphone) all I had to do was download it into itunes put my memory card in and transfer them to the card, put the card in my phone and tada done. The tunes are still in my Itunes but will not drop into my "Ringtones" section now.
The few that have, only two have transferred to my phone and the rest will not transfer to my phone. They are 30 sec clips or less. I do not understand why this is so difficult. I have gotten two to transfer over but they are 1 sec clips that I wanted to use for a text message tone, not as a ringer.
Also: Is it not possible to change the text message sound to a custom sound like you can ringtones? The two 1 second tones are in my ringer tones but not my message tones.
I am currently using my laptop which has Vista, I do have a desk top which has Windows xp- does it matter which one I use perhaps? (They both have my Itunes account on them.)

You have to create ringtones for the iphone. Google will find several free ways to do this.
"Is it not possible to change the text message sound to a custom sound like you can ringtones?"
It is not possible.
"I am currently using my laptop which has Vista, I do have a desk top which has Windows xp- does it matter which one I use perhaps? (They both have my Itunes account on them.)"
No, but pick one. The iphone will sync to one computer at a time. If you change computers, then it will erase the current content and replace with content from the new computer.
Have a look at the manual:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iphone_userguide.pdf

HT201269 I backed up my 3GS using iTunes. I then restored the file to my new 4GS. Then I synced the apps onto the 4GS. Then I downloaded 2 custom ringtones, and attempted to sync them onto the 4GS, but it says "This Library is already synced with another

I backed up my 3GS using iTunes. I then restored the file to my new 4GS. Then I synced the apps onto the 4GS. Then I downloaded 2 custom ringtones, and attempted to sync them onto the 4GS, but it says "This Library is already synced with another phone, and if you try to sync, you will lose all of the information on the iPhone." I am a Windows user. This Sync process is VERY confusing.

How can I possibly get these two new ringtones onto the iPhone without wiping out everything else on the phone? This Sync process is nuts.
I have Backed Up the phone twice. Why would iTunes try to wipe out the phone?

Updated my iPhone (thru iTunes) and now my custom ringtones are gone

Getting frustrated trying to find a solution to this problem. Updated my iPhone 3Gs and now my PURCHASED custom ringtones are not available. They are listed as music files in my library but no custom ringtones are listed on my iPhone.
thanks

Your Uncle purchased a hacked iPhone from America, as there are NO officially unlocked iPhones sold in the US...none. Further, no US iPhone can be officially unlocked to work with any other carrier's sim. Updating software or restoring a hacked iPhone will re-lock the phone to the carrier it was originally locked to. That is what has happened to your phone. In your case, that would be AT&T. There is no official solution to your problem. You'll have to use Google, as discussion of how to hack an iPhone cannot be discussed here. Good luck.

Eporting a ringtone from itunes to iphone 3GS

Hello Can anyone offer step by step instructions. How do I export a custom ringtone I uploaded to itunes to my iphone 3GS? I appreciate the kind assistance.

Thank you very much for your help so far. When I was 11, I must intervene click the file you just created? When people ask me if I want to delete the file. So I do not save files? Please continue to provide a great help!

IPhone 3GS ringtones

I have an iPhone 3GS. I bought some ringtones on iTunes, which sync'd with my MacBookPro but I can't find them on my phone anymore. How do I get them back onto the iPhone so I can use them? Thanks

Sorry, the Custom heading may have been removed in a recent update. What you are seeing on your phone is correct; custom ringtones now appear at the top of the ringtone list.
To summarize where we are, I understand that you can see all of your purchased ringtones in the Purchased folder in iTunes, and have selected to sync all ringtones to your phone, but after syncing only one appears in Settings>Sounds>Ringtone. Let me know if that is correct.
If it is, I suggest you try unchecking sync ringtones in iTunes, sync your phone again. When it finishes check to sync ringtones, sync you phone and see if they all transferred this time.

After update to iOS4 my iPhone 3Gs doesn't sync ringtones anymore

After updating my iPhone 3Gs to iOS4, I don't see my synchronized ringtones on my iPhone. If I couple my iPhone to iTunes, I can see the ringtones in the iPhone. But if I go to the sound settings of the iPhone, I don't see the ringtones at all.
Can someone help me

I think I have the solution. I crfeated new ringtones yesterdya by converting them to aac files, then changing the extension to .m4r and dragging them to itunes. I also had a missing icon next to the custom ringtones. The only ringtones that would sync to my iphone are the 2 that I purchased. I tried to play the customer ringtones and windows told me they cannot be played because the original file cannot be located, would you like to locate it? I clicked yes and searched my desktop. I had saved all the ringtones to a file on my desktop so i knew easily where to find them. I clicked the file for the ringtone I had tried to play, clicked on open and it began playing. the missing icon was now gone in itunes. Windows then asked if I wanted it to search the same location for other missing files. I clicked yes and all of my newly made ringtones now will play. I re-synced my phone and they now appear in my ringtones on my iphone. hope this works for you.

After iTunes/Yosemite updates, custom ringtones no longer available in Contacts on Mac but are on iPhone

After updating to Yosemite, my custom ringtones are no longer associated with particular contacts on my Mac. They seem to be in the right place in iTunes (ver. 12, updated at same time), and are still assigned to contacts on my iPhone (OS 8.1)--I haven't synched contacts, but I can't figure out how to get them re-assigned to specific contacts on the computer. when they're not there to be selected. These are a combination of purchased and GarageBand ringtones, and have been in use for years. Here's what I've tried:
In iTunes > Tones: Deselecting the ringtones, syncing (connected to mac). Then re-selcting and synching again. Ringtones are still visible on the iphone in Sounds, and in iTunes, but not available from within Contacts on the Mac.
Still in iTunes, used Get Info to identify where in Finder Tones are kept, which for me is: ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Tones/. Copied all of them, moved the originals to the trash. (Did not empty.) Restarted. Didn't make a difference. I put everything back.
I have had this problem once before with an OS upgrade or new iPhone, I'm not sure which, but the de-selecting/selecting had worked. Not this time, however. My mistake may have been to update to Yosemite before updating my phone to OS8.1, but that's the way it was presented to me, and I didn't realize it would matter. My preference is to sync my contacts. But this became de-selected during the update. (Other prefs changed, also, for example--I prefer local backup, and it defaulted to iCloud.)

regarding the ringtones, i was able to set custom ringtones myself, but ever since i did that i get errors when synching my phone in the form that some app's dont work, have any of you had this problem?

How do i add a custom ringtone to iphone 4s

how do i add a custom ringtone to an iPhone 4s?
thx

Have a look here
http://www.macworld.com/article/163127/2011/10/make_custom_tones_for_your_iphone .html
And you may find this Useful...
iPhone User Guide
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf

I recently did an update to my iphone 4s and now i have lost all my custom ringtones and some music I had loaded. What have I done wrong ? I did a backup and restore.

I recently did an update to my iphone 4s and now I have lost all my custom ringtones as well as some music I had loaded. I did a restore and backup but nothing changes. What have I done wrong?

Hello Chance1985,
Sorry for your wait. Okay so let's try re-connecting with iTunes on your computer and syncing your device. This may give you all your stuff back. Sync in Music tab.
^Connor

I've spent an hour plus googling this and none of the 'fixes' works. My custom ringtones show up fine in itunes but are grayed out in iphone when I try to sync. This just happened when I synced my phone: previously worked fine.

I've spent an hour on this: massively frustrating. My custom ringtones disappeared from iphone when I just sync'd and now show up in itunes/iphone interface (on the mac) grayed out: won't sync to phone. I know the audio files work because they were fine two hours ago! (iphone 5 running 8.1.3)

I had this problem too after i upgdatd to OS X Mavericks... only the songs on my iphone 5s that i purchased from itunes would play.
i read something about it being a syncing issue. when you plug your phone into your computer with the usb cable, the person said to switch from automatic syncing of itunes to the "manual" option. mine was already set to manual so i wasn't sure anything would work. BUT, when i plugged my phone into my computer, it started to sync all of my music on my phone again (top of itunes bar where song playing/time is listed said "now syncing 123/534 songs to x's iphone"). once that was completed, i checked the music app on my iphone and everything was back to normal!
so, i would suggest setting your music syncing settings to manual if you haven't tried that yet!
hope this helps!

Iphone 3gs custom ringtones

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