Iphone ringtones, original songs wont play fully

Question

Hi,
I have several of my songs in Itunes as ringtones, which I managed to do by downloading an ap to convert them. They work great as ringtones but problem is the original songs in Itunes wont play fully, they start wherever you have the ringtone starting on the track and end when the ringtone does, therefore never fully playing a track.
Any suggestions how I can keep my ringtones but also still get the songs to play fully when I listen to my ipod on the Iphone.
The Ap I used is just called "Ringtones" but is blue with a yellow star.
Many thanks

Answer 1

Hi J.E.L.,
No one knows for sure what causes this but there are some workarounds...Try #3 first as it is the easiest.
#1 Delete those songs from itunes and re-rip them from the CD into itunes and sync your ipod.
#2 Convert those songs into another format. Adjust your settings however you wish in Itunes > Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Importing. Choose whatever format and settings you like then, Right-Click on the song(s) and "Convert Selection To XXX", where XXX is the format you've selected. Sync and try it.
NOTE: Doing this method degrades the sound quality of the file(s) as you're essentially making a copy of a copy. Whether it is acceptable to your ears or not is up to them.
#3 This workaround has helped some. If they're unprotected MP3 files then, using itunes, strip them of their ID3 Tags. Right Click on the song(s), click "Convert ID3 Tags", click "None". Then, do it all over again only this time, choose a version, usually v2.3. Sync and try it.
NOTE: Stripping them of their ID3 Tags will delete the artwork and lyrics of the associated songs, but they are easily replaceable.