Losing custom ringtones

Hi,
I use iToner to add some ringtones to my iPhone 4. It seems like every time there's a software upgrade or someting dramatic happens - like adding my new iPad, I lose both my custom rings. Any idea why? Any diea how I can avoid this?
Thanks,
Michael

Couldn't find Itoner as an iPhone App, but there was iTones. It gets AWFUL ratings. Perhaps that's your problem. I have successfully used Ringtones App to create ringtones and they certainly stick around! There are ways of creating ringtones without Apps which the regulars on this forum have often recommended. I find using an App easier and it makes sure that your new ringtones are put into the right place in iTunes so that when you sync they're available.

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This is getting more and more infuriating to me but every few weeks, I lose all the custom ringtones I've assigned to a handful of important contacts. I don't know how it happens or if I am doing something unknowingly that causes this to happen but it has to be during a sync to my MacBook which is my main computer. I've made no changes whatsoever to the affected contacts and all my ringtones are synced every time. It's a big pain in the a** every time it happens and I have to reassign ringtones all over again. Is anyone experiencing this problem or know what is causing it to happen?
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Sorry but I found an existing thread that answers most of my questions and it's located here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1615871&tstart=-1
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Buzz Lightgear wrote:
Have you tried turning on the "Lock Sounds" function? Tap "Settings" then "Sounds" then scroll the screen up & tap "Lock Sounds".
Yes. "Lock Sounds" has always been on by default on my iPhone. As for the cause, I pretty much believe the info I read from the link I included in my original post.

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Actually, I thought a system update does do a backup and restore. I thought it wiped out the data, applied the system OS, then restored the data. Otherwise how would all of the settings, applications, and other data be in the same status as before the update? In any case, I wouldn't have thought that all contact data would need to be re-applied afterwards. But actually my main problem, aside from this, is that my contacts are consistently losing their custom ringtones. I use push services for my contacts, and I can understand why re-population of my contact data loses them since a ringtone isn't a maintained data field in Exchange, but this situation only makes it worse if I'll lose ringtones after every system update.

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

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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

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Has anyone successfully loaded more than ONE custom ringtone onto their iPhone and had success using the additional tones?
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I too had the same tone showing up where all the others should be but (thanks to the guy at apple support) fixed it.
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Afterward, COMPLETELY restore your phone (as easy as clicking restore in itunes but): http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/iphone/2007/tips/iphone-tip-resetiphone560x316.mov
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Only one custom ringtone at a time?

I've uploaded more than one custom ringtone at a time onto my phone, but it shows two of the same song and won't upload anymore. Anyone with a suggestion?

Wordartist65
When you connect the iphone up to itunes, click on the iphone on the left side.
To the left of the name of the iphone on the left hand side of itunes, there is a triangle.
Click on that triangle and it will expand a menu down or up.
Click on the ringtones under the iphone and see if the ringtones show up as duplicate or different.
If the ringtones are different, then there is corrupted on the iphone that is not allowing it to read the ringtones correctly.
To fix this you will need to restore the iphone.
After the iphone has been restored an option will come up to restore from back up.
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The reason for this is if there was anything corrupted on the iphone that was not allowing the iphone to read the ringtones correctly, you do not want to put it back on the iphone.
here is an article from the apple support website that might help in the restore process.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305744
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I can see only one ringtone in the custom ringtone box.plz help

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Cap,
This view, with the one photo big and the thumbnail strip across the top, is what happens when you double-click a photo with "Edit in: Main Window" set in the Preferences. There should be a button visible that says either Done or Return, to exit edit mode and return you to the library. If you still see only one photo, use the size slider in the lower right corner to reduce the photo size and get more thumbnails on the page.
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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.

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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

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