My custom ringtones on iOS8 did not transfer

My custom ringtones did not transfer to my new iPhone6.  What happen and how do I recover them.  I noticed the iOS8.0.2 update stated something about Ringtones.  I also don't see them in my iTunes but still have them in my previous iPhone5S.  How do I transfer them between the two devices?

Y'know, this is an inSANE process.  Apple should be ashamed of themselves for doing this.
It's possible - but it's hardly 'intuitive'....as Apple so euphemistically likes to portray their software as being...
In macro terms, you have to:
1 - import whatever track or mp3 you want to make your ring tone into Garageband...on your laptop....as a track.
2 - edit it to whatever length you want it to be in GB.
3 - 'Share' it as a Ringtone-to-iTunes from GB to iTunes.
4 - Plug your iPhone into your laptop.
5 - Somehow, some way, locate the stupid track as a 'Tone' in iTunes...which really isn't intuitive at all.  Good luck on this step.
6 - Click and hold on that track to force iTunes into opening up the device list on the left (this is REALLY ridiculously UNintuitive)
7 - Drag and drop the track to the iPhone device that has now magically appeared from the abyss on the left. You will get ZERO indication that it actually happened.  I guess they think you should trust them that it happened.
8 - Knock on wood and go to your phone's Settings; Sounds: Ringtone...and hope like heck the title of whatever track you've babysat throughout the process somehow miraculously shows up under "Ringtones" - and click on it.  A checkmark will appear if you did it right.
Reaching back to my Android memories, the steps involved with it were:
1 - Music
2- Highlight track
3 - Click on settings button
4 - Choose 'Set as Ringtone'
I love many things about Apple, but iOS isn't one of them.  It pretty much stinks.

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