Setting Custom Ringtone

I've got an Iphone 5s and used the current version of Itunes to create an .m4r file (which is 29 seconds long) in order to use it as my phones standard ringtone.
For some reason it appears in Itunes as a ringtone but on my phone does not appear anywhere when trying to set a ringtone. How can I get this to appear so I can use it?
Thanks

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Hii.....Guys.....I have seen many videos on how to set custome ringtone in Iphone but I failed. I am nt getting any option to set custome ringtone in iphone. I have already coverted it to m4r bt still its nt showing in Iphone. what should I do now ? help me

If you have created a custoom ringtone and are trying to get it onto iPhone
depending on where the .m4r file is drag and drop (on a PC ) to tones on side bar of iTunes and sync

I am not able to set custom ringtone on my iphone

After following all the procedure to set up a custom ringtone by converting the audio file format from .m4a to .m4r i'm still not ablr to find the custom tone option in my settings.
Kindly help me out with this,

Did you follow the procedure as shown here...
http://cnettv.cnet.com/create-free-ringtones-itunes-10/9742-1_53-50093086.html

Setting custom ringtone in iPhone

Hi,
I am using a iPhone 4S. I truely believe Apple iPhone is a great technology built by experts.
In spite of, being a great Smart phone, why the setting of custom ringtone, which is very basic feature in any kind of phone, is so complicated?
Can't this be made easier in upcoming releases of iOS?
For setting a ringtone, we have to shorten the length of the song, then create an AAC version. Then change the extension of the file from m4a to m4r...etc...etc
Waiting for a reply...
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You are not talking to Apple here, this is a user to user forum. But you can tell Apple about your wishes by using this link:
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Just got this phone (new) and have been fairly happy. HOWEVER, I have one grief that I have yet to get resolved. Except for one of my contacts, I can not seem to set either mp3's or aac's as a custom ringtone for a contact. Though I have gone through the process multiple times, only my custom default ringtone plays when I receive a call.
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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?

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Definitely a step backwards!
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Hi,
Im new to iphone. I would like to set my own ringtone. I follow the instructions given by one of the application which i donwloaded from App store. According to tha app, i need to change the song i chose to xxx.(m4r) frm xxx.m4a but i couldnt change the file name. Anyone here know how to change it or any prob in my computer software. Pls advice. Im using windows 7. thanks
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1. Open the Control Panel from the Start menu.
2. Open Folder Options in the Control Panel.
3. Select the View tab in the Folder Options window.
4. Uncheck Hide extensions for known file types.
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Has anyone successfully loaded more than ONE custom ringtone onto their iPhone and had success using the additional tones?
I bought three from iTunes and created one of my own. I'm only able to have ONE of these tones on the phone at any one time. If I load all four (or any subset) the correct NUMBER of files will appear, but they will all be the same.

I too had the same tone showing up where all the others should be but (thanks to the guy at apple support) fixed it.
First of all, you need to re-set your library as this is most likely the problem.. Follow the instructions on this link:
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n93313
If you have more than one folder then do the same with that one. You may end up with duplicate tunes but just clicka and hold down ctrl then delete to get rid of them. Note: make sure both copies play first!
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
DON'T set it up as a new phone after this, use backup option as this works fine.
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Good luck. It was a great guy in european apple support that helped me. Custom Ringtones are only supported in the USA right now and he had to leave me quickly but he solved my problem and didn't even know it. Hope this helps you all.

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?

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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.
Do not restore from back up, set up as a new iphone.
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
Hope this helps.

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