HOW TO CREATE CUSTOM RINGTONES FOR iPHONE FOR FREE!

This tutorial details how to create free ringtones for your iPhone or iPhone 3G using only iTunes and songs you already have on your computer. The method has been tested and works with iTunes 8.0.1.11 and iPhone 2.0.1 firmware.

To create free iPhone ringtones using iTunes 8:

1. Right click on the song you are going to make into a ringtone and select "Get Info."

2. Go to the Options tab and go down to the Start Time and Stop Time check boxes. Check both boxes and input the time you want your ringtone to start/stop. The ringtone has to be 30 seconds or less. Click OK when you're done.

3. Right click on your newly "clipped" song and select Create AAC Version. Or directly click the Advanced tab on the main menu of iTunes 8 and select Create AAC Version from the drop-down list. The song will be re-encoded using the start and stop times specified.

4. After the song is done encoding, navigate to your iTunes Music folder, locate your song, and drag it to your desktop. After the song is on your desktop go back to iTunes and delete the clipped version from you iTunes library (It won't delete it from your desktop, it will only remove it from iTunes).

5. Go back to the song on your desktop and right click on your song and choose "Properties". Go to the name and extension section and change the extension from .m4a to .m4r (or you can just change the extension right from your desktop).

NOTE: If you can not change the extension try this tutorial on How to Change File Extensions.

6. After the extension is changed simply double click on the file it will automaticly go to your iTunes library under the ringtones section. Sync your phone with iTunes and you're done!

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