Re: Putting music files on a phone
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:52 am
I know this method works as I've done this myself.BD wrote: found this...
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Make a mp3 a ringtone without hacking your cell phone.
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This trick requires a little work but worth it. This is a better method than the "Email Technique" or "Seem" method because it's playing your ring tone as a MP3 file and not a verizon audio compressed file. So the sound quality is better and louder and you are not hacking your phone . Before doing anything, your file extension in windows must be set as visible. Go to START, CONTROL PANEL, double ckick on FOLDER OPTIONS, VIEW TAB, uncheck "Hide Extensions For Known File Types"
1) Make sure your Transflash card is in your phone.
2) On your phone go to "Get Tunes & Tones"
3) Select "Record New"
4) Select "Options" and switch the storage device to "mini-SD Card"
5) Go back to "Record New" and record a simple audio. It does not matter how long, I did it for 2 seconds.
6) Go back to "Get Tunes & Tones" and scroll down to the bottom and play (to make sure it recorded something) the new audio recording.
7) Shutdown the phone and put the Transflash into a PC.
Copy a mp3 file into the root directory of the Transflash card.
9) select one of the recorded voice file, right click, rename, copy the file name including the extension (.qcp)
10)Delete this recorded file you just copied
11) now go to one of the mp3 files, right click, rename, and paste that recorded file you just copied (all you're doing is replacing the voice file you've recorded as an mp3 audio file. Your cell phone will still think it's a recorded voice files but in reality it's an mp3 audio file)
12 Repeat step 3-11 for every ringtone you want to add. One voice recording = One ring tone.
13) Once the Transflash is back into the phone assign the file as a ringtone to any contact.
**DO not try to rename the ringtone you just added
in your cell phone. If you rename it the ringtone, it will not work anymore.
The "transflash" a.k.a. microsd card is in the battery compartment.
You should be able to pick up a microsd card for a few bucks these days.