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iPhone Setting custom Text Message Ringtones

Still possible 2 Change txt/SMS ringtones?

After reading all the pages here, I'm not sure if it is possible to still change the txt/SMS ringtones? Is there an answer and a method to doing so?
 
Yes, it's possible.

The easiest way is to install Winterboard. Then copy the .caf file that you want to replace into the UISounds directory for the theme that you are using.
 
Help!

i have read everyone comments.. and im a TOTAL newby on this whole ssh thing. i dont understand where i do that, from my computer or iphone. i really want to get ringtones for my text messages so if someone has the patients to help me, i would reallllyyyy appreciate it:)
 
No sound

Greetings
I've alledgedly converted my new text message audio renamed it as required and for a total newbi even managed to cyberduck the file to the appropriate folder on my new toy....But....no noise nada nothing zilch...

cyberduck says it has to replace a file so I say yes but nothing happens when I select the file

I a true wingnutt:confused:

Any suggestions would be truely appreciate
Cheers
 
:)

Hi guys
Might be dragging up an old thread but I this was one of (if not the) the very first google finds for my question so it might come up in the future for others.

I may be repeating other people, but i'm just gonna add the steps that I took in order to accomplish this.
Hope it's useful.

First off, I'm running the 2.2 firmware on my iPhone 3g which has been jailbroken using cydia. (And I'm running Windows)

Then i installed iPhonebrowser
You then start iPhone browser and plug in your iPhone, and move to the System > Library > Audio > UISounds folder

By now you should know which sms ringtone you like the least, and the number corresponding with it. (For me, it was electronic, which is number 6)

Find sms-recieved#.caf (where # is the number of your chosen ringtone) and right click, backup file, for just in case you ever want it back.

Next, you replace this file with your new ringtone. If you've already got your file, ignore this bit, if you haven't, read on my loveleys.

Download and install switch audio convertor (google it, it's free).
Then drag and drop your sound clip into this program, change the output file to aiff and hit convert (as long as you know where the file will end up, I've ticked output same as source file so it ends up right next to my original)

Then in windows explorer change the extension of the new .aiff file to caf (if the file isn't called example.aiff look around in folder options for the ability to see file extension names) and also the name of the file to sms-recieved#.

Back into iPhone browser, right click sms-recieved#.caf and choose replace file, then choose your new ringtone.

After all is done and dusted and the iPhone is unplugged you must RESTART the iPhone in order for the sound to play. This was an issue I first had.

Sorry it was a bit long winded, just wanted to fully clarify the actions you need to go through.

However, if you're having problems changing ringtones and following instructions, should you really be jailbreaking your iPhone in the the first place? And playing with settings and files?

Just want to thank dsgalit for his original post.
It helped me on my way
Cheers dude
(Hope I haven't come off as a complete cock in this post)
 
I don't mean to diss the previous post or the poster, I really think they meant well. However...

- iPhoneBrowser, nifty and handy though it seems, especially for the users who might be concerned that installing an ssh client in their pocket computers may be a security issue, couldn't find the relevant folder in my old 2.5G iPhone. SSH still seems like the better option here.

- Switch Audio Converter looks nice and quite easy to use, but the .aiff file (and, subsequentely, the .caf file) it generated was useless, as far as my new 3G iPhone was concerned. I'd recommend an online file converter I found on Google, but I can't quite recall the name (although I don't think you'll have a hard time looking that up). Mind you, it's pretty harsh on how large your files can be, but, considering you probably don't want a 5 min tone every time you get a text, you're probably fine with those limits.

On the bright side, the method described is, otherwise, spot on. THat's what I do every time (that's three times, now).

Good luck.
 
i dont know if people are still reading this since it started almost a year ago but oh well.

thanks to dsgalit i FINALLY got custom text alerts. THANK YOU SIR.

anyway for those who have done this successfully i have a question. when you overwrite the file does your alert automatically change on your phone? because when i first did it, i tried replacing sms-recieved1.caf and it didnt work. but then i tried again but instead replaced sms-received2.caf and it worked. NOT knowing that it would happen so fast, it wasnt the tone i wanted because it was short. so i tried to change it for a longer one, it didnt work at first, but then i held the home button, went back to sounds and everything was good.

BUT it was annoying getting a text and a freaking chorus playing while i was typing, so i decided to go back to the shorter one. lol. but it wont change, so i just replaced another sms-recieved or whatever and it works fine.

BUT IN THE END, do you know the proper procedure before replacing a file in winscp? like do i have to be on the home screen or whatever? just wondering.

sorry for the essay, haha i was curious.
 
If I remember right, I had to reboot my phone to cause the new tones to become available.

Just as good practice, I copy any file I'm going to replace over to my PC as a backup, then delete it on the phone, then copy the new file across to the phone, all of these steps with WinSCP.
 
Help with custom tones

Hi guys


Ok i have managed to do everything in terms of converting the file and changing the file to .caf. i have copied them across using WINSCP and this is where my touble starts

I made 6 different tones all numbered 1 - 6 etc,
When i go to play any of them it gives me the same sound for them all. - However while writting this i got a message and t played back another sms tone which i installed.

So basically when i go into setting it plays 1 tone to me for them all and then when i actually get a message through it plays another one. I have rebooted my phone, I have copied the files across when on the home page, I have changed the quality up and down and just about everything else

Can anyone ched some light on this?
Cheers
Adam :D
 
help with sms tones

Hi guys


Ok i have managed to do everything in terms of converting the file and changing the file to .caf. i have copied them across using WINSCP and this is where my touble starts

I made 6 different tones all numbered 1 - 6 etc,
When i go to play any of them it gives me the same sound for them all. - However while writting this i got a message and t played back another sms tone which i installed.

So basically when i go into setting it plays 1 tone to me for them all and then when i actually get a message through it plays another one. I have rebooted my phone, I have copied the files across when on the home page, I have changed the quality up and down and just about everything else

Can anyone ched some light on this?
Cheers
Adam
 
update

Just a quick update,

i made 5 more differnt tones and then copied them to the phone, i turned it off and back on again but i am still getting the sound of the first tone i put on ages ago, but when a message comes thorough it is a different one but again if i change through all the different message tones when a message actually comes though its all the same even though i made 5 different ones.
 
I have since used Iphone browser rather than WINSCP and i have been able to preview what SMS tones i have on my phone,
Now tones 1-6 are all totally different but when i go to select them on the phone i just get the same tone back, I have tried selecting a different one then turning the phone off and back on but i still get the same tone as previoulsy selected.

pleassseeeeeeeee can anyone help?
 
sms tones

So i have a couple ringtones saved into my library on itunes and some tones that i want to use as text message alerts. I've read through the forum and still have no idea how to make it so i can get a new text message alert. will someone please put up something that will show me how to do it step by step.
My phone isn't jailbroken and i really dont want to jailbreak it.
 
twoplanker said:
So i have a couple ringtones saved into my library on itunes and some tones that i want to use as text message alerts. I've read through the forum and still have no idea how to make it so i can get a new text message alert. will someone please put up something that will show me how to do it step by step.
My phone isn't jailbroken and i really dont want to jailbreak it.
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First Step: Jailbreak
Second Step: Oops, no SMS tones for you.

Sorry.
 
Actually, I have never owned a not-jailbroken iPhone, but I am yet to understand how it needs to be jailbroken. So, yet again, The Method:

1. Making a ringtone: If it's something you have in iTunes, you can open up the media file's properties in iTunes, set it's beginning and end points (unless you want the whole file) and export in AAC format.

2. You then need to convert your exported file into *.aiff (or *.aif) format. You can probably use Switch Audio Converter, although it has failed me before. If you find out that it doesn't work, redo this with another audio converter (I used an online one to great effect. Google it). When that's done, rename the file to sms-recieved[x].caf, where X is 1-6, depending on what sound you like the least.

3. To upload the file into your iPhone, you might be able to use iPhoneBrowser. Look up the System > Library > Audio > UISounds folder. Make sure you start your search at the very root of the file system, otherwise you won't find it (at least not the right one). If, for some reason, iPhoneBrowser doesn't find it, try the next step, otherwise skip it.

3b. Install Cydia. Google it, if you don't know how to. From Cydia, install a BSD subsystem. Then, using any SCP client (such as WinSCP, if you're on Windows), log on to your iPhone using root as the username and alpine as a password and find the folder.

4. Backup the file you're going to replace. Then erase it on the iPhone and copy the one you made. Don't overwrite! Unless the file sizes match (and they won't), you'll mess up the file system enough that your iPhone will go absolutely bonkers.

5. Reboot.

6. ??????

7. Profit!
 
ArabianShark said:
Actually, I have never owned a not-jailbroken iPhone, but I am yet to understand how it needs to be jailbroken. So, yet again, The Method:

1. Making a ringtone: If it's something you have in iTunes, you can open up the media file's properties in iTunes, set it's beginning and end points (unless you want the whole file) and export in AAC format.

2. You then need to convert your exported file into *.aiff (or *.aif) format. You can probably use Switch Audio Converter, although it has failed me before. If you find out that it doesn't work, redo this with another audio converter (I used an online one to great effect. Google it). When that's done, rename the file to sms-recieved[x].caf, where X is 1-6, depending on what sound you like the least.

3. To upload the file into your iPhone, you might be able to use iPhoneBrowser. Look up the System > Library > Audio > UISounds folder. Make sure you start your search at the very root of the file system, otherwise you won't find it (at least not the right one). If, for some reason, iPhoneBrowser doesn't find it, try the next step, otherwise skip it.

3b. Install Cydia. Google it, if you don't know how to. From Cydia, install a BSD subsystem. Then, using any SCP client (such as WinSCP, if you're on Windows), log on to your iPhone using root as the username and alpine as a password and find the folder.

4. Backup the file you're going to replace. Then erase it on the iPhone and copy the one you made. Don't overwrite! Unless the file sizes match (and they won't), you'll mess up the file system enough that your iPhone will go absolutely bonkers.

5. Reboot.

6. ??????

7. Profit!
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Step 1: Don't listen to any of the above. :)
Step 2: See Step 1.

1. That should work.
2. That's fine too.
3. Not unless your iPhone is Jailbroken.
3b (where's 3a?). You can't install Cydia without Jailbreaking. When you jailbreak, Cydia comes with it. Also you don't need BSD Subsystem, at least not for the past 9mo. If you jailbeak, you download OpenSSH.
4. See above
5. Ok...
6. heh
7. Not so much profit I suppose. :)
 
deptraisteve said:
lets say you have an mp3 file you want to use as the sms tone called Music.mp3, you use SWITCH AUDIO (google this) to convert the mp3 to AIFF.

as a result you will get a file called Music.aiff , rename this file to sms-received1.caf and replace the original file by logging into your iphone with WinSCP and going to /SYSTEM/LIBRARY/AUDIO/UISOUNDS, this is for 1.1.3

i think 1.1.4 is different but im not sure.
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okay, I've already got the SWITCH AUDIO. I've switched the mp3 to aiff.
But now you say log into my phone with WinSCP and ect.
Well thats where I get lost.. How do i do that ?
Sorry for the trouble. :confused:
I downloaded Iphonebrowser ! It said sometime about jailbreak ? I do NOT want my phone jailbroken.
Is there anyway i can get around that, so i guess how do i use WINSCP? That one sounds better
 
Abiqaillxx33 said:
okay, I've already got the SWITCH AUDIO. I've switched the mp3 to aiff.
But now you say log into my phone with WinSCP and ect.
Well thats where I get lost.. How do i do that ?
Sorry for the trouble. :confused:
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If you are on Windows, you need a client to upload the files to your iPhone. WinSCP is a client to facilitate this. I'm not a windows user so I can't help much, but I would google around for WinSCP, iPhone, SMS, Ringtone, etc. :)
 
bytethese said:
Step 1: Don't listen to any of the above. :)
Step 2: See Step 1.

1. That should work.
2. That's fine too.
3. Not unless your iPhone is Jailbroken.
3b (where's 3a?). You can't install Cydia without Jailbreaking. When you jailbreak, Cydia comes with it. Also you don't need BSD Subsystem, at least not for the past 9mo. If you jailbeak, you download OpenSSH.
4. See above
5. Ok...
6. heh
7. Not so much profit I suppose. :)
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okay, I've already got the SWITCH AUDIO. I've switched the mp3 to aiff.
But now you say log into my phone with WinSCP and ect.
Well thats where I get lost.. How do i do that ?
Sorry for the trouble.
I downloaded Iphonebrowser ! It said sometime about jailbreak ? I do NOT want my phone jailbroken.
Is there anyway i can get around that, so i guess how do i use WINSCP? That one sounds better
 
Abiqaillxx33 said:
okay, I've already got the SWITCH AUDIO. I've switched the mp3 to aiff.
But now you say log into my phone with WinSCP and ect.
Well thats where I get lost.. How do i do that ?
Sorry for the trouble.
I downloaded Iphonebrowser ! It said sometime about jailbreak ? I do NOT want my phone jailbroken.
Is there anyway i can get around that, so i guess how do i use WINSCP? That one sounds better
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Well then you can't do any of this, sorry. You NEED to jailbreak your phone first.
 
sms help

i lost my tri tone ring tone... can you email me the file please

xjeromegingco@gmail.com

and i follow the steps and everything goes smoothly but when i play the sms tone on my phone it doesnt play anything. my ringtone is 1 second long is their a length limit? please help
 
setting custom text message

deptraisteve said:
twonga ur a champion, i followed your instructions and it worked great, now to get 5 more worthy sms tones to use. I backed up the original caf files on my pc just in case something went wrong.

to the poster who lost his/her original sms tone, email me or post a reply and i will email you the one you are missing.. just SSH it back into the folder.

i used WinSCP to SSH into my iphone, you can easily google that. grab the IP of your iphone by checking out the wi-fi settings, then enter that in along with root/alpine as the login/password.

then navigate to SYSTEM, LIBRARY, AUDIO, UISOUNDS and follow the previous posts to get the custom sms tones.

great job
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ok i have downloaded win scp and i have my wifi ip but it is not letting me log into the phone, what am i using for the user name
 
sailormoon05 said:
ok i have downloaded win scp and i have my wifi ip but it is not letting me log into the phone, what am i using for the user name
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ok what you need to do is connect your iphone with the data cable that came with your phone. then when you open winSCP the IP address is the one you get from the iphone, i think its in GENERAL, NETWORK, then choose your network and properties or something like that, its been awhile since ive used WINSCP. When I get home i will post exact instructions.

the username and password is ROOT/ALPINE or ALPINE/ROOT. again im not sure but its one of those. You should be able to log in after entering that.

I must state that I did this on my non 3G iphone and have since updated mine to firmware 2.2.1 ( holding off on 3.0 & 3.1 ) but the folders should still be the same or they might have moved them around, but it is just a matter of searching for it once u have SSH'd into your phone.

just to add that I had used SWITCH AUDIO CONVERTOR to change my mp3 into a AIFF file and then renamed it sms-received1.caf and then copied the original one to my pc as a backup then deleted it and then copied the newly made one over to my iphone.

restarted my iphone ( home and power button together ) and then it worked. I have done 6 all up and they are all in my iphone now replacing all the original ones.

let me know how you go
cheers

go to
 
setting custom text message

thanks finally got it to work and now it is saying my phone isnt jailbreaked, now i have to work out how to do that;)
 
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