Make Your Own Ringtones for Verizon Phones
Don't want to spend a buck on a ringtone? Want to chose which part of the song you want? Well this article will tell you how to make a free ringtone on a Verizon phone.
Steps
- Go to your music library on iTunes on your computer.
- Choose a song you already own.
- Find a 30 second or less section of the song and write down the times.
- Right click and go to get info.
- Go to the options tab and click the check box for start and stop times and enter your times.
- Click ok and preview your soon to be ringtone.
- Right click the song fragment and click create AAC version.
- Uncheck the 30 second fragment settings on the original song so you can continue to hear the song in iTunes at full length. Keep the 30 second fragment file though.
- Find the 30 second fragment file in your documents.
- Depending on the type of Verizon phone you have, you may need to convert the file extension to .mp3.
- Email it to the SMS number of your phone. In other words email it to <your number>@vzwpix.com i.e 2456587566@vzwpix.com
- Open the song on your phone. When you receive your song, let it play for a sec then you can save as ringtone.
Tips
- For best results keep your sound statistics as follows:
- Sample Rate 22050 or less
- Duration 30 seconds or less
- Save as mp3 @ 128K
- Use Audacity to amplify your track.
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