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Create Custom SMS Tones For Use In iOS 5 [No Jailbreak Required]

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Create Custom SMS Tones For Use In iOS 5 [No Jailbreak Required]

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With the release of iOS 5, comes the ability to set pretty much any sound for anything, in your iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Custom SMS tones has been a long awaited feature, but the tones in the iTunes Store are limited. Since text tones are now in .m4r format, the process to create your own is essentially the same as creating custom ringtones.

First, find a sound you want to have as your text tone. It should be something short, so your text tone isn’t going on and on long after you’ve already read your message. I found the XBOX 360 Achievement Unlocked Sound, on Major Nelson’s blog. He conveniently already had an iPhone version, but I’ll still show you how to convert a sound file, with iTunes, on a Mac in OSX Lion.

Import the sound to iTunes, then go to Preferences > General > Import Settings, and select ACC Encoder.

Now, select your sound in iTunes, right click on it, and go to Create ACC version. Then right click on the new file and select Show in Finder.

You’ll see 2 files, the original one (MP3, WAV, whatever you downloaded), and a new .m4a file. Select the .m4a file, click it 1 more time, and edit the extension to .m4r.

Now go back to your Music in iTunes, and select your sound again. We need to delete it from iTunes, but not from your Library. Right click the sound, select Delete, and on the pop up, select Keep File. (If you don’t want to lose your original file).

Then simply double click your .m4r file, in Finder, and your tone will import right into the Ringtone section of iTunes. You can then sync it to your device, and use it for any sound you want.

The process is somewhat similar, in Windows, but I think you have to make sure you’re running in Administrator, to be able to edit extensions. I could be wrong. If anyone has tips on how to do this in Windows, comment below, and we’ll update the post.

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Rajani Isa

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But they don’t «make you pay.»

The offer paid ringtones, yes. They also let you make ringtones in garage band using any audio you have (such as audio you got from a CD). So Apple makes it pretty darned easy to make ringtones from copyrighted material.

This is an actual feature of the software I’m talking about here. not a hack.

I don’t think you can say they make you buy anything.

Interstella5555

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Yes I’m serious, in terms of the reasoning given for wanting «custom» tones. A «custom» tone would be, well, custom. I’m not coming up with problems to a simple plan. You want custom tones, then compose a custom tone. Semantics? Maybe

Since it looks like you’re talking about wanting to add snippets of copyrighted material as an SMS tone, then surely Apple will make you pay for it just like they make you pay for ringtones through iTunes (as I said in C).

And ahh, stealthy edit before my quote/post.

Mliii

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What’s to NOT be in favor of in this regard? If you want to use stock sounds, you can.
If on the other hand you want to customize, you do it!

It’s a feature found on many phones going way back and it has been ridiculous that the iPhone doesn’t allow it.

On previous phones, I have used custom SMS tones which are shortened versions of my custom ring tones. That allows me to know who has texted me without needing to look at the phone which gives me flexibility in prioritizing when to immediately look at an incoming text message (say if I am in a meeting or something) and which messages can be responded to at a later time.

james92se

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I didn’t say that I paid for ringtones, just that Apple has them via iTunes. I personally don’t really care one way or another whether or not Apple lets users have custom SMS tones. I was just stating why I believe from Apple’s perspective they likely won’t do it. I’d think there’s a gazillion other tweaks Apple could make to the iPhone instead that would likely satisfy a larger portion of their consumer base.

Besides, I’m not a 12 year old girl, so I don’t use songs as ringtones (whether paid for or created by me).

notblackmac

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Every time I watch The Office and one of their iPhone’s get a text, I check my phone.

I was at the store the other day, received a text, and 2 people behind me in line whipped out their iPhone’s to check for a message.

If Apple doesn’t want to implement custom SMS tones, they should at least give us the option of some decent text tones.

milani

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I love the enthusiasm, but external petitions are more or less worthless. If you really want to petition Apple why not send your custom SMS request directly to them?

Select «Enhancement Request» and ask Apple to let you use «custom SMS tones».

prestomusic

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I love the enthusiasm, but external petitions are more or less worthless. If you really want to petition Apple why not send your custom SMS request directly to them?

Select «Enhancement Request» and ask Apple to let you use «custom SMS tones».

Most people don’t want to use songs as SMS tones; however, it would be nice to use some nondescript beeps or alerts instead of the standard Tri-tone.

But you’d have to agree that direct feedback hasn’t worked so far? So why not try sending a consolidated message? Anyway.

I think you’re right about most people not wanting songs as ringtones, some nice electronic bleeps and what not would be good. I reckon that Tri Tone is the only suitable SMS alert in the existing stock sounds

prestomusic

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quick update on this, there are now 600 signatures, but some more would be good!

milani

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But you’d have to agree that direct feedback hasn’t worked so far? So why not try sending a consolidated message? Anyway.

I think you’re right about most people not wanting songs as ringtones, some nice electronic bleeps and what not would be good. I reckon that Tri Tone is the only suitable SMS alert in the existing stock sounds

Well it’s tough to say. If you’re of the persuasion that Apple plans to revamp the notification system — as I am — then it is quite possible that Apple would hold off implementing a custom notification system until such time.

I guess what I’m saying is 1) submit feedback, and 2) sign the petition, because sending direct feedback always helps, but I suppose only as much as the public in general demonstrates to Apple that we’re not satisfied by the current SMS tone offerings.

And you’re right, tri-tone is the only acceptable SMS tone.

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prestomusic

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How to do it? Petition Apple of course.

The ‘direct feedback’ route hasn’t seemed to work so far. So maybe a collective voice might be a better option?

This issue certainly seems to rile a lot of iPhone users so let’s do something about it:

1. Sign the petition at this link

2. Email the link to all the iPhone users you know, asking them to sign too

3. Answer the poll in this thread

Maybe, just maybe if enough people do this we might get what we want.
Many Thanks!

saving107

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blackberrypilot

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Interstella5555

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prestomusic

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Maybe? Like I said, direct feedback hasn’t worked to date, so.

Maybe most people wouldn’t be bothered to email Apple because they figure their email will disappear into the abyss once they click ‘send’. With an online petition it’s public and the results are there for all to see.

I don’t see the harm in trying.

prestomusic

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Fair enough, but the question was ‘Should Apple allow custom SMS?’ not ‘is custom SMS currently the most important omission on iOS?’

Obviously there is a tonne of more important features that could be improved or included.

prestomusic

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on the contrary, in this case it couldn’t be easier to make ‘us’ happy!

saving107

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on the contrary, in this case it couldn’t be easier to make ‘us’ happy!

Apple gave iPhone 4 users new text tones with iOS 4.2, and everyone around this forum complained that they were too long, yet whenever I hear people with custom text tones on others phones, their generally as long as a ringtone, so what do people want?

I agree that we should have the option, but eh.

prestomusic

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the choice to load our own sounds, not subscribe to Apple’s style of sound design.

james92se

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Wait, this is about SMS sounds?

When I read the title, I thought this was going to be about «custom» SMS in terms of natively giving us something similar to what QuickReply does.

Who cares about SMS sounds? Maybe teenagers all sitting around in a circle with their iPhones all in close proximity, but I guarandamtee the vast majority of people don’t give a rats @ss about SMS sounds. I’d venture to say most adults in professional working type situations routinely have their phones on silent/vibrate anyway, thus SMS sounds would be completely moot.

But nonetheless, regarding the viability of custom tones:

A) Is each user going to compose their own tone?

B) If not, how in the world do you expect the tone you want to use to be «custom» or unique (in the sense that the supposed reasoning is to differentiate it from other native iPhone tones — even if all iPhones came with a hoard of «custom» tones, that still doesn’t make each tone unique because all your iPhone buddies will have the same tones)

C) If anything, Apple would simply add SMS tones to iTunes, and make you pay for them.

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How To : Make Custom Text Tones for Your iPhone Using iTunes

Your iPhone comes packed with a long list of excellent text tones to choose from. Bamboo anyone? Of course, for some of us, stock sounds from 2013 don’t cut it anymore. We want customizability, something that’s found more on Android than iOS. However, you can add your very own text tones to your iPhone right now, so long as you have a sound file in mind and a computer running iTunes.

Text tones aren’t the only sounds you can customize on your iPhone, though. You can even create custom ringtones for phone calls, alarms — anything you can think of that could use a longer tone. We’ll focus on text tones here, sounds that you’d normally expect to last just a couple seconds at the most, but check out our ringtones guide if you’re interested in learning custom ringtones.

Step 1: Add Your Sound File to iTunes

Whether you want to use a small clip from a song for your tone or you have a killer sound you’d like to use instead, you’ll want to make sure to add the file to iTunes before starting. To do so, take the sound file and drag and drop it over to your iTunes window. The file will automatically import, ready to begin the text tone process.

Step 2: Set Time Parameters (If Applicable)

Text tones are meant to be as short as possible — most of us don’t want ringtone-length alerts playing every time we receive a text! As such, if you want to use a small portion of a song as your text tone, you won’t just want to upload the entire thing as a text tone.

To help us here, iTunes allows you to set time parameters for songs — this gives you control over what portion of a song is able to play. While iOS supports tones as long as 40 seconds, for text tones, you might want to keep this parameter down to as little as one second. This is totally up to you, and you can repeat the process to experiment with as many time frames as you’d like.

With your song in hand, highlight the track, then press Command-I (Control-I on Windows) to access the Song Info window (Get Info in previous versions of iTunes). Alternatively, you can select «Song Info» after right-clicking the song, clicking the ellipsis (•••), or clicking the «Edit» option in the menu bar.

On this info page, click «Options.» Take a look at the «start» and «stop» boxes. Here, you can enter the start time for your text tone, as well as the end time. If you’re choosing any start or stop time other than the beginning or end of the song, make sure both checkboxes are marked. Leaving the start box unchecked will start the song at the beginning, and the stop box will let the song continue to the end, regardless of the time you’ve entered here.

Step 3: Convert Your File to AAC

Once your song or sound file is just the way you’d like it to be, you’ll need to convert it to AAC, a file type with a higher-quality compression than MP3 but at the same bit rate. In short, it’s a better file type and the kind you need in order to make a tone.

However, you won’t just be converting your file to AAC, you’ll be making a copy, so you’ll see two files in iTunes. If you’re using a song with time parameters, your new copy will only be as long as your time limits. Instead of the full-length song, you’ll see a new track listed at only one or two seconds (or however long you set the track to be).

To begin converting, click «File» on the menu bar, then «Convert.» Finally, select «Create AAC Version.» Your file will be converted, spawning a new copy in AAC. Don’t worry, the original file will remain untouched. You can delete that one from iTunes if you want or remove the start and stop times.

If «Create AAC Version» doesn’t show up as an option for you, your conversion settings are probably set differently than what they need to be. To change the settings, click «Preferences» in the menu bar, then click «Import Settings» in «General.» Now, click «AAC Encoder» from the drop-down menu, click «OK,» then «OK» once more to finish. Try converting the song now. Just make sure you have the option to convert to AAC.

When «Create AAC Version» is greyed-out, however, that means your song is DRM-protected and cannot be used as a text tone.

If using a song connected to an album, your AAC file should nestle itself directly underneath the original song. Random sound files, however, might make a duplicate outside of the original album. Just click «Recently Added» to make sure you’re looking at the copied file.

Before wrapping up here, make sure to go back to your original song file and reset the time parameters. Otherwise, you’ll essentially hear your text tone every time you try to play the full song.

Step 4: Change Your File Type from M4A to M4R

AAC isn’t enough for iOS to register your file as a tone. Your text tone, which now reads as a .m4a file, needs to be converted further to .m4r. This file type is the standard for iOS tones.

To convert your file to .m4r, drag and drop it to your desktop or right-click on the file in iTunes and select «Show in Finder.» Either way, click the name of your file to access the name editor, then change its extension from .m4a or .m4r. While you’re at it, change the song name to whatever you want your text tone to be called. Confirm the change on the popup, if one appears.

Step 5: Sync Your Text Tone to Your iPhone

This step only works if you’re running iTunes 12.7 or higher. Unfortunately, adding your new tone to your iPhone is trickier in older versions of iTunes. Skip to the next step if that applies to you. Check which version you’re using by selecting «iTunes» in the menu bar, then clicking «About iTunes.»

On iTunes 12.7 or higher, plug your iPhone into your computer using a Lightning to USB or Lightning to USB-C cable, or, if syncing wirelessly, ensure your iPhone is on the same Wi-Fi network as your computer. You should find your iPhone in the sidebar on iTunes under «Devices.»

Finally, pick up the .m4r tone file you made and drop it onto your iPhone in iTunes. Your tone will then automatically sync with your iPhone and, when finished, will be accessible from your iPhone’s settings. Skip to Step 9 to learn what you can do with it.

Step 6: Add the File to Tones (iTunes 12.6 & Under)

As said above, if you’re using iTunes 12.6 and under, this endeavor is a little more intensive. You won’t be able to simply add your file directly to your iPhone, as these versions of iTunes have an individual «Tones» section. You have to place your tone here. Select «Music» in the top-left corner of the display, then click «Tones.» If Tones doesn’t appear, select «Edit Menu» then add it.

If your tone is on your Desktop, just pick it up and place it back in the Tones section in iTunes. If you found it using «Show in Finder,» just right-click on your tone, then select «Duplicate.» Finally, drag and drop your file back to Tones.

Step 7: Clean Up Your iTunes

You don’t want to leave behind the small mess you made in order to set yourself up for text tones. So, delete the duplicated shortened clip in the Music section, then go back to the original song and delete the start and stop times. If you already did this, you’re all set.

Step 8: Sync Tones with Your iPhone (iTunes 12.6 & Under)

If you want to skip the cables and wirelessly sync your iPhone with iTunes, make sure the connection is set up ahead of time. Otherwise, plug your iPhone into your computer. If you don’t see your iPhone right away, click the «iPhone» button in the top-left corner of the display to head to the Summary screen.

Now, select «Tones» in the left-hand sidebar. If this is the first time you’ve synced ringtones or text tones to your iPhone, you need to check «Sync Tones,» then «All tones» or «Selected tones» from the options. If you choose the second option, make sure the tones you need are checked. Finally, click «Sync.»

You can unplug your iPhone once syncing has finished.

Step 9: Set Your Text Tone on Your iPhone

If everything went well, you should find your tone on your iPhone. Jump over to Settings –> Sounds (Sounds & Haptics on recent models) –> Text Tone. Unfortunately, since you cannot differentiate between custom ringtones and text tones, your tones will be listed under the Ringtones section at the bottom. Your custom sounds will appear above the stock ringtones.

You can even assign this custom text tone to specific contacts. Open each contact page, tap «Edit,» select «Alert Tone,» and select your custom sound.

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