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[WingedAvenger]

So I got a new cell phone (http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details.jsp?globalObjectId=69) this week, and it's all nifty and cool and everything, but I've got a problem.

I have an MP3 file on my computer right now that I want to make into my ringtone. I did a lot of Internet searching yesterday and discovered that in order to transfer it to my phone, I have to buy additional software (either MobilEDIT or Mobile Phone Tools). Now, I can see how the price tag on these programs would be worth it if you planned on frequently using all the services they had to offer, but I don't. All I want to do is get this one sound file on my phone, and that's it. I don't think doing just this one thing is worth 25 smackeroos.

Does anyone have any advice on how I can get this to happen without buying more software?

[Got]

I recently got a new phone myself and all the relevant software came with it, same with my last one. Although those two phones are the only two I've had since the whole music/video revolution kick-started, they're both Sony Walkman phones so maybe it's a given that they came with the relevant software but are you definitely sure your's didn't either? I would have thought it was a pretty standard thing to do these days.

I won't even bother suggesting that you record it from your speakers if you can't find a free program, it'll sound dreadful. But if your PC has Bluetooth or you know someone that has access to Bluetooth I'm sure you could magically transfer it. Of course, I see nowhere on the specs there that says it plays MP3s, I just assume that all these new fangled phones do.

[Xielos]

Just do what I did...

:hollis:

[WingedAvenger]

I recently got a new phone myself and all the relevant software came with it, same with my last one. Although those two phones are the only two I've had since the whole music/video revolution kick-started, they're both Sony Walkman phones so maybe it's a given that they came with the relevant software but are you definitely sure your's didn't either? I would have thought it was a pretty standard thing to do these days.

I won't even bother suggesting that you record it from your speakers if you can't find a free program, it'll sound dreadful. But if your PC has Bluetooth or you know someone that has access to Bluetooth I'm sure you could magically transfer it. Of course, I see nowhere on the specs there that says it plays MP3s, I just assume that all these new fangled phones do.I would have thought being able to transfer files to and from your PC would have been a standard feature as well, but apparently it's not. My phone didn't come with ANY software, I checked. Maybe that's why we got such a good deal on it.

Also, if the phone can't play MP3s, that's okay because I can always convert the sound file into whatever format I need, so that's not an issue. I just need to be able to transfer it. :look:


Just do what I did...Which is...?

[thebluecanary]

Which is...?

Well, he didn't ninja it.

Try this, might help: http://www.myphonefiles.com/index.html

[Alumette]

Depending on who your provider is, you may be able to send the file to your phone via a text message attachment from the provider's website.

I'm having a similar problem... I can get the file to my phone, but it's too big for my phone to play it. I tried monkeying around with some sound editing software but I couldn't get it small enough (and I don't know enough about that kind of thing to really monkey with it any more than I did).

*damsel in distress face*

[WingedAvenger]

Update: Hooray! I'm at work on Monday and I notice that the guy who sits behind me has the same kind of phone I do, so I asked him if he knows anything about transferring files. He first asked me if I had Verizon, because apparently you can't do it if you use them as your service. I told him I had T-Mobile. I responds by loading up Mobile Phone Tools which he already has a legit copy of installed on his computer. So now all I have to do if provide the sound file and I'm in like flynn.

Alumette - The best way to reduce the size of a sound file is to record it with less Hz. Of course, you'll lose quality in the sound, but depending on what it is you may not notice much. Also, saving it as something other than an MP3 helps too.