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I have a phone service that sends me emails of voicemails in .wav files as attachments. How do I get them to play on my iPhone 4 (and 3GS)?

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How big is the wav file? If you add it to iTunes can you play it on your device? – CajunLuke Aug 20 '12 at 23:02

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In Mail, just tap on the attachment to play the .wav file.

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When I do that, it presents the modal view with Quicktime in it, attempts to play it and dismisses the modal view immediately. – tarheel Jul 25 '12 at 3:29
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Is this behavior isolated to this phone system and the way it encodes .WAVs files? Have you tested with an alternate source / provider of .WAV files? – Mort Dec 16 '12 at 15:38
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Not a very good solution, but it should work.

Once you send the file to your Mac (or Windows machine), and put it in iTunes, you can convert to iPhone-compatible format and sync back to your iPhone... Here is the iTunes menu choice for "Create and iPod or iPhone Version":

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