Ring tones are sounds made by a mobile device if an event appears.

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Cycling ringtones?

Is it currently possible through an app (regardless of whether the iPhone is jailbroken) to cycle through different ring tones for each new message and call that comes in? For example, if a user has ...
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Ringtones don't sync with iPhone

I have an iPhone 4 with iOS 6.1 and my iTunes is 11.0.2. I have a ringtone I want to copy to my iPhone. I drag and drop it into the left sidebar. The "Tones" category show up with the ringtone in it. ...
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how do you create/set custom tones for an iPhone [duplicate]

my brother says you can only do it for ringtones but he never has told me exactly how you do it or even showed me so i have no idea if he's telling the truth so how do you create a custom tone for an ...
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How can I stop the iPhone from buzzing when it is ringing?

I finally found a nice ringtone for my iPhone but can barely hear it because the phone buzzes while ringing. How can I switch of the buzzing?
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How to convert my music to ringtones for the Iphone 5 [duplicate]

I am trying to convert some of my favourite music files to ringtones on my iPhone 5. It has been pretty confusing maneuvering iTunes to do so, so I'm looking for a much easier way to do so. I connect ...
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Ringtones already purchased

I had an iPhone 4 that suddenly died on me. I purchased the 4S and connected my iTunes to sync it but it did not add my ringtones I have already purchased. When I attempt to download it again it days ...
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iPhone 4 upgraded to iOS 6 - restore ringtones from iTunes

The ringtones show up in iTunes, but iTunes says that it cannot find the songs in order to restore them to my iPhone. How do I get these ringtones back without having to go and redo it again?
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ios 5 - exctracting sounds

Is there a possiblity to get / exctract alert and ringtone sounds (sound files) from iOS 5? I was also trying to find them elsewhere on the internet, but without any luck. Thanks
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Please help me recover my ringtones after an iPhone restore

I downloaded ringtones from iTunes a couple weeks ago. I don't think I ever synced my iPhone since, but I did have to reset my iPhone due to an application crash. When I got my iPhone restored from ...
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How do I silence the message ringtone while talking?

During a phone conversation on my iPhone (iOS5) today, I received three text messages. Each one caused my phone to play my message ringtone rather loudly in my ear. Is this normal behavior? Is there ...
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Can I add a custom ringtone to my iPhone without syncing to iTunes?

We (bafflingly) have two great guides to adding custom ringtones to an iPhone via iTunes. Is there a way to do it without syncing with iTunes?
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How can I repeat my ringtone and increase the delay until a caller is sent to voicemail?

I have a custom ringtone (30 seconds in length), but it goes to voicemail after approximately 20 seconds. Can I repeat the ringtone multiple times before redirecting the caller to voicemail?
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How can I record a verbal or sound to use as a ringtone for specific numbers

I have an iPhone 4S with iOS 5. How do I record speech or sound to use as a ringtone dedicated to certain phone numbers, especially numbers that aren't in my address book?
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Set iPhone ringtone for filtered email messages

Is there a way on the iPhone that a certain subset of incoming emails (coming through Exchange) will ring a specific ringtone (a real one, not just a beep)? In the Blackberry world, you would set an ...
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Restored my iPhone from backup, now cannot recover purchased ringtone

My iPhone 4 was playing a ringtone that I had purchased from iTunes. I updated my phone to the latest operating system, and in the process it said that it had to restore my phone from backup. Now: ...
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After iOS 5 install, only some purchased ringtone transfer to iPhone

After install of iOS 5 on my iPhone 4, I noticed that only 2 of my ringtones installed. I resynched. I explicitly requested a sync of my 7 purchased ringtones. Same result: iTunes synced the same 2 of ...
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Is it possible to assign a ringtone to a group of contacts?

Without individually setting the ringtone for each contact in that group. Maybe there are other apps that manage contacts and have this feature. Basically, I want my iPhone to ring the same when ...
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iPhone 4 Custom SMS Text Tones

I read about how to add custom ring tones, but those don't show up in the SMS tone tab, just the phone ring tab, is there some way to add custom text tones without jailbreaking my iPhone? :(
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Can I extend the iPhone's maximum ringtone duration?

I'm wondering if there is a way to extend the maximum duration of a custom ringtone i make for my iPhone past 30 seconds.
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Can you set custom ringtones for contact groups?

In iPhone, you can easily change the default ringtone (Settings → Sounds → Ringtone) and set a custom ringtone for individual people (Contacts → [some person] → Edit → Ringtone). But can you set a ...
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How do I create a custom ringtone for my iPhone?

The iPhone has a very limited selection of default ringtones. How do I create a new ringtone for my iPhone?