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Jilli, easiest way I've found is this:
1. find song.
2. figure out the 30 seconds or less of the song that you want. Note start/stop time of the selection (i.e. from 1:21 to 1:44)
3. right click on song, pick the info tab.
4. Change start/stop time to the bit of song that you want,
5. Right click on song, select "convert selection to AAC"
6. After a few seconds, you'll get a "bloop" and see another version of the song.
7. Rename selection something that you'll remember
8. Close itunes
9. Go into Explorer (or whatever on a Mac), and find the file
10. Change file extention from "m4a" to "m4r"
11. open iTunes
12. Drag file into iTunes. It should automatically figure out that it's a ringtone and put it into the ringtone library.
The one caveat is that you cannot do this with a song you've downloaded from iTunes unless you strip the DRM protections.
Oooh, thank you, Vortex! That will make my life much, much easier.
I'll file that under things I always wanted to know about my cellphone but was afraid to ask.
For the record, there is not yet an easy way to change your text message notification sounds. At this point, you have to go into the files of the phone itself and change the name of your file to one of the current names (i.e. tritone) and substitute it in. That may change, but we're stuck with the lameness for now.
For the record, there is not yet an easy way to change your text message notification sounds.
You mean the "juliana called" sound?
You mean the "juliana called" sound?
Hey! Texting is a valid form of communication for some of us.
(full disclaimer: the last person I texted was juliana about ten minutes ago.)
I adore texting. It's succinct, fast, and quiet.
I dislike talking on phones immensely.
I believe that is also juliana's excuse.
I actually don't mind texting. I just didn't know how to do it at first and have to pay separately for it, so I tend to not bother. After all, I only just got a cell phone a year ago. Baby steps.
