Create Your Own Sprint Ringtones
For the past couple of weeks now I’ve been looking off and on about how to make my own ringtones for my Sprint PCS phone. I’ve managed to find some resources that said my Sanyo PM-8200 phone will support polyphonic ringtones. These are essentially just MIDI files and thus can’t do anything more than notation. Nice, but they can hardly compare with the ringtones that are available for $2.50 apiece from Sprint’s site that expire in 90 days. I wanted something of that quality, but without the price or the expiration. So I kept looking. What I discovered was that those fancy rigntones were in a QCP file format. I also discovered a simple command line application, PureVoice that can convert a WAV file into QCP format. Now the only thing I had left to discover was how to get that QCP file to my phone. In looking for that, I discovered a Free Mobile Phone Uploader site that will either send a text message with a link to download your file or give you a Jump Code to allow you to download it.
So now I can have any sound I want in the entire world as a ringtone. Using a little creativity, that can include clips from songs that I downloaded from iTunes for $.99. The basic steps to do that are:
- Purchase the song from iTunes.
- Convert that file to MP3 format. You can either burn it to a CD then rip it, or use JHymn.
- Convert the file to WAV, shorten it to 30 seconds or less. I used Audacity for that task.
- Reduce the sound quality to be PCM, mono, 8 kHz, 16-bit. I was unable to figure out how to do that in Audacity, so I simply used the sound recorder app that comes with Windows.
- Use PureVoice Converter to convert the WAV file to a QCP file (drag the WAV file onto pvconv.exe).
- Upload the QCP file to the Mobile Phone Uploader.
- Download it from that site to your phone and assign it like you would any other ringtone.
Update 25-May-2005: Newer phones (like the Sanyo’s that start with “MM”) can use a different, and better sounding, format.
Update 8-Feb-2006: Thanks to Tony, we now know how to make ringtones for free! (Hint: Use walmart.com as step 1).
Comments
Comment from jana’s tones
Time April 11, 2005 at 6:18 pm
hi!,nice article, i would like to convert tones from flash, i found a site with tons of them http://www.gameslogostones.com it is possible?
Comment from Jake
Time April 11, 2005 at 6:43 pm
I’m not sure if that’d be possible or not. The real trick is to get it into WAV format with the following attributes: PCM, mono, 8kHz, 16-bit. After that, the PureVoice converter can make it into a QCP file. It may be possible to use Windows Sound Recorder to record the sound as flash plays it.
Comment from Pam
Time April 21, 2005 at 6:25 pm
Here is a great site that you can upload your own ringtones to and send a link to your phone to get them. Its http://www.mbuzzy.com
I use it to upload my own created ringtones to and then just send a ‘buzz’ to my phone! ITS FREE!!!!
Comment from jeff
Time May 4, 2005 at 12:08 am
There’s a program called cdex that will convert mp3 to wav. I think it’s free.
Comment from Andrew Nelson
Time May 9, 2005 at 2:35 am
I figured out how to do that months ago, following the almost the same steps (skipping iTunes, using Adobe Audition, uploading via SprintUsers.com Focus).
$2.50 for a ringtone is highway robbery.
Comment from Jake
Time May 9, 2005 at 4:04 pm
I just got my phone about three months ago, so I didn’t really have any reason to try making ring tones before then. The important part, obviously, is the converting to the QCP file format. In the couple of tones that I’ve done, however, the sound quality is horrible compared to the $2.50 ones from the Sprint site. Is there an app that will convert WAV files at a higher bitrate? Or some app that will convert to 8kHz 16-bit sound with less loss of quality?
Comment from CJ
Time June 4, 2005 at 1:02 am
you are a genius, i got tired of buying sprint ringtones
Comment from Raphiel
Time June 4, 2005 at 9:33 am
You can use Winamp to easily convert the mp3 to a wav file with the desired specifications. I’m having a problem though… Months ago I was able to successfully make sprint ringtones, now I can’t. See when I convert the .wav into .qcp, the purvoice converter reduces the file size to 0 bytes, making it unuploadable. Has anyone else experienced this issue or can provide a solution to my problem? Thanks
Comment from Jake
Time June 4, 2005 at 12:08 pm
In my limited expirience, the PureVoice converter will output a 0 byte file if the input WAV has stereo sound instead of mono sound. I think it will automatically convert to a lower bitrate, but I could be wrong about that.
Comment from succeda
Time June 10, 2005 at 5:15 pm
this is execellent. thanks jake! 
Comment from Joe
Time June 11, 2005 at 11:55 pm
I am having trouble converting with purevoice. I drag it onto the .exe file but it only opens its player. Help
Also tried to dl 1 to my phone, it said insufficient mem for a 200kb file. my phone is the sanyo pm 8200
Comment from Steve
Time June 18, 2005 at 11:33 pm
Joe – cut the tune down to 20-30 seconds (the phone won’t play more than that anyway). Also, drag the file onto the PVCONV.EXE file for conversion, not the player…
Comment from Jon
Time June 23, 2005 at 3:13 am
Is there a way to make the ringers louder ?
mine are kind of quiet.
Comment from QouteMic
Time June 28, 2005 at 3:28 pm
This Is Hot I love it
Comment from Monte
Time June 29, 2005 at 4:11 pm
Good site! Thanks for the links and the effort into creating this. Peace, out.
Comment from David
Time June 30, 2005 at 11:22 pm
I was able to get the file into .WAV form… BUT, when I try to turn the .WAV into .QCP, all it does is want to play the file. Well on your blog, you said, “Also, drag the file onto the PVCONV.EXE file for conversion, not the player…” Well, apparently, I didn’t get a PVCONV.EXE file with my PureVoice player… Do you have any suggestions to fix this? It’s just the last step I need… (Oh, and oddly enough, my .WAV file is like 6MB, that’s HUGE! Why is it so big?)
Comment from Lyric
Time July 4, 2005 at 9:54 am
Hello Jake,
I remember coming to this site earlier this year but my motherboard went bad and I lost all the info. There was a site that you posted to convert mp3 files to wav files. You had given a webpage for 4 sites to dl to make ringtones for the sprint phone. If you have those site can you please send them to me.
Thanks Lyric
Comment from Fernando
Time July 8, 2005 at 7:18 am
If you get a 0 kb it means you didnt save the song with NO spaces…example: “dropit” and not “drop it”.
Comment from Dave
Time July 9, 2005 at 6:07 am
No offense, but I can’t believe this whole thing worked. Great job!
Comment from Bomber166
Time July 10, 2005 at 10:26 pm
The process works but the quality of the ringers isnt that great, its hard to understand and not very loud, even when i turned the volume up as loud as it could go in sound forge..
Comment from CJ
Time July 12, 2005 at 1:20 pm
Sh*t I can’t believe this really worked. Awesome job on putting this whole step-by-step list together. Like a guy posted above, my sound quality is a little scratchy too, but I’m playing with fixes for that. But hey it works tho. Great job again!
Comment from Chandra
Time July 13, 2005 at 1:26 am
Thank you so much for your easy instructions! I couldn’t figure out how to work the PureVoice converter to save my life!
Comment from caleb
Time July 18, 2005 at 2:33 am
Hey this is awesome! Great instructions. As some of the other people who have used this, the sound quality isn’t the best. Does anyone have a good solution?
Comment from skeptic
Time July 19, 2005 at 2:37 am
After i do everything, my sanyo-8200 will start to download the ringer, then data error 905 attribute mismatch shows up and it doesnt download.. what should i do???
Comment from cory23
Time July 20, 2005 at 9:46 am
Can you download the ringtones using the UBS Data Cable? I dont have the internet option on my phone any more so I’m wondering if you can use these same steps and upload the tones to the phone through the cable.
Comment from MAINKEY
Time July 20, 2005 at 9:13 pm
IM HAVING THAT SAME PROBLEM ALL OF A SUDDEN ITS T URNING TO O BYTES.ONE THING I FOUND STRANGE IS WHEN I RIGHT CLICKED THE WAV FILE AND WENT TO PROPERTIES IT WOULDNT SHOW.EVERY THING WAS BLANK.HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
Comment from mainkey
Time July 21, 2005 at 6:09 am
i found the problem with the 0 bytes an its solved
Comment from NOSRAC
Time July 21, 2005 at 6:44 pm
It worked! I used Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.5 to convert mp3 into .wav and then to make it Mono, 8 khz and 16 bit. If anyone wants the TV Show “24″ CTU ringtone, let me know. Jake you are THE MAN!!!
Comment from chandra
Time July 28, 2005 at 12:54 am
How did you solve the 0 bytes problem?
Comment from chandra
Time July 29, 2005 at 12:12 am
Ok – found what the problem was with 0 bytes. You have to convert the mp3 to wav in single channel (aka mono) rather than stereo. When I converted to qcp, it didn’t give me 0 bytes.
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Comment from Scrilla
Time August 7, 2005 at 12:04 am
I’ve did everything step by step and 1 ringtone came out perfect. But now everytime i get the ringtone 2 my phone it is sped up or the song is faster than normal. Wut am i doing wrong??
Comment from tg4fsi
Time August 13, 2005 at 2:09 am
You idiot…the correct grammar is: You’re gay. Go back to school
Comment from SelArom
Time August 13, 2005 at 5:12 pm
thanks, this is exactly the simple, straightforward guide I was seeking!
-SelArom
Comment from Todd
Time September 8, 2005 at 12:57 pm
If you go to the website which he states has the converter, all you have to do is use it and say itunes or whatever you use to play music and it will record in the correct format for your phone. Thats what I’ve been doing instead of recording from itunes to windows sound recorder or whatever its call, then using the converter. The quality seems to be a little better for me.
Comment from Todd
Time September 8, 2005 at 1:01 pm
I’m sorry my last commment was a littel confusing. If you download the actual recorder program…it looks like this QUALCOMM: v2.0.0 for Windows 2000/XP… it lets you record directly into the correct format for your phone. It seems to give a little better sound quality probably because it doesn’t go through so many processes of quality reduction…or something.
Comment from andrew
Time September 11, 2005 at 12:06 am
dunno went to website to download purevoice not downloading for some reason help?
o yeah mobilefun.com also sends anything you want to your phone you can send any pic u have or any ringtone very kool
Comment from andrew
Time September 13, 2005 at 11:53 pm
i send it to my phone (the qcp file) i have a samsung a670 which supposedly supports qcp yet it always says file corrupted when i recieve it anyone, help?
Comment from edward
Time September 17, 2005 at 11:18 pm
y does it take so long for my jump code 2 come up which it doesnt! it loads but never finishes 4 me!
Comment from concius
Time September 28, 2005 at 2:33 pm
jake, you the man! works like a charm. i also have the problem of the quality being less than perfect, but i guess some tweaks to the wav file with soundforge will have to be the best option. if you clean up the file so there arent any distortion places and then boost the volume before you save it, the *.qcp file comes out a lot cleaner. hope this helps those looking to clean their files up.
Comment from Codi P
Time September 28, 2005 at 6:58 pm
dude thanks so much your the best. maybe you will be reincarnated as a dolphin.
Comment from geo
Time October 6, 2005 at 8:33 pm
you are the man. any mac users here? i’m on tiger and the purevoice site says it’s only compatible up to os9. suggestions?-geo
Comment from ra5en
Time October 10, 2005 at 12:25 am
I just have to say thank you very much for the information. Now I can do what I wanted to do 3 cheers out to you mate!
Comment from 3die
Time October 19, 2005 at 9:41 pm
can someone help me…can yal tell me in details how to convert the wav file into a qcp file?
Comment from daljit
Time October 22, 2005 at 6:51 am
need the 24 CTU ringtone in wav format
Comment from 3die
Time October 23, 2005 at 3:29 pm
how do i send my created ringtone to my phone. i went to the mobile phone uploader but i dont know how to send my ringtone to my phone
Comment from Stu
Time October 24, 2005 at 5:55 am
for the new MM-8300 is there any way to get any file beside midi on to it?
Comment from Mike
Time October 24, 2005 at 2:47 pm
NOSRAC –
I would love the 24 CTU ringtone. Can you send it me.
THANKS!!
Comment from Hindy
Time October 31, 2005 at 10:38 am
Count me in for the CTU ringer too…
just hope I can get it loaded onto my V3
Cheers!
John
Comment from Kyd
Time November 21, 2005 at 2:07 am
thanks alot man. dis junk is tuff. good looking out on saving us money
Comment from Josh
Time November 22, 2005 at 10:20 am
Hey I get a data error code 901 “Insignificant Memory” but i have 924kb of space left on my phone and the song is only 320kb?????? Do you know what I can do. I am really pumped about making my own ringtones!
Comment from Gary
Time November 23, 2005 at 12:11 pm
I have created the .wav file from Roxio Easy Media 7.5 and converted to .qcp with pure voice and used Mobile PhoneUploader and all seems to work fine. Is there a way to increase to volume of these clips. The sound volume on my Sanyo MM-8300 is much much lower than the Toby Keith clip that came with the phone. I have tried to increase the volume in Roxio but nothing seems to work
Comment from Stedman
Time November 30, 2005 at 5:02 pm
hey guy to convert the bitrate and make it mono you could use “cool edit pro 2.0 or 2.1″ they’re pretty much the same program. It will also handle all of your conversions except the final one to qcp. its not really a user friendly program so you will need a lil knowledge which you can get just by playing with the program. if you want any mor info or have questions just email me
at stedman_tones yahoo com (dont know if it will filter that out so i put in in as regular text)
Comment from tina
Time December 1, 2005 at 4:53 pm
i just got my sprint mm-8300 and im now learning all these steps u got here to upload the ringtones..one problem is that i dont have internet connection on my phone. when i buy the tones, the guy that does it uses something similar to ur method, yet he still gets it to work although i dont have the net connection when the text is sent to my phone.
Comment from Jen
Time December 4, 2005 at 4:54 am
Tina e-mail sprint about your phone and ask if it will cost you anything to use the internet on your phone. I didn’t know if we had the net on our phones until today. They said that they were giving us the net and stuff for free until jan. 22. I don’t know if that is because we had a few problems with billing or if it is a promotion they are doing now. So just e-mail them, they e-mail you back fast, or at least they have so far. Hope you get the net soon!
Comment from Jen
Time December 4, 2005 at 4:55 am
I was wondering if anyone has figured out how to make the sound quality better? Mine worked it just did not sound the greatest. It is really cool that you figured out how to do this, I give you major props!
Comment from Niki
Time December 5, 2005 at 1:52 pm
I’ve done this but the sound quality is terrible (fades in and out). Any tips or suggestions?
Comment from Sabrina
Time December 6, 2005 at 7:40 pm
I’ve done everything and it says that the file’s too big when I did all of the conversions and it’s 20 seconds… why?! *tear*
Comment from Steve
Time December 10, 2005 at 5:29 am
O my amazing stuff man looked for like 2 hours to do something buti find like stuff i had to actualyl set up a darn server apach of course and make my own files and make them direct to the audio file anyways nw all i have to do is get a rebate back for the ringtone i got yesterday lol even thou im new customer and i get 5 buckst o spend im sure i can find something stupif to waste it on, i got the Samsung A740 phone mainly cause it was free and i had 12 bucks on me and yeah ill upgrade the phone next week thursday when iget paid lol i even go thte phone activated when i was working, lol wasnt busy since i work at radio shack and it gets veyr dead at night time lol thnks man again, and were can i get some cool free app’s and other things for this that people made or got
Comment from Dana
Time December 18, 2005 at 1:25 pm
Just wanted to let you all know of a really good upload to phone program
http://www.rumkin.com I have used most of them out there and this is the fastest one. have never gotten an error when using it. another thing is to convert you .wav file to 8000 and 16 bit mone before you start perfecting it this will improve sound quality …. mine sound better than the ones you can download from sprint.I would really like to get the quality that Jamster has but working hard on that one I kow I will get there soon.also try Dexter to edit your .wav file seems to work pretty good
Comment from Chris
Time December 23, 2005 at 3:49 am
I have used http://www.allfreetones.com for about 4 months. I find this one to be much better (IMHO), it is free, and is not cluttered with ads, runs blistering fast with no errors. The great thing about it is that it works with all phones using the WAP PUSH method as well as the jump code, alot the these services just use the WAP PUSH for Sprint only.. 
With this one, you can just enter the 10 digit of any cell phone user and it will send the download link to them whether they are a Sprint user or not. How cool is that! You don’t even have to know what carrier they use.
Comment from Chris
Time December 23, 2005 at 4:03 am
OOoppss sorry, The adress should have been http://mobile.allfreetones.com
have used http://mobile.allfreetones.com for about 4 months. I find this one to be much better (IMHO), it is free, and is not cluttered with ads, runs blistering fast with no errors. The great thing about it is that it works with all phones using the WAP PUSH method as well as the jump code, alot the these services just use the WAP PUSH for Sprint only..
With this one, you can just enter the 10 digit of any cell phone user and it will send the download link to them whether they are a Sprint user or not. How cool is that! You don’t even have to know what carrier they use.
Comment from Joe
Time January 5, 2006 at 3:49 pm
Thanks Jake this is great stuff. I was having problems with the quality being poor until I found out how to tweek the ringtones and thought I would pass the info on. As Dana said, you should convert your file to 8000hz/16bit before you start to tweak it. For the actual adjustments to the wave file I used Adobe Audition. In the “Effects” panel choose “Filters” and then “Quick Filter”. Select the preset “Loudness” and click ok to apply it, select “Quick Filter” again and select the preset “Treble Boost” and click ok to apply it. You will notice the volume is now somewhat louder and more clear but you may have some popping or clicking, too git rid of this select “Amplitude” from the “Effects” panel and choose “Amplify/Fade”. Here you want to select “3dB Cut” from the preset menu. You can leave this setting @ -3dB but I use -2dB (it sounds a bit clearer to me and still gits rid of the popping/clicking), then click ok. Save your wave file and convert with PureVoice. There is one other thing. I feel I get better results when I use the comand line interface and type in the following at the prompt: [b]pvconv -r ffr nameofyourfile.wav[/b]. Hope this helps
Comment from tyler
Time January 6, 2006 at 1:40 am
Hey guys… I really need some help here…. when i try to convert the WAV file to QCP file I can’t do it…. Everything that i see says to just click file and convert on PureVoice but there is no “convert” under file… and maybe I’m just computer ignorant but i don’t understand what you mean by drag the WAV file in pvconv.exe… I can’t find pvconv.exe… Someone please help me… I am soooo frustrated….. you can email me at tylerkski@aol.com…. Thanks
Comment from Luke
Time January 8, 2006 at 2:14 pm
Hello you crazy ringtone freaks! If you need support on conversion, just email me at slukewilson@hotmail.com w/ subject line “ringer conversion”
I’ll do my best to respond quickly.
Mastered the process and loving every and any sound imaginable!
Comment from Anslem
Time January 11, 2006 at 2:44 am
Yo I figured out how to do this in all under 30 min thanx to ur directions homie. I use acid pro to do all the editing its so much faster, but I had paid for that in the past anyway so if you don’t have acid pro stick to audacity that works jsut as well. Yea son that’s how I roll now. Bump sprint and 3gforfree wack ass ringtones. I’m doin it on my own. Thanx again pimpin’.
Comment from Gina
Time January 27, 2006 at 12:37 am
Hey this is a dumb question, but how *do* you shorten a song? I downloaded Pink Floyd’s “Hey You” and I can’t figure out how to shorten it to 20-30 seconds… I am in audacity but don’t know how to use it… Anyone can help me? Please!!
Comment from Jenna
Time January 30, 2006 at 5:35 pm
I just have to say thanks! I’ve been thinking for a while that there had to be a better way to personalize my phone than by flushing all my hard-earned money into it… thanks for the phenomenal instructions!!
Comment from Ron
Time February 2, 2006 at 1:41 pm
How can i get the ctu ringtone from 24? I cant find a good one anywhere
Comment from Horse
Time February 4, 2006 at 2:35 am
NOSRAC –
Count me in on the CTU ringtone .wav file.
Thanks in advance
Maybe you could post it on putfile.com and give the link
Comment from tony
Time February 4, 2006 at 9:46 pm
Hey guys. If you go to places like walmart.com they have free samples of pretty much any song you could want. You can download them (they are mp3) free of charge and it’s pretty much a ready made shortened version of the song. Just convert and send to phone.
Tony.
Comment from kyle
Time February 6, 2006 at 10:43 am
Quick question.
Is there any way for my to take an mp3 and convert it to qcp without losing the vocals, or is it just not possible to get a “real” ringtone on my phone?
Much appreciation,
Kyle.
Comment from Teresa
Time February 9, 2006 at 12:37 am
This is so cool. I use mbuzzy.com to make ringtones, but couldn’t figure out how to not load the whole song. Thank you, thank you, thank you for publishing this to the net!
Comment from Jack
Time February 12, 2006 at 7:26 pm
Please can I have the 24 CTU ringtone.
Thanks
Comment from Carissa
Time February 14, 2006 at 2:44 am
I just wanted to say Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for posting this on the web. I have been trying to figure out how to do this for a while and you just made it so simple. Thanks!!
Comment from gotothissite
Time February 15, 2006 at 1:38 am
http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=516739&postcount=1
full instructions found on sprintusers.com
step one chop up mp3
step two convert to mp4 (aac)
step three upload using the sprint user tool to send an sms to your phone where you can dl your ringer…
on the san 8300 the ringers can be loud as hell to.
Comment from charlie
Time February 15, 2006 at 7:24 pm
I can get all these steps down to the point that the ringtone comes to my phone and i can save it as a sound but cant use it a as a ringtone, any ideas what i am missing, thanks
C
Comment from jeanine
Time February 16, 2006 at 6:53 pm
Could you send me the ctu ring tone? I’ve been looking all over for it! Thank you so much!
Comment from RAS
Time February 19, 2006 at 12:17 am
I would love to get the 24 ringtone… anyone have a link?
Comment from what the fotch
Time February 20, 2006 at 5:19 am
I keep seeing the 905 attribute mismate…what the shoot is that?
Comment from jackson
Time February 22, 2006 at 5:44 pm
To help w/ the quality, especially songs that are mostly instrumental or harder (like system of a down or even foo fighters) i use nero wave editor and use the “noise reduction” under the enhancement menu, i also usually use the “volume change” tool under the volume menu and up the volume to about 7 on the slider. i know wave editor isn’t free, but if you have nero, it’s worth lookin to see if you have wave editor too
Comment from Heather
Time March 8, 2006 at 11:03 pm
I just got a sprint phone and I have free internet, i know it cost money to download sprint ringtones but does it cost to download them if you make your own??
Comment from Michelle
Time March 13, 2006 at 9:57 pm
I would LOVE the CTU ringtone. Can you please send it to me.
Comment from evocm
Time March 14, 2006 at 3:05 pm
I did this with my 8300 and its the way to go if you have a compatible phone. Thanks
gotothissite said,
February 15, 2006 at 1:38 am
http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=516739&postcount=1
full instructions found on sprintusers.com
step one chop up mp3
step two convert to mp4 (aac)
step three upload using the sprint user tool to send an sms to your phone where you can dl your ringer…
on the san 8300 the ringers can be loud as hell to.
Comment from Randy
Time March 19, 2006 at 4:52 pm
Okay Jake is the man, but his steps need more description,
3. (USE PURE VOICE TO MAKE YOUR RING TONE instead of converting, converting is complicated and makes a lot of problems which takes away step 4) Convert the file to WAV, shorten it to 30 seconds or less. I used Audacity for that task.
4. Reduce the sound quality to be PCM, mono, 8 kHz, 16-bit. I was unable to figure out how to do that in Audacity, so I simply used the sound recorder app that comes with Windows.
5. Use PureVoice Converter to convert the WAV file to a QCP file (drag the WAV file onto pvconv.exe). *Jakes fails to mention, when you download the pure voice from his link, don’t forget to download the converter as well, you need one installer and one converter. Download both “QUALCOMM: v2.1.1 for Windows 2000/XP* (README)” and “QUALCOMM: PureVoice Converter 3.1 for Windows (README)” Now Drag the wav file into the “pvconv” located in the “PVConverter3_1″ folder. Now it will create a new QCP file which you can upload. If you get the 0 byte file, rename the file with no spaces “Jake isGod” not like “Jake is God”
6. Upload the QCP file to the Mobile Phone Uploader.
7. Download it from that site to your phone and assign it like you would any other ringtone.
Comment from Yelly
Time March 28, 2006 at 1:25 am
Anyone know how to improve the bitrate of qcp? 13kb/s is horrible, perhaps a bitrate converter????? anyone????
Comment from Jon Reuck
Time April 14, 2006 at 11:59 pm
Hello, can’t remember how i stumbled on to this blog but I’m sure it had something to do with making my own ringtones for my Sanyo 8200 phone.
I’m a MacUser; is there any hope for an geek like me?
I have a shareware app called, “Wire Tap Pro,” with which I have captured some DVD soundtrack clips that I would like to turn into ringtones.
They’re MP3s now. What next?
Please advise.
Comment from Andrew
Time April 16, 2006 at 2:21 am
Hey I cant figure it out. could someone im me and help me?
Ayy Gee 13 – Aim
Comment from PrideRiderPC
Time April 16, 2006 at 10:49 pm
If you need help just ask me, Thanks To this blog, I could do personal ringtones. AIM PrideRiderPC
Comment from anynomous
Time April 25, 2006 at 2:04 pm
i have a sprint phone; it only has those lame damin ass ring tones; i have no internet; and i really want to get some kool ones from the internet! does anyone know what i could do……….
Comment from Marc
Time May 3, 2006 at 10:57 am
NOSRAC –
I would love the 24 CTU ringtone. Can you send it me.
THANKS!!
Comment from Steve
Time May 6, 2006 at 8:38 am
I have a Sanyo MCP-7400, I’m using a USB cable to connect & Bitpim. When I download the ringtones I already have in the phone to my PC, Bitpim says they are “unknown format”, they end in “(name).bin”. I have a sound clip that I converted and want to upload but it’s a .wav file, I can send it to the phone and it transfers ok but still does not show up in my PC Sync folder, nor in my available ringtones. Must be a fairly basic step I’m missing here – anyone else had similar experience? – suggestions?
Cheers, Steve, NZ
Comment from mia
Time May 13, 2006 at 11:53 am
please please please
i woudl love the CTU ringtone
Comment from Bill
Time May 16, 2006 at 2:26 pm
how can i get the 24 CTU ring tone to download to my sprint phone?
Comment from Steve
Time May 20, 2006 at 6:33 pm
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I’ve been searching on how to create my own ringtones for my PM-8200 also. THANK YOU… the $2.50 is absurd. Thank you so freekin much, you don’t even know much this rocks… lol
Comment from designer
Time May 23, 2006 at 8:43 pm
That’s good to know. I love ringtones, and making your own is a great idea.
Comment from Jennie
Time June 8, 2006 at 11:35 am
PLEEEEEASE… I really want the 24 ringtone on my Sanyo VI-2300. HELP!!!!! : (
Comment from kage
Time June 12, 2006 at 12:53 am
Is there another program out there for mac to convert files to qcp? I have system 10 but the purevoice program is only for system 9 so I am not able to upload ringers to my sanyo mm-8300. I also thought aac files would work but they don’t.
Comment from Joe
Time June 15, 2006 at 6:14 am
having trouble with the purevoice page…not sure what to downlaod…i do hae windows xp but after i try to download it the program never opens and i can never find it…any help would be great on which purevoice converter program i need to download…i have a sanyo pm 8200 phone…send help to Kiznash101@aol.com
- joe
Comment from Remona
Time June 19, 2006 at 12:52 am
same instructions that my site has, but when I drop and drag wav onto pc icon, all it does is open up where you rip from cd’s ….dosent convert or anything for me…any suggestions?
Comment from Kennie
Time June 21, 2006 at 9:44 am
Hey guys,
I wanted to know if anyone has figured out how to upload ringtones to your phone using a usb cable. (Samsung A900)
I’ve used rumkin but I plan on cutting off the vision services cause I barely use the internet, except to download the ringers to my phone.
Anyone know what to do?
Comment from Nancy
Time June 24, 2006 at 2:55 pm
I have a m4a file that my phone won’t accept and would like to convert to a .qcp file that my sanyo will accept. I have a mac and can’t find any software to convert. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Nancy
Comment from Lindsey
Time June 28, 2006 at 9:23 pm
do you need internet on your phone to do sooo????
Comment from jeff
Time June 28, 2006 at 11:32 pm
I want to upload ringers to my mm 8300 without using the internet
is this possible with just usb cable?
Comment from jeff
Time July 6, 2006 at 12:03 am
i have yet to find a way to upload ringers to mm 8300. making them is fine and dandy but i don’t want to have to upload them to some site and have it sent a text to my phone.
how is this possible via usb cable and bitpim?
Comment from lucky jeans
Time July 6, 2006 at 2:36 pm
I have created the .wav file from Roxio Easy Media 7.5 and converted to .qcp with pure voice and used Mobile PhoneUploader and all seems to work fine. Is there a way to increase to volume of these clips.
Comment from Bob
Time July 14, 2006 at 9:38 pm
hi
i have a sanyo vi2300 phone but i dont have internet on it. i was wondering if you knew how to get them onto my phone using a program other than bitpim.
thanks
Comment from Andy D
Time July 17, 2006 at 3:48 pm
I am a new Sprint customer and this is great information. I would love the 24 CTU ringtone if you don’t mind.
Thanks again,
Andy
Comment from Max
Time July 20, 2006 at 7:32 am
You can also use DJ ToneXpress.
It is not free but if you buy a 12.95 licence you can make unlimited ringtones and download them via sms or bluetooth.
http://www.djtonexpress.com
Comment from jeff
Time July 25, 2006 at 2:06 pm
I want to upload ringers to MM-8300 with a usb cable *WITHOUT* having to download them from internet.
there has to be a way, yes?
Comment from Steve
Time July 30, 2006 at 9:00 pm
Noticed several people were looking for the CTU 24 ringtone…dl either the qcp or mp3 versions:
http://manicscribe.com/sounds/CTU24_4x.mp3 [MP3]
http://manicscribe.com/sounds/CTU24_4x.qcp [QCP]
Enjoy!
Comment from suangsang
Time July 30, 2006 at 11:47 pm
use excellent ringtone tools to solve your problem easier!
http://www.yaodownload.com/audio_t/miditools/mobileringtoneconverter/
Comment from Mike
Time August 1, 2006 at 10:05 pm
Thnx for the info
Now i make Ringtones all the time for my A580
Comment from Nanashi
Time August 3, 2006 at 5:04 pm
Thankyou! This is very usfull information and I followed the steps with no problem. I suggest Goldwave for the file format conversion. It can open many sound formats, and save with many options, and can also be used to shorten your sound file.
Comment from Make your own ringtones
Time August 12, 2006 at 12:11 pm
Hey,
Check out http://www.mytinyphone.com
They allow to make free MP3 ringtones from any MP3 audio file
Ans
Comment from sunnie
Time August 26, 2006 at 1:22 pm
DOES THIS WORK FOR NEXTEL
Comment from Ben
Time September 7, 2006 at 4:18 pm
Dude,
I’ve been screwing with this all day. I have the same phone as you and I found some place that said that they support AAC files. I’ve been messing with MP3’s to AAC’s for the good part of today just to find out that it doesn’t work.
You rock! Thanks for the hook up!!!
Comment from APBT
Time October 27, 2006 at 2:00 pm
is there a specific way to make a ringtone for a Sanyo Vi-2300? ive made them with no problem for an LG PM225 but that phone broke on me and SCP-8100 doesnt support ringtones from what i understand… please help me with the sanyo vi2300
Comment from Heidi
Time October 27, 2006 at 5:43 pm
Awesome! Made my first ringtone in about 10 minutes.
Now, the million dollar question….there HAS GOT to be a way to get these onto our phones without paying text and usage charges, right? Common all you techs, PLEASE somebody answer this question. Everyone’s asking, no one’s answered yet.
Back to tone making….
Comment from Heidi
Time October 27, 2006 at 7:39 pm
Ok guys, I just created and downloaded my ringtone via USB
Used Bitpim. I have an LG Fusic LX550. Bitpim doesn’t recognize that phone version, but worked with some tweaking. If you have a USB cable, just do an internet search on your phone model and USB. Had to download the drivers from Sprint, etc, but it worked. There’s lots of help out there if you take the time to search for it.
Now, my problem, I can’t save the files at Wal-Mart.com. So I can’t use those MP3s, which is screwed up. But anyhow, off to look for music.
Comment from john
Time November 1, 2006 at 12:05 pm
hey, i’m trying to drag my file onto pvconv.exe, but i can’t find it. can anyone help me on this? thanks.
Comment from Lynn
Time November 1, 2006 at 10:21 pm
I used this process a bajillion times before and the ringtones came out perfectly. But I reformatted my comp and redownloaded everything. Now the ringtones come out all warbled and staticy. Any ideas as to why?
Comment from Pozycjonowanie
Time November 2, 2006 at 9:05 pm
can get all these steps down to the point that the ringtone comes to my phone and i can save it as a sound but cant use it a as a ringtone, any ideas what i am missing, thanks
Comment from me
Time November 6, 2006 at 10:12 am
Thank for the instructions!
Comment from Kimberly
Time November 7, 2006 at 2:01 pm
I’m having a problem trying to download tones onto my Sanyo 2300 everytime I try to my phone locks up, and I have to reset it. Has anyone else had this problem. I have the futuredial software to transfer tones to my phone, but my phone locks up.
Comment from j kraft
Time November 18, 2006 at 5:26 pm
all you have to do is go to http://www.mixxer.com and sign up make a lil profile thing and then you can upload and song “the first 30 secs.” and send it to your phone through a text message.
Comment from michelle
Time November 19, 2006 at 3:39 pm
i have no internet on my LG fusic, so how do i upload a ringtone that was sent to me in a text?
Comment from arupa
Time November 23, 2006 at 1:38 pm
i made it into the right format and everything but i’m still confused about how to send the ringtone to my phone????
Comment from Mark
Time December 2, 2006 at 2:15 pm
Hi!,nice article, this is execellent. thanks jake!
Here is a great site that you can upload your own ringtones to and send a link to your phone to get them. Its http://www.topringtone.org/
I use it to upload my own created ringtones to and then just send a ‘buzz’ to my phone! ITS FREE!
Comment from by tramadol
Time December 17, 2006 at 4:42 am
hello, merry christmas to all
Comment from Free Ringtone Convertor
Time February 25, 2007 at 5:49 am
If your looking for a simple way to convert your MP3’s to ringtones then give IWFR.net. You can edit and convert your files online to MP3, MP4 and QCP and best part of all is that it’s free.
Comment from New Articles
Time April 13, 2007 at 5:30 am
Very interresting article. Can I translate it and insert into my webpage?
Comment from Anonymous
Time April 27, 2007 at 12:31 am
Can someone make one for me and send it to my phone?
jiloasis74@yahoo.com
Comment from Beta Theta Pi
Time May 12, 2007 at 12:34 am
Great , now i can use my wifes voice as a ring ton sweet! thanks Jake
Comment from jtg
Time May 31, 2007 at 11:20 am
i just switched to sprint, and this sounds cool. if i upload it to a site and then have the site buzz my cell phone and download it, doesn’t sprint charge you 15 cents for every kb downloaded or something? also would i be able to just copy the tone from my computer to a sd card and then put it on my phone that way?
Comment from Uroda
Time June 17, 2007 at 9:50 am
I dont like any other cell phone ringtones than standart like old phone wave.
Comment from Kolagen
Time June 17, 2007 at 9:53 am
Could you add some of your ringtones project to this post?
Comment from [G-Livin']
Time July 13, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Ok, for all the techno-geeks and any1 else, i have the perfect way to get quality sound clips for the MM-8300, or any phone that supports the .AAC format. (If you don’t know what files are supported, just research it on the internet. shouldn’t tale more than 5-10 minutes.)
The Programs I used were:
Audicity (not a hard program to find)
iTunes (download it from the apple.com/itunes)
Limewire (haha, to find the music i wanted to convert to a ringer, unless you already have the file 
)
the first thing i had to do was download a plug-in for Audicity to be able to convert it into .MP3 format. Audicity will guide you to the site to download it, if it doesnt have it.
1. Take the file u want and open it in Audicity. shorten/cut the music under at least 30 seconds (otherwise it takes too damn much memory)
2. Once you have what you want, export it as an ,MP3 file. and open iTunes.
3. gets a little tricky if you dont know the iTunes interface. Once iTunes is open, go to Edit, and click on Preferences. Once the preference window pops up, click the ‘Advance’ tab. Under that, click the ‘Import’ tab.
4. You will see an option saying ‘Import Using’, click and change to AAC Encoder. And also change the ‘Setting’ option to ‘Custom’. It will pop up with another window to change the kbps. I suggest anything under 64 kbps (for memory purposes) and if your phone only has one speaker, it would be best to use mono (it doesnt really make that much of a difference, but, again for memory purposes).
4. Finally, just drag and drop your file into iTunes, right click, and push ‘Convert Selection to AAC’
5. Now to upload it to your phone, simply find a site that will do it for you. i use http://www.3ginferno.com/uploader . And finally you can listen to your ringer 
It might take a couple of tries to get the jist of it, but its not that hard once you get it down good luck
Comment from FatMoon
Time August 2, 2007 at 7:51 am
I use
http://www.makeownringtone.com
to create a ringtone, then upload it to my phone via bluetooth.
Comment from Gamer
Time August 20, 2007 at 4:34 am
Hi, thanks for the useful guide. Btw, I use Nokia cellphone.
Comment from N.O.Kid
Time August 31, 2007 at 3:15 pm
well i tried cutting my mp3 clips down to about 30 seconds and then do the upload thing jake told us to do and i got myself a clear quality ringer. i have an upstage which supports mp3.
Comment from Oswietlenie Kuchni
Time September 9, 2007 at 2:57 pm
I sample music from my guitar and save it as mp3. Then some format conversions can be done using cdex program. You could use it to make the conversion.
Comment from netsearch
Time September 11, 2007 at 4:22 am
WOW I can’t believe this really worked. Awesome job on putting this whole step-by-step list together. Like a guy posted above, my sound quality is a little scratchy too, but I’m playing with fixes for that. Very good job !!!
Comment from Nieruchomości Szczecin
Time September 24, 2007 at 9:15 am
Thank for the instructions. This really works on my phone.
Comment from davec
Time October 1, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Is there a way to receive the actual ringtone via sms? I do not have internet access on my phone, but can receive sms messages. alternatively, my phone LG FUSIC has an SD card. Can I load the QCP file on there and assign the ringtone right from the SD card?
THanks!
Comment from <img src='http://jacob.steenhagen.us/blog/wp-content/plugins/rpx/images/openid.png'/> Jake
Time October 2, 2007 at 10:35 am
davec,
It may be possible to use the SD card to get the file onto your phone, but SMS is not possible. They’re just simple little 160-byte max messages.
Comment from Kev
Time October 3, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Do you have to make an internet connection to retrieve the file once it is sent to you in a text, through the uploader? I don’t pay for internet use on my phone, so im trying to figure out a way to play my own ringtone without connecting to the internet. Thanks for your help with this.
Samsung Upstage
Sprint
Comment from unclaimedlemon
Time October 23, 2007 at 9:15 pm
i have the same problem as kev. i have an upstage but no internet, and tried the same thing as him. but i got a bunch of files in my phone. is there any way i could get them to play as a ring tone then. or how to put them in “my contents” folder. thanks for the help
Comment from Kev
Time November 13, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Unclaimedlemon, let me know i you do figure it out for the upstage…as well to anyone else who my know. Also…you since you have the same phone I have another question for you. You know the main display where it shows “sync music, music library, and buy music” do you know if those icons can be removed off the main screen? Those are the only problems I have with this phone…hopefully there is a way around them both. Thanks for the help. Good luck to all.
Comment from Kev
Time November 13, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Unclaimedlemon, let me know if you do ever figure out the ringtones for the upstage…as well to anyone else who my know. Also…since you have the same phone I have another question for you. You know the main display where it shows “sync music, music library, and buy music” do you know if those icons can be removed off the main screen? Those are the only problems I have with this phone…hopefully there is a way around them both. Thanks for the help. Good luck to all.
Comment from Nidhi
Time November 18, 2007 at 11:23 am
Hi Jacob,
Sounds wonderful! am about create a ringtone. But do I need to have web service from sprint to download ringtones?
THanks,
NIdhi
Comment from Michael
Time November 27, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Jacob,
I used audacity and pvcconverter.
I then put my scandisk for my phone into my computer and just copy and pasted the new .qcp file to it because I do not have internet access on my phone.
the song plays but it is low quality and I cannot apply it as a ringtone????
please help
Comment from 8thstreetlatinas
Time December 7, 2007 at 7:15 pm
I used audacity and pvcconverter.
I then put my scandisk for my phone into my computer and just copy and pasted the new .qcp file to it because I do not have internet access on my phone.
the song plays but it is low quality and I cannot apply it as a ringtone????
please help
Comment from kanutouren
Time December 15, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Thank for the instructions! This really works on my phone. Thanks!
Comment from Aukcje
Time December 21, 2007 at 7:42 am
Can get all these steps down to the point that the ringtone comes to my phone and i can save it as a sound but cant use it a as a ringtone, any ideas what i am missing, thanks and greetongs
Comment from Adam Pozycjonowanie
Time January 30, 2008 at 11:21 am
Thanks Jakes for. This really works .
Comment from Adeavens
Time February 9, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Thanks Jake. I am going to give it a try. Also, I once worked for a radio station. Try using Cool Edit or some of the Creative software for tweaking sound. Most files are accepted and can be converted in both of these softwares. I will post back if I have success at increasing volume and other issues. (Most of the scratching could be internal background noises…cool edit can clean these.)
Comment from Witzbold
Time March 10, 2008 at 10:19 am
I want to upload ringers to my mm 8300 without using the internet
is this possible with just usb cable?
Comment from Dan
Time May 7, 2008 at 6:21 pm
With my last 5 sprint phones, i have been make my own free ringtones from http://www.ventones.com
for the last 2 years now. They will automatically convert an mp3 file to the proper qcp format.
Just use their online ringtone maker or use their free phone uploader.
You can choose the qcp format right before sending it to your phone.
Much easier than using command lines tools.
Here’s the link
Comment from kiki
Time May 16, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Thanks for sharing. Today, many cell phones can directly use MP3 or WMA files as ringtones.
Comment from Airline Bewerten
Time September 20, 2008 at 9:02 pm
The first thing i had to do was download a plug-in for Audicity to be able to convert it into .MP3 format. Audicity will guide you to the site to download it, if it doesnt have it.
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Comment from Sara/Sakkra
Time April 9, 2005 at 12:37 am
That is awesome, I am going to have to take a look at my phone…