Your Own Ringtones, Even on DRM Protected Phones!!!

Okay, so since my new laptop came, I've been playing around with it a lot... and tonight, it was BLUETOOTH DISCOVERY ... or what I like to call 'Anime Doesn't wanna do her Homework time'

So, I figured it out!

On most newer phones, to get an MP3 ringtone, you have to PAY for them from your carrier's site.... well that's fine and dandy if they have the songs/clips you WANT... but sometimes, they don't.

But there's a loophole on these DRM protected phones.... wav files.

For those of you who don't know what DRM protected phones are, it just means that you can put MP3s on your phone, but can't set it as a ringtone. You can only use the drm mp3s that are available through your carrier, that you have to pay for. Rip-off! I've mentioned before, that I don't mind paying for these, if a) they have the song I want b) the song isn't edited c) it's the clip of the song that I want and d) it doesn't sound like sh*t when it plays on my phone... so call me picky... that could just be because I like songs that happen to have a lot of swearing in them, and don't like them to fade out on the best part.

So here's the solution that I've found... I'm pretty sure this will work if you have any way to hook up your phone to your computer, but I like my bluetooth best, well... since I just figured it out.

Ingredients:

Music Editing Software of your choice (you'll read more of this below)
MP3 of your choice
Computer (I recommend anything that Microsoft hasn't touched)
Cellular Phone (I recommend DRM protected ones, just because you'll feel cooler... and you probably need a chunk of storage space available on it)
Some way to connect your cell to your computer, either via cable or bluetooth
MP3 to WAV converting software (I use CDex which is free to download)

Recipe:

1) Get music clipping software... I'd tell you what I have, but I haven't installed it yet, and it's somewhere in the bottom of my computer cds... I'm sure there are tons of free music editing software available... google it or check out downloads.com or something

2) Select your MP3 file that you want out of your personal music library.

3) Use Music Editing software to clip the section you want, this is important because WAV files are bigger than MP3 files... and that's also the reason that it's good to have a memory card in your phone or a decent amount of space available on your phone.

4) Use your MP3 to WAV conversion software to turn your mp3 clip into a wav file... CDex works for me, and the quality was awesome

5) Send your new WAV clip to your phone either through a cable or bluetooth software, make sure you store it into the correct folder

6) Set your WAV file as a Ringtone... voila!

7) Most importantly: Rock on!

*Disclaimer: This is perfectly legal... as long as you use legal uncopyrighted songs... which I know you all will... there's no rule against WAV files as ringtones.

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