How to Make Nokia Ringtones
Owners of Nokia phones want to customize their phones just like they would any other cell phone. Users can change wall paper and screen savers, but they can also add ringtones. While some ringtones come built into the phone, Nokia makes additional ringtones that are available to purchase. When this happens, users have to pay a fee and they are limited to the options available from the Nokia store. To overcome this, users have the opportunity to make their own ringtones from sounds or songs they have or create on their computer.
With just a few simple steps, Nokia users can make ringtones that are unique to them. This personalizes their phone by playing a ringtone that makes a statement to everyone who hears their phone ring. Users also can associate particular sounds with particular people in the phone’s contact list. This makes it possible for Nokia cell phone users to tell who is ringing their phone without having to look at the phone. This is useful in situations where the user is busy and doesn’t want to bother answering the phone unless the call is from someone very important.
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Nokia cell phones, ringtones are useful in more ways than for incoming calls.
Ringtones are used for clock alarms as well as reminder tones for scheduled
events on the calendar. With so many different ways to use ringtones, every
Nokia user should know how to make them.
How to make ringtones for Nokia Cell Phones using an online ringtone service
1. The first step is to create or buy a sound file on your computer. Clip this out of a favorite song, a recording, or a user created sound. Saved this file into the mp3 format.
2. On the world wide web, go to the Myxer web site. The URL is http://www.myxer.com/.
3. Upon arrival, create a new account if necessary using the “Personal Account Option. This option gives access to the Myxer feature that helps users make custom ring tones.
4. Log in to the Myxer web site using your user name and password.
5. Choose “Ringtones” and then “Tools” and then “Make Your Own.”
6. Click the “Browse button to upload the sound file you chose during the first step.
7. Once the file uploads, users have the opportunity to select the part of the sound file to use as a ringtone. Just move the orange slider bars. This defines what the ringtone will sound like.
8. Next, users have the opportunity to make adjust the ringtone length. Beware that if the ringtone is too long the call will go to voice mail before the ringtone finishes playing. 30 seconds is a good choice. Type in the starting point (in elapsed time) and then type in how long the ringtone should play.
9. Choose other options such as fade in, fade out, loop, and volume modifications.
10. Accept the selections by clicking the “Continue” button.
11. From the Myxer interface, click the “Next” button to send the ringtone to the Nokia cell phone.
12. On the following screen, confirm the information and then click “Send.”
13. The Nokia cell phone will receive a download link from Myxer that allows users to download the ringtone to the Nokia phone.
14. The new ringtone is now on the phone.
Users can also click the link to get the URL to enter into the phone’s web browser to download the ringer. Another option allows users to save the new ringtone to the computer. If this method is used, connect the phone to the computer using a USB data cable or use a memory card to copy the ringtone from the computer to the phone.
What next?
Now that a new ringtone is available on the Nokia phone, users can make more ringtones using their Myxer account or they can configure their cell phone to use the new ringer.
Other Information
Users should check with the laws in their country to see if creating a ringtone from a copyrighted song is legal. Failure to do this could result in the infringement of intellectual property rights.
Exercise caution when accessing online ringtone creation web sites. Many of these sites are scams set up just to harvest users’ phone numbers. Also, the references to web sites and software are included here for illustration purposes and do not constitute an endorsement or recommendation.
Users can have fun creating all sorts of ringtones. Try creating ringtones for holidays, for different times of the day, for vacations, and for all the special people you know. Users are not limited to using music for Ring tones: users can experiment with using voice recordings to announce incoming callers.
When users begin creating their own ringtones, a whole new world of opportunity opens up for them. Users should enjoy following this procedure, but should also look for new alternative ways to make their Nokia cell phone work for them.