A How To Guide: Jailbreaking, Custom SMS, Ringtones

[AverageMan]

Ok so you all know i made the guide to Custom Ringtones now i think its about time that i make a Custom SMS tone to go with the Ringtones so that people can have there Crazy SMS tones and not the boring Factory Tri-Tone

****TABLE OF CONTENTS****

GUIDE 1 --- JailBreaking and OpenSSH

GUIDE 2 --- Creating Custom SMS Sounds

GUIDE 3 --- Creating Custom Ringtones

GUIDE 4 --- Using Full Songs as Alarms

-----------------------------------------JAILBREAKING--&--OPEN--SSH--SETUP--GUIDE----------------------------------

STEP 1A) first of all you need to Jail Break your Iphone 3G and to do that you need this

http://mirrors.nsa.co.il/iphone/QuickPwn22.zip

STEP 1B) then follow this guys video (i dont want to re-JailBreak)

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdwh6HBjBUM]YouTube - [How To] Jailbreak 2.2 iPhone 3G / iPod Touch[/ame]

STEP 2) once you have jailBroken Your iphone 3G/2G you need to open Cydia



STEP 3) Click "Featured Pacakges"



STEP 4) Scrolldown to "SBSettings" and click it



STEP 5) it will bring up a menu such as this click the "install button, Mine says modify because i have already installed it.



STEP 6) Click the Install Button on the pull up tab, mine says reinstall cause i have already installed it.



STEP 7) once installed go back to the list of featured packages and scroll down to OpenSSH and click it



STEP 8) another install menu is shown click the install button, then confirm, mine says modify because i've already installed it.



STEP 9) Click Install, mine says Reinstall because i've already installed it.



STEP 10) go back to your home screen and swipe left or right accross the status bar.



STEP 11) Make sure the SSH button is green and not red



STEP 12) Download Iphone Tunnel

http://www.makkiaweb.net/itunnel/data/its_setup.exe

STEP 12B) follow this guys video on setting up your SSH

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59CghsFGVqc]YouTube - SSH into your iPod Touch/iPhone via USB on Windows![/ame]


------------------------------------------------CUSTOM--SMS--TONE--GUIDE-----------------------------------------


ok so now that we finaly have openSSH set up and we can get ito our iphone via usb which is way!!! faster then Wifi because its a hardwire transfer as apposed to airwaves, so lets begin making the sms tone


STEP 1) Download wavepad, install it and run it

http://www.nch.com.au/components/wpsetup.exe


STEP 2) find a audio clip you want for your sms and open it in wavepad



****NOTE****
SMS TONES DONT STOP TILL THE CLIP IS FINISHED PLAYING IF YOU PICK A 15 SECOND CLIP IT WILL PLAY IT ALL NO MATTER WHAT
****NOTE****

STEP 3) Alter the clip to your liking longer, shorter, louder, quiter have fun with it

STEP 4) Save the file as sms-received1-6.aif choosing 1 2 3 4 5 6 depending on which sms tone you want to replace. for example sms-received3







STEP 5) go to your sms-received1 and change the file extension form .aif to .caf



STEP 5B) Click yes



open up iphone tunnel and SSH into your iPhone, and go to the main root directory



STEP 6) go to System/Lybrary/Audio/UISounds and find the sms-received1,2,3,4,5,6









****NOTE**** IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO REVERT TO THE IPHONES STOCK SMS SOUNDS BACK THEM UP!!!! ****NOTE****

STEP 7) find the sms-received1



STEP 8)delete it



STEP 9) then drag your custom sms-received1 file into the iphone side of the WinSCP



Step 8) Swipe left or right on the Status Bar (Shown Above) and click Respring in the SBSsettngs


----------------------------------------RINGTONE--GUIDE----------------------------------------------


AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST A RINGTONE GUIDE FOR THOSE WHO DONT LIKE APPLES SELECTION OF RINGTONES

its really simple

***NOTE*** IF THERE IS ANY SONG INFORMATION IN THE SONG INFO DELETE IT OR MULTIPLE RINGTONES SHOW UP IN YOUR RINGTONES ON YOUR IPHONE WHICH HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE RENAMING THE FILE FROM M4A TO M4R****

***NOTE 2*** DONT FORGET ONCE YOU HAVE MADE THE RINGTONE SET THE SONGS PLAY TIME TO NORMAL OR ELSE YOU WILL HAVE SHORTENED SONGS ***NOTE 2***

***NOTE 3*** YOU HAVE TO TRANSFER THE SONG FROM ITUNES I TRIED OTHERWISE AND IT CREATED MULTIPULE COPIES OF MY RINGTONES ***NOTE 3***

1)you have to set known file extensions to be visible
[timg]http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3439/itunesstep1iq3.jpg[/timg]

2)Go into itunes Click "Edit" "Preferences" and click The "Ringtones" Box
[timg]http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/3724/itunesstep7nc8.jpg[/timg]

3)songs have to be aquired some where other then itunes OR IT WONT WORK!!!


4)import desired song(s) into Itunes
[timg]http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5992/itunesstep9nu9.jpg[/timg]

5)right click song click "get info" click options tab and set the start and stop time to a 30 second frame EXAMPLE 2:32 - 3:02
MAKE SURE both boxes are clicked
[timg]http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/8272/itunesstep3sc9.jpg[/timg]

6)once you have selected a 30 second segmant hit ok and right click the song again and click "Create to ACC Version"
[timg]http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/2084/itunesstep4zg7.jpg[/timg]

7)once it is created copy it to the Desktop rename file from "Song Name.m4a" to "Song Name.m4r"
[timg]http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2121/itunesstep5ma1.jpg[/timg]

8) go back to itunes delete the ACC version of the song and click "Move To Recycle Bin"
[timg]http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4958/itunesstep6mj1.jpg[/timg]

9)import the "M4r" file back into iTunes it should show up in the ringtones part of itunes
[timg]http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9474/itunesstep8dl6.jpg[/timg]

10)sync or manualy drag the ringtone to your iphone and enjoy


***NOTE*** IF THERE IS ANY SONG INFORMATION IN THE SONG INFO DELETE IT OR MULTIPLE RINGTONES SHOW UP IN YOUR RINGTONES ON YOUR IPHONE WHICH HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE RENAMING THE FILE FROM M4A TO M4R****

****NOTE 2*** DONT FORGET ONCE YOU HAVE MADE THE RINGTONE SET THE SONGS PLAY TIME TO NORMAL OR ELSE YOU WILL HAVE SHORTENED SONGS ***NOTE 2****

***NOTE 3*** YOU HAVE TO TRANSFER THE SONG FROM ITUNES I TRIED OTHERWISE AND IT CREATED MULTIPULE COPIES OF MY RINGTONES ***NOTE 3***


---------------------------------Using-------Full--------Songs-----as----------Alarms-----------------------------

ok so i have seen some threads on how to use songs as an alarm but the thing is apple onlky allows ringtones as alarms so i have created this guide to show people how to use full songs as alarms.

***NOTE*** FOR THISE NOT WANTING TO JAILBREAK AND SSH IT ONTO THE PHONE I HAVE PROVIDED SOFTWARE THAT DOES THE EXACT SAME THING WITHOUT THE USE OF JAILBNREAKING ***NOTE***

***NOTE*** ONLY ONE SONG CAN BE USED AT A TIME, USE THE FOLLOWING STEPS TO CREATE AS MANY SONG ALARMS AS YOU WANT, BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO MANUALY SELECT THE DIFFERENT SONG YOU WANT ***NOTE***


i-FunBox FOR WINDOWS USERS

i-Funtastic FOR MAC USERS

***NOTE*** I DONT OWN A MAC SO I CANT TEST THIS PROGRAM OUT, FROM WHAT I HAVE READ IT IS A GOOD MAC BASED PROGRAM***NOTE***

STEP 1: In itunes find the song you want to use as an alarm and create an ACC version.


STEP 2: Drag the ACC version to your desktop and rename it from m4a to m4r, click yes


STEP 3: Download iFunBox (provided in this post as attachment) and run it click run ***NOTE IT IS SAFE I HAVE USED IT LOTS ***NOTE


STEP 4: connect your iphone to the computer and click on your iphone within iFunbox and double click the ringtones section.



STEP 5: drag your song.m4r file into the list of ringtones in iFunBox wait for it to copy it over.


STEP 6: once it has been coppied over click device safe removal.


STEP 7: set up your alarm as you would normaly and choose your new ringtone.

[wilfred]

Hi my name is wil, i like the post it is very useful.

If you would like to use a full song for you ringtone use the same process except for choosing the thirty sec. portion and dont use itunes to sync. instead use Iphone file system viewer app. i.e. (ifunbox, iphonebrowser).

Once you have your full_song.m4r simply copy and paste in you ringtones folder using file viewer. then check your ringtones on the phone, if they don't show up just press the home button and then go back to the ringtones and it should be updated.

NOTE: Keep in mind if you do decide to use this method that you are using full songs so it will take up some memory.

Oh one last thing the phone must be jailbroke!!!

[AverageMan]

Hi my name is wil, i like the post it is very useful.

If you would like to use a full song for you ringtone use the same process except for choosing the thirty sec. portion and dont use itunes to sync. instead use Iphone file system viewer app. i.e. (ifunbox, iphonebrowser).

Once you have your full_song.m4r simply copy and paste in you ringtones folder using file viewer. then check your ringtones on the phone, if they don't show up just press the home button and then go back to the ringtones and it should be updated.

NOTE: Keep in mind if you do decide to use this method that you are using full songs so it will take up some memory.

Oh one last thing the phone must be jailbroke!!!

thanks for the info

[g12007]

nice job. thanks for the info everything worked great

[AverageMan]

nice job. thanks for the info everything worked great

glad i could help now you can enjoy the endless possibilites of ringones and custom SMS/alert sounds

[AverageMan]

people post your custom sms and ringtones here im curious to see what other people use

[eddienerd]

It works but it only works with certain songs or can you only have on custom song on there once cuz that doesn't work either! its lame!

[AverageMan]

when i get off work ill see how many songs i can have on there as "ringtones" keep in mind the cant be from itunes.

[JustinMan621]

I did everything to transfer the SMS tones to my iPhone, I changed the .aif to the .caf and renamed it to the sms-recieved1.caf and replaced it on my iPhone using iPhone Browser. On my computer when I play the file it plays, when I'm in my sound settings and I click the appropriate tone nothing plays. Any ideas or help?