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If you have a song library on your computer then you can create customized iPhone ringtones for your iPhone.  All that you need to use is your computer and iTunes – no hacking software involved.  It’s a little bit complicated but if you take it step-by-step you’ll end up with your own choice of ringtones.  

Here’s how:

Step 1. Open iTunes.

Step 2. Right click on any song you want to utilise to create your new iPhone ring tone. Select GET INFO.

Step 3. Go to your OPTIONS tab, and in the menu check the START TIME and STOP TIME checkboxes. Put in a thirty second or less segment of the song into these times. Click OK.

Step 4. Right click on your song section. Select CONVERT SELECTION TO AAC.

Step 5. When it has finished converting your song section, go to your iTunes music folder. Browse to your song segment and drag it to your desktop.

Step 6. Now you need to delete your clipped song segment from your iTunes music folder.

Step 7. Back at your desktop, right click on your song, and click GET INFO.

Step 8. Change the extension at the end of the file name to .M4r.

Step 9. Double click the file. This’ll include it in your ringtones section of your iTunes library.

Step 10. Synchronize your iPhone with iTunes.

You now have a new customized iPhone ringtone on your iPhone.

If that’s too tedious to do for each ringtone, there is an easier way.  You can also purchase iPhone ringtones – already formatted for your iPhone – at www.theiphonedvd.com.