MP3 Ringtones on LG VX7000

I can't figure out how to change an mp3 to a .mid as everybody states. All I want to do is email a 20 second clip of one of my mp3's to my phone. Any help?

Well, I finally answered my own question. In case anybody else is having the same problem, here is what you do;
- Take your mp3 song and clip it down to the part you want in a sound editor like wavebit which you can get just doing a search off google

- Change it from Stereo to Mono

- Save the file to the desktop

- go into the desktop folder and click tools at the top, then click the view tab, then uncheck the "hide known file name extentions" if it isnt already.

- Now locate the file in that folder and change the .mp3 to .mid

- On one of the verizon get it now pages there is a tool that will allow you to send files to your phone from the computer, send your file to the phone as the "filename.mid"

- when you get it on your phone rename it as a .mp3

That's it, you are done, enjoy

i sent me a midi song via verizon pix and it sent me a link to go to on the computer to check it. what do i do?

Tried that. When my phone receives the message, it just tells me it can't play the attachment and gives me no option to save it...

Tried it again and this is what I get: the phone receives the message and when I try to open it, this is what it reads:
"FAILED TO PLAY PIX MSG".
I believe this is going to drive me nuts!!!

When I email it to my phone it hangs at receiving, then finally says 'unable to retrieve pix message'

heeeelp!

The file is named to .mid and is only 60k

Ok guys heres how its done.

Tools:
Sony Sound Forge.

How to save ringtones in Sound Forge 7.

1) Open S.F.

2) Open the mp3 or wav file you want to edit

3) Once its open, listen to the song and figure out what 30second or less portion of it you want.

4) Click at the beginning of where you want to start, drag to the right to the end of where you want the ringer to end.
(You will see the length of it in seconds at bottom right of the mp3 window)
(For a 30 second clip, it will look like 00:00:30:000)

5) Once your clip is highlighted, go to Edit -> Copy

6) Click the New File button (top left button, looks like white sheet of paper with corner slightly bent)

7) Go to Edit -> Paste
(your clip will now be pasted into the new file)
(ignore the extra space to the right of the clip)

Go to File -> Save As...

9) A Save window will open up. If this is your first time saving a ringtone, do the following: (otherwise skip to step 10)

A) Save As Type, make sure it sais "MP3 Audio (*.mp3)"
B) Click the CUSTOM button
C) Where it sais Template, type in RINGTONES
Where it sais Description, type in BEST SETTINGS FOR RINGTONES
Check the box that sais Convert to mono
Where it sais Bit Rate, Choose 32Kbps, 22,050 HZ
Quality bar should be all the way to the LEFT
VBR Quality should be UNCHECKED
Property Marking should all be UNCHECKED
D) Once you have steps A-C, Press the SAVE icon that looks like a little floppy disk at the top right of Custom window
E) After you saved the template, press OK at bottom

10) You will now be at the SAVE AS screen again.

11) Pick a name for your new ringtone and type it in the File Name (NewRinger.mp3)
Save As Type should still be MP3 Audio
Template should say RINGTONES

12) Click SAVE

Next time when you create a new ringtone, when you go to Save As (step

, you should already have the RINGTONES template selected.
All you have to do from there is Name it (step 11), and Save, (Step 12).

Now for the uploading part.

Tools
Bitpim OR QPST EFS Explorer

Tutorial: Uploading/Downloading Pictures/Wallpapers to and from your VX7000 (also works with VX6000):

1) Purchase a USB cable for a VX 6000 phone (they dont make ones for 7000 yet unless you pay $50 at verizon) I bought one on ebay for $10 (just search for VX 6000 cable)

2) Once you receive your USB cable, it will not fit into your 7000 until you use a file/sand paper to carefully file down the slotted side of the part that goes inside the phone. (you will know what i'm talking about when you see it). Make sure you file slowly, blow off any shavings, and try to fit it. If doesnt fit, file some more, and do this until you can fit the cord in the phone all the way. I used a nail filer to file it away, took about 15 minutes.

3) Before you plug in your USB to your PC, you need to download and install USB drivers. Download it from the FAQ/Tutorials section.

Save it to your desktop and run it.

4)Install the USB drivers (if u have XP, it will tell you the drivers are not certified by microsoft, click Continue when given choice)

5)After they are installed, plug in your phone to USB in your PC

6)The PC will recognize your phone

7)Go to www.bitpim.org and download the latest release (I used 7.20) and install it (Use the default settings that it gives you & Choose VX6000 as the phone)

8)At any time during the installation of the drivers or bitpim, if it asks you to reboot the PC, then do it.

9) Once you have that installed, open bitpim or QPST and here are some things you can do:

NOTE: You have 2 choices of what software to use to transfer files. Bitpim and QPST/EFS Explorer.

If you are successful with using BitPim or Brewsky, then just keep using those. If it aint broke, don’t fix it.

If you are having trouble with the above mentioned, then you should try the QPST software. It is not meant to be a complete replacement of BitPim, but just another tool to assist in the transfer of files to and from your phone.

NOTE: Always make sure your phone is turned on and plugged in before starting QPST.

One thing that I have noticed that QPST does better is with the VX6000 phones, you can transfer an mp3 (renamed to .mid) and it works. I have tried the same exact thing with BitPim and the phone would only play files under 30K. With QPST, it plays files over 300K.

NOTE: QPST is also the ONLY program that will let you transfer animated gifs to your VX7000.

Phone: VX7000, Software QPST

a) you can transfer animated gifs into your images directory, then delete images.dat (this will reset all your Caller ID images). Then reboot your phone and you will have the animated gifs in your phone.

NOTE: The animation on the images IS slower. The simpler the animation and the smaller the size of the gif file, the faster the animation is. Also, do not set animated gifs as Caller ID images, since they dont work.

b) you can also transfer mp3s into your snd directory without using the Overwrite method. If you do it this way, you have to delete sounds.dat, and that will reset your Caller ID ringers. You can also use the Overwrite method with QPST and that way you don't have to delete sounds.dat (in the dload folder).

QPST Overwrite Method:

All you have to do is create a ringtone with the same exact name as the one on the phone
that you want to overwrite and drag it into the QPST window.
It will then ask you DO YOU WANT TO OVERWRITE?. You just say YES. Then reboot the phone and Voila!

So if you have a ringer on the phone called macarena.qcp or macarena.mp3 or macarena.mid, and you want to overwrite it with a new song, goodies.mp3 (or.qcp or .mid), then you rename goodies.mp3 on your PC to macarena.mp3 and drag the new macarena into QPST and overwrite.
Once its on your phone, you can rename it using your phone to "goodies".

Just make sure to have the appropriate extension.
So if your song on the phone ends with qcp then you make sure you name the song on your PC with qcp.
You dont actually have to convert it to qcp, just rename extension.

NOTE: The VX 7000 phone can handle mp3 files. You DONT have to rename them to .mid

c) With this program you can transfer any file from your phone to your computer

Phone: VX6000, Software QPST

NOTE: you can transfer animated gifs to this phone, but they will NOT show the animation once it on your phone, you will only see the first frame of the gif.

a) with this program, you can put mp3s into the phone, but first you need to rename the .mp3 to .mid , then you can put them into the user/sound/ringer folder
Then go to download/dloadindex and delete the 3 *RingerIndex.map files
Then reboot your phone, and you can now use the new ringers.
NOTE: Deleting the .map files will reset your Caller ID ringers.

b) adding images (gif, jpg, bmp) to your phone:
go to Brew/Shared/mms
and upload your images into this directory from your PC
Then go into download/dloadindex and delete the 3 *ImageIndex.map files
Then reboot your phone, and you can now use the new images (they will be found in menu > 7 > 1.
NOTE: Deleting the .map files will reset your Caller ID images.

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*What do I need to know about wallpapers? (VX7000 ONLY)

"Main screen" image resolution is 176W * 184H.

"Front screen" image resolution is 96W * 80H.

When exporting JPGs from your image editor, use the highest quality
output. Any noise caused by low quality will be exaggerated on your
phone screen.

For the front screen, a contrast setting of 25-35% is best for seeing
the most colors.

Remember that the bottom 18 pixels, and possibly the bottom 36 pixels
(with notifications) will be grayed out or covered by your phone
information. Also on the front screen the digital clock takes up most
of the area as well.

*What do I need to know about ringtones? (VX7000 and VX6000)

MIDI files do not need any modification, unless of course you want to
use different instruments and such.

Audio file lengths of around 30 seconds are generally good for a
ringtone, as most phones do not ring longer than that, so you'd just
be wasting space.

Remember, since we're playing this song on the tiny cellphone
speaker, and not our home or car stereo, we DO NOT need ultra-high
quality. I recommend a bitrate of 32kbps and a sample rate of 22.5
kHz. Also use mono (1 channel) sound, since the phone doesn't have
stereo speakers as well. Filesizes should end up in the 140kB range.

*How do I install wallpapers? (VX7000)(using BitPim)

First off, you'll need a lot of "donor" pictures to be overwritten by
Bitpim. A quick way to accomplish this is to activate the "closed
phone photo" (hold photo button down for 3 sec while phone is
closed), then mash the photo button a few more times. When done, exit
back to the main screen.

Make sure your phone is plugged into the USB port and is on

Load Bitpim, and if it's your first time, just set it to VX7000 mode
Go to the "Filesystem" tab.

You'll see what looks similar to a Windows Explorer folder tree.
Navigate to "dload", then "img". You'll see a variety of BMP and JPG
files listed.

Notice the timestamped pictures we just took. Right click on a file,
then pick "overwrite".

Choose the picture you want to overwrite with, then click "OK". A
progress bar on the bottom of the window will indicate that the file
is being uploaded.

Once the file is uploaded, check it in your camera gallery, and
rename/use it as you please!

*How do I install wallpapers? (VX6000)(using BitPim)

adding images (gif, jpg, bmp) to your phone:
go to Brew/Shared/mms
and upload your images into this directory from your PC
Then go into download/dloadindex and delete the 3 *ImageIndex.map files
Then reboot your phone, and you can now use the new images (they will be found in menu > 7 > 1.
NOTE: Deleting the .map files will reset your Caller ID images.

*How do I install ringtones? (VX7000)(using BitPim)

Just as in wallpapers, create several "donor" files to be
overwritten. Record yourself saying "blah" into the phone a couple
dozen times.

Connect phone, load Bitpim, go to "Filesystem" tab.

Navigate to "dload", "snd"

Choose sound file you want to put ringtone into, right click and
choose "overwrite"

Upload your ringtone. Don't worry if your ringtone is .QCP or not,
it'll work regardless.

Once the file is uploaded, check it in your "Get It Now" > "Get Tunes
and Tones" section and rename/use as you please!

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ALTERNATIVE TO USING BITPIM

Download it from the FAQ/Tutorials section.

its 7.19 MB

To put files on and off including ANIMATED GIFS on your VX7000, here are the instructions:

Install this program QPST.
then plug in your phone to USB cable into PC

then go to Start > Programs > QPST > QPST Configuration

then click on Ports Tab: u will see com1 and com2
click on Add and type in COM4 for both places
it will then show COM4 Enabled and will show your phone info
Close that and go back to Start > Programs > QPST > EFS Explorer

Then it will show your phone, click OK
u will see Please Wait..... takes 10 seconds
Then u will see the directory just like in Brew.
Go to dload/img
Rightclick in there and choose New
pick the animated gif file and say ok
After that, go to dload dir and delete image.dat
close E

Thats about all.
Ill be posting more txt files as the need arises.

Have Fun
And BE CAREFUL.......you can goof up your phone.READ CAREFULY!!!!

Boogar

I don't have a data cable. I am trying to do this through email. That info isn't useful to me.

(and editing the mp3s is no problem--I do that kind of thing all the time)

Buy a data cable on Ebay, it cost me like $10 with shipping and everything. Cheap, simple, and you dont have to worry about wasting $.25 a song when you can get them free

Buy a data cable on Ebay, it cost me like $10 with shipping and everything. Cheap, simple, and you dont have to worry about wasting $.25 a song when you can get them free

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