Custom ringtones on the Chocolate?

Hey Spunko, I don't think that the phone's speakerphone is the cause of the reduction of quality in ringtones. If it were, then .mp3s would sound very crappy when being played on the phone, which it doesn't. It's the process of emailing the ringtone to yourself that causes this reduction in quality. When the phone recieves the message, the file is converted into a .qcp file, and makes it sound crappy. I'm not really sure, just specualting, but it's probably the case. Since there's no other way of getting ringtones without buying the overpriced kit, I guess it's fine.

Sorry if these questions have already been asked but I didn't have time to check through all 7 prior pages.

1) Can I place MP3's on my Mini-SD card and then use those songs as ringtones?

2) If that is not possible and I have to use the e-mailing method, do the songs have to be in MP3 format?

3) When using the Mini-SD card, I currently have it formatted with my Motorola phone. Should I erase everything, insert it into my Chocolate for formatting, and then place MP3 songs on it?

Thanks so much for the help! A very helpful forum!

darrvao777:

1) No
2) I don't know that it has to be MP3, but MP3 works.
3) Yes.

I was wondering if there was a way to convert mpegs and avi's into the format that the phone uses... for example i have a clip of my friends and I and i want to put it on my phone... how would i do that?

can somebody give me the site for the lame plugin. the one given in the beginning of the forum doesnt work

Someone should just rename this forum post "The Chocolate FAQ", since we're going all over the place outside of ringtones now. Anyways:

Powair7s: As far as anyone can tell, no, you can't transfer ringtones through your microSD card, because the phone does not create a directory for it on the card. You CAN transfer music, but that's because there is a directory for that. Unless someone figures out how to deal with the created directories on the microSD card, then you're out of luck trying that method.

jdtran627: Although .qcp is supported by LG, they only use that format when creating "My Sounds". Any .mp3's, .wav's, .midi's, etc. will play as it is sent. LG (or Verizon, for that matter) will not make any conversions when receiving MMS's. I've checked.

Eyesonme: Yes, there are many programs that convert movie files into the 3GP format (the format that phones use to record movies). All you have to do is Google 3GP Converter (something along those lines), and you can be directed to any number of sites that host the conversion programs, many of which are free. After conversion, you can use a MicroSD card reader, add it to your library on WMP and sync via USB (I still have yet to verify this method), or plain email it, as long as its under 350k.

This forum is great so I hopped on the bandwagon and joined. I just bought
a new VX8500 because I heard you could create your own mp3's and use them as ringtones.....sweet

Spunk ....huge kudos for your sharing your time and knowledge base with us and everyone else chiming in. A very informative 7 pages!!!
I'm going to get the USB cable and try bitpim to upload to the choco.

Spunk

I plan to use Pro Tools to edit a 15-30 sec? spot. Save as an AIFF 16bit/44.1 stereo file, then use iTunes to convert the AIFF to an MP3/96k, (keep mps file under (350k) then use BitPim via USB cable to drop into the ringtone directory. Sound like a good plan to you?

I'll post the results in a few days.

Best
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Mac Powerbook G4
OS 10.4.6
BitPim 09.07
Verizon Wireless

Wow, Pro Tools huh? You must be pretty good with sound production, so I'm sure you know what you're doing. Just to let you know though, the 350k file limit is only if you're emailing the file to yourself, so it wouldn't really be a problem converting it to a higher bitrate if you're using the USB.

Hmmm......I bought the usb cable and booted up bitpim. I was able to find free mp3 ringtone snippets and was able to load it into bitpim....but I keep getting errors.....I was able to set the name and model of thephone in bitpim but nothing else.

Help....lol I don;t know what I'm doing. haha

BTW on a Mac Powerbook.

Hmmm what to do what to do

*edit this is what i got when trying to retrieve data from phone

BitPim version: 0.9.07-official
An unexpected exception has occurred.
Please see the help for details on what to do.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "gui.pyo", line 276, in run
File "gui.pyo", line 153, in __call__
File "gui.pyo", line 1862, in getdata
File "gui.pyo", line 1845, in setupcomm
File "commport.pyo", line 68, in __init__
File "commport.pyo", line 97, in _openport
File "commport.pyo", line 129, in _openusb
File "native/usb/usb.pyo", line 165, in openbulk
USBException: usb_claim_interface: couldn't claim interface

Variables by last 8 frames, innermost last

Frame run in gui.pyo at line 269
e = <native.usb.usb.USBException instance at 0x9738490>
res = None
self = <WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started daemon)>
item = (<gui.Request instance at 0x857c5d0>, <gui.Callback instance at 0x9738350>)
call = <gui.Request instance at 0x857c5d0>
ex = <native.usb.usb.USBException instance at 0x9738490>
resultcb = <gui.Callback instance at 0x9738350>
first = 0

Frame __call__ in gui.pyo at line 153
self = <gui.Request instance at 0x857c5d0>
args = ()
d = Keys []
{}
kwargs = Keys []
{}

Frame getdata in gui.pyo at line 1862
self = <WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started daemon)>
req = <guiwidgets.GetPhoneDialog; proxy of C++ wxDialog instance at _01a40e00_p_wxDial
todo = [(<bound method WorkerThread.rebootcheck of <WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started

Frame setupcomm in gui.pyo at line 1845
name = 'usb::002::002-1004-6000-02-00::1'
self = <WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started daemon)>
autofunc = None
comcfg = Keys ['baud', 'hardwareflow', 'retryontimeout', 'softwareflow', 'timeout']
{'baud': 115200, 'hardwareflow': False, 'softwareflow': False, 'retryontimeout':
klass = <class commport.CommConnection at 0x56a4b0>

Frame __init__ in commport.pyo at line 68
baud = 115200
autolistargs = (<module 'phones.com_lgvx8500' from '/Applications/BitPim.app/Contents/Resources
self = <commport.CommConnection instance at 0x9738300>
hardwareflow = False
autolistfunc = None
timeout = 3
logtarget = <WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started daemon)>
configparameters = Keys ['baud', 'hardwareflow', 'retryontimeout', 'softwareflow', 'timeout']
{'baud': 115200, 'hardwareflow': False, 'softwareflow': False, 'retryontimeout':
softwareflow = False
port = 'usb::002::002-1004-6000-02-00::1'

Frame _openport in commport.pyo at line 110
baud = 115200
dummy = 0
description = None
self = <commport.CommConnection instance at 0x9738300>
hardwareflow = False
timeout = 3
softwareflow = False
port = 'usb::002::002-1004-6000-02-00::1'

Frame _openusb in commport.pyo at line 129
iface = <native.usb.usb.USBInterface instance at 0x9738468>
wantedbus = '002'
name = 'usb::002::002-1004-6000-02-00::1'
bus = <native.usb.usb.USBBus instance at 0x9738418>
self = <commport.CommConnection instance at 0x9738300>
wanteddev = '002-1004-6000-02-00'
timeout = 3
device = <native.usb.usb.USBDevice instance at 0x97383c8>
wantediface = 1
_ = 'usb'

Frame openbulk in native/usb/usb.pyo at line 165
res = -16
self = <native.usb.usb.USBInterface instance at 0x9738468>
epin = <native.usb.usb.USBEndpoint instance at 0x97384e0>
v = 1
epout = <native.usb.usb.USBEndpoint instance at 0x97384b8>
ep = <native.usb.usb.USBEndpoint instance at 0x97384b8>
wtheck is that? lol

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