Put own ringtones on Motorola RAZR V3m

u guys should try the 'TRICK' way of getting mp3s as ringtones.you need an SD card tho but its alot easier.

By chance I found Myxertone site. Nothing to download. Pick your file, choose the section of the song you want, and length, click and they send it to your phone. The only fee is the charge for the txt your carrier charges. I downloaded a bunch, had a few that had to be re-sent a couple of times. I was so happy with the ease and outcome I wanted to pay them, but was happy not to.

You're AWESOME dude

Thanks so very much!

I did a seem edit for my v3m and when I opened MPT it wouldn't initialize. With this last option not working, I was going to change the seem edits back to their original state (the bluetooth/usb transfer was already checked) but when I try to open MSU the program freezes, as does P2K.

How can I get my phone to connect to P2K so I can change my seem edit to its original state?

Thanks!

Last edited by jwc1926 on Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:18 pm, edited 5 times in total

Hey guys, I'm back.

Between my original post and now, Verizon has made it even more difficult to get your own custom ringtones onto your v3m.

As far as my experience goes, you can simply forget about Motorola Phone Tools (MPT), even the most up-to-date versions.

HOWEVER, I just figured out a new way of getting my own ringtones onto my V3m, and here is how I did it.

Starting from scratch with your new v3m out of the box, you will need:

(1) The latest handset drivers for your phone which you can get by Google-searching the following search terms: motorola handset usb drivers. (Sorry. I can't post the link. This forum won't let me.)

FYI, these drivers work with VISTA!

(2) Motorola Software Update which you can get by Google-searching Motorola Software Update. It's the first hit for me.

When you get to the correct page on this website you will need to select your carrier and your phone. I selected Verizon and V3c (even though I have a V3m phone).

(3) P2kCommander:

Google search this. It's the first hit. On the site, just click on the "anchor" on the ship to download the zip file.

This is a standalone file. You don't need to install it.

(4) A USB cable to connect your V3m to your computer.

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Okay, here are the steps. Bear in mind, I am running Windows Vista Home Basic (32-bit).

DO NOT CONNECT YOUR PHONE UNTIL INSTRUCTED.

(1) Install the handset drivers for your phone.

(2) Install Motorola Softare Update (abbreviated MSU).

(3) Download P2kCommander and extract the files in the zip archive to a folder on your machine. I just extracted them to a folder on my desktop.

(4) Run Motorola Software Update (MSU).

(5) Power on your phone and connect it to a HIGH SPEED USB port on your computer. IMPORTANT: Do not connect your phone to your computer through a USB Hub. It has to be direct! Also, if you connect your phone to an older low speed USB port, your computer may not recognize your phone.

At this point MSU will detect your phone after a few seconds (you'll hear your phone bleeping) if you've installed the drivers correctly. When you see the "MEID Number" appear in the MSU program window, you're golden. Nine times out of ten, if you experience problems, it is because the drivers are all f-d up. See "Troubleshooting" below for suggestions on how to correct this problem.

(6) Once MSU has detected your phone, minimize (DO NOT CLOSE) MSU.

(7) Launch P2kCommander. It will ask you if you want to upgrade. I just click "No," but one of these days I probably will upgrade.

(8.) On either the left pane or right pane drop-down menu (doesn't matter which one), select "P2k Mobile Phone." If all goes well, you'll connect to your phone and be in the root directory of your phone.

(9) Go into the root directory (named "a" on my phone) and select both MyToneDB.db and TmpTneDB.db. (FYI, for novices, after you've clicked on and selected a file, you can hold down the "Ctrl" key to select a SECOND file with your left mouse button.)

(10) In the opposite pane, use the drop-down menu to browse to a location on your local machine that you prefer and click on the "Copy" button in P2kCommander to move the two files you selected over to your machine.

(11) After you have copied those two files, DELETE THEM FROM YOUR PHONE by right-clicking on each one in P2kCommander and choosing "delete." I only copied them to my local machine first in order to back them up. But these are the files that prevent you from using your own custom ringtones even if you've copied them over to your phone.

(12) Now browse to the directory on your phone that contains your phone's ringtones. The full path from the root directory on my phone is: a/motorola/shared/ringtone.

(13) Now go back over to the pane for your local machine, select your custom-made or downloaded mp3 ringtones, and copy them over into your phone's ringtone directory using the "Copy" button in P2kCommander.

DONE!

(14) Close P2kCommander, close MSU, unplug your phone, and power-off and restart your phone. You can now SET your custom ringtones. If you didn't delete the two files I mentioned above, you'd be able to see your custom ringtones, but not SET them as the default or for particular people in your contacts list. (I hate Verizon.)

IMPORTANT: You need to delete the two files I mention above EVERY TIME YOU UPLOAD NEW RINGTONES THAT YOU'VE MADE. This is because your phone regenerates the two damn files every time you start your phone.

If you're looking for a program to help you make ringtones, I suggest Audacity. Google-search Audacity. It is the first hit. Best of all, it's free! Customarily, ringtones are about 30 seconds long. You can use Audacity to make 30-second clips of your favorite songs and export them as mp3s. You can also fade them in or fade them out, and even add other effects.

TROUBLESHOOTING:

If you're having trouble connecting to your phone using MSU, you probably f-d up the driver installation. To fix this, go into your Control Panel and remove any programs having to do with Motorola driver installations. HOWEVER, after uninstalling, you'll definitely need to go to the folder where the drivers are located and manually delete everything in the following directory because the uninstall in Control Panel doesn't do the job entirely:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Motorola Shared\MotPCSDrivers

Just delete everything in that folder and start over with the driver installation. That worked for me.

Good luck!

Ahhhhhh. My phone is ringing. I am listening to the sweet sounds of Derek Trucks - a ringtone created by yours truly. Verizon can kiss my ass.

I should mention that my v3m is brand new! I dropped my old one in a hot tub. Whoops. If you have an older V3m, you may not need to delete the two files I mention in my recent post (i.e., you might be able to skip that step). You may not even have these files! I don't know. What I do know is that I used to be able to transfer ringtones to my old v3m using Motorola Phone Tools after I SEEM-edited my phone. That doesn't work anymore. Anyway, this new method is actually a lot easier, and you don't have to do those dangerous SEEM-edits. P2kCommander rocks!

I was able to get my mp3's as ring tones using method posted by JWC 1926, but now the phone doesn't ring at all when I get an incoming call. It says "incoming from where ever" but no sound. What did I do?

Disregard, I figured it out. One of the songs I moved over was .wav. I hooked up again, removed it, and all was right with the universe.

jwc1926,

Being a novice, it may not have been the best idea for me to attempt this; nonetheless I braved it. When I initially ran MSU, it worked and did recognize my phone (V3M - just purchased at the beginning of the year) and stated that I had all the latest updates. Then I ran P2KCommander and did not find the P2k Mobile Phone option on either the right or left side of frames. So, I then made the tactical error of trying to re-run the MSU. I didn't realize that the USB cable was still attached to my phone for several seconds; I know that MSU warns you not to connect your device until the automatic update has been completed.

Did I do serious harm to my phone? I uninstalled the drivers and deleted the folder of the driver updates and tried to re-install and run MSU again and MSU will not recognize my phone. Do you have any suggestions?

If the MSU problem gets resolved, do you have any suggestions about why the P2k Mobile Phone did not display?

TIA for any help!

Put own ringtones on Motorola RAZR V3m

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