iPhone Problem Forum - Page 3

lashbear · 08-04-2009, 12:17 AM

Well, I can lose my phone for two weeks, while it's repaired under warranty, or if I take it directly to the Apple Store in Sydney CBD they will probably swap it out for me on the spot.

Guess where I'm going tomorrow ?

lashbear · 08-12-2009, 05:25 PM

Soooo....

Swapped the phone, and for the last week it's been "Fingering Itself"

it's like a ghost is randomly pressing the screen and activating stuff.

Back to the Apple Store today. Sigh.

lashbear · 08-13-2009, 06:02 PM

Phone swapped painlessly - new phone is behaving itself. Yay !

innerSpaceman · 08-19-2009, 04:06 PM

So I'm reading the 213-page User Guide for my new iPhone. It seems to me the thing in my hand is more powerful and functional than the spacecraft that traveled to the moon.

And yet ... I cannot download my own ringtones to the device who's central function is, by virtue of its name, a [/i]phone[/i]. This is not a technical limitation of course, but a copyright issue, I suppose. Yet I cannot tell you how annoyed I am that I can practically perform heart surgery with this thing, yet I cannot use my custom ringtones (most of which, by the way, cannot be purchased on iTunes - which is the only authorized way to add a ringtone to the iPhone). Bah.

From what I understand, the iPhone uses an odd sound format for its ringtones. Does anyone know of a hack that will allow me to get from a standard sound format to their weird sound format and upload it to the iPhone as a ringtone?

In return, I will gladly remove your gallbladder with my iPhone when you need that procedure performed.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-19-2009, 04:31 PM

If you have an MP3 of the song you want (or even ringtone in mp3 format), you can do it with iTunes.

http://www.demogeek.com/2009/07/31/h...o-your-iphone/

innerSpaceman · 08-19-2009, 05:09 PM

Oooh, assuming this works, you have one free gallbladder operation coming your way, buddy.

(Can be substituted for an appendectomy if you name your first child after a Haunted Mansion phrase or character.)

mousepod · 08-19-2009, 05:37 PM

There's a great Mac application called Fission. It's a really simple audio editing program - lets you edit mp3s without changing format, for example. It also lets you save any part of any audio file as an iPhone ringtone.

lashbear · 08-19-2009, 06:02 PM

Or for those with PC's - this is the best way to add ringtones.

Not Afraid · 08-19-2009, 08:00 PM

The iPhone can do anything.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-19-2009, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mousepod

There's a great Mac application called Fission. It's a really simple audio editing program - lets you edit mp3s without changing format, for example. It also lets you save any part of any audio file as an iPhone ringtone.

Garage Band can too apparently.

08-04-2009, 12:17 AM	#21
lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	Well, I can lose my phone for two weeks, while it's repaired under warranty, or if I take it directly to the Apple Store in Sydney CBD they will probably swap it out for me on the spot. Guess where I'm going tomorrow ? __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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08-12-2009, 05:25 PM	#22
lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	Soooo.... Swapped the phone, and for the last week it's been "Fingering Itself" it's like a ghost is randomly pressing the screen and activating stuff. Back to the Apple Store today. Sigh. __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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08-13-2009, 06:02 PM	#23
lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	Phone swapped painlessly - new phone is behaving itself. Yay ! __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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08-19-2009, 04:06 PM	#24
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	So I'm reading the 213-page User Guide for my new iPhone. It seems to me the thing in my hand is more powerful and functional than the spacecraft that traveled to the moon. And yet ... I cannot download my own ringtones to the device who's central function is, by virtue of its name, a [/i]phone[/i]. This is not a technical limitation of course, but a copyright issue, I suppose. Yet I cannot tell you how annoyed I am that I can practically perform heart surgery with this thing, yet I cannot use my custom ringtones (most of which, by the way, cannot be purchased on iTunes - which is the only authorized way to add a ringtone to the iPhone). Bah. From what I understand, the iPhone uses an odd sound format for its ringtones. Does anyone know of a hack that will allow me to get from a standard sound format to their weird sound format and upload it to the iPhone as a ringtone? In return, I will gladly remove your gallbladder with my iPhone when you need that procedure performed.
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08-19-2009, 04:31 PM	#25
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	If you have an MP3 of the song you want (or even ringtone in mp3 format), you can do it with iTunes. http://www.demogeek.com/2009/07/31/h...o-your-iphone/ __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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08-19-2009, 05:09 PM	#26
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Oooh, assuming this works, you have one free gallbladder operation coming your way, buddy. (Can be substituted for an appendectomy if you name your first child after a Haunted Mansion phrase or character.)
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08-19-2009, 05:37 PM	#27
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	There's a great Mac application called Fission. It's a really simple audio editing program - lets you edit mp3s without changing format, for example. It also lets you save any part of any audio file as an iPhone ringtone. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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08-19-2009, 06:02 PM	#28
lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	Or for those with PC's - this is the best way to add ringtones. __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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08-19-2009, 08:00 PM	#29
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	The iPhone can do anything.
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