Adding RINGTONES to iPhone, Call, SMS Tones

Hey there!

It seems complicated to customize iPhone ringtones using Linux Operating System, but it’s much easier than you imagine.

To include ringtone (call tone) in iPhone, first you need to convert the chosen audio to m4r.

Required programs: mplayer, faac

Linux Debian installation: apt-get install mplayer faac

Converting: 1] mplayer -ao pcm FILE.mp3 -ao pcm:file="~temp.wav" 2] faac ~temp.wav -o FILE.m4r -w 3] rm -rf ~temp.wav 4] Access your iPhone via SSH and place the FILE.m4r in /Library/Ringtones

Done! Your file is converted and ready to be used as a ringtone.

To put an audio file as New SMS tone, you’ll need to modify an existing one.

Required Programs: pacpl, sndfile-programs

Linux Debian Installation: apt-get install sndfile-programs

For pacpl, download from: http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pacpl/pacpl_4.0.3-2ubuntu1_all.deb

Converting: 1] pacl -to caf FILE.mp3 2] Access your iPhone via SSH and place the FILE.caf in /System/Library/Audio/UISounds 3] Rename your FILE.caf to sms-receivedNUMBER.caf (Replace NUMBER with existing ringtone according to table below)

sms-received1.caf -> Tri-tone sms-received2.caf -> Chime sms-received3.caf -> Glass sms-received4.caf -> Horn sms-received5.caf -> Bell sms-received6.caf -> Electronic

Done! Your new RingTone is converted and ready to be used as a new SMS tone.

That’s it for today folks! []s