I've owned my new cell phone for less than 72 hours, and I'm already "customizing" it...

[derby378]

My cellular service provider tells me that I can download ringtones onto my phone - but the catch is that the ringtones have to be from their libraries so that they can make even more money off of you.

So what did I do? I removed the memory card from my cell phone, tinkered around with the files a little bit, and stuck the card back in my phone. Now, whenever someone calls me, I will be alerted with the soothing sounds of Goa trance, c/o our friends from S.U.N. Project. Take that, content gatekeepers!

Of course, I could follow it up with a few custom-made Prefuse 73 ringtones, but what would Three 6 Mafia have to say about that?

:rofl:

[Skittles]

1. sheduling you for a remedial ass-kicking, derby n/t

[derby378]

2. C'mon, bring it!

:evilgrin:

[KitchenWitch]

3. I love that I can take snippets of my own mp3s and make ringtones for my phone

I have a Motorola RAZR and a cord that plugs into my computer...

:D

[derby378]

4. Oooooh, a woman after my own heart...!

Mine's a RAZR, too. Love it. And that thing you did with MP3s? I did something similar. :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

5. Do you have the phone tools software?

It is pretty slick. I downloaded it for free.

[derby378]

6. Actually, no...

I take the microSD card out of my phone and shove it into a slot on my laptop. Then I use an MP3 editor to get the songs cut down to size and place them on the microSD using a little trickery. Then the microSD goes back in the phone and voila! Instant DIY ringtones.

[KitchenWitch]

7. Ah, the HARD way!

:D

The cool thing about the phone tools is that I can take a pic with the phone and upload it to my computer completely bypassing the pay extra for SMS message feature.

[derby378]

8. Hey, that sounds cool!

Would you please PM the details on this software to me? :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

9. Sure thing.

[quakerboy]

10. T-mobile?

how the hell do you do that. I started customizing mine at 24 hours, and while I have some kick ass background pictures, using music for ring tones is proving more difficult. i am now at 48 hours and still stuck.

[derby378]

12. Nah, not T-Mobile

Better not give the exact carrier away, y'know, just in case...

[KitchenWitch]

11. Disregard the link in my PM

I am going to have to do some more searching for the right link.

[derby378]

13. Okay, I have a ringtone for whenever ginbarn calls me...

It's the song Talk to the Hot Dog from the first episode of Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show. If you haven't seen this show before, click on the following link:

http://www.mediocrefilms.com

[bbernardini]

14. Sometimes I can send mp3s to my phone, sometimes I can't.

Sometimes, the files will go through with their original quality. Sometimes, they'll show up with reduced quality. Can't figure out why.

My ringtone is Strong Bad performing "The System Is Down."