Custom ringtones and system sounds
Page 2 of 2Method 3: Using GarageBand to make a new ringtone.
Apple has also provided a way to create ringtones via GarageBand. Launch GarageBand and select iPhone Ringtone. Then select either Example Ringtone, Loops, or Voice, and click Choose.
Name your project, pick your options, and click Create.
A default loop opened up. The sky is the limit in GarageBand.
When you are done with your composition, click Share, then select Send Ringtone to iTunes.
In about a minute, your ringtone will be saved, and sent to iTunes.
Now go to the Ringtones tab, select your ringtone and click Sync.
The ringtone will be placed in the Custom section of your ringtones menu.
If you would also like to replace system sounds here's how
Attention
I will be using YummyFTP to upload the files in this portion of the tutorial. These instructions can be applied to any files you want to add to your iPhone, provided you already have SSH installed. If you have not installed OpenSSH, or used YummyFTP before, then you must read this tutorial first.The method described below is changing the system file directly. You would need to change it each time manually to switch sounds. It would be far easier to use WinterBoard to change your system sounds. To learn how to do this with WinterBoard, click here.
For the ultimate in customization, you can follow these steps to change your system sounds for new mail, new sms, new voicemail, et cetera. Remember you will be updating the system sounds, you can always restore them with a full restore if you don't back up the original files prior to overwriting them.
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These are the audio files in the /System/Library/Audio/UISounds folder on 4.0 firmware:
alarm.caf beep-beep.caf - sound played when docking the iPhone. begin_record.caf - sound played when starting an audio recording begin_video_record.caf - sound played when starting a video recording ct-busy.caf ct-call-waiting.caf ct-congestion.caf ct-error.caf ct-keytone2.caf ct-path-ack.caf dtmf-0.caf - sound played when pressing 0 on the phone keypad. dtmf-1.caf - sound played when pressing 1 on the phone keypad. dtmf-2.caf - sound played when pressing 2 on the phone keypad. dtmf-3.caf - sound played when pressing 3 on the phone keypad. dtmf-4.caf - sound played when pressing 4 on the phone keypad. dtmf-5.caf - sound played when pressing 5 on the phone keypad. dtmf-6.caf - sound played when pressing 6 on the phone keypad. dtmf-7.caf - sound played when pressing 7 on the phone keypad. dtmf-8.caf - sound played when pressing 8 on the phone keypad. dtmf-9.caf - sound played when pressing 9 on the phone keypad. dtmf-pound.caf - sound played when pressing # on the phone keypad. dtmf-star.caf - sound played when pressing * on the phone keypad. end_record.caf - sound played when ending an audio recording end_video_record.caf - sound played when ending a video recording jbl_ambiguous.caf jbl_begin.caf jbl_cancel.caf jbl_confirm.caf jbl_no_match.caf lock.caf - is the sound played when pressing the Sleep/Wake button. long_low_short_high.caf low_power.caf mail-sent.caf - is the sound played when sending an email. middle_9_short_double_low.caf new-mail.caf - is the sound played when an email is received. photoShutter.caf - is the sound played when taking a picture. ReceivedMessage.caf RingerChanged.caf SentMessage.caf shake.caf short_double_high.caf short_double_low.caf short_low_high.caf SIMToolkitCallDropped.caf SIMToolkitGeneralBeep.caf SIMToolkitNegativeACK.caf SIMToolkitPositiveACK.caf SIMToolkitSMS.caf sms-received1.caf - is the sound called Tri-tone, for text message receipt. sms-received2.caf - is the sound called Chime, for text message receipt. sms-received3.caf - is the sound called Glass, for text message receipt. sms-received4.caf - is the sound called Horn, for text message receipt. sms-received5.caf - is the sound called Bell, for text message receipt. sms-received6.caf - is the sound called Electronic, for text message receipt. sq_alarm.caf sq_beep-beep.caf sq_lock.caf sq_tock.caf Tink.caf Tock.caf unlock.caf - is the sound played when you "slide to unlock". ussd.caf Voicemail.caf - is the sound played when you receive a voicemail message. |
Choose a file on your computer that you like. Here's my example in iTunes, note it is in mp3 format already.
The first step is converting your file to aiff format. Click iTunes, Preferences, and then the General tab. Click the Import Settings... button.
At the next screen make sure you select AIFF Encoder from the Import Using drop down box. Click OK. You may want to switch this back when you are done, just be aware that this is how you change file formats with iTunes.
Now when you go back to iTunes and right click your file and select Create AIFF Version.
The conversion will be made and the sound will be placed in your library. You should have an mp3 and an aiff version. Remove the aiff file out of iTunes to your desktop. Click the file name so it becomes editable. Change the aif extension to caf.
You'll be prompted to confirm the extension change. Click "Use .caf".
There is the properly formatted .caf. Now you need to name the file the same thing as the file on the iPhone you want to replace. In my case I want to change the unlock.caf file with my own. So I renamed it.
Use OpenSSH to navigate to the location of your new audio file and the /System/Library/Audio/UISounds folder on your iPhone.
I would rename the original unlock.caf file to something else, before moving your new unlock.caf file into this folder. That way you can always go back to the original sound. You will need to reboot the iPhone for the change to take effect, or respring the iPhone.
