I have done it. Uploading real ringtones to your A900 without internet or cost

To upload any sound file to your Samsung A900 and use it as a ringtone without paying for the “Sprint Store” or “Power Vision” simply follow these simple step-by-step instructions.

Step 1 – Select the sound file you wish to use. Remember you won’t be hearing the whole song, so choose something with a good chorus or intro you enjoy.

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Step 2a – If you have access to a program which allows you to trim mp3 files at the points you’d like, do so. You now have your ringtone!

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Step 2b – If you don’t have access to such a program, download a freeware product which will let you convert mp3 to wav. Convert your file, and then open it in your Windows Sound Recorder program which can be found in Accessories>Entertainment. Use the edit options to trim your long wav song into a short wav ringtone. Save it, and convert your new wav file back into mp3 format. You now have your ringtone!

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Step 3 – Download a program which will let you convert mp3 to 3g2. I had a rather hard time finding one, so to help you out I’ll suggest looking here

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Step 4 –Install and open your conversion program. Select your ringtone wav or mp3 and if able to, disable video and alter the bit rate to suit your needs. Choose .3g2 as the file format you wish to output, and then convert your file.

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Step 5 – Whip out your a900 and shoot a short camcorder movie of whatever. You only need to do this once.

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Step 6– Connect your a900 to your pc using the USB cable it came with, then on your handset select tools>mass storage>connect to pc. This will let you upload files onto your phone.

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Step 7 – On your PC look in “My Computer” for a drive which will appear as something like “Removable Disk”. Explore into it and click through DCIM> 100SSMED (or whatever is on your phone). Here you should see whatever pictures you’ve taken with your phone as well as any video. Copy the filename of the movie you shot in step 5.

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Step 8 – Copy your ringtone in 3g2 format into the folder containing your sample camcorder movie. Delete your sample camcorder movie and rename your new ringtone file by single clicking and then pasting the sample movie’s name into it. For example, my new ringtone after I’ve done steps 1-8 is now called SSPX0033.3g2

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Step 9 – To finally set your uploaded song as a ringtone, disconnect your a900 from your pc, then enter Settings>Sounds>Ringer type>Voice calls>With caller id> then scroll down to My Videos. You will see a file with a box and an X in it. Highlight it, select Options and select Play. If you’ve done your job you will be able to hear your new ringtone. If so, click back and then click assign. This ringtone will now play whenever someone calls and your phone is able to id them. To use it as an individual ringtone, go through your contacts list.

Final note - For any subsequent ringtones youll be making, just be sure to change the number in your final 3g2 file, such as SSPX0034.3g2 instead of SSPX0033.3g2

Woohoo!

If you’ve got questions, post ‘em. If you’re grateful, praise me. If you’re tired of reading, just know I’m tired of typing. I’m new to the forum, hope this helps everyone out and starts me off on a good note.

Im going to try this tonight with my a950. Do you know if it will work for my phone?

VERY NICE! Try it with your phone and see NSX, if it works, post here!

i wonder if this method may work for other fones.
cuz im quite lost for my fone (se w810)

I'd imagine it would work with any phone that has the video ringtone option. It's a shame Samsung worked so hard to force us to pay money for ringtones. It was very satisfying to hear the music pop on for the first time.

Excelente explicacion!!!, yo habia descubierto lo mismo. Funciona muy bien.

Alguien sabe como bajar juegos y/o aplicaciones por cable desde el PC???

I hate to bump this up after so long, but I just wanted to say that this is the most amazing post ever.

a HUGE thank you to Spartacus for this thread.

It worked, but what settings should I make to get the best quality because when I change audio to mp3, it doesnt work. But acc doesnt sound that great.

I've been changing the mp3s into wav files, which seems to work out great.

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Could someone help me?

I followed the instructions precisely but my ringtones still won't work. When I got to Ringer Type> Voice Calls> Video Ringer; I can press Play and hear that the ringtone is playing correctly. But when I assign the ringer, my phone still plays one of the default tones. Is there some step that I'm missing or did I format something incorrectly?

i tried downloadin the converter but when i get to the point to use the program it says that the registration key has expired...what do i do?