Help with .mp3 Ringtones on the Alias 2 SCH-U750

I recently got a new Alias 2 on Verizon and I've been trying to find a way to make .mp3 ringtones to put on it. I've tried every single thing I could find online but no matter what happens, my ringtones either dont show up at all or get converted to .qcp. Things I've tried include:

- Using an online service to cut an .mp3 and send it (number@vzwpix.com) to the phone in a text message = ringtone turned up as .qcp
- Using Cool Edit Pro to cut an .mp3 into a .wav then emailing/texting it to myself = ringtone arrives as .qcp but the filesize was 33kb instead of 308kb and the quality was horrid
- Using Cool Edit Pro to cut an .mp3 into a .wav then converting it back to .mp3 using dBpoweramp, then emailing/texting it to myself = ringtone arrives as .qcp with 1/10th the file size
- Renaming a cut .mp3 to .qcp then emailing/texting it to myself = ringtone arrives as .qcp but the filesize was 33kb instead of 308kb and the quality was horrid . Renaming it to .mid resulted in no file in the text message (though i only tried this once and its possible that I messed it up)
- I also have a 2GB microSD and an 8GB microSD that i've used to try and transfer the .mp3 (and .wav/.qcp/.mid) files directly. While they work to transfer whole .mp3s through the my_music folder on the card (which stay .mp3 and sound -great- but cant be used for ringtones), I havn't been able to get -anything- to show up in the my_sounds or my_ringtones folder (the memory spec on the phone shows that there is -something- in there but when I try to look at it, it says that the folder is empty...)

A far as files themselves are concerned, I've been using 10 second, 15 second and 20 second .mp3 (Stereo - though I tried mono as well, 128kbps, 44.1Khz, 16bit) ringtones that are 175KB-400KB.

Is anyone else having these problems? Whats the deal? I've poured like 4 hours into this trying to figure it out and I'm at my wits end -- in fact, I would buy the damn things from Verizon if they offered the songs I want but they dont. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Mp3's might not work, try using Midi files