# Cell phone ringtone technical question

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtone-technical-question/134929
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 2, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtone-technical-question/134929 "2002-11-02T01:30:40Z")
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### Author: ![Omnipresent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtone-technical-question/134929/1 "2002-11-02T01:30:40Z")

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Any one know how to create the ringtones on a cell phone? I know that you can download them from various sites but, I’m looking to do it myself. How is the tone created? If I got that, I guess I can figure out how to upload and download.

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### Author: ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtone-technical-question/134929/2 "2002-11-02T04:02:05Z")

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