# Ringtones **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 7, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringtones/418393 "2007-09-07T18:29:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringtones/418393/1 "2007-09-07T18:29:28Z")
I’ve found a .wav I’d like as a ringtone. How do I get it on my Motorola ‘flip phone’? I have BlueTooth, but I’ve never used it. I set it up over two years ago and don’t know what the ‘phone number’ is (it’s not my old phone number I had on this phone) and I don’t remember the password. (I’m one of those people who has a different password for _everything_.) ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringtones/418393/2 "2007-09-07T18:47:37Z")
What model is it? Does it have web access? On mine (a several year old V300), I convert the file to an mp3, upload it to a website somewhere then access the mp3 from the phone. It recognizes it, downloads it and asks me if I want to use it as my ringtone or whatever. I understand you can also send the url to yourself as a text message and select it that way, though I haven’t tried that myself. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringtones/418393/3 "2007-09-07T18:52:35Z")
It’s a V551. It does have web access, but I don’t use it because it costs a fortune. I was hoping to transfer the file with BlueTooth. How do I convert a .wav to an mp3? Edit: I think I know what’s going on with BT in Internet Connect. I think it’s trying to connect to the Internet. That’s what that phone number is. (I’ve never been able to connect throuh my phone, BTW.) I used the ‘Find Me’ on the phone, but it doesn’t seem to have done anything. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringtones/418393/4 "2007-09-07T19:09:25Z")
I’ve converted the file to mp3. Edit: i was able to send the mp3 file. The phone said ‘file type not recognised’. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringtones/418393/5 "2007-09-08T05:54:45Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] I’ve found a .wav I’d like as a ringtone. How do I get it on my Motorola ‘flip phone’? I have BlueTooth, but I’ve never used it. I set it up over two years ago and don’t know what the ‘phone number’ is (it’s not my old phone number I had on this phone) and I don’t remember the password. (I’m one of those people who has a different password for _everything_.) [/QUOTE] Johnny Here is a link that details the same problem you are having and the solution [linka](http://forums.mobiledia.com/topic39088.html) Declan ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringtones/418393/6 "2007-09-08T15:30:22Z")
[QUOTE=Declan] Johnny Here is a link that details the same problem you are having and the solution [linka](http://forums.mobiledia.com/topic39088.html) Declan [/QUOTE] It seems those people know more about this sort of thing that I do. I gathered that I need to use Audacity instead of the free download I attempted. I don’t know how to use Audacity. I opened the file in Audacity and chose Export as mp3. I got a window that says > [@](#): > > \*\*Export MP3 > > Aucacity does not export MP3 files directly, but instead uses LAME, an MP3 exporting library available separately. See the documentation for more information > > Would you like to locate LameLib now? I have Audacity 1.2.4 on my PowerBook. I went to Help and found where to download LameLib. I went to the site and attempted to go to the [Mac download page](http://spaghetticode.org/lame/). ‘Safari cannot open page.’ So I tried the [Windows link](http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/). This has options for LameLib for Audacity 1.3.3 and 1.2.6. Nothing for 1.2.4. There’s a link to the [Audacity Wiki page](http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Lame_Installation#Windows_Instructions), but it doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringtones/418393/7 "2007-09-09T06:35:08Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] It seems those people know more about this sort of thing that I do. I gathered that I need to use Audacity instead of the free download I attempted. I don’t know how to use Audacity. I opened the file in Audacity and chose Export as mp3. I got a window that says I have Audacity 1.2.4 on my PowerBook. I went to Help and found where to download LameLib. I went to the site and attempted to go to the [Mac download page](http://spaghetticode.org/lame/). ‘Safari cannot open page.’ So I tried the [Windows link](http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/). This has options for LameLib for Audacity 1.3.3 and 1.2.6. Nothing for 1.2.4. There’s a link to the [Audacity Wiki page](http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Lame_Installation#Windows_Instructions), but it doesn’t work. [/QUOTE] Actually from that link , there was supposed to be a mac specific program, without having to use audacity. Amadeus II Was the program mentioned in one of the posts , for me to use audacity , I had to point the program to the directory were I left the lamelib drivers, otherwise I never touched one setting on audacity and uploaded an mp3 ringtone to a Razor and then bluetoothed it to the V551. Both worked fine. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringtones/418393/8 "2007-09-09T06:39:57Z")
Where do I get the LameLib driver? Actually, at this stage the information would be for future reference. **Pygmy Rugger** helped me out offline and I was able to find that the sound actually already existed in an mp3 format and I was able to install it on my phone. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringtones/418393/9 "2007-09-09T06:44:49Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Where do I get the LameLib driver? Actually, at this stage the information would be for future reference. **Pygmy Rugger** helped me out offline and I was able to find that the sound actually already existed in an mp3 format and I was able to install it on my phone. [/QUOTE] [linka](http://lifehacker.com/software/ringtones/geek-to-live--make-a-ringtone-from-any-mp3-212232.php) About halfway down, look for something called lame\_enc.dll download here, its a hyperlink, so just click on that and the download will begin. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringtones/418393/10 "2007-09-09T06:49:26Z")
Thanks! 🙂