# Trying to get an mp3 ringtone to a SLVR L7 unsuccessfully!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-an-mp3-ringtone-to-a-slvr-l7-unsuccessfully/358822>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 31, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-an-mp3-ringtone-to-a-slvr-l7-unsuccessfully/358822 "2006-05-31T02:26:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-an-mp3-ringtone-to-a-slvr-l7-unsuccessfully/358822/1 "2006-05-31T02:26:52Z")

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I’ve got it hooked up to my computer via the USB cable, but dragging my ringtone into the “audio” or “ringtone” folders on my phone does nothing!

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**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-an-mp3-ringtone-to-a-slvr-l7-unsuccessfully/358822/2 "2006-05-31T02:35:55Z")

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Never mind… I just had to go change the source in the “sounds” menu to “card” instead of phone.

Damn unintuitive interfaces, where I drag something to my phone and expect it to play.