Custom Samsung T509 Ring Tones

After finally giving up on my old Sony Erickson T610, I have gone the cheap route and procured a free Samsung T509 from my local T-Mobile dealer. I’m glad I didn’t pay extra for some of the fancier phones. Quite honestly, this phone does everything I need and more. One thing about T-mobile that I really don’t like is the fact that you are prevented from creating your own MP3 ring tones in the hopes that you will throw your arms in the air and begin buying T-mobile ring tones a la carte. At $1.99 a pop this is quite a waste of money. After searching a bit on the web, I found a great work-around for getting your own MP3 ring tones loaded and working on the T509.

At the end of this post I have included some ringtones I made from artists Thom Yorke, Prefuse72, Air and others.

1. Download WavePad

This is a completely free program you can use to edit any sound file.
http://www.download.com/WavePad/3000-2170_4-10526522.html
You’ll want to install the program that converts MP3 files to wav files, it’ll ask you if you want to when you install it.

2. Open an MP3 in WavePad

3. Edit it as you choose. Use the trim function in the edit menu to create a 5 - 20 second clip of the song you are sampling.

4. Save as MPEG 4 Audio (*.m4a) - Be sure you delete the mp3 extension on the filename or it will save it as an mp3.

5. Rename the file to a .3gp file.

To do this you simply change the mp3 extension to a 3gp extension. If you cannot see the file extensions, you need to turn them on under Tools -> Folder Options -> View -> Uncheck hide extensions

6. Bluetooth the file to your phone.

Use your phone to connect to your computer and download the file. The easiet way to do this is to right click on the file and press the “send to” menu item. There should be a Bluetooth device line item in here that will allow you to send the file directly to your phone.

That’s that, it’s really easy! If you don’t have Bluetooth built into your motherboard components, you can buy a cheap USB bluetooth dongle from your local electronics store for less than $20.00.

After fooling around with my MP3 collection for awhile, I created some really great ringtones. If you are interested, you can download them below.

Anex Ringtone by: Adam Johnson
Eraser Ringtone by: Thom Yorke
Hasty Boom Alert Ringtone by: mu-ziq
Robot Snares Got No Cadence Ringtone by: Prefuse73
Mike Mills Ringtone by: Air
Shonny Ringtone by: Chris Clark

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Kristen 01.11.07 / 10pm

Hello, i tried using this wavepad to create my own ringtone and everything works fine except i can’t locate the .3gp file on my samsung t509. how do i get to it and set it as my ringtone?? i’m very confused now cuz it’s not in my sounds folder. so i don’t know where it is, but it’s supposedly on my phone.

-thanks for your help!

Mike Johnson 01.15.07 / 10am

If you just want to listen to the ringtones, they should be accessible from your file manager. Menu -> Fun & Apps -> File Manager -> Sounds -> My Sounds should have them on the list.

If you want to assign a ring tone to one of your contacts, first access your contact list (menu -> phonebook -> Contact List). Select the person in your phonebook and choose the “ringtone” option. Under that menu you should have three choices, look in “My Downloads” and choose the .3gp file you beamed over via bluetooth. That should be it!

Hope that helps..

Leonard 01.24.07 / 3pm

I did everything you said but when I tried transferring the file it says its not supported…are there any other file types that’ll work?

Leonard 01.25.07 / 9am

nevermind i figured it out…thanks so much

Dmitriy 02.15.07 / 10pm

Alternatively to bluetooth and cable, you can email it to your phone as well….unfortunately for me, it only lets me save it as a video. And to top it off, it sounds smothered, like something encoded very low.

EE 02.27.07 / 10pm

I have converted the ringtones but somehow they r sent to my videos folder rather than the sounds folder and i cant set them as my ringtone. Is there something that i am doing wrong?Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

juan 03.07.07 / 6pm

hello,
would you sent me the song “hasty boom alert” to my email please? i love it

Mike 03.07.07 / 9pm

Juan, you got mail.

EOA 03.30.07 / 5pm

I followed all of the instructions to the ‘T’ and the mp3s that I’ve converted over are in my video folder. They don’t come up as an option under “My Downloads” when I’m trying to assign ringtones. Need help.

george 04.16.07 / 6pm

well i downloaded this wave pad i know how to make clips and ect but i dont kno how to get them to my phone with a usb port plugged from my comp to cell too can someone help me

TH 08.13.07 / 2pm

I’m confused. Step 5-where do I go to rename the file to a .3gp and do I open the Tools in the WavePad?

TH 08.13.07 / 6pm

Ok, I figured it out. Thanks

Johnny 12.09.07 / 10pm

Hi Mike,
In reference to your t509 ringtone work around: I think that I did everything that you wrote down above but my phone tells me that the content is not supported by my phone. I am sending the .3gp over via bluetooth and zilch, nothing, not happening. Any help would be appreciated and thank you for your suggestions. Johnny

Wiskaz 12.12.07 / 6pm

For those who (like me) find Audacity too complicated there is a pretty good online tool to crop your mp3’s.

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TH 03.26.08 / 6am

I don’t think it accepts 3gp files anymore. I used to be able to do it, but now I can’t :(

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