The iPhone Collective

[jcb]

I've had my iphone 4 now for over a month now. Getting to love it (as I have had a touch for years now) BUT....how and where do I get ringtones? My old razor had some very cool stuff I put on it. Everyone had their own tune when they called. It seems you can't bluetooth the mp3 clips to an iphone..(at least that is what I was told at Apple)
I really want to use the ones I had on my razor as I know who was calling. How do I put ringtones, without having to buy them, on my iphone?

I suggest you go to page 55 of this thread. Several options for making ringtones were discussed there.

 

[disneysteve]

I suggest you go to page 55 of this thread. Several options for making ringtones were discussed there.

Either that or Google it. It is very easy. Even I figured it out.

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

Subscribing to this link because I will be getting the iPhone 4 in a few weeks when it's released in Canada.

 

[denise]

finally moving files from my old xp computer to my new windows 7.
moved over all my itunes but....
have duplicates of several songs...do I just delete the extras?

there are no apps listed...what file didn't I copy....

I'm not about to sync my phone or touch until this is all good...

 

[denise]

ok I did something really wrong.

I clicked on a song in itunes to listen to it and got an error...it says...

"The song xxxx could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?"

Every song I click on I get this error....

I know this thread is for iphone but you are all so smart when it comes to itunes.....

What on earth did I do wrong? How do I fix this?

 

[jcb]

Several answers.

You'll need to tell new iTunes where to find the music files. Windows 7 doesn't have the same folder mapping as XP. Go to "edit", "preferences", and the "advanced" tab. Tell iTunes to look in the new folder.

 

[jcb]

finally moving files from my old xp computer to my new windows 7.
moved over all my itunes but....
have duplicates of several songs...do I just delete the extras?

there are no apps listed...what file didn't I copy....

I'm not about to sync my phone or touch until this is all good...

mobile apps are stored in . . . Music\iTunes\Mobile Applications. If the prior post doesn't solve it, then copy the contents of the xp "mobile applications" folder to the W7 "mobile applications" folder.

 

[sarahsar]

finally moving files from my old xp computer to my new windows 7.
moved over all my itunes but....
have duplicates of several songs...do I just delete the extras?

there are no apps listed...what file didn't I copy....

I'm not about to sync my phone or touch until this is all good...

When you moved your files, you should have moved the entire iTunes folder. A subfolder of that is Music/Mobile Applications. That's where your apps should be.

If you have duplicates, you can delete the extras. I think there's even a setting in iTunes to delete duplicates.

 

[sarahsar]

ok I did something really wrong.

I clicked on a song in itunes to listen to it and got an error...it says...

"The song xxxx could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?"

Every song I click on I get this error....

I know this thread is for iphone but you are all so smart when it comes to itunes.....

What on earth did I do wrong? How do I fix this?

That sounds to me like you may have copied just the iTunes prefs files and not the actual content, since it can't find apps or music. You need the _entire_ iTunes folder, which has within it all of the music, apps, movies, podcasts, etc. That needs to be copied from your old computer and pasted to the new one. I haven't done a lot with Windows 7 - another poster is saying that the iTunes folder goes in a different place in Windows 7. If that's the case, once you've copied it to the new spot, you would need to make sure iTunes knows where to look for it.

 

[denise]

THANK YOU, thank you!!!

Again the DISers come through!!!

It all looks and sounds good now. Have to get rid of the duplicates now and I think it will be safe to sync up...know how to do that now too!

Again....

thank you

 

[disneysteve]

I've been having trouble with the podcasts. The slider at the top to scrub through to jump ahead or back isn't working. It is there but I can't click on it, and the elapsed and remaining time both say 00:00. The problem that causes is that if I listen to part of a podcast and turn off the phone, when I come back later, it starts me at the beginning again.

I should mention that I have not yet upgraded to iOS4. I guess I ought to do that today.

 

[wenrob]

I've been having trouble with the podcasts. The slider at the top to scrub through to jump ahead or back isn't working. It is there but I can't click on it, and the elapsed and remaining time both say 00:00. The problem that causes is that if I listen to part of a podcast and turn off the phone, when I come back later, it starts me at the beginning again.

I should mention that I have not yet upgraded to iOS4. I guess I ought to do that today.

Maybe a stupid question but do you have your ipod settings set to pick up where you left off? Under Settings>ipod settings>Start Playing:check "where left off."

 

[disneysteve]

Maybe a stupid question but do you have your ipod settings set to pick up where you left off? Under Settings>ipod settings>Start Playing:check "where left off."

There are no stupid questions. I do have it set for "where left off" and it had been working just fine before. Then it didn't work on one podcast so I thought maybe it was a problem with that particular file, but since then, it hasn't worked on several others, DIS and others as well.

I am upgrading to iOS4 tonight. We'll see if that fixes the problem.

 

[wenrob]

I'll cross my fingers for ya. Technology is such a love/hate thing isn't it?

 

[scubamouse]

Anyone have a hidden Mickey app they love? I'm tried asking on an iphone app thread but so far I've got nothing. The reviews for the ones I've seen are so-so. We're not HM experts but my kids to like finding them.

TIA!

 

[Caitsmama]

iphone guru's, i need help!

My mom recently got an iphone (3Gs) and i can't get it to accept her email account names/passwords - it keeps saying that it's incorrect, when they aren't. She had it attached to itunes the one time, to activate the phone, but we haven't hooked it up since.. (don't know if that matters).

I don't know what to do to help her out... any idea? Thanks so much!

 

[Nicole786]

Anyone have a hidden Mickey app they love? I'm tried asking on an iphone app thread but so far I've got nothing. The reviews for the ones I've seen are so-so. We're not HM experts but my kids to like finding them.

TIA!

I use the official HM app, but it doesn't include the same amount as the books (No Downtown Disney or hotels) which is a bummer, otherwise its fun

 

[dmwang9]

iphone guru's, i need help!

My mom recently got an iphone (3Gs) and i can't get it to accept her email account names/passwords - it keeps saying that it's incorrect, when they aren't. She had it attached to itunes the one time, to activate the phone, but we haven't hooked it up since.. (don't know if that matters).

I don't know what to do to help her out... any idea? Thanks so much!

When I was trying to set up a Microsoft Exchange account on my 3GS, I kept on getting a similar error until I entered in the mail server domain name. This was marked as "optional" on the iPhone screen, so I initially didn't put it in there, but apparently that what was preventing me from completing the project.

If that does work or isn't a helpful suggestion, my other thought is to ask someone at an Apple store if there's one close by. This is exactly the sort of question that their customer service is there for.

 

[denise]

Hi everyone. My DD wants to buy a used iPhone 3GS. We have ATT so it doesn't need to be jail broken. She is not up for her 2 year renewal so she wants a used one. She will be buying this herself. She looked on eBay but who knows if these really work. Anyone selling their old phones since they got the new one? Or where should she look?
Thanks
Denise

 

[disneyholic family]

i haven't read through the thread so this may have already been asked..

this is for Iphone 3GS people - have you upgraded your operating system and then started having problems with your phone?

both DD and I updated the OS (to 4.02 or whatever it is right now)..

as soon as we upgraded the OS, we started having terrible problems with our phones...
the screen freezes so that we can't slide the bar.....this happens quite often including when we try to answer a phone call....it doesn't happen every time, but often enough to be more than just annoying..

has anyone else experienced this?