Treo and Centro Ringtones: Quick, Simple & Free With MiniTones

You should also point out that you can assign a different ringtone to each contact. Just set up a favorites button in the main phone application, and select a ringtone. The only advantage of 3rd party ringtone managers is the ability to store the tones on a SD card. But, with Minitones there are no worries about stability (Ringo) and the price is right.

I cannot make this application work. Installed as described, found mp3 file on SD, trimmed to reasonable size, initially 30 secs; then 1 minute. applied, but when I select, I only hear a short 'whooshing' sound followed by silence? attempting to install on just rec'd Treo 680.

I've been using MiniTones for a couple of months now it works flawlessly. One trick I learned was to copy my MP3's that I intended to use as ring tones to a new directory on the SD card. Copy them at the lowest bit rate you can and set the output to mono instead of stereo. (You can't hear the difference through the Treo speaker.) I then run the MP3 through MiniTones and get a 20-30 second clip with a file size of about a 100k. Since I have a Treo 650 this saves on storage space. Once they are converted I go back and delete the original low-bit MP3 file. It works great and have never had a problem.

Andrew FYI,

LightWav is a MP3/WAV/OGG ringtone and caller ID manager for the Treo 600/650/700p/680 packed with cool features such as MP3/WAV/OGG ringtones, full screen JPG callerID, GIF and Animated GIF and Live! video callerID, callerID blocking, Announce call with many different languages, ringtone volume boosting, do not disturb, call notes, Missed Call, powerful Simple Profile and many more features.

Features
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-Includes MP3/WAV/OGG player. No need for 3rd party audio player
-Repeat individual ringtone specifying duration in seconds to repeat
-Set song position to start playing as the ringtone
-Full screen JPG caller ID. Only possible with Lightwav
-GIF and GIF Animation as caller ID
-Live! video caller ID. Required Live www.toysoft.ca/live650.html to record high resolution videos
-Classic and Picture Dial views
-Set custom MP3 ringtones for sms and voicemail notifications
-Assign custom wav/mp3/ogg ringtone to Contact and Categories
-CallerID and SMS blocking. Block unwanted callers and SMS
-North America area code. See where the caller is calling from
-Convert sound files from card to RAM.
-Do not disturb feature. Send friendly SMS message when you are busying or away from the phone or forward the call when DND is active.
-Block any caller or callers not in your Contact database
-VIP feature. Allow VIPs to call you regardless if Do Not Disturb is enabled
-Call notes. Add a journal for the caller. Export to MemoPad or file on the SD card
-Ringtone volume boosting. Ringtone not loud enough. No problem with Lightwav
-Option to always Send SMS to mobile number if exists. No matter it the caller called from Landline
-Announce incoming call. Many different languages
-Send friendly SMS message for missed calls
-Pager. Use Lightwav as a traditional pager for incoming SMS and Missed Calls
-Simple yet powerful Profile Manager. Take control of your Treo.
-MP3 ringtone safe mode in case the external card becomes ejected
-2Day integration. See all blocked and missed calls on 2Day screen
-Detailed incoming call log

Check it out at www.toysoft.ca

Hi,

Another thing that I found out on my Treo 680 was that only CBR MP3s could be set as ringtones. I tried with a VBR MP3 and though it got added to the ringtones list, I couldn't hear anything, when played.

@Howard
Maybe this was the issue with the file you tried. See if using a CBR file helps.

Happy Palming!

Thanks, Saravanan...that was precisely it. Tried another card (and by happenstance a CBR file) and it worked! Kewl.

Also had a go at getting this to work on my 680 and struck troubles....am currently playing with using Adobe Audition to convert exisitng mp3's over to the right format etc..will probably eventually get there if I persist....(just involves learning a bit of Adobe Audition at the same time!)

...but I can't help reflecting on how playing mp3's on a Treo 680 in the year 2007 should just not be such a complicated thing!!

Why is it I see all manner of mobile users these days...with base level technical skills...happily utilising mp3 ringtones...while us Treo "Smartphone" owners have to delve our hands into converting mp3 VBR's into CBR's!

Don't get me wrong...I love my Treo 680...it beats the pants off all those plain jane mobiles...it's just hopefully mp3 ringtones will become a standard feature on future Treos!

Considering that the 680 has the ability to use a voice memo recording as a ring tone I always thought it a bit of a rip-off that it can't natively use any audio file as a ring tone. MiniTones provides what should have been incorporated into the original software. Well done, MiniTones!

LightWav, which Danny mentioned costs $25 and is 200kb.

I installed this program, and it is working great! My problem is it only finds 17 songs out of my few 100 on my card. My songs are mp3s from Napster. How can I select from the rest of them using this?

aMeek, make sure the songs are not greater than 80 characters. Lwav doesnt search for the entire card. it only searches the folder you browse at. If you are songs are other than the AUDIO folder then in the file browser browse to the correct folder.

Never heard of CBR/VBR. What do they mean?

CBR=Constant Bit Rate
VBR=Variable Bit Rate

I installed minitones in my 650. But the application did not detect any of the mp3 on my card. Need help !

Anyone use a program like lightwav for 700wx with windows operating system?

I installed MiniTones and was able to detect and install a trimmed mp3 to my Treo 650. When I select the ringtone in the manager it plays just fine. It also plays if I select it for one of the main ringtones for the phone. But when I tried to apply it to a specific contact it won't play when selected adn the phone defaults to Ring Ring. Anyone else having a problem like this?

sorry, i'm not too technically saavy...can someone tell me if i can use my songs on itunes with the minitones program? thanks.

Hi, my question is like Paul's (May 8th), I can hear the trimmed songs (to aprox 35kb each) on Manage menu(I have a 650). But when asigned to specific contacts (in favorite pages), they won't play, just defaults are played. Please HELP !! thanks :)

People, who is having problems with Minitones and mp3 empty list, do that: format your SD Card using Treo. That simple. I was facing the same problem and I've searched all over the internet, but couldn't find an answer. So I did some tests myself and I discovered that. I bought my SD card with my Tungsten E2, and I've put the SD card off TE2 and put into Treo, without formating the SD first. It didn't work. Try that tip. Regards! Minitones is a very good FREE Treo App.

I recently installed MiniTones for my Treo 650. It works great when attaching MP3s to the Known and Unknown Caller tones in the Sound & Alerts Menu. I also attached MP3s to specific contacts set up in the Favorites menu as Speed dial buttons. However, when a call comes in from these contacts, MiniTones uses the default MP3 for the Known Caller. Am I doing something worng, or does MiniTones lack this functionality

I am having a problem and havent seen it on here yet. Whenever a caller calls, the tone plays fine one time through but then it starts skipping and it freezes my phone to where I have to take the battery out. Please help me try to fix this.

Please, someone savyy post a solution to the problem posted by Paul - May 8th & Craig June 3. I too have run into this same issue. Minitones finds the .mp3 files, edits quick and easy and they are added to the ring tones. They play when viewed in the tone manage section and when applied to "known callers". However, when applying to a specific contact through the favorites buttons they won't play. What is going on here -- it's making me crazy!!

i have a verizon 700p and every time i finish trimming and went to add to my slection of ringtomes it completely restarts my phone. anyone heard of any madness like that?

I just got a Treo 650, and downloaded both minitune and mring. They found the MP3's on my card, and put them in the sounds menu, where I can here them. The problem is that when an incoming call comes in, there is silence. Any idea what the problem is? The default ringtones work just fine. Any and all help will be much appreciated!

What about the Treo 700wx? Does this app only work on palm-os?

Real quick:
Anyone having problems with Minitones recognizing .mp3 files on your Treo listen up!

You NEED to have an SD card installed. It won't read the mp3 files you have in your ptunes or internal memory.

I was experiencing the same problem of not getting the mp3s to show up, knowing they were on my phone, and then I installed an SD card sync the mp3s onto my SD and it all worked as shown.

Get those SD cards and it will work.

I tried to download Minitones; it is not compatitble with Treo 700w.

I just installed and ran minitones...at first the songs I wanted did not play...I burned a cd, reimported them back in as fresh mp3s and loaded onto my treo 700p and then it seemed to work fine...this worked w/ my itunes songs as well. Great program!! I'm excited for the new possibilities in varieties for my ringtones now. :-)

Help Please!!!
I have a palm treo 700p and i downloaded minitones... I trimmed all the mp3s i want and tried to set one as my known ringer... When someone from my contact list calls i get the default alarm ringer? Is there a reason it won't play the mp3 I trimmed from minitones??

I'm still trying to figure this phone out.. please help

I have a Treo 700 wx, is this program compatible?

really dumb when it comes to computers. can't seem to put real tones onto treo 750. everytime i download one it goes straight into my music folder but i can't move it to sounds folder to use as ring tone. is the 750 not compatible with real tones?
please help

Chelsie: No.

i am trying to install mini tones on my palm 700p when i get it sent to my phone it comes to my messages as an email so do i have to have internet on my phone to install it? i have a 2gb sd card and have songs on it for my pocket tunes but dont know how to do anything else...

No need to install. Just put minitones.prc on you SD card in /PALM/Launcher folder and then eiteher run it from card or copy to main memory

Outstanding article. I was initially disappointed at the lack of mp3 ringtone support, but this made it easy. I have the theme from "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" as a ringtone - have had it for years. It's not that I identify with the Bad-a** character played by Clint Eastwood, I just can't stand being in a room, hearing the default Cingular tone going off, and having to check my phone like half the room. MiniTones saved me from being part of the herd. Thanks again!

Thank you so much for showing me mini tones! It works great with my new 755p and is super easy to use!

This program rocks! I can't be happier. The site might need to updated to include a "download directly to your computer" link. This might help people who refuse to pay for the internet. Thanks again. Great program.

i don't have the card you're speaking, but i do have mini tones appl on my phone, can i just install my software that came w/the phone and hot sync

Does this app. work on the Treo 750? i heard something about Windows Mobile? didnt come with the treo. any one know where to get it?

I've downloaded minitones to my treo 755p and it worked the first time. Now that I have the program on my phone, I can't seem to get the songs to save to the minitones file. I don't know how to move the tones from p-tunes to minitones. Is this even possible. Also, when I download the songs to my phone when it goes to p-tunes I can't even listen to it. Is it because of the minitones file? If anyone understands and can help I would really appreciate it.

Thanks

worked like a charm, got it installed and created my new tone in 5 minutes

Help Please someone...I consider myself to be somewhat computer savvy however I can't get these mp3's to play on my phone. My SD card is in my phone and I hotsync to my computer and drag the selected files to my expansion card. I get on minitones on my palm...songs might be there songs might not. I have edited 3 songs now and added them to my sounds and set them as my ringer. No luck none of them play. I would love someone...anyone to email me step by step instructions on how to fix this problem..it's killin me. I would appreciate any help greatly!! My email address is dorsettjennifer@yahoo.com. Thanks : )

How do I add songs to my minitunes? im so confused.

how can i tell whether it is a VBR or CBR and how can i convert VBR into CBR?

I have a similar problem too. I've used Minitones and Musictones and several online MP3 music editors like 3Guppies to trim MP3's to 30 seconds or less. I'm using Call Filter on my 700P which according to the developer is only designed up to the 680, but seems to work well for me with the exception of using MP3 as ringtones. It seems that even after I answer the phone the ringtone won't stop playing. Same thing for SMS messages. Call Filter has a lot of features that other Call Management/MP3 software doesn't have. Does anyone else out there have a similar issue with their 700P and an MP3 that is set as a ring tone/SMS message that won't stop playing?

Thank you so much for showing how to do this. It works great on my Palm Centro I was going crazy not knowing how to make ringtones. Your instructions are perfect and very detailed. THANKS!!!

THANK YOU TO THE PERSON THAT RECOMMENDED THIS APPLICATION. I WAS ABOUT RETURN MY PALM CENTRO TO SPRINT, BECAUSE THE RINGTONE THIS PHONE COMES WITH IS REALLY NOT THAT HOT. MINITONES WORKS PERRRRRRRRRFECT. MY PALM CENTRO IS NOW COMPLETE. I LOVE IT NOW MORE THAN EVER BECAUSE THE CAPABILITY OF CUSTOMIZED RINGTONG.

Okay - so can someone plz explain something to me. I downloaded minitones to my 680. I also stored it to computer (Why - i don't know). do u HAVE to have this expansion card thing for this mp3 thinger to work? AND - if u do have to have it - when u shave the file down to 30 seconds or whatever - does your original file remain unaffected and does it automatically save the "trimmed" file to the phone? -- i know i'm getting older now - these newer phones confuse the heck out of me ... HAHA

I found a work-around for adding ringtones to the Centro as I have not installed a SD card yet. Use Audacity and convert the mp3 to a .wav file. When you transfer the file, it will go straight into the ringtone directory. I had the same trouble with the mp3s I was sending from my 700p to my Centro. All the mp3s went straight into pTunes with no way to convert them to ringtones? The only drawback is that .wav files take up a lot more memory, so I would only suggest this as a temporary fix.

"Upgraded" to (Sprint) Centro from Treo650, so I skipped anything in between.

Is it just me, or is there no longer a way to select a ringtone on a Centro in the favorite buttons in the phone application?

I still see it on my Treo650, but where is it on the Centro? Gone? My quest to never ever never pay for a ringtone continues!

I use this program to convert any file to an .amr audio file: Nokia Multimedia Converter 2.0 (Windows) Free when you sign up. You still need a audio editor, such as a free one like Audacity; so perhaps the Minitones program bypasses all that. The .amr file is small, sounds good enough, gets stored on your Palm (not SD card), and is backed up.

OH FOR PETE'S SAKE I FOUND IT!

You change the ringtone in the individual contact! How about that! Now that's an upgrade, rather than relegating a ringtone ONLY to a favorite.

I use Agendus for calendar/contact/task/memo management, so I had to look around in the contact info the find the ringtone selection option! But it's there, too!

Nokia Multimedia Converter:
http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/45bb041c-97c8-4dc9-a4c6-1c3313411189/nMMConverter_v2_0.zip.html

Requires registration, first. But I like the small files generated, and you don't have to worry about what External Card is in your phone!

wow thanks for the link this software works like charm on my Treo 680, the MiniTones is a must have application.

:( just found out that i can here it once selected, and i can here it in the calender when set as alarm but it is not working for coming calls, any ideas?

Sorry for keep on posting here, I've finally found out that for some reason may be because of another application, all the contacts got a ringtone, that is why when i set a ring tone in the phone it wont work. now I've removed them all and set them to default, and then the Minitone works like charm impressive I would have bought it for 20$ if it was not for free.
thanks to all.

After purchasing a song from Napster I have a *.wma.
How do I get it in to a *.mp3 format using the Vista OS ?

Apparently I am extremely nontechnical! I downloaded minitones onto my computer. I do not know how to open it. Do I have to have internet on my Treo to download/use minitones?? Sorry it is such a novice question...Thanks-Kelli

so, kelli did you get your question answered? I would like to download the minitones to my computer, but I don't really want to download it to my treo via the internet.

FINALLY!!!! I have been looking EVERYWHERE for a way to get ringtones on my 755p. Even the people at Verizon had no idea (they suggested Ringo....which should be called "Sucko" instead bc it is crap). This little program works FABULOUSLY. I'm sooooo happy and thankful to the genius who developed it :) Minitones lets me use my own cd's and music as ringtones, which is freaking awesome bc that means I don't have to pay $$$ for ringtones ever again. I'm no computer whiz, so thankfully as soon as I clicked on the download button it immediately placed itself in my palmone quick install menu. I synced my treo and then it scanned my card for music and VIOLA! Now I finally have cool ringtones!!!! Yayyyyyy! Thank you Minitones! :)

i cant do it... nothing is showing up on the sd card and i have put songs on it....

I was wondering if anyone knows how this works with centro? I just got one from sprint and i want to be able to convert mp3s to ringtones, also do i have to get the SD card for minitones to work?

OMG I LOVE THIS PROGRAM OR SOFTWARE MY PHONE ROCKS!
ITS EASY TO USE AND VERY HELPFULL
-STEPH

MiniTones works great on my 755p AND ITS FREE! Tones ring LOUD and CLEAR. I love this program!

it said it wouldn't work for CENTRO... but it worked fine. Easy no brainer software.

Can anyone tell me why I can't get my windows media player (version 11) to recognize my centro? It will synch with everyting else, just not the centro. Any ideas?

has anyone figured out the answer as to why I can assign ringtones to certain contacts but when i set to default ringer it rings the alarm...not the song i set it to. Please help. this default ringer is driving me crazy!

Hi...I just got my centro from att and I keep reading that people are using minitones for it, but when I go to the page to download, it says the centro is not compatible?? Will it mess up my phone if I download it or will it be ok?? Can anyone help me? Thanks!!

I've got MiniTones working... although I find that it chops my mp3s short even if I don't tell it to. Anyone have any idears?

I just got a palm treo 750 and I was looking for a program to make my own ringtones and put them on my phone but everything I have looked at on your site says that it wont work with a palm treo 750 do you have anything that will please let me know. Thank you Tamera

I can't get the miniTones to work on my Treo 750. I'm completely bummed. When I trim the song and 'add' it to my sounds, my phone powers off and comes back on but with no additional sounds. Does anyone know if there is any software that will work with the 750?

Help Please I have uploaded my songs to my p tunes have my sd card and the minitunes will recognize only like 22 or the 189 songs or so that I have on there. Why is this happending and why wont it read all my songs... Please someone help im so frustrated. :) thanks a lot
Mario

to the above I mean it will only recognize 22 of the 189 songs not or. sorry. :)

i brought the palm centro a few weeks back and ive been trying to figure out how to make my mp3s my ringtone. so i have downloaded the minitones and i have songs on my sd card but when i open it it comes up with no songs on the list. im completely frustrated.
if someone can please help me it would be great!!!
send me and email angela_baby_is@hotmail.com
help!!!