Sending mp3's to your phone via text message?

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:03 pm

Hey, just wondering how you can send mp3 files to your phone via text messaging? A friend of mine has a sister that sent music files to his phone and then he sent the same files to my phone but I'd like to edit my own.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:24 pm

If it's Verizon, try sending an email to <your number here>@verizon.com (IIRC) w/ the mp3 as attachment. Worked for me w/ a few mp3 songs I wanted to use as ringtones.

Aee also here.

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:57 pm

Hmmmm... I'm using an Altell phone. It looks like they use a similar system but my tone wouldn't play for some reason. Wonder if there is anything particular in how I need to encode it? I used Goldwave with LAME as my encoder.

AlphaDoG · Post by **AlphaDoG** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:27 am

Does your phone have a micro SD slot?

I stuck a 2Gb card in my phone stuffed with mp3s from my computer.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:13 pm

I just picked up a USB cable for my Verizon phone, and use it with an app (called something like \"BitPIM\", I think) to transfer files over.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:27 pm

Last two suggestions usually won't work if you want to use the mp3's as ringtones tho. On my phone only mp3's that come in via SMS/email can be used as ringtones. Protects the ppl selling them

AlphaDoG · Post by **AlphaDoG** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:22 am

Actually Gren, the phone created folders for music, tones, videos, and pictures. I upload a snippet of a song file to the tones folder and viola it's available for a ring tone.

When I was using ATT, I emailed my gmail account and then used that message as a reference to be able to send ringtones to my phone.

Or you could just create an account at http://www.phonezoo.com and make and send your ringtones through them. It's free and effective.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:54 pm

Hehe, my phone is a PITA w/ regards to ringtones, they must be stored in its built-in memory and it won't allow to copy mp3s from the card..

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:08 am

Grendel wrote:Last two suggestions usually won't work if you want to use the mp3's as ringtones tho. On my phone only mp3's that come in via SMS/email can be used as ringtones. Protects the ppl selling them

Actually, I've had no problems whatsoever importing MP3s (pulled from CDs I own) via the USB cable and BitPIM app, and using them as ringtones. I let BitPIM convert them to the correct sample rate, and they work fine on my phone (LG VX5400).

DarkShadow · Post by **DarkShadow** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:37 pm

Grendel wrote:If it's Verizon, try sending an email to <your number here>@verizon.com (IIRC) w/ the mp3 as attachment. Worked for me w/ a few mp3 songs I wanted to use as ringtones.

Aee also here.

For ring tones on my Verizon phone vx9900 you email them to (yournumber)@vzwpix.com after you create an account at vzwpix.com.

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:21 pm

Nope, no SD slot. My phone uses a very specific power cable. It can function as a usb port but isn't shaped like one. I have a conversion cable but I couldn't ever get it read my phone.

Sending mp3's to your phone via text message?

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