How to Change the Default iPhone Ringtone

If you don’t want to use the default iPhone ringtone, you can change it into another ringtone. Your iPhone initially comes with 24 other ringtones. In addition to the 24 ringtones, you can create other ringtones yourself from an MP3 song.

To change the default iPhone ringtone, tap on the Settings button on the home screen. When the Settings window open, tap on Sounds. The sounds button can be spotted by the blue volume icon. Under the Sounds, you should tap on the Ringtone. When you tap on the Ringtone, you will be presented with a list of ringtones that is installed on your iPhone. To use a certain ringtone, tap on it. When you tap on the ringtone, it will automatically play so that you can preview it. When you are done, tap on the home button located at the bottom of your iPhone to return to the home screen.

You can also specify a unique ringtone for a certain contact. To assign a ringtone for a contact, tap on Contacts. Next, tap on the contact which you want to assign a ringtone. After that, you should tap on Edit and then Ringtone. Under Standard, you should select a ringtone in the list. In order to assign a ringtone to a contact, tap on the ringtone title and a checkmark will appear next to it. Finally, tap on the info > Done to make the ringtone take effect for the contact. To assign a default ringtone to other contact, you should repeat the whole process all over again.

If you wish to use other ringtones which is not included in the 24 ringtone, you can make it by using the songs in iTunes. However, you can only use song without DRM to make iPhone ringtone. If you want to use ringtone from song with DRM, you must purchase it from the iTunes store.