Personal Ringtones On The Samsung Exclaim
How to Customize Your Cell Phone Ringtone for Free
Oct 10, 2009
After recently buying a Samsung Exclaim from Sprint, trying to upload an MP3 as a personal ringtone might seem difficult. Sprint's software on the Exclaim encourages the download of ringtones purchased from Sprint's online store. Some ringtones may be downloaded if you have Internet service available on your phone. Users may experience problems when trying to download the MP3 ringtones available on the Internet.
There are no clear instructions on how to get personal ringtones on an Exclaim phone without going to the Sprint store. It can be done but it takes a little more work. With the use of a video editor and access to the Internet for uploads and downloads, and a link between the phone and your PC, a user may create a personal video ringtone.
Introducing Video Ringtones on the Samsung Exclaim
The Exclaim can use video ringtones, uploaded to the memory card, as a personal ringtones. The ringtones need to be formatted correctly, but this can be done with any video editor. The video just needs to be formatted properly, as Sprint requires a specific file format known as .3g2.
A .3g2 format is similar to the 3GP format, as the Samsung Exclaim is a third generation phone. This video format is ideal for the compression required for phones. It makes videos easier to upload, and videos can be processed to this format via your video editor, or through online converters.
With the inability to easily import an MP3, Samsung and Sprint might have made it harder to download music favorites as ringtones, but the extra steps to make a video ringtone might be a little more rewarding. To begin, collect the clips and audio needed and open up a video editor. Microsoft has a free video editor, called Microsoft Movie Maker, which works just fine.
How To Format Personal Ringtones for the Samsung ExclaimThere are a few things to remember about creating ringtones for the Exclaim. First, all ringtones need to be about 20 - 25 seconds in length. The size of the file needs to be at or below 513kb. Anything bigger than that, and the software will reject the ringtone.
Here's a quick run down on how:
- Using instructions on how to use Windows Movie Maker, cut the songs to the right length and add the pictures or video you wish.
- When saving your video ringtone, review how big the video will be before saving to a format.
- If there is a .3g2 format option available, save it as that.
- If the format isn't available, save it in a format as .avi or .wmv. Microsoft Movie Maker often automatically saves it as a .wmv.
If the .3g2 format isn't automatically available, use a free converter site like Media Convert or Zamzar's online converter. At converter sites, videos can be uploaded and in a few minutes, these converter sites will provide the proper format of .3g2.
Uploading Personal Ringtones to the Exclaim
With the ringtone created, and ready for uploading, there are a few more steps to take to include those ringyones on your phone.
- Plug the Exclaim's memory card into your computer, and open up the files.
- Open the file called DCIM, and inside that open file called 100SSMED.
- Move your new ringtone video to this file, and when finished, plug your memory card back into your Exclaim.
Now that the ringtones are on the Samsung Exclaim, selecting the proper settings following the instructions below will attach a ringtone to incoming calls.
- Click on your House button, go to Settings, then Sounds, then Ringer Type.
- Select Incoming Calls, then Contact Entries, then All Contacts.
- Select the My Videos option. Find your ringtone and add it.
To assign ringtones to individual people on the contact list, simply by editing the selected contact page, following the instructions to get to the My Videos folder.
When finished, the video ringtones that were customized for the Samsung Exclaim should work. These instructions also appear to work for the Samsung Rant, also provided by Sprint. Repeat the process to make as many ringtones as desired.
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