HTC Android custom mp3 ringtone

I find a little confusing how to use a custom MP3 as a ringtone on HTC android devices.

So here’s how to do it:

1. Transfer the mp3 file to your phone ( duh ) , using a usb cable or bluetooth, download it, or just copy it to the sdcard, the method doesn’t matter just transfer the file to the SD card. You can put it basically anywhere the device will find it automagically

2. Now how to use it as a ringtone.

Simple when you’ve figured it out but I think it’s not user friendly at all.
The trick is that you actually have to play that mp3 first…

So use: All programs -> Music , now press the lower left button, and play the file you just transferred. Now while it’s playing, press menu, and there’s the option to “set as ringtone”…

Here you can select to use it as:

• phone ringtone – this is the default ringtone
• contact ringtone – you can assign this mp3 to a specific contact , like an mp3 file yelling “It’s him! Don’t pick it up!” you get the idea
• trim ringtone – if you haven’t already edited the file and you only want to use a part of the music as ringtone, you can very easily trim the file, so you can specify start and endpoints without needing to edit the music. This feature is actually pretty cool and very user friendly, it’s worth to have a look at.

That’s all basically.

The method should be the same for all HTC Android devices. It was tested on the Legend.

I’m just wondering why there is no “use custom” option or something like that in the standard ringtone selection menu. This is stupid actually, but the above method works.

Have fun with annoying people around you