[tosa68]

Originally Posted by KendallParis

Is anyone else having problems with how the name of the song is written after the download? It's not the actual title, but pretty much jibberish for me and it makes the file useless.

Yes, the name as downloaded is jibberish, but if you scroll up, you should be able to change the name before saving -- at least this is what I do. Make note of which file type you're downloading. For example, I made mp3's out of Gtalk sounds so I could assign that as my alert & message notifications. When I download the mp3's from gmail via the bb, I change the name "lajdfa/jay8ewa/ajaheuufkak;safal;fd" to "Gtalk Message.mp3", then I can easily assign it to Google Talk New Message in my profiles.

BTW, I'm using a 7130c with 4.1 OS just in case you find something different.

Hope this helps!

[KendallParis]

I didn't see that last night, but I'll try it again and look for it. Thanks.

[paulbblc]

Originally Posted by tosa68

Yes, the name as downloaded is jibberish, but if you scroll up, you should be able to change the name before saving -- at least this is what I do. Make note of which file type you're downloading. For example, I made mp3's out of Gtalk sounds so I could assign that as my alert & message notifications. When I download the mp3's from gmail via the bb, I change the name "lajdfa/jay8ewa/ajaheuufkak;safal;fd" to "Gtalk Message.mp3", then I can easily assign it to Google Talk New Message in my profiles.

BTW, I'm using a 7130c with 4.1 OS just in case you find something different.

Hope this helps!

Nice find, that's great news! Thanks!

Over all I'm happy that this works, this is a ton easier than trying to find some place to host the clip then download it from.

[KendallParis]

I don't know if it's because I'm doing it on an 8700g, but I don't or couldn't figure out how to change the name. Thanks for the help anyway. I'll let you know if I can do it.

[tosa68]

Originally Posted by KendallParis

I don't know if it's because I'm doing it on an 8700g, but I don't or couldn't figure out how to change the name. Thanks for the help anyway. I'll let you know if I can do it.

Don't know what all the differences might be either -- that's one of the fun things with the BB's.

Anyway, what I see is:

- after downloading the ringtone, it automatically plays in the BB audio player
- I scroll to the 'menu' and select the menu
- from the menu pop-up, i select "save"
- the 'save' pop-up has the "Save" button hightlighted; the jibberish ringtone name is just above it in the "File" field -- don't save at this point
- trackwheel up into the name field, then delete all the jibberish
- enter in name of your choice (I say enter the file extension also, though I actually haven't tested what happens if you don't enter an extension)
- now save it

If you're not able to scroll up into & edit the "File" field, then I don't know what the difference is. Hopefully you can get it to work, 'cause this is much, much easier than finding/using a wap uploader site.

Good Luck!

[KendallParis]

YEAH!!! That's right! Take me by the hand and walk me through it! It worked! I was trying to change the file name from the menu prior to hitting save in the first long menu. Thanks guys.

[Wondabread]

i get an error msg saying "HTTP Error 406: Not Acceptable
The page you are trying to load is not supported by the browser. Please try loading a different page" every i go to scan and download..anybody know why and what i can do to get ring tones through gmail

[Wondabread]

double post sry

[pcdebb]

Originally Posted by Wondabread

i get an error msg saying "HTTP Error 406: Not Acceptable
The page you are trying to load is not supported by the browser. Please try loading a different page" every i go to scan and download..anybody know why and what i can do to get ring tones through gmail

in another thread you stated that you have a 7100i. you wont get anything other than .midi file ringtones on that phone. mp3, wav, or even adp files wont work.

[Wondabread]

well damn..aint that a *****...thanks for the 411

[unijag76]

good post....very helpful

[DSS597]

Originally Posted by paulbblc

If you don't have hosting abilities or want to fill out the info for free hosting (freewebs.com) there is a way to still get ring tones to your phone via email if you have a gmail account.

All you have to do is email the ringtone to yourself (less than 500kb) on your PC to your gmail account then log into gmail on your BB. Switch it to HTML mode if it's not allready and open the email you sent to yourself, it will be in your inbox.

At the bottom of the email, next to the attachment you'll see an option to scan and download, click that and let it load, then save the tune to your BB. You can then go into your profile section and set the tune to your ringtone.

Not sure if this has allready been discovered, did a search but didn't find anything. Hope this helps some people out.

Works with Yahoo too! Good call dude! I followed your "exact" Gmail instructions, only with Yahoo mail and it worked!

Good stuff!

[harryzuluberries]

don't remember if this was in the previous OS (i don't think so), but if you go into the profiles and click the trackwheel, then go to "show tunes", then once in the "tunes" screen, click the track wheel and you will see a menu item "volume". click this and it will let you choose between three volume levels. low, medium and high.

i know it isn't much, but today i made a ringtone out of the geico commercial with the caveman going thru the airport (the song, remind me) and i used windows sound recorder to boost the volume, but when i got it on my bb it was still low. i used this volume menu to put it to "high" and now it's perfect.

btw, if anyone wants that ringtone, pm me and i'll email it to you.

zulu

[jeffkoz]

Very cool, got it working.
If someone still needed a gmail invite pm me.

[jeremyw501]

This is fantastic. Do you think it would work with a voice recording?

[lreyes]

Hi i have 8700f - It worked once using gmail but now once i have tried to scan and download this message appears;
"HTTP error 403: Forbidden
you are not authorized to view this page. Please try loading a different page"
Has anyone got any ideas??

Thanks

[Eddiiieee]

This sucks for me my browser dont support downloading. :[

[ElbowGuts]

Wrong post sorry!!

[ElbowGuts]

I almost have my problem solved. I have downloded gmail so i can download ONE ringtone i want. Well i have it on my desktop as a Mp3 and a 7100i will not download Mp3's from gmail!! arggggg Anyway, if i send the mp3 to someone, can you transfer it to a MIDI then send it to my gmail address so i can finish my long awaited quest for my one ringtone?????? Just a thought, please don't get mad if i am asking a far fetched thing
Thank You all

--Guts

[JACPOT]

Hi All, Thanks so much for all the information! So I've done everything suggested and everything works down to the jibberish part and saving, but when the file shows up in the player it has 0:00 time and does not play even though the file size is 190kb (under 500kb as stated) and plays fine on my computer. It's an mp3 file. Can't figure out what's wrong? I'm trying to get this as a ringtone for my 8700c. Any suggestions?? Do I need to change the properties of what the file opens with on my computer?