How Do I Add A Ringtone To My Nokia Phone?

It has become much easier now to add ringtones to your Nokia Mobile Phones. Most of the modern Nokia phone can now receive ringtones through infrared, Bluetooth, memory expansion card or WAP download techniques.

The company has two different modeling systems to transfer ringtones to the Nokia phones. Nokia Phone Models built before 2003, may pose some problems as you need to check what is the format used in the phone. Depending upon this format, you can add ringtones to your Nokia Mobile Phone.

The two formats used up in the Nokia Mobile Phone are RTTTL or Nokring Format, and the Nokia binary format.

1. Adding ringtones to a Nokia Mobile Phone with a RTTTL (or Nokring) format

This method is used especially for the European GSM Nokia cell phones, which are based on the RTTTL Format, used for sending and receiving ringtones.

The first step is to connect your Nokia Mobile phone to your computer. These days, the latest Nokia mobile phones are enabled with an Infrared communication port which can be easily connected into the computer. In case, your Nokia Phone does not have an infrared port, you will have to use a data cable which is easily available at all the local mobile stores. Once the connection is set up, a RTTTL transfer software will be required to match the levels and route the way for adding ringtones. There are some good softwares available in the market which can assist you in the process. Logo Manager, Nokring or the Nokia Data Suite are some of them. These soft wares can be easily accessed at any specialized stores or at Nokia's web site, but there are also freeware and shareware programs that you can use.

Not all the ringtones can be added up in your Nokia Mobile Phone. The next step is to search for those ringtones which are compatible with the Nokia RTTTL format software. Be cautious, when you are searching for them as you need to check the formats carefully.

To simplify, here are some details about a Nokia RTTTL format ringtone.

A Nokia RTTTL format ringtone consists of 3 parts: name, colon, a few tempo and scale indications such as &o=4&, another colon then the actual ringtone, composed of a series of text notes (such as &4a8&) separated by commas. These ringtones are referred as &Nokring,& &RTTTL,& sometimes mistakenly RTTL (there are really 3 &T&) or simply &Nokia& ringtones on the web.

2. How do I transfer ringtones with the Nokia binary format?

Nokia binary format for adding ringtones is used in the upcoming models of Nokia mobile phones. These phones include Nokia 8260 and Nokia 5165 phones that support the Nokia binary format, often referred to as &Nokia 8260 format.&. One easily find out a Nokia binary format of a ringtone, since this is easily recognizable due to its unreadable format, e.g &014A3A51.& This is hexadecimal code that the compatible mobile-phones recognize. Once you find a Nokia binary ringtone, you will need to send it to your phone through a free SMS gateway.

Once the ringtone is received by the Nokia Mobile phone, the system should automatically recognize it as a new melody and store it.

If these two methods are not working out for your Nokia Mobile Phone, then you can always contact the technical support centre for further information on the issue.