Own ringtones for the smartphone: Here's how

A full train, a phone rings. 15 passengers reach into their jacket pockets, but only one is called. While ring tones used to be an important differentiator and were advertised on television in a continuous loop, today every second phone rings the same. It is quite easy to give modern smartphones a personal ring tone. But what does it come down to?
A good ringtone should be individual and recognizable, but not penetrative, says Marcel Kloppenburg from the Berlin University of the Arts. The problem: This combination is pretty difficult.
Anyone who has had a mobile phone for a long time may still remember the time of savings subscriptions and ring tones with names like "Crazy Frog" or clever sayings from politician imitators. Ringtone subscriptions are still available today. Fortunately, owners of modern smartphones have completely different options for ringing their phones individually - if they don't like the manufacturer's preinstalled tones.
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This is how you get your own ringtone on your cell phone

Android makes it easy for its users: the phone is connected to a computer and the desired sound files are moved to the "Music" folder, for example, or the music files are loaded directly onto the phone. The tones should ideally be stored in the media library as MP3 files. In principle, however, almost all audio file formats are accepted, and it doesn't matter how long the song or the sound is. With Apple's iOS, which is used on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, it is a little more complicated: The desired sound must be in M4R format and can be a maximum of 40 seconds long, which is in fact an AAC-encoded file , but a special ending only used by Apple. The music you want can be cut to size with free programs such as Audacity and converted to M4R format with the online audio converter, which is also free to use. Now the finished ringtone only has to be moved to the iTunes area "Tones" and appears in the settings of the iPhone after the phone and computer have been synchronized.

Beware of free ringtones from the network

If you don't want to tinker with your computer but can't find what you are looking for among the existing tones, you will quickly come across websites with free ring tones. However, there is a risk of malicious software being caught. "Nobody has anything to give away on the Internet," warns Oliver Buttler from the Baden-Württemberg consumer center. Buttler recommends that interested parties invest a little bit of money. It's pretty easy, especially for iPhone users. In the ringtone settings of the device, there is direct access to the ringtone store at the top right of the screen. Many tones are available here for 99 cents and can be selected immediately.
The Google Play Store for Android smartphones and tablets does not have a ringtone area, but you can buy music there and select it as a ringtone. With apps such as Ringtone Maker (Android), the desired tone can be shortened and a fade-in and fade-out effect can be inserted. For iOS it works with the Ringtones app. Then the whole song doesn't ring from the beginning every time you call.
Even the savings subscriptions are still available today - but the very bad rip-off with ring tones has now subsided, says consumer advocate Buttler. Anyone who buys ringtones via an app or a chargeable SMS has to be vigilant as to whether it is a single purchase or whether the purchase is a subscription. A third-party lock set up by the mobile operator protects against unwanted purchases. It can be set up free of charge either via the online customer account, the hotline or via the customer app.