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Do GSM phones need to be hacked to allow personal mp3 ring tones?
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Posted by: Badmana

I don't have any experience with GSM so I'm wondering, do 3rd party and/or "branded" phones have mp3 ringtones locked out?

I could understand if Rogers branded cells do, but what about non-branded hardware?

Posted by: Cosmic Blue

Non branded if unlocked have nothing locked out, you can add ring tones with no problems.

I don't believe that Rogers cripples their ring tones either, you just need the right software to add.

USually Motorola Phone Tools will do the job for you.

I have rizr on Rogers and have no problems adding ringtones. I had a razr v3 from rogers also had no problems adding ring tones.

Posted by: Badmana

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Originally Posted by Cosmic Blue

Non branded if unlocked have nothing locked out, you can add ring tones with no problems.

I don't believe that Rogers cripples their ring tones either, you just need the right software to add.

USually Motorola Phone Tools will do the job for you.

I have rizr on Rogers and have no problems adding ringtones. I had a razr v3 from rogers also had no problems adding ring tones.

Cool, thanks for the info.

Posted by: tbooth

SE phones require a DRM packager, but aside from that, you can use MP3's as ringers on all the other supported phones.

Posted by: N80 Master

I've had no problems putting .MP3's on my o2 branded Nokia N80 (even though it's unbranded now due to firmware update).

I like to use .AAC on my Nokia's as there about the same quality as 128kb .MP3's only smaller file size.

Posted by: DaleF

I've got a Rogers V3, and I can use MP3s as ringtones without issue. Just used OBEX over bluetooth to get them onto the phone.