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Motorola VA76r ringtones?
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Posted by: Sniper.338

Sorry about the newbie question, but I just got a VA76r and bought the Motorola Tools and utilities and can't get the ringtones to work. It is a Rogers phone and I was told that they "lock" them so you have to buy their ringtones. Any suggestions?

Posted by: sacad

Same problem here - Searched everywhere but have yet to find a solution. Unlocking the phoone won't help either

Posted by: iforce 5.7

Seems like no one can debrand these phones as of yet. I hope they do as I got one from Rogers only to find out you can't put your own Ringtones on it! I bought the damn thing as it is very rugged much to my needs but the sob's want you to buy ringtones. I can't seem to find a rugged phone like this one that is unbranded.

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Posted by: Perios

Motorola's sales this quarter dipped yet again. If Motorola sold directly to consumers, their sales would be much higher. Instead of being at the mercy of carriers who require Moto to not only lock the handsets, but put all that crap on them to promote carriers' product. What does Moto get in return? A used car salesman to peddle their phones whenever a contract is sold? It seems idiotic to me.

All these phones could have been SO MUCH nicer and perform better if only most of their features weren't thrown out in favor of carrier garbage.

Posted by: ALEXPOD

I have the same issue with my phone that I picked up yesterday I went from the wimpy blackberry that I couldn't hear while in noisy places so I went to a mans' rugged phone and I only have these wimpy ring tones on it and I can't even add what I want, this really sucks . I'm ready to send it back unless there is a solutionhttp://207.218.242.35/default/images/icons/icon8.gif

Posted by: Irise34

My mid's and MP3 are working on mine....Have you got MPT 5.17d? Keep updating until you get there with the Tundra hooked up by USB cable. Took my wallpapers too.

Posted by: iforce 5.7

When you speak of (MPT 5.17d) are you referring to a firmware update? Also are you able to apply your MP3's as a ringtone or just listen to them as I like useing the Motorola Phone Tools to make up my own ringtones and use on my other phones. THANKS FOR THE HELP!!!!

Posted by: unregistereduse

I have one ATT branded and one directly from motorola.com, and they both allow me to use anything i want for my ringtone. I just downloaded all mine from zedge.com to my memory card and stuck it in the phone. I did have to copy them to the phone's memory though to use them as ringer id's. I'd say that rogers must be your problems.

Posted by: Perios

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Originally Posted by unregistereduse

I have one ATT branded and one directly from motorola.com, and they both allow me to use anything i want for my ringtone. I just downloaded all mine from zedge.com to my memory card and stuck it in the phone. I did have to copy them to the phone's memory though to use them as ringer id's. I'd say that rogers must be your problems.

When you say you have one directly from Motorola (vs. the at&t branded one), do you mean that the one from Motorola has no branding, no at&t logos or software etc. ?

Posted by: Irise34

Yep I am using homemade mp3's it works. MPT 5.17d software from motorola so far is the only thing I can get to connect to it

Posted by: Irise34

I transferred my wallpapers I wanted thru Bluetooth I am not going to try loading anymore until I get my memory card.

Posted by: iforce 5.7

I guess its lol at me with my last post. MPT (Motorola Phone Tools) I must of had a brain fart. I have it totally up to date (MPT) but Rogers (bless there greedy big asses) has DRM firmware on the VA76r and most all the other phones they offer. Would be nice to get around this and debrand and personalize as I wish. They (greedy big asses/ROGERS) seem to thing they are socialist rulers. I on the other hand have been collecting music most of my life and want my own tunes!!!!! FREE WORLD EH!!!!

Posted by: frog_pond

I just picked up a VA76r Tundra. It came from AT&T, complete with all the branding garbage.

I did not need any software to upload a ringtone to the Tundra. I simply plugged it into my laptop's USB port using a mini-USB to USB cable I had laying around. The OS (Debian Linux) recognized the phone as a storage device with a file system on it and automatically opened its folder. I dropped an mp3 ringtone downloaded from the net into the appropriate sub-folder on the phone, then selected the ringtone on the phone itself.

It worked fine. No MPT needed.

I haven't tried it with Windows yet, but I don't know why it wouldn't work. The laptop just sees the phone as a USB storage device.

Posted by: hedcayce

Just a thought, have you tried an uploader like rumkin?

Posted by: unregistereduse

Yeah, by from motorola I mean it has no branding, no media net key, etc... I actually like the ATT phone a little better though.

Posted by: Perios

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Originally Posted by unregistereduse

Yeah, by from motorola I mean it has no branding, no media net key, etc... I actually like the ATT phone a little better though.

Wait a minute

You bought a non-branded Tundra from Motorola? Did you buy in Canada (from Motorola Canada) or from the US Motorola Store at 1-866-289-6686?

And if it has no branding, is it running a stock Motorola firmware with the "Network Selection" menu enabled?

Posted by: frog_pond

And why do you like the AT&T phone better?

Posted by: iforce 5.7

I myself like useing the Motorola Phone Tools as I can use what ever portion of the song I want and fade in and out as I wish! A little bit like DJing. Personally don't even like mp3 format I like to here all the music!!!!!!!!! But for ringtones it will do. Must be an old fart audio file (vinyl, reel to reel)....

Posted by: unregistereduse

I assume it is direct from motorola usa, a friend of mine ordered it for me and said that's where it was from. He travels alot and always has unbranded phones that he can just pop any sim into and it will work, so when he was talking about getting a tundra i asked him to get me one and that's the way it came. And if by network select you mean that I can see what network i'm on then yes. As for why I like the ATT one better, it is because I use the media net and mobile email functions alot, so it is a little easier.

Posted by: Perios

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Originally Posted by unregistereduse

And if by network select you mean that I can see what network i'm on then yes.

To get to "Network Selection": Go to the main menu, click on configure (or settings). Once you're in the Settings sub menu you should see Profiles, Themes, Connections, Call Settings, etc.

Scroll down to Network, and select it to get in. Once you're in, please report back with the options you see listed there. For example, it should say something like Current Network, Scan Avail. Networks and so on. We're interested in Network Selection because it let's you lock the phone to 3G mode for better call quality. So if you see something like 850/1900UMTS or 850/900/1800/1900 GSM that would be IT.

I think we'd all appreciate it.

Posted by: frog_pond

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Originally Posted by Perios

Or lock out 3G for longer battery life, especially in an area with marginal 3G coverage.

Posted by: unregistereduse

Yes, it has that ability. The problem I had with dropped calls was from moving to and from a 3g area, so my friend made it so that my phone doesn't go to 3g, it always says edge. But, I just switched back to alltel and sold both tundras to a friend at work. I will ask him to look at the menus tomorrow, but what you described sounds like what happened, as he made the change right on the phone.

Posted by: iforce 5.7

We were discussing putting personalized ringtones on the MOTO VA76r (branded). Now we are talking (unbranded) and network issues. Is there any firmware out there that I and many others could use to address this issue. I have tried removing the micro sd and putting ringtones on it but when you reinstall it and try to use as ringtone in the menu it is grayed out so you can't install the ringtone! ROGERS BRANDED CRAPPPPP!!! Any help or suggestions would be GREAT or maybe I should just run the piece over with my truck although it probably would survive! DRM=Dough Really Matters!!!

Posted by: hedcayce

Like I suggested before, try an uploader.
http://rumkin.com/tools/sprint

When I use it on my AT&T phone it won't send the text so I have to manually go to the wap site on my phones browser.

http://rumkin.com/tools/sprint/jump.php

Love to know if it works.

Posted by: iforce 5.7

I only do data at home on PC & MAC. Like I said old school (Analog High End Stereo) (Digital as well as long as it is produced and recorded ifin you know what I mean.) Now I'am off topic! I use my phone as a phone. Tried browsing once but it doesn't seem to cut it on a small screen. So I'am back to square one. HOW TO PUT MY OWN RINGTONES ON THE MOTO VA76r?

THANKS FOR THE GREAT IDEA THOUGH!!!

Posted by: js1701

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Originally Posted by unregistereduse

Do they have to be less than 300KB? That's what I get on my Tundra.