How to: MP3 Ring tones on Branded SE Phones (Working!)

[tehpwne]

Ummm..I have problems installing the software at the beginning so the phone explorer cannot sense it. Any help?

[yomanhomes]

how come i cant drag the .drm file from the packager to the myphoneexploer?
it doesnt let me

[JUSTSUMCHICK]

O.k I have read over this whole thread, this is what is happening to me

I convert the mp3 to what I am supposed to, drop it in the white box under memory card and phone memory..

then I receive it on my phone and save it to music files. I then open it only to discover I can ONLY play it, the use ring tone option just says info.

SO I then tried to shorten them down to about 20 seconds using goldwave...I get the same problem.

I also tried that make a text file then copy it on Far Manager...but honestly I have no clue what the hell to do or how to copy it.

SO I still have my lovely phone with ****** ring tones. Any suggestions? PLease

[White Out]

ugh. so ya.. this works great.. except when whenever i upload stuff i randomly get the error
'OBEX Errorcode: 00 - Phone didn't answer'

i can get some files in 100%, but then that will pop up and i have no idea why. thoughts?

[b_ingram]

yea im having the same problem.....tupid rogers.......ive tried all the ways listed here and nuttin is workign so im unlocking my phoen to c if thats workx

[Jophen]

I bealive its the .dm you have to go to Configuration > and select Forward-lock
(When you are converting ur mp3 to a .dm file!)

[Firespite]

has anybody figured this out?

[tfp]

not really sure why anyone is having issue's with this. i've put custom ringers on 2 of my se's (w810 and w580) without any issue's as well as on numerous friends se's (3 w300's 2 w580's 2 w810's and a k850) also without any issue's.

are the programs installed correctly? all the drivers installed for the phone's correctly? are you copying the drm file or the original mp3 file?

[Firespite]

i'm copying the drm file...i believe the drivers are installed correctly...

[tfp]

and you're using mpe, selecting files and then dragging the drm file into the big white empty window???

[Firespite]

yep...I run into the same problems that everybody else described

[bhebiangel_17]

k.. so i got everything set up..
my phone says its my ring tone..
but when ppl call me, there's a different sound that comes out..
and no i dnt have the "set ringtune" for the ppl calling me..
it SHOULD work perfectly fine cuz apparently its my phone's ringtone now.
but the sound is different.

help

[Jordeeman]

Thanks So Much Man! I got my Sony Ericsson around a month ago, and ive been trying ever since i got it. Your method worked great! Thanks.

[dawgpatch]

Thanks so much for this article - it was a quick simple fix to what could otherwise have been an expensive project. Ie purchasing & downloading ringtones from rogers + paying for data transfer.

[metheuse]

w580i doesn't recognize the .dm file.

I tried with a theme in .dm extension put it in others folder and tried to install. There was no option to install. Only "send" option was available.

Same with MP3s in .dm extension. No other option except "send".

I have the same problem on my w580i. I tried every method listed here and it didn't work.
I used "combined delivery", "binary encoding type" and didn't change anything else for the configuration of the DRM packager.
No matter whether I dragged or used right click to "copy" the .dm file into the root menu of the phone file under the phone mode, the phone only received the file and could never recognize it as a music file. It just saved it in its "other file" and couldn't use it by any means.

I've been driven crazy by this ****y problem. Please help me! Thanks!