w580i, no mp3 ringtones with ATT either?

[MP]

verizon does cripple there phones.

[Irishdrunk]

They could do what Verizon does to their handsets. Thankfully the only thing they lock down is Network Selection and Ringtone Size.

Ya no doubt who in there right mind would want an Env with all those restrictions by Verizon.

I ended up finding the right firmware, the phone is so much better debranded...I recommend doing it ASAP!

[bigb252]

This is true. However, they like to get around that by selling you a phone at a very discounted price as long as you give up "some" freedom

They could do what Verizon does to their handsets. Thankfully the only thing they lock down is Network Selection and Ringtone Size.

My friend's Cingular-branded W300i(I still hate the keypad) has network selection... Did their W810i have it?

[Baldilocks]

My friend's Cingular-branded W300i(I still hate the keypad) has network selection... Did their W810i have it?

Not sure. I know a lot of the older phones on Cingular were pretty much still opened up.

[MP]

My friend's Cingular-branded W300i(I still hate the keypad) has network selection... Did their W810i have it?

branded = NO

[S7ryk3r]

http://www.howardforums.com/showthre...&highlight=580

MP3 Ringtones for w580 explained and figured out in this link = )

[bodeh6]

The last SE phone I got from AT&T was the Z520a I never had a problem with ringtones. Of course all of my ringtones are within the limits of the boundries set by AT&T. But my last 2 phones (unlocked W810i and unlocked K790a) you can use any file as a ringtone no matter length or size. But who would want the intro to most songs? Most people want the courus.

[cliro]

I just converted all mine to WAV files and they work fine as ringtones that way.

[Kaarlsrud]

Last week we bought the w580i from Best Buy for AT&T and I had a little trouble at first doing my own ringtones. I use Ringtone Media Studio (which is like Motorola Phone Tools for all phones) and still create my own mp3 ringtones. I think it just has to do with the file size. We've tried to keep them all around 300kb and they work. One ringtone we had from another phone that we made was around 600+ kb and it did not work. When I dropped it down to 300kb it did work. This is the AT&T white branded w580i.

[{StatuSChecKa}]

Yea thanks Kaarl, it has been mentioned that the 580's work with custom ringtones up to 600KB, which equals out to 30-45 seconds or quality audio.

[w580i white]

is there a way to debrand the w580i for free? cause i tried wotan, but then i had to buy the firmware, and im cheap

[MP]

get
1. setool2lt
2.FS and Main
3.Custom file (IMPORTANT)

But you better do some reserch so you dont hose yer fone...

topsony.com has all the file you need, also the instructions in the forums on how to.

I was thinking about writing something here, but I am in no position to offer the amount of support it would need.