For the few....and the proud couple people out there with a ic series phone out there. Here is how to convert your music files so the can be ringtones on your phone. First we need to make a *.wav format file then convert it to the native ringtone format on these ic phones called *.qcp (Purevoice).

First make a wav ringtone as you would for any other iden falcon phone (i730, i860, i870 ect.) Directions on that are Here.

After you have the file you want in *.wav format you need to convert it to *.qcp so the phone can read the file. To do this download This program. Its called "Purevoice Converter" and all you do is drag and drop the *wav file directly onto the file "pvconv.exe" in the zipped file. This will create a *.qcp file with the same name in the folder with "pvconv.exe".

You now have your ringtone ready to be uploaded!

Use MPT4 (Motorola Phone Tools) and select V323 under CDMA as your phone. The ic502 is basicly this phone with a few add ons....like iDEN Wakie-Talkie. With these settings you can upload pictures and the ringtone(s) you just created to your ic502. Don't ask me where to get MPT from....you have to find that on your own, but it is out there.

Hope this helps somone.

Credit for the purevoice converter goes to FunForMobile.com

Pictures and ringtones uploaded to the ic502 do not go into the "my content" tab in the menu. They end up under the menu in "Settings". Sound for ringtones and display for pictures. They are loaded with MPT4 as a "stock" ringtone or wallpaper that came with your phone. You can choose them to be loaded as a ringer or wallpaper like any other file that was on the phone before.

- ZeRO

How come the ringtone sounds like crap that I put on it? You can hear the vocals, but not melody.

because its .*wav....lol they all sound like poo. I'm looking into finding other supported formats later this week

The sound quality on my ic502 is very good. The only thing is I can't see the ring tones in MPT4 that I download into the phone in *.qcp format. The ring tones work in that format but cant be seenby MPT4. Therfore I can't do anything to them once they are on the phone. So I have to make sure I dont put a messed up ringtone or I'm stuck with it.
(I have one already that doesn't play)

Anyone find any other format thats playable yet?

MPT4 automaticly puts those ringtones you upload in the phones root folder. Just go back untill yu see the files you uploaded and you can remove them.

In the next few days i'll try some testing with diffrent formats and freqencys and see if i can find any ones that work.

Hows the ic502 working out for you so far?

-ZeRO

I found out that my auto update was turned off on MPT.... after turning it on and receiving the updates It worked as you described. Thank you.

So everyone make sure you have the most updated version lol

the ic502 is working out good .... except for at my desk lol one of the only places my 860 worked ok at lol. I was told that I should get a software update at a sprint store by customer care. The phone keeps saying that a new software is available but It wont download to the phone. she said that the download should help. I like the alarm and calender. and dont miss the camera since I really didnt use it. I do miss the assign ringtone to contact feature though alot!! The funny thing is I get dropped calls at (my desk)still but always when I speak to Customer care....hmmm or are they hanging up on me? lol

did you get the update? did it mess with the Ringtones or wallpaper?

mine alwaqys tells me to update also but never goes any farther when i select yes. I havent seen any updates for this phone on the moto site yet so i'm not sure if there is one out yet.

As for assining ringtones to individual people....you can do that :-)

Just go to contacts, select the person and hit options. Go to edit and hit right so you go over to the little "ID: looking icon. The first option is to set a picture for that person, I uploaded all my CID pics from my i870 to this and used them after editing the size down a bit in photoshop. The second option is the ringtone for that person.

Hope that helps.

THanks for the info I got to assign ringers . I'll be uploading the pics from my 860 later. Also I should make it to the sprint store later today . I'll let you know if there really is an update.

Ok....I used MPT 4 and put the standard .wav ringer onto it....works like a charm...no conversion needed.

will the phone play it tho? you can upload a mp3 ringer too but the phone just wont play it. If so whats the format you have the file in. what kbs and khz

Doh...nvm...it doesn't work....

I am receiving an error message #1012 while trying to update the phone. It states that it can not prepare vision services. I have Vision and it works fine.
Any Ideas?

So nicely put, anyone should be able to do it!
THANK YOU!! I had been plagued with preloaded tones on my ic502 until I was tipped about this thread.
THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! By the way... MPT 4 is awesome!! I purchased it outright, WELL worth it.. Lots of updates!! I think it's now ver. 4.26
Anyway.. You've made me very happy.
Thanks again.
Matt

No problem lol. Glad it helped a couple people so far. Hope it helps more as these phones are seen by more and more people. MPT is a really good product too and as you said if you like it you should buy it to support the authors so they can make more updates