How to Make Your Own Ringtones for Sidekick 3

The Sidekick 3 mobile phone available through T-Mobile offers a huge range of features, including the ability to play music, a pull-out keyboard, and a large memory for holding songs. Despite all of the extra features, the Sidekick's initial ring tones are limited and may not fit your style. However, it's an easy task to take a standard MP3 file from your computer and cut out a small segment to be used as a ringtone on your phone.

Things You'll Need

• USB cable

Instructions

1. Call up a website that either offers online ringtone creation or has a separate software program you can download (see Resources).

2. Download the install file and follow the onscreen installation instructions if you are using a separate ringtone-making program. Navigate through the website to the page that allows you to upload music if you are using an entirely online solution.

3. 

   Click on the "Upload" button on the website or software program, then navigate through your computer's hard drive to the folder that contains the song you want to use. Double-click on the song to upload it.

4. Type in the starting point and ending point of the song you want to turn into a ringtone and click "OK." Specify where you want the file to be saved to, then enter a name for the file. Wait for the program to finish converting that portion of the song to a ringtone, then pull out the USB cable that came with your Sidekick 3 phone.

5. Plug the cable from the phone into the USB port on your computer. Wait for the menu to pop up, then choose the option to "open a folder to view files or folders." Double-click on the "My Computer" icon on your desktop or "Start" menu. Navigate through your hard drive to the location where you saved your new ringtone. Click on the music file and drag it over to the first window you opened.

6. Remove the USB cable once the file has transferred, then turn your Sidekick 3 off and then back on. Press the phone's "Menu" key and choose the "Settings" option. Choose the "General" option, then "Incoming Ring Tone." Select the music file you transferred to set it as your ringtone.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure the file you are trying to convert to a ringtone is actually an MP3 and not a different format like WMA, as most programs and websites will only work with MP3 files.

Resources

• Convert MP3s to Ringtones
• Make Ringtones at PhoneSherpa
• Joy Ringtone-Conversion Software