Tutorial: How to add your own ringtones to an Amp'd RAZR V3M.

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  • 1. Select menu – Tools
  • 2. Select Sounds
  • 3. From Sounds select Switch Storage Device
  • 4. From Storage Devices select Transflash
  • 5. From the Tools menu select Record New
  • 6. From Record New press and hold the right hand button on your RAZR
  • 7. Record a short voice message; 2 – 3 seconds is enough
  • 8. After releasing the button the phone should display the Voice Records menu with the tune you just recorded highlighted
  • 9. Press Play to make sure something recorded
  • 10. Now shut down your phone and remove the Transflash Card
  • 11. Place the card in your computer or SD card reader
  • 12. Open Windows Explorer and browse the SD card. The filename that you just recorded should be displayed in the root directory of the SD card.
  • 13. Copy a 30-second MP3 file to the root directory (30-seconds is what I use).
  • 14. You should now have the voice recording that you made and the MP3 file that you want in the root directory of the SD card.
  • 15. Right-click on the voice file and select rename. You are NOT going to rename it.
  • 16. A rectangular box should appear around the filename and the filename should be highlighted.
  • 17. Press CTRL – C to copy the filename including the file extension. Make sure you can see the file extensions.
  • 18. Now de-select the voice file by pressing Enter or just clicking on another file.
  • 19. Select the voice file and delete it.
  • 20. Now right-click on the MP3 file and select Rename
  • 21. A rectangular box should appear around the filename and the filename should be highlighted.
  • 22. Press CTRL – V. This will rename the MP3 file to the same name as the voice file was. (All you doing is tricking the phone to think that the MP3 file is the voice recording that you originally made).
  • 23. Safely remove the Transflash card from the computer or reader and place it back in the phone.
  • 24. Turn on the phone and wait for it to boot-up

*24a. You need to delete the file "MyToneDB.DB" found in the root directory (BitPim works well for this). Turn the phone off and then on again. The deleted file will be rebuilt with your new ringtone included.

  • 25. Select Menu - Tools menu.
  • 26. Select Sounds from the menu
  • 27. Find the renamed MP3 file, select it and press Play to make sure it plays.
  • 28. Press the End button on the phone.
  • 29. Select the Settings and Tools menu
  • 30. Select Sound Settings
  • 31. Select Ring Styles
  • 32. Select Master Volume Details
  • 33. Select Calls: ____________
  • 34. Select Change
  • 35. Scroll the list of ring tones until you find the filename that you want.
  • 36. With that filename selected wait a few seconds, it should play, if not scroll the list to one of the default ring tones and make sure that one them plays. Then scroll the list to the filename that you want to use. Wait and see if it plays. (I had to back out of the menus, and go back through the menus again to change the ring tones to make the renamed MP3 file play).
  • 37. If the file plays, press Enter on the phone then back out of the menus.
  • 38. The MP3 file should play as your ring tone.
  • 39. All I can say is that this is what works for me.
  • 40. Good luck.
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