Helio. How do i make ringtones?

Question

Is there a way to make my music from my computer to my Helio Ocean and set them as ring tones? Or do I have to buy them... that would suck, cause they are way too expensive to buy... >_<

Answer 1

Easiest thing for Helio users is to bookmark HelioCity http://www.heliocity.net/ they have all the information about all the products and a great forum.

Helio tones are MMF files and limited to 29 seconds!

The guide at http://www.heliocity.net/guides/create-mmf-ringtones-from-mp3-using-free-software/ explains it all. I have cut and pasted it below, but the web page has photos to help allow along. I have made over 40 myself so far.


Create MMF Ringtones from MP3s Using Free Software

So - You’re ready to put new ringtones on your phone. Unfortunately, Googling leads you to believe that the only way to do so involves crazy shareware apps that end up costing as much as a bagful of premade ringtones.
Don’t worry, We’ve got you covered. We’ve written this guide to demonstrate how to take an MP3 and convert it into a ringtone using nothing but free software. (Oddly enough, it’s almost easier than doing it with the applications built for this purpose.)

A PC will be used for the purposes of this guide, but both applications are available for OS X. Everything within the guide should translate over to OS X fairly easily.

Note: For the time being, MP3s can be used directly as ringtones with a bit of renaming. If Helio ever decides to change that, MMFs should still work just fine. See the bottom of this guide for more info)

Requirements:
- Audacity (Available Here)
- Yamaha’s Standalone Converter (Windows Download / OS X Download)

The Process:
1. Download and Install Audacity, and unzip the converter to a convenient location.

2. Open Audacity

3. In Audacity, Go to File->Open

4. Open the MP3 you wish to create an MMF ringtone out of. It should display the MP3s wave form

5. Highlight the section of the song you wish to make into a ringtone by dragging over it with your mouse.
I want THAT part!.

6. Go back up to File, but this time choose “Extract Selection As WAV” (If you’re going to try to use an MP3 as a ringtone instead, choose “Extract Selection As MP3″ and skip the next 4 steps.)

7. Save the .WAV file in the same folder that you extracted the converter to.

8. Open the converter. Simply drag your newly made .WAV on top of the converter. The default options should work perfectly for the Ocean. Title it whatever you want the Ringtone to be called.

9. Hit ok.

10. The converter will create a new .mmf in the same directory you’re storing it in.

How to use MP3s directly instead: Follow steps 1-6 above to create a ringtone you like. Rename the exported MP3 from “Songname.mp3” to “Songname.mmf“. Be warned though - theres a chance Helio didn’t intend for this to work at all, and it may be fixed in a future OTA update.

If you need help getting your new mmf (or MP3) onto your ocean, follow Next Guide:


How to upload MMF, Mp3, or MIDI Ringtones to Your Ocean

So, you’ve had your Ocean for a while. You’ve cycled through the standard ringtones, even considered purchasing new ones, simply because you feel the need to make the phone yours. Yet none of the ringtones seem to fit your tastes.

Don’t worry - with a bit of work, you can make the phone play just about any song you want the next time mom calls.

Thanks to underscorex1 of HowardForums for bringing this to light.

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Note: Currently, MP3/MIDIs with their extension replaced with .mmf will work. For example: “Song.mp3″ renamed to “Song.mmf” will load as a ringtone in the same manner as a normal .mmf would. However, Helio may change this in a future Over-The-Air update. If so, follow this guide to learn how to convert MP3s to MMF.

What You’ll Need:

* PC or Mac with an Internet Connection
* Helio Ocean (Pretty Important.)
* Any MMF, MP3, or MIDI below 1MB (Issues have been reported with VBR encoded MP3s)
* Any email account accessible through the built in Helio “Message” inbox. (You must use the Message inbox - browser based email won’t work.)

The Process:

1. First, we must prepare the ringtone. If it’s an MMF, you’re set. If you’re using a MIDI, MP3, or WAV file, you must rename the extension to mmf. You don’t need to convert it, just change the extension. For example: Song.mp3 should become Song.mmf.

Windows XP: follow this guide to be able to view/change file extensions. Right click the file and click “rename”.
Mac OS X: right click the file and hit “Get Info”. Modify the extension under the “Name and Extension”.

2. On any computer with a net connection, send an e-mail to the Yahoo e-mail account with the MMF/Mp3/MIDI as an attachment (As mentioned above, MP3s must be renamed to have an mmf extension)

3. On your Ocean device, open the e-mail.

4. Highlight the attachment. This should change the ‘Compose’ option to ‘Download’.

5. Press the flame key. This will download the MMF/Mp3

6. Highlight the attachment - Notice that ‘Download’ has changed to ‘Action’

7. Press the flame key again.

8. Choose “Save to Rings”

9. Leave the mail program, and go to the ‘Customize’ screen, followed by ‘Rings’, and then ‘Free rings’. The files you downloaded earlier will be available here.

Having trouble getting MP3s to work? Head on over to the forums and ask for help.

Note for people that arn’t getting a “Save to Ringtone” option:
-You must rename the extension to MMF. Read step 1.

Answer 2

www.heliocity.net
I would find the link for you for the easy and free tutorial on how to do it but the laptop im on right now is really slow, but that site is the best for almost anything helio.

Answer 3

google
Helio Ocean ringtone format
find out what the format is then find a conerter is Helio Ocean uses pure mp3 then just download mp3 however you choose and use Audacity


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAME

Answer 4

Just take any piece of audio editing software like Audacity and cut up and MP3.

Answer 5

i dont think that it does but you can check it here

Answer 6

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