Changing the SMS ringtone names in your iPhone

[kiasunkiasi]

Here's how...

1. SSH into /private/var/Applications/Preferences.app/English.lproj and copy the Sounds.string file to your PC
2. convert the Sounds.string file using http://140.124.181.188/~khchung/cgi-bin/plutil.cgi
3. open the converted Sounds.string file using WordPad or any other editor
4. change the SMS ringtone names into your preference and save changes
5. copy back the amended Sounds.string file back to your phone (make a copy of your original Sounds.string file, e.g. rename it into Sounds.string.original)
6. done!

All 6 SMS ringtones are located at /System/Library/Audio/UISounds with names from sms-received1.caf to sms-received6.caf [with corresponding name Tri-Tone etc.], Google for ways to create SMS ringtones if you have no idea how to do it...

[LeathaFace]

Thanx for the info!

[IMU2006]

Originally Posted by kiasunkiasi

Here's how...

1. SSH into /private/var/Applications/Preferences.app/English.lproj and copy the Sounds.string file to your PC
2. convert the Sounds.string file using Convert Apple Property list from binary to text XML
3. open the converted Sounds.string file using WordPad or any other editor
4. change the SMS ringtone names into your preference and save changes
5. copy back the amended Sounds.string file back to your phone (make a copy of your original Sounds.string file, e.g. rename it into Sounds.string.original)
6. done!

All 6 SMS ringtones are located at /System/Library/Audio/UISounds with names from sms-received1.caf to sms-received6.caf [with corresponding name Tri-Tone etc.], Google for ways to create SMS ringtones if you have no idea how to do it...

Worked like a dream. Nice and easy thank you for all the help

[aap1]

Hey.. does this still work??
cos theres no /Preferences.app/ folder when i access through iphonebrowser

PC user with v1.1.4

Thanks

[Kilrathy]

Yes it does! The Appliations are located in the root filesystem, so look at /Applikations/Preferences.app

It tried it and it worked perfekt!

[plegra97]

I have an iPhone 3g and I can't get this to work. I found the Sounds.string file under Preferences.app and copied it to my PC. Then I used the web address to convert the file and when I open it with Notepad the file is completely blank. Any ideas?