Ringtones (yeah, I'm going there)

What ringtones do you use? I need ideas.

I've been using the standard Sony Ericsson ringtone (prefer this version) on my phone for a while, but it's annoying because I keep thinking my phone's going off if someone else has a loud ringer. I just don't like a lot of the preloaded ones, but at least that one's not as irritating. The one I used on my old phone for about a year was the Not Late preload from Sony Ericsson - definitely not the most "manly" sound; but it was soothing, relatively distinctive, and sounded like Pac-Man in a noisy bar.

I'm not against something recognizeable, as long as it's not some current song. I won't even get into how aggravating it is to hear "You're so beauuuutiful girl..." every time random_female_23 gets a call. One of my friends uses the Halloween theme, which is perfect because it loops well and is unusual enough that we always know it's his phone going off since it hasn't been over-distributed even though it was one of the defaults on his smartphone. The other plus is the lack of lyrics. Hearing actual voices in a ringtone tends to annoy me. I'm sure there are exceptions, but I just haven't heard it done in a way that sounds right yet. One of my former coworkers had the wookie howl on his phone for a day, but he nixed that after it went off very loudly during a meeting. I'm OK with sounding geeky, but that one's a little over the top for me. I considered using the Airwolf and MacGyver themes, but then I heard them again... Without all the noise from the show, Airwolf's theme sounds really juvenile. MacGyver doesn't really have a clean cutoff segment.

...and since I started the topic in the first place, fuck all those companies that sell ringtones. Every time someone else tells me about buying a ringtone the night before, I run the risk of breaking my nose with a vigorous facepalm. It's worse than the Music CD-R marketing scam of the 90s.

Mileron 17 years ago
On my phone (Sanyo SCP-2400)...

Sister: Christmas Eve Sarajevo (Transiberian Orchestra) She loves Christmas music
Mom: Theme to Jurassic Park
Brother: Theme to 007
Ex-gf: Minuet in G
Sarah: Super Mario Brothers theme


I used to have the theme to Indiana Jones and a bunch of others in my old phone but a replacement necessitated their loss.

I use www.3gforfree.com which I'm pretty sure is free. $1.50+ for a ringtone from the cell company every time I replace the phone is a scucking fam.
There are also some programs that allow you to create ringtones, but I haven't researched any.
Vishanti 17 years ago
Most modern phones support truetones, so pretty much any standard sound file can be used as a ringtone. My friend and I have full versions of Adobe CS2, so we typically use that to cut/convert any soundfiles necessary.

I may have to chop up Fable by Robert Miles. That song plays extremely well on my phone's speaker.
Merreck 17 years ago
I use the intro to GnR's 'Sweet Child of Mine'. There's no lyrics at that point in the song. It's long enough that the phone can ring a few times before it starts over. And, its not immediately loud so my phone doesn't startle the shit out of me everytime I get a call.

I bought my ringtone from verizon because I pretty much pick a ringtone and stick with it long enough to feel I get my buck fifty's worth.
Trakhina 17 years ago
I have the Firefly theme.
Temprah 17 years ago
I use a clip of the chorus from "Headstrong". I just love having a loud growl followed by "back off I'll take you on..." people always jump and look *hehehe*
Mileron 17 years ago
Vishanti;92670
Most modern phones support truetones


Yeah, this is true.

My own phone though was purchased right as "real" ringtones became popular, but doesn't have the feature. So I'm stuck with polyphonic/midi ringtones.

Which I really don't mind too much...

Especially when my brother has ringtones like the Strongbad "mail" thing and a bunch of others that talk that are just too annoying to not want to take a freaking hammer to it.
Asha 17 years ago
My partner has the theme to 'Pinky and the Brain' and one of the guys i used to work with had the theme song to Top Gun. My boss has the Bob the Builder theme.
ROzbeans 17 years ago
Before I replaced my phone - I have to be in the lower 48 to download ringtones since I have verizon and alaska is considered 'extended network'.

mom - mission impossible
Mike - AC/DC: TNT
Jello - What comes around, JTimberlake

Then I had various ones I'd switch to - Halloween, Seinfeld theme, 007
Adiene 17 years ago
I got Transformers theme o_O
Rikr 17 years ago
I use standard ringtones. I had AC/DC - Back in Black on my old phone. It got old. Now i use one that sounds like a digital type of phone ring...that probably doesn't make sense. (it does in my head.)