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SilentOne

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#10972 22-Dec-2006 19:48
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[EDITED: see Below, answered my own question]

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SilentOne

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  #56272 24-Dec-2006 11:35
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For those wanting to know,

Here's how to place ring tones on your Sanyo 8400. At this stage it only works for Calls but NOT for messaging/voice mail.


Tools

Quicktime Pro (QT)
Paint
WAV/MP3 editor (I use Goldwave, another common one is Audacity)



1) Make a JPEG with dimensions 64x64 pixels

2) Open this with QT

3) Edit yourself a ringtone no longer than 30 seconds (more than 30 and it will normally click to voicemail)

4) Save As Mp3 with the attributes:
  • 44,100Hz,
  • 160kbps **Can vary depending on size & quality**
  • Mono
5) Open this in a new QT window.

6) Copy the ring tone and paste it at the very start of the JPEG window in QT

7) Click File-> Export

8) From this prompt, select Movie to 3G next to the Export heading then click the Options button.

9) Select the following options and click Ok and then Save from the previous prompt window.



NOTE: Varying the Data Rate will increase the quality but also increase the file size. As a rule of thumb keep the final file size under 500kb.


10) On the 8400, go to Tools -> USB Connection -> Mass Storage then plug in the USB cable from the box. (Ensure the MicroSD card is already installed)

11) The 8400 will appear as a Removable Disk. Open the drive and navigate to DCIM\100SANYO\ and paste the .3g2 file in here.

12) Safely remove the USB cable then navigate through the following:

Menu
Pictures
My Albums
Select "In microSD"
Select your ringer (should be all white)
Options
Copy/Move

If it lets you copy/move it, it will play. I ended up moving them all into the Phones internal memory rather than the MicroSD.


Thanks goes to Panther37 with his post here on the Sprint forums, I've fleshed it out a little bit more for simplicity's sake.



paradoxsm
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#56280 24-Dec-2006 13:49
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i have (had) a 9000 and my attempt resulted in "cannot use this file"

though a skipped the jpg part so thst could be the problem.. they are pretty locked up...thanks sprint. I'll try what you mentioned...

SilentOne

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  #56290 24-Dec-2006 16:00
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Let me know how it works. There are different methods for different sanyos as the filesystem changes every few models

If the above method doesn't work, try the one listed in Phatblokes post here

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