It looks like my german post for own sms tone for your iPhone is very popular particularly regarding since the new 3G iPhone is on the european market. So I translate this post in english… or I’ll try it. 
Here is my little manual, which I found somewhere in the internet, to make your own sms tones. All you need is you own iPhone, some nice music/effects/anything other and iTunes!
- Choose a favorite MP3 files and cut out some seconds (2-3 seconds should be enough)
- Now import this MP3 in your iTunes and convert it to a AIFF file
- Copy this new created AIFF file on your desktop
If you don’t find this file, look at the properties of the file in iTunes – there should be the path where it’s located on your harddrive. - Now change the ending *.aif in *.caf
- Now connect via SCP on your iPhone (Mac: Cyberduck, Win: WinSCP)
- Go to “/System/Library/Audio/UISounds”
- Here you can change one or all of the default sms tones.
But create first a backup of the file which you’ll replace! e.g. rename “sms-received6.caf” in “sms-received_6.caf” and then copy your new file to “sms-received_6.caf”.
And here is which file corresponds to which name:
sms-received1.caf -> Tri-tone
sms-received2.caf -> Chime
sms-received3.caf -> Glass
sms-received4.caf -> Horn
sms-received5.caf -> Bell
sms-received6.caf -> Electronic
Not working? Did you all right? Check these points:
- was it a AIFF file?
- shorter than 30 seconds?
- Did you converted a MP3 to an AIFF file via iTunes?
- Did you replace the right file on your iPhone?
- Did you really copy the file on your iPhone?
Now have fun with your new sms tones.
Ryan says:
Hi there,
Thanks for the help on this topic.. I'm not too sure how to connect the iPhone via SCP.. Could you please kindly explain on how we can go about doing it and search for the directory you've mentioned?
A millions thanks for the kind help you've rendered so far.. Appreciate it!
Cheers!
Ryan
17th August 2008 at 20:28
shannon says:
Another useless guide… Ryan, in response to your unanswered question, it appears the only way to connect to the iphone via scp is to jail break it! In other words, voiding your warranty is the only way to customise sounds on the iphone…
Annoying because:
a) this guide fails to tell you you need to jail break
b) apple are that retarded that they don’t even allow customisation of sounds…
for all you experts out there that say “it doesn’t void your warranty”… sure it doesn’t if you don’t get caught…but the only time they’d find out was if I needed a repair and if the phone wasn’t operational, they would discover it was jailbroken…
17th August 2008 at 09:25
Ryan says:
it doesnt void your warranty because all you have to do is restore it first before you hand it in
17th August 2008 at 21:24
Simon says:
and if you can't restore it because the phone died? idiot…
17th August 2008 at 10:23
Liz says:
Great article! clearly not meant for the plebs who are clueless (yes im talking about shannon)
17th August 2008 at 23:24
David says:
All of you are fucking idiots… You can ALWAYS restore an iPhone back to factory. There are so many usermade apps for this phone that allow you to do so much things. Also its made by Apple so you cant crash it… Shannon…. Kill yourself please
17th August 2008 at 01:29
Mert says:
Agreed David…fools. Thanks for the article. Works perfectly!!!
17th August 2008 at 23:28
Carson says:
where can i go to SCP via iphone or what the hell is it and what is cyberduck?
17th August 2008 at 21:16
Brendan says:
yeah thanks for the article, i got as far as cason did, but dno how to go to SCP via iphone.. sorry im pretty new to this iphone thing..
does someone have a link where to download this program from ?
and the basics oh how to use it when u do? would be much appriciated.
17th August 2008 at 13:40
guest105 says:
there have been many people asking how to connect iphone via winscp.. so any kind soul care to help out with this part?
17th August 2008 at 13:01
Anon says:
You have to jailbreak your iPhone in order to do this. JAILBREAK YOUR IPHONE! THEN YOU CAN FOLLOW THIS GUIDE!
17th August 2008 at 00:03
Peter says:
http://winscp.net/eng/docs/faq_iphone
17th August 2008 at 23:13
Peter says:
I did all the steps on my 3 GS but when I type the URL into the connect box of CYBERDUCK it seems I cant get into the folder and I get an error…any advise? Rea;ly appreciate it.
17th August 2008 at 04:32
Peter says:
By the way in Cyberduck you can choose which type of connection, FTP, FTP SSL and so on, i tried them all and in the field Server I type in the URL you had provided….anything I do wrong?
17th August 2008 at 04:35
nicole says:
“/System/Library/Audio/UISounds" i cannot find this anywhere! where am i supposed to look?
17th August 2008 at 00:52
Luke says:
You have to be kidding me David….iphones crash all the time. And if the phone doesnt turn on then because its DEAD then you cant restore it!
17th August 2008 at 21:54
ross says:
work great apart from the message tone still says electronic but it plays my new sound
17th August 2008 at 11:43
Yea says:
Umm… ive had this iphone for a while now.. jailbroke it the first day.. no crashes no problems no nothing. soooo shut up. if ur iphone crashed its either 1. cus ur stupid. or 2. …your stupid. if your not overloading your memory it will not crash. so stop bein a cunt everyone who thinks like Luke. n btw.. i brought my iphone back tu buestbuy to get another one simply becus i have the warrenty n decided i wanted a cleaner one.. i tuk it back WHILE jailbroken and guess wat.. the guy luked at it.. turned around.. gave me the sheet of paper n said "sign this n in 2 days you can come back n get ur new one.." so guess wat i got now.. a newer fukin iphone ! wooooow ! …
17th August 2008 at 06:52
bobby says:
amazing post…worked a charm
17th August 2008 at 15:59
gassman2010 says:
works great…but there's an app that u can use without having to download cyberduck to connect with your iphone using your mac….
17th August 2008 at 05:01
aron says:
waste of time..
17th August 2008 at 00:30
Robert says:
work perfectly… just follow instruction…. if you don't know how to used winscp go google it.
iphone must have openssh installed via cydia and need winscp for windows xp to work.
17th August 2008 at 18:29
Jay says:
If you don't know what he's talking about, don't even look twice at this article.
Thanks for the write up! it worked perfect!
17th August 2008 at 03:14
]v[acula says:
If you copy the files over, and it still doesn't work, hard reset your iphone!
17th August 2008 at 23:26
john says:
haha learn to spell idiot.
17th August 2008 at 00:40
Jens says:
Hi All
Funny to watch the amount of energ you all put in this topic.
Have anyone ever considered why Apple made a simple and quite normal task like "change the SMS sound" so hard?
– i still dont understand it my self. Happy with my Iphone ! Very happy actually.
But at some points it is far behind the majority within SmatPhone functions (Sony Ericsson, Nokia, HTC, ……)
Happy Jailbreaking every one…..
(by the way – you only need to jailbreak iPhone for at short time yet.
Android based smartPhones will eventually force Apple towards open standards).
Jens
17th August 2008 at 20:20
Darkone says:
Microwave it first
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17th August 2008 at 16:11
loz says:
Hi gassman2010, what is the app you speak of?
17th August 2008 at 04:45
azi says:
1000 ty 2 u, when i installed WinSCP… All com so easy
17th August 2008 at 12:09
Matt says:
In order to be able to connect to your phone via SCP, you need to
1) Have it Jailbroken
2) install the OpenSSH package in either Cydia or Rock
then, when using Cyberduck/WinSCP to connect, make sure you tell it to use port 22 and choose SSH as the connection protocol and you should be good.
17th August 2008 at 16:31
Matty says:
Ok guys I assume half of you are Americans so that’s probably why your all being sods
Jailbreaking voids the warranty, FACT! If your iPhone dies which can happen to any hardware, you CANNOT restore it, is that easy to understand? Stop calling people just because they disagree with you, I’m guessing some of you are like 10 so…>.>
17th August 2008 at 13:22
anon says:
you dont have to jailbreak it.
you can download the app “ifile” from appstore and send the file to the iphone thru your browser with the inbuilt webserver in ifile.
17th August 2008 at 15:02
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17th August 2008 at 10:09
smartone says:
wow, really? you are dumb.
17th August 2008 at 20:04
Mr. Lang says:
THANK YOU!
17th August 2008 at 03:26
iGeek says:
I found this link, guide with screenshots http://www.trickyways.com/2010/10/create-custom-s…
My recent post Connect to WiFi on Motorola XOOM
17th August 2008 at 21:15
Someguy says:
Great! Thanks!
17th August 2008 at 02:36
... says:
Simon..your just a muppet.
17th August 2008 at 00:55
Daymare says:
Hi all!
This does indeed work but I found the following to work without SCP'ing into the iPhone.
I used Audacity to convert the item I wanted from MP3 to AIFF – saved it as my tone onto the desktop as sms-received1.aiff then renamed it to sms-received1.caf
My iPhone is also Jailbroken which you NEED to do before you do anything else by the way.
I used a free version of Disk Aid downloaded free from online which allows you to go into your phone.
Choose /System/Library/Audio/UISounds from the menu, drag the new .caf file you made onto it, and select to overwrite. SImple.
Then you need to hard reset, so either power off your iPhone and turn back on OR if you have winterboard – simply respring. Sorted.
17th August 2008 at 15:24
thhghdhdf says:
yeah but fuck itunes
17th August 2008 at 01:52
Krymahar says:
Great post works fine for me how do I create separate alerts for other messengers such as skype fb whatsapp etc
17th August 2008 at 09:01
mike says:
download iphone browser you will need to replace one of the old tones on your if so the new ton will have the same name as the old tone restart iphone and the tone should work
17th August 2008 at 23:39
mike says:
download iphone browser on your pc you will need to replace one of the old tones on your if so the new ton will have the same name as the old tone restart iphone and the tone should work
17th August 2008 at 23:40
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17th August 2008 at 02:04
Vlatko says:
Guys, you dont have to use WINSCP at all. WINSCP is needed only for making CHMOD changes to files on the iPhone filesystem. Google for a program named iPhone Broser, and it will do the trick more easily then WINSCP with far less hassle, and you don't even have to jailbreak your phone.
HF.
17th August 2008 at 00:35