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Howto: Transfer ring tones to your BlackBerry using Bluetooth (Mac OS X)

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September 18, 2007 at 5:23 am · Filed under Howtos

  1. Open “Media” Application on your Blackberry.
  2. Select “Ring Tones”.
  3. Select either “All Ring Tones”, “My Ring Tones” or “Preloaded Ring Tones”.
  4. Press the Blackberry button directly to the right of the green phone button (the button that looks like a dialpad - actually it looks like a BlackBerry).
  5. Select “Receive Using Bluetooth” (You will see a “File Transfer - Waiting for connection” message).
  6. Go to your MAC and open Bluetooth File Exchange.
  7. Select “Send File”.
  8. Select the device you want to transfer your file to (in this case, a Blackberry 8100 Pearl).
  9. Click “Send”.
  10. Go to your Blackberry and notice a window asking you to “Please choose the location where you wish to save file”.
  11. Select “Save” located at the bottom left of the window.
  12. SUCCESS! The ringtone is on your BlackBerry now :)

BlackBerry Ringtone Generator

This howto is compatible with the following BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds:

  • BlackBerry Curve: 8300, 8310.
  • BlackBerry Pearl: 8100, 8130.
  • BlackBerry 8800, 8820, 8830.
  • Technically all BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds running BlackBerry OS 4.2 and newer.

Based on a BlackberryForums Entry.

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  1. Howto: Transfer ring tones to your BlackBerry using Bluetooth (Mac … said,

    September 18, 2007 @ 5:41 am

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  2. jeff d said,

    September 22, 2007 @ 9:39 am

    everytime i try this it tells me that it fails

  3. Steven said,

    November 12, 2007 @ 12:13 am

    Jeff: I had the same issue with transfers failing. It appears to be size related. Do you have a MicroSD card installed? I don’t, and attempting to transfer large files (several MB) always fails. I tried to send a 128kb file and it worked fine. There may be a size limit on transfers to the device memory.

  4. Todd said,

    December 9, 2007 @ 9:55 am

    jeff d…It failed every time for me too if I was in “Music” on my 8830. It only seems to work if I am in “Ring Tones”. This is pretty stupid since I want to transfer music and videos more often than ringtones. Just thought this might be the reason for your problem as well. Anyone know how to get this to work to transfer music or video in addition to just ringtones? FWIW, I’m transferring from XP SP2 to 8830 with a 2GB microSD card.

  5. Mike said,

    December 19, 2007 @ 11:09 am

    Works great for me on my Pearl. If you browse around, you can do the same thing with MP3s and just put them into your music folder! :D

  6. steve said,

    January 2, 2008 @ 8:48 am

    works great for me also on my pearl.. thank you for the info!

  7. copying files with "bluetooth" - BlackBerryForums.com : Your Number One BlackBerry Community said,

    January 3, 2008 @ 2:11 am

    [...] Today, 01:11 PM This might be possible. It is possible for ring tones and mp3 music for example. Here is an article about that on how to transfer ringtones using Bluetooth. This should work for pictures as well. The article is about how to copy those files from a Mac OS X machine but it should on Windows PCs as well. Blog | HowTos | Deals & Free Downloads | Search | Ringtones [...]

  8. j. wright said,

    January 22, 2008 @ 8:41 am

    Using a BlackBerry 8800, I’m able to transfer both pictures and mp3 files, saving to device memory via bluetooth. Works great. Thanks!

  9. Melis said,

    February 8, 2008 @ 7:19 am

    i cant get it to work on my curve :( and if it has to do with size….how do i get a smaller sized song! ?

  10. Terri said,

    February 27, 2008 @ 10:04 pm

    so after a LONG process of messing around with my new blackperry pearl - i found that the file transfers work with smaller music files (as stated in a previous comment). use iTunes to convert the file to m4a format. same quality as MP3 but smaller file size. you’ll only have to do this if you aren’t using a memory card and want to use the Blackberry device memory.

    hope this helps

  11. Tushar Desai said,

    March 2, 2008 @ 3:45 am

    Hi,
    I am using BB8800. I have just added 2 GB micro SD card to BB. I am able to transfer images usingn Bluetooth connection. What is failing is MUSIC!!! I am not able to transfer the music at all. It throws error transfer fail. I think if I have extra memory, there shouldn’t be any limit on file size. Kindly guide.
    Cheers
    Tushar

  12. Ron said,

    April 2, 2008 @ 10:19 pm

    did anybody figure out how to transfer this? my blackberry 8830 will not transfer ringtones every time i try to do it through bluetooth from my mac in mp4 format it saves as a video file on my blackberry?? any ideas?

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    April 19, 2008 @ 6:11 pm

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  15. Kris said,

    May 21, 2008 @ 3:09 pm

    Ok I understand I need to covert the songs to mp4 format but how do you do this?

  16. mac osx 10 5 put music files on blackberry 8100 said,

    May 22, 2008 @ 10:20 pm

    [...] 8130. … The article is about how to copy those files from a mac OS X machine but it should on …http://www.blackberryinsight.com/2007/09/18/howto-transfer-ring-tones-to-your-blackberry-using-bluet…PocketMac Syncs Blackberry With Mac The Apple Blog … version 11.2.5 060620 mac OS X version 10.4.8 [...]

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  19. amani said,

    June 20, 2008 @ 10:32 pm

    hi..i cannot recieve songs and videos to my blackberry pearl 8100..when my sister trys to send me songs and videos it connects then it says transfer failed?..why is this..can any1 help me please.

  20. amani said,

    June 20, 2008 @ 10:32 pm

    hi..i cannot recieve songs and videos to my blackberry pearl 8100..when my sister trys to send me songs and videos it connects through bluetooth then it says transfer failed?..why is this..can any1 help me please.

  21. Rachel said,

    June 22, 2008 @ 5:02 am

    I can get ringtones & pictures to load from my mac, but when I try to transfer music, it says that the transfer failed. I believe my problem is that it is trying to save the songs into the ringtone folder, and the songs are too long. Does anyone know how to change which folder I save my files in?

  22. rob said,

    August 23, 2008 @ 3:38 am

    Transfer failed, every time !!

    I’ve had enough of messing around with this poxy device. Bluetooth is supposed to be a secure, convenient method of file transfer. BB is in so many ways fiddly, awkward and “over software engineered”

    Every device I own easily talks to all the others except my blackberry. I’m done with it, It’s going on ebay.

  23. Ivan said,

    September 7, 2008 @ 3:06 am

    thanks this worked pretty well!!

  24. Cassidy said,

    September 22, 2008 @ 4:58 pm

    Hey so everytime i try this is says “File type not accepted. The target device claims it will not accept a file of the type you are trying to send.” it says this for everything music ringtones pics any ideas?! PLEASE HELP

  25. stephanie said,

    October 9, 2008 @ 11:47 am

    omg i love you

  26. Erin said,

    November 19, 2008 @ 9:17 am

    I got it! the first instructions didnt work for me but I figured out how to make the file smaller and for the exchange to go through.

    on your blackberry go to music>menu>recieve using bluetooth
    then on your mac, go to itunes and click a song, then go to the top and hit “advanced”>create AAC version and then after it created that, a new version of the song will pop up.
    then go to your bluetooth file exchange and press “send file”, click your device and look in your itunes for the new AAC version of your song. send that file, choose that song and then it will transfer in one minuite. enjoy =)

  27. Yvette-Janine said,

    March 25, 2009 @ 9:50 pm

    This worked beautifully with my 8830 and when i listen to my ringtones, I can listen to the song.

    I now have to figure out, now that I changed my phone ring, why it is that when my phone rings it makes a funny sound like its trying to play something but can’t get it to load. It doesn’t sound like music at all. Yet the song plays beautifully if i just play from the ringtones menu.

    Anyone?

  28. Garrett said,

    May 7, 2009 @ 12:48 am

    it only saves it, in my music folder not in my ringtone folder on my blackberry 8300. and it wont let me switch it over. How do i do that?

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