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Free Ring Tones on Verizon Wireless

// September 2nd, 2006 // Technology Bits

Anyone who has a cell phone generally reaches a point where the default ring tones are just too common. If you are anything like me, you aren’t all that excited about paying a bunch for a poor MIDI rendition of some song you like just to get it as your semi-unique ring tone. Luckily, if you have Verizon Wireless cell service you can get just about anything as a ring tone for the mere price of a text message. (Which on many plans is free or negligible).

First, find what you want as MIDI file. These are easy enough to find (usually they have a .mid extension). Simply search Google or somewhere and you’ll be doing fine. I personally use the Ramones rendition of the 1960′s Spider-Man cartoon, available at SpiderFan.org

Now, take that MIDI file and attach it to an email addressed to [your number]@vzwpix.com, ex. 5555551234@vzwpix.com. The email will show up in your Inbox and you can assign the attached MIDI as your ring tone! Note: this vzwpix.com email address is primarily intended for transferring pictures to your phone, which is another great use case.

Update: After some testing with friends, this is confirmed as working with 2 different models of Motorola phone, but not with LG. On the LG you can get the sound onto the phone, but there is no way to assign it as a ring tone. If you are testing this with your phone, try the MIDI I listed above as this is a standard MIDI format that is known to work. If you succeed or fail, leave a comment with phone and model so others will know what results to expect!

Keep in mind, you must have the rights to the music you are using. By downloading any old song as MIDI you may be breaking the law. I do not encourage or endorse this.

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