# Ringtones - webcentive

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Ringtones, text tones and alert sounds for your phone. Today most tones are free: you can turn a song or sound clip you own into a ringtone and set a different tone for each contact. On an iPhone, buy tones in the iTunes Store or make your own in GarageBand; most Android phones accept MP3 or OGG files saved to the phone's Ringtones folder. In the 2000s, ringtone 'subscriptions' sold through texts and TV ads were a common source of surprise charges, so check your phone bill for charges you don't recognize and ask your carrier to block third-party billing. Apps and stores below are commercial.  

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Links last checked Oct 18, 2026.  

- **Make and set your own ringtones (start here)**
- [apple.com](https://www.apple.com/ios/garageband/) - GarageBand for iPhone: make and export your own ringtones (free)
- [audacityteam.org](https://www.audacityteam.org/) - Audacity: free audio editor to trim a clip into a ringtone
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringtone) - Wikipedia: the history of ringtones
- [support.apple.com](https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/change-iphone-sounds-and-vibrations-iph07c867f28/ios) - Apple: change iPhone ringtones, text tones and vibrations
- **Avoid surprise ringtone charges**
- [en.wikipedia.org (Jamba!)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamba!) - Wikipedia: Jamba! and Jamster, the 2000s ringtone subscription giant (jamba.de and jamster.com were on the old page)
- [fcc.gov](https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/understanding-your-telephone-bill) - FCC: understanding your phone bill and spotting cramming charges
- [reportfraud.ftc.gov](https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/) - FTC: report a scam or unauthorized charge
- **Free tones and sounds**
- [freesound.org](https://freesound.org/) - Freesound: free Creative Commons sound clips (check each license)
- [rareearthtones.org](https://www.rareearthtones.org/ringtones/index.html) - Rare Earthtones: free endangered species ringtones from the Center for Biological Diversity (on the old page)
- [zedge.net](https://www.zedge.net/) - Zedge: free ringtones, notification sounds and wallpapers (ad supported)
- **Phone makers and carriers (commercial)**
- [motorola.com](https://www.motorola.com/us/en/homepage) - Motorola phones (on the old page)
- [samsung.com](https://www.samsung.com/us/) - Samsung phones (the old page linked samsungusa.com)
- [t-mobile.com](https://www.t-mobile.com/) - T-Mobile (Sprint, on the old page, merged into T-Mobile in 2020)

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