In iPhone, you can easily change the default ringtone (Settings → Sounds → Ringtone) and set a custom ringtone for individual people (Contacts → [some person] → Edit → Ringtone). But can you set a custom tone for a *group of contacts*? (E.g. "family" or "workmates".) I think that would be handy—and quite *basic* functionality, so to speak—but I couldn't find a way to do this through the iPhone UI. Is it possible at all (without jailbreaking)?

For people with an iPhone having dual SIMs/eSIMs for two phone numbers, can a default ringtone be set for each phone number separately? Multiple sources on the Web say this is not possible. Yet [this article](https://www.macrumors.com/2023/09/13/ios-17-ringtones-text-tones/) on MacRumors says about iOS 17: > you can use separate ringtones if you have multiple lines on one ‌iPhone‌. Is that actually possible? If so, how?

I've been writing about this problem for the last year, I haven't figured it myself and I tried nearly everything. When I receive a call, there is like 33 % chance my phone will not ring. Or otherwise, it will start ring but after 1-2 seconds the ringtone cuts off. Here's a video I recorded myself:https://youtu.be/gbI8FriHJxI No matter what kind of call it's (phone call, whatsapp, skype, messenger), your melody will cut off after 2 seconds. I approximatelly miss every third call. **Well, this part is most interesting.** The problem first occured more than an year ago on my iPhone 12 pro. I bought 14 pro max later and the problem persisted. I bought another 14 pro max and I still have this problem. To be clear, I reinstalled system 3 times, I created new Apple ID to avoid the problem is on my iCloud. I turned all possible settings off. I still haven't figured where is the culprit. **But!** I noticed one thing. I am able to receive nearly all calls when I don't download any apps from App store. I also have to close all my background apps regularly (once or twice per day). **Second interesting thing:** The problem doesn not occur on iPhone 7. I tried to replicate this issue on my old iPhone but althought I was trying so hard I haven't replicated it. To make it clear, there is more of us having this problem but somehow we are not able to create one big topic to let Apple know about this... Either it's something with front camera which cuts off the ringtone or it's 3rd party app. I have no idea. I turned attention awareness off and true depth camera off. I tried to turn every possible thing off in settings. I am lost at this point and only solution left for me is to switch to android.

I like that Facetime Continuity allows my phone to ring on my computer. But it repeats the sound aggressively and it loops way too fast.. I created a quieter tone with eight seconds before it loops. But I can't figure out where to put it. Apparently in Yosemite you could unlock access to this folder and put it here: + /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ToneLibrary.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Ringtones/ But I don't see any info on where to put it in Sierra. Any thoughts?

I have a very simple question about custom alert tones on iPhones, which there doesn't seem to be any good Google hits for: Is there **any possible way whatsoever** to install your own custom "alert tone" / notification signals (**not** ringtones!) on an iPhone? And when I say "your own custom", I do **not** mean purchasing alert tones from the Apple store, but rather, importing them from whatever audio you have in your iTunes library, or somewhere else. There are a **lot** of apps for making custom ringtones (including Garageband), but none of them seem to be able to save these as "alert tones" (notification tones) in iOS, but rather just ringtones. The problem with this is that most other apps that allow you to customize their notification sounds (e.g. Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp etc), only allow you to choose from the "alert tones" list in iOS, rather than the "ringtones" list, which makes this distinction critical indeed. There a lots and lots of tutorials and apps online that claim to be able to install custom alert tones / notification tones, but every single one that I have found end up installing a custom "ringtone" after all. :-( If the answer to my question is "no", an extra bonus question would be: Why on earth would Apple lock down such a feature?

A friend of me got a new iPhone 13, but is now disappointed from the sound of the iPhone. The ringtone isn't loud enough as well as the vibration is too subtle. Are there any settings/tricks which could help with this? Loudness is on max. level and flash light setting is on. But that isn't enough ... Don't know if special ringtones could improve this and imho Apple should provide such ones. Are there special third party devices, which could help with this? I don't mean a new hearing aid device, but e.g. a bluetooth loudspeaker which runs all the time and can increase the sound if a call comes in. I know the [article](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210070) from Apple, but that isn't helping me exactly in this case. Is there a cheaper option than buying an Apple Watch?

I have an iPhone 5s. I want to have my own custom ringtone on my iPhone. But is there any way to do this without the (really time consuming) way of starting up computer, start iTunes, connect iPhone and sync the ringtone. And then set the ringtone as default. I am running Linux so iTunes does not work anyway it would on a windows computer. I connected my iPhone to my linux computer (elementary os). I saw a lot of directories which I do not see on a windows computer: - Books - Cloudassets - DCIM - Downloads - iTunes_Control - LoFiCloudAssets - PhotoData - Photos - Podcasts - Purchases - Radio - Recordings I was thinking if it might be possible to get my ringtone on my iphone using one of these directories... Is there a solution for this? I have read this question: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/81331/how-to-convert-my-music-to-ringtones-for-the-iphone-5 But the tutorial mentioned over there implies working with either a Mac or Windows computer and having iTunes. And I have also read this question: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/38063/can-i-add-a-custom-ringtone-to-my-iphone-without-syncing-to-itunes And a google search brought me a shenzhen iphone app which should be able to import a ringtone from dropbox but then still needs iTunes to sync the ringtone to my iPhone.

Yes, I tried dragging them into the Tones screen. Yes, I tried copypasting them in there instead. Yes, I tried removing them all and adding them back. Yes, I tried deleting the .plist config file inside the folder. Yes, I even tried deleting the one outside the folder. But still no dice. Nothing even showed signs of a transfer being supposed to take place. :( Does any of you kindly know anything else I could try?

It was driving me crazy that every time someone was calling to my iPhone it started ringing at full volume when most of the times I would even hear it with a simple vibration because I always have it right next to me. So how can I get a ringtone with ascending volume onto my iPhone?

I have a .M4A file on my Mac that is like a second long. I want it to play when people text me. How can I add it to my iPhone as an alert tone?

I have an iPhone 11 with a nano-SIM and an e-SIM. I've searched the internet but haven't found anything yet. I didn't see any setting about it, and it would seem normal to me to have two different ringtones - one for work and one for personal calls. Is it possible to have a different ringtone for the two phone lines that I have?

I received an iPhone 7 from my employer. I am traditionally an Android user and have never used iPhone before. I have Linux running on my PCs at home. How can transfer ringtones from PC to iPhone easily? I have read scattered posts about this, but most people seem to be doing this via Windows or macOS. I am using Linux Mint. I have Audacity installed on my Linux computer, and I am quite comfortable working with audio files.

How can I create and upload a custom iPhone ringtone using MacOS 10.15 Catalina? I have tried to follow the advice given for [uploading ringtones applicable to older versions of MacOS, where iTunes was available](https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/1885/193685) , substituting the replacement **Music** program instead, but I don't seem to be able to drag or open the .m4r file that I have created into Music, nor drag it onto my iPhone in the Finder. Is there still some way to convert other audio files into ringtones and upload them to iPhones when using MacOS 10.15 Catalina?

As of iTunes 12.7, Apple now advises manually adding custom ringtones to iPhone per their support article [here](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201593) . Apple's instruction is to drag and drop tones from Finder to the "Tones" section of my device in iTunes. This method works to *add* tones to my phone. However, I can't discern how to **remove** ringtones from my phone. - I've tried clicking the tones in iTunes and pressing delete, without and with various modifier keys. - I've checked the contextual menu under control-click (right-click) of the tones in iTunes. - I've tried dragging the tones out of iTunes. - I've poked around in iPhone settings and iTunes menubar and prefs. - I've tried deleting files from my Mac at ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Tones/ and re-syncing my iPhone. Any further ideas? Thank you.