Nov 01 2009
How to not pay for ringtones for your phone (really!)
There are lots of offers for “free ringtones” for your cell but as you more than likely know - they wind up to be gimmicks which end up charging you a monthly fee of $9.99, etc. I try to avoid paying for things so if I can find something that is legal, free, and useful - hey, I am all over it.
This particular search began with the arrival of my LG Lotus as it was time for my upgrade with Sprint. I loved the new phone and decided to trick that baby out with the help of truly free stuff I could find on the internet.
I had found earlier on about Zedge.net which is a site where users upload free ringtones, free wallpapers, free games and free themes of their own to share within the Zedge community. At the time I went to the site, I did not get it to successfully download to my phone - but blamed my celly at that time as mobile phones these days (like computers) get antiquated so fast.
So, going to Zedge with my new LG Lotus in hand, I still was not able to download my free cell phone stuff. I knew it wasn’t my phone that was the problem at that point, so I did some research to find out what I was doing wrong. After going to Zedge on my home computer, I had to save it to my pc (the send to mobile option did not work, nor did going to Zedge directly on my cell phone), from there I opened up a new tab in my browser and went to Rumkin.com.
I followed instruction on the Sprint PCS Vision Uploader and I have been uploading all kinds of free stuff for my mobile phone ever since. It was a maddening addiction for several days, I had to get just the right ringer for each person in my contacts, I then used Rumkin to upload pics of my family members so they all were easily identified before even seeing the number or hearing their voice. I’m better now…it’s all set just the way I want it, so now I am sharing this with you.
As I stated, I do have a Sprint cell phone. I did try to send some things through Rumkin to a friend with Verizon and she did not get them. For those of you with Verizon, here is a video tutorial I found to walk you through:
Some things to keep in mind:
- I HATE this song, mute it immediately!
- Data plan charges will apply - if you can get picture mail at no extra cost, you will be able to get from Rumkin for free as well - if you don’t have it, you’ll be charged per KB so be aware.
- Though I am a huge Mozilla Firefox supporter - I found that on the version of Ff I was using the delivery options never initialized. They opened up fine on IE however.
- There are lots of free ringtones and wallpapers to choose from on Zedge. There are also ADVERTISING links that take you to other pay for ringtone sites - be careful of that!
Other than those little tidbits, enjoy!
Check back soon for more useful tips!
Cryptic Muse
