Normal Ringtones
I’m in the minority here, but I like my celly to ring like a phone, not like MTV played through a tin can. I still think there’s a market for “phone” ringtones, but nobody’s biting. In the mean time, here are a couple links that contain a pretty decent collection of actual rings.
http://www.dence.net/oldphone/
http://www.davidenglish.com/ringtones.html
I’m using “Old Italian Phone” from the first link and it sounds pretty decent on my Nokia 6682. It’s got that old phone sound with a little electronic-ness in there which takes the edge off, and it’s unique enough so I know it’s my phone.
Let me change your mind :)
As a Nokia 6600 owner myself, I’ve gotten quite a few complements with my custom made, classic Spottieottiedopalicious ringtone.
http://www.chadbishop.com/transfer/Spotieottie.wav
Try putting that tight little Nokia Synth to work too. Load up some .midi’s and you’ll be plesantly suprised. Do a quick search for DJ Jean – The Launch. ;)
-cb
I guess IM in the minority with you. While they are starting to make more phones with better quality sound. It is embarrassing to be somewhere, and all of a sudden have some corny music rolling out of my purse! I want my cell phone to ring like a normal phone. Thank you for the links for normal ring tones. ! :o)
Perfect pages… tnx
Just found this page after searching. I noticed the following page, looks good and free!
http://www.normalringtone.co.uk
Thanks for the links. I too would like the option of having my generic ringtone to sound normal and have my friend’s allocated ringtones be the different ones
the ringtones now days are anoying rubbish and too jazzy and pointless all i want is something which will go ring ring ring ring
any ideas
thanks
I found this helpful for normal basic tones : http://www.justringring.com
I was so pissed when I found out my phone didn’t have a normal ringtone. I also couldn’t find one for free anywhere. I ended up making my own. You can download it from my blog at:
http://iwanttolitigate.wordpress.com/2007/02/10/mobile-phone-ringtones/
Thanks,
Peter
We just launched a site that features a variety of more ‘normal’ sounding ringtones. they aren’t recordings of traditional phone rings, but rather, sophisticated rings designed for cell phones, including text alerts business rings and some experimental tones.
free under creative commons: http://rcptones.com
sounds like you are looking for rcp tones
http://rcptones.com
The best sounding ones are at http://www.soundslikeaphone.com.
Definitely http://www.justringring.com
Good service there.
THANK YOU!
Thank you so much! everyone else is supporting the meme, acting as if nobody *should* want actual ringers, by leaving them off the “ringtone downloads” websites, and not including one with so many models of phone. I can’t believe that we’re a minority, we’re just supposed to think it so that we’ll stop looking. In today’s society it’s all about money, and the “New=Good and LastWeek=Bad” myth isn’t human nature, it’s a socially accepted fallacy intended to make us spend. sorry, this message was meant as a thanks and it turned into a mini-rant.
I checked out a few of the links posted in replies… Bad Move!
“justringring” , “soundslikeaphone” , and “normalringtone” are Generic SpamSearch/ Domain Parking pages. They do not Host ANY ringtones.
RCPtones was real as far as I could tell, but I listened to each of the “samples” on their main page and none were what I was looking for. They DID have ringers that aren’t songs, but their first example ringer still sounded too much like a 90’s cell phone for me.
The best (most phone-like) tones I’ve found were from the “DavidEnglish” link at the top.
Oh, sorry but the Dence-dot-net link at the top also seems to be a generic search nonsite. (maybe it used to have a real site?)
Anyway, with all the stupid sounds and crappy tunes blaring from everything I own, it’s nice to know I won’t miss as many calls just from not realizing it’s my *phone*.
Thanks for the DavidEnglish link, it was what I needed.
can someone please tell me how i can get the old american phone ring tone, I have tried everything and I still cant get to some where where i can get it sent to my phone, I would really like this ring tone so if theres some one out there that can help me please do so, please
Perfect! Old American is exactly the old school telephone sound I was looking for. Downloaded it to my Android via USB, went to Music, held my finger on the song, selected “use as ringtone.” Thanks.