How to Set Ringtones for Individual Contacts on iPhone
Assigning different ringtones to specific contacts in your address book is a fun way to customize your iPhone, and it helps you know who’s calling without looking at the screen. To personalize the ringtones for your callers:
How to Customize Contacts’ Vibration Patterns on iPhone
If your phone is set to vibrate instead of ring for incoming calls, you can customize each contact’s vibration pattern. This tells you who’s calling even if the ringer is turned off. The Vibration option is on the same screen as the ringtones. To change a contact’s vibration setting:
How to Get New Ringtones for iPhone
The tones that come with the iPhone are nice, but you can expand that selection to include virtually any song, sound effect, and more. Here are a couple of ways to acquire new ringtones. Buy Ringtones at the iTunes Store. To do this, open the iTunes Store app on your iPhone, tap the More button, then tap Tones. You’re now in the ringtones section of the iTunes Store where you can listen to previews and buy ringtones for your iPhone. Make Your Own Ringtones. There are tons of ringtone apps that help you make your own ringtones. Among them are:
Ringtone Designer 2.0Ringtones for iPhoneRingback Tones for iPhoneCool Ringtones: Ringtone Maker
How to Change the Default Ringtone
The iPhone uses the same ringtone for every contact and incoming call by default unless you change it. If you only want to use a single ringtone for all calls, you can change the default ringtone if you want.
How to Change Alert Tones for Text Messages on iPhone
Just like you can change the default ringtone for all calls or assign individual contacts their own ringtones, you can do the same for the alert tones that play when you get a text message or other alerts.
