Creating MP3 Ringtones for your Motorola V220

In the original tutorial there is a section on how to upload multimedia to your Motorola V220 Phone using Mobile Phone Tools. In short, all you need to do once your phone is properly configured for MPT is to drag an MP3 into the "audio" folder. One problem you might encounter is the limited space on a Motorola V220 phone. If you're like me, then all you want is one or two MP3's on your phone so you can use them as ringtones. In this section I will show you exactly how to transform any MP3 on your computer to a suitable ringtone for the Motorola V220 Phone.

What you'll need:

• Audacity - a Free Audio Editor
• LAME - A program that contains a file Audacity needs to export MP3's
• Everything shown in the original tutorial to connect your phone to Mobile Phone Tools
• An MP3 to be converted into a small ringtone

According to the official Motorola V220 Media Guide:

• Ring tones should not exceed 30 seconds because most voice mail systems pick up after
  four rings (16-25 seconds depending on the system).
• Bit Rate should not exceed 64kbps, even though theoretically it can
• File Size should not exceed 30kb, even though theoretically it can (and probably will)
• Sampling Frequency should not exceed 44.1khz
• Mono Sound only

Luckily for us, Audacity allows the configuration of all of these fields very simply. The first step is to install Audacity. This is very straight forward thanks to a very simple installer. Once installed you should be at a screen like this.

Use File -> Open to select the MP3 you want to turn into a ringtone, it should take a while importing like this

One the file is imported you will see a graphical representation of the sound in the entire song

Use this graphical representation to select the exact 16-30 second interval you want to make into your MP3 ringtone. I selected seconds 30-53 (23 seconds long).

Now we need to configure the settings so that they are what is requested in the Motorola Guide. We'll need to enter the File -> Preferences menu. Click on the quality tab and make sure that the sample rate is 44.1khz

Next go to File Formats. This is where we will need to use the a specific DLL in the LAME program to edit the MP3's bitrate. Click on the Find Library button.

Navigate to the Lame folder you downloaded and extracted and select the lame_enc.dll

Once that file is selected you will be able to change the bitrate to whatever you want. The higher the number, the higher the quality but also the higher the file size. For the sake of following orders, I set the bitrate to 64kps.

Finally, all you'll need to do is export the selection as an MP3.

Save it as whatever you like, I named mine ringtone.mp3. Now remember the size advisory, it should be about 30kb

In reality, there is no size restriction on mp3s for the cellphone. Theoretically, if you had enough free space on the phone, you could upload entire songs, but that is generally impractical. Now that you have your ringtone, just use MPT as shown in the original tutorial to upload it directly to the audio folder. On your phone, navigate to Main Menu -> My Media -> Sounds and it should appear as one of them. To set it as the current ringtone, go to Main Menu -> Settings -> Audio -> Ring Detail -> and select the ringtone under Calls. Thats it!