Even though so many technological advances come to light daily, some of us still appreciate the simpler things in life. Thus, we opt for flip or slider phones that possess all the major functions we need, without the complications of having a smartphone. However, we still want to take advantage of some of the newer features, and, for example, get free ringtones for flip phones.
Sadly, finding where to download them and ways to transfer them onto our phones isn’t always straightforward. But there’s no need to despair because in this article we’ll cover several solutions on how to get free ringtones for flip phones and explain how to set them up. We’ll also mention which methods work for newer and older flip or slider phones respectively.
Where Can We Find Free Ringtones for Flip and Slider Phones?
For the most part, downloading free ringtones for flip phones isn’t much different from downloading them for smartphones. However, instead of using apps that are made for smartphones, we’ll need to use their corresponding websites. These are the best services that allow us to get free ringtones for flip phones, which we are then able to transfer onto them.
Zedge
Zedge offers an Android app, as well as a website where we can download wallpapers, screensavers, and ringtones for our devices. To download a ringtone for our flip phone, we’ll need to:
- Go to zedge.net via our computer.
- Click on the Ringtones button.
- Select a ringtone, and download it.
- Transfer it onto our phone.
Myxer
Myxer comes as a free app that allows us to choose from a variety of ringtones for all types of devices. Additionally, because flip phones don’t have app stores, we can utilize the website as a great resource for finding our free ringtones. Here’s what we’ll need to do:
- Using our computer, visit myxerfreeringtonesapp.com
- Scroll down until we reach Best Sites to Download Free Ringtones for Android.
- Go to any of the websites listed to download the mp3 file to use as our ringtone.
- Download the tune onto our computer.
Now that we’ve downloaded our new ringtone, we’ll need to transfer it to our phone in order to set it up. How we go about this depends on how old our flip phone is. So first, let’s discuss how to set up our new ringtone on a newer flip phone model.
How to Transfer Free Ringtones for Flip Phones on New Models
Newer models of flip phones come with a great number of advantages. Moreover, when it comes to downloading and transferring ringtones, some of them have similar capabilities to most smartphones. Thus, they offer a number of user-friendly, quick, and easy ways for obtaining ringtones.
Send the Ringtone via Bluetooth
If both our PC and phone come with Bluetooth, we’re in luck. Moreover, this is one of the easiest ways to transfer files to our phones by far. Some older models come with this capability, and the vast majority of the newer ones do too. To transfer the ringtone to our phone, we’ll need to:
- Turn on Bluetooth on both our PC and phone.
- Pair the two devices.
- Transfer the ringtone onto our phone.
Transfer It With a USB Cable
The vast majority of new flip and slider phones come with a USB cable that allows us to charge them and transfer files more easily. Here’s what we’ll have to do in order to transfer our ringtone using a USB cable:
- Connect the computer to the phone using the USB cable.
- Make sure the connection mode is set up as Media sync/Camera.
- If it isn’t, we’ll need to open the Notifications panel and select it.
- Open the Music folder in our phone, and copy the ringtone there.
How to Transfer Free Ringtones for Flip Phones on Old Models
If our flip phone doesn’t feature any of these capabilities, we have to consider one of the following methods.
Sending the Ringtone as a Multimedia Message
For this method, we’ll need to take advantage of someone who has a smartphone, or a newer model of a flip phone. Here’s what we need to do:
- Have the person download the ringtone we want to use.
- Send the audio as a multimedia message to our phone.
- Download the file and set it up as our new ringtone.
Sending the Ringtone via Email
The vast majority of flip phones come with an email app. We can take advantage of this fact to transfer a ringtone to our phone (once we’ve downloaded it onto our PC). All we need to do is follow these steps:
- Attach the ringtone in an email.
- Send the email to the address we’ve set up on our flip phone.
- Download the attachment to our phone.
Recording the Ringtone
Recording songs and ringtones is an old method, remembered fondly by those who owned their first phones during the 80s and 90s. Admittedly, this isn’t the most sophisticated way of obtaining a ringtone, but if all else fails why not do it? In order to manually record our ringtone, here’s what we’ll need to do:
- Open our phone’s Voice Recorder app.
- Play the song and record the desired part.
- Use the voice clip as our new ringtone
Finally, once we’ve completed these steps, we’ll need to go into our phone’s sound settings to choose our new ringtone.
Pro Tip — Troubleshooting:
If we can’t seem to find our new ringtone, 9/10 times, the issue lies in the format of the file. Most flip phones only support .mp3 files, so any other format won’t even show up on our phone. To fix the issue, we’ll need to ensure that the audio file we’re trying to transfer is .mp3, and if it’s not we’ll have to download it as such.
Final Thoughts
Ringtones are a great way for us to express ourselves and break free from the default sounds that our phones come with. Luckily, if we’re tired of hearing the same old tune over and over again we can set up any ringtone we like, even if we have a flip or slider phone.
However, as we already noted, this doesn’t always come easy and sometimes we need to come up with creative ways of achieving it. Hopefully, this guide helps us get the desired free ringtones for flip phones easily and quickly.