Rogers W580i - cant use mp3 as ringtone!

Just got a W580i from rogers, very nice design phone. However, after I play with the phone, I found out that beside the stupid Rogers music player (yes, in addition to original SE music player, it has two music player in the phone), Rogers firmware also locked the feature using MP3 as ringtone :mad: this is sooooo cheap, it just allow you to use their downloaded ringtone.... (I wonder if it will against the anti-monoplize law or something like that)

My question is: beside flashing the phone, is there anyway to unlock this feature, i.e. using mp3 as ringtone?

Thanks in advance!

Newbie

I think that not. But that is strange, weil would they lock mp3.

Nice day

I got a w580i from AT&T last week and was befuddled with the same problem for the first few days.

But then I searched a bunch of times online and found out that if you clip your mp3s down to 30 sec, you can use those as ringtones.

Thanks, I will try to clip it to 30sec and see if that will work.

You should look into drm packager from sony ericsson. The rogers firmware should allow files that are in this format to be played as ring tone. Give it a shot, worth a try.

With the w580i on Rogers, you cannot use mp3s as ringtones.
You have to buy ringtones from their site.
I have tryed downloading the drm rights tool, creating mp3's that are less than 30 secs, downloading ringtones from sites...

Nothing works. I think you have to flash fw to generic to allow mp3 as ringtone on rogers

ive done the same thing as bagman, and he's right .. only way is to debrand

That is not cool :( the last thing I want to do is to flash the phone, if I "brick" it, I m sure rogers won't give me any warranty.
maybe a stupid question: if update with SEUS, will it updates the firmware to work with mp3 ringtones?

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Originally Posted by ushush

That is not cool :( the last thing I want to do is to flash the phone, if I "brick" it, I m sure rogers won't give me any warranty.
maybe a stupid question: if update with SEUS, will it updates the firmware to work with mp3 ringtones?

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If you are talking about The sony update servie that comes with the phone (im pretty sure you are ;) ) then no, it does not work. The seus only updates a small part of the firmware, and your w580 should be up to date. I ran it and it said mine was uptodate.

oh, and if you want to mess around with flashing, use xs++ to make a backup of your factory firmware. that way, if you do mess up, you have something to go back on...

Im sure sony has worked with rogers an at&t to update the firmware and keep the branded parts there....

ps give thanks! (thanks button) :)

you need to totally debrand, as in flash the main, the filesystem and a cust pack

THEN you can use the mp3's and ringtones. (also flash menu's with 5 minutes of work)
it is possible to do it for free using xs++ and FAR

or you can pay using wotanserver.. the choice is yours really...

I guess the only way is to flash the phone then....
Thanks a lot guys

you can downloaf audacity just google it install the plugin and cut the sont to about 20 thirty seconds and put it on your phone/m2 card under ringtones then you should be a ble to set it

AT&T does the same thing on W580's firmware. I had to totally debrand it to gain the feature back.

Please Don't debrand the phone.

I found out that it was the custpack. I extracted it from someone's phone.
You change the custpack, don't forget to backup gdfs.

If you're trying to thanks, press the "thanks" button.

Can you specify which cust pack you used?

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Can you specify which cust pack you used?

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Rogers custpack (extracted from the phone)

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Originally Posted by boardstar

you need to totally debrand, as in flash the main, the filesystem and a cust pack

THEN you can use the mp3's and ringtones. (also flash menu's with 5 minutes of work)
it is possible to do it for free using xs++ and FAR

or you can pay using wotanserver.. the choice is yours really...

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I thought that FAR doesn't work with w580.

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I thought that FAR doesn't work with w580.

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Far work for W580i!
Use for uploading files.

I always use it alot!:D

i have try with at&t w580i, its true that full mp3 music won't work as ringtone, but once the song has been chop under, then i can use it as ringtone, this really suck :mad:

i have a rogers w580i and i was unable to set full mp3's as ringtones.
debranding solved this problem.

Till don't understand why Rogers crappy apps are so suck and they would put them it. Perhaps they just try to grap every cents from it's subscribers.

how do u change the custpack??

ya, they put the rogers store in so you have to buy from them... corporate world...

all phone companies are like that. AT&T is crazy, too. Tell you this, who need warranty? Just debrand it and use what ever you want. I just unlock + debrand my w580i. Now it's my phone b-)

Did you unlocked your phone through Wotan, or you did it yourself? If it's DIY, was it complicated or easy as debranding it?

just debrand it. not that complicated if u follow the steps. :)

Extract customize.xml from the phone.
Find "mp3" then edit it (change false to true)

Restart the phone

Finally you can use mp3 as ringtones.

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Extract customize.xml from the phone.
Find "mp3" then edit it (change false to true)

Restart the phone

Finally you can use mp3 as ringtones.

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So this method can be used instead of a full firmware flash? Good to know!

like boardstar

the rogers are branding the phone and stopping you from using the mp3s so put it back to how sony ericsson made it to be

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Originally Posted by bbstyle

You should look into drm packager from sony ericsson. The rogers firmware should allow files that are in this format to be played as ring tone. Give it a shot, worth a try.

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Yup. It works on my Rogers W810i. I've had no problems with the sound quality nor any issue with the length of the clip.

But again, this is just a workaround. To use an mp3 you'll have to debrand.

DRM packager can be found here.

I dunno if this has been posted before, since I didn't bother reading all 3 pages.

Using the DRM workaround does work. The instructions can be found at http://www.howardforums.com/showpost...3&postcount=87

I would just unbrand. I used the DRM packager for a while, but it's a hassle. Unbranding gives you other goodies like flash menus, as well. I've warranty'd my phone through Rogers after unbranding and they didn't care (it was for cracked keys... they cracked again, and I'm not going to bother this time).

can use neromix to cut mp3s into less than 700kb or 30 sec. this will work on the unbranded phones

have a rogers w580i and i was unable to set full mp3's as ringtones.
debranding solved this problem.