How to Put Custom Ring Tones on Your Juke Using BitPim

A Step-By-Step Tutorial on Adding Cell Ringtones Using Bitpim

The Armchair Geek
BitPimis a free, open source application for CDMA LG cellular phones like Juke cell phones. It enables you to add custom ring tones to your Juke, as well as make other configurations. Read on to learn how to use bitpim for custom ring tones.

1. Visit the Bitpim website at this link: http://www.bitpim.org/#download. Download and install BitPim. Save the installation files to your desktop and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

2. Download and install HexEditor after installing BitPim. You can do this at this link: http://www.handshake.de/user/chmaas/delphi/download/xvi32.zip. Unzip the file and run the installation.

3. Open BitPim. From there, click the Edit button found at the top of the window. After that, click the Settings button found on the dropdown menu.

4. Change the phone type to SCH-A950 once the Settings menu is open. This is the closest thing to the Juke.

5. Go to the side bar and click Media and then Ringers. You can now upload all the MP3 files you want to use as ringtones.

6. Click Convert after uploading your MP3s. Hit play clip. Ignore the error message stating that the file is too big. Simply click OK to bypass this warning.

7. Change the phone type to Other CDMA phone. This can be done by clicking Edit and then Settings.

8. Go to your Juke cell phone and go to the tools menu found by hitting Settings.

9. Hit the # key to access the User Lock screen. Hit 6 zeros and hit Ok.

10. Go to option 3 and change the MTP setting to MSM, which will allow your computer to communicate to the phone.

11. Hit the End button. You will get a message saying "Music Sync Not Allowed." Ignore this message and plug your phone into the computer. BitPim should detect the program.

12. Find out what port number it is. Highlight this number and hit Ok. Go to the Com ports section and click Browse. Look for the name "Samsung Mobile Modem Diagnostic Port. Highlight the port number and hit Ok.

13. Go to the left side taskbar in Bitpim and go to FileSystem. Navigate through the following folders:

*BREW

*MOD

*mr

14. Go to My Documents and open the bitpim folder. In this folder, open the folder named ringer. Move all the items in the mr folder to the bitpim folder. You should find a new file called MrInfo.db.

15. Right-click on this new file and save it to your desktop.

16. Open this file with the HexEditor and select Search and then Replace.

17. Replace the Hex String labeled '7C 30 7C 30' with '7C 30 7C 33'.

18. Delete the MrInfo.db file and drag the new MrInfo.db file from your desktop to the mr folder.

19. Unplug the phone now, and change the MTP setting back to MSM.

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