You need to sync them to your iPhone via iTunes
Printable View
make sure u can see all the file name including the .m4a
(may need change settings in folder options)
when u change the file type to m4r (from m4a)
delete the file in itunes that u created.. then open the m4r file..
should work fine - does for me!
i downloaded what i thought was a text alert tone for iphone 3gs but it went to ring tones. does anybody know how to make it the text alert tone?