iPhone hacking genius reveals yet another ringtone hack

It has been great to see the iPhone hacking community at work on the iPhone, we have had quite a few iPhone hacks, native iPhone applications and games being released at a hectic pace. But sometimes you just love to write about a hack which might sound simple but needs a genius to reveal it.
Cleverboy, aka Dudley, is just that kind of iPhone hacking genius, he is the same guy who had figured out how to add ringtones using iTunes by just changing the extension. He has now figured out what differentiates a song from a ringtone as far as iTunes is concerned.

Cleverboy was the one who had posted instructions on how to "convert" AAC music files to ringtones in iTunes 7.4. (see iPhoneHacks.com, Add Custom Ringtones to your iPhone with iTunes 7.4 for FREE. Seriously?) Apple had to come up with an emergency release to fix the bug in iTunes. That seems to have motivated the iPhone hacking genius to dig deep into the m4a metadata to figure out what identifies the role of a file.

Add Custom Ringtones to your iPhone with iTunes 7.4 for FREE. Seriously?

So we all know that you will soon be able to add custom ringtones to your iPhone with iTunes 7.4, not to forget the additional cost of 99c for a song if you already have it and in case you don't then the cost of adding a ringtone will be $1.98.
What if I tell you that with a simple hack you could add ringtones using iTunes free of cost? Yes, you pay Apple 0c thanks to one of the readers at Macrumors who has figured out a way to convert music files to ringtones in iTunes 7.4. 
So how does it work? It is based on the fact that iTunes differentiates a song file and a ringtone by the file extension. While we all knew that the song file extension was AAC; the file extension for Ringtones is "M4R". So with that info I am sure the step by step from Macrumors which you are about to read is a no-brainer. Here is all you need to do:

Song Sender: Send songs from your iPhone to a friend via email or use them as ringtones

The iPhone hackers
@ NullRiver
are at it again, I had recently published an article on how the updated version of "Installer.app" by these folks should make it easy to install unauthorized third-party native applications onto your iPhone. Erica Sudan at Tuaw has just revealed developed an iPhone hack from the same folks which will allow you to send songs from your iPhone to a friend via email or even use them as a ringtones.

As mentioned earlier, thanks to Gizmodo who had published a step by step (only for MAC) on how to get Installer.app loaded onto your iPhone; installing and updating the latest iPhone hacks on your iPhone should now be a breeze. (see questionsiphone.in,, Installing iPhone hacks made easy with hands-on tutorial for updated "Installer.app")
One of the iPhone hacks that you can install using this iPhone Installer is the Song Sender. As the name suggests, the iPhone application allows you to not only send a song from your iPhone library to a friend via email or use it as a ringtone.

Installing iPhone hacks made easy with hands-on tutorial – MAC OS X Edition (Updated)

Folks! I have some great news for you. Early last week, folks at Nullriver had released an iPhone hack called "Installer.app" to simplify application management on your iPhone. The problem with it was ironically the iPhone hack itself was only for the technically inclined.
But this has been addressed with an hands-on tutorial of the updated version of "Installer.app" which once loaded on your iPhone should make it very easy to install unauthorized third-party native applications onto your iPhone.

Thanks to the folks at Gizmodo, please find below a hands-on tutorial which will show you how to load "Installer.app" onto your iPhone and then how easy it is to install third-party native applications onto your iPhone over Wi-FI or Edge. If you are looking for a hands-on tutorial for MAC OS X, see iPhoneHacks.com, 23 August 2007, Installing iPhone hacks made easy with hands-on tutorial - Windows Edition.

"Preparation:

• Download AppTappInstaller from Nullriver.
• Connect your iPhone to your computer using the provided cable.
• Deactivate the iPhone automatic synchronization in iTunes before proceeding and close iTunes.