Hi Geoff,
I'm glad I, at least, put you on the right track. This additional
information is quite helpful as well. My contacts show the unified contact
card, but that's probably because I do sync with iCloud.
Take Care
John Panarese
[email protected]
On Nov 23, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Thanks much for your post as it lead me to the answer. Since I only had one
> visible occurrence of the contact in question, the solution wasn't clear to
> me or the person who helped trouble shoot, so I thought I'd augment John's
> explanation a bit.
>
> I am syncing contacts with iCloud, hence have the option unchecked in iTunes.
> If I use the edit button and associate a contact with an available m4r file,
> it will appear to be correct, except that the default tone continues to
> sound. If I go past the "linked cards" heading and select the "iCloud,
> contact name" button, it continues to display either the default ringtone, or
> a different one that was associated previously. If I double tap the
> "unified, contact name" button it correctly indicates that multiple ring
> tones are associated. Lesson learned is that the decision of which ring/text
> tone sounds is governed by the "unified" setting, which apparently resolves
> all disparities in favor of the value specified in iCloud. Changes to the
> local version are *NOT* propagated to the cloud; at least not ringtone
> preferences anyway. They will be updated on both the iCloud and local
> version of a contact if and only if the changes are made via the dialog
> resulting from selecting
the "unified, contact name" button.
>
> Thanks again John, and best regards.
> Geoff
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Panarese" <[email protected]>
> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 1:26 PM
> Subject: Re: IOS5 ringtone bug?
>
>
>> Hi Geoff,
>> I have no idea if this is the problem you are having, but I was having a
>> similar issue with several of my own created ringtones that I would
>> associate with specific contacts. When the individual contact would call,
>> the default ringtone would sound, and it drove me crazy for a while.
>>
>> What I discovered was that I actually had multiple entries listed for the
>> same contact. I suspect this had to do with syncing with iCloud, but when I
>> removed other duplicates and then made sure the proper ringtone was
>> associated with the correct contact, it worked fine. BTW, the same thing
>> was happening with text tones too.
>>
>> Take Care
>> John Panarese
>> [email protected]
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 23, 2011, at 12:24 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings all,
>>>
>>> This one is hard to describe, and I've not yet ascertained a pattern
>>> presentable to Apple support. A friend who also has a 4S running 5.01
>>> worked with me on this and instead of isolating a pattern it only served to
>>> further confuse me.
>>>
>>> I have a home grown ringtone successfully associated with a contact,
>>> however when I dropbox that m4r file to another party, that person hears my
>>> tone when associating it with a contact, however when a call is received,
>>> the default tone is emitted.
>>>
>>> During our testing, there was a file which initially presented this problem
>>> on both of our phones. In order to rule out all factors, I suggested that
>>> we try updating the contact while not actively on a call. When doing this,
>>> the file worked correctly on my friend's phone, but not on mine. She then
>>> associated my contact with a different ringtone, and upon calling her back
>>> she heard the previous ringtone (one that continues not to function
>>> properly on my phone).
>>>
>>> I doubt dropBox is corrupting these files, because they are playing in
>>> iTunes, and in the ringtone selection dialog. More over, this is observable
>>> on several files. I verified that there is nothing in the app switcher
>>> because I've seen random weirdness disappear in the past by clearing it.
>>>
>>> My questions now are whether anyone can suggest trouble shooting steps that
>>> would help isolate the problem. Since this is reproducible on two phones,
>>> I assume others could observe my results. Since the results do not appear
>>> to be consistent from one phone to another of the same model running
>>> identical versions of IOS5, the trigger is obviously eluding me so far.
>>>
>>> TIA for any suggestions and best regards.
>>> Geoff
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