Set a song as ringtone on LG mobile phone

Other than pre-installed tones, many Android users like to create custom ringtones for their smartphones. For example, android users can set their favorite music songs as ringtones on the phone. You do not need a professional ringtone maker app for that. If the music is saved on your PC, copy them over from PC to mobile phone via USB, save it to a folder in your phone’s internal storage or SD card. Launch the stock music app on the phone. It should be able to find the added songs automatically. Most music apps also allow users to set a song as ringtone on Android devices. In this guide, we’ll demonstrate how to set a song as ringtone on LG smartphone.

How to set a music track as ringtone on LG phone?

You can set or change ringtones from the system settings on LG phone. You can also directly set an audio or music track as ringtone from music players.

To set music as ringtone from Settings

On your LG phone home screen, tap Settings, switch from Networks to Sound & notification in the tab view. From the Sound section, tap Ringtone or SIM 1 ringtone, SIM 2 ringtone if your LG phone supports dual SIM cards. Then you should see a list of system ringtones. Tap the Add (+) icon in the upper right corner. After that you may see the ‘Complete action using’ pops up at the lower section of your phone screen if no default app for this action has been set before. Choose the stock audio or music player, or whichever you prefer to choose the music track and add it as ringtone on the LG phone.

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Set a song as ringtone in the music app

The stock music app on LG phone has the option to allow users quickly set a music track as ringtnone. Open the Music app on Lg mobile. Upon its launch, the Music app will display the list of tracks stored on your phone. If not, go to the Music Library >> Songs. Long press the song you like to set as ringtone until you see the pop-up menu with various options to manage the selected audio or music track in the Music app on LG mobile phone. Choose ‘Set as ringtone‘, then select ‘Phone ringtone‘ or ‘Caller ringtone‘. The former is to set default ringtone for all incoming calls on LG phone; while the latter is to set custom ringtone for individual caller. If you get the permission request to the contacts, allow the Music app to access your contacts, so you can set the song as ringtone for specific caller or number other than the default phone ringtone for all incoming calls.

Set a song as ringtone on LG mobile phone

Set a song as caller ringtone on LG phone

You can directly set a ringtone for particular contacts so you’ll known who’s calling you without looking at your phone screen. The instructions above can change the specific ringtone for one individual contact on LG mobile phone. Except this, you can also launch the Contacts app on LG phone, select the contact or phone number you like to customize ringtone for, then edit it, you’ll get the option to assign a new ringtone for the individual contact while all others use the standard default ringtone from Settings.

Convert & edit ringtone for LG mobile

The default Music app on LG phone may not allow you to edit music, convert audios on the phone. It may differ across various phone models. If this is a missing feature on your device, you can refer to this guide to create ringtones for Samsung mobile phone which also applies to other Android powered phones, like LG phone, HTC, Lenovo, Motorola, Nexus, Xiaomi and so on.