Change the iPhone UI sounds with Audacity and Cyberduck. |
Have you ever wanted to change the iPhone's default system sounds? Like when you check the Mail App and it downloads new mail you usually hear a ding, or perhaps the famous swoosh sound when sending a text, those are both iOS system sounds, or UISounds on your device.
This guide will show you how easy it is to make any of your audio files into a system sound you can upload to your device and use instead of the default ones.
Note: Always make sure to backup your default UISounds, either by renaming the extension to .bak or by saving them on your computer (SentMessage.caf is the swoosh sound after sending a text, new-mail.caf is the ding you hear when downloading new mail).
Default UISounds Directory:
Default UISounds Directory:
/System/Library/Audio/UISounds/
Requirements
Audacity (Software)
Cyberduck (Software)
QuickTime Player (Only to preview the .caf audio) (Software)
Jailbroken iPhone (Hardware)
- Instructions
- Find the audio file you want to use to replace a default system sound.
- Now open the file through Audacity.
- Export the file as AIFF (Apple) signed 16 bit PCM type and make sure you add .caf to the end of the file name and click save. A warning box will appear, click yes.
- Next, open Cyberduck and SSH into your iPhone or device to the default UISounds directory listed above.
- Once you are there, find the sound you want to replace, such as SentMessage.caf.
- Rename the original (the one on the device we're replacing) SentMessage.caf to SentMessage.caf.bak to backup the original sound.
- Finally, rename the sound you exported in Audacity to SentMessage.caf (It's cAsE SeNsItIvE).
- Lastly, upload the exported file to the default UISounds directory and respring your device.
- Repeat these steps for any other sounds you want to replace and profit.
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