Changing my Windows Phone 7 (WP7) Ringtone

In the beginning of this year I got my new Windows Phone 7, the HTC Trophy. And just recently started to configure it to my own liking and developing software for it.

Firstly, I wanted to change the ringtone. This turned out to be a challenge :-) Unbelievable. Buy yes, WP7 is delivered with a set of ringtones for you to choose from and there is no way to get your own custom ringtones onto the phone.

The solution I found was to jailbreak the phone using the ChevronWP7 utility and then use the ChevronWP7 Ringtone Installer. After jumping through the necessery hoops this is working quite fine.

For further instructions you can take a look at the TechHackz's How to Jailbreak Your Windows Phone 7 Device and TheTechJournal's ChevronWP7 Ringtone Installer Has Released[How To] blogs.

Don't know how long this solution will work because Chris Walsh et al. have discontinued the ChevronWP7 unlocker. But, it is good as long as it lasts.