How to Send Picture Messages to a Metro PCS Phone Using Email

1. Go to your email account on your computer. Click on the button or icon to compose a new email.
2. Enter the MetroPCS 10-digit wireless number along with the MetroPCS email address into the 'Recipient' field. For example, if the number was 707-555-1234, you would enter 7075551234@mymetropcs.com.
3. Type a short message into the 'Email' field, not exceeding 160 characters -- it will arrive as a text message to the recipient's cell phone.
4. Click the icon for attachments; this may resemble a paper clip, depending upon your email account.
5. Go to your picture file or folder on your computer, find the photo or image you want to send, and click on it. The picture will load as an attachment.
6. Send the email.

How to Send a Free Text to a Cell Phone Via a PC

Texting Via Email
1. Launch your email server. Alternatively, if you prefer web-based email, log in to your Internet-based email account.
2. Compose a new message. Click the 'New' or 'Compose' button to start a new message.
3. Address the email. You must know the email address for the phone you want to text. Cell phone email addresses are usually in the format phonenumber@carrier.com. For example, if you want to text a Sprint phone with the number (212) 555-1212, you must address the message to 2125551212@messaging.sprintpcs.com. Note that the dashes and parentheses are removed for the phone's web address.The email addresses for some major phone carriers are listed below:AT&T: number@txt.att.net
Nextel: number@messaging.nextel.com
Sprint: number@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile: number@tmomail.net
Verizon: number@vtext.com
Virgin: number@vmobl.com
4. Compose the message. Remember that most text messages are limited to 160 characters. Depending on the cellular carrier, anything beyond 160 characters may be split into additional messages or not sent at all. So keep your message brief.
5. Click the 'Send' button in your email server. Although your email is not routed directly to the phone, it will be forwarded by the cellular carrier as a text message.
Texting Via AOL Instant Messenger
6. Launch AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). Log in using your AOL screen name or an AIM email address.
7. Start a new instant message. Click on the 'People' menu and select 'Send Instant Message.'
8. Address the message. In the 'To' field, enter the cell phone number you want to text, including the country code. For example, if sending a text message to the US number (212) 555-1212, you must also include the country code, which is +1 in this case. The 'To' field must read +12125551212.
9. Compose the message. Remember that your text message is limited to 160 characters.
10. Send the message. Press the 'Send' button in AIM. Your text message will be directed to the cell phone number listed in the 'To' field. You will receive an instant message confirming the message was received.
Texting Via Carrier Websites
11. Locate the cellular carrier's text message website. Most cell phone carriers offer an online tool that lets you send text messages via a website. Use a search engine or contact the cell phone carrier to see what web address is used for sending text messages.
12. Log in to the website. Some carriers require you to log in to send a message to a customer via the web-based browser. This is done to keep users from receiving unwanted, anonymous text messages.
13. Enter the phone number. Use the ten-digit phone number, including area code.
14. Compose the message. As you type your text, remember that text transmissions are limited to 160 characters per message.
15. Send the text. Click the 'Send' button on the cell phone carrier's website to send the message to a user's phone.

How to Send Songs Through Text Messages for Free

1. Open your email account on the computer, logging in using your user name and password.
2. Open a new email message.
3. Type the recipient's cell phone number followed by '@' and the corresponding service email address.For example:Sprintcellnumber@messaging.sprintpcs.comVerizoncellnumber@vtext.comT-Mobilecellnumber@tmomail.netAT&Tcellnumber@txt.att.net
4. Type a subject of the email such as the song title and artist.
5. Select 'Attach File' (or similar wording) and select the song from your music folder. Click 'OK' and wait for the file to attach.
6. Click 'Send' and the song will be texted to the recipient. A link will appear he must follow to download.

How do I Send an Unknown Text Message?

1. TxtEmNow.com is a free SMS service that allows you to send unknown text messages to whoever you like. You can send messages to recipients inside or outside the United States. Optionally, if you choose, you can identify yourself by name. Leaving the contact name field blank sends a text message as anonymous.
2. TextForFree.net gives you a free option, where anonymous text messaging is possible. This services is heavily supported by advertisements, however, sending a text message takes five easy steps. This site requires you to known the recipient's mobile carrier. If you do not know the carrier, they provide you with a free mobile provider look-up tool. Additionally, they have a sister website for United Kingdom users.
3. FakeMyText advertises and prides itself on being an anonymous mobile text messaging service. When visiting the website, you have the choice to register/login to a free account or send a text message without registration. Sending an anonymous SMS on this service takes three quick steps and you do not need to know the recipient's mobile carrier. All that is required is the cell phone number you are sending to.

How to Locate an SMS Sender

1. Visit the site Trace Text. Enter the number you got the text from in the main textbox on the site. Click 'Search Now!' This will give you the number's general location. You'll have to purchase a subscription to trace it back to the exact address.
2. Download and install the app ReverseLookup for your Android phone. This application lets you look up a phone number that has tested you directly from your android phone and trace where it came from. This version of the app is free to use.
3. Visit the website Ugux. This site is completely free to use, and allows you enter the number that texted you, area code first, into the three boxes on the site in order to search the online public directory for a trace on the number.

How to Test Your SMS

1. Use a free online text message site such as SMSEverywhere, Mobile-Sender or SendSNSNow (see Resources). Use one of these sites to send a text message to your phone by typing in your cellphone number (check its directions for how to format it), selecting your carrier, then typing in your message. The text message should not take too long to arrive to your phone, and your phone should notify you when it is received.
2. Send a text message to an email address. Start to send a new text message, but instead of typing in a number or selecting one of your contacts, use your keypad to type in an email address. (As this is for testing purposes, select one of your own.) Type in your message, then send it. Access your email to see if it worked. It may take a few minutes for the message to arrive.
3. Ask a friend to use their phone or to send you a text message. It generally does not matter what carrier either of you are using, nor what texting plan you have (unless one of you has run out of text messages). If and when you receive their message, send a reply text to make sure that sending works as well.

How to Send a Free SMS to Mulitple Recipients

1. Log into your email account using your login name and password.
2. Click 'Write New Email.' Place the cursor into the 'To' box.
3. Enter each recipient's cellphone's email address, which would be the 10-digit cell number and the cellphone's provider's email extension. For example, if one recipient's provider is Alltel, you would enter number@message.alltel.com as the email address. See the Resource section for a list of cellphone providers and how to format the email addresses correctly to ensure delivery of the message. Place a comma after each email address.
4. Enter your message into the body of the email in the provided box. Press 'Send' when finished.