How to Earn Free Minutes on ATT Prepaid Phones

1. Contact AT&T Wireless and ask about adding a data plan to your phone. Sometimes, AT&T may have promotions that add free minutes to your phone when signing up for a data plan.
2. Renew your current mobile plan. AT&T may add free minutes to your phone when you purchase additional minutes or reactivate your cell phone.
3. Purchase a new mobile phone. Buy a prepaid phone on the AT&T website or at participating retail stores. Upon purchase, you will automatically receive free minutes on your phone.
4. Sign up for promotions with AT&T. Register by telephone or through the AT&T website. You may receive promotions and offers by mail or email for free minutes.

How Can I Track a Cell Phone Using Satellite?

1. Find GPS tracking software. Some of the most popular include Mologogo, Instamapper, and BuddyWay (see References below). These will allow you to follow your phone wherever it goes using your phone's existing GPS chip to send a signal to a satellite. This in turn sends a signal back to Earth and shows the phone's location via the Internet. As of 2010 all of these services are free.
2. Sign up for the GPS service of your choice on its website and providing an e-mail address, user name, password and your cell phone number. You will receive a text message within a few minutes giving you a URL where you can download your software to your phone.
3. Install the software on the phone, then restart the phone.
4. Boot up your computer, PDA, or another web-enabled cell phone and log in to the GPS website. You should see a map and a blinking red dot with your user name next to it. This is the phone you are tracking as seen by the satellite. You can now follow the phone anywhere it goes.

How to Unlock an ATT Cell Phone for Free

1. Find the 15-digit IMEI, or international mobile equipment identifier, code. Most often, this is located under the battery above the bar code. Write down the code and save it for later.
2. Determine the make and model of your phone. This is usually found somewhere on the phone. Write this information down as well, such as LG Shine (CU720).
3. Call AT&T's customer service center at 800 331 0500 to see if the company can provide an unlock code. Mention the make, model and IMEI of your phone.

How to Jailbreak a Cell Phone

How to Jailbreak an iPhone
1. Plug iPhone into computer via USB cable. iTunes will recognize the device. When connected to iPhone, iTunes automatically backs up iPhone contents unless set otherwise. If iTunes does not automatically back up the contents, click the device on the left side of the iTunes application. When the device contents pop up on the screen, click 'Sync.'
2. Download the Spirit jailbreak application from SpiritJB.com. After the download, a small pop-up window will read 'iPhone Connected.'
3. Click 'Jailbreak' on the screen. After clicking 'Jailbreak,' do not touch the device until it reads 'Restore Complete.' When the device restarts, a new application, Cydia, will appear on the home screen. Cydia is another application store, but it consists of free, unauthorized and third-party applications. Once the device is restarted, and Cydia is available to use, the jailbreak is complete.

How to Get a Free Cell Phone w/ Free Coverage and Free Minutes

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Lifeline Assistance is part of a program that was created by the government to provide discounted or free telephone service to income-eligible consumers. To make this free service available to income eligible customers, SafeLink Wireless offers Lifeline Service. Through SafeLink's Lifeline Service you will receive FREE cellular service, a FREE cell phone, and FREE Minutes every month! SafeLink Wireless Service does not cost anything - there are no contracts, no recurring fees and no monthly charges.Any Minutes you do not use will roll-over. Features such as caller ID, call waiting and voicemail are all also included with your service. If you need additional Minutes, you can buy TracFone Airtime Cards at any TracFone retailer Walmart, Walgreens, Family Dollar, etc). SafeLink Airtime Cards will be available soon.You cannot participate in Lifeline through another long distance carrier if you want to participate in Lifeline through this program.
2. Go to the SafeLink Wireless website that is listed below. Enter your zipcode, and click on 'Go' to begin the process.
3. On the second page, click on the tab that says 'Apply'.
4. Fill out your contact information, your social security number, and give a street address instead of a post office box, and click on continue.
5. Enter your identifying information, and click on submit. You will need to submit proof that you are receiving assistance from the government, such as Food Stamps, Public Assistance, or HUD. You will need to give your social security number. The site is secure, and this is verified by Equifax. Click on the padlock icon at the bottom of your screen for more security information if you are concerned about submitting your social security number online, or enroll by telephone, calling 1-800-977-3768.
6. Make sure that you are not enrolled in Lifeline through another telephone provider.

How to Send an SMS to a TracFone

1. Press the 'Menu' key while on your phone's home screen.
2. Select the 'Messaging' or 'Messages' folder.
3. Select 'Create New' or 'Create New Message' depending on your phone's model.
4. Enter the text for the SMS message. Enter the recipient's TracFone number and press 'Send.'

BlackBerry SMS Options

Using SMS for Twitter
Subscribers with an unlimited SMS package can send and receive SMS commands and updates to Twitter. Through this, they can post tweets and keep track of their friends and favorite celebrities using their mobile phones. Since they are using an unlimited SMS package, they will not incur any additional charges even if they use this service often.
Working With Quicker SMS
Another option a BlackBerry user can choose for sending SMS is 'Quicker SMS.' Typing messages on a computer with its full keyboard function can be more convenient and faster than keying in messages on a mobile phone. Quicker SMS is an application that allows you to view, send and forward text messages using a computer. Additional features include sending text message to a contact group in just one click and importing contacts from the BlackBerry phone to the computer. This option is a useful tool for BlackBerry users who often work near computers.
Separating SMS and Email In-Box
Some Blackberry models have a shared in-box for SMS messages and email messages. You can separate the in-boxes if you want. Do this by navigating from the main menu to the Messages menu, selecting 'Options,' then 'SMS and Email Inboxes.' This menu has three options showing on its drop-down list. You can select from 'Theme Controlled,' 'Combined' and 'Separate.' Choosing Separate will set up different in-boxes for SMS and email messages. If you want to restore the shared in-box, go back to this list and choose 'Combined.'