Thursday, April 25, 2013
How to Get Free Jokes Sent Right to Your Phone
1. Call your wireless provider or visit your provider's website and sign into your mobile account. Sign up for a texting plan, such as unlimited texting, if do not have one.
2. Visit Etextvite's joke website (see Resources). Click 'Daily' joke and fill out the required information, such as your name, mobile phone number and cell phone provider. Once you submit the information, you will receive a confirmation text and then each day you will receive a joke.
3. Go to the Frengo website (see Resources). Frengo is a website that lists a collection of text message jokes from various websites that send jokes straight to your phone. Read the details of each website underneath the website's name. Look for websites that send jokes to your phone daily. Click 'Join' when you find a service you wish to join and enter your mobile phone number. Ensure the price reads '$0.00' underneath 'Join.'
4. Visit the text message page of Zedge.com (see Resources). Zedge allows you to choose which joke to send to your phone. Enter a keyword in the 'Search' box, such as 'Funny' and press 'Enter' on your keyboard. All funny text messages will appear in a list, with a preview of the joke for each message. Click on the message to see the entire joke, and then click 'Mobile Web Direct Download.' Follow the on-screen instructions to send the joke to your phone.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
How to Unlock a Sagem Phone Via IMEI for Free
1. Type *#06# to bring up the IMEI number of your phone. Jot this number down on a piece of paper, and keep it handy.
2. Call your cell phone carrier. Ask the employee with whom you speak for the unlock code for your Sagem mobile phone after you tell him/her the IMEI code you wrote down earlier.
3. Power off your cell phone and take out its battery. Gently ease your SIM card out and put back the SIM card of another network provider in its place. Put your battery back in and then turn on your cell phone.
4. Type in your unlock code when your cell phone displays a SIM card error. This enables you to unlock your cell phone automatically.
How to Make Custom Ringtones for an SMS iPhone
1. Launch iTunes on your computer. Play the song you want to convert to a ringtone. Note the beginning and ending times of the clip you wish to use.
2. Return to the music list in your library and right-click (or ctrl-click on a Mac with a one-button mouse) on the song you want to use. Then choose the 'Get Info' option.
3. Click on the 'Options' tab and enter the appropriate times in the 'Start Time' and 'Stop Time' fields. Make sure that both boxes are checked and that your clip is no more than 30 seconds long.
4. Right-click on the shortened version of your song. Choose 'Convert Selection to AAC.'
5. Drag the clipped song from the iTunes music folder to the desktop. Then return to iTunes and remove the ringtone from the library.
6. Change the ringtone's extension from .m4a to m4r.
7. Double-click on the ringtone and add it to the iTunes library. It should be placed under the 'Ringtones' heading.
8. Connect your iPhone and sync it with iTunes. Your newly created ringtone will be ready to use.
9. Return to the 'Options' tab on your song in iTunes. Deactivate the 'Start Time' and 'Stop Time' settings to restore your song to its original form.
Where Can I Find Free Virgin Mobile Ringtones?
Funtonia
Funtonia.com (full link provided in 'Resources') is a special ringtones website which caters exclusively to Virgin Mobile users. Before you can begin downloading ringtones to your cell phone, you will need to create an account. Do this by navigating to the website, typing in your full cell number, creating a password, and typing in your email address. Once you're done, click 'Submit.' You will now be able to log into the site. Log in and you will be able to look through the site's wide selection of ringtones from popular artist's songs. Select the song you want to download. Because the site already has your number you will receive a text with a Web site and a key code. Navigate to the site given via the web browser on your phone and type in the key code. The song will now begin to download onto the phone.
Myxer
Myxer is another website which allows its users to download free ringtones, but it is not Virgin Mobile exclusive. Navigate to the Myxer.com website. When you arrive, you will want to type in the song or artist you are searching for, and then select 'Ringtone' from the pull down menu. Click 'Find This' and you will be taken to a page which displays all the songs fitting your search. Download the song by clicking on it, then select 'Send to Phone.' A text will now be sent to your Virgin Mobile cell phone. Like the other site the text will include a link, plus a key code. Go to the link on your mobile Internet browser, and then type in the code. The ringtone will now download.
Brinked
Brinked is another site which allows all cell phone users the ability to download ringtones. This site does not have as many songs as Funtonia or Myxer, but there is still a large selection. To search for a song, type the title or artist in to the search bar in the middle of the screen. When the song you want loads, click the 'Send to Phone' button. A new window will load, asking you what mobile company you have. Select 'Other Company.' You will be asked this again, and select 'Other Company' again. From here you will need to type in your cell phone number. The song will now begin to download to your phone.
How to Send a SMS Text Message
1. Go to the SMS Everywhere homepage (see Resources below) in any standard web browser.
2. Click on the 'Send a Message' link in the upper-right corner of the site.
3. Enter the 10-digit phone number, including the area code, of the cell phone you wish to send an SMS text message to in the 'Send To' field.
4. Type the message that you want to send into the 'Message' field. Text messages from SMS Everywhere have a 150-character limit, and the site counts down as you use up characters.
5. Click on the 'Send Now' button to send the SMS text message to the phone number you specified in Step 2.
How to Get Free Prepaid Cell Phone Service
1. Visit Safelinkwireless.com and click the 'Enroll' tab on the home screen. Enter your 'Zipcode' and click 'Submit.' To qualify for the 'Lifeline' program, applicants must receive at least one form of government assistance, such as Section 8 housing, food stamps, Medicaid, SSI or free lunch. The applicant cannot be registered with another Lifeline cell phone provider and must have a valid U.S. address.
2. Click the 'Apply' button on the home screen. Enter your name, address and telephone number in the appropriate fields. Confirm your identity by entering your birthday and the last four digits of your social security number. Double-check your information for accuracy. Enter the verification code in the box at the bottom of the page and click 'Submit.'
3. Write down your confirmation code. You will need this number to check the status of your application. Return to the website in around two hours to check on your application. Click the 'Check Status' tab located on the yellow bar on the homepage. Enter the confirmation code in the appropriate field and click 'Submit.' If your application was approved, your phone should arrive within five to eight business days. If your application was denied, contact 1-800-977-3768 to speak with a customer service representative.
How to Send a Free International Text Message Online
Send a Free SMS
1. Go to the Send a Free SMS website. It lets people send free text messages to the USA and Canada.
2. Type in your email, the phone number to which you want to send an SMS, the recipient's phone carrier, a subject line and message. The SMS message can only contain 100 characters.
3. Type in the PIN, located directly above the 'Email' line. Click on 'Send Free Text Message.'
Text 4 Free
4. Go to the Text 4 Free website, which allows people to SMS cell phones in 40 countries.
5. Type in the recipient's phone number and his or her cell phone provider.
6. Enter your message, attach an optional photo or file and enter the PIN.
7. Click on 'Send Message.'
TxtDrop
8. Go to the TxtDrop website, which lets people living in Canada or the United States to SMS people in other countries.
9. Type in your email address and the recipient's phone number.
10. Type in your SMS message and press 'Send.'
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