How to Send SMS to a Specific Port

1. Install the SMSNow Program. Accept the defaults. This is a browser-based program, and it will install a link on the browser.
2. Click the 'Start' button on the task bar in Windows. Click the 'Internet Explorer' browser link to launch the browser.
3. Go to the SMSNow Browser link. The SMSNow WebWindow opens. Enter the text to send. Next, select the 'Normal' message type radio button and select the 'Default' message type radio button. For the destination port, type '3333.' Click 'Submit' and this will execute the message.

How to Send SMS Messages Via Computers and GPRS Modems to Cell Phones

1. Use an Internet-based text messaging service to send SMS from your computer. Consider Txt2day, MJoy and SendSMSNow.
2. Use Txt2day.com. Enter the country code, area code and phone number. Then select the receiver's cell phone provider, type in the message up to 140 characters, agree to the terms and conditions, enter the anti-spam code and click 'Send It.'
3. Sign up with SendSMSNow by providing your user name, password, email address, first and last name, gender, city, country, date of birth and verification code. Accept the terms and conditions. Click 'Register' and check your email. Click the link in the confirmation email and log in to the site. Type your message of up to 130 characters, enter the phone number and choose the country from the drop down box. Click 'Send SMS.'
4. Register with MJoy by providing your country, phone number and security code and click 'Join.' Wait for the text message on your phone. This will contain your log-in details. Log in and type your text of up to 160 characters. Enter the phone number of the receiver and click 'Send.'

How to Send Texts Without Providing an SMS Provider

1. Choose a free SMS website. Examples include TXT 2 Day, Text 'Em and Text 4 Free (see Resources). Navigate to the website of your choice.
2. Enter the contact's phone number. You can also add contacts to your phone book, and select your contacts that way.
3. Choose the contact's wireless provider. For example, if your aunt uses Verizon Wireless, select 'Verizon Wireless' from the list of providers. If you do not know, ask your contact.
4. Enter your SMS message. Make sure that it is at least 160 characters or less. Click 'Submit' when satisfied.

How to Clear Up the Device Memory on a BlackBerry

1. Scroll through all of your instant messages, both sent and received, on your BlackBerry device and delete all that aren't relevant beyond that day. Accumulated incoming and outgoing SMS and MMS text messages can eventually take up a large percentage of your device's on-board memory if not managed properly.
2. Consider using your BlackBerry device's Content Compression tool, which will compress stored information so it takes up as little space on your device as possible. To turn Content Compression on, visit your device's 'Home' screen. Locate and click on the 'Security Options' icon, then choose 'General Settings' in the next menu screen. Highlight 'Content Compression,' click your scroll wheel or trackball to select it for modification, and then change the setting's status to 'Enabled.' Press the 'Escape' or 'Back' button on the keypad and click 'Save' when you are asked.
3. Remove any unnecessary media from the device memory, such as old video files, sound files or image files. If your BlackBerry device allows the use of an SD or miniSD media card, consider purchasing and using one. Store all of your images, video files and sound files on your removable media card rather than keeping them in your device's system memory.
4. Erase your BlackBerry's event log. This log isn't flushed automatically by BlackBerry devices and, if left unattended over a period of months, will consume a vast amount of internal memory on the device. To clear the event log, hold down the 'Alt' key in the lower-left hand corner of your keypad. While holding this button, type 'lglg' on your keypad and the event log screen will then appear. Press the 'Blackberry' icon, normally to the left of the scroll wheel or trackball, and then select 'Clear Log' and then 'Delete.'
5. Clear your BlackBerry's web browser cache by activating your browser and then pressing the 'BlackBerry' icon to access the browser's Settings menu. Though the menus of various mobile browsers differ slightly, you should be able to scroll through the settings to locate an option which allows you to clear the browser's cache. Select and clear the cache to free up additional memory.
6. Remove the battery from the device while it is still turned on. Do this periodically, perhaps once a week. There are some memory areas that cannot be cleared in any other way. You will notice that, when going into 'Options' and then 'Status' after a battery-remove-reboot sequence, that the memory amount shows a drastic increase after the device is reset in this way.

How to Make Custom iPhone Ringtones for Free

1. Open iTunes.
2. Find the song that you want to make into a ringtone.
3. Listen to the song and find the part of it you want to use. The chorus may be a good place to start.
4. Write down the start and stop times of the clip.
5. Right-click the song and select 'Get Info.'
6. Click the 'Options' tab.
7. Type in the start time of your ringtone in the text box next to 'Start Time' in the minutes:seconds (i.e., 2:01) format.
8. Type in the end time of your ringtone in the text box next to 'Stop Time.' Make sure the ringtone is no more than 40 seconds long.
9. Click 'OK.'
10. Right-click your song again and select 'Convert Selection to AAC.' Wait for iTunes to convert your song. It will create a duplicate version.
11. Right-click the ringtone and select 'Delete.'
12. Click on the 'Keep Files' button.
13. Find the file. It's usually in your User folder under 'Music > iTunes > iTunes Music' and under the band's name. It will have an extension of m4a.
14. Replace the m4a extension of your ringtone with m4r. You can either double-click slowly to rename your file, or right-click and select 'Get Info' on a Mac or 'Rename' on a Windows PC.
15. Click 'Use .m4r' or the PC equivalent when the system warns you that the change may affect the use of your file.
16. Double-click the ringtone file. ITunes will automatically add it to your ringtones folder in your iTunes Music Library.
17. Connect your iPhone and sync your ringtones.

How to Send SMS Through Messenger

Yahoo! Messenger
1. Download and install Yahoo! Messenger on a computer (see Resources). Follow the installation prompts to properly install the program. Leave the messenger open after installation.
2. Sign up for a Yahoo! ID (see Resources). Provide details such as your name, date of birth and postal code. Agree to the 'Terms and Conditions,' then submit the registration form.
3. Log in to Yahoo! Messenger using the user name and password you created.
4. Click 'Actions' in the top menu, then 'Send SMS Message' and enter the recipient's phone number.
5. Enter the message in the 'SMS Message' window, then click 'Send.'
AIM
6. Download and install AIM messenger on a computer (see Resources). Follow the installation prompts to properly install the program. Leave the messenger open after installation.
7. Sign up for an AIM account (see Resources). Provide details such as your name, date of birth and postal code. Agree to the 'Terms and Conditions,' then submit the registration form.
8. Log in to AIM messenger using the user name and password you created.
9. Click 'Menu' in the AIM messenger window, then select 'New IM.' Click the 'Send a Text Message Instead' link in the open window.
10. Enter the phone number in the 'To' field, then enter the message. Type the text message in the appropriate field, then click 'Send.'
Windows Live Messenger
11. Download and install Windows Live Messenger on a computer (see Resources). Follow the installation prompts to properly install the program. Leave the messenger open after installation.
12. Sign up for a Windows Live ID. Provide details such as your name, date of birth and zip code. Agree to the 'Terms and Conditions,' then submit the registration form.
13. Log in to Windows Live Messenger using the user name and password you created.
14. Click the 'Show Menu' icon, then select 'Actions' and 'Send Other.' Select 'Send a message to a mobile device.'
15. Enter the phone number to text, type the message, then click 'Send.'

How to Unlock Sidekick ID for Free

1. Place an active SIM card into the Sidekick ID other than a T-Mobile SIM card and then power the device on. The SIM card prompts an unlock screen to appear.
2. Select “Cancel” to exit to the home screen.
3. Press the “Menu” button in the upper left hand corner of the phone.
4. Scroll to and select “Settings” by clicking down on the trackball.
5. Scroll down to and select “SIM Center” by clicking on the trackball.
6. Scroll to and select “Unlock SIM Card/Enable SIM Lock.” Some software versions display, “Disable SIM Lock/Change SIM Pin.”
7. Enter in the default four digit code “1111.”
8. Select, “Change SIM PIN” and then type in a new four digit code you can remember. Enter the code a second time when prompted.
9. Click on the “End” button on the lower left hand corner of the phone to exist back to the “Jump” screen.
10. Press the “Menu” button in the upper left hand corner of the Sidekick ID.
11. Scroll to and select “Network Options.” Once you are in “Network Options” select “Rescan.” Your Sidekick then registers on the correct network. Click on “Done.”