How to Get Free Prepaid Cell Phone Minutes

How to Get Free Prepaid Cell Phone Minutes
1. Purchase a new prepaid cell phone. You will often receive more minutes by purchasing the cell phone and minutes together rather than by buying the prepaid cell phone minutes alone.
2. Visit the cell phone carrier's Web site. For example, Tracfone prepaid cell phone services often offers bonus minutes when you purchase minutes. These offers are usually presented on the first page of the Web site. You can also earn double minutes for life (DMFL) with a new minutes purchase if you purchase the DMFL prepaid phone or card.
3. Change your plan. Many carriers will offer bonus minutes if you upgrade your plan. Your account is often credited immediately over the phone.
4. Voice your concerns. If there is any aspect of your service that you don't like, call your carrier to explain the issue. Sometimes, as a token of their apology, they will offer you free prepaid cell phone minutes.
5. Sign up for any offers from your carrier that ask you to watch videos or receive free text messages to provide feedback on commercial products or services. You may receive free prepaid minutes based upon the number of advertisements you view or text messages you receive.
6. Take a prepaid cell phone test drive. Some cell phone carriers offer a free, risk-free trial of their phone, service and network. You may be given a free phone and minutes for up to 30 days.
7. Complete surveys or offers at Web sites such as Phone Lagoon and Mobile Wallet at Facebook to earn free prepaid minutes.
8. Join a rewards program. There are rewards programs such as i-wireless that provide free minutes when you shop using their rewards card.

How to Send SMS in India

From Your Cellphone
1. Enter the number you wish to send the text message to into your cellphone. This number can be from India or any other country. Make sure you use the appropriate prefix digits. For example, use +1 for the United States or +91 for India.
2. Create a new text message on your phone and add the number you wish to send it to as the recipient contact.
3. Hit 'Send' to send the message from within India. If you find your cellphone service plan does not cover international calling or texting by providing an upgrade to an international calling plan or if the cost of sending SMS this way is too high for you, send a free SMS from a free online SMS sending service.
From the Internet
4. Find a site that provides a free SMS sending service to other countries, including India. Try one like Spice SMS or Send SMS Now.
5. Select the country you want to send the SMS to along with the proper prefix code. Type in the cellphone number you wish to send the SMS to. If you use an SMS-sending service that doesn't automatically add the international country code, be sure to add it.
6. Enter your number into the 'From' box so the recipient knows where the message came from.
7. Enter the message text and hit 'Send.' If the site requires you to enter a capcha code, do so before clicking on 'Send.'

How to Send Free MMS Text Messages

1. Open your email account on your computer or cell phone if you have this option on your cell as well as depending upon where the media is located. Select the option to compose a new email.
2. Type the person’s 10-digit cell phone number and cell provider into the 'To' box. See the Resource section of this article on how to format the email addresses of different cell phone providers. For example, if the person has AT&T, you would enter 5554321908@mms.att.net.
3. Type a short message into the message section of the email.
4. Press the 'Browse' icon or symbol, to look for the photo you wish to attach to the message. Click 'Attach' once you have selected the picture. Send the email. The MMS message will arrive shortly to the person’s cell phone.

How to Send Free Jokes to a Cell Phone

1. Open and log in to your email account.
2. Open a new blank email message.
3. Enter the recipient's mobile phone text messaging email address in the 'To' field. The text email address is usually the 10-digit mobile phone number followed by the cell phone provider's SMS gateway. For example, the text email for Verizon is 1234567890@vtext.com.
4. Enter your joke message in the body of the email.
5. Click 'Send' once you have completed your message. Your email will be sent to the recipient's text inbox.

How to Send an SMS Message to a T

Send Text from Website
1. Log onto the 'Textem: Free Text' website in your Web browser. Websites such as 'SMS Everywhere: Send a Message to a Cell Phone' and 'Txt2Day: Free Text Messaging' are also available for you to send text messages from a computer to a T-Mobile cell phone.
2. Type the T-mobile cell phone user's number in the box titled 'Recipient's Mobile Number.'
3. Type your email address in the 'Email address' box. This will allow the recipient to respond to your text message through text-to-email. Text-to-email allows a user to send a response back to your email with their number @tmomail.net. For example, if the phone number is 1234567890, the email will be sent to your email from the address 1234567890@tmomail.net.
4. Select T-mobile from the drop-down menu titled 'Mobile Carrier.'
5. Type your message in the 'Message' box. Do not exceed 155 characters per message.
6. Type the security code listed in the security image and check the box next to terms of use. Click 'Send Message' button at the bottom of the screen.
Send Email Text to a T-Mobile Cell Phone
7. Load your email in-box and select the 'Compose Mail' option.
8. Type the phone number @tmomail.net in the 'To' box. For example, if the cell phone number is 1234567890, the email address will show as 1234567890@tmomail.net.
9. Leave the subject area blank and type a message in the body of the email. Do not exceed 160 characters or the message may not reach the T-Mobile cell phone.
10. Click the 'Send' button. The T-Mobile cell phone user can respond to your email-to-text by replying to the message.
Text from Cell Phone
11. Open the options menu in your cell phone and click the 'Message' folder.
12. Click the 'Create SMS' option. This also may be shown as 'Send SMS' or 'Send Text Message.'
13. Type the T-Mobile cell phone number in the 'To' area.
14. Type the message in the body area of the text message. Click 'Send' when finished.

How to Make Cellphone Ringtones

1. Verify that the picture messaging function is enabled on your cellphone. This functionality enables your own cellphone to make a ringtone by using the picture message function. You don't actually need to have any pictures.
2. Go to 'Send picture message.' Enter your own phone number. You can add text or a picture if you want, but it's unnecessary.
3. Navigate to the 'Sound' heading on your cellphone. Select 'Sounds' and 'Record new.' Record the desired sound. Then press 'OK.' Go back to the text message and press 'Send.' You should receive the message soon.
4. After receiving the message, press 'Open.' The sound will be embedded in the picture. Press the 'Options' button and save the sound as a ringtone.
5. Switch your ringtone, as per your cellphone manufacturer's instructions.

What Are SMS Calls?

SMS Call Technology
Trigger a cheap phone call by using the SMS gateway. For example, this type of SMS could allow a less-than-one-dollar phone call to Jamaica. The technology will permit a call between any two handsets, while the keypad can either be a mobile phone or a computer keyboard. The quality of the call remains high since the SMS gateway uses a reliable telephone system. This is a great method to keep in touch with loved ones or business acquaintances when you are abroad, staying at a hotel, or whenever you are just away from home or the office.
SMS by Email
In addition to having access to a gateway for cheap phone calls, you can send short messages through emails. A more advanced gateway will allow family, relatives, friends and business associates to send an SMS back to you. Within the article on 'The Secret of Making Cheap Telephone Calls,' Majon International suggests a two-way communication system between email and SMS, a service that some gateways offer. In this case, there are no short time windows to bound your communication.
SMS-to-SMS Services
Use SMS-to-SMS services to send multiple messages to predetermined phone numbers or to a particular name on your contact list.
Email to Fax
Send a fax anywhere in the world (email-to-fax system) by using the right SMS gateway. This SMS service also allows the user to send Web pages to fax machines, as well as the ability to program the fax machine to receive news from a specific Web page on a regular basis.
Payment Methods
You can either pay for these SMS gateways in hard currency or by a credit card. Payment services, such as Moneybookers, can also be used to pay for these gateways. You can alternatively pay any associated fees by using a credit system. Buy credit and add it to your account or earn free credit by referring more users to the service. The last option will not only earn you commission, but it will also allow you to access cheaper phone calls.