How to Ping Pinpoint a Cell Phone

1. Acquire the phone's number. If you wish to find out where a cell phone is located by pinging it, you first need to know the number assigned to it. This can be found out by asking the person. Or, if it's your phone, you can call your service provider and ask for the number associated with your phone (if you don't already know it).
2. Ask the cellular phone service provider to pinpoint your phone. Because phones automatically ping when they are turned on and when they make calls, you don't have to initiate any type of ping and can simply ask to have them located.
3. Supply any information or get consent from the owner of the cell phone and acquire the cell phone's location. If you can't get the consent or the correct information, move on to the next step.
4. Determine if the cell phone has a GPS tracking chip. All U.S.-manufactured cell phones made after 2005 have a GPS tracking device. This became standard due to the events of 9/11.
5. Find a GPS tracking service. There are many online that require payment to use, such as AccuTracking, and some are free, like BuddyWay.
6. Install the software that came from the tracking service's website onto the phone or phones you wish to trace.
7. Log in to the website of your tracking service and get the coordinates for the phone. Some sites offer more statistics, such as recent locations, the amount of battery power and the current route if the cell phone is moving.

How to Spoof a Phone

1. Connect to the Internet using your computer or your phone.
2. Go to your favorite search engine.
3. Type in the keywords 'spoof phone free.' Many options will appear. Some options will change your number or your voice.
4. Select a service that provides the spoofing option that you would like. Note that some are free and some are not.
5. Provide the information required in the information bars. Most spoofing websites require your name, email address, phone number, phone carrier, country, and recipient's phone number.
6. Call or text the number you are spoofing using the code that the service provides to you and following the spoofing websites exact directions. Some services may allow you to spoof text directly from their website.

How to Call Information for Free Using a Cell Phone

1. Dial a free 411 service. Free 411 offers a directory assistance service, as does Google.
2. After you call, an advertisement will be presented. After the ad is done, you will have an option to connect to the business that was advertised, or proceed with the directory listing service.
3. Use the automated menu to get to the directory information. You will have to say 'business' and then give the city and state of the business. Next, say the name of the business or the type of business.
4. The automated system will come back with a list of results. Say the name of the result about which you want information.
5. The automated system will ask if you want to be connected to the business or if you want details about the business. Then, if you choose details, you will be given the business name and address. If you choose to be connected, then you will be transferred to the place of business.

How to Upgrade a Cricket Phone

1. Select the model phone that you would like, and compare it with other models to ensure you are getting the best deal. Check and make sure it is compatible with Cricket Wireless before you buy it. Research the phone to make your best selection possible.
2. Buy the phone either from Cricket, or via a third party vendor. Select a third party vendor that you know is reliable, because otherwise you could purchase a phone that is not up to par.
3. Activate the phone via one of three ways. You can go to a Cricket store or a wireless store affiliated with the Cricket company and get it activated, call Cricket's customer service to activate the phone or activate the phone online. Once it is activated call someone to check and see that the phone is working, and then call your phone from another number to make sure that you can get incoming calls.

How to Get Unlimited Free Text on Any SIM

1. Find the SMS gateway associated with the cell phone number you want to send a text message to. You can find a link with SMS gateway information for major cellular service providers in the U.S. in the Resources section of this article. You need to know both the cellular phone number and the associated cellular network to send a free text message. If you don't know the cellular network, ask the person you want to send a free text message to what cellular service provider he uses.
2. Connect your cell phone to a Wi-Fi or cellular data network.
3. Open an email client or Web-based email program on your phone.
4. Type the 10-digit cellular phone number followed by the SMS gateway information in the 'Send to' field of your email client. For example, if you want to send a free text message to Verizon, you would type '5555555555@vtext.com,' where '5555555555' is the 10-digit cellular number you want to send the text message to.
5. Type the text message in the body of the email.
6. Click the email client's 'Send' button to send the free text message.

How to Send Free Sprint Texts

Sending text messages using your computer
1. Log into your Sprint account.
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the landing page for your account. You will find several lists of links. Locate the 'Do Stuff' list.
3. Click on 'Send text.' This will take you to the 'My device and media' page. Scroll to the bottom of the screen, where you will find a window that says 'Texting.' Click on the yellow button that says, 'Open the Web Texter site.'
4. Take the tour once you arrive at the Sprint Web Texter site. This is a quick tour of the basic functions of the site. Take the tour again, if you wish, by clicking on the Zipwhip logo button and clicking 'Tour.'
5. Click on the 'New Text' button. A pop-up window called 'Send Text' will appear. Type in the number to which you wish to send a text message. Type in the message. Click the yellow 'Send' button.

How to Download Music Using a USB Cord

Transfering Your Downloaded Music
1. Download music onto your computer using the music downloading software of your choice. Write down the name of the folder where your computer downloads music. You may want to label a folder on your desktop as 'Music' and download into that folder so you can easily find your music later.
2. Insert the desktop management software that came with your portable device into your computer's disk drive. The software is usually on a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. If you do not have the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, go to the website of the company that made your portable device and download the software, or order a new disk from the company.
3. Plug the larger end of your USB cord into the USB port on your computer/laptop, and connect the smaller end into your MP3 player or smart phone.
4. Go into 'My Computer' on your computer by going to the Start Menu and then clicking on 'My Computer.' You will see your portable device listed as a removable disk in this window.
5. Open a new window and locate your 'Music' folder. With the two windows open (the one for your removable disk and the one for your music), single-click on a song and drag it onto the removable disk icon. A transfer screen will appear that indicates that the music is transferring into the portable device. Continue to click and drag MP3s until you have finished putting your music onto your device.