Ways to Look at Text Messages Without Your Phone

Text Message Spyware
Spyware software is initially loaded onto the cell phone. Once in place, the software sends the text messages to the software company's server. Then the messages are stored in an online account to be accessed by the account holder. Even if the cell phone user erases the texts from the cell phone, the text messages are recorded and saved on the site.
Online Text Messaging Services
Online text messaging services let users receive and send text messages from their computers. The user needs to be logged into the service's website to create text messages and view reply texts. People who do not have their phones can log onto any computer and still use text messaging to communicate. Many of these services are free.
Cell Phone Service Providers
Some cell phone service providers offer the opportunity for users to send text messages from a computer to a cell phone. The service will indicate when the text has been received but will not retrieve returned texts. Those messages go directly to the cell phone. The sent text messages also will not be saved online. Another option available from some cell phone service providers is the ability to set up an online photo album. This allows users to save photos that are sent by text messages to an online account to be viewed or retrieved later. Photos taken by the user's cell phone can also be saved to this online album.

How to Find an old Friend's Phone Number for Free

Online
1. Begin your search in the online white pages. If you know what city or ZIP code your friend lives in, you can enter their name and see what comes up. You're in real luck if you know an address. You can do a reverse search, just enter the address in the appropriate field and hit enter. The site will provide you with a phone number that corresponds to the given address.
2. Create a profile on one of the popular social networking websites and look for your friend. MySpace and Facebook are two popular choices that help reconnect people everyday. If you find your friend, you can message them and ask for a current phone number.
3. Try reunion websites. These sites are organized by the year one graduated from high school or college. You may not be able to retrieve a phone number from these sites, but you can find enough information to aid in another search.
4. Check email directories. If your friend has a Yahoo or Hotmail account, this search should bring up current contact information or, at least, an email address. Follow up with an email to the friend, and ask for a phone number.

How to Unlock a BlackBerry Phone for Free

1. Dial *#06# on your BlackBerry phone. Write down the IMEI number that appears on the screen. Contact your mobile service provider to request your SIM unlock code. Give them all the information they ask for, including the IMEI number and your e-mail address.
2. Turn off the BlackBerry phone when you receive the SIM unlock code from your mobile provider. Remove the battery, battery panel and the current SIM card from the back of the phone. Insert the SIM card from your new mobile network. Replace the battery and battery panel on the phone.
3. Turn on the BlackBerry phone. Click through the SIM card error message. Enter the SIM unlock code on the next page. Press the 'Enter' key to unlock the phone.

Where to Get Free Ringtones for Metro PCS

Myxer
Myxer.com may be a great place to start if you are looking for not only free Metro PCS ringtones but wallpaper and other content as well. However, if you want to only want the ringtones, select the 'Ringtones' tab on the right of the screen. If there is a particular song you want to search for, you can do this by entering the name of the song or artist into the search bar. Scroll through the list of available songs and click one you may want to download. A new page will load and you will need to click 'Send to Phone.' A small window will now appear. Enter your phone number and carrier (Metro PCS). A message will now be sent to your phone containing a link and code number. Navigate to this link on the browser on your phone and enter the code. The song will now download for free onto your phone.
Phone Zoo
With PhoneZoo, you will not find all the artist ringtones you would have on Myxer.com, but there is a large amount of free sound effect downloads and other ringtones users of PhoneZoo create and post on the website. You can browser through the list of ringtones the site has. When you find something, click the title and a new page will load. Select 'Send to Phone.' At this point you will be prompted to sign up for an account. This consists of creating a username and password. Once this has been done, you will return to your download page. Type in your telephone number, as well as your carrier, and a text will be sent to your phone. In the text will be a link and an access code. Use your Metro PCS's Internet capabilities and go to the link. Type in the code, and the ringtone will download to your phone.
Brinked
If you still have not yet found a particular ringtone, try out Brinked.com. This site, like Myxer, has a range of different ringtones from big-name musicians. You can search these tones either by the name of of the song and artist, or through the most popular songs, most recently added, and what is the most downloaded at the present time. Click the name of the song you want to download as a ringtone and select 'Send to Phone.' In the new window which loads, click your carrier 'Metro PCS,' followed by cell phone number, and just like the other two sites a text will be sent to your phone with a link and an access code. Follow this information to download your new free ringtone.

How Can I Send SMS Messages With Skype?

1. Open Skype and click 'Contacts' > 'Add a Contact.' Enter your contact's cell phone number and name into the appropriate fields, along with her e-mail address and Skype name if you wish. Click the green 'Add' button to add this person as a Skype contact.
2. Click on your contact's name where it appears in Skype's left panel. At the bottom of the main portion of Skype's screen, you should see a text field with the words 'Type a message to (name) here.' Fill in your contact's name.
3. Type your desired SMS message into the field you located at the bottom of Skype's screen. Click the grey 'Send SMS' button to the right of this field when you are ready to send your message to your contact's cell phone.

Finding Free Ringtones for MetroPCS Phones

Download Online
One of the many good things about MetroPCS is that there is a great variety of free ringtones available for this carrier, including music genres from Country to R&B. Examples of websites with free ringtones include Funtonia and Mobiles24.com. Find links in the Resources section.
Download to Your Phone
Make sure to check if the free ringtone you want to download is compatible with your particular MetroPCS cell phone. Then download free ringtones using your MetroPCS cell phone. Open the Web browser from your cell phone. Type 'wap.' and then the name of the website you will be downloading from (for example, 'wap.mobiles24.com'). Select a ringtone and click 'Save.' Note that some of the websites require a free subscription before you can begin your downloads.
New Ringtones Releases
Subscribe to a service--available through the MetroPCS website (see Resources)--that sends you updates on new ringtones. This way you will always know when new ringtones have been released.

How to Send Out a Mass SMS

1. Turn your phone on and select 'Menu,' then select 'Messages.' Use the arrow button and go to the right until you get to 'Distribution Lists,' and select it.
2. Go to 'Options' and click 'Add List.' Make up a name for the list and select 'OK.'
3. Go to 'Options' and 'View List.' Select 'Options' again, and then 'Add Contact.' Choose the person from your contacts list that you want to add to the list. Do this until everyone you want to send your bulk message to is added.
4. Go to the 'Main Menu' and then 'Messages' to create a new message. Write your message and choose 'Sending Options.' Go to 'Send to List,' and then choose the distribution list that you have created and click 'OK.'