How to Accept Collect Calls From Inmates on a Cell Phone

1. Obtain a credit card or bank card. When an inmate calls you through a third party operator you will have to provide a credit card or bank card number to be billed before the call will be connected.
2. Find a third party provider to place the call for the inmate. These third party providers, such as 1-800-Call-4-Less, provide an 800 number for the inmate to dial from prison. The call is free for the inmate to place. As of 2010, your credit card will be charged rates of around $0.25 a minute for the call.
3. Provide the inmate with your cell phone number and the third party operator 800 number. The inmate will need to provide your cell number to the third party operator. The operator will then call your cell phone and complete the payment information before connecting you to the inmate.

How to Send Text Messages Larger Than 160 Characters

1. Type your text message like you normally would, disregarding how long it is.
2. Send the message to your recipient. If the text is longer than 160 characters, it will go through to the recipient in more than one message. For example, if you send a message between 161 and 320 characters, it will be sent in two messages.
3. Go to the 'Outbox' section of your phone and double check to make sure your message of over 160 characters went through. It will be listed as being sent in the 'Outbox.'

How to Free up Space on a BlackBerry Curve

Delete Applications
1. Press the 'Menu' key on the BlackBerry, which has the BlackBerry logo on it. This will bring up a list of all your applications. Scroll down to, and select, 'Options.'
2. Scroll to 'Advanced Options' and select it, then select 'Applications' at the top of the next menu. After a few seconds, the device will build a list of installed applications.
3. Locate an application that you no longer want or need. Highlight the application and press the 'Menu' key. Select 'Delete' from the pop-up menu, and then choose 'Delete' again to confirm your selection. The BlackBerry will pause for a moment, and then ask if you want to restart the device. Choose 'No' for now.'
4. Repeat the process for every application that you want to remove. If you don't see a 'Delete' option listed in the pop-up menu, it means that this is a required application which you cannot remove. Many BlackBerry devices come with several unnecessary fonts installed, so feel free to remove them if you don't care about reading non-English text.
5. Choose 'Yes,' instead of 'No,' to restart the device once you have deleted the last application that you want to get rid of. You can also manually restart the device at any time be removing and reinserting the battery. The extra memory created by removing these applications will not be available until you restart the BlackBerry.
Delete or Move Pictures
6. Press the camera key on the side of the device to launch the camera program. You can also choose the 'Camera' option from the main application list.
7. Press the 'Menu' button to bring up the pop-up menu and choose 'View Pictures.' Once the pictures appear, if the text at the very top of the screen does not say 'Device Memory,' scroll down to 'Device Memory' and select it.
8. Scroll down to the picture that you want to move or delete. Press the 'Menu' button to open up the pop-up menu.
9. Choose 'Delete' to erase the image. You will have to select 'Delete' a second time to confirm your selection. Choose 'Move' to move the picture to an installed memory card. You will have to choose 'Up' to access the memory card, then scroll down to the bottom of the screen, which may already contain images if they were already present on the card, and press in on the trackball.

How to Send an ISD SMS

1. Review the phone number you would like to send a SMS. If you notice a '+' symbol at the beginning of the phone number, then you already have the country code. For example, the phone number of a friend from South Korea would look like '+8286999999' if the country code were already included.
2. Look up the country code for the phone number you would like to send your text message, if the country code is not included. Use a website such as 'Study Abroad' to locate the proper country code. For example, the phone number of a friend in South Korea may look like '086999999,' before you have the country code. South Korea's country code is '82' therefore, to send a text message to a friend in South Korea, the correct format for the phone number would look like '+8286999999.' If the phone number starts with a '0,' do not include it; the country code will replace the '0.'
3. Key in the phone number you wish to message, including the '+' symbol and the country code, into your cell phone.
4. Type in your message and then send the SMS.

How to Get Free Ringback Tones on the Cricket

1. Visit a ring tone-making website such as Fun For Mobile or Myxer and register for an account. In most cases, registration is free and requires you to provide your Cricket phone number and personal email address.
2. Select the option to create a free ring tone. Depending on the website, the option may be listed as 'Create Tone' or 'Make Ringtone.' Review the top menu of the site for the option.
3. Click 'Choose File' or 'Upload' and select a WAV or MP3 file to use for your ring tone. Depending on your Internet connection, it may take a few minutes before the file is successfully uploaded to the website.
4. Enter a song name and the artist in the appropriate fields. Edit the music file to select only the section you want to use for your ring tone. Some websites require you to drag a bar over the song's timeline, while others require you to enter the start and end time of the ring tone. Click 'Create Tone' or 'Make Tone.'
5. Click 'Send to Phone' and re-enter your Cricket phone number if prompted. A text message will be sent to your phone, containing a link to download the ring tone.
6. Click on the link within the text and wait for the file to be downloaded. The file will be saved in your phone's media folder.

How to Send Full MP3s to My Phone for Free Without Internet

1. Locate the files you want to transfer on your computer and keep the window open.
2. Plug the USB end of the data cable into your computer and the other end into your cell phone's data port.
3. Put your phone into 'disk drive' or 'mass storage' mode when prompted. While the USB is connected, you will not be able to access any data that is on any additional, external memory card inside the phone because that is where the music will be saved to.
4. Click on 'Open Folders to View Files' when prompted on your computer. If the prompt does not open, go to your Start menu, click on 'Computer', locate your phone and open the folder. If using an Apple computer, the phone will show up as a new drive on the desktop.
5. Locate and open the folder in your phone that you wish to put your music into.
6. Open the folder on your computer your music is in.
7. Select the MP3 files you wish to put on your phone; drag and drop into the selected folder on your phone.
8. Right click on your phone's status in the Start menu on your computer and eject your phone to safely turn off the mass storage mode. If using an Apple computer, you must unmount the drive from your desktop.

How to Send an SMS to a Digicel User

1. Go to the Digicel Web Text website (see Resources for link).
2. Select your country from the drop-down list and enter your Digicel phone number in the respective field. You will also have to enter your customer account password.
3. Enter the recipient's cell phone number in the respective field.
4. Type your message in the message box on the page. You are allowed to type up to 160 characters per SMS.
5. Click 'Send' to deliver the text message to the recipient.