How to Send a Free Cell Phone Greeting

1. Select a site that offers free cell phone greeting cards, such as ATM Greetings or Mob Club.
2. Choose a mobile e-card that you wish to send.
3. Enter the receiver's name and your name (as the sender). Click 'Create Card.' Copy the URL that was created.
4. Create a text message on the phone you will use to send. Paste the URL underneath the text and press 'Send.' You have now sent a free cell phone greeting.

How to Get a Free Metro PCS Phone

1. Visit a local Metro PCS store. Use the 'store locator' tool on the official metro pcs website if you don't know where a store is in your neighborhood. The locator allows you to search by zip code, address or city.
2. Ask a sales representative what promotions they have for obtaining a free phone. As of December 2010, Metro PCS are offering the Kyocera Domino Purple, Kyocera Domino and Huawei M228 for free.
3. Choose what phone you want if there are more than one to select from.
4. Obtain the phone at the in store purchase price. Save your purchase receipt as you will need to send a copy in with your mail-in rebate.
5. Fill out the information on the mail in rebate form that came with your Metro PCS phone.You will need to provide information about your phone such as the make and model, purchase date and serial number along with your name, address, and contact number.
6. Make a copy of the mail-in rebate form and a copy of your phone purchase receipt. Put your rebate form copy along with the original receipt wherever you store important documents.
7. Submit the original mail-in rebate form with the copy of your phone purchase receipt. The submission address is listed on the rebate form.
8. Wait for your full refund to arrive in the mail. Company policy says to allow 6-8 weeks.

How to Send Free SMS to Airtel Mobiles

1. Go to a site like Text4free, Send SMS Now or use the directory at Worldwide Free SMS Sites (see Resources).
2. Sign up for the site. Some sites won't require you to sign up.
3. Select the country you want to send the message to. For the provider, select 'Airtel.'
4. Compose your message.
5. Input your information as the sender. Include your cell phone number.
6. Click 'Send.'

How to Send a Text From Gmail

1. Log in to your Gmail email account. From your account screen, click on 'Settings' on the top bar.
2. Click on the 'Labs' menu. Find the following item in the 'Labs' list: 'Text Messaging (SMS) in Chat.' The list is rather long. To make the search faster, click 'Ctrl+F' and type the text into the search box. This will search the text on the page to find the correct item.
3. Click 'Enable' next to 'Text Messaging (SMS) in Chat.' Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on 'Save Changes.'
4. Type the person's 10-digit telephone number in the 'Chat' box on the left sidebar. Hit 'Enter' to bring up the interface.
5. Compose your text message. Hit 'Enter' or click 'Send' to send the text message.

How to Block Caller ID With ATT Phones

Call Blocking Per Call
1. Listen for a dial tone on your phone.
2. Press *67 and wait until you hear a second dial tone.
3. Dial the outgoing phone number. The receiver of your call will not see your name or phone number. This applies only to this one call. If you want to continue blocking your name and number, you must repeat Steps 1 to 3 for each call made. This feature is free with your AT&T service.
4. Deactivate Call Blocker Per Call. The feature is automatically deactivated once you hang up from the call.
Call Blocking Per Line (Complete Blocking)
5. Call 611 from your mobile phone or 1-800-331-0500 from a landline to speak to an AT&T representative and subscribe to the Caller ID Block feature. There is no charge for this service.
6. Begin making phone calls. The display of your name and number will be blocked on all outgoing calls you place from the line in which the Call Blocking service has been activated.
7. Deactivate Call Blocker Per Line on a Per-Call basis. Listen for the dial tone and press *82. Place the call and your Call ID information will be seen by the recipient. With Call Blocking Per Line, you will need to press *82 each time you want your name and number to be seen by the receiver.

Google Voice Is Not Receiving SMS

Application Providers
One of the known issues with Google Voice text messaging deals with SMS interoperability. This means that the problem is not necessarily with Google Voice, but it deals with the way the SMS messages are sent and translated between apps like Skype and other similar means of communication. If you experience this problem, you will need to use another means of sending your message. Google continually improves its products and may eventually come up with a solution for this issue.
Notifications
If you are using Google Voice on an Android phone or another type of smartphone, you may not be getting your notifications. The Google Voice application allows you to turn on and off the SMS notifications on your phone. If you are not getting text messages from your phone, you may accidentally have turned off your notifications in the settings of the app. To fix this problem, you simply need to go back into the settings and turn on the notifications.
Initial Setup
Some people have problems with receiving text messages immediately after they set up their Google Voice account. When this happens, allow some time and then try to receive a text message again. Sometimes, it takes some time to get the account activated on Google's end. During this phase, you may not be able to receive text messages as you normally would. After waiting 30 minutes to an hour, this problem should not be an issue any longer.
Considerations
Another potential issue could involve the settings in your Google Voice account. Log in to your Google Voice account online and go to the settings. In this area, you have the option of turning off SMS messaging or simply turning off the forwarding of the messages to your cell phone. If either one of these options is turned off, you will not receive text messages on your cell phone. The message may be stored in your online Google Voice account.

How to Make Your Number Private When Texting

1. Navigate to a free text to cell phone site on the Internet from a cell phone or computer. Free sites for sending anonymous text messages include AnonTxt.com, Textforfree.net and Txtemnow.com.
2. Enter the 10-digit cell phone number, including area code and 7-digit phone number, that will be receiving your anonymous text message. Do not enter '1' before the area code. Do not add spaces between the numbers and do not type dashes or periods.
3. Type your text message in the box provided on the website. Text messages are limited to a certain number of characters including spaces. The message will be limited to 140 to 160 characters.
4. Enter the verification code and click on 'Send Message.' Your text message will be sent to the recipient anonymously. You never enter your cell phone number and the recipient has no way to track the origin of the call. Some services will append the text message with 'anontxt' or a similar notification so the recipient is aware that the message was sent from an anonymous online service.