How Do I Make Cell Phone Wallpaper for Free?

Free Mobile Fun
1. Use Free Mobile Fun's online wallpaper creator. Select your mobile phone brand and your phone model number from the drop down menu boxes, or select a wallpaper size from the list of preset wallpaper sizes. Click the 'Submit' button to continue.
2. Click the 'Browse' button from the 'Upload an Image' box and select an image file from the hard drive to use for the wallpaper. Or enter an image URL to use an online image file for the wallpaper. Click the 'Submit' button to continue.
3. Click and drag the image to reposition it on the onscreen cell phone. This is how it will appear on your phone when finished. Click the '+' and '-' buttons or scroll the mouse wheel to increase or decrease the image site. Click the 'Save' button to save the current wallpaper image.
4. Click on the wallpaper image file that appears under the 'Your Phone Wallpapers' heading at the top right of the page. Right-click the image and select 'Save image as...' to download the wallpaper image file to the hard drive. Or write down the wallpaper image's code and visit wap.freemobilefun.net from your cell phone, then enter the code into the 'code nr' box to download the wallpaper image directly to your cell phone.
Pix2Fone
5. Download and install the Pix2Fone browser add-on, available for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Restart your browser.
6. Find an image file on a web page to use for a cell phone wallpaper. Right-click the image and choose 'Save Picture to Mobile Phone' from the menu. Click the 'Change My Phone' button to select your phone model.
7. Write down your image code and visit wap.pix2fone.com on your cell phone to download the wallpaper to your phone. Or select your cell phone carrier from the 'Download Link as SMS' box, and enter your phone number into the text box. Click the 'Send SMS' button to send the wallpaper to your cell phone.
Phonezoo
8. Use the free wallpaper creator from Phonezoo. Sign up for a free Phonezoo account. Check your email account and click on the account verification link, then log in to your new Phonezoo account.
9. Click the 'Photos' button at the top of the Phonezoo website, and then select the 'Create From File' button. Click the 'Browse' button, and select an image file from the hard drive to use as a wallpaper.
10. Use the drop down menu boxes to change the wallpaper image size, or click and drag the square button on the image. Save the wallpaper image to your hard drive or enter your phone number to send the wallpaper image to your phone.

How to Retrieve Old SMS Messages

1. Open the text message menu on your cell phone. Don't use a shortcut key as you might to start a text message. Go to the main menu on your phone, then select the text message button. Its icon often looks like the reverse side of an envelope.
2. Scroll down on the text message menu until you find your inbox. Select the inbox. A list of your text messages will appear. They are listed by the date they were received.
3. Scroll to the top or bottom of the list. Your phone may list newer text messages at either the top or the bottom of the list. Your older messages will be on the opposite end.
4. Open each text message to find the date and time it was sent. Your phone's list of text messages may indicate the date without your having to open each one.

How to Clear SMS MMS From Memory

1. Access the main menu on your phone. On most phones, this requires pressing the 'MENU' button.
2. Press the navigational buttons to go to 'Messages' or 'Text Messages.' Press the 'OK' button to access that submenu.
3. Press the up or down navigational buttons to select a text message from the list. Press the 'OK' button to open it.
4. Press the right soft key to select 'Delete' from the submenu. The submenu may also have an option to 'Delete All Messages.' Press 'OK' and repeat the step for each message, only if your phone does not have the option to delete all messages.
5. Press 'Yes' at the 'Are you sure?' box. The text messages and multimedia messages will be gone from your phone.

How to Send SMS Without Showing Your Number

1. Open your Internet browser and log in to your email. If your cell phone can't access the Internet, you will have to log in to your email on your computer.
2. Write a message and add attachments if you would like.
3. Send the message to a cell phone rather than another email address. All service providers offer a free gateway address for their subscribers to use. (Follow the link in the 'References' section for a list of all the major gateway addresses.)To send an email as an SMS text message, enter the recipient's phone number and the gateway address. For example, to send a message to a Verizon phone, send the email to (10-digit number)@vtext.com. The recipient will receive your email in the form of a text message shortly, and your phone number will not be included.

How to Get a Local Phone Book

Getting a Local Phone Book
1. Visit your telephone company's nearest office to acquire a telephone book. You will be asked to provide your phone number or a utility bill to prove your address. Virtually all local phone books are also available online either through your telephone provider's website or your city government's municipal home page.
2. Install a land line in your residence. A technician will usually have a few phone books on-hand if your line needs to be installed manually. If no technician is needed, the phone book will be most likely be mailed to you.
3. Contact your local phone company about when they deliver phone books to your area. New phone books are typically delivered to individual residences and apartment buildings once a year.

How to Get an Unlock Code Off of Your Cell Phone

1. Identify what type of phone you have to see if you can get the unlock code directly from your carrier, or if it can be found online from a free, or sometimes paid, service. Once you know the exact make and model of your phone, you can visit a free website to see if your unlock code is available for free (see link in Resources). Also, try contacting your previous provider to see if it is able to provide your unlock code to you directly. If you have a Nokia phone, the website offers a free download tool as well (see link in Resources).
2. Many high-end data phones, including models from Sony Ericsson, BlackBerry, Treo, LG and HTC smartphones can only be unlocked with software and a special cable. The software you download uses a remote database of unlocking codes and transmits the right code to your phone via the connected cable. The software and cable usually end up costing between $15 to $60 total (in 2009), but you can also send your phone off to a service that can unlock your phone for you. Most services charge a flat fee, somewhere in the $20 to $40 range. Your phone will be returned to you within 7 to 10 days.
3. Once you have successfully unlocked your phone and moved to a different cell phone service provider, you will have to reprogram the phone's data settings so you can utilize all its capabilities--picture mail, text messaging, web access and more.T-Mobile users can get their settings online (see link in Resources). Cingular users will need to dial '611' and have their MMS and WAP settings sent over to their phone number (which can be done remotely when you call in). For other providers, such as Verizon and Sprint, take your phone into one of the stores and have them reset the phone directly.

How to Send a Text Message to an ATT GoPhone

Send Text Via Email
1. Log in to your email account and click the 'New' or 'Compose mail' tab depending on your email provider.
2. Type the number, including the area code, of the GoPhone you want to send a text message to in the 'To' field followed by '@txt.att.net.' In other words the email address will look like this: (GoPhonenumber)@txt.att.net. Enter a subject in the subject field if desired.
3. Enter the text message you want to send in the body of the email without exceeding 160 characters, which is the limit for a text message. Click the 'Send' tab to send the email, and the GoPhone user will receive your email as a text message.
Send Text Via the Internet
4. Browse to the Online Text Message website, onlinetextmessage.com. Enter the GoPhone wireless number in the text field displayed beneath 'Mobile Number (to): (XXXXXXXXXX).'
5. Enter your email address in the field displayed beneath 'Your E-Mail Address (from):' and then enter a subject for your text message in the field displayed beneath 'Subject.'
6. Enter the text message you want to send in the text field located beneath 'Enter Message.' This service limits you to 100 characters per message so make sure that you don't exceed this limit. Click the 'Send Message' tab and the text message will be sent to the AT&T GoPhone number you entered.
Send Text Using Your Cell Phone
7. Access the menu screen on your mobile device and select the 'Messages' or 'Messaging' option depending on your specific mobile device.
8. Select the 'New Message' option displayed on the 'Message' menu and select the 'Text Message' or 'TXT Message' option depending on your phone.
9. Enter the 10 digit GoPhone number in the 'To' field and type the text message in the text field. Select the 'Send' button to send the text message to the desired GoPhone.