How to Receive Verizon SMS

1. Turn the Verizon cell phone on. In order to receive an SMS message with your phone, the cell phone must be turned on. If the cell phone is not turned on when a text message is sent, Verizon will save the message until your phone is turned on. At that time, your phone will automatically download all pending messages.
2. Wait for alert when a new text message arrives. This alert can be a particular ringtone or vibration.
3. Press the 'Menu' button.
4. Locate and select the 'Messaging' option in the menu. This option is often shown as an envelope or a mailbox.
5. Select the 'Inbox' option. This is where all SMS messages are kept.
6. Select the new text message. Open the message by pressing the button that represents 'OK.'
7. Read the message. Once the message has been read, you can reply, forward, erase or save it.

How to Find a Telephone Number Free

1. Use Google 411. To locate a business telephone number for free, dial (800) 466-4411 from any telephone and provide the city, state and category for the telephone number that you are requesting.
2. Try free 411. Visit Free411.com to obtain free business, government and residential telephone numbers for free. Alternatively, dial (800) FREE411 or (800) 373-3411 and follow the voice prompts to receive your free telephone number via text or telephone.
3. Visit Anywho.com. Locate either residential or business telephone numbers for free. Use the white pages feature to obtain residential telephone numbers or the yellow pages feature to locate business telephone numbers for free.
4. Enter the business, government or person's name that you are researching into a search engine. Many telephone numbers can be obtained free simply by entering a name into a search engine, such as Google or Yahoo. Additional information, such as address and website information may also be provided depending on which type of number you are requesting.
5. Find free telephone numbers using SuperPages.com. Find business telephone numbers simply by entering information into the what and where boxes. Click on the 'People' tab to locate residential telephone numbers for free. Provide as much information as possible, including name, city, state and ZIP code to get the most accurate results.

How to Send Free SMS Jokes

1. Choose a website that offers free SMS jokes, such as funSMS.net, humorsphere.com or mobile-sender.com.
2. Select a joke category, such as one-liners, friendship, school or general jokes. After you've selected a category, scroll through the available jokes until you've found one that you would like to send to a friend or family member's cell phone.
3. Create a new text message on your cell phone and type the joke in the message box. When you're finished typing the joke, select recipients from your contacts list and click 'Send.' If the website you chose allows you to send the SMS joke online, enter the recipient's cell phone number, type your joke in the message box, select the recipient's cell phone provider and send your message online.

How to Make a Blind SMS

19Secret
1. Go to the website 19Secret (see Resources) and click either 'AnonSMS' or 'MaskSMS.' AnonSMS is useful if you want to send an anonymous message, while MaskSMS is useful if you want to protect your identity and send an SMS pretending to be somebody else.
2. Enter your name/number or leave the field empty in the 'From' field.
3. Enter the recipient's number in the 'To' field.
4. Enter your message in the message box and click 'Send.'
AnonTxt
5. Go to the website AnonTxt. Enter your name/alias in the 'From' field or leave it blank.
6. Enter the subject of the SMS in the 'Subject' field or leave it empty.
7. Enter the recipient's 10-digit number in the 'Number' field.
8. Enter your 145-character in the 'Message' box.
9. Click 'Submit.'
Text For Free
10. Go to the website Text For Free (see Resources).
11. Enter the recipient's number in the first field on the page (the orange box).
12. Enter the subject of the SMS in the green box.
13. Enter your 140-character message in the blue box.
14. Select the recipient's network carrier from the list. Click 'Send Free Text Message!'

How to Unlock a Bell Cell Phone Free

1. Contact Bell Mobility using your home phone.
2. Inform the clerk that you wish to unlock your phone and that you need a code.
3. Provide the clerk with your device information. This includes your phone type, model and electronic serial number (ESN). The ESN can be found behind your battery or on the Bell SIM card.
4. Write down the unlocking code provided by the Bell Mobility clerk.
5. Remove the SIM card from your Bell cell phone and insert the SIM card from your new service provider.
6. Turn on your cell phone. You will be notified that the new SIM card cannot be registered and a code needs to be entered. Enter your unlocking code and press the 'Enter' button on your phone. The Bell phone has now been unlocked and is ready for use.

How to Use MP3 SMS Tones

1. Download a message tone. Websites that offer ring tones also often offer SMS tones or there are SMS tone options available at websites like Mobiles24 or Fehers (see Resources).
2. Send the SMS tone to the phone from a computer via a text or an email. Download it to the phone. Different phones will require different download methods, but usually clicking on the tone from the email or text is enough.
3. Apply the tone to text messages. It is either applied for all text messages or used for an individual text, depending on personal preferences. Applying the tone differs between phones, but many phones have SMS tone options under the phone texting settings or options. Otherwise, look under the phone menu options and look for text settings under the phone menu. The message options should have audio options, among which is the option to set SMS tones.

How to Do A Free Reverse Phone Number Lookup

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Simply do a search on the internet using the phrase free reverse phone directory. The one problem with a free reverse phone number search is that they're not always free, but you can easily find a free reverse phone directory for landline numbers and avoid paying a fee. But if the number is a cell phone number then many of those incur a small fee to access informationn about the person and it can also be more difficult to get information using cell phone numbers since these are still very private. Reverse phone lookups for landlines are much easier but you might not always be able to get all the information you need for free. If you want to get more private contact information for someone, in some cases you may have to pay a fee. If it's a cell number, you should still search online for a free reverse cell phone look up and see what you can find.
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Find a free reverse phone number look up service and use it to stop telemarketing calls. It's much easier to do a free reverse phone number search for a business or landline because toll free numbers tend to work better. If you're getting pestering calls from someone, just do a free reverse phone look up and contact the telemarketing owner directly to make a complaint and demand an end to the calls. Another easy and free way to do your own free reverse phone number look up is to simply use the search engines yourself.You'd be surprised at the results you can get. Go on Google and enter the number in quotes to get an exact match. Everybody uses social networks like Facebook. People can add their phone number to their profile page on these sites and if they did, it will probably appear in the search results. You should try that before looking into a free reverse phone directoy.
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Decide if a free reverse phone number look up is going to give you the results you're looking for and if it makes more sense to pay a small fee to get what you need. As I mentioned above, a free reverse phone number search is likely to only provide you with part of the information you're looking for. To get additional information these services usually charge a fee. If you will be in need of a reverse phone number lookup frequently then search online for companies that will only charge a one-time fee for unlimited searches. This would be best for a landlord who will be frequently screening tenants or for other situations where it would be useful.