Friday, February 7, 2014
Where Can You Find Free GoPhone Ringtones?
Phone Zoo
At Phone Zoo (phonezoo.com), you can create or get shared ringtones downloaded directly to your GoPhone. Because this site makes its revenue from online advertising, they can offer free ringtones like online file sharing sites (where users can also upload ringtones that they create). Simply click on the 'Sign Up' box on the home page, enter your vital information, and start shopping... for free, of course.
Cellfish
Cellfish (cellfish.com) is another ringtone site that flourishes on the file-sharing model. Not only can you find free, user-generated ringtones, you can also download illustrations and videos directly from your site to your cell phone. Since they don't discriminate against GoPhone users, go to Cellfish and download your favorite ringtones.
RingNRock
A slightly more restrictive 'free' ringtone program resides at the RingNRock Mobile Store (www.ringnrock.com). RingNRock provides free ringtones, but you must agree to pay a $9.99 monthly subscription, which is deducted from your GoPhone prepaid balance. This monthly cost entitles you to 20 credits, which do not roll over from month to month. Also, your GoPhone must be Internet-enabled and able to receive text messages, so use this one with some caution.
How to Find Out Someone's Sprint Cell Phone Number for Free
1. Check your landline caller ID or your call phone call logs if the Sprint customer has called you in the past. Unless the Sprint customer manually blocks their outgoing caller ID, you will receive this information when they call you. Landline caller ID stores multiple numbers at one time. Most cell phone call logs store at least the last 10 numbers.
2. Check you cell phone bill. Most cell phone bills list detailed incoming and outgoing call details including the phone numbers. This is helpful if the numbers are no longer stored on your cell phone call logs. Most cell phone provides give you access to at least 12 months of your bills via your cell phone online account.
3. Press #NUM# into the keypad of the Sprint customer's phone to obtain the number. Of course, this only works if you have access to the mobile phone. This is a good way to obtain a number if you found a lost Sprint phone and you are trying to locate the device. If the phone happens to be a BlackBerry, you can press the green phone button and look at the top number under, 'My own Number.' This is the number for the Sprint customer.
4. Check social media websites, such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter. Many Spring customers use their cell phone as their primary contact information and in many cases, they list their contact information on their personal social media pages.
How to Get Free Ringtones for a Motorola Razor
1. Go to the Myxer 'Sign Up' page (see 'Resources' below).
2. Fill out the required 'Account Information' and 'Profile Information' and then click 'Create Account.' Once you do, you will sent a verification email. Click on the link that is located in that email to finish making your Myxer account.
3. Log into your Myxer account and click the 'Account' link.
4. Click the 'Phone Preferences' link located underneath the 'Account Management' heading.
5. Change the format of the ringtones that will be sent to your Motorola RAZR. To do this, click on the drop box found to the right of the 'Ringtone Format' heading. Choose 'AAC' as this is the format that is necessary for the Motorola RAZR.
6. Click the 'Change' tab at the bottom of the page to apply the change to your account.
7. Type in the name of a artist or song in the text box located in the top right corner of the screen. You will then be able to find ringtones.
8. Click on the free ringtone. Once you do, you can listen to the ringtone to decide if you want to send it to your Motorola RAZR. If you like the ringtone, click 'Send to Phone' and the ringtone will be sent to the Motorola RAZR by way of a text message. Open that message to save the ringtone to your RAZR.
How to Unlock a RIZR Z3 for Free
1. Dial '*#06#' on the RIZR Z3. This displays the special identification code, the IMEI, required to generate the unlock code.
2. Contact your wireless company's customer service number. Request the subsidy unlock code for the RIZR Z3. Many countries have passed laws which obligate the company to provide the code free of charge. Explaining to the customer service representative that you wish to use the phone overseas will help expedite the request.
3. Turn off the phone and replace the original SIM card with one from a different wireless network. Turn on the phone.
4. Enter the subsidy unlock code obtained from the customer service department when asked for the password. The phone is now unlocked and ready to use on any network.
SMS Explained
Details
SMS means what it says by containing the word 'short' in its name. An SMS message is a text-only message that's 160 characters or fewer, and is sent via mobile device via a cell phone service provider's network. SMS text isn't just sent between mobile phones -- SMS text can also be transferred between fax machines and IP addresses, such as those associated with a computer.
Process
PC Magazine notes that SMS messages are also sent to 'short code' numbers in addition to traditional mobile phone numbers. These are the numbers you commonly see during reality TV shows that invite viewers to text in a vote, and appear as something like '447789.' Whenever someone sends an SMS message, it's routed to a Short Message Service Center, which then routes the message to the correct destination.
MMS
If you've ever sent a photo with your mobile phone, what you sent was not a SMS message. SMS is a text-only technology and does not support multimedia files. Whenever you send a photo, video or audio file with your mobile device, you're sending a MMS -- Multimedia Message Service -- message. Instead of being routed through a SMSC, a MMS message goes through a Multimedia Message Service Center to the proper device.
Competition
There are numerous chat programs that you can use on your mobile device which rely on technology similar to SMS messaging. For example, chat applications such as Google Talk, Skype and Yahoo Messenger allow you to send both text messages and multimedia files, which are sent and received just as quickly as a SMS or MMS message -- as long as the recipient is online. Also, they don't cost any money, as do SMS messages, which you pay for in a mobile phone service monthly plan or per text. However, unlike SMS messaging, which can be exchanged between numbers from various service providers, texts sent via instant messaging require that both parties use the same chat service.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
How to Unlock a BlackBerry Pearl for Free
1. Dial *#06# from your Blackberry Pearl. There will be a recording stating your phone's IMEI number. Write this number down, then disconnect from this call.
2. Call 611 to reach your cell phone service provider's customer service. The operator may ask you to confirm your account information. Then ask the operator to provide you with the unlock code for the appropriate IMEI number. Write this unlock code down.
3. Select the 'Menu' option on your phone, then highlight 'SIM Card' and press 'Select.'
4. Press and hold down the 'Shift' key and then type in 'MEPD.' This will reveal a list of the locking categories.
5. Press down and hold the 'Shift' key, then type MEP2. When you release the shift key, you will be asked to enter the new MEP code.
6. Using the keypad, enter the code that your cell phone service provider gave you then hit 'Enter.' Your Blackberry Pearl is now unlocked.
How to Find Cell Phone Numbers For Free
Start with a Simple Search on the Internet
1. You can try with a simple search on the Net. Type the cell number in the search bar of any search engine you prefer and see what it comes up with. In case you are looking for the cell number of a person, you need to type the name and as many details as you have. Do not worry if you have no details; just the name would do as fine. In most cases the cell number of the person would be listed for some reason of other such as networking site (informal), business sites, soft copy of CV, a list of participants of a workshop/ seminar/ training program/ conference, etc. There are so many places where people leave their cell numbers, even when it is otherwise unlisted.
2. Check out the more specialized sites. Run a search on the Internet for specialized sites, which compile cell phone numbers such as http://www.nonpublished.com. You will need to type keywords such as 'free cell phone directory', 'free online cell phone index', or such similar phrases which tell the web crawlers to find for you free cell phone directories.
3. Take the help of reverse lookup sites. There are another type of specialized sites, i.e. reverse lookup sites. Here, you have the cell number and they give you the name of the person. Therefore, this will work only if you have some cell number of the person you are trying to trace. Once you get some information, you could once again use this to further your investigation regarding the cell number you are presently seeking. For example, an old number would give a place of work, an address, etc. which you could once again place on the search bar to find further details.
4. Try volunteer directoriesType in the search engine 'volunteer cell phone directory' and then shift selectively through the results. These directories consist of cell phones numbers, which are voluntarily fed into online directories. However, in case the person who number you are seeking did not list his or her phone number, you will not find it
5. Save time, pay fee. Though this is a 'How to find cell phone numbers for free', sometimes, it is better paying a small fee and getting your results faster, than spending time and effort searching and searching and searching. Look for pay sites that charge low fees, such as US $20-30, which is often worth the trouble. Examples of such sites can be found in the resources category below. These sites find results you can expect before you part with the fee.
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