Apps for Hiding Texts on the Android

Hide My Text – Invisible
Hide My Text – Invisible allows you to hide SMS messages and call logs for up to five contacts. It also lets you block text messages and calls from certain numbers. The application is accessed via a decoy icon. Once the decoy icon is clicked, you enter a password to gain access to a folder that contains messages you've sent and received from your five contacts. You can also view information on failed log-in attempts in a log file. Hide My Text – Invisible is a free download that’s 714KB in size. It has been downloaded more than 100,000 times from Android Market and requires Android 1.6 or later, as of the date of publication.
Decoy Hide Text & Call Logs
Like Hide My Text – Invisible, Decoy Hide Text & Call Logs lets you conceal SMS messages, as well as call logs. The app’s features include a password-protected vault, disguised notifications and a backup utility. Because it’s a reduced-functionality version of the app, you can only hide information for one contact at a time. The PRO version gives you text concealment for unlimited contacts. Decoy Hide Text & Call Logs is a free application that’s been downloaded more than 10,000 times from Android Market, is 2.2 MB in size and requires Android 2.1 or later, as of the date of publication.
Hide My SMS / Text – Lite
Hide My SMS / Text – Lite is a text-hiding app that works for up to five contacts at a time. You access the app by shaking your phone in a distinct way. The app then displays a window on your phone's screen prompting you to answer a password. Once the app is running, you have access to a password-protected message vault, customizable notifications, an SMS undo tool and backup and import utilities. Hide My SMS / Text – Lite is a free app that has been downloaded more than 10,000 times from Android Market. It's 2.7 MB in size and requires Android 2.1 or later, as of the date of publication.
Hide My Text / Calls – Invisible+
Hide My Text / Calls – Invisible+ is essentially a pro version of Hide My Text – Invisible. It has almost identical features, except that it lets you hide SMS messages for an unlimited number of contacts, rather than just five. The app also includes customizable passwords, contacts and home screen icons. Hide My Text / Calls – Invisible+ has been downloaded more than 1,000 times from Android Market. It's 713 KB in size, costs around $3 and requires Android 1.6 or later, as of the date of publication.

How to Send Bulk SMS Messages

1. Send bulk SMS via Text4Free website. The website lets users send SMS to a variety of cell phones including Verizon, Cricket, T-mobile, Cingular and others. The website is absolutely free and lets you add graphics, pictures and audio clips to your message.
2. Send SMS in bulk via TxtDrop. This is another free service that allows you to send free text messages. Using the service you can also include your email ID where the recipient can post a reply to your message.
3. Send bulk text messages via GismoSMS. This free service lets you send text messages to just about any destination of the world.
4. Enter the location and number of your friend. Type your message in the text box and verify the Captcha image code.

How to Backup SMS in Windows Mobile

1. Check whether Microsoft My Phone came pre-installed on your Windows Mobile device. Microsoft notes that most new Windows phones include the software from the factory. Open the Start menu and click both the 'Programs' and 'Settings' folders to check.
2. Download Microsoft My Phone if it is not installed on your device. Point the browser on your Windows Mobile device to myphone.microsoft.com/install to download the software. Upon downloading the file, the software is automatically installed.
3. Click on the 'Programs' and 'Settings' menus to open them and locate the Microsoft My Phone application. The folder to which My Phone is installed varies based on the type of device you are configuring.
4. Sign in to My Phone using a Windows Live username and password. If you do not have an account, you can create one on the My Phone home screen.
5. Click the 'Sync' soft key in Microsoft My Phone to backup your SMS messages in Windows Mobile. They will be stored using Microsoft My Phone online storage space. You will not have to manually initiate future backups, as My Phone syncs data between your device and My Phone account between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
6. Visit myphone.microsoft.com from a computer to retrieve the backup copies of your SMS messages. Log in using your Windows Live ID and password. Click 'Text Messages' in the left column to view a reverse chronological listing of SMS messages.

How to Send a Free SMS to Tunisia

1. Use SMSFree4All (see Resources). This site allows you to send both SMS and MMS messages to any phone in Tunisia for free. It doesn't require registration. Just enter the 6-digit phone number, select the telecom service provider and the country code (216) and type in your message of 140 characters or less.
2. Alternatively, go to FreeSMS2Mobile (see Resources). In addition to texting to other cell phones, this site allows you to send bulk SMS and to send SMS via emails as well. Just select the country, enter the local phone number, and type in your message of up to 197 characters.
3. For a third option, use AllFreeTexting (see Resources). This is a simple site where you just enter the country code and the appropriate phone number. Type the message and click 'Send the Text.'

How to Send Text Messages to a Metro PCS Phone From Your Computer

Sending a Text via Email
1. Sign into your email account; any email account provider will work. Then begin composing a new message.
2. Next, address the e-mail to ##########@mymetropcs.com. (Put the Metro PCS customer's 10-digit cell phone number in place of the #s.)
3. Finally, type out the text you want to send into the email and send it. This service is free because email providers don't consider it a text message—they see it as an email, a free service.
Sending a Text Through an Instant Messenger
4. If using AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) to send a text, send an IM to +1########## with the recipient's 10-digit phone number replacing the #s. Type '+1' before the phone number; otherwise, it won't work.
5. If using Yahoo Messenger or MSN Messenger, add the Metro PCS cell phone number into your contacts.
6. Type out the text message as an instant message, and send it. As with emailing text messages, you can send them for free as an instant message because instant messenger providers simply consider it an instant message.

How to Send Text Messages Using Yahoo

Yahoo Mail
1. Log in to your Yahoo Mail account and click the downward-facing arrow located along the side of the “Compose Message” button.
2. Click “SMS” in the drop-down menu.
3. Click the name of your recipient’s country from the menu on the left of your screen.
4. Enter the phone number of the person you want to send the text message to.
5. Click the mobile phone icon on the purple menu bar.
6. Enter your message in the text message box.
7. Press the “Enter” key on your keyboard to send the text message.
Yahoo Messenger
8. Click “Send an SMS Message” on the Actions menu in Messenger.
9. Click the contact to whom you want to send the text message.
10. Click the “OK” button.
11. Enter your message in the text box.
12. Click the “Send” button.

How to Send SMS Using Java Applications

Getting Eclipse, Your Project, and JavaMail Ready
1. Download and install Eclipse by navigating to http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ in your Web Browser. We will be using Eclipse to write our Java code and install the JavaMail library.
2. Navigate to the 'JavaMail Download' link in the Resources section. Click the blue 'Download' button in the middle of the page. Click the 'Agree to JavaMail License Agreement' check box and click 'Continue.' Click the 'javamail-1.4.3.zip' link. Choose to save the file instead of open it.
3. Unzip the 'javamail-1.4.3.zip' file by double-clicking it. Remember the location it unzipped to.
4. Open Eclipse. Click 'File,' 'New,' 'Java Project.' Type 'SMSText' as the project name and click 'Finish.'
5. Click the 'SMSText' folder in the Package Explorer (the toolbar on the left) and select 'Properties.'
6. Click 'Java Build Path' on the left then click the 'Add External JARs...' button on the right. Navigate to the unzipped 'JavaMail-1.4.3' folder and click 'Mail.jar' then click 'OK' and 'OK' again. The JavaMail library is now loaded for your SMSText project, and you'll be able to use it to send emails (and subsequently Text Messages) with Java.
Sending a Message
7. Second-Click the 'SMSText' project in Eclipse and select 'New,' 'Class.' Type 'MailClient' as the name and click 'Finish.'
8. Select all the code in the MailClient.java window and replace it by copy-pasting the following Java Code:
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import java.util.Properties;
public class MailClient
{public void sendMail(String from, String to,
String subject, String messageBody) throws MessagingException, AddressException
{
// Setup mail server
String host = 'your_email_carriers_smtp';
String username = 'your_email@address.com';
String password = 'your_email_password';
Properties props = new Properties();
props.put('mail.smtps.auth', 'true');// Get a mail session
Session session = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);// Define a new mail message
MimeMessage message = new MimeMessage(session);
message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(from));
message.addRecipient(Message.RecipientType.TO, new InternetAddress(to));
message.setSubject(subject);message.setText(messageBody);// Send the message
Transport t = session.getTransport('smtps');
try {
t.connect(host, username, password);
t.sendMessage(message, message.getAllRecipients());
} finally {
t.close();
}}public static void main(String[] args)
{
try
{
MailClient client = new MailClient();
String from='your_email_address';
String to = 'Recipients10DigitNumber@RecipientsCarriersSMTP.com';
String subject='Test';
String message='I'm testing. Do you see this?';client.sendMail(from,to,subject,message);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace(System.out);
}}
}
9. Navigate to the 'Email Carriers SMTP Addresses' link in the resources section. Find your email carrier, and copy the addresses. Select the text inside of the quotes of 'your_email_carriers_smtp' (next to 'String host =') and paste the address. For example, if you are using Gmail, the 'String host' line will read:
String host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
10. Replace 'your_email@address.com' with your email address.
11. Replace 'yourPassword' with the password you use to log in to your email. You will need this to let Java send an email from your email address. Don't worry, this information cannot be seen or sent anywhere over the web, and is necessary to send your text message; after all, the message has to be from somebody.
12. In the 'public static void main' method, replace the 'your_email_address' next to 'from =' with your email address.
13. Navigate to the 'Wireless Carriers SMTP Addresses' link in the Resources section. Look up the Wireless Carrier of your recipient's email address (or, if you'd like to test on your on phone, you can look up your own Wireless Carrier's address). For example, if your recipient's number is 555-555-5555 and he/she uses Verizon Wireless, the address will be '5555555555@vtext.com'.
14. Replace 'Recipients10DigitNumber@RecipientsCarriersSMTP.com' with the address you found in the previous step.
15. Change the 'Subject' or 'Message' to anything you'd like, or you can keep them as 'Testing' and 'I'm testing. Do you see this?'.
16. Hit the green play button to run your code. Nothing will be outputted to the console screen. The recipient should receive the text in a normal amount of time (as if you sent the text from your phone).