How to Send Free Graphics to a Cricket Cell Phone

1. Open your Web browser and navigate to to a website that provides free graphics for Cricket cell phones (see Resources for three examples). The files must be under 2 MB and have a .jpg format.
2. Click on the desired graphic. Copy the graphic's URL by highlighting it with your mouse and pressing 'Ctrl' and 'C' at the same time.
3. Log into your regular email account. Where it says 'To' type in the address of the Cricket phone in this format: 1234567890@mms.mycricket.com. Enter a subject line and place your cursor in the body of the email. Hit 'Ctrl' and 'V' to paste the graphic's URL. Hit 'Send' to deliver the email to the Cricket phone.
4. Log into your email on the Cricket phone. Place your cursor over the link and press it. A box will pop up that says 'Preparing Download.' Wait for the graphic to load onto the Cricket phone.
5. Open the phone's 'My Images' folder and view your graphic.

How to Get Free Phone Cards

1. Join a service such as PhoneHog.com to get a free phone card just for signing up. You can also get many additional opportunities to use your free cards. Its advertisers pay them for these calls.
2. Get a complimentary ten minute free phone card from MobileCaller.net just for signing up and checking out its plan.
3. Obtain a free phone card when you buy a phone card at many of the sites that offer prepaid phone cards for sale. Many of these offers are a buy one get one free so you can get many minutes on your free phone card.
4. Receive a free phone card for referring your friends on NobelCom. The more people you refer, the more free minutes you can receive.
5. Ask your phone provider if it has any promotions involving free phone cards, and find out what you have to do to earn them.
6. Request a free phone card to make up for any service issue that may have come up such as a phone outage or a challenging customer service issue. Advise that you would prefer to receive free phone cards instead of a credit on your bill.

How to Get Free Minutes

1. Check out your phone service provider's kickback program. Many cell phone service providers have programs that offer their customers free phone credit for referring and signing friends up to their service.
2. Look on the website for your service provider for special promotions and codes. Many pre-paid cell phone services like Virgin Mobile and TracFone offer bonus minutes with certain packages, and the occasional reward code you can enter in when buying minutes to get some extra phone time.
3. Sign up for survey sites that offer you free, prepaid cell phone cards as a reward for completing their surveys. You will need to register with the site and meet all of the requirements in order to earn free minutes.
4. Check your service plan's free call-time hours and put them to use. Many cell phone providers offer free nights and weekends. This keeps you from using your allotted, monthly minutes unless absolutely necessary.
5. Keep your eyes open for offers from sponsors offering free minutes for purchasing their products. Soft drink companies, for example, may team up with cell phone companies and run promotions that could earn you free talk time.

How to Trace a Phone Number in the UK

1. Write down the entire phone number that you want to trace. You must know the land code for the number. The country code for the United Kingdom is +44.
2. Visit a free online mobile phone directory. MobilePhoneNumber.com is an online directory that has a special section specifically for phone numbers that originate from the United Kingdom. Simply enter a phone number, and the directory will show you information from its database.
3. Register with a mobile phone tracing company. A few companies work specifically with mobile phones. For example, TraceAMobile.com allows you to trace mobile phone numbers in the United Kingdom. You will have to pay a monthly fee to use the service.
4. Use a landline phone-tracing company if the phone number doesn't originate from a mobile phone. Investigative Resources can trace landlines from many countries, including the United Kingdom. The company guarantees confidentiality and sets up all payments through PayPal.

How to Track Family And Friends Online Through GPS

1. Get a GPS enabled mobile phone, PDA, Smartphone or Bluetooth enabled GPS receiver. Confirm with your cell phone service provider if your cell phone is GPS enabled. If not, get a cell phone that is equipped with GPS or get a Bluetooth enabled GPS receiver.
2. Go to Buddyway’s website and register for the free service. Complete the short form and remember your username and password. You will not be able to log into your Buddyway account if you forget them. You will receive an email message from Buddyway confirming your registration. See Resources below for more information.
3. Check your email and follow instructions in the email message from Buddyway to complete your registration. After confirming your registration, download the GPS tracking software to the cell phone, PDA, Smartphone or Bluetooth GPS receiver you want to track.
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Run the tracking software in the mobile phone, PDA, Smartphone or Bluetooth enabled GPS receiver you want to track to activate the system. This activates the cell phone number on Buddyway’s servers and the GPS information appears on their website.
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Log on to Buddyway’s website to track the location of the cell phone, PDA, Smartphone or Bluetooth GPS receiver free.

How to Send SMS Via a Google Voice Account

Send SMS from the Google Voice Website
1. Go to Google.com/Voice from any computer or phone with a Web browser.
2. Enter your email address and password in the form fields and click the 'Sign In' button.
3. Click the purple 'Text' button on the top left side of the screen to open the 'Send a Text Message' box.
4. Enter the phone number of the person your want to send the SMS to in the 'To' box and type your message in the 'Message' box.
5. Click the 'Send' button to send the SMS text.
Send SMS from Your Email Account
6. Go to Google.com/Voice and log into your account.
7. Click on your Google Voice phone number at the top of the screen.
8. Select the 'Voicemail & Text' tab under the 'Settings' section.
9. Click the 'Text Forwarding' box to enable forwarding of SMS texts to your email account, then click the 'Save Changes' button.
10. Wait until you receive an SMS text in your email account, then click the 'Reply' button and type your message.
11. Click the 'Send' button to send the SMS text.

How to Send Receive Text Messages in Brazil

1. Make sure your cell phone has the ability to type a + symbol. This is necessary to send an international text message. Next, find out the eight-digit phone number of the person you want to text. All Brazilian phone numbers use a basic eight-digit local number. You will need this number.
2. Find out the international code for Brazil. For instance, if your are in the United States and your want to text someone in Algire, Brazil with the phone number 5-123-4567 in the to text screen you would type 011+55+27+51234567. For a full list of international code numbers, see the Resources section.
3. Find out the international code for the United States. For instance, if you were in Brazil and you wanted to text someone from Portland, Oregon, with the phone number 503-123-4556 you would enter 00+*1+503+1234567. For a full list of international code numbers, see the Resources section.
4. Enter the number, compose your message and press send. Your texts will now be sent and received to and from Brazil.