Thursday, June 26, 2014
How to Make Calls From a PC to a Phone for Free
1. Download AdPhone software to your computer. You will be prompted by the software to save it to your computer.
2. Select a username and login for the software. Activate your account after receiving the activation email. Start making calls as soon as you sign in.
3. Look at your timer. You can make 30 minutes in calls for free per day to a landline phone. You do want to make sure that you do not go over, or you are charged a fee.
4. Start talking and enjoy the freedom of calling a landline when you are on your desktop or laptop computer.
How to Send SMS to a Database
1. Download and install the SMSLibX program onto your PC. Accept the defaults. This program will allow you to set the parameters for sending and receiving the SMS text messages into a database, which is Access.
2. Download and install the example SMS Access database. This will let you create a set of example tables that will contain the information for the SMS transmission. By doing so, you avoid the hard work and the configuration is in place ready to go.
3. Install and connect your mobile device/phone to your PC. Here you are sending and receiving text messages, but in order to send any SMS text message to your database, you have to have a connection in place.
4. Configure your system by launching the SMS Database Program. You can do this by clicking the 'Start' icon on the lower left-hand side of the task bar. Select 'Programs,' then locate and click the SMS Database.
5. Select the modem type from the drop-down box on the SMS Access database. Select the appropriate port and click 'Connect.'
6. Go to the 'Receive SMS' section the Access database window. This will let you put the SMS message into the database. SMS message are automatically stored into the 'TMessages' table where they appear on the related message list. When this doesn't occur automatically, activate the SMS polling option from the 'Receive SMS' section.
How to Send Text to All Contacts on an iPhone
1. Download and install the Group Texter application to your iPhone from the App Store. Group Texter is a free application, supported by advertising. Group Texter allows you to arrange contacts by group, including the ability to add your entire contacts list to a group.
2. Tap the Group Texter icon to open the program.
3. Add a new group by tapping the top-right '+' button on Group Texter's main screen. For a group that will have your entire contact list, you might call it 'Everyone.'
4. Add contacts to the 'Everyone' group from your existing contacts list. There is no limit to the number of contacts in each group, so you can add your entire contacts list.
5. Return to Group Texter's home screen and tap the 'Everyone' group to send a text. Then, simply enter your message and hit 'Send' to deliver the same text message to everyone in your contacts list.
How to Send Text Messages to Phones Via the Internet for Free
Online Services
1. Determine the carrier of the phone number to which you wish to send a text message.
2. Search for a website that allows you to send text messages to the carrier of the phone number you are messaging. Some sites charge for this service, but there are many free ones, such as OnlineTextMessage, SMS Everywhere and Google Voice. With some of these, you may have to register with the site in order to send a message.
3. Enter the recipient's phone number, along with your message, and send the text message.
Skype
4. Download and install Skype software.
5. Open the program and create a Skype account.
6. Purchase Skype credit, which is required to pay for the cost of sending a text message. The cost to send a text message to the United States is $0.112.
7. Click on 'Tools' in the toolbar and select 'Send SMS' from the menu.
8. Enter the recipient's phone number, type in your message and send the message.
9. Open your email client and type your recipient's phone number, with 1 + area code, in the 'To' box. For example, 12124567890
10. Append to the number the '@' symbol, followed by the recipient's text messaging domain. For example, an AT&T mobile phone may have an email message like 12344567890@mms.att.net. You can find a list of US-based text message domains at Slipstick's website.
11. Enter your message in the body of the email and press 'Send.'
How to Unlock an LG Phone for Free
1. Access the LG unlock code list by clicking on the webpage listed under Resources.
2. When the page loads, it will display a long list of LG cell phone model names and numbers. Scroll through the list and locate your phone's model name and number and its accompanying code.
3. Turn the phone off. Insert your phone's original SIM card. The SIM card slot on most LG cell phones can be found on either side of the phone or behind the phone's battery. Slide the card into the phone and close the compartment door.
4. Power the phone back on. Once the phone has loaded successfully, you should see an indication on the screen. You will be prompted to enter your LG phone's unlock code.
5. Once you have entered the unlock code, your phone will redirect to its network unlock/lock settings. This is where the phone will prompt you to enter the SP code. Use your phone's keypad to enter the code. The phone will automatically power off and back on once the code is accepted.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
How to Download Music to the Samsung Verizon Phone
1. Power on the phone and connect it to your computer using the supplied USB cable. The phone will display a menu with options.
2. Select 'Open device to view files using Windows Explorer.' Double-click the Computer icon on your desktop to open it and display its folders. You will see a Samsung phone folder.
3. Click the Windows 'Start' menu and type 'Windows Explorer.' Press 'Enter' to open Windows Explorer.
4. Navigate to a folder that has songs that you want to download to the phone.
5. Drag songs from that folder to the Samsung folder. Windows will copy them to the phone. Continue to drag and drop songs from other folders until you have copied all the music that you want to the phone.
How to Get Ringtones on My Prepaid Verizon Wireless Cell Phone
1. Launch your emailing program on your computer's Internet browser.
2. Click 'Attach a file' to search your computer for a music file or ringtone to add to your phone. Click 'Open' on the file you wish to use as a ringtone. Verizone phones support ringtones of 40 seconds or less in Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format.
3. Enter your Verizon phone's 10-digit text message email address in the 'To:' field of your email composer. Format the number as follows: cellnumber@vtext.com.
4. Click 'Send' to transfer the message to your phone, and you will be able to open the text to save the ringtone to your phone.
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