Nowdays, cell phone provides communications anywhere where you are. But in some urgent situations your cell phone account can be empty and you have to make a call. For such situations, cell phone companies offer a service called collect call. Using a collect call you make calls without paying for its. When you are using that service, the call payment is attached to a person whom you are calling. So it will be a big advantage to find out how to make a collect call, it will help you in many unusual situations.

Instructions

1. Pick up the phone and wait for a dial tone.

2. On your cell phone keyboard press “o”. In the case you are using a cell phone connected to AT&T than you have to press 1-800-255-5288.

3. When the phone operator will answer tell him that you are going to make a collect call, of course tell him whom you are going to call. But if you will hear a recorded automated message, you must execute all the requirements. Also you will be asked to record your name.

4. Tell the operator the cell phone number you want to make a collect call. Now you will have to wait until the wanted number will be called and the called person will accept to pay for the collect call.

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Maybe you are looking for a phone service provider without pre-paid contracts. Being a Net10 customer you are free of anyone contracts, you choose the services you want to use and pay for them. To use the Net10 services you need to activate and register your cell phone. When your cell phone will be activated, you can by yourself control your expenses.

Instructions

1. First at all register your cell phone at Net 10, dial your Customer Service 1-877-836-2368. The service is automated, but you can apply for representative to help you.

2. Using your Web browser on your cell phone, enter on the Net10 webpage, net10.com. When have entered the website, choose and press “Register now”.

3. Before you will start the registration, you will be asked to type in the account information, information about yourself, and few security questions. Also you have to offer information about Net10 Serial Number and your phone number. If you will meet some difficulties you can use a link on the website that will help you to find the required information.

4. When all the required information will be typed in, press “Submit”. Your Net10 cell phone been activated with success.

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If you are looking for a wireless phone service provider or land-line phone service provider you can choose Rogers. Being a well-known telecommunication company, Rogers can provide you wireless as well as land-line phone services. So if you have chosen Rogers, when you will connect to it you will obtain such services like Voicemail Access Number. Voicemail will register voice messages for you when you will be not able to answer the phone. You can check your voicemail from your cell phone and from another cell phone too. To listen the messages you have to dial a code.

Instructions

From Rogers Phone

1. On your Rogers cell phone type “*98”.

2. Now type in your password, after enter “#”.

3. Now to have the opportunity to listen the recorded messages, dial “11”.

From Another Phone

4 To access your voice mail from another cell phone, type your voicemail number on it. When you will hear the greeting message dial “#”.

5 Type your Rogers phone number, than press “#”.

6 If you will be asked, enter your password.

7 To listen your recorded voicemail messages, dial “11”.

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If you want to have a cell phone that is more that a simply cell phone and comes with a lot of multimedia and communications possibility, than we advice you to buy Samsung Omnia. Talking about the advantages of Samsung Omnia we should firstly meant the possibility to use your Hotmail account from your cell phone. That is very useful, because you have no possibility to stay every time near your computer but need to check your email messages very often. So if you will configure your Hotmail account on your Samsung Omnia you will be able to send and receive email messages on your cell phone as well as on your computer.

Instructions

1. On the cell phone screen find and choose “Window Live” option.

2. Choose the “Sign in to Windows Live”. Choose “Accept” on the display.

3. Will appear two boxes, enter your email address and the password in the boxes. On the following page mark the “Windows Live Services” and the “Live Search Bar”. Choose “Next”.

4. Now mark the “Sync e-mail”. Choose “Next”. Your Hotmail account has been set upon your cell phone and now you can use it on your Samsung Omnia.

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Now cell phones aren’t limited only to make calls, they offer their customers a large amount of features, including sending and receiving emails. The Metro PCS also offer such possibility. On the most of the Metro PCS models, are installed a software called Mail@Metro that will transform using your email on cell phone a pleasure. The simplicity of the Mail@Metro is not the only advantage, also the program is conformant with many email providers, such like Yahoo!, Hotmail and of course Gmail.

Instructions

1. On you cell phone find @Metro button and push it.

2. Now find the Mail@Metro application. The Mail@Metro’s icon is like the envelope with “e” on it. If you have not yet installed the program, load it from Metro PCS MobileShop, also you can call a Metro PCS representative.

3. A list with email providers will appear, choose the provider you are using. Choose “Other provider” if your provider is not included.

4. Now type in your email account user name and the password.

5. You have to wait till the registration process will be done. If the process finished with success you will have an access to your email account, if no you will receive an error message.

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Cell phone today for us represents a indispensable attribute. Although it is very utile for us, simultaneously it can case troubles, when maybe will lose all data. To avoid such problems try to reset regularly your cell phone. It will help you to keep your cell phone working. You will have no need to pay it repairing or maybe one day you will need to buy a new cell phone. Maybe you are afraid of resetting your Nokia 1100, because you think that your cell phone will lose your set applications, contacts or any another important information. Likely it is true, when the cell phone is been reset a primary setting come back. But Nokia 1100 gives you the possibility to reboot you cell phone keeping your information in safety.

Instructions

1. Using the cell phone keyboard, dial the “Menu” and enter it.

2. Find “Settings” option, to select and enter it, push again “Menu”.

3. Will appear a list with available options, choose “Restore Factory Settings”. Will appear a security code.

4. Type in the security code. At last push “Ok”.

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Having a Blackberry you can face with a very not cheap cell phone invoices. This happens because most of cell phone providers has extra fee for Blackberry. So, at the moment you can be tired paying so much for using cell phone services with your Blackberry. Cricket offers to the Blackberry owners very spearing prepaid and unlimited plans. When you buy your Blackberry smart phone in a Cricket store, the Cricket representative can configure your cell phone to work and use the Cricket cell phone services.

Instructions

1. Configure on your computer the HoudiniSoft software. Take a USB cord and connect your Blackberry to your computer. Make a click on the software to open it. Choose “Login”, now will appear a prevention choose “Next”.

2. Now your computer have to detect your Blackberry you have connected to, for it press “Detect” and wait for a few seconds. You can see a status bar, and in dependence of the software evolution will appear some boxes in the lower right corner. When the software will be ready your cell phone will be detected. Choose “Next”.

3. Will appear a list on the computer screen, choose from it the desired provider, you have to select Cricket. Choose “Next”.

4. Now you have to affirm the chosen service company and the cell phone model on the “Provision handset” display. When you will type in the information, choose “Provision”. Now will start a test checking the rightness of the provisioning. After the test will be finished choose “Next”.

5. To setup the Cricket network call the customer service. If you are doing this in a Cricket store the service representative will configure your Cricket account.

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Moto W260G offers you the possibility to use it in-build speaker phone that gives you the opportunity to talk on the cell phone without using hands and keep the cell phone near your hear. In is very big advantage when you need to talk on cell phone and simultaneously you are typing.

Instructions

1. Make a call or answer the call. The speaker phone can be activated only when you are speaking on your cell phone.

2. To switch on the speaker phone when you make a call, push the left button. Above the left soft button the speaker phone icon will change from “SPKR ON” to “SPKR OFF”. That means that the speaker phone is turned on. Also on the screen will be displayed the speaker phone icon.

3. When use the speaker phone you must have a normal voice tone. When the location is quiet the person whom you are talking must hear you at a several feet from the phone. So when some noise is present you can be not heard.

4. If you want to stop the speaker phone during talking on cell phone, dial the right button. Now on the display the speaker phone button will change to “SPKR OFF”. Automatically speaker phone is turned off only when you end the call.

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Sometimes you can have no access to your cell phone but you need to have access to your cell phone address book. You can ensure to have an access if you will regularly sync your address book. Syncing your address book means that you will transfer your address book information from your cell phone to your computer use a Web-based program. Very often cell phone comes with software that permits to sync data very easy. To sync the data you will need the USB cord. Using it you can directly transfer cell phone address book to the file or even to the Web-page. If you will do this your address book information will be kept in safety on your computer.

Instructions

1. First at all set up the software program on your computer. You can do it from the CD attached to your cell phone or loading it from the wireless provider’s Web page.

2. Make sure the software was installed with success on your computer. Now with the USB or connect your cell phone to your computer. If you are going to use not automatically sync, select “Start”, than choose “All programs”. Now will appear a list that includes all installed programs on your computer. Find and choose the sync software to open it.

3. Choose “Synchronize” or “Setup Your Device” when is required.

4. Choose “Address Book” or “Contacts”. Now on your computer select the folder where you are going to stock the sync data. Choose “Next”.

5. Now you have to follow few remaining steps. It is need to end the configuring process of your account profile.

6. When you will be ready to start the synchronize process of your cell phone address book between your cell phone and your computer choose “Sync”.

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If we will compare a traditional cellular plan and a prepaid one, we can say firmly that the traditional plan is more expensive. It can be explained, because if you have a traditional plan you can spend minutes more over included, and they cost different maybe more expensive. But if you buy a prepaid plan you are able to choose features and costs you want. If you go over minutes on prepaid your cell phone will be disconnect until you will pay additional. So AT&T Go Phone offers to the clients a prepaid cellular plan that can include minutes, text messages and Internet. Offered plan can be modified anytime at the customer desire.

Instructions

1. Enter the AT&T login page. Here you can configure the account . Press “Get Started”, to configure a new wireless account you have to answer some questions.

2. Type in the user name and the password for the account. Choose “Login”.

3. Enter “Rate Plan”.

4. Choose “New Plan”.

5. Choose and add new additional features for your new cellular plan.

6. Choose “Submit”. Now you have configured a new cellular plan that is activated and you can use it. Now you can exit the page.

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