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Cell Phones & Accessories

How to Change the Start-Up Screen on a Cell Phone

Many cell phone providers offer customers features that allow them to personalize their phones. These features include personalizing their wallpaper, which is the background image that you see when you start up your cell phone. Many phones come with a default picture that can be changed to whatever you choose. You can use the pictures that you took with your phone as background images or you can choose one of the many preloaded images already stored on your phone.
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How to Update a BlackBerry Smart Phone

Update a BlackBerry smart phone to keep the software up to date and enjoy the latest functions and features. BlackBerry software updates are performed through a wireless Internet connection and are completely free. Update times can vary from 15 minutes to two hours, depending on the size of the update. When new updates are available, an icon automatically appears on the BlackBerry homepage....
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How to Unlock a Shadow

The T-Mobile Shadow is a global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone that uses a subscriber identity module (SIM) to connect to the T-Mobile mobile network. The Shadow's SIM will only work with T-Mobile SIM cards unless you enter the correct unlock code. You can buy a SIM unlock code from a number of sources, but T-Mobile will provide a free unlock code to customers after they complete 40 days on their service contract....
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How to Get a Free Mobile Voicemail Greeting

If you are sick and tired of having the same old bland voicemail message on your phone, get a voice mail greeting recorded by a celebrity. You can get Kermit the Frog, Sean Connery, or Homer Simpson to answer your phone---completely for free....
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How to Give Wallpaper Animation to My Razr V3

Wallpaper animation can be added to your Razr V3 to increase the personality of your phone. You can do this in just a few easy steps with your computer using the Motorola Phone Tools program. You can get the Phone Tools program from Motorola or buy it more cheaply from alternate sellers...
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How to Change Sounds to Ringtones on a Verizon Motorola RAZR V3m

Cell phone owners around the world are constantly on the search for ways to add and edit ringtones for their mobile devices. With the Motorola RAZR V3m, the only way to add free ringtones is with the Motorola Phone Tools program, which can be purchased directly from Motorola or other sellers online. The program allows you to transfer sounds from your phone to your computer, convert them into ringtones and send them back to your RAZR...
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How to Reset a Nokia 6020

The Nokia 6020, a candy bar-style mobile handset, has various customizable menu settings. Although this is a benefit for Nokia 6020 owners, there may be times when you want to revert back to the factory settings. If you are having problems with your handset or preparing to sell it, you may prefer to use your Nokia 6020 in its out-of-the-box state. Through the Nokia 6020's menu, you can enable the factory settings again...
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How to Recover a Micro SD Password

Micro SD cards are small, secure digital (SD) memory cards that provide storage to an array of devices such as mobile phones, PDAs and cameras. Micro SD cards may be secured with a password to protect the contents of the card. However, as users will do, occasionally a micro SD card password will be forgotten or lost. Password recovery procedures can save the user the time and hassle of reformatting the micro SD card, which will also result in data loss....
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How to Prevent Anyone From Getting Into & Listening to a Cell Phone

It is possible for cellphones to be tapped. In 2006, it was reported that the FBI used cellphones as "roving bugs" when surveillance was approved by a court. That technology has spread beyond law enforcement, with software for gaining secret access to cellphones advertised widely on the Internet. Does it work? Apparently so, according to a reporter at an Indianapolis television station who successfully tapped into a producer's cellphone (with her permission). You can follow some simple steps to prevent this kind of intrusion....
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How to Change the User Name on a Sidekick

T-Mobile Sidekick models are different from most other mobile phones in that they require a user name to function. The first time you turn on a T-Mobile Sidekick, you will be prompted to complete a Sidekick registration and enter or create a user name. This user name identifies you to the T-Mobile network and is associated with your data and service plan. The user name associated with a T-Mobile Sidekick can only be changed after a master reset of the handset, so if you have someone else's old phone you'll need to strip out their information before entering your own...
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How to Start an Internet Connection on a Dell Axim X50

The Dell Axim X50 is able to connect to the Internet through its integrated 802.11b wireless radio. The wireless radio can be turned on and off by pressing the wireless button on the device, allowing you to save battery life if you aren't using the Internet. Setting up a wireless connection on the Axim X50 is a simple process that should only take a few minutes to complete....
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How to Download Music Onto a Motorola W755

of the best features of the Motorola W755 cellular phone is its exclusivity to the Verizon network, which gives Verizon subscribers access to the V-Cast music directory. This gives them the ability to download thousands of songs on the go for competitive prices. While the V-Cast integration is a powerful selling point, it can be difficult for some users to understand how to access, purchase and download music from the V-Cast directory for the first time...
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How to Unlock the User Code on a BlackBerry 8700c

The user code (sometimes called a security code) on a BlackBerry 8700c helps you prevent unauthorized users from accessing your handset. Each time your BlackBerry 8700c is locked or rebooted, you must enter the user code to do anything other than make an emergency call. If you forget the user code to your handset, the only way to access the handset again is to do a factory reset of the phone, which means returning the handset back to its brand new, out-of-the-box state....
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How Do I Access the Internet With My Blackberry 8900?

For BlackBerry smart phones, including the Curve 8900 model, you are required to obtain a data plan at the point of purchase. This means you cannot have an active BlackBerry without the data plan. The data plan gives you consistent Internet access wherever you have a phone signal. Once your BlackBerry Curve 8900 is activated and you have the data plan, you can start using the Internet after you turn on the phone....
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How to Unlock a Sprint Phone to Work for Verizon

All phones need a wireless network with which to operate. Switching a phone from one network to another is a relatively easy process called unlocking. Unlocking a phone requires permission of the initial wireless provider in the form of an identification number, called an IMEI code, and a memory card, called a SIM card from the new provider. Once you have these, your Sprint phone can be switched from one network to another....
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