1. Top Up Your Mobile Phone For Free!
If you're not quite ready to get a free mobile phone with calls and texts for life, here's a clever little trick that will allow you get free top up credit for life. It works on all UK networks and has also been tested on numerous international networks with great results. This loophole has been around for many years and currently has around a 98% success rate.
Step 1 - Purchase a top up voucher or paypoint/payzone printout of your network.
Step 2 - Find a friend who is on the same phone network to buy one too.
Step 3 - Both of you type in the digits of the top up code into your phone (the same voucher).
Step 4 - When you get to the last digit both of you press confirm at the exact same time so the same voucher registers on both of your phones.
Step 5 -Repeat this with the other card. You will now have twice the amount of credit on your phone than what you paid.
HANDY TIP
We advise you to get a friend to buy a voucher too, because if it doesn't work and the credit goes onto your friend's phone after you paid for the top-up voucher you will be a little bit miffed! If you dont get the timing right and it doesn't work then, whoever didnt get the credit simply uses the other voucher.
If it does not work try it again with the other top-up voucher and hopefully you will both have twice as much credit as you should have.
2. Debrand Your Mobile Phone
Tired of using your shiny new phone as an advertising board for your mobile phone manufacturer? This clever YouTube video demonstrates how to remove brand logos on a mobile phone using nothing more than a sugar cube.
One thing the video doesn't show you, is that it's a good idea to cover up the rest of the phone in tape so you don't get sugar in your keypad or elsewhere. Also, be gentle and patient. Press too hard and you could scratch the phone case.
3. Back Up Your Phonebook
Smart phone users typically synchronize their phones' contacts with Outlook or some other desktop application. However, most users of conventional phone phones never back up their contacts. If you don't back up your phone numbers and other personal data, and your phone is lost or stolen, all your information could be lost forever.
Fortunately, several free services give you the resources to quickly and easily back up your contacts.
One such service is Zyb from Copenhagen-based Zyb Technologies APS. Services like Zyb offer the additional benefit of enabling you to add and edit your contacts online using a regular PC and full-size keyboard, which is a lot easier than pecking in the info using your phone's keypad. If your contacts aren't backed up, it's time to do something about it, because once your phone is gone, it's too late.
If you're not quite ready to get a free mobile phone with calls and texts for life, here's a clever little trick that will allow you get free top up credit for life. It works on all UK networks and has also been tested on numerous international networks with great results. This loophole has been around for many years and currently has around a 98% success rate.
Step 1 - Purchase a top up voucher or paypoint/payzone printout of your network.
Step 2 - Find a friend who is on the same phone network to buy one too.
Step 3 - Both of you type in the digits of the top up code into your phone (the same voucher).
Step 4 - When you get to the last digit both of you press confirm at the exact same time so the same voucher registers on both of your phones.
Step 5 -Repeat this with the other card. You will now have twice the amount of credit on your phone than what you paid.
HANDY TIP
We advise you to get a friend to buy a voucher too, because if it doesn't work and the credit goes onto your friend's phone after you paid for the top-up voucher you will be a little bit miffed! If you dont get the timing right and it doesn't work then, whoever didnt get the credit simply uses the other voucher.
If it does not work try it again with the other top-up voucher and hopefully you will both have twice as much credit as you should have.
2. Debrand Your Mobile Phone
Tired of using your shiny new phone as an advertising board for your mobile phone manufacturer? This clever YouTube video demonstrates how to remove brand logos on a mobile phone using nothing more than a sugar cube.
One thing the video doesn't show you, is that it's a good idea to cover up the rest of the phone in tape so you don't get sugar in your keypad or elsewhere. Also, be gentle and patient. Press too hard and you could scratch the phone case.
3. Back Up Your Phonebook
Smart phone users typically synchronize their phones' contacts with Outlook or some other desktop application. However, most users of conventional phone phones never back up their contacts. If you don't back up your phone numbers and other personal data, and your phone is lost or stolen, all your information could be lost forever.
Fortunately, several free services give you the resources to quickly and easily back up your contacts.
One such service is Zyb from Copenhagen-based Zyb Technologies APS. Services like Zyb offer the additional benefit of enabling you to add and edit your contacts online using a regular PC and full-size keyboard, which is a lot easier than pecking in the info using your phone's keypad. If your contacts aren't backed up, it's time to do something about it, because once your phone is gone, it's too late.
Mobile Phone Tips &
Tricks
Freephonesforlife.co.uk has been set up to help you save money on your mobile phone running costs. We also offer a number of interesting and valuable tips which can help you get the very best from your mobile phone.
If you have any mobile phone tips or tricks you would like to see included on this site, please write to us at:
info@freephonesforlife.co.uk
Freephonesforlife.co.uk has been set up to help you save money on your mobile phone running costs. We also offer a number of interesting and valuable tips which can help you get the very best from your mobile phone.
If you have any mobile phone tips or tricks you would like to see included on this site, please write to us at:
info@freephonesforlife.co.uk
5. Track Your Children Anywhere In The UK
ChildLocate enables parents to locate their children's mobile phones anywhere in the UK. Once you have registered, you can locate your children from your either mobile phone or via the internet. Simply send Find to 60066 and you will be sent the location of your child in a text message back to your phone in seconds.
For example, to locate Henry type, Find Henry and send to 60066.
ChildLocate.co.uk is the leading UK provider of mobile location services and has been featured on ITV, BBC, The Telegraph and the Financial Times to name a few. With thousands of new subscribers, ChildLocate is a must have service with millions of parents throughout the UK. You can fully test out their service for 30 days completely free of charge.
6. Unlock Password Protected Memory Card
Memory cards on mobile phones can be locked to prevent other people from accessing them - but what if you forget the locking code? A number of people hold valuable and important information on their phones and knowing how to protect and access the data is essential.
Requirement: You need a file explorer like FExplorer which you can download here.
Unlocking instructions:
1. Insert card into your phone but don’t access it through phone.
2. Run FExplorer and Open the path C:\system.
3. You will find a file called mmcstore ,rename the file mmcstore.txt
4. Copy that file(mmcstore.txt) to your pc and open that file in notepad.
5. You will find your password in that file.
7. Keep connected with Loopnote
Loopnote lets people create alerts. Say you're in a band or you own an art gallery, you can use Loopnote to alert people about an upcoming show or event.
The way it works is simple: You create a topic like "Governor's Park Band" and let people subscribe to it. When you're ready to promote an event just post a note to your topic like "Governor's Park Band playing 2nite at 9pm, Larimer Lounge". All subscribers will receive an alert with your note.
You can easily set up your own loop up within five minutes- enter in your various online handles (mobile, IM, email, etc.) and then go through the verification process. The alerts can take any of several forms: email, RSS, IM, or text and notes are limited to 100 characters or less. This is a great way to keep people in the loop simply and quickly.
ChildLocate enables parents to locate their children's mobile phones anywhere in the UK. Once you have registered, you can locate your children from your either mobile phone or via the internet. Simply send Find to 60066 and you will be sent the location of your child in a text message back to your phone in seconds.
For example, to locate Henry type, Find Henry and send to 60066.
ChildLocate.co.uk is the leading UK provider of mobile location services and has been featured on ITV, BBC, The Telegraph and the Financial Times to name a few. With thousands of new subscribers, ChildLocate is a must have service with millions of parents throughout the UK. You can fully test out their service for 30 days completely free of charge.
6. Unlock Password Protected Memory Card
Memory cards on mobile phones can be locked to prevent other people from accessing them - but what if you forget the locking code? A number of people hold valuable and important information on their phones and knowing how to protect and access the data is essential.
Requirement: You need a file explorer like FExplorer which you can download here.
Unlocking instructions:
1. Insert card into your phone but don’t access it through phone.
2. Run FExplorer and Open the path C:\system.
3. You will find a file called mmcstore ,rename the file mmcstore.txt
4. Copy that file(mmcstore.txt) to your pc and open that file in notepad.
5. You will find your password in that file.
7. Keep connected with Loopnote
Loopnote lets people create alerts. Say you're in a band or you own an art gallery, you can use Loopnote to alert people about an upcoming show or event.
The way it works is simple: You create a topic like "Governor's Park Band" and let people subscribe to it. When you're ready to promote an event just post a note to your topic like "Governor's Park Band playing 2nite at 9pm, Larimer Lounge". All subscribers will receive an alert with your note.
You can easily set up your own loop up within five minutes- enter in your various online handles (mobile, IM, email, etc.) and then go through the verification process. The alerts can take any of several forms: email, RSS, IM, or text and notes are limited to 100 characters or less. This is a great way to keep people in the loop simply and quickly.
4. Get Driving Directions
Google's mobile applications and sites are so extremely handy and everyone who has a phone should check them out.
There are mobile versions of Gmail, News, Search and Maps. Just like the desktop version, Maps lets you zoom in, looking at either streets or satellite photo views. You can peg two locations and get step-by-step directions, which are overlaid on the maps themselves.
All these apps are available at the Google Mobile Web site. You simply enter your phone number, and Google sends you an SMS link. When you click on the link, you're offered all four Google Mobile apps, which are installed on your phone over the Internet.
Google Maps is one of the best mobile applications out there. And it's free!
Google's mobile applications and sites are so extremely handy and everyone who has a phone should check them out.
There are mobile versions of Gmail, News, Search and Maps. Just like the desktop version, Maps lets you zoom in, looking at either streets or satellite photo views. You can peg two locations and get step-by-step directions, which are overlaid on the maps themselves.
All these apps are available at the Google Mobile Web site. You simply enter your phone number, and Google sends you an SMS link. When you click on the link, you're offered all four Google Mobile apps, which are installed on your phone over the Internet.
Google Maps is one of the best mobile applications out there. And it's free!
