Bill Henry-
Brussel Sprout Connoisseur
This may be old hat for some of you, but I bought a cheap “burner” cell phone last week. I only paid $15 for it. But, surprisingly, it has a ton of features that I wasn’t expecting.
It came with a default wallpaper image for the main screen, but I wanted to find a way to upload some of my photos to it.
I spent a lot of time on the Samsung/TracFone web site, but I couldn’t get any answers (it is fully moderated and takes days for your post to appear in the forum).
I figured that if I could find the MMS address for my phone and carrier, I could upload these images from my computer’s e-mail. But, either it is a carefully guarded secret or it doesn’t exist for this “dumb” phone.
I ran across a site that will edit your images for the size and ratio of your main screen after you enter your cell phone model, then upload the images to it. And, it’s free (although your carrier may consider it a text message and may charge you the going rate).
It turns out that my cheapo Samsung doesn’t support a direct feed to it, but the Mobile 17 site gives me an URL to access, so once I figured out how to enter it in my phone’s browser, I was able to download it.
Now, I’ve got about 10 different wallpaper images to chose from. I’m so stoked!
On the Mobile 17 site you can make your own ringtones as well as wallpaper. It also seems to have a bunch of free apps for smart phones, too.
It came with a default wallpaper image for the main screen, but I wanted to find a way to upload some of my photos to it.
I spent a lot of time on the Samsung/TracFone web site, but I couldn’t get any answers (it is fully moderated and takes days for your post to appear in the forum).
I figured that if I could find the MMS address for my phone and carrier, I could upload these images from my computer’s e-mail. But, either it is a carefully guarded secret or it doesn’t exist for this “dumb” phone.
I ran across a site that will edit your images for the size and ratio of your main screen after you enter your cell phone model, then upload the images to it. And, it’s free (although your carrier may consider it a text message and may charge you the going rate).
It turns out that my cheapo Samsung doesn’t support a direct feed to it, but the Mobile 17 site gives me an URL to access, so once I figured out how to enter it in my phone’s browser, I was able to download it.
Now, I’ve got about 10 different wallpaper images to chose from. I’m so stoked!
On the Mobile 17 site you can make your own ringtones as well as wallpaper. It also seems to have a bunch of free apps for smart phones, too.
