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Viewing your text message history typically requires access to your service provider's website with a valid user name or cell phone number and a password. The specific procedures vary depending on the carrier, but for a large provider, such as Verizon, the process is simple as long as you have the required account information. Viewing your Verizon text message history should take five minutes.
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Q: What are Verizon Wireless free nights and weekends?
A: As of 2014, certain calling plans offered by Verizon Wireless feature unlimited calling on Saturday, Sunday and between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. Monday through Friday. For these plans, airtime minutes are deducted for calls made or received between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. on weekdays only. -
Q: Can you use a phone for the Internet without Wi-Fi?
A: Smartphones are designed to access the Internet and download information using cellular service towers, just like voice and text messages. However, using Wi-Fi for data won't impact the monthly usage costs. -
Q: Is Snapchat available for laptops?
A: Snapchat is a mobile-based application that is only available on Android and iOS devices. The application is available for free from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store. -
Q: What is Boingo Wireless?
A: Boingo Wireless is a company that provides wireless Internet connectivity for a variety of customer types. Consumers, businesses and government entities can all make use of Boingo's products. -
Q: Can text messages be retrieved after being deleted?
A: Text messages can be retrieved after being deleted. While you cannot recover deleted text messages on your phone, you — or someone else — can purchase software programs that allow your computer to uncover and read your deleted text messages. -
Q: What does "FTW" mean when texting?
A: "FTW" is an abbreviation that means "for the win." It is used as a type of shorthand on the Internet and when texting as a way of expressing enthusiasm. Normally used at the end of a comment, FTW is sometimes meant to be sarcastic although it is also often genuine in nature. -
Q: How do communication satellites work?
A: Communication satellites work by sending signals and transmissions down to Earth stronger than the signals received by the satellites. These Earth-orbiting devices convert transmissions from one frequency to another, so signals are not confused between transmission and reception. Communications satellites contain antennas, transponders, power sources and propulsion systems. -
Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages of text messages?
A: The advantages of using text messages include the ability to have a discreet conversation in public without the possibility of being overheard. Disadvantages of using this form of electronic communication include a high potential for distraction in situations that require focus. Some detractors also argue that text messages allow people to relax their grammatical standards, using acronyms and abbreviations instead of complete sentences. -
Q: What is a personal hot spot?
A: A personal hotspot is a function of many smartphones and portable devices enabling them to connect the Internet to a local wireless network. This creates a small area of Wi-Fi coverage that allows other devices to connect to the Internet. The smartphone or other device essentially serves as a router. -
Q: How did the BlackBerry get its name?
A: Research in Motion's marketing firm chose the name BlackBerry for the company's phone/email/Internet device because it was a pleasant-sounding word and the device, at the time, was only available in black. Canada.com reports that the marketing company avoided the word "e-mail," which it said raises many people's blood pressure. -
Q: How do you unlock SIM lock on a Samsung?
A: As of 2014, the SIM lock on a Samsung mobile phone may be unlocked by providing its IMEI number, a unique code for a particular phone, to an online service provider. The service provider computes a numerical unlock code for your mobile device and sends it via email. Upon receipt, the number is entered on the device to unlock it. -
Q: How do you send text messages to a mobile from Facebook?
A: As of 2014, in order to send messages to a mobile from Facebook, a user's mobile carrier must support this feature. After signing in to Facebook, locate Settings at the top right of the page, click Mobile, add the phone number and select the country and mobile carrier. -
Q: How do you access Vodafone voicemail on another number?
A: Vodafone's voicemail service is accessible to users from alternate phones in the United Kingdom by dialing +44 7836 121121 and by users in Australia by dialing 0414 121 121. To access this voicemail, enter your security PIN. -
Q: What are SMS gateways?
A: SMS, or Short Message Service, gateways allow computers to send and receive SMS messages, also known as text messages, over a telecommunications network. These messages are often routed to mobile devices and/or sent via email. -
Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages of electronic communication?
A: Electronic communication enables information exchange both synchronously and asynchronously across large distances and in a large number of formats, but disadvantages include security problems, a lack of access and potential misunderstood messages. This type of communication offers people many new ways of transmitting ideas and data. -
Q: What are the advantages of having a cell phone?
A: Advantages of having a cell phone include, but are not limited to, being able to be easily reached in an emergency and being able to make emergency calls when not near a home phone. Depending on the type of phone a person has, another benefit can be the convenience of having multiple apps and advanced functionality always in hand. -
Q: Where can I go to send anonymous text messages?
A: There are a number of different ways to send anonymous text messages. Some involve using apps on smartphones to hide the source number, while other methods use alternative sources to send the message. -
Q: How do you restore an iPhone from iCloud?
A: To restore your iPhone from an iCloud backup, first update your device to the latest version of the iOS operating system. Ensure you have a backup in your iCloud. If you have a backup, reset your device, and restore the device from the iCloud backup. -
Q: Does South Korea use a CDMA or GSM phone network?
A: South Korea uses the code division multiple access standard for its mobile phone network. Along with the United States and Japan, South Korea is among the few countries in the world that use CDMA. -
Q: How do cell phone towers work?
A: Cell phone towers are constructed using steel shaped in a pole or a lattice. These towers house radio transmitters and receivers that allow communications to transfer between phones and towers. The radios are connected to the tower antennae using sets of thick grounded cables. -
Q: What is the purpose of a mobile phone?
A: The original purpose of a mobile phone was to communicate to others with mobile phones or landlines while one was away from their home and out and about.
