Frequently Asked Questions

Click the "create" button in the menu above, and upload the picture from your computer. Pix2Fone will help you to adapt selected image to your phone's display settings (first time you send a picture, the service will ask you to choose a phone model). Then you will be given a unique download code and can save the picture as your phone wallpaper using the phone's browser, - no cables or syncing required.

A cell phone wallpaper is a graphic image that is depicted on your phone as the screen background. Virtually all modern phones let you personalize the screen wallpapers. With Pix2Fone you can get new wallpapers on your phone for free and without having to use additional software, pay services, cables or adapters.

As of 2010, 100% of modern cell phones are capable of using graphic wallpapers or backgrounds. Typically a few pictures come pre-installed on your phone and one of them is visible on your screen out-of-the-box. For up-to-date list of supported phones, please refer to the Create phone wallpaper page. If you are positive that your handset supports phone wallpapers, but couldn't find it in the list, please let us know, - we will add your model.

To set wallpaper for Home and / or Lock screen of your iPhone:

1. Open pix2.mobi in Safari and save the iPhone wallpaper you created
2. Tap to launch Settings from the Springboard
3. Tap to select Wallpaper from the Settings Menu
4. Tap to open Camera Roll
5. Tap the picture you saved from pix2.mobi
6. Tap Set, and then choose whether to use it as wallpaper for your Lock screen, Home screen, or both
7. Press the Home button to view your newly set wallpaper

To change wallpaper on Android phone:

1. Open pix2.mobi in your phone browser and save the wallpaper you created
2. At your Home screen press Menu key
3. Tap Wallpaper to open Select wallpaper from menu
4. Choose Gallery
5. Select the picture you saved from pix2.mobi
6. The picture already optimized for your phone screen, press-and-drag the edge of the orange box to select entire image
7. Tap Save and press the Home key to view your new wallpaper

To change Home screen wallpaper on a BlackBerry smartphone:

1. Open pix2.mobi in your phone browser and save the wallpaper you created:
   
2. Navigate to the saved picture within your BlackBerry Media icon
3. Click on the picture and press BlackBerry Menu key
4. Choose Set as Home Screen Image

To change Lock screen wallpaper on a Windows phone:

1. Open pix2.mobi in your phone browser and save the wallpaper you created
2. On Start, flick left to go to the App list, and then tap Settings > Lock & wallpaper
3. Tap Change wallpaper
4. Navigate to the saved picture, then tap Done
5. Turn your phone off and then back on to see the new wallpaper

Check out if Pix2Fone works on your cell phone/network by opening pix2.mobi/test.php address in your phone's browser. You will be prompted to download a test picture - make sure you are able to actually save it on your phone. If you get some vague errors like "406: Not acceptable" etc., your network may restrict your mobile web access, - please let us know.

Check your phone's original packaging or turn the phone off and remove the battery, - there's a sticker on the phone body under the battery that contains the phone model info.

Please check your phone make and model (see previous question) and contact us with this info.

Phone wallpapers you created with Pix2Fone are avaialable for 24 hours.

By default, only you have access to your picture download codes / pages. To share the wallpapers you created with your friends or family, please use the social networking options on the left.

Pix2Fone is 100% free to use. Your network may charge you to use mobile web access, depending on your plan. The good news is that you need very little mobile web traffic. As of 2010, accessing our mobile site at pix2.mobi and downloading an average picture to your phone will cost less than 1 cent.

No registration, no sign ups, no downloads are required in order to use our service.

No, you can use Pix2Fone service with your web browser only. Optionally, you can install our browser add-on (extension) if you wish to send pictures to your phone right from web sites you visit.

Absolutely. Pix2Fone browser extension does not contain malware of any kind. It's been scanned, tested, approved and listed in the most trusted software directories:

• Listed at Mozilla.org
• Listed and certified "100% Clean" at Softpedia.com
• Listed, reviewed and rated 4.5 stars at CNET Download.com
• Listed at ZDnet Downloads
• Listed and rated 4.5/5 at HotScripts.com
• Listed and rated 6/6 at Nonags.com

and on many other sites all over the web.