skibum43 said: Thanks- ordered one. How long do I have to activate it? I already have a tracfone that is good until July so I'd like to wait unless I can transfer my existing minutes and time and still get my year service on the new phone.
tracfancier said: The price of the bundle being discussed has now dropped to $44.99 (10% discount). Discounts usually have a time limit..
You can transfer your phone number and remaining minutes and days at any time, they will stack. The new phone activates with 365 days rather than the usual 60 days. You get the usual 10/20 starter minutes. The airtime is a 200minute/90day airtime PIN, so use a promo code. Activate the phone first and then add the airtime after the activation is complete. I would e-mail the seller and ask about waiting to activate and add the airtime, as they are a middle man between you and Tracfone. Do not add the airtime to your old phone if it is just a DMFL phone.
Right out of the package, un-activated, after charging, you can use the WiFi to go online.
My sister has Safelink service on a tracfone.She is not going to be eligible for safelink next month,can she transfer her original tracfone phone back to tracfone services and can she keep her number? thanx.
tripod77 said: My sister has Safelink service on a tracfone.She is not going to be eligible for safelink next month,can she transfer her original tracfone phone back to tracfone services and can she keep her number? thanx.
She does not have to do anything, except add airtime herself in the future to keep it running. They will NOT remove any minutes or days of service. The phone has always been a Tracfone (it was never a safelink phone), it just received free years of service and free monthly minutes under the Safelink plan. It will continue to be her Tracfone to do with as she wishes and keep active all on her own.
Thanks again! Looks like my best option is just to transfer my existing Samsung 390 phone number to the new Samsung 390 ( both are TMFL). Hope they don't give me a problem since my existing 390 has only been activated for a couple of months.
tracfancier said: You can transfer your phone number and remaining minutes and days at any time, they will stack. The new phone activates with 365 days rather than the usual 60 days. You get the usual 10/20 starter minutes. The airtime is a 200minute/90day airtime PIN, so use a promo code. Activate the phone first and then add the airtime after the activation is complete. I would e-mail the seller and ask about waiting to activate and add the airtime, as they are a middle man between you and Tracfone. Do not add the airtime to your old phone if it is just a DMFL phone.
Right out of the package, un-activated, after charging, you can use the WiFi to go online.
You could do the online transfer of everything rather than speak with someone, it normally completes without having you call. Pic choice #2 "Transfer my number and service from one TracFone to another".
tracfancier said: You could do the online transfer of everything rather than speak with someone, it normally completes without having you call. Pic choice #2 "Transfer my number and service from one TracFone to another". Just as long as they don't have over 1100 minutes.
Is 1100 minutes the maximum that Tracfone will transfer? I know that is all I was able to get when I transferred the number and minutes from my DMFL to the QVC TMFL LG840 (year card plus 1400 minutes). It angered me a bit because I knew that my old DMFL flip-phone had 1500 minutes left on it -- just assumed that Tracfone was deducting the minutes I had received free for a couple of great promos (60 + 60 + 180 IIRC). Would I have received the total remaining minutes had I called in to make the port instead of doing it online? Good to know for the next new phone.
TenerifeSharon said: Is 1100 minutes the maximum that Tracfone will transfer? I know that is all I was able to get when I transferred the number and minutes from my DMFL to the QVC TMFL LG840 (year card plus 1400 minutes). It angered me a bit because I knew that my old DMFL flip-phone had 1500 minutes left on it -- just assumed that Tracfone was deducting the minutes I had received free for a couple of great promos (60 + 60 + 180 IIRC). Would I have received the total remaining minutes had I called in to make the port instead of doing it online? Good to know for the next new phone. Yes, 1100 is the max and you would have gotten your total time transferred if done over the phone. I'm sorry you didn't know about this before. When you get a phone next time call Exec Resolutions/Corporate @ 305-715-6500 where they have more experienced people who aren't the regular CS people.
I don't think they list this anywhere though so a lot of people have learned about it from reading experiences like yours or having it happen to them and being told this by TF over the phone.
I know this is a tad off-topic, but I'll ask anyway...I have come across an old Kyocera tracfone that has 2M plus minutes on it , but the time had expired in 2011. Brick? or can something be salvaged? TIA.
gmannix said: I know this is a tad off-topic, but I'll ask anyway...I have come across an old Kyocera tracfone that has 2M plus minutes on it , but the time had expired in 2011. Brick? or can something be salvaged? TIA.
Those 2000+ minutes went "poof" on the 61st day after the days of service ran out (Trac reclaimed and resold them) Are you confident you did not transfer the phone number, minutes and days before the time ran out and you just don`t remember? You must manually enter a code to zero the remaining minutes display after the minutes have been transferred. Do you normally not keep the phone number? Consider that if you retained the phone number you probably moved the remaining airtime at the same time.
TenerifeSharon said: Thanks very much -- now I'll know for the future!
You could have also called within a reasonable length of time and gotten your minutes that did not transfer. But if you did not write down the parameters 0 and 30 you would not have proof of your minute total because both parameters changed with the transfer (and Trac should have made you enter a code to zero the display, further changing the parameters).
Rowan is correct in saying always phone Trac for such a transfer.
Since these parameters are your only proof of airtime, you should always keep a running record of them. If your phone is lost or will not power up they will make a transfer easier. Trac can get your call history and determine the minutes remaining but that takes weeks and they do not like having to go to the trouble.
tracfancier said: TenerifeSharon said: Thanks very much -- now I'll know for the future!
You could have also called within a reasonable length of time and gotten your minutes that did not transfer. But if you did not write down the parameters 0 and 30 you would not have proof of your minute total because both parameters changed with the transfer (and Trac should have made you enter a code to zero the display, further changing the parameters).
Rowan is correct in saying always phone Trac for such a transfer.
Since these parameters are your only proof of airtime, you should always keep a running record of them. If your phone is lost or will not power up they will make a transfer easier. Trac can get your call history and determine the minutes remaining but that takes weeks and they do not like having to go to the trouble.
Can I assume that 6 weeks would no longer be considered a reasonable length of time? Oh well -- I'm very grateful for all the help here and also learning about the QVC bundle offer, so I won't worry so much about the lost minutes. Since we go back to Europe next week and won't be here again until late fall, I think that my remaining 2400+ minutes will be enough for quite a while. The best thing is having the year's validity for the minutes (without paying Tracfone for it), since I always had problems getting recharges done while we were out of the U.S. for months at a time, or having to worry about losing all the remaining minutes. (I started doing 3 small recharges before we left the U.S. each time to stretch the validity to 9 months -- just in case).
TenerifeSharon said: tracfancier said: TenerifeSharon said: Thanks very much -- now I'll know for the future!
You could have also called within a reasonable length of time and gotten your minutes that did not transfer. But if you did not write down the parameters 0 and 30 you would not have proof of your minute total because both parameters changed with the transfer (and Trac should have made you enter a code to zero the display, further changing the parameters).
Rowan is correct in saying always phone Trac for such a transfer.
Since these parameters are your only proof of airtime, you should always keep a running record of them. If your phone is lost or will not power up they will make a transfer easier. Trac can get your call history and determine the minutes remaining but that takes weeks and they do not like having to go to the trouble.
Can I assume that 6 weeks would no longer be considered a reasonable length of time? Oh well -- I'm very grateful for all the help here and also learning about the QVC bundle offer, so I won't worry so much about the lost minutes. Since we go back to Europe next week and won't be here again until late fall, I think that my remaining 2400+ minutes will be enough for quite a while. The best thing is having the year's validity for the minutes (without paying Tracfone for it), since I always had problems getting recharges done while we were out of the U.S. for months at a time, or having to worry about losing all the remaining minutes. (I started doing 3 small recharges before we left the U.S. each time to stretch the validity to 9 months -- just in case).
So, thanks again...
60 days. Your minutes turn into a punkin after 60 days!
TenerifeSharon said: tracfancier said: TenerifeSharon said: Thanks very much -- now I'll know for the future!
You could have also called within a reasonable length of time and gotten your minutes that did not transfer. But if you did not write down the parameters 0 and 30 you would not have proof of your minute total because both parameters changed with the transfer (and Trac should have made you enter a code to zero the display, further changing the parameters).
Rowan is correct in saying always phone Trac for such a transfer.
Since these parameters are your only proof of airtime, you should always keep a running record of them. If your phone is lost or will not power up they will make a transfer easier. Trac can get your call history and determine the minutes remaining but that takes weeks and they do not like having to go to the trouble.
Can I assume that 6 weeks would no longer be considered a reasonable length of time? Oh well -- I'm very grateful for all the help here and also learning about the QVC bundle offer, so I won't worry so much about the lost minutes. Since we go back to Europe next week and won't be here again until late fall, I think that my remaining 2400+ minutes will be enough for quite a while. The best thing is having the year's validity for the minutes (without paying Tracfone for it), since I always had problems getting recharges done while we were out of the U.S. for months at a time, or having to worry about losing all the remaining minutes. (I started doing 3 small recharges before we left the U.S. each time to stretch the validity to 9 months -- just in case).
So, thanks again...
It never hurts to try. In fact you could call several times hoping to reach a considerate CSR.
Seller told me there was no time limit to activate 1 yr service, but I did it yesterday anyway via the tracfone website. All days and minutes transferred over, but it wasn't immediate. Minutes and the one year showed up in about 15 minutes, but the days left on the previous phone took a little longer but eventually showed up and stacked with the one year.
skibum43 said: Thanks again! Looks like my best option is just to transfer my existing Samsung 390 phone number to the new Samsung 390 ( both are TMFL). Hope they don't give me a problem since my existing 390 has only been activated for a couple of months.
tracfancier said: You can transfer your phone number and remaining minutes and days at any time, they will stack. The new phone activates with 365 days rather than the usual 60 days. You get the usual 10/20 starter minutes. The airtime is a 200minute/90day airtime PIN, so use a promo code. Activate the phone first and then add the airtime after the activation is complete. I would e-mail the seller and ask about waiting to activate and add the airtime, as they are a middle man between you and Tracfone. Do not add the airtime to your old phone if it is just a DMFL phone.
Right out of the package, un-activated, after charging, you can use the WiFi to go online.
I transferred the minutes and time from one tf to another just yesterday can I port the number off the tf that I transferred the minutes from with having to re-activate it or do i need to put some airtime on it? thanks
noob qn. I have a AT&T phone. I just need to get a new phone. Can I get one of the GSM phones offered by Trtacfone and use the SIM card I have? Anything else needed to be done?
I just got a new TracFone ( LG840g @ $99 ) from HSN. Activated it right out of box online. NO ATT Sim card required. Transfered my ATT Cell phone number within 24 hours No probs. Just waiting to load my 1400 minutes now.
minimalist said: noob qn. I have a AT&T phone. I just need to get a new phone. Can I get one of the GSM phones offered by Trtacfone and use the SIM card I have? Anything else needed to be done?
Thanks for your reply. I want to continue with my AT&T plan. Just need a new phone to use with my AT&T plan. All phones offered by AT&T are smart phones and couple of over priced feature phones
minimalist said: Thanks for your reply. I want to continue with my AT&T plan. Just need a new phone to use with my AT&T plan. All phones offered by AT&T are smart phones and couple of over priced feature phones Tracfones can only be used with Tracfone service. They use special firmware on their phones which makes only Tracfone sims work in them.
This is true. All AT&T services are cancelled when TracFone is activated..
Rowan said: minimalist said: Thanks for your reply. I want to continue with my AT&T plan. Just need a new phone to use with my AT&T plan. All phones offered by AT&T are smart phones and couple of over priced feature phones Tracfones can only be used with Tracfone service. They use special firmware on their phones which makes only Tracfone sims work in them.
FYI - for anyone new to the Samsung 390g, which has been featured in a lot of deals lately, it will not charge with a standard micro usb cable using a USB plug in adapter when turned on. It must use the included adapter, be plugged into a PC port or powered USB hub. It will charge with a standard micro usb USB cable/USB plug in adapter if turned off.
Rowan said: minimalist said: Thanks for your reply. I want to continue with my AT&T plan. Just need a new phone to use with my AT&T plan. All phones offered by AT&T are smart phones and couple of over priced feature phones Tracfones can only be used with Tracfone service. They use special firmware on their phones which makes only Tracfone sims work in them.Thanks for your reply
burgandygold said: Just got a LG 840G (Reconditioned) with TMFL and free overnight shipping for a grand total of $26.24, after using code FRIEND1 through Tracfone.
Thanks. I got one after seeing your post. It is a lot nicer than my LG 800g.
Anyone use a screen protector with their LG 840g? Any recommendation?
JimsEmptyWallet said: burgandygold said: Just got a LG 840G (Reconditioned) with TMFL and free overnight shipping for a grand total of $26.24, after using code FRIEND1 through Tracfone.
Thanks. I got one after seeing your post. It is a lot nicer than my LG 800g.
Anyone use a screen protector with their LG 840g? Any recommendation?
Anyone have trouble with an order? I put through an order and got an order confirmation screen, but no order number. Several days later, I've had no email confirmation nor has my credit card been charged.
When buying a LG 840 G from HSN, how do you know the phone will work with the carrier you want. I need to have ATT as the carrier and dont know how you specify this at purchase or is the carrier determined when you activate the phone with tracfone? Thanks Bassinbarth
You meant AT&T network, I think it is based on the sim card you received. you can always request another sim from tracfone and use that instead. my2cent knbarth said: When buying a LG 840 G from HSN, how do you know the phone will work with the carrier you want. I need to have ATT as the carrier and dont know how you specify this at purchase or is the carrier determined when you activate the phone with tracfone? Thanks Bassinbarth
Tracfone website is the only place you have a choice of carriers and it requires some knowledge of their markets. Tracfone venders normally have only one provider offered for them to sell. CDMA phones are only Verizon. The GSM phones "complete" part number indicates if it will be an AT&T or T-Mobile SIM card included. Check back here if you have questions in the future.
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