Sharp FX-Plus for AT&amp;T (Black) QWERTY - Android - Camera - No Contract: If this phone does not require a contract then how do you pay for minutes used and can it be used with Tracfone?
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You can either purchase a prepaid plan from many of the providers such as T-Mobile or AT&T or if you prefer to use a more diverse one such as Tracfone or Net10 then you would have to go to their webpage and get the info from there or simply visit a local retailer that carries the company products/services/ how to use the minutes. when you first purchase a prepaid plan ( either from AT&T or T-mobile) you can use the starter kits ( you may have to ask about those for prepaid services ) the directions are usually in the box. Either you can purchase airtime/minutes with a debit/credit/check card or by a card and add the appropriate amount of minutes you will need or want for a specific time frame. for prepaid cards - first purchase the card at a local provider or you could do so through walmart.com i've made many purchases through them with prepaid cards. It takes a few hours for the pin number to show up in your email. You will follow the instructions that comes with the box, either you can call the 1-800 number and add the airtime there or use the webpage of the service provider ( such as AT&T or T-Mobile) and follow the necessary steps but make sure you are under the prepaid section once on the webpage or it will not work properly. Then you should receive a message (free of charge if with T-Mobile from my experience) stating you've successfully added airtime to your device. Enjoy!
1183159
I use this phone on the tracfone network, through Walmart's straight talk plan. It is no contract, $45.00 per month and I am able to use everything on it, unlimited everything.
574532
You just buy the phone from Amazon... I chose Amazon because I have Prime and the price was low... or buy from Verizon then choose a pre-pay. I use Anytime Minutes which is $0.99 a day (only when you use the phone) and $0.10 per minute, nothing else. This suited me but there are other plans as well... just go to Verizon and look at pre-paid and live chat with a rep and they'll explain it fully.
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You buy minutes as you need them and no monthly plan is needed unless you want one. You can buy as little as $10 at a time or more if you want to. As far as minutes go, it works pretty much the same way as any other Tracfone except that the talk, text and data minutes are deducted separately. So if you text, the minutes will come off your text minutes only. Triple minutes on this phone makes a big difference.
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I am not sure about AT&T Postpaid plan. I do have an AT&T Family plan which includes phone and texting but no picture transmission and absolutely no data plan. This phone works great on it. If you check my review, you will see this is a replacement phone for one that I lost which was exactly like it. The first phone I bought through our local AT&T store when we were renewing our family contract. They actually suggested this phone, knowing that all I wanted to do was text and make "old-fashioned" phone calls with no data plan. Hope this is somewhat helpful.
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STRAIGHT TALK - You know, a little bit unrelated, but I just got my Motorola Defy XT at Walmart, but I was told by the sales person that it ran on the AT&T; network but I just found out that it's actually a CDMA phone, probably on the crappy Sprint network, I get very weak signals where I live. I don't quite know what to do now... Return it to Walmart and lose half my 45 bucks in airtime credit I put in, or stick w/ it... I also was planning on installing a different SIM card from Straight Talk that I have, this one by AT&T;, can anyone give me advices? Thanks!
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just call tmobile and have them activate the sim. then you just put it in the phone. you dont need to "activate the phone." your tmobile account is all stored in your sim. what phone you use doesnt matter to them and gsm doesnt store any account info in your device. your phone number is in your sim, not the phone. you can use kelly's suggestion and just get an internet plan if that's all you want. but this phone does not need the smartphone plan. you can get it to work with the $10 internet plan. so you're probably better off with the Even More Plus 500 Talk plan. it is basically like prepaid. there's no contract. but it's a little better because you still get your bill at the end of the month like a regular account. theres no credit check. and it's 29.99 + 10 (internet) = 39.99. So for the same price as the internet only service, you can have unlimited internet AND 500 minutes (+ unlimited nights, weekends, and mobile to mobile). For $10 more you can also add unlimited texting. If you get a non-smartphone plan ($10), the only thing you need to change in your phone is: Settings &gt; Internet Connections &gt; Connections &gt; T-Mobile Internet + Edit &gt; Next &gt; Access Point Name: internet2.voicestream.com Leave username and password blank. Make sure the box is unchecked. Click Finish. (Click the blurry area above the other windows to close them out) Hope this helps :)
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Tracfone usually uses the lines of Verizon, so if you have Verizon in your area it should work. You could go to the Tracfone website and click on phones and type in your zip code and see if this phone comes up in your area. Or call Tracfone and ask them if it will work in your area. As for the camera, I have not used mine. Love the phone though!
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The phone is made to use as a "Pay as you go" phone that you can just purchase minutes for, but I purchased it for my daughter and added her to our AT&T account (different SIM card). So you can do either.
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No, no, no, this Android Tracfone, when you use the pay-as-you-go plan, gives you triple minutes, AND triple # of texts, AND triple # megabytes of 3G data. So, your texts & talk are two, "separate" accounts. For instance, if you add a 60-minute card, you get 180 minutes of talk, plus 180 texts, plus 180 MB of data. You can also purchase data separately, if you use a lot of data. I just use it on WiFi, so I haven't even used any data, but if I were someplace I need to check my email or stocks, I could do it, without using much data, so it's there, if you need it.
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This is no contract pay as you go. They do have plans if you want a package of services like voice, text and data, or you can just pay for what you use. This service is actually a reseller of network T-Mobile so be sure that the T-Mobile network has coverage where you plan to use you phone with this SIM
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I'm not sure. Don't know to much about Trackfone. Samsung I9250 is GSM phone working with any net ib this system, like T-Mobile, simple mobil, att. What you need, is only to purchase SIM card of given provider. Tracfon doesn't have their own net. They sell phones with limited use. Don't think they let you use any phone. This is how they make money.
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I'd contact the Tracfone folks or whoever your carrier is. You should have an account you can view online. Remember there are 2 elements, service days and minutes. You probably are past the end date of your service days. You can sometimes purchase a lower number of minutes and then add'l service days. When I bought my phone, it came with lifetime triple minutes. It is often hard to contact the carrier, but hang in there.
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yes , I have a pre-paid no contract plan . I pay monthly for unlimited talk and text . The phone works great !!! Ilove this phone .
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This is my first Android Phone. I had to look here for information. This site will help. Always go to the creator!http://www.sonymobile.com/us/support/phones/xperia-tipo/
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I bought the phone from amazon. I already had a sim card in my previous phone I got from T-mobile and just put the card in this phone. You have to go into a store that handles T-Mobile if you are not already signed up. They will sell you 1000 minutes for $100 or smaller amounts of minutes for less. Look at T-mobile website for "no contract" info. No minutes come with phone from amazon. Tmobile will assign you a phone # when you purchase minutes.
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I was using a phone from Net10, but when the phone would boot up it gave a Tracfone icon on the display, so I think they are pretty much the same thing. If you have been using pay-as-you-go (adding minutes only whenever you are running low) then the SIM in your phone will not work with this, or any other smartphone OS. You will need to buy a "Bring Your Phone" kit that has the SIM you need. I had to transfer my number to the phone using Net10 tech support on the phone. The phone is working great, and I am very pleased with it.