Any problems with Tracfone? I just had a techno hell dealing with Tracfone, and would like to know if anyone else has? Also, what is a good way to go with prepaids besides Tracfone?
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T-Mobiles Gold Rewards program is great--my daughter had been using T-mobile's prepaid plan for 3 years with no problem. Unfortunately, when I switched to the plan, it usually didn't work inside my office building (where other carrier's cell phones were ringing all around me), inside our grocery store, or inside Target. Since I am not generally standing in a field when I need to make a call, I gave it up.
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I have the T-Mobile prepaid plan with a super-cheapie phone (Moto v195s) and I'm looking at upgrading to this phone. Were you able to get the data plan separately to work with this phone and the prepaid plan? I don't use voice heavily, but I do text message and I might like having data. What was the cost (if you don't mind the question) and are you seeing any drawbacks to this arrangement? Thanks!
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I called customer service and they helped me port my number. Or you go yo Tracfone.com and follow their suggestions. Phone line customer service can be frustrating, but it's with working through. They may give you a temporary number, but they will port you desired phone number in 3 business days, usually.
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I bought this one for Tracfone use. I was told long ago that Tracfone used all the towers, and I had great reception. Now, it's sketchy. My friends where I am use Verizon, so if it uses Verizon towers and they have good reception, it would stand to reason that I would too. ??
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sorry forgot to tell u your tracfone must be unlocked also u can do that yourself just google how to unlock tracfone as they do lock there phones so u cant use with other carriers
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I am not certain I now nothing of the TracFones. The phone..the LG can purchased and used with most plans..period. Only the provider can exclude phones based on their desire to have you buy their phone.....sorry I couldn't help.
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I get the feeling even Verizon doesn't know what they do these days! I loved them under the contracts, but they have proven to be a nightmare in the prepaid category. Frankly, they don't make much sense. My best answer to you is to contact Verizon and ask before you put any money into a new phone. Better safe than sorry when it comes to this. Good luck and, by the way, have a wonderful holiday season!
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This is a GSM phone. Tracfone works in some places with GSM network. Please contact them to see if the GSM service is available in your area.Hope this helps
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Sorry - no help from me, bought it for my granddaughter as a gift... haven't used it myself... again, sorry! Call Tracfone - I found them to be extremely helpfuly, or go to their website for help/support
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>> F. Robinson says:>> I use this phone with T-Mobile, I have the pay as you go >> plan with unlimited data, So I couldn't tell you what they will bill you for.I have the vanilla prepaid plan. Does this phone require a data plan for the GPS to work?
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Wow, things have changed! Hope those of you who hung in there are happy with your service now. I've had only good experiences with customer service, the web site works well, and all the promised features are now working. I'm very sorry things weren't like that for you months ago, but I hope they are now working well. I'm very happy with my Telo and Telo handset.
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I would love to know the answer as well? Has anyone purchased this phone or a phone that was not purhased through Straight talk and was able to use it on the straight talk plan? We pay 45.00 a month, with no contract, unlimited txt, email, etc..... If you could let us know that would be great! Thanks so much all, for taking the time out to write your reviews!
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thank you all. had seen the phone for a great deal and now it's sold out, temp out of stock. so now looking at different phone, lg 530, not sure if it's newer or older but being an lg would think i'm still good to go. long story short, coming off of some health issues, trying to get by with limited resource's atm, get back on my feet. trying to check it out now, spec's and all so if it's doable, hopefully will still work, and thanks again.
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I use Verizon, I had a bit of trouble for the first two days of owning it, but nothing after. It seemed like my network connectivity was wonky for just a bit, because my back-up software had the same dely. I have been loving the phone all in all.
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It is not a "TracFone" (which is a totally separate brand of phone and phone service that has nothing to do with Verizon Wireless or Samsung to begin with) but most of this model phone were originally sold to be used on VZW prepaid accounts and won't work on regular accounts unless they were used with prepaid service for 6 months or more. A few were sold normally, but you should check with the individual seller before you buy to be sure it can be activated.
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Just came back from Italy with this phone. Any prepaid SIM card from TIM, Vodafone, Wind will do, but I read that TIM has good coverage, so I went with them. Basically you buy a prepaid SIM card which will give you a phone # in Italy for around 25 euros I think, but it gives you 15 euro of usage time. Incoming calls, even from US, are free. Talk is like 10-20 cents per min even overseas. Was told that texting to US is not worth it. As for texting, I received the text msgs from Trenitalia and TIM without any problems. Coverage from TIM and the phone's reception was great, no issues at all in Venice, Florence, and Rome. Battery life is good like the others have said.
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Can anyone say that they had an easy time of unlocking a T-Mobile phone? I've tried it once and found that T-Mobile would rather see 'their' phones in a landfill than be re-used through another carrier.