What sequence is recommended for activation, transfer and adding minutes? Would I transfer my old tracfone number and minutes first, than add 400 car
1855756
Yes 1st you want to xfer from an old phone (either trac or other) which will xfer the minutes/days remaining onto this phone.... Then IF you need to right away you can add the 400 card (which will triple to 1200). The mins/days u xfer will not triple but you will get I (I think it was) 20 mins and 60 days service just by buying this phone (added to what u xfer).... When I xfer my daughters old trac to the this new I did it via the website (tracfone).... it take about a half day to xfer the info to the new phone (she just carried both the first morning till it happened). I love her 'new' phone so much I'm getting it too!
1855757
Yes 1st you want to xfer from an old phone (either trac or other) which will xfer the minutes/days remaining onto this phone.... Then IF you need to right away you can add the 400 card (which will triple to 1200). The mins/days u xfer will not triple but you will get I (I think it was) 20 mins and 60 days service just by buying this phone (added to what u xfer).... When I xfer my daughters old trac to the this new I did it via the website (tracfone).... it take about a half day to xfer the info to the new phone (she just carried both the first morning till it happened). I love her 'new' phone so much I'm getting it too! Yes 1st you want to xfer from an old phone (either trac or other) which will xfer the minutes/days remaining onto this phone.... Then IF you need to right away you can add the 400 card (which will triple to 1200). The mins/days u xfer will not triple but you will get I (I think it was) 20 mins and 60 days service just by buying this phone (added to what u xfer).... When I xfer my daughters old trac to the this new I did it via the website (tracfone).... it take about a half day to xfer the info to the new phone (she just carried both the first morning till it happened). I love her 'new'... » Read More Yes 1st you want to xfer from an old phone (either trac or other) which will xfer the minutes/days remaining onto this phone.... Then IF you need to right away you can add the 400 card (which will triple to 1200). The mins/days u xfer will not triple but you will get I (I think it was) 20 mins and 60 days service just by buying this phone (added to what u xfer).... When I xfer my daughters old trac to the this new I did it via the website (tracfone).... it take about a half day to xfer the info to the new phone (she just carried both the first morning till it happened). I love her 'new' phone so much I'm getting it too! « Show Less
677548
if your transferring your number from one tracfone to another, all your minutes and time are added to this phone, and yes, it has nice chunk of time when you activate this phone. Well worth the purchase
1726233
Yes, there are numerous ways to add minutes. I always log on to my TracFone account online and purchase with a credit card. All information of my two Tracfones are listed there. I pick and choose what I feel is the best deal, and prices directly from TracFone can beat other prices. Just log on to tracfone.com click on "My Account" and register. Easy!
1755255
I have always had a TRACFONE. There is hardly anywhere that I have not been able to use my phone. I think they use the same towers that everyone uses. If you don't talk very much, this would be a good plan. You would have one year of service. You would get 400 minutes. When you buy a TRACFONE, some will double your minutes and some will triple the minutes that you buy. You never lose any service time or the minutes you buy. You have to watch at the end of the year and buy another card "before" your year of service runs out. You will keep your minutes. If you were to have to buy another phone for some reason, all of you minutes and time will roll over to the new phone. Now, if you want to have a better camera, "more mega pixels", you will have to buy one of the more expensive cameras. You will have invested $100 +- for the service and minutes plus whatever you spend on the phone. For one year that's all you will spend. Better than $60 a month. :) After your first year, you will only have the expense of a new card. :) Hope this helps
331752
This IS one of the phones Tracfone offers, and yes, you can transfer Tracfone minutes from another phone to this one.
1283223
I bought this phone as a replacement phone. I already had a phone number that I just transferred over.If you buy this phone you can contact Tracfone and request a phone number or transfer a number.Hope that helps.
1284206
Yes you sure can! You can also have minutes from another tracfone transferred to your new phone by calling their customer service center.
1348556
I have gotten this phone from Safelink, but from what I can understand is that most likely not...I think if you purchase minutes through tracfone, I think that you don't have time constraints on using minutes
1726235
I set up an account on the Tracfone web site and add minutes there. It is easy to do. I think you can do it from the phone also.
138671
Louise, did you buy this phone? I think it's a good buy. Once you bought this phone it comes with the 400 minutes already. You don't have to buy any more minutes for one year. Then if your Mom needs more minutes the second year, then she can buy it either at amazon or tracfone.com -- Gloria
1379134
You can transfer minutes if you transfer the phone number only. The minutes go with the number.
1108470
If you decide to use Tracfone, make sure you buy one of their phones that comes with TRIPLE minutes. According to Consumer Reports, It's an excellent deal! Go to www.tracfone.com to find out if it works in your area (it probably does). The customer service from Tracfone SUCKS but the TRIPLE minutes are still a great deal if you talk or text. It makes no sense to buy a tracfone to go on the internet!!!
1857699
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.
772265
When you activate your account, you will be assigned a number. After that, if you want, you should be able to transfer an existing number if you wish.
1192491
Yes...Tracfone offers a choice of phones & they come with 'start up' minutes. Make sure you get the 'triple minutes' program...that way each time you purchase additional minutes cards, you get 3 times the stated amount...200 minutes card gets you 600 minutes, etc!
1012951
As long as you verify with the seller that the Iphone has a clean ESN and also ask for the phones mied # so you can check with TracFone that the phone will work with the byop plan. It worked perfectly in my own experience, less than 15 minutes to activate and transfer minutes from my old phone, but you may loose minutes from what you had on your old phone.
2066322
When you buy the phone and it lists Triple Tracfone minutes it means: if for instance you purchase and pay for 400 minutes Tracfone will triple your minutes to 1200. I purchased the triple minutes with one year service through Tracfone.