when i will buy this phone can i transfer my minutes from my old tracfone to this new one ?? How?
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Yes, I was able to do so when I bought this phone. Since then, I upgraded to the ZTE android. I do not really like it, bit you can't transfer the minutes on any of the android phones......but the one you are looking at is older, and you should not have a problem. Hope this helps. I have been a tracfone customer for about 4 years and each year I upgrade the phones for my family through tracfone, and have always been able to transfer the minutes, until we got the android phones. You can register the phone on-line and it walks you through how to transfer your minutes and register the phone.
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Yes you can transfer any minutes and service time you have. Just go to the Tracfone website http://www.tracfone.com/ select "Activate" from the menu bar at the top then select transfer number from the drop down menu and follow directions. NOTE: Pay special attention to the amount of minutes indicated as being transferred. If the amount is less that what your phone indicates, call the Tracfone customer service number and explain the situation. They will walk you through the transfer but it is much more involved than if the minutes matched during the website transfer. Also it may take up to 24 hours to complete the transfer during which time neither the old or new phone will work. Yes you can transfer any minutes and service time you have. Just go to the Tracfone website http://www.tracfone.com/ select "Activate" from the menu bar at the top then select transfer number from the drop down menu and follow directions. NOTE: Pay special attention to the amount of minutes indicated as being transferred. If the amount is less that what your phone indicates, call the Tracfone customer service number and explain the situation. They will walk you through the transfer but it is much more involved than if the minutes matched during the website transfer. Also it may... » Read More Yes you can transfer any minutes and service time you have. Just go to the Tracfone website http://www.tracfone.com/ select "Activate" from the menu bar at the top then select transfer number from the drop down menu and follow directions. NOTE: Pay special attention to the amount of minutes indicated as being transferred. If the amount is less that what your phone indicates, call the Tracfone customer service number and explain the situation. They will walk you through the transfer but it is much more involved than if the minutes matched during the website transfer. Also it may take up to 24 hours to complete the transfer during which time neither the old or new phone will work. « Show Less
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Yes you can. You have to call the Trace phone number to activate the new one. They will ask you some questions - be sure to have the serial number of BOTH phones ready to give them.
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Yes, it is very simple to transfer the minutes from your old tracfone to the new one. You can even make the transfer online. Just follow the instructions on the Tracfone Website. While you are at it you can also transfer your old phone number to the new phone. If you do not wish to use the computer to make the transfer, you can call Tracfone and they will handle the transfer over the phone.
1379134
You can transfer minutes if you transfer the phone number only. The minutes go with the number.
380831
I called t-mobile and asked about this. You get the phone shipped to you, at that time it has a new number. You call T-mobile immediately and give them the info for the transfer from your old company. T-mobile then puts the request in, so you don't ever have to talk to your old company again (so long as you are not on contract!). They said it should take less than a day.
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Yes. It's a Tracfone phone, which means you can buy minutes cards wherever they're sold (e.g. Drugstores); you can also buy time from tracfone.com or from the phone itself.
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Yes you should call tracfone. They can transfer it for you. You may even be able to do it on their website.
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No! The Terms of Service states that the SIM card cannot be swapped, even with other TracFone SIM cards. This phone is designed to work with TracFone only is designated areas. Be sure to check your zip code to see if it can activate in your region (zip code). At the time of purchase, it was approved for my region, now it isn't, am glad that I still get service. I guess that I'm grandfathered in.
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You have to buy minutes, Unless you are transfering from another trac phone then any minutes you have left will transfer
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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!
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Yes, minutes will carry over to this phone. Used to have a very old Motorola & the unused minutes were added when I activated this phone.
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No trouble for me. I went to the tracfone website to activate the new phone, and one of the choices was to transfer service from an existing tracfone. I had over 1400 minutes on the old phone, but they capped the transfer at 1100 minutes. All airtime days transferred. In addition, they stacked an extra 20 minutes and 60 days onto the transferred minutes, as a new activation. I had to enter a lot of numbers, felt like six 21-digit numbers, from the website onto the new phone, but did it slowly and checked my work before hitting OK, and it transferred fine.
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Yes. You can easily transfer your old tracphone number, minutes, and days to the new phone. Just call the 800 number for tracphone, and a customer assistant will help you. I suggest you call from a landline, because it takes several minutes, and have both the old and new phones ready because you will need to do things to both.
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Yes, just call tracfone with the account info and they will transfer the phone number to the new phone.
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Hi Sarah, The triple minutes on a Tracfone has to be a feature already installed in your phone. If you have this phone, but it does not have the triple minutes than you can buy a card on TracFone's website to turn your phone into a triple minute phone. They also come in double minutes, which can also be upgraded to a triple minute phone. If the phone is advertised as triple minutes for life than it has already had all the upgrades needed, so that when you buy a minute card, let's say for 200 minutes and 90 days, than you will automatically be redeeming with that airtime card, 200 X 3 ...or 600 minutes with that airtime card...plus you can also benefit from any promotional bonus minutes that you can search for when adding an airtime card. Bonus codes can be found all over the internet... some are valid, and some are not... Tracfone review is a good website to go to when looking for current and valid promo codes....when ever you buy an airtime card you should use a bonus code with this phone...shop eBay for great discounts on airtime cards...good luck and have a great evening. mamainc9
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The Samsung S390G that I purchased on Amazon.com was dedicated to Tracfone service. You can buy the phone with or without any minutes added to it. When I bought my phone, I had minutes and days left on my old phone. I called Tracfone and had them transfer the minutes and service days to my new phone. Once that is done, you can add time cards as you need to or want to. I purchase the one year service cards. These give you 400 minutes to use over the course of a year. The S390G comes with triple minutes for life. Every time you buy a service card, the minutes on that card are tripled when the card is activated. So far, the phone has been great! Same with the Tracfone service! The Samsung S390G that I purchased on Amazon.com was dedicated to Tracfone service. You can buy the phone with or without any minutes added to it. When I bought my phone, I had minutes and days left on my old phone. I called Tracfone and had them transfer the minutes and service days to my new phone. Once that is done, you can add time cards as you need to or want to. I purchase the one year service cards. These give you 400 minutes to use over the course of a year. The S390G comes with triple minutes for life. Every time you buy a service card, the minutes on that card are tripled when the... » Read More The Samsung S390G that I purchased on Amazon.com was dedicated to Tracfone service. You can buy the phone with or without any minutes added to it. When I bought my phone, I had minutes and days left on my old phone. I called Tracfone and had them transfer the minutes and service days to my new phone. Once that is done, you can add time cards as you need to or want to. I purchase the one year service cards. These give you 400 minutes to use over the course of a year. The S390G comes with triple minutes for life. Every time you buy a service card, the minutes on that card are tripled when the card is activated. So far, the phone has been great! Same with the Tracfone service! « Show Less
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Mine is a Tracfone. So I purchase the minutes as I need or want them. With your minutes, comes service time. The service time could run out before the minutes if you don't use the phone very often. Usually, you're a good half a year ahead. I am anyway. You don't want to let the service days go to zero. That's what keeps your phone activated. 90 days are included with most or all minute cards. No contract. I buy the minutes online at Tracfone. If you buy the phone with tripple minutes, it's great. Check out Tracfone, if you haven't already. You do have to choose a phone with your zip code. Some phones don't work in some areas, I guess. Mine is a Tracfone. So I purchase the minutes as I need or want them. With your minutes, comes service time. The service time could run out before the minutes if you don't use the phone very often. Usually, you're a good half a year ahead. I am anyway. You don't want to let the service days go to zero. That's what keeps your phone activated. 90 days are included with most or all minute cards. No contract. I buy the minutes online at Tracfone. If you buy the phone with tripple minutes, it's great. Check out Tracfone, if you haven't already. You do have to choose a phone with your zip... » Read More Mine is a Tracfone. So I purchase the minutes as I need or want them. With your minutes, comes service time. The service time could run out before the minutes if you don't use the phone very often. Usually, you're a good half a year ahead. I am anyway. You don't want to let the service days go to zero. That's what keeps your phone activated. 90 days are included with most or all minute cards. No contract. I buy the minutes online at Tracfone. If you buy the phone with tripple minutes, it's great. Check out Tracfone, if you haven't already. You do have to choose a phone with your zip code. Some phones don't work in some areas, I guess. « Show Less
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My advice is to contact them directly; our particular Easy Minutes plan cannot be applied to certain models so I made sure that I could transfer my minutes when I switched to this phone
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yes very easy just contact tracfone by their 800 numberand they will "walk you through it" you will need the old phones serial number as well as the new phones serial number