Setting up Tracfone VoicemailOn the Phone or OnlineIt’s pretty simple to setup your Tracfone voicemail on the phone or online. On the video above is the easiest way to set it up from the phone.Here's a recent comment I got on the video: First Name: Mae This article will go over how to do it online. First activate your phoneFirst make sure you have activated your Tracfone and can make calls.Find your IMEI numberTo get the Tracfone voicemail instruction for your particular phone you have to enter the your phone's Serial number and the phone number itself.To find that select the “Prepaid” menu on your phone and scroll down and select Serial Number. Follow the Tracfone voicemail setup instructionsOnce you've entered those numbers, click "Continue", and you will be given the specific set of instructions for your particular phone. These naturally vary slightly for different handsets.
Record a greetingWhatever the individual instructions, you will have to call Tracfone voice mail via your Tracfone handset, so you will use up a few minutes or airtime to get your voice mail completely set up. You have to record your greeting. Actually, you have to record your "answer" greeting, your "busy" greeting as well as your name.Really, you should not be charged airtime for setting up the phone. After all, you're not actually making a call or even checking messages at this point. On the other hand, you do get about 10 minutes free airtime with every Tracfone you buy, so you can view that airtime as being for testing and setup. Once you activate your phone, you can spend a couple of minutes testing whether you can make calls. Then, use the rest of the time to setup your Tracfone voicemail. Not so fastThe interactive voice menu can be quite slow, eating up valuable airtime as it slowly explains your options.One problem. Even if you already know which buttons to press to retrieve, replay or delete your voicemail, you cannot press the buttons while a message is playing or the interactive voice menu is telling you your options. So, if someone leave a message by mistake that was not intended for you, you have to listen to the whole message before you can delete it. In fact, this is one of my prepaid cellphone pet peeves. So, when setting up your voicemail,Identify yourself clearly and specifically and be very clear in your greeting. Make sure to delete your old messages when you're done, so you don't have to waste airtime listening to them again. Update (11/13/2007)The Tracfone voicemail system seems to have been streamlined: you no longer have to go through multiple prompts. I am able to check my voicemail and listen to a short message all in less than 40 seconds, so it only cost one unit of airtime.Your tips and reviewsGot some tips or opinions on this topic? Great, tell us about them!Your Tracfone Voicemail ExperienceTell us about your experience with Tracfone's voicemail! What Other Visitors Have SaidClick below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...
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