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Transfer Tracfone Number

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Here's how to transfer Tracfone number and minutes from your old to your new Tracfone. In fact, you can see the whole process I went though transferring the minutes and the phone number from an old Motorola V170 to an LG 225 camera phone.

The phones available today have changed, but the procedure is still pretty much the same.

Prepare your New Phone (LG 225)

Take your new LG 225 and
  1. Peel off plastic protectors
  2. Install battery and back cover
  3. Plug in the charger to your phone and an outlet.
  4. Turn it on

Make sure you have a signal. While you can complete your transfer online, your changes won't be reflected on the phone until you are within range. I say this, because many homes have poor cell phone reception.

Go Online

Go to the Tracfone.com website and click on the Green Activate button.

On the next page choose the Transfer Number option on the Active/Reactivate drop-down menu.

activate tracfone website button transfter tracfone number drop-down menu

Since you already have an old Tracfone, so click on the existing customer button. Then login to your Tracfone account. If you don't have one yet, you can register for one now.

tracfone existing customer confirmation

Choose the option to transfer a number from another Tracfone, and, below that, choose the model of your new Tracfone. Then choose the model of your old Tracfone. transfer tracfone number activation option select old and new tracfone models

Serial Numbers and Code Entry Mode

Now we start the nitty gritty of the procedure to transfer Tracfone number and minutes between the two phones. You'll identify your phones with their serial numbers. Then you'll go into Code Entry mode on your old phone and enter the results you see on a web form to complete the transfer. So let's go . . .

Entering Serial Numbers

Entering the serial numbers allow you to transfer Tracfone number to the new phone.

On the Phone Upgrade page enter your new Tracfone's IMEI number. Below choose the phone from which to transfer. If your old phone is not registered in your account, then "click here" to add it to the list. With both sets of information added, click submit.

enter tracfone serial numbers

Code Entry Mode

Now you will transfer Tracfone minutes to your new phone.

You have to go into code entry mode on your old Tracfone. You must follow your specific instructions on the web page. These instructions will probably be different depending on your phone so the picture below is just an example. Please follow your specific instructions.

code entry mode to transfer tracfone minutes

If everything goes okay, you are asked to confirm that you will be getting the right number of minutes. If the number is right, go ahead and confirm it. In my case, I actually had about 217 minutes which Tracfone rounded up to 220. Also, in my case, I performed this procedure on the last day of service of the old Tracfone, so no days of service are added.

If the number is not right, click No, and you will probably be asked to contact customer service.

accept transferred minutes

Success!

successful transfer minutes

That's it. Now you turn of and on the new Tracfone and wait for the minutes to actually be transferred to the physical phone. You get the usual 20 minutes and 60 days of service for activating the phone.

phone confirmation of transferred minutes

I hope you found how this description of how to transfer Tracfone number and minutes useful. If you haven't gotten your new phone yet, I would recommend getting a triple minutes phone.

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