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Guide to transfer existing service to a Tracfone-branded device (keep phone number) [reddit.com]
Edited link (in case SD's affiliatization breaks the URL for you:
https :// www . reddit . com /r/TracFone/comments/169j7x1/guide_to_transfer_existing_service_to_a/
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It takes some configuring, but I've had good experiences with using Google Family to manage my kids devices.
1. Go to the web to find the current minutes, messages, data, and days remaining on your permanent phone.
2. Activate your "donor" phone on the same account.
3. Go to the web to find the current minutes, messages, data, and days remaining on your new, donor phone.
4. Go to support.tracfone.com and scroll down to and click "Chat with Support".
5. Populate the message template below with details of your donor phone and permanent phone and share with the CSR.
Hello, I'd like to move the data, minutes, text, and remaining days FROM my line TO my line .
currently has ### minutes, ### messages, #.# GB data, ### days left which I'd like added to my line which currently has ### minutes, #### messages, #.# GB data, ## days left.
My account email address is:
The end result should be minutes, messages, GB data, days left.
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My vpn was blocking that page. Great deal.
I'm not sure how strict Tracfone tracks separate emails ie. with Gmail adding periods in between your regular handle or adding the + [xxx] trick to the end of your gmail handle. Any experts willing to chime in?
Since they're both Tracfone brands, can I just use the ST SIM directly or would I need to buy a Tracfone BYOP SIM?
I'm not sure how strict Tracfone tracks separate emails ie. with Gmail adding periods in between your regular handle or adding the + [xxx] trick to the end of your gmail handle. Any experts willing to chime in?
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Since they're both Tracfone brands, can I just use the ST SIM directly or would I need to buy a Tracfone BYOP SIM?
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This morning, I inserted a SIM from a different carrier and the phone rejected it. The TF web portal declined to unlock (but I'm suspecting it's going by the unlock date, tomorrow, for the 2nd harvested phone). So I connected this phone (without cell service) to WIFI and left it alone.
I saw SPARKLER's post this evening and re-checked the phone. The dial code in his / her post is incorrect but a great lead. Dial #83865625# (625 not 685) and the phone immediately takes you to a grey screen telling you the lock status. For my 1st harvest phone, it states "Device is SIM UNLOCKED". So during the day, connected to WIFI, the phone automatically unlocked and now I can use other carrier SIMs. NOTE: This phone was not debloated and left on Android 12.
My 2nd harvested phone is scheduled to be unlocked tomorrow. This phone is debloated and running a VPN (tracfone blocks VPNs from their servers), but I think the phone should unlock fine since the lock status should come from Moto servers as long as I didn't accidently uninstall the Moto unlock app. Guess we'll find out tomorrow.
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