How to Transfer TracFone Units

If you don't want a monthly bill for your cell phone service, TracFone is the alternative. A prepaid phone service provider, TracFone offers the latest in cell phone technology without the obligations of an annual contract. On occasion, TracFone users upgrade phones to newer, feature-rich phones. Upgrades require that you transfer units from your old phone to the new one. Here's how to do this.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Charge both of your TracFones. Plug them into their electronic adapters for an hour or so before you start the process.

2. Know your phone's serial number. Depending on the type of phone you have, you can either remove the battery and look at the small numbers located in the battery compartment to find the serial number, or you can go to the TracFone website to determine how to find your serial number by using your phone's "Menu" option.

3. Call TracFone. You cannot transfer units over the Internet. Therefore, you must call TracFone at [phone] and speak to a human being. You cannot transfer units using a push-button automated service.

4. Use your cell phone's keypad to input the numbers as instructed by the TracFone representative. The representative asks you to enter numbers on both your new cell phone and your old one. Inputting the numbers is the equivalent of typing computer code. It serves as instructions to your phones to transfer the units from one phone to the other.

5. Check your old phone to ensure the units are gone.

6. View your new phone's units to ensure that they include the units transferred from your old phone.

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