After entering seven “code” numbers, my TracFone was finally activated!! It was 11:18 AM–exactly six weeks after I first attempted to activate a new phone (with old number).
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| STEPS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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IMPORTANT STEP!
You are about to program your TRACFONE.
After following the steps below, and your TRACFONE display indicates “CODE ACCEPTED”you MUST click the “Code Accepted” button on the computer screen below for your phone to be properly programmed.
- Press the OK key.
- Using your navigation keys, go to “Code Entry Mode” then press the OK key.
- Your screen should now display “Code.” Please enter the following numbers:
- If your phone turned OFF and back ON, start from Step 1. Otherwise, please start from Step 3:
8931 7599 1742 9137
2892 9851 5166 0711 1201 6736 7288
1795 5228 0707 1032
3341 8785 5025 873
6860 1152 6972 8887 2852 8506 8540
7752 0137 7263 1202 3296 504
3179 6836 3049 4942 0692 9409 2742
- Press the OK key.
- Your TracFone screen should display “Code Accepted.” If yes, click the ‘Code Accepted’ button below to continue. If your TracFone display reads“Invalid Code,” click the ‘Invalid Code’ button below and press the OK key on your TracFone to continue.
- Now press the red PWR/END key to exit and return to the Main Screen. If the phone powered OFF, wait until the phone turns back ON.
| Code Accepted | Invalid Code |
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If this is your first visit to my blog messages regarding TracFone, please be sure to read TracFone Nightmare, TracFone Nightmare–Part Two, TracFone Nightmare–Part Three, TracFone Sleuth, and TracFone response (finally)!!
Comment: I received an LG 236C cell phone. They are selling for $19.99–or less. Rhetorical question: In the interest of “good will” for a longtime customer, why didn’t they send that phone five weeks ago??
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Postscript, several days later: In my humble opinion, the height of ignorance; I missed the call and it went to voice mail. Heather phoned to ask if I received the phone. The fact that I did not have service apparently did not register with alledged “customer service.” Remember, no reception with the old phone. If I had not received–and activated–the new phone, I wouldn’t know she called. Obviously it never occurred to her to call my land-line contact number or send an email message.
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