Tracfone TCL Flip 2, 16GB, Black – Prepaid Feature Phone (Locked)

Simple, Good for an Emergency Backup
With everything that has been going around the world, prepping has kind of become a hobby of mine.This phone is simple, durable, & includes the Sim card (that you would have to activate yourself online), a user manual, and a USB charger (which is greatly appreciated because some of these phones tend to have the old style chargers).I have not used the phone yet, which is why I gave this a 4/5, but my first impressions are positive and I believe that in times of an emergency it will get the job done.

Update: Phones do not work.
IMPORTANT UPDATE!! The next day after posting the review below, BOTH PHONES STOPPED MAKING CALLS AGAIN! I am returning them to Amazon, but lose money on the NON-REFUNDABLE TracFone plans. P.S. Be sure to take off auto enroll payments or you’ll keep getting charged.I bought a new TracFone TCL flip phone 2, set it up, and it wouldn’t make calls right. The phone was only allowing the first call to connect, but not disconnect. The phone became inoperable, forcing me to remove the battery to reset it. I also was getting a “high data usage” message in notifications. I thought it was a lemon, and bought same exact phone again, but it had the same problem. After 4+ days, money out for 2 new phones and prepaid plans, countless hours with customer service and tech support-with no help, I finally figured out how to fix it. Here is a simple 9 step process that fixed the problem… (WARNING: All stored info WILL BE LOST after doing this.)1.) Power phone on.2.) Press OK (center circle).3.) Go to “Settings” and press OK.4.) Go to #5. “Phone settings” and press OK.5.) Go to #8. “Reset” and press OK.6.) Go to #2. “Factory data reset” and press OK7.) It is on 1. “Phone”, press OK and a WARNING will come up that you are about to reset your phone and lose stored info, press OK again and it will work on resetting the phone by connecting it to the network carrier.8.) When finished, turn the phone off by pressing and holding the red button above the 3.9.) Turn it back on by pressing and holding the same button.Tada…PROBLEM SOLVED! PHONE WORKS GREAT. To make sure it wasn’t a fluke, I did the same 9 steps on the other new, same exact phone, that had the same problems, and now it works perfectly, too! I don’t know why tech support never had me try this, but, all’s well that ends well!P.S. Being a Prime Member, I could probably send the second phone back, but I think I’ll just keep it. They are good phones at a great price, especially for folks that just want a phone to make calls, like my Dad ; )UPDATE: Aaarrrg! They stopped working again the next day! So much time and money wasted (on the TracFone plans-NO refunds)

for basic use only
If you need to get directions…forget it…if you dont mind hitting multiple letters to say a single word for ‘text’ – then it works. Ultimately, this is a good phone for calls only.

flip phone
hard to set up took about 7people and 2 calls Said it was their system and about a week Finally got 7th person who knew what to do