I understand your complaints about the w375, and you’re not alone. I have never used that exact model, but I’ve used the w376 (on TracFone) extensively, at it is very similar. The slow texting is a big PITA, and the inability to transfer pics/ringtones directly between a computer and your phone seems almost fraudulent on the part of TracFone. But, it is what it is, I guess. The only phone with data transfer capabilities that I know of is the LG 600g. I am still hoping that the newest Motorola slider, which should come out any time now, will have unrestricted data transfer capabilities by BT or USB, but I’m certainly not holding my breath.

It sounds to me like you might have a T-Mobile based SIM card in your phone. It seems that, for some reason, TracFone handsets on the T-Mobile network do not have data capabilities.

To figure out what kind of sim is in your phone, navigate to the “prepaid” section of your phone’s menu, and look for the “SIM Serial Number” option. Select that, and look for the first six digits of the serial number. If it starts with “890141,” you have an AT&T SIM. If it starts with “890126,” then it’s a T-Mobile SIM. If I had to guess, I would say that your new phone probably has a T-Mobile SIM. Assuming that’s the problem, the good news is that you can call TracFone and request a free AT&T SIM to replace the T-Mobile SIM in the new phone, if you tell them that the T-Mobile SIM results in unsatisfactory reception. Try this number: 1-800-339-9345.

If the SIM is AT&T, I’m at a loss to explain this one. Maybe someone else here can offer some suggestions? Either way, it sounds like another call to customer service is in order.

Sorry if all of this is irrelevant.

I love Net10. I have purchased the $400/5000 minutes/2 year plan recently. I’ve been keeping a pace of about 250 minutes a month; that’s around $20 a month. I just use it for necessary texts and calls. I have learned that I don’t need to waste all my money ($60 a month with my prior crappy contractual plan) and that i can divert my socialization to skype, IM, and facebook.

Anyway, I did have to call customer service down in Columbia a couple times to get my number ported. It took two weeks and some patience, but it wasn’t a nightmare.

My only qualm is that I bought a Motorola w375: biggest mistake. Aesthetics and battery life is about the only redeeming quality about it. The phone is extremely slow, which makes texting torture. Not only can i not type quickly, I have to leave the phone opened for about 5 seconds for the message to send. Otherwise, it charges me for the text and doesn’t send it. It’s more annoying to find, hours later, that my buddy on the other end never received it, than the nickle lost.

I could deal with these issues with a smile on my face, but what is making me switch to a new phone is the disabled “mass storage”. I could understand if it was mentioned anywhere in the manual or in advertisement, but no. With the inability to download my pictures and upload my ringtones, without paying through the nose, just kills me. Net 10’s motto is “No Evil”, but it’s stunt like these that makes me want to go up the CEO and slap him silly.

I was just wondering if any of the other Net 10 phones (other than the lg 600g via bluetooth) were capable of usb uploading/downloading of data. Which phones are they if any?

thanks

I have this phone. I enjoy the talk and text features, but can’t seem to send picture messaging. It says the pic was, “sent successfully”, yet no one receives the pictures. Friends/Family say they sent pics to my phone, yet I don’t receive them. Called customer service and they have bogus excuse the pics are too big. Would really like to know if anyone can send/receive picture messaging from this phone.

Many thanks.

I don’t have a Bluetooth Dongle or transfer software so I can’t test to see if I can send files to and from my PC to the Phone.