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Phone Manuals and User Guides for Lifeline Cell Phones

Many recipients of Lifeline cell phones have complained to us that they never received a manual or even Quick Start guide for the phone. Considering the number of companies who sign up customers in the streets, this is not unexpected. And even if a user manual was included with the phone, they are easily lost or misplaced.

Without a manual, it’s very difficult to learn about your phone’s functionality. Since these free cell phones are not iphones or Androids that are easy to use with no learning required, but they are generally smaller, harder-to-use models, it’s not at all intuitive to unlock all the features and functions of the device.

So, how to you get your hands on a cell phone manual? The first thing is to try the phone vendor’s website, if they have the manuals available for download. The problem is, not all of the companies have the manuals on their websites.

Another problem is that many of you who have picked up their free phone from a street tent, do not remember the name of the phone provider. If this is the case, call 611 from your cell phone and see what customer service operator answers. It should say something like, “Thanks for calling so-and-so Wireless…” and you’ll know.

Google is your friend

If you cannot find your cell phone’s user manual on your service provider’s website, remember that search engines are your friends. You can use Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo can be used to find your free government cell phone’s user manual.
Just search for the make and model of your phone plus the words “user manual” and it’s almost certain that your user manual will pop up right at the top of the results.

What to do if you don’t know your phone’s make and model

What if you don’t know your phone model? Your manufacturer name is usually on the phone itself (i.e. Kycoera, LG, Samsung, etc), but the model name or number is more difficult to find. Here are instructions that should help you find it:

  1. Power off your phone.
  2. Take off the cover to the battery compartment.
  3. Remove the battery.
  4. Look for the sticker under the battery area. It should indicate the model number along with other information such as the serial number.
  5. Reinsert the battery and replace the cover.
  6. Turn your phone back on, and you’re done!

It’s that simple. Just follow all the steps above and you’ll find your user manual and quickly learn to become a Lifeline/ACP free government cell phone genius.

Comments

  2. Dave Aaron says

    urgent need manual for free life line cell phone from LG model UM 696, cannot even turn on phone to dial.

  6. Richard Piper says

    just purchased a new alcatel big easy flip phoneA392G and lost the owners manual the same day. need a new one. how do I get one. went to alcatel web site to down load and unable to. I get theres a virus. and Norton says no. but unable to down load one

  9. Kenneth Engelthaler says

    I have the Safelink flip phone model by LG Electronics / Model Name LG440G and need a user manual mine did not come with one and Safelink said they did not have any to send. Please e-mail me and let me know what i can do to get one or e-mail it to me. Thank you!!

  11. ignacio says

    Im still waiting on manuel 4 a lynxx model x2s i need to knw how to unlock the puk lock 2 unlock my phone nobody cld seem to help.

  12. Samuel Dennison says

    I have tried to get the phone manual for my phone. it dont show it at the top. my model number is sch-R720
    how can I get it. I really need the manual Thank you for your time.

  13. clyde.e.james sr says

    please add TAG Lynxx x2s model to the system and please email me a manual for the lynxx x2s to my email.
    thanks

  14. Jimmie says

    I was trying to get a user manual for my phone . It’s a Motorola made for reachoutwireless. Model#:vu204.

    • FreeGovernmentCellPhones.net says

      We have put up a user manual for the Alcatel OT-356, which should also be good for the Alcatel OT-355.

  27. Elizabeth Morgan says

    I received a Alcatel venture phone, looks like a blackberry, don’t no if it is one cause it says on the screen when powering on Alcatel onetouch, the serial number is UQID47D1KNV8U13, can not locate a model #, the phone keeps giving me a pop up saying Error code 67 Registration failure. It is a government issued phone supplied by Qlink Wireless, please help me with this issue, Thank You

  33. Zellie says

    I am having a problem sending text messages on my cell phone Model #A208, IME1:355786614385099, FCCID: A2SA208. I can receive text messages, but when I try to send a text messages in say, “not sent” and my outgoing message are saving in my “Out Mail Box.” Please help.

    Thank you.

  34. kary says

    blue jay wireless por favor!
    PS i specifically need help finding the PUK Code… any suggestions?

  37. Bonnie Reinhard says

    I have the LG VX9100 and cannot locate the Manual. Could you please help me out with this?

    Thank you

  38. Gifford Crabb says

    i need a manual for a Model VX-5600 LG Phone ESNCE- 0215890459 – 19F2781B
    Thank You
    Gifford Crabb

    • Free Government Cell Phones says

      We have put up the manual for the LS 670, otherwise known as the LG Optimus S. If this is not the same as your LS 678, please let us know.

  47. Penny Allen says

    Please add a manual for a Tracfone: ALCATEL A392G which is “the Big Easy FLIP”. The phone
    I got from Lifeline was too small for me to use. I was told I could buy a phone and transfer my Lifeline account to it. Tracfone is impossible to get hold of, (I got lucky once – ended up talking to someone in South America with a really bad connection and ended up using most of my minutes trying to activate the phone. I didn’t know we could go to a store and buy these phones.) Now I have a new phone with a new number, 50 minutes left for the month, and no way to set up the new phone because the only manual I can find is for the Big Easy, a different phone with different features. Please help !

  53. Chuck says

    could you please send a manual for lg model#sgh t105g
    cannot take phone off of virbrate.

    Thank you

    • Free Government Cell Phones says

      We could not find a phone with that model number. However, we did find a battery with that number. I think you ust have read the battery model. Please look again for the phone model.

  56. A. J. Tobin says

    Would you please send the manual for the yourtelwireless, lg 3200. I have looked everywhere for the manual, I need the phone to get a job and it doesn’t always work. Thank you AJ