[eighty5]

I compose a message and paste my contact into the address (contact's cell phone #) then press the send icon and it just sits there saying "sending." By a prearranged process the recipient reports to me via email on my computer the she never got it.

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Are you able to send and receive texts involving other contacts? Are you able to make and receive calls? Is the message you're sending a simple text message, or are you attaching a photo or other file to it?

[eighty5]

I am able to send photos by clicking the share icon, they get sent. If I add a text message the photo will go but not the text. Plain text messages; the phone tells me "sending," then "message sent," but the recipient does not receive it. I've tried with several recipients. The above always happens.
Jim "eighty5"

[B. Diddy]

Check to see if the APN settings are correct:

https://www.androidcentral.com/what-...do-i-change-it
Tracfone apn settings – step by step configuration guide